TIIE CITIZEN, PltlDAV, MAY 0, 1010. FEW BIERS CO. Attendance Disappointing at St. Louis Convention. 10,000 EXPECTED; 500 THERE. Taft, When. He Speaks Tomorrow, Will Address Hundreds Instead of Thou sands Probable That Agricul turists Will Question Him. St. Louis. Mny 3. President Taft will address the farmers' convention here tomorrow. Hut when he ascends the platform he will not gaze upon the faces of the expected 10,000 tillers of the soil. When the convention opened yester day there were only about 000 persons present. Promoters of the convention who predicted the 10.000 attendance attrlh ute the disappointment to various J, causes. It is a representative gather ing, however, and included delegates ! from the norlh. south, east and west, j President Charles S. Harrett of Geor- gla was compelled to call an adjourn- , tnent one hour earlier than schedule yesterday after vainly calling the roll of speakers for several days ahead. It is still confidently predicted that at least 10,000 will arrive before the end of the week. The bad weather, which demoralized crops In tills sec tion, and the failure of the railroads to reduce rates are nlso blamed for the small crowd. Wednesday's session, when Presl ilonf Tnfi Is splipilnled to deliver the principal nddress. promises to be an "pv uonanue or Aiamctin county, nsu exccediugly livelv one. The delegates 1K 1dm to Interfere and prevent tho frequently interrupt tho speakers with , Jeffries-Johnson fight nt Emeryville on questions, and, according to William It. July 4. Wrightson. president of the California Fruit Growers' association, who was one of the speakers, the president will not be exempt. Wrightson attacked tho present tariff and In his address said the California delegation Intended to ask the president a number of ques tions with regard to It. Wrightson declared that California is governed by the Southern Pacific railroad. "An organization of tills kind," he said, "Is the only thing that can con trol the commercial Interests that are dominating rates on our products." Wrightson said that the farmers want ' a bill enacted to prevent gambling on farm products. Samuel Gonipers. labor leader, spoke last night. TRIAL FOR HEIKE. Supreme Court Rules Against Secre tary of American Sugar Co. Washington, May 3. The Uuited States supreme court dismissed the. writ of error granted to Charles R. Ilelke, secretary of the American Su gar company, who was Indicted for complicity In sugar weighing frauds. IToIke claimed immunity from prose cution because he has previously given testimony before the grand Jury in an other proceeding which was under the Sherman antitrust law, and when that plea was denied by the trial court brought the writ of error In question. Ilelke must now go to trial. The court, in an opinion by Justice Day. takes the ground that no writ of error would lie in the case because It was not a final judgment In the case, as tho law specified and therefore dis missed It. Subsequently, on the suggestion of Solicitor General Rowers that the trial of Ilelke. which had been deferred on account of (he allowance of the writ of error, was now fixed for Mny 10. the court ordered tho mandate to Issue nt once so that the trial could proceed. WAGE CONFERENCE ON. Erie Trainmen Demand Same Wages B. and O. Brethren Got. , v,.w vnrk-. Mnv :i -The inini -,,....' a nee committee of the Erie trainmen and conductors began conferences yes terday with General Manager J. C. Stu art over the demands of the trainmen and conductors made several months ago for higher wages. There were two conferences. The committee finally stated that wages equal to those given by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to its trainmen and conductors, whose demands were ar bitrated, would be the lowest thnt would be accepted. The otllchils of the road will give their answer today. Probably It In volves u counter proposition. JUDGE BARTLETT WORSE. But His Doctor Says There Is No' Im mediate Danger. Albany, May 1'. The