THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUAItY 1, 1011. For the Ckildren : i Big Bowlder Monument Marks Fort Washington. Photo' by American Tress Association. School children of New York city celebrated the one hundred nud thirty-fourth anniversary of the capture of Fort Washington by the Brit ish and Hessian soldiers on Nov. 14, 1770, by unveiling a monument on the site of the old redoubt. Tho memorial Is a big rock, suitably In scribed. Fort Washington is situated in the northern part of Manhattan Island, between the Hudson and Har lem rivers, uud the victory gave the British control of Now York city. Young patriots may wonder why n British victory is commemorated! It Is to honor valor and mark an event in history. In the redoubt was an Amer ican force of only 2,818 men, while the British and Hessians numbered 8.000 Against this overwhelming force the patriots fought bravely until Com inandant Robert Magaw saw further resistance was useless and surrendered to prevent the slaughter of his men An Acoustic Chair. Long before tho telephono was In vented it had occurred to people th:il sounds, especially the human voice might bo carried along a tube. Niir rowing sounds, if only for a little dis tance, keep them from scattorliif. through the nir. Even savages twin; centuries ago discovered that by put ting tho hands together td the lno'il! it was possible to throw the voice farther. After a time somebody In vented the speaking trumpet, especiu. ly useful nt sea or among mountain and tho ear trumpet, by which tli" deaf are enabled to listen to the con versatiou of relatives and friends , Kindness to tho deaf, who are gl ul to hear even tho chatter of children led a Mr. Curds to contrive whul lu called nn acoustic chair, which he e. hlhlted early in the reign of Queen Victoria. Tho chair was a high backed library one and had two barrels to fit each ear. but those Who wished to talk by its aid had no need to speak Into n tube or mouthpiece. Perforated plates collected the sounds of tho room into a vase, and from this they were carried to the ears of any one soatot) in the chair. Flexible tubes could be attached to the barrels, communicating with other rooms in the house. Thus a deaf man sitting in the chair could hear everything that was going on almost as wctl as if his hearing wn? perfectly good. Why a Cat Arches Her Bsok. Nature has taught the cat how to make up for small size and weaklier by pluck and nimbleness. In th" presence of a dangerous animal the cnt arches her back and erects hei tail. This increases her apparent size and is calculated to strike terror int the heart of the enemy. It is curious that tho cut assumes nearly the same attitude when she comes into the room or sees the family enter. Now. her object is to nttract attention, aud with this end in view she rubs herself against your legs or your chair nnd purs. The similarity of the attitude assumed under such extremely dif ferent circumstances is explained by supposing that apparent increase of size is useful, either to Inspire terror or to nttrnct friendly notice. Memory Game. Take six coins a silver dollar, a fif ty cent piece, a twenty-five cent piece, a dime, a nickel nnd a cent. Have the room darkened or blindfold the players. Let tho coins bo passed Quickly from one to another, not ill regular order, but, say, tho nickel, the dollar, tho ten cent piece, the quarter, the cent, the half dollar. Each player holds each coin two seconds before passing. When nil havo had all the coins the light Is turned up, paper and pencil are supplied, and tho play ers write down tho order In which the coins were passed. Tho one getting the correct order or nearest to it re ceives tho prize. Of courso the order Is decided upon beforehand by the hosts. To Prevent Starvation, When you haven't a scrap of broad In tho house And the children begin to cry Don't scold and compel them to starve outright Just give them n little pie. mm vf-r NEW YEAR STYLES. Narrow Gold end Silver Braids Effective ae Coiffure Ornaments. KUlt MILADY'S TlinsSKfl Hair ornaments are the rage this winter, and it is a far cry from the piece of bonny blue ribbon that tied up the hair of tho maiden of ye oldeu times to tho elaborate coiffure orna ments of tho season. Any girl with the least skill can make herself the most becoming hair decorations with gold or silver metal lic braids. They are far more effective hair ornaments than the silken rib bons, which are only suitable above very youthful faces. The upper ornament seen in the il lustration is more adapted to the matron and is made of bead embroid ered gauze banding, two strips being wired and crossed under a loop nt the center front and joined again over the ears, where a fall of beads finishes the ornament. For the debutante is the wreath of little blush roses which are sew ed to invisible wire, the dainty wreath going all round tho head and the cluster of roses