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KIM DAY, .Il'NE il, 11)10.
1M)N'T KOWJKT TO VOTE AT
THE I'UIMAKIES OX SATUKDAV,
june rrii, rno.n u to h i m.
It was a SATANIC net which the
local board of Sunday school work
ers of Washington, D. C, enncted
when they prevented the christian
colored men, women nnd children
of that city from parading with the
christian workers who had gathered
from all quarters of the earth.
Colonel Roosevelt's unbridled
impulsiveness has led him to be In
discreet in his utterances as to
England's administration of affairs
in Egypt. While we admire his
courage In saying what he thinks,
yet there are times when it is iui
politic to tell your host the faults
of his wife or children as you see
them, and especially before you
had time to digest his hospitality.
The pious wish lately expressed
uy Senator Jeff Davis that Mr.
Rockefeller might be burnt eternal
ly with his own oil, recalls a peti
tion presented to the United States
congress in the early days of the
Standard Oil Company. The peti
tioners prayed that a stop might be
put to the irreverent and irreligious
proceedings of the trust In drawing
such enormous quantities of petrol
eum from the earth and thus check
ing the designs of the Almighty,
who has stored it there with a view
to the eventual destruction of the
world.
SANE FOURTH IDEA SPREADING
Governors of twenty-three states
already have become members of the
national committee for the promo
tion of a sane Fourth of July, and
many more promise to become
identified with the movement. This
action by the chief executives of the
states is not to be regarded as
merely the expression of personal
convictions or preferences. It is,
instead, a composite expression of
what seems to be almost a popular
demand by the people the country
over. And the activity is by no
means confined to the national or
ganization. The question Is being
discussed in hundreds of municipali
ties, both by the governing bodies
and women's clubs. Mayors of many
cities, public oinclals, college pro
fessors, the clergy, physicians, In
fact every class, are evincing a deep
interest in the matter. Tho senti
ment seems to bo that peace will be
had even if it is necessary to fight
for it. In some cities tho crusade
has been carried on by means of
public lectures, where parents have
been made acquainted with statis
tics regarding heretofore unrestrain
ed celebrations. In Philadelphia
the school teachers have been speci
ally Instructed that they may give
lectures to the children, and In New
York and other cities tho boards of
education have taken the mntter up
and are devising means for dis
seminating Information.
In many places comprehensive
plans already have been made for
observing the coming Fourth In a
"safe and sane" manner. In Chi
cago, for instance, five thousand
troops will go through maneuvers
on the Fourth of July and tho flvo
days following. Airships, pontoon
bridges and an arena with free seats
for twenty-fivo thousand children
will be some of tho features. This
kind of a celebration ought to per
mit tho release of about all the sur
plus patriotism possessed oven by
Young America without serious
consequences.
Then in Pittsburg $150,000 has
been subscribed for two celebra
tions with pageants and parades.
Other towns and cities In tho east
and west are following these ex
amples. Sprlngflold, Mass., tried the
experiment last year. Tho program
embraced music and band concerts,
a parade, athletic sports and exer
cises, aquatic sports, displays of
fireworks and historical pageants.
This year Philadelphia Is work
ing out a Fourth of July program
which shall exclude gunpowder. In
Indianapolis tho mayor and common
council havo undertaken tho task
of providing a sultablo celebration.
Exchange
AN UNSOLICITED TESTIMONY.
This cortillos that I am personally
acquainted with II. C. Jackson who
seeks tho nomination and election
for Representative of Wnyno Co. on
tho Republican ticket. I believe lilm
to bo honest in business, upright In
character; faithful to any trust com
mitted to his care. Republicans will
roako no inlstako to nominate him;
Prohibitionists to endorse; nnd tho
voters of Wayno county will do them
selves a credit to elect him.
JOS. M. COLEMAN,
Pastor M. E. Church.
Damascus, Pa., May 24, 1910.
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
Tho Independent's AI'PUODlOUS
Is a line counterpart to the Citizen's
PELICIDOUS with tho exception that
the latter is plainly a misprint, while
the former would have to be mis
printed in two places to mnko it any
thing else but n hlghfalutlng expres
sion of a half-educated person.
READER.
FAIR IMjAV.
