YllE CiTIZKN, WHIN1CS11A VKl. t), 1010. THE CITIZEN rniaiBHKD every wkdnksday akd fiiiday nv TIIK CITIZEN rUnUBIUKO COMPANY. Vintcrcd as second-class matter, ot the post olllce. lluncsdnlc. l'n. SUBSCRIPTION U.50 K. It. IIAllDKNBKHOH. I'UKSIDHNT W. W. WOOD. - - MAKAGKK AND SKC'Y DiiiGcrona: 0. H. DORFUXCiER. M. n. AI.I.KS. IUKRT WU.SO. n. II. 1IABDK5BBWHI. W. W. WOOD. WKDXKSDAY, VKl. I, 1010. Tin: i,i:gkni of st. vamjntixk Perhaps you have henrd the legend of St. Valentino, but If you havo not, here It la In as small a nutshell as such a saint could be well condens ed: St. Valentine lived long ago. An emperor ruled h.m, and the emperor j 0sy Ved In an whose name was Claudius, became nlcovo behind palms and floral dec very jealous of St. Valentino or Vr. orations. Valentine as he was then called. And ' The President, William F. Dor one day Claudius cut Fr. Valentine's I "Inger, was toastmaster and did his , ' , . , , , ,, 1 part well, nnd In a happy vein in- head oft and banished his remains, j rodcod tlle BoakerB. who were so that nobody should know that he jev. yr, Karrer, of Brooklyn; llor had been beheaded. 'nee G. Young, of Albany; Judge "Now why did Claudius do this?"-1 you ask. Well, ho did it because I Fr. Valentino became so great a fa- vorlte with young people that Claud ius was not In their affections at all. "Hut how did Valentine make him self such a favorite?" you still query. Why, how indeed 7 How do you suppose? How does any man or woman either for that mat ter, become solid with young peo ple? Why. by helping along their love affairs, to be sure, and by giv ing them every opportunity to be alone and talk It over. Now, Fr. Valentine was a born matchmaker, and he was always busy making matches. If he saw two young peo nle lookinc at each other with sheepish eyes, he cast his toga over his head and sat still, never stirring for five minutes. And so Ft. Valentine got himself disliked by the Emperor Claudis and after Claudius had cut his head off the young people canonized him, and, upon the good old saint's birth day, would exchange little love tok ens, ju.;t to keep his memory green. The people who had known St. Val entine when on earth told their chil- dren about him in after years, and I their children told their children's children and -so it has come down to us through many children of children. CURKHW LAW IX POUT .1K11YIS. At 8:30 p. m. on Monday, Feb. 7, the big Erie whistle at Port Jervis blew the first note In the curfew re frain which says that all children under 11 must go home in accord ance with the provisions of the new ordinance which the town fathers enacted. After March 1st the whistle will blow at 9:30. If this law works well there may bo added another sec tion to the ordinance compelling all young men under 70 years of age who play draw or stud poker to go home before sunrise the next day. We print tho law in full Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person under 1 4 years of nge to be or remain in or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places in the city, at night after the hour of half past nine o'clock p. m., from March 1st to September 30th, inclusive of each year, and from October 1st to the last day of February, Inclusive, of each year, after the hour of half past eight o'clock p. m.. unless such person Is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person having the legal custody of such minor person, or whose employment makes it nec essary to be upon said streets, alleys or public places during the night time after such specified hours, but such person whose employment makes It so necessary shall not play or unnecessarily loiter In or upon Hiich street, alley or public place Sec 2. It shall bo unlawful for Thero wero tho Fultors any parent, guardian or other person i whom the father of the having the legal care and custody of j nny person under fourteen years of; ai;o, to allow or permit any such chl'd, ward or other person, under such age. while in such legal custody to go, or be In, or upon nny ot the strecti, alleys or public places In the city, at the times during which they are prohibited In section ono of this ordinance, unloss a reasonable nec-c-slty exists thorofor. Sec. 3. The police department of tho city are heroby