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FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 11)10.
IN OASE OF FlUEl
Ordinanco No. 15. Flro Alarm
Signals, section 1. Tho steam gong
shall bo sounded only at 12 M. noon
and In case of an alarm of flro. For
QENERAL ALARM, tho gong will
ound ONE LONG BLAST ;
for flro about TWELFTH STREET
BRIDGE ono long and ono short
blast at Intervals of ton soconda
; for flro DETWEEN 12TII
STREET AND 7TH STREET, on
long and two short blasts at Inter
vals of ton seconds, ; for
flro BELOW 7TH, ono long and throo
short blasts at Intervals of ton sec
onds ; for flro OUT
SIDE OF BOROUGH LIMITS throo
long blasts .
"I would rather advcrtlso In ono
aowspapcr delivered to n homo than
dozen sold in tho streets," said tho
Imto Marshall Field.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
"Tho Anti-Saloon Leafiiio Is tlio
Biggest Rraft In tho country," said n
clergyman to us, who is prominently
identiiled with it. "I got "tied up"
with it, and I am going to get "tied
nt" erf it as soon as I can."
GOOD EVENING!
(In Tho City.)
Yes, it's somo warmer to-day,
Uiank you! When wo left tho ho
tel this morning to go to business
tlio thermometer registered twenty-
eight degrees above zero. Last
night there was a big circle around
tlio moon, and that is u sure enough
sign that we're going to have a
storm. By tho way, Damo Rumor
has it that thero was quite a "squal
ly time" in ono of the newspaper of
fices recently. But then!
"I'll km cur on a stack of Bibles as
high as Tlio Independent oilico that
what I say is true," remarked a citi
zen who was slightly inebriated, on
Main street last evening. ,Wo don't
know whether that would bo a good
way to take tho oath or not. How
about it, BHOTI1UU BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN 1IAINKS?
GOOD MORNING!
(On Tho Farm.)
"Mary, I say Mary, do hurry up!
Pop wants to tako you to lloncsdale
to-day, and he's in an awful hurry!"
"All right, .Ma, I'm coming."
"Ma, I'm a going to enter tho Ber
niudy contest," said Mary to her
mother, when she returned late the
same evening with a Hushed and
happy face from u visit with her
Father to the Contest Manager of
THE CITIZEN. Mr. Van Alstecn
says I have as good a chance us any
ono to win."
"Good for you, dear. Do your
best."
"Say, Mary," said Pa, "you want
to go over and see that Silas Suod
grass. The blamed rascal owes me
$20 for somo hay 1 sold him ten
years ago. If he don't tako tho pa
per, tell him I'll have judgment en
tered against hlin, the close-fisted
skinflint!"
Uses For Old Newspapers.
From tho Christian Science Moni
tor the following is taken: Wet In
water old newspapers clean out the
stovo spleudidly.
Crushed newspapers aro excellent
to clean lamp chimneys.
To wrap furs and woolens in for
tho summor they aro good.
They can oven bo used as an Iron
older for an emergency.
Newspapers dipped in lamp oil
aro useful for cleaning windows.
Irons not much soiled can be
rubbed on old newspapers and thus
made fit for use.
Thoro is nothing bettor for using
under carpets than old newspapers,
aa moths do not llko printers' ink.
Dipped In lamp oil they are splen
did to rub tho outside of tho dish
pan. They keep It bright and shin
ing. Thoy clean tho Blnk of its greaso
and sediment; nothing is better, for
the greasy paper can bo at onco
burned after use.
Many times folded they will servo
as a mat to stand hot and blackened
pots and kettles on and thus save
soiling tho kitchen table.
Tho kitchen stovo is kept bright
and clean by rubbing it briskly af
ter tho cooking of each meal with
old papers and this saves many
pollshings.
A Christmas Cake.
"This makes a delightful little
ehange from tho conventional ways
of distributing gifts," says Katherlno
Oilman Grou in tho Womau's Homo
Companion for Decombor.