Editor of The Cltlzon,
My dear Sir:
May 1 havo tho space briefly to
reply to the White Mills correspond
ent of the Independent, of tho 27th
Inst?
We stand, Sir, on common ground
In tho Interest wo both feel In the
good of the country where we live.
This was shown In your case, by
your solicitude lest If tho saloons
should be closed the bird of prosper
ity hitherto hovering benevolently
over us should take fright, and tnke
flight to some less Inhospitable
clime. You were evidently firmly
convinced that tho unlimited invita
tion to strong drink to men who have
lost the power to refuse, tends to
better and purer and more enlighten
ed citizenship, and presumably to
more loving husbands nnd kinder
fathers. Well and good; I admire
a man who possesses well formulated
opinions, and is not afraid to ex
press them, though they disagree
with mine.
I3ut, Sir, may I bo forgiven for
suggesting that a man who loves
his country and his immediate neigh
bors so well as you do, manifest
pntriot as you are, ought more
staunchly to maintain a cardinal prin
ciple which our forefathers, who
signed or fought for the Declaration
of Independence stood for, namely,
that the majority of any voting dis
trict should rule. It Is a diviner
right than the right of kings; and
you would abrogate it.
The local option law, which you
so much fear, would give to tho
men of each township or voting dis
trict the right to decide for them
selves, by their ballots, whether they
would, or whether they would not al
low liquor to be sold among them.
I respectfully maintain that the pro
hibitory feature is secondary. If the
majority of your neighbors are in
favor of the liquor traffic, it would
never hit you, and you may continue
undisturbed in your gay carnival of
prosperity. What is of primary or
supreme importance is that the ma
jority shall rule, in a government
of the people, by the people, and for
the people, no other principle is a
safe principle. As a good citizen,
will you not say why you should not
help us to put this law upon the
statute books? That law would de
cide nothing except freedom. The
only freedom It would grant us
would be the franchise, which in this
country of the free and equal we are
denied. Is this fair? Is It not the
ethics and the equity of the hog?
Have you not sufficient chivalry to
give us the chance to light you?
Shall the commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, with, I think one other among
the states of the American Union,
disreputable and uncivilized Nevada,
remain in the select company of
Russia and barbaric China as a land
where the people do not rule?
Some of us heartily believe that
the unchecked sale of liquor is an
evil. But a greater evil still is the
denial of franchise and an unwilling
ness to allow the majority to decide
in questions that concern the public
welfare.
This appeal is only to fair-minded
men.
A PLEADER FOR FAIR PLAY.
Honesdale, Pa., Memorial Day, 1910.
LOYAL TEMPERANCE LEGION.
The fourth annual convention ot
the Loyal Temperance Legion was
held on Tuesday in the Methodist
Episcopal church. There were six'
ty delegates who answered the roll
call, they representing tho different
Legions of the county. At least ono
half of the delegates were young
men. Mrs. Mayme Stevens of Ham
lin, who is general secretary, was
In charge. Tho officers are: Free
man Eagen of Tanners Falls, presi
dent; Esther Stevens of Salem, vice
president; Dorothy Relfler of Tan
ners Falls, recording secretary; El
mer Peet, Hamlin, corresponding
secretary; Arthur Oliver, Berlin,
treasurer.
Tho morning session was in chargo
of Mrs. Mayme Stevens, who conduct
ed tho exercises. At tho nfternoon
session Leon .Mitcnei or kiko, pre
sided over the deliberations of tho
delegates. Tho ovoning session,
which was the most Important ono
of tho day, had John RIollor of tho
Honesdale Legion as presiding olll-
cer. Tho attendance was largo and
tho exercises very interesting. Tho
double medal contest which was tho
prominent featuro of tho program,
was greatly enjoyed by tho audi
ence. The result of the contest was
that tho senior medal waB awarded
to Mnbol Peterson of Beach Lake,
and tho junior medal to Bertha
Samson of Ariel.
Strikes In Boston.
Boston, Juno 2. Refusals of requests
for wage Increases were tho causes of
several strikes here. About l,r00 men,
Including muchlnlhts, building labor
ers, wharf and bridge builders, sheet
metal workers and cabinet makers and
mill men, went out If their demands
aro not granted shortly the strikers
assert that over 10,000 union men will
be affected and a general strike de
clared.
