T1IE CmZKN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMI1KU 7, 1010. CHOICE CULLING! Crazed by Torn Up Streets. For seven or eifiht years past tliej hnve torn up Paris streets until tueli condition hns become a byword in Eu rope. Tbc Tlnce do l'Opcrn is now worse thnn ever. Every dny or twe fresh chasms urc dug and steiun crnncf ply their loads. Tho municipality np pnrently takes delight in flouting pub lie opinion, and at every fresh protcsl n now holo is bored. Tradesmen blocked in their shops by exenvntloiu year nftcr year, are literally going mnd An express from Le Treport-by-the-Soa to Parts wns stopped recently when a passenger pulled tho communication cord. When tho guard cninc ho said "1 am Fnlllercs. I request the lmtnedi ate presence of the minister of public works that ho may report upon the state of the Paris streets. If lie can't clear himself I condemn him to death." On nrrivnl at Taris the poor man sud denly became violent, and a strait Jacket hnd to be put on him before he conld be conveyed to an nsyluni. Tho madman proved to be a shop keeper whose shop has been cut oil from communication with the outside world for eight years because his street hns ix-en up for that time. lie had been sent to the seaside in care ol keepers, lint escaped frpm them to go to Paris. Chicngo News. Couldn't Place Him. Richard Harding Davis praised at a dinner in Philadelphia the modern girl's love of sports. "And how beautiful her open air life has made her!" said Mr. Davis. "I wish I could show you some of the primitive statuettes in the British mu Bcnm man's very llrst statuettes for there you would see how the modern girl has improved upon her prehistoric sister. "I hate to see the modern girl, though, neglect her mind In the culti vation of her body. Once at a tea in IJIttenhouse square Tennyson was be ing dlcussed, and I turned to n tali girl of singular beauty and said: '"Do you like the 'Passing of Ar thur? " 'Arthur? Arthur? she mused. 'I'm euro ho isn't a Pennsylvania man. "Where is he playing Yale or Har vard?' "St. Louis Globe-Democrat Tolstoy as a Bootmaker. Many who have never read a line of Tolstoy know that the count, with hia peculiar notions of work, makes his own boots. Aylraer Maude In his lat est installment of Tolstoy's biography, Just published, quotes an Incident in that connection: "As to the boots Tolstoy made, I asked a man to whom he had given a pair and who had worn them whether they were well made. 'Couldn't be worse was his reply." "I suspect," adds Mr. Maude, and the average reader will nod assent, "that Tolstoy's bootmaklng was of more value as a spiritual sedative than it was as a contribution to the solution of the economic problem." "Westminster Gazette. On the Fire. 'Hall Calne Is the most abused writer In tho world," said a New York pub lisher, "lie gets nothing but grills and roasts when he brings out one of those melodramatic novels or plays of his that sell so amazingly well. "Yos, the critics roast Hall Caine, but he, too, will often roast the critics. One night here in New York, at a din ner attended by all our best critics, the little man, rising to a toast, puahod back the thin auburn hair from hU protuberant brow and said: " 'Doar me, what a lot of critica there are here! It requires very little ability to find fault That is why, I presume, there are so many of you, gentlemen.' " An English Jockey's Fortune. To make a fortune of 250.000 an Jockey is a feat which places the late Tom Loates nt the pinnacle of his pro- fesalou so far ns mere worldly wealth Is concerned. Of course the fee in these days are much greater than when 1 Fred Archer, who left 00.000, and Fordham, who was worth under 20,-1 000, were in the prime of their racing careers. Hut then It is not every one who 1ms n Leopold de Rothuchlld to ndvlse In tho matter of investments, 1 and It hi said that Tom Lruitr-s was thus particularly favored. London Globe. Gallant Austrian Officials. So gallantly deposed ht the .Austrian government toward its fairer subjects that the postal authorities have decided to devote speclHl parcel delivery vau to the transportation of the large hats which are the mode In Austria Juat now. Many complaints were received from their