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Encournge your dnughtor In lior
chosen vocation. It may be her life
work.
No matter how small a sin Is, ex
amine its tracks nnil you will And
thnt they point straight toward the!
pit. '
Hoys, hind togothor your spare
hours by tho cord df aoino dollntte '
purpose, and you know not how i
much you may accomplish. Gather j
up the fragments of your time, that
nothing may bo lost. '
Now that tno primaries for selec-1
tlon of nominees to Congross .will
soon be at hand, the papers aro be
ing requested to give free notices
of the wonderful efforts, which Con
gressmen looking for re-nomlnation
have been making to get special
pensions for old veterans.
As we read the Philadelphia pa
pers, giving an account of tho riots
and doings of tho mobs, we are
thankful that they have a faithful
police force, for otherwise history
might repeat itself, and the scenes
that characterized the French Uev
olutlon might be enacted in the
city of Brotherly Love.
To the man who did not like our
articles on buying groceries and
dry goods from home merchants,
and who Indignantly wrote us "I
do not want your paper any longer,"
we would respectfully answer "That
is all right. Brother." We can't
make it any longer, if we did we
would have to buy a new press. The
present length of our paper just
suits us, and we are glad it suits
you.
Go along the Btreets of our bor
ough and you can point out the
boys, who In the next decade, will
be the grumblers and growlers.
You will see them standing around
idle, smoking cigarettes and squirt
ing tobacco Juice. In ten or twenty
years from now they will be doing
the same thing and declaring the
world has been made all wrong.
Never having made an effort to do
anything for themselves they do
not like those who have; having
nothing themselves, they look upon
every man who has gained property j
or high professional reputation
through unceasing toil and economy
of time and means, as having wrong
ed them in some way, and as an
enemy to be denounced in scasou
and out of season.
Hake free UBe of printers ink.
Talk to the world about your busi
ness the line of goods you carry;
their stylo, peculiarities and adapta
bilities. In purchasing, do so with
care, remembering that goods well
bought are half sold. Make careful
selections, buy cheap, and make the
selling price reasonable. Tell the
people what you will do, nnd do as
you advertise every time. Send
out your messages every week. The
peoplo look for it and aro disap
pointed if they see it not; and it is
often the case after your long sil
ence, tho constant nppeals of others
have caught the eye and drawn
thitherward many n good customer
you once had, who Is now a patron
of him who neglected not to tell
whero to go to get what ho wnntcd,
at reasonable ratgs. This Is as it
will be, nnd as it should bo, In this
busy age. Peoplo take and read the
paper for a purpose, and ono Is to
find out where they can get what
they want without spending a day
hunting over town to find It. The
merchant who apprises them of this
fact. In a Judicious way, will bo tho
ono that catches tho trade, builds up
a lucrativo business, and makes his
calling a success.
WOMH.V OK TO-DAY.
It Is said that tho women of to-day
aro not as Intelligent and influential
as tho women of a provlous century,
who helped their husbands, with
hand and brain, to enrve out homes
In tho now world that was to draw
people of all nations to witnoss and
admire. They have better facilities
for instruction, for leisure to read
and reflect, and for ease and com
fort, and yet men are not as defer
cntlal to them as tho old-time gen-
tlemen were headed matrons of that
time. Wo clnmor for moro and get
less. Why? If they aro losing
prestige, It Is becauso they aro los
ing Intelligence and helpful quali
ties, nnd are not managing our
homes and training our children in
solid worth as they did. Wo never
used to hear much said about boys
leaving tho farm, or girls having to
go out from homo to earn money to
dress themselves with. Tho love
of finery and fashion had not been
instilled; to pay one's debts was
a higher achievement thnn to keep
up style, and housewifely dutios
wore (loomed hotter than silks and
volvots. Mnrthn Washington could
recolve guests In a linsoy-woolon
gown and ply her busy knitting
needles while she converged with
them. "As the twig Is bent the tree
is inclined." We have glvon our'
boys and girls the loaning towards
what they aro. Keep tho child in
dressed up idleness all his young
years; glvo him polished society
training; graduate him at the best
seat of learning; and thon sot lilm
out In the world to earn money and
establish a good home. Will he do
it? He hasn't been in the way of
doing it. We can't lay our hands
on mnny successful people who
came up that way. Tho school of
life is broader and deeper than any
sot of text books can compass.
Webster was right when ho said
"observation and reflection is tho
way to intelligence; and without
a fair degree of this commodity we
must be failures everywhere."
WASTING !?:iOO,000,)00 A YKAIl.