condition of Judge Edward T. Harriett of Uio court of appeals, who was stricken with pa ralysis on Friday night last, haB had a serious change. Dr. Samuel B. Ward, who is attend ing Judge Bartlett, said, however, that there was uo immediate danger and that lie expected Judge Bartlett to be well enough to be out within a week. Machinists' Strike. Sedalla, Mo., May 3. All tho machin lsta lu the shops here of the Missouri Pacific railway are on strike, and re ports received indicate that tho men everywhere on tliut system went out at the same time. The men demanded an lncrcaso from SO to 40 cents au bonr. The company offered SO cents, but the men declined this. FIGHT AGAINST FIGHTS. Opposition to Jeffries-Johnson Match i Grows In California. I San Francisco, May 3. Opposition to I the JGiTrle8-.Tohn.Bon fight, following tho death of Tommy McCarthy, the fan Francisco pugilist, killed In a tight with Owen Moran on Saturday morn ing, has taken form In a statewldo i movement of clergymen to prevent tho championship light on July 4. Prize lighting was denounced from scores of pulpits Sunday, and In many Instances n definite campaign was begun. A meeting of the San Francisco church federation wilt 'bo held and committees nppolnled to carry the an tlflght agitation to Governor (Illicit Tho pastors of all the churches In tho city have been notified, and It has been tacitly agreed among them Unit the church federation shall take the lead. At a special meeting of tho First Congregational church of Oakland res olutions were adopted protesting against the fight and will bo forwarded to Governor GUIett and Attorney Gen eral Wclib. Deposit of Fight Prize Money. San Francisco, May 3. A certificate 0f deposit of $30,000 In gold will be sent to Senator Tim Sullivan of New York today by the Metropolis National bank of San Francisco. This amount was deposited by Tex IMekard ns sec olul ,lvlent on the prize money for the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Tddny an informal conference will bo held be tween Klcknrd. Gloason, I.lttie nnd Ilerger over the sclectlou of a referee, and It Is believed Jack Welch of this city will be chosen. Women Oppose Fight. Oakland. Cal.. Mny 3. Many peti tions of church goers and women's clubs were presented to District Attor- DINE IN STREET CLOTHES. Trunks of the Roosevelts Late Reach ing Copenhagen. Copenhagen, May 3. Owing to the failure of his trunks to arrive on time, Colonel Roosevelt was compelled to wear a gray Milt when he called on Prince Waldcmar. He appeared In the snme garb at the dinner nt the pal ace, but before it was over the errant trunk put In an appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt and -Miss Ethel Roosevelt were also forced to dine In their street gowns, but all were en abled to appear at the brilliant recep tion at the American legation In con ventional evening attire. Married Three Sisters. Lebanon, hid., May 3. Mrs. Nancy Neal, eighty-two years of age, whose husband died several years ago, Is dead at her home here. Mrs. Neal was the third sister who married Neal. The oldest daughter to whom Neal was en gaged, died before her marriage. He then ninrried the next oldest. She died, and lie married her widowed sis ter, and at her death lie married the youngest, who had already been mar ried twice. Taft In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, May 3.-President Taft participated in the May festival here today. Take Your Choice. From Sir John Lubbock wo tike this ennobling thought: "You may see In a shallow pool either the mud lying at the bottom or the Image of the bluo sky above." Collecting an Old Debt. The other day the manager of n fur- tuture house in town asked one of his star salesmen to collect n bill of long standing, for which the regular col - lector had been unable to get cash, i lie manager toiu tits man to threaten a lwsult If necessary. The salesman Bald 1,0 would collect it without that nud went to the delinquent's ofllce. Ho put the bill lu the