customer by the leading millinery firms of Vienna that theso rofitly "creations" reached their desti nation in the form of an unrecogniz able tangle of velvet and feathers. Representations were made to tho poat ofie, with the result that special "hat collecting vans" are to be put in serv ice. Rough on Her Relative. A new and wholly unique use for Band has been discovered by a Spanish lady, who recorded her find in her will In theso terms: "As to my slaters, nieces, nephew, brother-in-law and cousin, nothing, nothing shall come to them from me but a bag of sand to rub themselves with. None deserve even n goodhy. I do not recognize a single one of them. It is ueclen even to communicate my death to them; they hnve too much abused toad Uod against me." Arsuaaat 3 LIVE 4r STOCK WATER TANK FOR WINTER. Concrete Trough Eliminating Neces sity of Stock Drinking Ice Water. In tho long cold months of winter the fanner is often annoyed by the outdoor water tank or trough freoa ing; perhaps bursting same and at least causing the stock to drink water that is nearly ice water, which can not be beneficial to them. As per illustration this trouble con bo overconio with but slight expense by the construction of u concrete tank with the heater molded as a, part of the some. Tho heater boing molded with the tank, is always ready for use at any Showing Heating Pipe, time and can be employed whenever needed. Tho outside dimensions of tank as illustrated are eight feet eight Inches long, thrco feet high and three feet eight inches wide; the walls are four inches thick, giving tho Inside dimen sions of eight feet long, three feet wide nt the top and two feet six inches wide at the bottom, with a depth of 20 inches. This will be am ple for tho ordinary farm and can bo changed to suit your need?. The chimney is molded 12 inches square and four feet high. This can be increased if so desired. For the outside mold six boards ten Inches wido and eight feet eight Inchos long, fastened together, three of each, with cleats, make the two sides. Tho end where tho firebox is located Is made of three ten-inch boards three feet ten inches long and nailed to the two sides at the end. For the firebox make a box exactly 18 Inches wide, 12 inches high and 24 inches long. Place tnis at the one end abutting against the side. For the chimney make n box 12 inches square and four feet long. Have this open on one sido, sot at the one end In center, and then with six ten-inch boards 17 Inches long fin ish up this end by nailing the ends of sides to open side of chlmneybox mold. For the inside of tank cut two ten inch boards eight feet long, fasten two of each together with cleats on Inside; now cut four ten-inch boards exactly two feet ten inches long, fast en two of each together with cleats. At one side of each measure is ex actly three inchos from each end and WATEWTANIt The Finished Tank, draw a line from that to the upper corner, cutting along this line. This makes the ends in a level or wedge shape two feet ten inches wide at the top and two feet four Inches wide at the bottom. These are nailed inside the two Bides, and If you havo ueed one-inch lumbor you have the correct width, three feet wide at top and two feet six inches at the bottom. In constructing the tank lay a foundation of small stone covered with concrete grout This should be from four Inches to six lnchce, depend ing on the soil. Then set your mold upon this, leaving out the core form at place. Now fill this with concrete, tamped In well to a depth of six inches. Then put your flue In place; this can bo common six-inch stovepipe and extend to the end of tank and then up to the end of chimney, as shown in sectional view. After you have this in place cover with concrete to tho top of same or more, about seven inches thick; then upon this lay your re-enforcing rods. After re-enforcing rods axe in place fill with concrete until your depth of bottom Is exactly 12 Inches from the foundation. This gives the bottom about firebox a thickness of four inch es, which is ample, nnd for usual pur poses three inches would do. Place the inside form of core in position and fill to the top with con crete and allow to stand In tho form? until it begins to