"Tako a medium-sized wash-tub
preferably one that has not been
painted, that tho Illusion may bo
more comploto and when It haB
been filled with sawdust, pasto
tlshtly and smoothly over tho entire
top a piece of heavy white paper
largo enough to roach down an inch
over tho sides. This Is to represent
the frosting of tlio enko. On thl3
frosting nro pinned or sowed strings
of popcorn to rcsomblo tlio rnlscd
decoration usually seen on largo
cakes nt fcstlvo occasions. Through
llttlo slits cut In tlio paper, stick
sprigs of holly and Binnll colored
candles, nud tlio representation of
nn Ideal mammoth enko will bo com
plete. Tho fun comes In when the
top of tho cako Is cut to allow tho
children to grab for tho gifts which
are found, each neatly tied up, hid
den In tho sawdust which forms
tho center of tho enkc.
BEICMUDA ISLES.
IS. S. Robinson.
Honesdulo, Pa.
EAUTIFUL ishjs of tho ocoan
tldo,
Beautiful gems of tho surging sea;
Studding tho sllvory waters wide, .
Far as tho kconest oyo can soo.
MERALDS of wondrous beauty
thoy,
Set In tho bluo of tho fetterless deep;
Bathed in tho mist of tho ocean
spray,
Klssod by broczes that o'or them
sweop.
OSES and lilies, fair and bright,
Bloom as thoy did in days gono
by;
Spreading thoir saintly blossoms
whlto,
Up to the peaceful sunlit sky.
OSSES llko carpets of velvet
green,
Cover tho ancient rocks from viow;
Whllo down in tho crevices, In be
twoon, Lies iris unfolding Its blossoms blue.
UNDER tho luxurant palm trees
thero,
Fair as In Eden's bowers of old,
Nestlo tho bods of blossoms rare,
Swoot Is tho nectar that thoy hold.
DANCING through shady valo and
glen,
Babbling brooks flow down to tho
sea;
Lost In tho ocean's embraces thon,
Lost to tho leafy valos and mo.
ALL day long tho birds sing
sweet,
There where tho fragrant orchid
grows;
Bright aro tho days with joy com
plete, Beautiful Isles of the lily and roso.
Prize Speaking at Keystone Acad
emy.
Special to THE CITIZEN.
Factoryvtlle, Pa., Dec. 14. Key
stone Academy Is devoting consider
able attention to tho coming Blanche
Reynolds Declamation ..Contest
which is the closing exercise before
the Christmas holidays, and takes
place at the Factoryvlllo -Baptist
church, Friday evening, December
1G, at 8 o'clock.
This contest has always been one
of the Academy s finest exercises In
the past years, but this year it will
surpass all others.
The young men who participate
In this event aro being trained under
the direction of Professor B. F.
Thomas. Tho contestants and the
subjects of their orations are as fol
lows: "Tho Race Problem of tho South,"
Warren P. Norton.
"Tho Opportunities of the Scholar,"
Theodore C. Brown.
"The Little Stowaway," R. G. Spur-
geon MacCullough.
"The Sign of the Cross," J. Gordon
Ross.
"The Chariot Race," William N.
Watkins.
"Tho Unknown Rider," Harold R.
Hall.
"Tell-Tale Heart," Charles H.
Davies.
"The Bible Legend of the Wissahek-
on," J. Elary Stanton.
"Blaine, the Plumed Knight," Evan
W. Rees.
Tourjee's orchestra of Scranton
will furnish tho music.
Indigestion Goes
G. W. Peil Sells Best Prescrip
tion on the Money Back
Plan.
Almost everybody knows that sick
headache, nervousness and dizziness,
are caused by a disordered stomach.
Upset stomach and indigestion hap
pen just becauso the food you eat
does not digest but lies in' the
stomach and forments or turns sour.
You can stop fermentation and
stomach distress in five minutes by
using MI-O-NA stomach tablets, a
prescription that has dono more to
euro indigestion and put tho stom
ach In lino condition than all tho
specialists on earth.