coming back of ouo car and the bow of pink velvet back of the other close to the neck. A Question Box. A teacher in a private school for girls keeps a question box on the door of her room. Saturday evenings she is at home to nil the pupils who care to hear the answers to the questions, which nro mainly concerning social matters. Many a useful bit of information is conveyed In those informal convorsa- tions. Simple refreshments are served, and tho whole delightful evening Is ar ranged to enforce the principle that "no girl Is ever too young to be a lady, uo lady Is ever too old to be a girl." The Ever Useful Long Coat. This is the day of the long coat. So tunny little one piece frocks arc worn that mllndy Is obliged to have a wrap of some kind to wear with them. The coat Illustrated supplies this need ad mirably. It is of broadcloth, nnd any dark color Is suitable for all round wear. The .collar is of the fashionable LONG COAT WITH FUR COLLAR. . ekunk fur, aud if ono has among her belongings nn old muff or neckpleco of this pelt it may be made over to the present service. Tho utrap effect is very new and at tractive, but as this is apt to date a garment it may bo easily left off with out injurlug tho success of tho design. Ooo VOTES POWER Ooo rty JAMES A. 13DGDR.TON. THE chief interest of Americans in tho recent British elections nnd in the new parliament rests in the fact that they promise to end the veto power of the house of lords and in the near future to bring about some measure of Irish homo rule. In this aspect tho victory for progressive principles Is the most important in more than a generation. The limitation of the lords' veto has been the dream of British radicals since tho days of John Bright. Irish homo rule has been in issue since the time of Gladstone. Two parliamentary elections occur red during 1!)10, both of them result ing In Liberal victories. The issue in thi! first was the Lloyd-George budget. The peers rejected this, and the gov ernment appealed to the country. The result of tho polling was that the Lib erals, the Luboriles and the Irls.li Na tionalists together had a majority of IL'4 In the house of commons. The new parliament again passed the budget, and the lords assented, It being one of the provisions of the unwritten Brit ish constitution that after the voters have approved a hill once rejected in the upper house that body must bow to the will of the nation and permit the measure to become a law. Peers Lose Appeal. The death of King Edward and the accession of (!eorge V., interrupted the further program of the Liberals for a time, but last fall the government pro posed a bill depriving the lords of the 1 " , 1 , , . SOME OF THE POSTEItS THAT HELPED TnE LIBERALS WIN permanent veto on all measures. In a conference ltveen the representative! of the two houses there was a failure, lo reach an agreement, and parliament was once more dissolved for an nppeal to the country. The resultant elec tion, the one Just held, gnve the Lib eral coalition a net gain of one, mak ing the majority liili, thus assuring the passage of tho anti-vote bill as originally framed by the government nnd parsed by the commons. There tire those who profess that even though commanded to do so by the nation the lords will not pass the measure, but such persons are not in formed as to British traditions. If the upper house should refuse tho govern ment through the king would simply create enough new peers to command a majority In the body. As a matter of fact, the mere possession of the power to create these new peers Is enough. It seldom or never has to be exercised. There is no power In England, be it that of king or parliament or courts, that dares to stand in the way of the popular will when it is thus clearly expressed on n definite proposition. The British people have said that the lords' veto must go, nnd go It will. This Is a foregone conclusion. Tho most that tho Tories can seek Is compromise. Already they have agreed to abolish hereditary membership in the house of peers and to make the body in effect elective. That is not enough to satisfy the Liberals, how ever. They are willing to leave tho chamber as It is, but are determined to deprive it of power. And, having been approved by tho nation twice within tho year, they will have their way. Home Rule Now Possible. As for homo rule, it will go through following tho veto bill or may oven accornpnny tiiat measure. Tho Irish Nationalists havo the balance of pow er and are in a position to force tho issue. Moreover, practically every member of the government is already pledged to homo rule. It is nsserted in some quarters that Premier Asqulth has grown restive uni'.er the dictation of John E. Redmond, tho leader of the Nationalists, but even Asqulth has pledged himself to homo rule. At ono meeting when np'.ed point blank if it wns the intention of tho government to provide some mcasuso of homo rulo he