harden. Symptoms of Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis symptomB vary ac cording to the location of tho disease. Commonly the lungs are more or less involved. The disease is character ized by dullness, tenderness of with ers, back and loins, occasional dry ness of the nose, beat of tho boniB and oars, want of pliancy of the skin, accelerated pulse, bad breath, slight, Infrequent dry cough, blue watery milk. If you are alarmed at the ap pearance of your herd wrlto for ex pert opinion to your state experiment station. iLi&iP WITH HCATER RAILROAD Till! REGENERATION OK TIIU I5IIIH RAILROAD ONE OF THE .MARVELS OK 1'HESliNT-DAY FINANCE. In tho history of tho Erlo nnd more thnn any other American lino tho Erlo hnB a history tho reor ganization of 1895 stands ns a divid ing lino between tho now nnd tho old. Tho "old" wns tho tlmo of Jay Gould and .11 in Fisko ct nl who used to carry tho offices of tho rond around in their pockets, nnd of old Dan Drew, whoso printing-presses used to bo run overtime turning out un counted renins of stock. Tho "new" is tho time of tho sober operation of tho company by n group of highly efficient traffic men, handicapped, it Is truo, by their legacy of misman agement nnd overcapitalization, but striving with nil tho power that is In them to ranko their great property what It ought to be. When tho present management enmo in, a few years nfter the reor ganization, it was a tremendous task with which they found themselves faced. On Its record, people had no fnith in tho Erie. Its credit was gone. Its equipment nnd its road bod were In lamentable condition. Worse thnn that tho now manage ment soon enough came to find how difficult was economical operation of n line whose rails had been laid nlong the route offering the largest sub scriptions instend of tho least grndo resistance. To build tho necessary cut-offs, and to eliminate the killing grndes on this up-hill and down dale route was possible enough, hut required money lots of It. That the company did not have and could not borrow. Capitalization nnd capital are two mighty different things. Tho company hnd plenty of the form er, but lack of tho latter on more than one occasion during those early years of the reorganization came per ilously near sending the whole prop erty back Into bankruptcy. As lately as only three years ago, indeed, lack of working capital came near bringing to naught all that the now management has done for the property and throwing it into receiv er's hands. The panic hit the Erie particularly hard. Gross earnings foil off tremendously while expenses increased. Between that upper and nether millstone, net revenues, which had been lfi,171,000 in 1907, fell off to $10,277,000 in 1908. With a big Issue of short-term notes coming due, it looked very squally for a time. But at the very moment of danger, strong financial interests stepped in and provided the necessary cash. How well justified they were In their Judgment that tho road ought to bo pulled through is seen in the remarkable earnings shown since that time. Probably there is not another road in the country that can show so complete a right-about-face in condition and outlook during the past couple of years as can tho Erie. For tho year ending June, 1908, there had been a deficit of $2,200, 000. During tho next twelve months gross earnings were so increased and expenses were so cut down that in stead of a deficit the road had a sur plus of $2,560,000. And during the next flscnl year, ending June, 1910, the recovery was carried still furth er. Gross earnings reached the sur prising total of $54,8GG,000, while operating expenses were only very slightly increased. The result was that total net income exceeded twen ty million dollars as against less than twelve million in 1908, and that the year's operations ended in tho addi tion to surplus of the tidy sum of $5,009,457. By such a demonstration of earn ing power during a time when all was by no means sunshino for the other roads, the question is squarely raised as to whether the Erie has not turned a corner and entered a new phase in its existence. Handi capped, it is true, have been its man agers by tho lack of working capital, but by stripping clean every