DR. KOCH'S THEORY.
That tho world's birth rate will
dwlndlo until tho raco of man ex
terminates Itself by raco suicide is
tho theory of tho late Dr. Koch pro
pounded In some of the scientist's 1
manuscripts to bo published posthu-
mously within a few days. j
AtLUI UII1S IU Ul . 1VUU11, lllllll IB
steadily censing to breed. Civiliza
tion, he says, Inevitably reduces tho
birth rate, nnd tho extension oT civ
ilization means tho growth of raco
suicide till humanity, refusing to
breed, will vnnlBh from the face of,
tho globe.
Dr. Koch cites one tribe of Polyne-j
slans which, when subjected to civ-1
Illzntlon Influences, committed raco
suicide by mutual agreement among I
its members.
Dr. Koch's theory Is expressed to ,
make a profound scientific impres-'
sion.
DEWALT HAS CAUSED A LIVELY
STORM.
Nothing in recent weeks has caus
ed as much discussion in political
circles in the State as tho alleged in
terview with Senator A. O. Dewalt,
Democratic State chairmnn, in regard
to the Capitol scandal. Last Tues-
day, after Governor Stuart had is-'
sued his statement, ex-Governor ,
Samuel W. Pennypacker mado
scorching comment on the Lehigh !
Senator and last night the man who
sent out the story from Allentown i
declared flatly that he had not mis- j
quoted anyone. Senator Dewalt says I
that his statement of Tuesday to the
Vssociated Press is all there is to 1
tho matter.
Mr. Pennypacker said: "If Senator
Dewalt be correctly reported, I en
tirely agree with him as to sonic of
tho conclusions he has reached.
"He is quoted as saying: 'The Capi-
tol scandal, as an issue in the guher-,
natorial campaign four years ago, I
was not properly handled from the
Democratic side.' I
"If the object of the scandal was!
to make an issue for Democrats in a i
gubernatorial campaign, it is plain i
that the more officials who could bo ,
involved, and the higher the ofilces
held by them, the more effective It I
would be. I have never entertained
but one opinion of the Capitol at
Harrisburg, and that opinion Is
strengthened each time I see It. It is
a most beautiful building in archi
tecture and equipment.
"Four years of use have proven
it to be almost faultless. Erected at
a cost less than the people elsewhere
have expended. It Is an achievement
with which we may well be satisfied.
The men who did this work success
fully ought to be accorded honor be
cause of it.
"Since the truth is mighty, and in
the end prevails, that honor yet will
be accorded.
"Dr. Snyder, this member of the
investigation committee at last tells
us, did not receive any misappropri
ated funds. He aided at greatex
pense In the construction of this
creditable building.
"Senator Dewalt, likewise at great
expense, aided In the construction of
a discreditable scandal. Which arti
ficer did most for the benefit of the
Commonwealth and deserves more
esteem from his fellow-men?
"The sensible now see, and time
will show it all."
In face of the denial of Senator
Dewalt, this report of tho alleged in
terview came from Allentown on
Tuesday night:
Senator Dewnlt told the story of
his minority report as a member of
the Capitol Commission yesterday af
ternoon to three men, one an Allen
town editor, another a lawyer who is
a candidate for State Senator, and the
third a correspondent. "Tho story
as ho told It is exactly as it was sent,"
said the lawyer. "If I were to make
an affidavit, I would say the story
Is exactly as Senator Dewnlt told it.
"Ho said he recommended the In
dictment of Governor Pennypacker,
and added that less was to bo ex
pected of Auditor General Snyder,
who was only a country doctor, than
of Governor Pennypacker, who Is
learned In the law and that Penny
packer was more culpable than Sny
der." The editor said: "The story as
published is as Senntor Dewalt told
It." Harrisburg Telegraph
Stomach Dead
Man Still Lives
Peoplo who suffer from sour stom
ach, fermentation of food, distress
after eating nnd Indigestion, and seok
relief In largo chunks of artificial
dlgestors, aro killing their stomachs
by inaction Just as surely as tho
victim of morphlno Is deadening nnd
Injuring boyond ropnlr every norvo
In his body.
