iHE CITIZEN, Fill I) A V, SUIT. I), 11)10. THE CITIZEN rOBUBHKD EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY nY THE CITIOT rDBLleillNQ COMPANY. Entered as spoonil-class mutter, at the post olllce. llonesrtnle. l'a. SUBSCRIPTION ?1.50 K. B.IIARDRNBRI10II. - I'RKSlDRJfT W. W. WOOD. MANAGER AND SKC'Y BILLIARD BUUCK - - KDITOH DittEcrona: 0. n. DOKrUNQER. M, B. ALLEN. HENRY WILSON. K. II. 1IARDE5DERQ1I. W. W. VOOD. Kit IDA , SKIT1. , 1010. REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Governor JOHN K. TENER. For Lieutenant Governor JOHN M. REYNOLDS. Secretary of Internal Affairs HENRY HOUCK. State Treasurer CHAS. P. WRIGHT. For Congress, C. C. PRATT. For State Senator, W1NFRED D. LEWIS. COUNTY. Representative, H. C. JACKSON. What? Abolish the marines? To whom, then, will romancers tell In credible yarns? New York Tribune. Easy! They can tell them to the unsophisticated, believing gentlemen who persist In hallucinating their heads with the Idea that WILLIAM H. BERRY can get votes enough to stick that delectable prefix of "Gov ernor" In front of the Chester brick maker's name. "There never has been another state like Oklahoma," says Gov. Has kell. Is the governor boasting or apologizing? Hawley Times. We do not know whether the gov ernor means to apologize for Oklo homa or for HASKELL but H ought to be for HASKELL, the crooked national treasurer of the 1908 BRYAN campaign and the man who never yet has explained how he sold a busted railroad and a dry oil well for $40,000 In Ohio years before he moved on to Oklahoma. LEVEL-HEADED MIL FAR It. That was sound, sane talk that Spring Brook Grangers got from Re publican Congressional Candidate JOHN N. FARR, who in his Labor day address observed: "Scranton is only beginning in its greatness and it needs five times more farm products than the Lacka wanna farmers are growing. You young men, save your money and buy farms; farm land is lower In price than it ever will be again." This Is the reasonable, practical view, for Grangers and for every' body else cognizant of the advan tages, financial as well as physical and moral, that naturally accrue to the man who elects to work for his living in the country. "A half million people, from Car bondale to Wllkes-Barre, are wait ing for the products you grow," ,he said. Again Mr. PARR is dead right in his conclusions. The Grange is working for a high er manhood, a better farmer and a more active and earnest citizen and is succeeding, ho said. He declared the world Is growing better, that the milk of human kindness if flow ing more freely and in greater vol ume than ever. He gave the Grange credit for its part in this. Mr. FARR told his hearers to continue the Improvement of condi tions surrounding farm life, to make them as attractive as possible for their own comfort, and to keep the boys and girls on the farm. It Is refreshing to hear such broad minded talk from a man seeking elective olllce. Mr. FARR on this occasion abstained from reference to the national questions on which he is seeking a seat in Washington; ho spoko wholly on the advantages of country life of the money and health aud happiness and longevity to bo gained by a life on the farm. Ho made Borne telling points that should bear fruit in the shape of a considerable oxodus to tho country on the part of young men and mld dlo aged men, their wives and In tended wives, who cannot live so in dependently In tho city as thoy could on a fow acros of good soil In tho country. His talk was favorable to the teaching of agriculture In tho public schools an effort now to bo tried out in Wayno county. On tho whole, the movement toward tho farm Is being powerfully stimulated by tho thinking men of tho state. It Is a subject that must receive more and moro attention, in Pennsylvania and other Eastern states. Tho Job of tho farmer Is tho Independent Job, and tho greatest independence for tho greatest number Is tho consum matlon devoutly to. bo wished' by the present generation. Tho boys and girls In tho Hones dale High school are to study mod ern agricultural methods two or three, days a week. This Is well. There never was a tlmo moro ripo for such a step, and Mr. ODAY, who Baw and heard mucli during his Western trip last summer nbout tho practicability of tho farm course at school, may bo expected to press It hero with the vigor tho innovation demands. Dead languages must give way to practical studies and hero Is (It least one study that Is severely practical. Tho head