A largo 50 cent box of MI-O-NA
stomach tablets is all you need to
get quick and lasting rellof. G. W.
Pell guarantees them.
.Mrs. Altlo Etson, of 93 Dun Road,
Battle Creek, Mich., used MI-O-NA
and within two months was in
as good health as ever, and has a
strong stomach and eats anything
she likes. She attributes her good
health to MI-O-NA.
If you havo heartburn, belching of
gas, heaviness or any stomach
trouble no matter how chronic, try
MI-O-NA stomach tablets on money
back plan. Sold by G. W. Pell and
leading druggists everywhere.
mR I A L LIS T Wayno Common
JL Pleas, Jan. Term, 1911,
Week beginning Jan. 10, 1911.
1. Olszefski v. Taylor.
2. Hawker v. Poppenholraor.
3. Keltz v. County of Wayno.
4. Barnes v. Miller.
5. Fives v. Auto Transportation
Company.
C. Clancey et al. v. Tuttlo.
7. Gray v. Horbeck-Domor Co.
8. Whitney v. RIdgoway.
9. Cromwell v. Cortrlght & Son.
10. Colo v. Colo; adm'x.
M. J. HANLAN,
Prothonotary.
Honesdnle, Pa., Dec. 14, 1910.
USE CONVICT LABOIU
.Motor Federation Would Have State
Follow South'. Example On
Highways.
Convict labor on roads has recent
ly been suggested by tho Pennsylva
nia Motor Fcdoration In ordor that
tho Koystono State may enjoy an
soon ns possible tho benefits of nn
extensive system of improved high
ways, according to tho Harrlsburg
Patriot. Thero has developed In tho
Stato a rcmarkablo demand for road
bottcrment, so grcnt In fact that un
less such labor is utilized many
years must elapse before tho desir
ed results can bo brought about.
Tho fact that tho State Highway
Department of Pennsylvania has on
fllo applications aggregating 3, COO
miles of now road, nolio of which
can bo granted until an appropria
tion Is mado by tho next Legislature,
Indicates that the people in that state
aro waking up to tho necessity for
good roads and that tho demand is
constantly growing.
Tho Pennsylvania Motor Federa
tion, which is composed of all tho
automobllo clubs In tho state, is now
preparing to submit to tho Legisla
ture and urgo tho passage of a bill
which will call for the expenditure of
50,000,000, which sum, it Is osti
mated, will glvo tho stato tho best
systom of highways possessed by any
commonwealth in tho country.
It is proposed that tho stato shall
boar soventy-flvo per cent, of tho cost
of this road building, tho balanco
bolng contributed by tho rospoctlvo
townships, and it is contended that
tho immediate benoflts which will nc
cruo to residents of clttos and rural
sections alike will more than mako
up for any Increase In taxation which
may appear necessary In ordor to
provide tho millions needed In road
building.
In tho opinion of many It would
bo wise and a double economy to uso
somo of tho many convicts now being
fod and clothed at tho cxpenso of tho
stato In tho work of road building, as
Is being done In a majority of the
Southern States whoro good and per
manent roads are now rapidly sup
planting old mud thoroughfares.
Green county, Mo., has a county
convict road crew under the super
vision of tho county highway engi
neer. The plant consists of a con
victs cage, crushor and screen, trac
tlon engine, cooking tent and guard
outfit. Tho county sheriff feeds the
prisoners In the field the same as in
tho jail, a prisoner doing tho cook
ing. The force, consisting of two
guards, an englneor, twelve or fifteen
prisoners and a team, has an average
daily output of eighty cubic yards.
Tho cost to the county is about twen
ty cents per cubic yard of rock.
The convict crew is doing only the
crushing, the road district, wherein
tho road lines, attends to everything
else. This does not take into ac
count the fact that it would Cbst as
much to feed tho prisoners as If they
were in Jail doing nothing. From
tho known enhanced valuation of
property along these roads built by
the crew and the Increased taxes de
rived therefrom tho county Is .being
paid a dividend upon tho investment.