answered. "It Is." With tho house of lords deprived of ENGLAND VETO f - .tm ia oo0.,.. Tl KILL OF TIE PEERS i EM tat RULE I o oO''-'"--"-'""' ---- - tho veto power tho road will be cle.n cd for nn Irish parliament nt 1)u1:k It Was the lords who defeated hu u rule in Gladstone's day. Now, nior than ten years nfter the grenl eo.u monor's death, the lords thenwuh t. are to be deprived of power anil It : rule Is to triumph. The stun- i'i rejected becomes not only the h" ' ' the corner, hut grinds them to p wiicr There Is not a little poetic Justice If the outcome, and tho only pity Is (' i Mr. Gladstone is not alive to see tl' triumph of his cause. Campaign Was Sitter. It has been a long time since Up land has passed through so bitter nn i abusive a campaign. With tin; " tion over tho vituperation is rcdtmhl' ' The baflled Tories are making all t'v' of threats, even to civil wnr In s land. They hint that George V. ' stand In the way of the humiliation i i the peers, but the Liberals retort Hi I the king is virtually pledged to bov to the will of the people as his fnllic: and grandmother did before him. A a matter of fact ho cannot help bin' self. Charles I. was practically tl' last king who tried to oppose the wii. of the nation, and his fate has be 'ii deterrent to other monnrchs who he'.d similar absolutist ideas. If there W ono fact clear in Great Britain it ! that the people rule, and the house or commons Is the voice of the people. Three other Issues that were in volved in the English campaign ar, of interest to Americans. One of thesii Is protection. The Tories, or Uuloi.N'.. r i DECOHATED BRITISH WALLS AND THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION. as they now call themselves, took ill the protectionist Issue. Since forced on them by Joseph Chamberlain it has been rejected by the British people fo: three succeslsvo elections just as It has been rejected whenever brought for ward ever since the passage of the corn laws. Referendum Is Applauded. The second question resulted from the tariff. Arthur J. Balfour, the Un lonist leader, proposed to submit tlu tariff to a referendum. The audience which heard tills proposal recognized It as a master stroko and leaped to lit feet in a mighty cheer. Now we It America are also grappling with tin same question of n referendum to thr people on all important laws, Thin tho Tory party in England would even consider so radical a measure show how fast the world Is moving. The third issue was "American doi lars." Because Redmond raised a cam paign fund in the states our poor head were belabored from Dublin to Edln burgh and back ngaln. Against thli cry tho Liberals and Nationalist raised a counter one' concerning the peers who had married American heir esses. So our dollars were abused and lambasted from botli sides. If all that Is said bo true American dollars lmvi decided many elections at home, but this is the first time they have played a star part In an election abroad. II they have helped even remotely to end the house of lords nnd to give frecdou to Ireland, however, we will esteem them more than ever. PUMPKIN HER WORKBOX. Mrs. Tomlln Found Her Thimble While Making Pie. Mrs. Albert Tomlln of Atlantic City, preparing to mnke a pie, cut open a pumpkin. As she did so out rolled a sliver thimble which she lost last spring. While visiting her parents on a farm near Tuckerton, N. J., Mrs. Tomlln missed tho thimble one afternoon nfter she had chased a flock of chickens from tho truck garden. Atlantic City's nblest thinkers say tho thimble must have fallen into n pumpkin blossom, which closed over the metal nnd in cased It Ju the process of growing. New Testament In Chinese. The first complete edition of the New Testament translated into the Chinese language recently was issued. nnmiT inttirir.AAf atiov wi,n.n. the Judge of tho several Courts oi the County of Wnyno has Issued his precept for holding a Court of Quarter Senloiis, Oyer mid Terminer, nnd Ucncrnl Jail Delivery In nnd lor said County, nt the Court House, to lIUUlll on MONDAY. JAN. 1G. 1911. and to continue two weeks: And directing that n Grand Jury for the Courts of. Quarter Sessions nnd Oyer and Terminer be summoned to meet on Monday, Jim. 0. 1911. nt 2 p. in. Notice Is thercforo hereby clvcn to the Coroner nnd Justices of the Peace, nnd Con stables of the County of Wnync. that they he then and there In their proper persons, at said Court House, nt 2 o'clock In the after noon of said !)th day of Jan. 1911. with their records, inqulsitlons.exnnilnntlons andother remembrances, to do those thlnss which to their otllccs nppertnln to be done, and those who are bound by rccosnizonco or otherwise to prosecute tho prisoners who are or shall bo in the Jnll of Wayne County, bo then and there to-prosecute neiilnst them as shall bo Just. fllvcn under my hand, at Honesdnle, this 15th day of Dec. 1910, and In the 13tth year of the Independence of the United States , m. h-J'KE 55UA1AN. Sheriff. Sheriff's Ofllce 1 Honesdnle. Dec. 15. 