authorized to ar rest, without warrant, any person wilfully violating tho provisions of Section Ono of this ordinance, and may detain such person for a rea sonable time in which complaint can be mado and a warrant issued and served. Sec. 4. No child or minor person arrested under tho provisions of this ordinance shall bo placed in confine ment until tho parents or guardian of such person shall have been noti fied ot such arrest, and shall havo re fused to be hold responsible for tho observance of tho provisions of Sec tion Two of this ordinance. Sec. 4. A violation of this ordin ance shall bo punishable by a lino not exceeding 100, or by Imprison ment not exceeding two months, or by both such fine and Imprisonment, or by penalty of $100 to bo recovered by said city In n civil action. ANNUAL DINNER AND REUNION OF WAYNE PENNSYLVANIANS A DKMGHTKUIj TIMH IIKIjI) at TIIK MANHATTAN HOTKD, NUW YORK CITY. Every member of the Wnyno Coun ty Pennsylvania Society of New York City Is congratulating the orgnnlza tlon on the most brilliant and suc cessful annunl dinner nnd reunion held In the history of tho society. Tho event took place on Thursday evening, Februnry 3rd, when seventy-live sons of old Wayne gathered around tho festive board In tho spacious and beautiful private dining room of the Hotel Manhattan on Madison Avenuo nnd Forty-second street. The magnificent decorations were most artistically arranged, and I i . n.t,1...1 lltn rtpnnetnn liv Searlc, Hev. Will Illller anu uev. i r, ... rt n... fl nll TTniinar !in "nn v " ,l" ut 11 vnrv nnnronriate am, recelved wltu grcat approbation. The menu was most excellent, ami tho evening was one to be long re membered by all who wore present. Tlie address of Rev. Dr. W. II. Swift that was to have heen delivered on the occasion of the Fourth Anniversary of the Wavne County Association of New York City, a part of which only he could give because of the time-limit. Mr. President and Gentlemen of tho Wayne County Brotherhood: Sometimes that means more than blood relationship. It was so as Tom O'Brien conceived it. When asked if he was related to Larry A. O'Brien, he said: "Very distantly, I was me mother's first child, and Larry was the siventeenth." I think we instinctively love those places with which our lives havo been associated. U is a matter of pride with mo that my ancestors came to New Englaud nearly 280 years ago. You know John Fiske savs: "Of all migrations of people the settlement of New England is pre-eminently the one in which the Almighty dollar played the smallest part, but ho hastens on to say: ..no'wever important it may since havo become as a motive power. 1 roomed In college with a "descend ant" of that ."Importation." We knew nothing about foot-ball in those days, but made muscle by sawing and splitting tho wood we burned and carrying it up to the second, third or fourth floor of old North College at Amherst. He kept Saturday nights, and studied Sunday nights, that is, I suppose he kept Saturday nights for he went home every Saturday afternoon and came back Sunday afternoon. When the winter was worn almost to a frazzle, he said to me one day: "Swift, you know 1 haven't been here one day of every week, so I think you ought to pay a little more for the wood than I do." -1 said: "How much?" and he named a sum. Well, money was money with mo In those days. I as yet knew nothing about the lux urious life of a country minister, but 1 threw down a bill and said, "Keep the change," and he did! My home until I entered the minis try was In Orange county, N. ., the county noted then for making tho best butter the world over. Wo llv- i e(1 wlt)lln a quarter of a mile of tho , ifirsov ilne. and that is tho nearest I ever came to expatriation. For twenty-six years, I have lived in old Wayne, and I love evory foot of her 835 square miles. I am proud of the men who havo gone out from It. Thiuk of that little hamlet of Both uny. There was Wllmot of "Wilmot Proviso" fame, Congressmen, U. S. Senator, Judgo of tho Court of Claims. There wore tho Woodwards, who wore tho Judicial ermine. There were the Torroys whoso names are linked with life's higher things. ono of present Judge Henry A. Fuller, who Is bring lug common sense to boar on tho in terprotatlon of law, and compelling criminals to sit up and tako notice. 