band of his derby hat, and with the hat held nonchalant - ly in his left hand lie strolled into the inner shrine. The man nt the desk looked at him Inquiringly and then t glanced down at the conspicuous bill. "Well, what is it?" he naked. "Pardon me," said the salesman in j his best manner, "but could you tell me Is Mr. Jones dead?" I "Why, no: I'm Mr. Jones." "Thank you. That's all I wauted to know," said the salesman nnd walked ! abruptly from the room. Next day a check came for the i amount New York Sun. Saving the Union. Until wo had a national game It was slUy, according to Ellis Parker Butler in Success Magazine, to speak of the loose group of states as a nation. The people had too much time lu which to talk politics, und whenever they talked politics they became angered, and whenever they were angered they wanted to secede or knock spots off each other. Thero was no ono great unifying spirit. There was too much "Maryland, My Maryland," and "Van keo Doodle" nnd not any "Casey at tho Bat." All the animus that Is now di rected nt tho umpire class was allow ed to foment into sectional feeling. A man from Baltimore nud a man from Boston could not meet and talk in curves; they had to talk slaves. Im agine the benighted state of society! It is a wonder that the nation lasted until baseball arose lu Us might and strength to mnko of us one great peo ple! 1 FREAK RUDDER TREES. Revolted Against Parasites and Killed Them Off. Some years ago a big planter In tho Congo abandoned a rubber tract of scvArnl hundred miles which had bo coine Infested with the parasite of Hk region. All the trees drooped and dl(-d down (o the roots? only thoio surviving. Part of the trunk under tho Inner bark continued to yield the rubber milk, as usual, but the lluid was found to be thoroughly poisoned nnd apparently useless. A visit to the abandoned tract sonio years after tho blight had fallen showed, to the amazement of tho owner, that the trees had taken on a new ijfc, when the milk was tested he found that It made rubber of a superior quality, nnd now brings tho highest price in tho market. Apparently nature had revolted against the 'destructive In sects and with their pol3on tho trees had inoculated themselves nga.ist further aflllctlon of the kind. Industry Aiding Science. Tho debt of Industry to science has often, and very properly, been pro claimed: but now the roverso is an nounced. Tho National Electric Lamp Association has established at Clove land a physical laboratory, which tho director. Dr. E. P. Hyde, declares has for its object tho development of sci ence rather than tho improvement of an industrial commodity.' In this re spect it differs from the many labora tories that have in recent years ben established In connection with large manufacturing concerns. Among the objects of research will bo the laws of radiation and tho radiant properties of matter, and the effects of light and its attendant phenomena on tho oyc, tlte skin, and microscopic organlms. A corps of investigators is being formed. The Englishman in a Groove. In Kngland nine-tenths of the lads of the middle classes look forward to nothing more than r. seat at an office desk with a certain number of shi -l!r'.;j a week for a certain number o years. To attempt to do anything else would be to run the risk of so Ul ostracism. A young man may loaf re spectably on his family. But he ni-'U on no account start a business ir ir involves selling nnything or iirodutn ; nnything with his hands. That wol.J be bad form. It would be getting o side the groove. Thus for the grei. mass of the people England holds no romance. The lad who thinks lie could do something is discouraged. Every class distinction :s so definite ly marked. The whole weight of pub lic opinion is against the smallest di vergence from the ordinary rule. Air-Springs. Mr. Archibald Sharp described at a recent meeting of the Institution of Automobile Engineers in London his system of air-springs for road vehicles. As applied to the