What tho stomach of every suf
ferer from indigestion needs is n
good prescription that will build
up his stomach, put strength, enorgy
and elasticity Into it, and mnko it
sturdy enough to digest a hearty
meal without artificial aid.
Tho best prescription for Indiges
tion over written Is sold by druggists
everywhere and by G. W. Pell, and
is rigidly guaranteed to build up the
stomach and euro indigestion, or
money back.
This prescription Is named Ml-o-na,
and Is sold In small tablet In
largo boxes, for only GO cents. Re
member tho namo, Ml-o-na stomach
tablets. Thoy nover fall.
Booth's Pills, best for liver, bow
els and constipation, 25c.
WLET US PRINT YOUR BILL
HEADS, LETTER HEADS, STATE
MENTS, NOTE HEADS. ENVEL
OPES, CIRCULARS, ETC., ETC.
IN HONOR
OF MOSES
Mahometans Still Dnncc About
Ills
Tomb.
Speclnl to Tho Citizen.
Let no one think that Mahometan
Ism Is dead. Steom, electricity nnd
modern commerce havo made great
changes in tho Mosleni'B world, but
they have not touched his religion.
Indeed It might be said that all tho
forces of our modern civilization
have only put new weapons Into his
hands. Just as ho turned from tho
sword to the gun and became n
walking arsenal, so ho Is turning
from the camel as a means of trnns-
portntlon to the railroad, hut ho
still goes on religious pllgrlmngcs.
The pilgrimage is an important
part of the Moslem's religion. No
matter how poor he may be, every
devout follower of the Prophet wants
to go once to Mecca, and if possible
many times. Indeed the Koran en
Joins this ns a religious duty. As
soon as ho can save enough from his
living he must either mnrry nnother
wife or start for Mecca. The matter
of a pilgrimage is marvclously
simple. He can go with very little
preparation. A package of cigarettes
nnd a rolled-up prayer-rug seems to
ho the only baggage I have seen
them carry. While fond enough of
feasting, he can travel for hours In
heat and dust with stoic indifference
to the pangs of hunger and thirst.
Ho can sleep In the blistering sun on
the rock ballast of the railroad
track, as I saw them doing yesterday
while we waited for a derailed train
to be put back on the track, or with
tho same contempt of comfort lie
down on tho wind-swept desert
heights with no other covering than
'lis camel's hair cloak. He may
sicken by reason of these hardships,
but that Is the will of God. He may
die. but nothing could bo greater
happiness than to be buried at Mecca
r Jerusalem.
We traveled a part of the way to
Damascus over the new railroad built
by the late Sultan for the use of pil
grims nnd found It well patronized.
Although passing through wild and
picturesque mountains, the pilgrims
were more interesting than the
scenery. Some of these were re
turning from Jerusalem. It may
surprise some readers to know that
the pilgrimage to Mecca Is not com
plete until the devotee has also visit
ed Jerusalem and Hebron and bowed
at the tombs of Abraham and of
Moses. Indeed the Moslem reveres
every name that the Jew holds dear,
and every saint of the Christian
whose name Is found in the Bible.
Especially do they honor Moses,
holding a yearly festival in his
honor at tho spot which they call his
tomb In Jericho, coming back to Jer
usalem to finish the celebration. It
happened that this festival came; this
year at tho same time as the Greek
Easter, while we were In Jerusalem,
so wo had the opportunity to contrast
tho two ceremonials.
It is said that 35,000 Mahometans
were in the Mosque of Omar for this
feast this year. Many of them had
gone on the dusty way from Jorusa-
1 lem to Jericho, climbing 2,500 feet
nnd walking 18 miles before noon
of tho day they keep sacred. Vari
ous societies or religious clubs with
i banners of every design and color
; go out of Jerusalem to the Mount of
Olives to meet these returning pll
grlms. Each society is accompanied
by a band of music made up from
its own membership. The musicians
play only drums, bagpipes and cym
bals, but tho din they can produce
is positively unearthly. They march
forth from tho Holy City with this
music chanting verses from the
Kornn, dancing and clapping their
hands. Over and over again the
leader shrieks tho same words, reel
ing from side to side and clapping
his hands, while the followers ring
ed about him sing-song back the re
frain, laughing or grimacing and
beating their balms in unison.