Convicts almost invariably -make
good and willing workmen. -Thoy
appreciate not only tho fact that they
are able to be out In the open air and
enjoying a certain amount of free
dom, but they aro also inclined to
pride themselves on the fact that
they aro trusted and permitted to do
something of benefit. Of course,
there are exceptions and sometimes
trouble with the sullen and unrecon
ciled ones, but taken generally the
system works out well for all con
cerned. ,
Tho Work of a Wommi.
Whatever may bo the opinion of
tho world at large upon the doctrines
Inculcated by the church of which
she was tho founder, It is a question
whether Mary Baker G. Eddy in
building up this organization of half
a million fervently loyal adherents
has not outdone tho achievement of
any other woman who ever lived.
Thero has been many a woman who
"led her soul, her cause, her clau,"
to tho accomplishment of a great
humanitarian undertaking who
notably contributed to the promotion
of temperance, to the amelioration of
the lot of slaves or prisoners, to the
effectiveness of missionary labor In
the domestic or tho foreign Held, or
to tho allovlatory ministration to In
valids In hospitals In war time or In
times of peace. The world has quite
recently been called upon to mourn
tho passing of two such women
Florence Nightingale and Julia Ward
Howo, both of whom were of ap
proximately the age of Mrs. Eddy
when thoy obeyed tho summons of
the Invisible. But Mrs. Eddy was
more than philanthropist and hu
manitarian. Sho was a born loader
of men and women, who to personal
magnetism united extraordinary exe
cutive ability. Sho had shrewd busi
ness acumen, and Joan of Arc was
not hor equal as a commanding gon
cral. Her followers havo never cared to
crlticiso her writings In respect to
syntax nnd style; to them "Science
and Health" has been not so much
a book as tho shrine of a great truth.
But moroly tho enunciation of ab
stract principles could not havo built
up such a world-wido and all-prova-slvo
religion, or exerted such a con
trolling Inlluonco upon so many hun
dreds of thousands of persons,
To create such a church and to In
spire a following so numerous and so
devoted Mrs. Eddy must havo beon a
woman of altogether extraordinary
personal endowments. Other leadors
llko Dowle have depended upon
oratory and histrionic offects to main
tain their ascendency. Mrs. Eddy In
latter years was secluded and inac
cessible. Yet Zionism nnd similar
mushroom manifestations of tho re
ligious Instinct havo scarcely outlived
tho porsonal leadership of their
founders, while Christian Sclenco
gives overy Indication of continuing
to flourish and to enroll multitudes
under tho bannersiof Us remarkably
successful propaganda In tho name of
nn inflrm and aged woman in a Now
Hampshire town. Philadelphia LedJ
Bur.
SOUVENIRS of Honesdalo High
School. SOMMER, Tho Jowolor.
NEW YORK LETTER.
Night Work hi Department Stores By
M-Year-Old Girls Is Foreign Mis
stoii Medical Work Worth Whllo?
Gothnmltcs Not Churcli-Attend-nut
Iteal Llfo "In Llttlo Old
Now aork."
THE old yoar Is day by day slip
ping away and bringing tho
'n u V n n f nn'irnr tin Tfmir.
teen moro days until Christmas, but
It seems almost here. Tho stores i
havo boon gorgeous In their holiday
nttlro over slnco tho first of tho
month. Tho people havo heeded tho
articles In tho many magazines and
newspapers and aro doing their
Christmas shopping cnrly. With tho
snow of lust week and ngaln of yes
terday, and tho extreme cold weath
er, it does look llko an old-fashioned
Christmas. Tho decorations of the
many stores aro beautiful, not to
mention tho many, mnny beautiful
gifts ono sees In overy window.
Ono can hardly rcallzo tho stren
uous llfo, tho Christmas trado brings
to those employed as salespeople.