saddle pillar of a bicycle, the apparatus consists essen tially of a vertical cylinder with a pis ton or plunger, made to work alr-tig'.it by a specially constructed "mitten." and supporting the weight of the rider. The same device has been applied to motor-cycles, and experiments havo been made with a light motor-car. On the front fork of a heavy motor-cycle the "life" of tho "mitten" covered from .2,000 to 5,000 miles, but on a back spring fork it was only equiva lent to 1.000 miles. The effect of tho air-springs is described as- luxuriously comfortable. Fortunately Situated. Mrs. Hammond was willing to pay n fair price for work, but she did not intend to be cheated. "I should like to know how it happens that your boy Terry charges me fifty cents for mow ing my lawn, when he does Mrs. Por ter's, and there is no reason why 'lie should bo twice as long mowing it." j ..Well ,10VVi as to tnat, ma'am," said , Mr Halloran, transferring his gaze to ller gi0ves, "you seo Mrs. Porter's 1 house faces the baseball grounds, and j glle j,Ire8 Terry always of a Wedues- dny or a Saturday to come to her place at one o'clock, ma'am, and the game begins at half past two, d'ye rpo? 'Twould bo a ouare lnd that I wouldn't hurry a bit wld that chanst 1 to his hand, now wouldn't it?" ' The Moral Law. Tho passage indicated is not from Kant, but may be found in James Martineau's "Study of Religion." and in full reads as follows. "The rule of right, the symmetries of chnracter, tho requirements of perfection, aro no provincialisms of this planet; they are known among tho stars; they reign beyond Orion and tho Southern Cross; they aro wherever tho Univer sal Spirit is, and no subject mind, though it fly on our track forover, can escapo beyond their bounds." Friends No Longer. Mrs. Everston Mrs. Wrlpper and the Partely woman no longer speak to each other. Mrs. Hallentrager What u pity! And they used to bo such close friends. Do you know what estranged them? Mrs. Everston Yes; they met at a sale and both wanted the samo rem nant The Sergeant's Opportunity. "If ye please, sergeant," Punch makes the raw recruit sy, "I'vo got a splinter in mo 'and." "Wot yer been doin'7" demanded the sergeant "Strokin yer 'end?" Rats at a Dollar a Dozen. Tho Paris flood arovo swarms o! rats from sowors, und rat-catchers made big money shipping tho Jivo rat' at a dollar a dozen to doe pits in Lon don. "IIS" T 1 Liberal Defeats Prohibition ist In Alabama. ANTI-COMER MOVEMENT WINS. Demoorals at Primaries Name Emmett O'Neal For Governor Nomination Means Election In That State and "Dry" Organization's Deathknell. Montgomery, Ala., May 3.-Emmett O'Neal, local optlonist, has beaten II. S. D. Mullory, statewide prohibitionist nnd friend of the late defeated prohibi tion amendment, in the rneo for tho Democratic nomination for govemoi The victory for O'Neal also means that tho state lias returned to liberal Ism In Its attitude toward corporations and railroads as well as the liquor question. There is not the slightest doubt but that the result means a re turn to the open sale of liquors la Montgomery, Mobile and Birmingham and possibly other towns, with the further almost certain resumption of dispensaries In most of the towns which had them prior to November. 1007. For four years the slate has been In the grip of ngltators, led by Governor H. II. Coiner, who went In as au oppo nent of the railroads nnd the corpoia- tlons and later on as the champion of all that had to do with tho rigid con trol of tlie sale and manufacture of liquor of all kinds. O'Neal Is the leader of the ant! Comer movement, as such an Issue as that of prohibition. The result at the primaries follows the successful fight against the prohibition amendment Inst fall, when the fight was led by O'Neal, who at tho time seemed to be following a lost cause. BAKERS' STRIKE GROWS. Betweon 5,000 and 6,000 Breadmakers Now Out. New York, Mny a. It Is estimated that between n.OOO and 0,000 bakers have Joined the strike of breadninkers