"If I were a business man and
were given permission to manage
the affairs of the Government I
would run them at ?300.000,000 a
year less than it Is now costing to
run them." "By the employment
of proper business methods," said
Senator Aldrich, "the ordinary ex
penditures of the Government can
bo reduced at least 10 per cent., or
$100,000,000 a year. At present
tho executive departments are being
managed on obsolete business
methods or none at all. The Amer
ican people aro never rufiled by re
form or disturbed by the truth. Tho
cost of arranging a system of mod
ern business methods would be but
a trifle compared with the great
saving made possible by their adop
tion." Krom the speech of Senator
Aldrich, Republican leader of tho
U. S. Sennte, Keb. 21, 1910.
KXTIltK XKV GOVKUXMKXT l'OJC
PKXXSYL.VAXIA.
A state campaign which is to open
soon will be the most important in
recent years. Seldom in the history
of tho state has there been such an
array of offices to be filled at a
single election. These include a gov
ernor, lieutenant governor, secre
tary of internal affairs, state treas
urer, 32 Congressmen, 2G state sen
ators and 207 members of tho House
of Representatives. The men elect
ed to the House are to name a United
States Senator for a full term of six
years.
Thus the choice of the voters in
the campaign about to begin will
determine the course of law making
in Pennsylvania and largely influ
ence that at Washington for two
years, and dominate tho entire state
administration for four years, for
the officers now to be elected will
manage not only the executive, In
ternal and treasury departments,
but will either constitute or appoint
tho majority of the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings at Harris
burg, which manages the business
affairs of the Commonwealth; the
Board of Revenue Commissioners,
witli supervision over the collection
of personal property tax and the
selection depositories for state mon
ey; tho Board of Pardons, with its
great power over life and liberty,
and other boards and commissions
charged with Important public du
ties. With tho exception of tho Auditor
General and twenty-four who hold
over, every ofllcor and employe of
the state government will either
bo elected this year or bo subject
to tho appointive authority of one
of the officials thus elected. The
people of Pennsylvania aro about
to name virtually an entire state
government.
IIALLOTK WKUK ILLEGAL.
Tho ballots furnished for tho rc
cont election In Pike county, wore
not legal, as they did not contain
the endorsement with tho fac-slmllo
signatures of tho commissioners on
tho back and as it was, in a number
of districts, u straight ticket could
not be voted on account of bungling
work In printing. This should be a
warning to tho county commission
ers not to entrust this important
work of printing ballots to a novlco
In tho future. MUford Dispatch.
CASTOR I A
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
WHONG V1KWS OK TIIK CKXSl'H.
No Ilnnii Cnn Cotuo to Any Person
Who Answers tho Questions.
Letters from tho ccnsuB supervis
ors to tho United States Census Bur
eau show the erroneous npprchenslon
of a considerable clement of tho pop
ulation that their nnswors to tho
enumerators' questions In tho next
census, beginning April 1C, this year,
will cause Increased taxation, legal
entanglements, or Injurious conse
quences to their persons and prop
erty. In order to quiet such unfounded
fears, which would, unless removed,
materially affect the accuracy of tho
census, tlie bureau has prepared an
official statement relatlvo to the de
ceunlnl census, its origin, purpose,
and uses.
This statement should furnish
complete assurance to those concern
ed that information given tho enu
merators Is held by the Census Bur
eau In the strictest confidence with
reference to tho Identity of the In
formants, as required by the policy
of tho bureau and commnnded by the
law of the United Stntes.
Tho bureau earnestly hopes that
clorgyinen, prlcsts,"physlclans, school
teachers, employers, and other public-spirited
citizens who come In con
tact with largo numbers of people,
will co-operate with the bureau by
telling persons who are bellevca to
entortain erroneous opinions of tho
census the real facts and urging
them to give full replies to the enu
merators. Teachers are particularly
requested to speak of the census to
tho school children nnd ask them to
tell their parents about it.
The statement issued by the bureau
explains that tho Constitution re
quires a census of the population to
be taken every ten years In order to
reapportion state representation in
the National House of Representa
tives. It is the means also to ascer
tain the increase in the population,
ngriculture, industries, and resources
of the nation since tho last census.
It is emphatically declared, by the
statement, that the information
sought from the people of the United
States is used solely for general sta
tistical purposes. It will neither be
published nor used in any other way
to disclose facts regarding any in
dividual or enterprise. The census,
It' goes on to say, is not, never has
been, and can not bo employed to
obtain Information that can bo used
In any way In the assessment of
property for purposes of taxation or
the collection of taxes, either nation
al, state, or local; or for deportation
proceedings, extradition measures,
army or navy conscription, internal
revenue investigations, compulsory
school attendance, child-labor law
prosecutions, quarantine regulations,
or in any way to affect tho life, liber
ty, or property of any person.