In many department stores theso
peoplo work nights, from Thanksgiv
ing until tho first of tho year, whllo
In tho Complaint department, thoy
work correcting other's mlstakos un
til tho first of March.
This year a now law has gone In
to effect, that no girl under eighteen
can bo kept on night work, and It's
about time. That ono awoko to the
fact that girls of only fourteen wore
kopt night aftor night, until from
ton to eloven-thlrty, to get homo tho
host way they could. Tho valuo of
a llfo counts for llttlo with corpora
tions, wncn a girl dropped dead
behind hor counter last week, a
hundred were waiting to tako hor
place.
Thoso who havo their comfortable
homes In the country, with thoir
daughters by their fireside, knowing
thoy aro safo, and in need of no
necessity, can scarcely realize how
many hundred of tho city girls live.
Their salaries are too small some
times to even enable them to rent
a warm room. Many girls can afford
nothing but a tiny hall bedroom, with
no heat, poorly lighted, no closet and
up from flvo to a dozen pairs of
stairs. There, after a hard day's
work or being found fault with, per
haps never hearing a pleasant word
all day, this worn-out girl must
spent her evenings. Mayba her
money is so low, that her only allow
nnco for dinner was rolls and cof
fee. Do you understand then why
so many frequent tho Haymarket
the Gorman viilago and tho like?
The really true stories of real peo
ple that havo como to us aro strang
er than Action, and In many cases,
if written up, would not bo credited.
Wo recently lunched at "Tho Os
born Memorial Training School For
Christian Workers." This Is an In
terdenomlnational school, and If one
wishes to tako up that kind of
training, they could not And moro
pleasant surroundings, than in this
homo. Hero the rich and tho poor
share alike. Mls3 Darlington, sister
of Bishop Darlington, and the noted
Dr. Darlington, of this city, is one
of tho training class. Another very
young girl, who has studied to be
come a nurse, was thero completing
ner training as a medical missionary
Next year sho expects to sail for
Burmah. It seemed a pity that with
all the work to be done here, within
a stono's throw, that one decides
to go so far away. But undoubtedly
the heathen will be as responsive as
peoplo of this land.
Ono has but to attend a Sunday
evening church service to see that
the peoplo of New York do not at
tend church. You can count the
peoplo at a Sunday evening service.
whllo on your way home you can see
crowds awaiting to gain enetrance
to a ten-cent moving picture show.
Recently some noted divine likened
New York to Rome of other days.
and prophesied its downfall.
"But after all It's in
"Little Old New York,"
Tho days to me aro bright
And even tho darkest nights aro
never dark
For very darkness seems to turn to
light
In Littio Old New York."
Was ero another Broadway, with its
glittering lights
A river-drive or Hirer, those of
which wo talk?
Tho glamor of thy very name grips
close my heart
My Littio Old New York!
And if tho buildings scrape tho sky,
Our aspirations with tho lark,
Soar till they touch tlio very bluo on
high
In Littio Old New York.
They say we're proud perhaps
what then?
Where find another Central Park?
Moro lovely women uud moro man
ly men
Than hero In Llttlo Old Now York.
Wliat nuigie in tho ulr had over
seen such glint
And shone it o'ro on braver scene?
While rldo und walk
A varying throng, fair pictures, sot
in matchless frame Now York,
My Littio Old New York!
Ah! stand with mo somo sunny
morn
On guy Fifth Avenue near where
tlio lllL'llWilVM friplr.
And thank tho very powers that bo
i'or ijttiu uiu rsew lorK.
ENQLISII PLOB BLUB CHINA WAKE
Diuw Mt, tortSi. plc, comprising!
Dinner 1'UWt 1 VtctUbU DtlU
0 Oupi Dutttr i'Utu
8 Dtrry DUhtt 1 lirif Brnr Bowl
1 14-Inch Meat Hatter 6 btuccn
e Tu riitM e soup rutw
GuarantMd ptrfrct and aa rcpifwnttj or
money rcfundtd without quwtlon. DUcct
(rom factor tt Stbrlnr, OUo, to you at
cut prirr, J5.00.