bone nnd making every dollar do one hun dred cents' worth of work, that diffi culty has been largely overcome and improvements effected which, under the circumstances, are little short of marvelous. Judging from the way earnings have been running during the past few years, tho back of the difficulty has been broken, and what has been done for tho property is about to boar fruit. In deciding whether or not that is so, there must be continually kept in mind the fact that there are, so to speak, two Eries the physical Erie, whoso strides forward during the past couple of years are recognized throughout tho railroad world; and the financial Erie, which still re mains a serious handicap to every member of the operating staff from tho top to tho bottom. Considering first tho physical Erie, n glance at what has been done dur ing tho past few years, In tho way of building cut-offs and bringing about grade reductions, Is all that is necessary to see how allvo tho man agement Is to the necessity of strik ing at tho very root of the difficulty by which they havo been all along besot. Competition on even terms with such roads as Now York Central and Lehigh Valley, It was realized was impossible ns long ns such grndes ns existed nt several places on the main lino remained to block traffic and lncreaso expenses. On tho direct lino from New York to Buf falo some of these grades ran as high ns one and one-hnlf per cont. Tho most powerful Mallet engines ever built were necessary to hnul coal-trains over tho hills nt Port Jervls and Susquehanna, nnd nt that less than fifty cars per train could bo hnndled. To eliminate these grades, or at least to reduce them to somthlng like an equality with grndes on competitive lines, was a tremendous undertaking, but ono which tho management realized from tho start was tho sino qua non for successful oporatlon of tho property. Tho work, therefore, was undertaken with a will; and, whllo much still re mains to bo done, some really re markable results havo already been achieved. Most important of theso works, perhaps, is the Guymard cut-off, which leaves tho main line halfway between Mlddlotown nnd Port Jervls nnd reaches tho Ncwburg branch at Highland Mills. Piercing tho moun tains at ono point with a mile-long tunnel, and built nccordlng to the most modern ideas, this pleco of double-track rond Is making a big difference In Erlo's oporntions. East bound its grndo is 2.10 ns against 1.2 G on tho main line; westbound it is 1.10 ns ngalnst n former grnuo of 1.12 per cent. As a result of this grndo reduction tho erstbound train load has been Increased from 2,000 tons to 3,720 tons, nnd tho, west bound trainload from 1,000 tons to 1,500 tons. To put It differently, where tho former limit was fifty enrs to a train, qighty-llvo and ninety enr trains nro now possible. Tho snmo sort of thing has been accomplished by tho building of tho Genesee cut-off out in tho western part of tho State, where tho so-called Cuba Hill Summit nnd the Tip Top, long an effective bar to economical operation, havo been clltnlnntcd. Study of the figures here ngnln bIiowb how tho cutting 'out of theso impos sible grndes hns Jumped tho train load. By tho completion of tills bit of line, Indeed, a big step forward is made In tho main Erie project for a low-grado lino across the State and, eventually, Into Chicago. Mention of tho big Improvement works accomplished during tho past few years is hound to include the cut through Bergen Hill, Just outsldu of Jersey City, by which tcrmlnnl facili ties have been so immensely im proved. Whereas formerly both the irelght and passenger traffic of the entire system had to be put through the tunnel, with tho Inevitable result of frequont congestion, passenger traffic now goes through the open lit. That leaves the tunnel for freight traffic and hns already made a very great difference in the cost of handling business at tho terminal. By reason of the putting into op eration of these various improve ments, the Erie has lately been show ing some operating results necessitat ing a good deal of revision of ideas tanned during the old days of waste and inefficiency. The way in which tho trainload (the average number of tons of freight in each train) has