It points out that replies to the
enumerators are and must be held by
the Consus Bureau In strict and ab
solute confidence. All the bureau
officials, supervisors, supervisors'
clerks, enumerators, and interpre
ters, before entering upon their du
ties, are obliged to take a solemn oath
not to disclose any Information they
may obtain, except to the Census
Bureau, and a violation of the United
States law In regard to this oath
means a $1,000 fine or Imprisonment
for two years or both, in the discre
tion of the court.
SIIKATZ WON'T IVK UP.
Ho Will Hold on to Treasurer's Of
fice Until Supreme Court Ousts
Him.
State Treasurer John O. Sheatz on
Saturday made reply to the opinion
given to Governor Stuart by Attorney
General Todd, in which the State's
legal officer ruled that the Governor
had authority to name a State Treas
urer to fill the office at the expiration
of the term of Mr. Sheatz, by notice
that ho will not give up tho office
until the Supremo Court passes upon
the question of the authority to ap
point. The treasurer says that "no Indi
vidual opinion" can settle any ques
tion of tho importance of succession
to the treasury until tho court passes
on the matter. Tho question will
have to remain unsettled, but under
no circumstances will 1 enter into
any contest to hold this office ono
hour beyond the time for which tho
people commissioned mo to safe
guard their funds, nolther will I per
mit any ono to enter upon the duties
of this offico until the Supreme Court
has passed upon the question of au
thority to qualify a mau to become
custodian of the millions of dollars
of State moneys for which I am
bonded to the-extent of $500,000.
Attorney Genoral Todd also made
public a letter written by him to .Mr.
Sheatz on Kebrunry 11, Inviting tho
State Treasurer to unite with him in
requesting the Supremo Court to pass
upon the question before the dnto of
tho expiration of the term for which
Mr. Sheatz was olected In order that
officials and others having business
with tho Stnto Treasurer should
know that they were transacting this
business with n qualified official.
Mr. Sheatz roplled Feb. 17, declin
ing to enter Into any contest.
TURN STAMPS DOWNWARD.
As a precaution ngnlnst the spread
of disease tho postolllco department
has issued an order to deliver all
postago stamps fnco down on tho
counter. Tho mcasuro Is takon be
cause of many complaints from phy
sicians nnd boards of health that
stamps, when pushed across tho
counter with tho adhesive side down,
pick up germs which aro taken up by
the tonguo when tho mucilage Is
moistened In affixing the stamp,
TKOUM.H.S OK DAVKNPOUT AND
HIS WIKK.
! Homer Davenport, the great enr-
toonlst, who lectured In Honesdalo
j and has mnny frlendB here, has been
stnylng at Point Loma, Cnl., since
i Christmas, recuperating from a nerv
ous breakdown due to trouble with
his wife. Concerning this unfort-
I unnte nffalr which has been aired in
the nowspnpors nt considerable
j length, Mr. Davenport has mndo n
I public statement.
"I havo retained from saying any
thing up to date," he says, "of my
unfortunate case. U was a matter
that did not develop recently. it
wns n mistake that Is possibly most
commonly mndo by young peoplo un
familiar with the micrcdnoas of mar
ried life. In tho beginning one wns
not to blame moro than tho other.
But marriage on two weeks' ac
quaintance should not be encourag
ed. "In my case those two peoplo en-
, tertalnod entirely different views of
j homo life and the obligations thore-
In ontalled. From the very begin
ning our views were widely different,
j and our tastes very dissimilar. 1
j had not been married n week before
j I rennzed that this marriage coni
j blnatlon between Mrs. Davenport
i and myself was a travesty. As time
j went on the gap was continually
! widening. In upholding this false
! condition of homo life, 1 may have
done an Injustice to irty children, but
I still had a faint hope that time
might bridgo some of Its difficulties.
Later when there was no longer any
hope of this, 1 decided for the happi
ness of myself nnd family, not to re
main with them, though my wife
and 1 had occupied different apart
ments In the same house for two
years prior to my final leaving,
j "It was not until Mrs. Davenport
circulated stories which reflected up
I on my character as a man that I de
cided to leave Morris Plains. N. J.
I To my surprise I discovered that she
i had made companions and confidants
j of her servants, and that they dls
I cussed me In the presence of my
i young children as a worthless char
1 actor, unworthy of respect.