1910. f lolwt rpU I A L LIS T Wayno Common L Pleas, Jan. Term, 1911. Weelc beginning Jan. 10, 1911. 1. Olszefski v. Taylor. 2. Hawker v. Poppenhelmer. 3. Keltz v. County of Wayne. 4. Barnes v. Miller. 5. Gray v. Herbeck-Demer Co. C. Whitney v. Hidgway. ' Gronnvell v. Cortright & Son. S. Fives v. Auto Transportation Cqmpany. 9. Colo v. Cole; adm'x. M. J. HANLAN, Prothonotary. APPRAISEMENTS. Notice Is giv en that appraisement of ?300 to the widows of tho following nam ed decedents have been filed in the Orphans' Court of Wayno county, and will be presented for approval on Monday, January 1G, 1911, viz: ?300 to widow of Chas. J. Weav er, Honesdalo, personal property. $300 to widow of H. B. Searles, Honesdale, personal property. $300 to widow of Thomas Neville, Sterling, personal property. $300 to widow of Nicholas Smith, real. $300 to widow of O. L. Rowland, Honesdale, personal. $300 to widow of James L. Taylor, Lebanon, personal. M. J. HANLAN, Clerk. DEGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is Xt hereby given that the accountants herein named have settled their respective accounts in tho olliee of the Register of Wills of Waype County. Pa., and that tho same will be presented nt the Orphans' Court of said county for continuation, nt the Court House Itt llnnnclnlu ,.. .1.1.. 1 r , ... ... ,j,.,.,v, ui, uiu WHIM .MUUIlUy UI Jan. next viz: 1. First and final account of Isa bel E. Calkin, administratrix of the estate of Roy O. Calkin, Damascus. 2. First and final account of Otis A. Reynolds, administrator of Sidney F. Reynolds, Honesdale. 3. First and final account of M. O. Abbey and Manaton R. Abbey, execu tors of the estate of Ralph A. Abbey, Salem. 4. First and final account of Z. A. Wonnacott and Ira Dryer, executors of the estate of David Wonnacott, Prompton. G. First and final account of Mary Dassell, administratrix of the estate of William Dassell, Honesdale. G. First and final account of Jas. Buchanan, administrator of W. M. Buchanan, Preston. 7. First and final account of May Belle Hudson, executrix of the estate of William H. Prosser, Damascus. 8. First and final account of Al len W. Brown, administrator of the estate of A. W. Brown, Starrucca. 9. Second and finnl account of H. C. Hand, deceased, by H. S. Hand, administrator C. T. A. D. B. N. trus tee of the estate of William Doughty, deceased, for Anna M. Eldred. 10. First and final account of Alsup V. Tyler, executor of the estate of R. Alice Vail, Damascus. Register's office, Honesdale, Dec. 21, 1910. E. W. GAMMELL. Register. SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.-Bv virtue of process issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county, and State of Pennsylvania, and to me directed and delivered, I have levied on and will expose to public sale, at the Court House in Honesdale, on FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 1011, 2 P. M. All those two parcels of land, sit uate in Mount Pleasant township, Wayne county, Pennsylvania. The first: Beginning at tho south easterly corner of lot of land in the possession of Thomas Meagher, Jr., at a point In tho middle of said road, running thence by the said Meagher land north eighty-four degrees west two hundred twenty-eight rods to a corner; thence south six degrees west seventy rods to a corner; thence south eighty-four degrees east two hundred twenty-eight rods to the middle of said road; thence along the middle of said road to place of beginning, containing 100 acres more or less. Excepting and reserving from above described lot about two and one-fourth acres as reserved in deed dated Aug. 5, 1904, from C. F. Wright et al. to Marian R. Huga boom, also excepting 285 perches of land which Marian R. Hugaboom et al. by deed dated Sept. 2, 1904, re corded in Wayno county in Deed Book 93, page 24, granted to Morris Meagher. The second lot: Beginning at the southwest corner in center of the Belmont and Oqunga Turnpike road, and tho south line of land of James Dalphen; thence north eighty-two degrees east one hundred forty-nine and five-tenths rods to the middle of west branch of Lackawaxen creek; thence southward along center of said creek sixty-five and two-tenth rods to corner of land of Oscar Bates; thence south eighty-two de grees west by said line of Bates to a corner in tho center of said turn pike road; thence north along said Turnpike road sixty-five and two tenths rods to place of beginning, containing B0 acres, more or lest. Being samo lot which Oscar Bates Bold to Marian R. Hugaboom on land contract dated Nov. 8, 1901. The first lot is unimproved and the second lot is improved with a frame house and barn, and a portion of land Is cultivated. Seized and taken in execution ns the property of Marian Hugaboom and H. C. Noblo, M. D., at the BUltof Wayne County Savings Bank. No. 11, March Term, 1908. Judgment, $400. Kimble, Attorney. , ALSO- All