of tho borough schools, like the head of tho coun ty schools, knows it is wlso to teach the boys and girls now fitting for llfo under their direction the dignity and the usefulness of the work of tho farmer. Their efforts In this direc tion will bo closely watched by In telligent people In Honcsdalo and Wayne county, for they nro efforts that should and we think will bo crowned with conclusive success. They think a lot of that man TENER out in tho western part of the state. Harrisburg Telegraph. They sure do! And they think as much of him in the eastern part and the northern part and tho south ern part, so far as they have had a chance to meet tho next governor of Pennsylvania, as they do in Chnl- erol, tho town TENER put on the map and tho town that will go al most unanimously for him on a cer tain Important day in November, Just let the election figures give abundant evidence of that! GINGERSNAPS. R you ready for the oyster? Can always be counted upon tho score card. The easiest way to manage a wife is her way. It's almost as easy to fall in lovo as it is to fall out again. Tho simpllest things are best except men and women. Live today as your last. Tomor row you may fail to wake. Being made to walk Spanish may cause one to take French leave. It will not be real fall weather, you know, till the sidewalks get icy. Somehow the pretty girl always has plainer sailing than tho plain one. Speaking of oratory, many shal low remarks are uttered In a deep voice. Don't expect too much of a dirig ible balloon that Is shaped like a lemon. It Isn't necessary, is It. that a trained dog performance should go with snap? If you are not satisfied with your lot In life, turn it over to a real estate agent. Life is a hard sentence if it is not occasionally punctuated with vaca tion periods. It Is tho all-round man who al ways is so square with others that he is never afraid of being cornered. If you are too anxious always to stand on ceromony, you deserve oc casionally to have your feet knock ed from under you. Milwaukee's water supply has been condemned. Well, Milwaukee doesn't care. It isn't water that's made Milwaukeo famous! Now York customs officials who had tho nerve and temorlty to search a woman's hat for smuggled Jewels aro not to bo defied; they will go through anything. Most of tho men who declaro that they can't shave themselves with a safety razor because their beards aro too stiff aro just too all-fired lazy to do a littlo manual labor. A young woman in shlmmery clothes is a pretty picturo, but it's bad tasto to hang it in tho kitchen. There's nothing will spoil a dimpled chin like cooking for tho threshers. It Is hard to bo both beautiful and useful. Tho poultry end of tho Wayno fair this fall is going to bo some thing superflno both in quantity and quality. If inclined to question tho authenticity of this statement, plcaso solicit further particulars from Rov. Jf B. Cody of Bethany arid Joo Steph ens of Whito Mills. They can, and will, toll you. Thoro Is good ground for tho skepticism of Willis L. Mooro, chief of tho weather bureau, regarding tho power of explosives to produco rain. Soveral years ago during a terrible drought in Kansas, when .thousands of cattle died from hun ger and' thirst, tho plan was tried there and was a dismal failure. KEYSTONE PRESS. If any reactionary forces can mako headway or stand against tho Taft Roosovelt alliance for progress, then tholr party Is indeed In an ovll state. Philadelphia Press. A Western man who married thrco times claims ho Is Insane. To prove that wo aro mind readers wo will Bay wo know Just what you aro thinking. Harrisburg Tolegrapht A Now York JuBtlce, Insteod of granting n divorce to a woman who applied for it on tho ground of cruelty, has issued a decree ordering her husband to keop sllonco for ono month. Perhaps, when tho month is up, tho husband will prefer the charge of cruelty. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Tho population of Philadelphia, Just announced, is 1,540,008. Tho rate of growth during the past ten years was 10.7 per cent. Tills Is C per cent, lower than tho average of eleven cities with moro than 200, 000 population. While tho rate of increase is not as largo as many Phlladelphlans expected it would be, those who were inclined to be con servative will not bo surprised, since much of tho growth in population has gone into tho suburbs. After all Philadelphia maintains her place as the third city of tho country. Wilkes-Barre News. The chnrges of unprofessional con duct made ngalust Joseph H. Choate, the eminent lawyer and former am bassador to Great Britain, where he represented this country with dls tlngulshed ability and success, will have to be proved beyond reasonable doubt before they will receive any credence from tho people among whom Mr. Choate has spent a long life, honored by tho members of his profession and enjoying the confi dence and respect of men of all classes and conditions. Some of the acts alleged against Mr. Choate are said to have been done nineteen years, others twenty-three years ago Harrisburg Patriot. Divorce is a spreading canker that has eaten its way into the American homo and which is even now prey ing more and more on tho vitality and sanctity of the marriage relation. Figures compiled some tlmo ago by tho executive committee of the na tional League for the Protection of the Family are terribly significant of tho growth of the divorce evil Baldly stated, the statistics of the divorce show that a round million of divorces have been granted in the courts during two decades, the sum total being moro than triple the whole number granted In the .prior quarter of "a century. One authority estimates that one couplo out of every eight married pair -int the United States is divorced or separat ed. Philadelphia Telegraph.' " ' A wine shortage is impending on account of the failure of grape .crops In Europe, according to General Howard Carroll, who has Just re turned, after a two months' tour of the continent. "There is not a grape on the vines in Germany," General Carroll said, "and mighty few In France. It's a discouraging outlook for some folks." General I Carroll's observations on his trip led I hlra to criticise tho "extravagances of tourists from this country," who, , ho said, "spent ?250,000,000 In Eu rope this year for baubles, souvenirs. Jewelry and traveling expenses. If tho amount of money which Is be ing spent by Americans in Europe Is any gauge of the prosperity of this country," ho added, "then wo are on tho flood tide. Every city and ham let in Europe Is crowded with Amer icans spending money." Wilkes Barro News. Tho Jury system is soon to bo put to an important test In New ark, Ohio, tho( seat of a disgrace ful riot and lynching recently. It will bo recalled that Gov. Harmon removed tho mayor of the place for not mnking proper efforts to stop tho mob. Evidently tho governor's vigorous action has had tho effect of making a grand Jury measuro up to its duty, fif teen indictments having been brought in. Tho usual thing In enses of this kind is for a grand Jury to pretend to Investigate and then to report that tho lynching wns dono by "parties unknown." It is calculated to dampen tho ardor of those who llko to commit mur der in a crowd to noto that thoy aro not freo from risk of discovery. But this is only tho first step. Tho next is to seo whether a petit Jury will convict for this crime. Noth ing would tend moro to show that tho peoplo of this country uro sound at tho core than for a petit Jury in a community llko that of Newark, Ohio, to show that it Is not afraid to convict members of a mob for lynching. This is tho real test of public spirit, tho real proof of wheth er tho customary outburst of de nunciation of mob vlolonco is moro than talk. Pittston Gazotto. Positively tho Best Attructious Ever offered by any county fnlr in America. Every uttructlon will bo high class tho best that mouey can buy. If you read tho paper Tho Citi zen you known you aro gettin'g tho best. f HOME FOLKS LIKE TENER. When the neighbors with whom a man has lived for a good many years, and who know him with tho intimacy which la unavoidable in a small town, speak well of him, It means something, Ho must be a pretty respectable Kind of citizen it ho has retained tholr respect and confidence. Tho opening of tho Re publican stato campaign at Charlcrot Saturday night showed John K. Ten or at home with his neighbors. To bo true, there were several thousand thoro from adjoining counties, but tho main portion of tho crowd that clogged the town was from Monongn hela valley. There wero many Dem ocrats who camo to add their con gratulations along with the Repub lican majority. In Tils address Mr. Tener wisely refrained from talking about tho issues of tho campaign, saying that this was a meeting of friends nnd politics might wait. He impressed visitors with the samo con fidence In his sturdy manhood that carried Harrisburg by storm when he wns