"So by mutual agreement 1 left my
home a year ago. Previously I had
deeded to her all my property, In-
, eluding real estate in California, a
beautiful home In East Orange, X.
.1 ..one of the most beautiful and ex
pensive country .estates in America
at Morris Plains, N. .1., together with
a large life insurance, and a vast
amount of valuable furniture, works
of art and rare paintings, library,
etc.
"There are no scandals, no affini
ties, in this deplorable mix-up, as
might be imagined by some. Mrs
Davenport's tendency was to rant
against literary and artistic persons.
This was a direct blow against my
profession, which was my only
means of providing for my family,
and what had supplied .Mrs. Daven
port for years In her extravagance.
"At my Morris Plains estate I had
spent some sixty thousand dollars
trying to make It beautiful. In this
my wife and children were to have
their share of enjoyment, and they
still have it.
"I have no disposition to impeach
Mrs. Davenport's moral character In
j tho deepest sense. I have no grounds
( that would give me the right to ask
i for a legal separation from her other
! than that of incompatibility. I be
lieve that her heartless attacks on
my moral character were partly due
to the influence of a man and woman
I whom I onco welcomed to my home,
but whom I later, for good reason,
j asked to visit my home no more.
! "Before I took any legal steps in
j my matrimonial affairs, 1 begged
i Mrs. Davenport not to run any bills
j without letting me know what she
! ordered. This she promised to do.
; I was afraid that she might run un
I necessary bills thnt I might not be
j nble to meet. Yet, immediately af
i terwards, in one week's time, she
j added a $500 account to one she had
j already contracted of $1,000 for
' dress goods only, without telling mo
I she had done so.
"The legal transaction between us
hns reached this point: The decision
of a court in Now York stato allowed
Mrs. Davenport $400 a month in ad
dition to what I had given her, for
the support of herself and children;
which sum 1 gladly paid until 1 was
too 111 to attend to business. From
this, however, she did not pay her
bills, and now I am being appealed
to by her creditors.
"However, during these years of
discouragement and friction I have
never failed to be able to carry on
my professional work, nB cartoonist,
which wns my only means of sup
porting myself and family. Some
weeks ago my health broko down in
New York.
"I have not seen my children since
Inst April. I saw my breakdown com
ing, and to get down to snmo bnsls
that would lot me continue in my
profession nnd nvold tho collapse, I
went to Mrs. Davenport's lawyer and
told him that I would gladly glvo
Mrs. Davenport $500 per month and
nil chattels and property, If sho would
secure a divorce from me, provided
I could see my children and help in
tho direction of their education. I
would bo usoless on any newspaper
unless I could see my children onco a
week. I offered to meet Mrs. Davon
port's demands as far as I could do
so, but unless I could sea my children
who were dear to me, I felt I could
not endure much longer, as for
months I had been suffering from in
somnia with the plcturo constantly
beforo me that my Innocent children's
minds were being poisoned daily
against their father.
"Mrs. Davenport refused to accept
my proposition, although her lawyer
advised her to, and as predicted by
those closest to mo in my nowspnpor
office, my nerves broko down under
tho strain. To-dny I can honestly
say there Is no one's real welfare in
which I am moro concerned thnn my
children's nnd even Mrs. Davenport
I feel, should have all the considera
tion and protection thnt are Justly
duo her.
"I am rendy to face any charges
thnt can bo worked up against me,
as soon as I am well enough to do
so. Just how n-man cnn pay $400
a month alimony with nil his pos
sessions, even his health, taken away
from him. In a inyntery."
USED SPECIMEN BALLOTS.
OflU Inl Kind All L'sed, the Pink Ones
Woio Brought Info Play.
Up In one of the districts of Banks
township, when tho ballot box was
openod, It wan found to contain two '
pink specimen ballots, marked, and
the board counted them, Just as
though they wore official ballots.
This is tho way it hnppoued: The
election district did not receive as
many bnllotn as should have been
provided, and boforo the closing of
tho polls tho supply was exhausted.
As moro voters were expected, the
Judge of olection took several pink
specimen ballots, had the entire
board affix their signatures to them
us a means of their identification as
"authorized" ballots, and two of
these. were then marked and deposit
ed in tho box by qualified voters.
While this proceeding may not have
been regular or legal, and was very
unusual, still It appears to have been
done In absolute good faith. Mauch
Chunk News.
INOCULATED WITH GERMS OK
TYPHOID.