Beautiful! decorated gold wreath' dnjjro.
Decoration will alat bold color and will
not wear oS. SEND MONKY OrtDIB.
THE FRENCH CHINA CO..
e Wtst Broadway, New York City
Reference! Dunn or Dradatre.t'a or any
bank In Sabring, Ohio.
CASTOR I A
Por Infant and Chiliroa.
Hie Kind Yh Mi Always Bought
Bar tha
Slgnavoro of
BEN', H. EimiC't. - - - Lessfg k Manager
ALL WEEK COMMENCING
MONDAY DEC. 19th.
MR. CHAS. K. CHAMPL1N
and His Carefully Se
lected COMPANY of
A PTIQTir gft
PI AYFPS
PresentiB$ tho best plays at
Popular Prices.
$9,000.00 worth of Beautiful Scen
ery and $12,000.00 worth of Electrical
Effects are carried by thia attraction.
PRICES: 10, 20, 30 & 50c.
MATINEES WED. and SAT. 10-20
Seat Sate opens at the Box Office
at 9 a. m. Monday Dec. 19th.
PI Ann
The prist
mas Store
for Men and
Boys
Abounds in Com
fortable and
Useful
Garments
Overcoats and suits, Cor
duroy and Canvass
work coats, sheep or
blanket lined with high
storm collars. Dress
shirta In white or fancy
patterns. Silk Mufflers
in plain or quilted
styles. Neck wear in
fancy Fo r e-i n-H and
freB'n'lA Bows scarfs, a new as
fly k'jVw) sortment of sleeve but
M.SIfl frJr tons. Umbrellas for
Men and Women, with a
choice selection qf hand
les. Neat and catchy
suits for children; also
Mother's Friend" Boys
Blouses. Wo have al
ready established a rep
utation for low prices
on Sweaters and Underwear. Learn our prices and judgo
FLAGG Clothing House.
363 Rflain St., EionesdaBe
OPPOSITE THE 1). &.U. It. K. STATION.
Look Your Best on
Christmas Day
SATISFY HIM
If it is a suit or overcoat we havo a largo Assortment of Men's, Boys'
and Childdren's Suits and Overcoats. Superior values at prices that
will appeal to the smallest purses.
His Present
NECKWEAR
SHIRTS
GLOVES
HOSIERY
HATS
CAPS
FUR CAPS
SMOKING J'ACKETS
BATH ROBES
PAJAMAS
UNDERWEAR
UNION
WE POINT WITH PRIDE to our full lino of Gents' Furnishings.
It is a matter of habit with you to pay big prices for your merchandise.
Give us a call and wo will convince you that wo can quote you prices
that will result in a.frequcnt call at our place of business.
BREGSTEIN BROS.
Leading Clothiers
ran in a mi i
WHEN BUYING CIGARS.
BUY CIGARS
DON'T BUY A NAME.
Any cigar can change its name and
prova an alibi.
But if It Is a rogue It will always
bo a roguo.
WE SELL HONEST CIGARS
Domestic, Porto Rican,
Manilla, Clear Havana
and Imported.
$2.50 to $21.00 per 100
F. W. Schuerholz
TIIK OIGAK MAX.
Both 'Phones.
Tho line of fine fura for La
dies' and Misses at Manner & Co.
stores are especially sultablo for
holiday presents. QStl
PETEKSEN'S JEWELRY STOItB
will be open overy evening until
aftor Christmas. Maka your selec
tions now. 88t2
Q CLOTHING
m m mm 9 mm
863
ST.
Opposite D.
& H. R. R.
Station
ourselves.
SCARFS
HANDKERCHIEFS
HOSE SUPPORTERS
SWEATER COATS
TRUNKS
TRAVELING BAGS
JEWELRY
UMBRELLAS
AUTO TOQUES
BELTS
SUSPENDERS
SUITS
for y