1 renrosonted tho old Luzerne His trlct In Congress, ind there wero many others. Many havo gouo from Wayno county who have not onjy "watched Scranton grow," but have dono their full sharo In tho busi ness, professional and civic life of the Electric City to help mnko Scran ton grow. That third city of tho Stato would bo lonesomo without them. Wo have read with keenest Interest tho record written by that former Honesdale boy, tho scholarly ex-Mayor J. Benjamin Dlmmlck, who has set a pace It will bo hard for anyone olso to keep Thero are two thoughts In my mind to-night. First: Wo Wayno county men ought to glvo to tho world tho finest typo of manhood; second: Wo ought to agitato till wo realize tho highest Ideal In civic life First, then, we ought to glvo the world the finest typo of manhood Long before Washington Irving made his historic visit to Honesdale, and stood upon the Cliff that bears his honored name; threo years be fore "Mad" Anthony Wayno said In his Inst hour: "Bury me at the foot of tho old flag staff, boys," a fain lly came first to Mt. Pleasant and afterwards to Bethany. Ono hund ded nnd two years ago thcro was born a member of that family with whom for mnny years my awn llfo was associated. Wo llvo at a time when tho seamy side of llfo Is Im pressed upon us through tho dally press, and wo are Inclined, many ot us, to become cynical and conclude that this Is tho only sldo of life. I want to correct that Impression. This good mnn made his will shortly be fore his death and loft one-third of his estnto, which ran Into a good mnny thousands of dollars, to the better things of life. This will was made, however, such a short time before his death, that the provision for benevolences was null and void, save so far as a "releaso papor" might be signed. I want to toll you to-night, Hint that releaso paper wont from Maine to California, and from tho Great Lakes to tno Gulf, to between twenty nnd thirty heirs, nnd every heir signed it. That man was of New England stock, but all his llfo was spent in Wayno county. A little bank sprang out of the loins of tho National Bank of Honesdale. Tho man who was its first Cashier, and at tho time ot his death its honored President, wns urged uy ohe of the greatest financiers of New York to invest, through him his pri vate funds with the promise of largest returns. Ho weighed the matter for twenty-four hours, then declined the offer, for two reasons first, for fear that the microbe of greed might enter his blood and low er tho tone of his life and, second, he was tho guardian of trust funds, and would not tako the risk, -under the stress of great temptation of being swept away from Its moor ings as so many have been. That man was of Now England stock, but seventy-seven years of his life were spent in Wayne county, then, second ly, wo ought to agitate till wo realize the highest ideals in civic life. A good many years ago a man who breathed the pure air as It blows across the hills and valleys of old Wayne, went to Scranton to live. That man, 1 suspect, has done more than any other man to purify the moral atmosphere in that bustling city. He put thousands of i dollars into tho effort to enforce law; ho did more than that, he put himself into that tight at tho com of great personal sacrifice. Realizing that one reason why crime flourish- . ed was because of the difficulty of se- curing convictions in tho courts, he i ottered himself as a candidate for I Jury Commissioner, was elected, ana put into the jury wheel the names of the best citizenship in Lackawan na county. Gentlemen, you hae in this State of New York a man wnoin wo greatly admire iu Pennsylvania, We have indeed In the Keystone State a man of Presidential size, the worthy successor ot the immortal John Hay, who first taught tho na tions that the finest diplomacy is truth telling, and the masterful Elihu Boot, who is too large for tho Presi dency Philander C. Knox, 1 reter to, of course. But 1 say, you have in ; tho Empire state a man whom wo greatly admire. Admire! because of his personal character; admire! because of what ho has already. done to lift the standard of civic i llfo; a man who, like old Israel I Putnam, has "dared to lead, where ; any dared to follow." A