nominated for the governor- ship. At homo everyone likes him and everyone lias confidence in him.j which is a good criterion by which j to judge any man. We believe that his campaign will mako him a mul-j tltudc of friends and bring triumph ant success at Its conclusion. Edl-' torial In Tltusville Herald. j GOOD ROADS AND EDUCATION. In a very readable paper which ho has written for tho National Grange, Logan Walter Pago discusses tho good roads problem from an un usual angle. It has been customary to Bhow how an Improvement In tho country highways would result In tremendous financial advantage. Tho Increased facilities for transporta tion furnished by an Improvement In roads would result not only In an impulse to business that would mean millions of dollars but in a positive saving that would mean still millions more. This is not guess work. Mr. Page does not discuss the problem from a financial standpoint, however. He views it from higher ground. In his view the strongest argument In favor of good roads is tho effect which they have in in creasing school attendance. There is much merit in his contention. Tho journey to and from school In many rural districts Is extremely arduous over bad roads, especially If weather conditions are unfavor able. It is not to be undertaken at all by very young or delicate chil dren. Even the hardy often hesi tate to make the venture. The re sult is irregular attendance. This is injurious to the school. It also renders proper progress difficult, if not impossible. "Improved roads," concludes Mr. Page, "would bo a great factor in reducing the percent age of illiteracy which exists through out the country." Editorial in Al lentown Call. STATE DEMOCRATIC DAY. AH Pennsylvania County Organiza tions to Meet Saturday. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8. Dem ocratic State Chairman Arthur G. Dowalt is making arrangements for a meeting of every Democratic coun ty committee throughout the state on Saturday. Tho idea is for Democratic lead ers of every county to hold confer ences that day at county headquart ers and map out a plan of cam paign. Tho C7 county chairmen aro then to report to tho state chairman and ask for such assistance from tho state committco as may bo desirable. Tho observance of organization day Is a now hlng in Pennsylvania politics, and Chairman Dewalt ex pects that much good to tho party will result from It. In some coun ties tho day will bo observed merely by formal meeting of tho county or ganizations for consultation and advice, but tho stato chairman ha3 received information that In some counties' thoro will bo celebrations with largo public mass meetings. This will bo tho case In Berks coun ty, whero tho Democracy has ar ranged for an ox roast on tho Read ing fairgrounds and at which tho principal speaker will bo Senator Webster Grim, Democratic candidate for Governor. In Allegheny thoro will also bo an important gathering whero tho chief address will ho made by Chair man Dewalt. WHITES VALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Crossman aro visiting relatives in Hancock, N. Y. Frank Dix is engnged at carpen ter work at Pleasant Mount. Miss Ollvo Allen entertained her young friends at a birthday party Friday evening. Tho Ladies' Aid society met with Mrs. Prank Dlx Thursday for din ner. Mr. Gardiner of Blnghamton, N. Y., returned homo Monday, after spending sovoral days at Henry Cleft's. Mr. and Mrs. William, daughtor Jbnnio nnd Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Cllft and family attonded tho Glover rounlon Saturday near Thompson. Mrs. Charles Bonham and sons are visiting nt R. M. GJanvillo's, Pleas ant Mount. Miss Edith Hull loft Monday for Englowood, N. J., whero sho has a position In tho public schools. S. Phillips and Miss Rena Stark spent Sunday at tho lnttor's home. Mrs. P. McClusky, who has been sick two weeks,., Is recovering. Her, littlo daughtor,,tAnna fcia .very.tslck with stomach fever. VETERANS OF THE GRAV1TV. Tnlk Over Old Times nt Nny Aug Historical Word by Pcniiinian. Veterans of tho Dolawaro and Hudson and Pennsylvania gravity railroads held their sixth annual re union at Nay Aug park. They wero accompanied by their families, With Joy In their hearts and with tho animation that comes from tho prospect of meeting old friends, tho railroad men and their wives, sons and daughters began to arrlvo early Saturday. By noon tho ' park, de spite tho weather, wa3 crowded with a cheerful throng and tho old days wero