New York, Feb. 24. Fort Wada
worth is a liugo scientific laboratory
to-day. Over 320 officers and men
have been Inoculated with typhoid
fever germs in a voluntary aid to
science. Major F. It. Keefer, of the
medical corps surgeon in charge of
the post, was the first, and the hypo
dermic needle sent 500,000,000
germs surging under his skin.
Every one of the soldiers at the
post, officers and men, caught the
fad quickly, were vaccinated, and
each boasts a miniature case of ty
phoid. Recovery is rapid, however,
and but one hospital case has re
sulted. Typhoid fever is the scourge of
the American army, declares Major
Keefer. In the war with Spain
there were 20,730 cases and 1,580
deaths.
.MIXLSIXK BATTLE GROUXI).
Effort BeiiiK Mndo to Have Famous
Site Preserved.
Horace E. Twichell is soliciting
subscriptions for the purpose of pur
chasing tho site of the battle of Mliii
sink. Mr. Twichell has made a spec
ial study of the battle of Minlsink,
which took place on July 22, 1779,
east of the Delaware river, near
Lackawaxen, and is making an effort
to have the spot where so many early
settlers were massacred by the In
dians properly protected. The site
1b to be deeded to the Minlsink Val
ley Historical Society.
Mr. Twlchell's plan is that the
Minlsink Valley Historical Society
shall take title to and enclose the site
of the battle of Minlsink and proper
ly protect it and tho monument
thereon. His plan has the approval
of the society.
Mr. Twichell also hopes to erect a
monument to Colonel Tusten, who
led the setters in the Battle of Mini
sink and was killed.
.ISUT TRY OXE OK THOSE L1T
TIjK ADS. IX THE CITIZEN"; YOD
WILL BE SURPRISED AT TnJS
RESUIiTS.
HKNIIY 55. Ut'SSKLL,
1'RKbIDEKT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICK I-HKHIDKNT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Unnk was Organized In December, 1&3G, and Nationalized
In December, I8G4.
Since Its organization it has paid in Dividends
to its Stock holders,
$1,905,800.00
The Comptroller orjjthe Currency hns placed It on the HONOR
ROLL, front the fact Hint Its Surplus Fund more than
equals Its capital stock.
What Class 0
are YOU in i
The world has alwnya been divided into two classes those who have
saved, those who havo spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the saver who havo built tho houses, tho mills, the bridges, the
rnilroadB, the shipd and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders aro slaves to the eavers. It is the law of nature. We
want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department
nnd bo independent.
One Dollar will Start an Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
WHERE LIKE IS STRENUOUS.
Ono Dollar Reward for "ShootJnR
Up" Hungarians.
The Good Roads Committee of
tho Board of Supervisors, of Orange
county, N. Y., was. down In the town
of Newburgh, Monday, acquiring
rights of way for the Newburgh
Cedar Hilt road. They found n very
interesting section of the country
whore tho slate-ribbed hills aro cov
ered with fruit orchards and vlne
yards, almost every available acre
yielding largo revonuo to the Indus
trious occupants. They were shown
ono placo of comparatively small
acronge from which $2,000 worth
of fruit had been shipped each day
for a number of consecutive days
last season.
In that locality forty years ago
large dairies used to bo kept, but
now there arc none. Here and
there a cow is still to bo found, but
milk production has given way to
fruit growing.
Ono feature of life In that locality
would doubtless appeal to ex-Presl-dent
Roosevelt and nl lothers whose
systems are filled with the red cor
puscle. Daniel D. Barnes, one of
the big fruit growers, informed the
committee that the greatest trouble
connected with fruit growing was
tho pillaging of the orchards by the
Hungarians brickyard hands, and
instances were cited whpre they had
stolen $200 worth of peaches from
ono orchard in ono night. It is the
custom to keep guns loaded with
bird-shot for these poachers and in
the fruit season doctors aro kept
busy picking fine shot out of the
men who couldn't get away fast
enough. A standing reward of $1
is paid to all employes who shoot a
Hungarian and some of them spent
their Sundays and holidays behind
the orchard fences waiting for a
chance to project a load of shot Into
the anatomy of some fleeing brick
yarder. Attention is called to tlie STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
Citv has published a ROLL Or
IIO'NOR of the 11,470 State Hanks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In thin list the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10 tli .11 Pennsylvania.
Stands'FIRSTin Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
Honesdale, Pa.. May 29, 130S.
KDWIN F.TOIU5HY
CASIIIEIt.
ALHKKT C, LINDSAY
ASSISTANT CAtilllKK