that certain piece or parcol of land, situate in the township of Scott, county of Wayno, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a pine stump on the bank of the west branch of the Dela ware River and running south seven three degrees east twenty rods to a to a stake; thence south seventy three degrees cast twontyrods to a stake on tho river road; thence south one and one-half degrees east fifty two rods to a stake in tho creek road; thence south twenty-five de grees west thirty-four rods to a stones corner; thence south seventy three nnd one-half degrees west fourteen rods to a stake; thence south eighty-three and one-half de grees west twelve rods; thence south seventy-five degrees west, fourteen rods to a stake; thence south seven teen degrees west fifty rods to a hemlock tree; thence south eighty seven degrees east thirty rods to a stones corner; thence north seventy degrees east forty rods to a stones corner; thence north fourteen and three-fourth degrees west forty-six rods to a stones by the creek; thenco north slxty-ono degrees east fifty-one rods down tho creek to a stake; thence north sixteen degrees east twenty-nine rods to a stake down the creek; thence north two degrees east forty-six rods to a stake; thence north fifty-six degrees east eight rods to a stake; thence north twenty-live and three-fourth degrees east ten rods to a stake; thence north forty-three degrees west, sixteen rods to a stake; thence south eighty degrees west, thirty-five rods to a stake and thence north eighty-five degrees west twenty rods to the place of beginning; containing forty-six acres' of land more or less. Being the same land that Marvin Wheeler conveyed to Rebecca G. More by deed recorded in D. B. No. 41, page 398. Also part of Lot No. 10 upon which Rebecca More now lives, containing 106 acres, excepting one-half acres fenced for burying ground and about one-half acres sold D. L. Demoney. Said lot being situ ate in Buckingham township. Also excepting ten acres sold to the Ball's Eddy Chemical Company. The land intended to be conveyed being same which is described in deed from Wm. H. Stone, adm'r of Rebecca G. More to Clair E. More, D. B. 85, page 94. Upon said land is a frame house, two barns and over one huudred acres of the land is Im proved. Seized and taken in execution as the property of Clair E. More, at tho suit of Leander Howard assigned to C. V. More to the use of Edwin N. i-'lumenfelt. No. 95, October Term, 1910. Judgment, $945. Kimble, Attorney. TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs must bo paid on day of sale or deeds will not be acknowledged. M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff. Honesdale, Pa., Dec. 1G, 1910. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WAYNE COUNTY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. NO. TERM, 1910. In re petition of Louis W. Healy for satisfaction of mortgage. A petition of the above number and term has been presented to said Court praying that a mortgage given by James M. Porter and Wil liam Shouse to Charles Pemberton Fox dated Oct. 28, 1840, for the payment of $5500.00, recorded in Wayno County in Mortgage Book 4, page 40, and against certain lands in the Counties of Pike and Wayne as described in said mortgage, be satis fied of record because it is legally presumed to havo been paid. All persons Interested are notified to appear In said Court Monday, Janu ary 1G, 1911, at 9 o'clock a. m. and show cause why said mortgage shall not be satisfied of record and tho Hen thereof discharged. M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff. Laurence H. Watres, Attorney. 002 Connell Building, Scranton, Pa. 99col4 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WAYNE COUNTY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. NO. TERM, 1910. In re petition of Louis W. Healy for satisfaction of mortgage. A petition of the above number and term has been presented to said Court praying that a mortgage given by John Shouse, Henry W. Shouse, and Francis T. Shouse to William Shouse dated December 2, 1854, for the payment of $15,000.00, recorded in Wayno County in Mort gage Book 5, page 215, etc., and against certain lands in the Coun ties of Pike and Wayne as described in said mortgage, he satisfied of rec ord becauso it is legally presumed to have been paid. All persons in terested are notified to appear in said Court Monday, January 16, 1911, at 9 o'clock a. m. and show cause why said mortgage shall not bo satisfied of record and the lien thereof discharged. M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff. Laurence H. Watres, Attorney. G02 Connell Building, Scranton, Pa. 99eoi4 M. LEE BRAMAN EVERYTHING IN LIVERY Quss for Every Train and Town Calls. Horses always for sal Boarding and Accomodation for Farmers Prompt and polite attention at all times. ALLEN HOUSE BARN
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