been increasing is perhaps the plain est oviuenco ol how tlie new im provements are affecting operation. r'Ue years ago, Erie's traiuioad was 412 tons. For the year ending June, i'JoU, it was 4ti'J tons, and tor last year 4y5 tons greater than Dela ware and Hudson's or New ork Cen tral's trainload and almost up to the standard set by Lehigh Valley and j Lackawanna. When it is considered how much less Erie's traffic density is than that ol these other roads, this improvement is all the more remark able. There seems to be good ground tor the management's belief that eventually Erie will bo bringing o,uu0-ton trains unbroken from its western terminus into Jersey City. Another important result of the physical improvements effected is the greater punctuality of trains, both passenger and freight. The comic paptjrs used to give a lot of space to the Erie commuter and his troubles, but all that is a thing of the past the Public Service records show a smaller percentage of delayed trains on tnat road than on any other com .ng into Jersey City. Last June, of me two hundred and eighty-five fast ireights operated, Just four failed to .uake connections or arrive on time. Eiiicieucy of operation of that sort is nat accounts for such a fact as that the Erie is handling over three-quarters of the fruit traffic between New iork and Chicago. Such business exacts superior service. In a number of other ways it might be shown how the money which has ueeu spent on Erie during the past few years has resulted In increased efficiency of operation but enough has been said to suggest tho solid charac ter of the improvement which has neon going on. By every one who has studied tho property it is rec ognized and admitted. Regarding the future of Erie there Is no question, from a traffic standpoint, of the abil ity of the present management to build the road up to a high state of efficiency. The question, if there Is any, is strictly as to the money side of tho proposition. Admitting that with credit not of the best, and with but a slender sur plus, Erie is nearing the time when heavy obligations fall due, it is hard to see any real ground for uneasiness. Early In i908 when tho road was very much in need of money, capital to finance its requirements was forth coming even in spite of tho deplor able state of earnings. Since then, as has been shown, conditions have entiroly changed, earnings not only having been largely Increased, but nn efficiency of operation developed which speaks well of tho road's fut ure earning power. If, when things were as black as they wero in 1908, tho road was nblo to finance its re quirements, how much better able will It be, under present conditions, to raise whatever money it may need. And as to tho longer-range view, it Is to bo noted that completion of tho Guymard and Genesee cut-offs and of the Bergen cut, disposes pret ty well of those undertakings which havo been mnking such heavy de mands on Erie's available capital sup ply. A good deal of money could still be profitably spent on the prop erty, but as It stands now the plant is of sufficient capacity and in good enough working order to cnnblo It to work along for a good whllo without moro monoy being spent on it. The future seems to bo lnrgoly a question of the maintenance of earn ings. If tho Erie can go on for a whllo earning nt tho present rate, there Is no reason why tho property should not bo developed to n higher and higher stato of efficiency. To get tho most out of tho road as it stnnds, n good deal of money will havo continually to be spent on It, but present earnings nro sufficient to take care of thnt And, of course, with things ns they aro going nlong now, tho road's credit Ib getting hot ter all the time. Will earnings continue nt tho pres ent rnto? That depends largely on the general stato of business. But It depends, too, on tho solidity of tho progress which tho rond has made. With its greatly increased efficiency of oporatlon, Erlo can to-day cam a great deal more net out of a given amount of gross than It could havo earned beforo f nor wns turned. Franklin Eschc- In "Hnrpor's wcoKiy." HONESDALE MERCHANTS ARB HEADY FOR CHRISTMAS SHOP PERS. You will oventunlly do your shop ping In Honesdnle. Stnrt now! FOR AGED PEOPLE. 