lived over. The Pennsylvania gravity railroad was given up In 18S5, the Del. and Hudson in 1808. Many of the men employed thereon wero transferred to tho steam roads which displaced tho gravities. Others retired to their farms along the abandoned lines. Edward A. Ponnlmnn writes inter estingly about the legislation which resulted In the establishment of the Pennsylvania Coal company; "Two charters, approved by the legislature on April 1G, 1838, grant ed the authority of the stato to the organization of the Washington Coal company and the Pennsylvania Coal company. Tho former was compos ed of citizens of Honcsdalc, promi nent among them being William H. Dlmmlck, Sr. It had a capital of $300,000 and was empowered to hold 2,000 acres of land in the coal basin. The other company had au thority of similar character and ex tent, and commenced the mining of coal in Pittston township, Luzerne county. Tho charter of tho Wash ington Coal company, after lying idle for some years, was sold to William and Charles Wurts and Oth ers of Philadelphia, in 1847. "In 1846 the Luzerne and Wayne County Railroad company was incor porated, with power to construct a railroad from the Lackawanna to the Lackawaxen. There was a large board of directors. Those resident in Wayne county were Richard Lan caster, Russel F. and Zenas H. Rus sell and T. H. R. Tracy. This com pany's charter was merged, as well as that of the Washington Coal com pany, under the act of April 9, 1849, In the Pennsylvania Coal company, which afterwards also absorbed the rights of tho Wyoming Coal associa tlon, the charter being dated Feb 15, 1851. "The act of April 16, 1838, enact ed that 'William Overfleld, James Watson, William H. Dlmmlck, Sam uel G. Walker, Martin W. DIngman, Robert T. Conrad and John R. Walk er, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic by the name, style nnd title of the Wash ington Coal company,' etc. "Tho act of April 9, 1849, author ized the Washington Coal company to relinquish nnd convey all their real and personal property and all the powers, rights and privileges conferred by their charter to the Pennsylvania Coal company. It also authorized the latter corporation to hold and enjoy the samo in addition to Its own property and privileges, as freely as If authorized by Its orl- HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be (pured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fi nancially able to carry out any ob ligations made by his firm. Walding, Klnnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. 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Tho road was abandoned In the winter of 1885, when tho Erie and Wyo ming, a steam road, took Its place" Georgo Turner, custodian of tho Erlo offices at No. 6, died last July. Ho was born In Lako township and carried water for Contractor McCoy's men when tho Pennsylvania gravity was built. When ho reached man hood ho becamo a runner on ono of the Hawley trains. William Roach of Hawley died two weeks ago at Big jjond, where ho was taking his vacation. Father and three sons in this family wero employed on tho gravity. Ono son was killed by fall ing between tho cars. Tho father lost both legs. Another son was killed while the Wyoming branch of tho Erlo was being built. William Roach lost both legs In a railroad accident. Danlci L. Smith, the engineer who was killed In a collision of Erie pas senger trains near Ariel, in "grav ity" days lived at No. 4, near Rocky Gleni and was a runner on the No. 4 trains. COMMISSION GOVERNMENT. The Board of Trade of the city of Willinmsport has taken the Initiative in ascertaining the sentiment of the state In relation to the commission form of government. Tho Wilkes Barre Board of Trade has been invit ed to send representatives to a con forence'to be held next month. Two or three delegates should bo sent to assist In taking preliminary steps to bring this large subject before tho people. The object is to induce the legis lature to enact a law permitting any city of the state to abolish Its coun cils and go over to some form of com mission government if a majority of the citizens of the munclpallty vote In favor of the change. The proposition is so large that It should be given very careful consid eration. Full Information should be gathered as to the experience with the plan elsewhere. It is yet young. It Is primarily a question for tho influ ential men of the state to consider. 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