man who has carried the flag ot civic integ rity up the mountain side, and when small souled men have cried "Bring back tho Hag!" has answered in thunder tones, "Come up to the Hag!" and has so touched the re sponsive chord In human hearts that tho people nro with him to-day, and in the State of New York, and per haps the city of New York, the air Is purer than it has been In fifty years that man is unaries c. Hughes. Gentlemen, let us give the best there is In us to tho land wo love tho best. Let us write the record of stainless Integrity. Let us' keep In tho blue of the old Hag, undlmmed tho star of civic righteousness. HEAVY CUT IX DIVIDEND. Tho National Protective Legion's dividend on policies maturing during the current year will be ? 5 1.12 for full rate policies nnd $25.50 for half rate. This great cut in tho dividend Is a hard blow to tho faithful policy holders who have been hoping against hope during tho past year that the rate of ?H3. 90 would be raised. When the dividends were cut from 250 to 5113. DC policy holders gasped for breath, but tho majority of them kept up tholr premiums trusting that all would bo well In tho end. But the bubble has burst, and the policy holders Jiavo no comfort or consolation unless it Is In tho thought that during tho year thoy havo been Insured. A cut has been expected, but none of tho policy holders dream ed of such a big ono from that of the J113.90 last year, which was regard ed by mnny ns very low. For weeks tho entire clerical force of tho Legion has been busy collect ing figures and propnrlng n statement from which tho actuaries and other experts will bo ablo to llguro tho actual amount of tho dividend. They completed their work Thursday evon irig after which tho oxecutlvo cora mltteo agreed upon tho amount of tho dividend. On a West Nowburgh car the other evening at the rush hour thero was not a vacant seat. A lady en tcrod but not a man noticed her standing, apparently. Finally ono man nroso nnd offered her his seat. She thanked him, adding: "You aro the only gentleman in tho car." She was startled by hU answer: "Yer botcher life I am, klddo." DUNMORE WINS LITERARY CONTEST 1 (Continued From Pago Ono.) Miss Ruth Burschcl's essay on "Pennsylvania in Music," for which she was awarded first prize in the contest, is as fol lows : From tho nu'et Quaker begin nings of Pennsylvania's early days, through all her vicissitudes, down to tho strenuous present, her arts havo boon undergoing various phases of development. Especially Is this true of music. As tho Quakers looked upon music as a part of that worldly llfo from which they had lied, It had but gloomy prospects In Pennsylvania. Howover, with tho gradual Inter mingling of nationalities In our state people who brought with them other than tho simple Ideas of the Quakers music among other arts was cultivated, until now It shows development along an astonishing variety of lines. Among the early colonists that followed tho Quakers here wore the Moravians. Coming from Ger many, they possessed a natural love for music so that although a religious sect, In contrast to the Quakers they made music the "chief element In their organiza tion. Through tholr efforts, mu sic was brought Into closer touch with the people, until to-day their annual Bach festivals arc famed. It was these people that gave for the fii8t timo in America Bach's Mass In C. Minor. Other forces besides tho Mora vian singing, however, early camo into play. A new county, wo had no musical instruments at hand. i MISS Kl'TIl Ill ltSCIIKL who, as an Essayist, Won the Prize for Dunmoro. and without these little develop ment was possible. In 1741 a Philadelphlan, Johann Klemm, constructed the first American organ. Following this was the manufacture of spinets In Phila delphia in 1743. The spinet made way for the piano, where again Pennsylvania claims precedence, for another Philadelphlan, John Dehrent made tho first American piano. Leaving tills part of Philadel phia's early work, we find her mu sicians active In various ways. Benjamin Franklin counted mu sic among Ills many interests and by his criticism aided two young composers of his time, James Lyon and Francis Hopkinson. Lyon was a writer of psalm, music and hymns, but Hopklnson's value lies In tho