This goes on literally for hours.
The procession that has gone to the
Mount of Olives moves more and
I more slowly but tho throbbing of the
drums and the droning of the pipes
nover falter. Outside St. Stephen's
Gato, among the Mahometan graves
there are thousands of veiled women.
Children are everywhere. The men
who nro not marching aro seated
under temporary awnings In rude
cafes, but the women hnvo no shel
ter from tho blistering heat except
tho brilliant umbrellas that many of
them carry. Tho street Is crowded
to suffocation and tho dust and tho
long wait In tho glare of tho sun upon
tho whlto limostono rocks grow very
trying. Cnrriages, donkeys and cam
els aro thrust through tho mass of
humanity with such recklessness that
you wonder how tho foot passengors
escapo with their lives. But some
how nothing Is broken except tho
commandment that forbids profan
ity. Tho drivers threaten each othor,
but thoy do not fight. Thoro aro al
ways somo good-natured sightseers
to lift tho locked wheols apart or to
push tho donkeys' heads towards
somo line of least resistance. Wo
found a bit of shade at tho edgo of
un ollvo orchard which wo shared
with a crowd of Arabs. They woro
distinctly friendly and discussed us
as freoly, porliaps, as wo did thorn
Their only disappointment was that
tho Americans could not tako out
their teeth to show tho Hlllngs. Thoy
remained unconvinced, I am suro,
oven after our chief had pullod vig
orously at his Incisors to show that
they woro not moveable.
At last the gun fired by tho sblek
ot tho Temple announced that the
green ling of the Jericho pilgrims hnd
nppeared and then tho crowd slowly
mounted toward tho Holy Temple.
Each group boro some half-dozen
(lags bearing Arabic inscriptions or
covered with symbolic signs. Tho
devotees were mostly young men,
led by some turbaned chief. There
Is no uso, to try to decorate their
clothing. Wo agreed that we did
not know thnt garments could bo
mado In so many different shapes or
colors.
Pcrhnps tho most rcninrknble per
formance was n sword dance in
which the lender moved slowly back
ward as If reluctant to enter tho
gate to the city, his followers mov
ing In n ring about him and shouting
like demons. Ills body wns made to
perform the most remarkable con
tortions and gyrations that can bo
Imagined. The naked sword was
drawn between his Hps, flashed about
over tho heads of his followers,
drawn and thrust with apparent reck
lessness, yet never striking one of the
bobbing heads or swaying hands.
While the ring moved now forward
toward tho city gate now backward
toward the Mount of Agony, the
chief nctor, naked to tho waist,
kept bowing, turning, swaying, leap
ing in tho broiling sun with such ve
hemence that you marvelled that he
did not fall down dead.
Another band of devotees bore two
singing, swaying leaders on their
shoulders. Their blood-shot eyes,
frothing mouths and distorted, fren
zied faces made one question wheth
er they were really conscious of
what they were doing or saying.
Just before the last grour arrived
a tiny morsel of humanity, a grimy
girl of tho streets finding a vacant
space on a ledge of rock too steep
to bo occupied comfortably by those
who were standing to view the pro
cession emerged from between the
feet of a friendly camel and picked
out some bits of pebbles. In a mo
ment she had spread her scanty rags
so as to keep the rocks from hurt
ing her naked limbs and was deeply
Interested In a game of jackstones.
Altogether It wns a most curious
scene.
.FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY.
Thomas A. Edison Says Many Mar
vels Aro to Come.
Wonderful possibilities in the field
of electricity are related in the June
issue of Popular Electricity, In an
article on "Tomorrows of Electricity
and Invention," by Thomas A. Edi
son. The famous inventor declares that
his triumphs In the electrical world
are merely starters and that future
Inventions are bound to come to make
electricity cheaper, more efficient and
better understood. In discussing this
subject, he says:
"There Is absolutely no reason why
horses should be allowed within the
city limits, for between the gasoline
and electric car, no room Is left for
them. A higher public ideal of
health and cleanliness is working to
ward such banishment swiftly, then
wo shall have decent streets instead
of stables made of cobblestones bor
dered by sidewalks.
"I believe a family could live the
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