In New York and surrounding towns. The scarcity of bread Is beginning to cause considerable hardship. The famine was first felt nt hotels and restaurants, but now the home supply has been so decreased as to cause housewives deep uneasiness and long hunts for loaves in homes where the art of breadmaklng hos been neg lected. Rioting by striking bakers und sym pathizers, who were led by women, around their big baking plant at Eighty-fifth street and East End ave nue, and the prospect of being unable to till any of the orders for bread caused the Flelsclimtini- Raking com pany to transfer their rders to the bakeries of Chris FrerliJi & Co. and John Sehninlz & Sons, loboken. with the result that 3.V) iiimi employed by the two Iloboken firms walked out rather than bake for the Fleischmnnns. During the rioting n woinnn slapped the face of Otto Flelschniann. She was fined $10 In the police court. The fight between employee and em ployer threatens to become n long drawn out one. The master bakers de clare they will not submit to the de mands of tho unions nnd that they will fill their shops with nonunion men. Steps have already been taken by the firms affected to do this. The Evolution of Booster Bill VI. He Decides to Buy a Home When Bill Blue had to buy of yore It made his tightwad spirit sore, So these times, be It understood, He made as seldom as he could. His cash to no home merchant went. To a mail order house he sent. "These stores that we have here," said he, "Are robbers, but they can't rob me." This made the local tradesmen blaze. Thty cried! "That rule will work both ways. IP BILL CUTS US, WHY, WE'LL CUT BILL Till of that game he has his fill." It Jarred Bill some. Hosaldt "By Jackl If I spend here It may COME BACK." His dollars now no longer roam, But "Bill the Booster" buys at horns. AFTER RICH TAX DODGERS. Mayor Shank of Indianapolis Hopes to Fill City's Treasury. Indianapolis, hid., May 3. Mayor Shank has declared war on the rich of this city who doMiot pay all their taxes and has started an Investigation which he thinks will fill the treasury and make borrowing hereafter unneces sary. Ho says there would be no trouble If the rich would pay taxes like the man who has only n little household furni ture, nnd he determined that they shall do so. "It is not the poor man who objects to pnylng his lawful amount of taxes," said Mayor Shank. "It Is the wcnltltler class, and I purpose to bring nbout a change:" He gnve it as Ills belief that the city Is annually cheated out of many thou sands of dollnrs by the class thnt owns considerable property, while the com paratively poor man Is assessed In full. Figure It Out For Yourself. If you want a hard rase there is tho case of a man who late at night bought a bottle of whisky nt a public house price, 3s. (id. - says tho London Globe. He handed over a Ave pound note, and tho publican would not chnnge it. "Ail right," said the cus tomer. "Give mo the whisky and 10s. (id. and keep my live pound note." Next morning the customer came lu, planked down four sovereigns and said, "Give mo back my live pound note and we shall be straight." The publican and the sinner looked at each other. Can you tell nt a glance which got the better of the bargain when the customer went away with his five pound note in ills pocket? The question puzzled a whole office full of literary, financial, sporting, philosophical and editorial men until it readied a girl of eighteen who is en gaged in dealing with cash. All the rest were calculating on paper and reaching the result by devious ways. The cash girl saw it in a Hash of the rye. Do you? Shut your oyea and do It in live secouds if you wish to beat tho cash girl. A Roast. "It takes Freddie so long to make up his mind." "Why should It? He has almost no material to work on." Cleveland Lead er. Frugality Is founded on the princi ple that all riches have limits. Burke. Capital $75,000. Deposits Over Half Million HONESDALE DBEVSE BANK IS UNDER STATE SUPERVISION An examiner is liableto call at the institution at any time. This in sures carefulness and absolute safety in management. You do not have to leave the bank where you are now doing business to open an account with this institution. Many people do their banking by mail and have accounts in several banks. Give to us a part of your business. MONEY LOANED ON GOOD SECURITY. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT. OFFICF.KS. K. C. MUMFOKl), President. VM. KIKFI.F.K. Vice President. DIHEtTOUS. C. Mumford Joel O. Hill Jacob F.Kntz W.F. Metier Frank Steinman Thomas M.Hnnloy H. II. Fly. M. I). D. & M. CO. TITIE TABLE A.M, A.M.I. SUN . .M. .V.M. P.M.I HUTIONS ... Albany lliiiL'tiuiuton ... HUN 8 30 iff uo 10 00 10 00 4 30'... 0 05 A.M. 10 (10 2 15 12 30 8 30 2 15 Philadelphia . 1 20 2 OS 7 as 8 15 4 10 5 30 1 20 2 OS 7 10 7 55 Wllkes-ltarre.. ...cranton P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. i.v 5 40 a 50 9 03 !) 15 SI 19: (i 20 li 30 8 45 8 6.5; 8 59 ...Curuondnle.... ..Lincoln Avenue.. Whites Farvlew Canaan ... Luke Lodore ... ... . Waymurt Keene Stecne I'rompton Fortenla Seclyvllle .... Houesdale 5 64 li :si ti 11 0 M a vi !l IS (i 17 ti 23 t a g : (i 5H 7 04 7 07 7 13 !l 21 0 4h II 31' 11 51 il 32. !l 37 !) 39 9 43 9 47 9 60 9 55 9 57 li 35 10 00 7 Hi 10 01 7 20 ti 43 10 OS 10 11, 10 15 7 7 ti 41. ti ao 7 31 P.M.iA M P.M. P.M. A.M.iAr The Era of New Mixed Paints ! This year opoiu witti a dolugo of now mixed paints. A con dition brought about, by our enterprising dealers to get some kind of a mixed paint that would supplant CHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS. Their compounds, being now and heavily advertised, may find a sale with tno unwary. ,""AS"oS?M,CHlLT0rS MIXED PAINTS Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY. There aro reasons for tho pro-minonco of CHILTON PAINTS 1st fto ono can mix abettor mixed paint. 2d Tho painters declaro that it works easily and has won derful covoring qualities. 3d Chilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his - own oxpenso.overy surface painted with Chilton Paint that proves uofectivo. , , . , .... 1th Thoso who havo used it aro perfectly satisfied with it, and recommend its uso to others. 8moke-Detector. A Scotchman, Mr. John Lowden, has Invented a "smoke tintometer," which, It is thought, may bo of use in prosecuting cases of "smoko nuls nnce." It consists of a tube wlt.i a single eyepiece and two object oien Ings. One of these is clear, but thu other contains a revolving diaphragm In which are set five circles, one of clear glass and the other four of tint ed glasses corresponding with tho standard tints of a scientific "smoke chnrt" In examining smoke-defiled air the diaphragm Is turned until the tinted glass coincides In darkness with tho air Been through the clear aperture. The various glasses are systematically numbered, so that a glanco sufflces to show the degree of defilement of the nlr. AHUIVAli AND DEPAKTUIIK OF KUIK TRAINS. Trains leave at 8:25 a. w. and i;48 p. m. Sundays at 2:48 p. m. Trains arrive at 1:40 and 8:08 p. m. Saturdays, arrives at 3:45 and leaves at 7:10. Sundays at 7:02 p. m. j:::::::::::::::::::r:::n:::::::::::::n::::::::::: I MARTIN CAUFIELD 1 p Designer and Man- I ufacturer of I ARTISTIC I MEMORIALS is H Office and Works p! 1036 MAIN ST. :: HONESDALE, PA. 0 fx Surplus $40,000 J. A. ITSCH. Cushlci Hen. F. Haines K. 1. Pen warden m, II. Kruntz . K. Perham HONESDALE BRANCH P.M.! A.M. P.. A.M. Sl'NISUN 2 00 10 60! 8 45 io ao, 8 45 ... 12 40 3 53 7 31 7 32 7 31i 7 32 2 25,P M. 1 35 10 05 P.M 10 20 9 37 4 05 3 15 7 15 6 20 Ar A.M P.M. P.M. P.M..P M. 8 05 1 35 5 40 5 30 12 17 -i 8 29 8 17 8 13 7 51 7 47 7 41 7 39 7 32 7 30 7 2li 7 7 15 7 15 7 51 1 25 12 0 7 60 7 33 7 23 7 19 1 21 S 2) 12 03 1 0.1 12 6ti 5 08 II 44 5 01 11 37, 12 SI 5 5ti 11 31 7 17 12 49 12 43 12 40 4 5 11 29 11 23 11 20 11 10 11 12 11 09 11 05 A.M. 7 12 7 09 7 05 4 4S 4 45 12 S. 4 41 7 01 12 32 12 29 12 25 4 37 0 tw 6 65 4 31 4 30 I.vlA.M P.M. P.M, P.M.