Impetus ho gavo to concert work. Ho directed one of the first Important concerts given in America. To an associate of his, Andrew Adgato, America owes her first concert performance on a grnnd scale. After this, orches tral music gradually developed, till to-day Pennsylvania possesses one of tho finest orchestras iu the country, the Victor Herbert of Pittsburg. By the establishment of a sing ing school, Adgate helped also to further musical education In his day. In 1S57 tho Philadelphia Musicnl Acadomy was founded, to which most of our musicians owe tholr training. It is noteworthy in this connection that tho Univer sity of Pennsylvania was ono of American colloges to establish a Chair of Music. Tills sarao Philadelphia academy was for years tho temple of Italian This samo Philadelphia Acadomy tlgo In oporn is duo to our opera singers. Nono Is perhaps moro truly popular In tho country at large than David Blspham. Abroad aro Emma Loefllor and Allan Hinckley, both favorites of music lovers in Gormany; and Wil liam Miller, once a newsboy In the streets of Pittsburg, but now a twenty-four thousand dollar tenor In Vienna. In composition of opera, we can claim tho first attempted In tho United States Frye's "Notro Dame do Paris." Of our compos ers who havo written less intri cate music, vocal nnd Instrumen tal, Etholbert Nevln Is most wide ly known; tho passionate strains of his "Rosary" have pulsated through every listening heart. W. J. Klrkpatrlck's touching hymns and goBpol songs aro sung oven in tho inlnlng'cnmps of remote Aus- I i i tyyi j i trnlla. Of patriotic songs wo havo several. "Hall Columbia" Is ours, as to both words nnd music, nnd In Philadelphia were composed tho stirring strains of "Columbia, tho Gem of tho Ocean." Other pretty contributions are Homer Greene's "Banner ot tho Sea," set to music by Father Gauss, and Dr. Lyto's "Pennsylvania." But thero are songs that thrill us In another way. Thomas Dunn English has given us tender recol lections ot Ben Bolt's "Sweet Allco." And who has not been moved by tho pathetic sweetness of the songs of our Stephen Col lins Foster, tho best beloved of American song writers? In laying baro tho heart llfo of tho negro, ho has touched the great human heart of all races. His "Swanee Ktvor," ' Old Black Joe," and "Kentucky Jlome," are but a fow of the host of songs wrought out of tho bitter struggles and sor rows of Foster's life. It is not, however, on what has been recounted that we lay our claim to pro-eminence. Tho Key stone State enjoys the distinction of being first In tho Union to es tablish Druid's Day, which annu ally draws thousands of Welsh people together to give tho music that made Wales tho greatest singing nation In the world. In the German competitions for malo singers held annually throughout the United States, tho chief prizes have been won by choirs from Pennsylvania. Our supremacy In male chorus singing Is thoroughly established. "The Dr. Mason's of Wilkes-Barro havo triumphed over choirs from all sections of this country and Canada. Their only defeats have been by Ponnsylvan lan choirs. In ladies' chorus sing ing our stato stands unrivalled. She boasts of a long list of vic tories and not a single defeat. After the competition at Chautau qua, when choirs from the East, West and South wero hopelessly beaten, Dr. Parker of Yale, that distinguished musical authority, declared tho singing of Pennsyl vania's chorus the finest he had scr heard. Overshadowing all thes achievements is the magnl cent work of the Scranton mixed cnorus, which for thirty-five years lias remained unconquered. At the Philadelphia centennial, the ( -iago World's fair, and the St. Louis exposition, they won over all otl crs in the most exciting con U io known to musical history. iud thus is seen the versatility of Pennsylvania In music. Pioneer in i'ie production of musical in birtuonts, she early took her plate among musical centers. The singing schools and academies established to train her musicians, the variety of work attempted by her composers, tho heart-winning pathos of her, home songs, and her tremendous success In chorus work, all Indicate the many-sided development of her musical pow ers, and sound the keynote for a still more brilliant future. CHAllLKS MAKKLE