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Price 25c. and 10c. Sold only at our store The Itexall Store. A. M. IiEINK. "Stlcklcy-Brandt Furniture" Is tho kind that serves you best. Only $6.60 for this luxurious Morris recllnlnc chair with claw ftet. Made either la colden oak or btrch mchoeanlzed, polish Unlsh, fancy Velour or Verona cushions, rever sible, hair ailed. Wido arms and curved front posts. Retails In stores for f&M. Carefully packed and shipped charges prepaid for 16 60. Send today for our latest cata logue of furniture. Mailed free. EINGHAMTOH, ST. Y. CONSTIPATION POSITIVELY CURED Brad Sic. and we will mall you t box of PHK-NO-CHO-LETS, a CURE for Constipation from any oaivw cure tht Art yroptom of ninety per rent of all diwu. Give them a trial. It nt m riffled for any retoo, we will rrnira your money. THE LEWIS CO., 21 West Twrnty-firBt street. New York. Roll of HONOR Attention is called to tne STRENGTH of the Wayne County The FINANCIER of New York City has published n ROLL Oh HONOR of tho 11,470 State. Hanks a'lil Trust Companies of United States. In this list the WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS RANK Stands 38th in the United States Stands 10th in Pennsylvania. Stands FIRST in Wayne County. Capital. Surplus, $455,000.00 Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00 Honesdale, rn.. May 29, 1908. AIUUVAIi AXI) DlCi'AKTUIU! OF KItIK TRAINS. Trains leave Union depot at 8.25 a. m. and 2.48 p. m week days. Trains arrive Union depot at J.f 0 and 8.05 p. m. week days. Saturday only, Erlo and Wyoratnt arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at 5.60 p. m. Sunday tralm love 1.48 aad ar rhrt at T.01. ntoriissioNAi., gauds. Atlorncvs-ot'Lnw. H WILSON, . ATTOUNEV A COUNBKJ.OR-A1-I.AW. Oftlre mllnrent to Post Olllco In DlmmUk olllcc, Honrsdn r, I'n. WM. II. LEE, ATTORNEY A COtJNBEI,on-AT-LAW. Office over post olllcc. All len Imnlnesi promptly iittcmlcd to. Iloncsdiilc, i'n. EG. MUMFORI), ATTORNEY A C0UNHELOIf-AT-I,AW Office Mlmrty Hull liultdltn;, opposite the Post Olllco. Honcptlnlc, Ph. HOMER GREENE. ATTORNEY A COUNBEI.OR-AT-LAW. OtJIcc over Hell's store. Ilrmcsdale l'a. nHARLES A. McCARTY, J ATTORNEY A COUNBEI.OIt- VT-LAW. Special ninl prompt attention clvcn to the collection or claims. Olllcc over Keif's new store. Honesdnle. l'a. LI P. K1MHI.E, I1 . ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LA W, Olllcc over the Dost olllcc Honesdale. l'a. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY A COONSELOR-AT-LAW. Office in the Court House, Honesdnle Pa. PETEH II. ILOFF, ATTORNEY A C0UN8KI.0R-AT-I.AW. Office Second floor old Savings ilr-ik building, llonesilale. I'n. QEARLE A SALMON, fj ATTORNEYS A COl'NBKLORS-AT-LAW, OlflrcB latclv occupied by.ludje Srarle CHESTER A. GARRATT.g ATTORN BY A COITN bELOR-AT-LAW. Office adjacent to Post Olllce, Honerdale, Pa Dentists. DR. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST. Office First floor, old Savings Bank build ing, ltonesdale. l'a. Dr. C. R. BRADY. Dkntiht. Honesdnle. Pa. OrncElIonr' 8 in. to p. in Anv cveiuns bv itinolntmenl. Citizens' phone. 33 Residence. No. SG-X1 Physicians. PR. PETERSON, M. I). . 1120 MAIN STREET, 1IONESDALE, TA. Kvcnnd Ear a specialty. The tlttlnc of class es clven careful attention. Livery. LIVERY. b red. G. Rickard has re moved his livery establishment from corner Church street to Whitney's Stone Barn" ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75yl G. We wish to secure a good correspondent in every town in Wayne county. Don't be afraid to write this office for paper and stamped envelops. I MARTIN CAUFIELD I Designer and Man- d ufacturer of I ARTISTIC p 1 MEMORIALS j I Office and Works I 1036 MAIN ST. I HONESDALE, PA. JOSEPH N. WELCH Fire Insurance The OLDEST Fire Insurance Agency in Wayne County. Ofllce: Second floor Masonic Iiuild ing, over C. C. Jadwin's drug store, Honesdale. M. LEE BRAMAN EVERYTHING IN LIVERY Buss for Every Train and Town Calls. Horses always for sale Boarding and Accomodation!) for Farmers Prompt and polite attention at all times. ALLEN HOUSE BARN WLET US PRINT YOUR DILL HEAPS, LETTER HEADS. STATE MENTS. NOTE HEADS, ENVEL OPES, CIRCULARS, ETC.. WTO.