Honesdale's Representative In Dee lamatlon Contest. WITH h SURPLUS EARNED IN FOUR YEARS Are You One of the 3,553 Depositors Doing business at the HONHSDALE DIME BANK? If not, the opportunity awaits you to open an ac count now. Start the idle money you have at your home to earn ing interest. If you have a small bank, bring or send it to us at once. Put your Idle money at work. If you wish to make a loan on your farm or house or to borrow some money call at the Dime Bank. Business and Savings Accounts Solicited. Wayne County money for Wayne Counteans. THE PROPKR VIEW. Thoro was a rousing public meet ing nt Boycrsford on Monday even ing, which adopted somo ringing res olutions that will meet with tho fa vor of nowspaper publishers and tho public gonerally. Tho demand Is mado "th'at Congress shall abolish, tho franking privilege, which shall be the means of bringing millions or dollars Into the public treasury." Also It Is demanded that Instead of the 1-cent a pound rate on second class mall matter being Increased, It shall bo decreased to one-half cent n pound, so as to be on a par with tho rate In Canada, whose post offlco department shows a surplus. In this connection, the resolution set forth "that we see In this recom mendation of the President's (for an Increase) a direct blow is aimed at reform magazines nnd newspapers of general circulation." It Is stated that "If the United States government would readjust tho railroad rates for carrying all classes of ninll the postofllce depart ment would show a surplus Instead of deficit." DHAKNKKS CANNOT HE CL'KEI) by local applications, as they can not reach the diseased portion of tho ear. Thero hi only one way to euro deafness, and that Is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness Is caus ed by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining ot the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is inflamed you havo a rumbling sound or Im perfect hearing, and when It Is en tirely closed, Deafness Is tho result, and unless the inflammation can bo taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars for any case of Deafness (caus ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O Sold by Druggists, 75c. Tako Hall's Family Pills for . on stipation. HE POUT OF THK CONDITION OF THE HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK IT IIONKNDAI.K. WAYNE COl'NTV. At the cl(ii of business. Jan. 1 p in. Bi:our.cEs. Loans ami Discounts .'."-( j Overdrafts. seuired nnd unsecured i ot l S. Howls to ocim circulation. V. 100 00 Prcmiunison 17. S. Bonds J.- 0 00 HoimIs. M.-ouritk's.i'to-. l.rn ";t jx l!aiiklng-!ioue, furniture and fix tures J.0,0-J0 00 Due from National linnkj mot ItcMTve Agent) .. Wwii v0 Due from Statt und Private IJniiks and Hankers. Trust Companies, and Savinira Hunks l'10 68 Due from approved roM-rvc nuTiits 1J1 120 0-J Checks and other cash Items iSHi M Notes of other National Hanks.. 073 00 Fractional paper currency, nick els and cents 335 (xi Lawful .Money lteservc In Hank. viz: Specie fi!,075 00 I.ecal tender notes ti.TDfa 00- S'.Kll CO Hpdeinption fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per cent, of circu lation) 2.750 00 Due from U. S. Treasurer... . 700 00 Total. U.9J1.D10 W MAIUMTIHS. Capital Stock paid in $ Surplus fund Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid National Hank notes outstanding State Hank notes outstanding' ... Due to other National Hanks Individual deposits suttjecl to check JUSWW! -- 150.000 00 130.000 00 ;o.o:i7 Mi 52,:)0 00 iJ0 00 2J0 57 i Demand certincatesoi I deposit 20'.7 Oil I Certitlul checks 55 00 . Cashier's checks out- 1 standing V 17-fl i lionds borrowed Notes and hills redlscounted I Hills payable, iuoludliu: lertlll I cates of deposit for money bor i rowed Liabilities other than those above stated ,511,412 15 None Nono None None Total $l.!ll.i)H hS state of Pennsylvania. County of Wayne, ss. I. II. Z. liUsSKW., President of the above named Hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is truo to the best of my knowledge and belief. 1 H. '.. KrssEl.L. President. Subseilbod and sworn to before mo this Aid day of Feb. 10IJ. W.Il.STONK. N 1. Correct attest: i Andrew Thompson, ) II. T. Menneh. VDlrectors. I.OIIS J. DORKUNGKn.l JttWl 37,500