ITik vTiTiiikx, khYday, KEintUAitv it, nm. THE CITIZEN Semi-Weekly Founded 1008; Weekly Founded 1814. POnl.IBIIBD KVERY WEDNESDAY AND FHIDAY DY THE CITIZEN TUBUSIIINO COMPANY. iiuicred as second-class matter, at the post olllce, Honesdale. l'a. K. B.UAHDKNltKltOU. - - PRICSIDKNT .W W. WOOD. - MANAQUH AND SKC'Y J.M.SMKLTZKK KDITOK directors: o. n. dorflinqkb. m. d. allen, (lknby wilson. e. b. ii aiidenueroii. W. W. WOOD. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 111. HEAUTIFV1NG TIIK TRUTH! Wo liavo been honicwhat palncil, moro inortiflcd, und considerably cha grined by being furnished with cer tain news items recently by people in whoso reputation for truth and veracity, "as attested by the speech of tho peoplo lit tho community in which they live," wo had tho high est confidence. Wo would not like to tldnk that any one would Intention ally furnish a newspaper witli Incor rect information, especially slnco the Law provides a severe penalty for any such indiscretion, and wo can only charge tho remissness of our friends to tho almost universal prac tice indulged in by ninny men and women, of "beautifying tho truth." EIGHT BELOW ZERO. "I never felt tho cold tho way I did this morning," remarked an old rosidentcr to the Editor Thursday morning. When the Intter left his hotel to go down to business that par ticular morning, tho thermometer on tho veranda registered eight degrees below zero. It " shorcly " was cold. And then to think of that "six weeks of good sleighing in March," ahead of us! Wow! FOKIiWAIlXEl) IS FOREARMED. It is not at all certain that tho present Legislature will change tiio time for holding tho Primaries from Juno to September. It might ho just as well for all ofllcescckcrs to get their petitions signed (in Ink), and huvo them Illcd at the commis sioners' oltlco in due season. Hy the way, whatever information as to inaugurating and conducting n " publicity " campaign may bo in tho possession of tho Editor, will be cheerfully furnished to the patrons of THE CITIZEN. LOVERS AND LETTERS. Heart-sick swains and love-lorn youths, if you nro tempted to write letters to your sweethearts, kike our advice and don't do it! Yot love may grow lukewarm or ev cold, and so may hers, and then think what possible complications you will avoid. Talk to her or to him over tho 'phone or personally, but don't commit yourself in writing. How many heartbreaks und breach of promise cases might ho avoided, if lovers would not put down in pen and ink their, inmost thoughts, wishes and longings. THE SCHOOL CODE. In a stirring address delivered at Philadelphia, last Saturday, Gover nor John K. Tcncr put himself on record as favoring tho school code. Ho earnestly recommended the adop tion of tho measure as approved by tho commission, and declared if it became u statute, "Pennsylvania will have not only tho bust schools but tho best school system in tho world." THE END OF THE WOULD. When the last big hat has been pur chased, and the plumes are broken and bont, When tho hobble skirt has been banished, and no one cares wiiero it went. We shall rest, and faith wo shall need It and quit for an aeon or two Denouncing each fashion verdict, and condemning each thing that's new. Thero will be no word from Paris of fashions of freakish mould; "They'll be the rage in the spring time," will never again be told; And tho hair can bo dressed as one wills It, provided it's all one's own, And no puffs and curls at tho play house shall mako any patron groan. And the men will have naught to worry for the tailors will show one stylo That will satisfy all forever, and will make no crimp in one's "pile"; And all who wear duds shall bo happy, and ' say: "This is grand, I declare 1 can wear my last year's garments with a perfectly cheerful air." Denver Republican. Tener And The School Code. Governor Tener was wise when ho decided to make the public educa tional system of the State tho sub ject of his address at tho Lincoln Day dinner In Philadelphia on Satur day evening, and his argument in support of the pending school code bill could hardly have been Btronger and moro convincing. Ho addressed himself particularly to those points in the bill which have drawn tho at tacks from ill-advised and iu-lnforni-ed school officials throughout the State and laid emphasis upon the strong points, as to which there is substantial agreement. The strong position on tho subject taken by the Governor at this time Justifies the Expectation that In tho appointment ! of a State Board or Education, when that duty shall devolve upon him by the adoption of the code by the Leg islature, ho will make the Interests of tho schools themselves his solo guide. It 13 a happy coincidence that In the matter of the code thb Organiza tion and the non-partisan advocates of scientific educational progress And themselves In harmony. It is pos sible that tho code Is viewed askauco by certain persons from the very fact of its espousal, or rather accept ance. In political quarters, but this is a narrow view of the situation, and Is not to bo encouraged. If tho politicians have been brought to see tho advantage of better methods of school management, the closer con centration of responsibilities In mat ters of financial control and direc tion; the reduction of the number of directors, to tho end that School Boards may bo detached from the ex ercise of executive functions more properly belonging to paid experts, and the establishment in Pennsylva nia of an endowment for public edu cation similar to that of other states If they have attained to the light in these respects, so much tho bet ter for the schools. Doubtless they see some advantage for themselves In the code, but If they shall be al lowed to abuse that advantage the fault will not bo dlfflcult to place. ' It is In the power of the voters to safe guard and support the public schools, and in the exercise of that power alono Is there any certain guarantee. Philadelphia Ledger. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, February 14. Legis lation demanded for many years by postal employees throughout tho country and which will affect thous ands of employees in the postal ser vice In Pennsylvania, in all prob ability will bo enacted during the present session of Congress. The postoflice appropriation bill, which will come before the Senate next week, contains a provision directing the Postmaster General to allow not exceeding thirty days leave of ab sence with pay each year to assist ant postmasters, supervisory officers, clerks, city letter carriers, me chanics, skilled laborers, watchmen, messengers and laborers at first and second class postofllces. In Pennsyl vania are 192 first and second class postofllces and te total number of postal employes included by the amendment Is about 7,000. This number may be increased by anoth er provision of the amendment ex tending the months leave to railway postal clerks whose duties require them to work six days or more a week throughout the year. A bill extending the months leave to postal employes has been intro duced In each Congress for several years by Senator Penrose, Chairman of the Committee on Postofllces and Postroads, at whose-instance It was Inserted In tho Post Office appropria tion bill as an amendment. Here tofore it has been opposed by so called "watch dogs of the Tr.easury," who have succeeded in defeating it. This time it lias the support of the Postmaster General, who in a letter to Senator Penrose has strongly in dorsed it and emphasized its ad vantages to the postal service. Post master General Hitchcock states in his letter that the proposed legis lation is desirable for many reasons, aside from the fact that It places the postal employes upon tho same basis as other government employes Mr. Hitchcock says that "nowhere else In the government service are the hours of service longer, the con ditions of employment more trying. or the amount of overtime work greater than in our postofllces." He also states that the prospect of re ceiving a month's vacation with full pay would have a greater Influence In attracting capable men to the postal service than any other in dueoment that could be offered at equal expense. Senator Penrose said to-day tho Senate, undoubtedly, would adopt tho amendment and that he expret ed similar action by the Hour . Husbands as Property. Considerable satisfaction will be felt by mankind generally at the ar gument advanced by a married wom an In a suit Involving anothor wom an that "a husband Is proporty to a wife and a family, and to win him away Is nothing short of stealing." So it is the husband and not the wife that Is tho "human chattel." Tho admission controverts the theory upheld through generations of fe minist protest against tho serfdom imposed by man on his domestic partner through unequal marriage laws. Tho honest confession that the contrary In tho case hns been se cured at last, but at a cost to feminine consistency which may be expected to bring its proper rebuke from overy women's club In the land. Tho fair plaintiff to securo her own ends 'has proved false to one of the cherished principles of tho sex. But the truth is out. It is man who Is the chattel, possession of whom Is gnlned by tho marriage ceremony and the right, title and in terest to whom has been established In suits for non-support or for aban donment during marriage as well as In alimony proceedings afterwards. His status as matrimonial property has, to be sure, long been a matter of court record. But it Is gratifying to 'havo the courts uphold by the higher feminine opinion, All the more Interest for that reason will attach to the outcome of the present action to have husbands made sub ject to the laws which safeguard other forms of property. New York World. Tho Electric Chair. It is a happy Indei of the growth of an intelligent public opinion that the Introduction of a bill at Harris burg to substitute tho electric cur rent for hanging as tho legal means for the execution of the death pen alty in this State has attracted al most no attention from the general public, and has Inspired lio opposi tion whatover. And there has been an entire absenco heard when the employment of tho "electric chair" was a novelty In Massachusetts, and when Its adoption in other States was under consideration, concerning the supposed discredit cast upon a great Industrial agency by Its employment for so base a purpose. The uso of the electric current lu the execution of tho death penalty has now been fully tested In moro than one of the States, and It has been proved to be by far the most effective and humane method known. It has none of thoi revolting associations of tho gallows and the gibbet, and unlike the guillotine or oven the garrote, It especially lends Itself to decorum and privacy In tho performance of the most painful duty required by organized society. As the purpose of capital punishment is chiefly deterrent, and as modern pub lic opinion has long passed beyond the stage, when the punishment and torture of the criminal is regarded as the primary intent, of the death penalty, the substitution of tho high- tension current for the hangman s rone Is tho direct line of progress. Tho bill should be passed. Phila delphia Ledger. Women and tho llccall. The women who favor equal suf frage are congratulating themselves very considerably slnco the defeat of Mayor Gill In Seattle on Tuesday, a result said to be largely of their achievement. It may be that they are responsible for tho recall of that very objectionable official; but If there were not enough decent men in Seattle to accomplish the same result, then Seattle must be a very peculiar place, and badly set in the ways of wickedness. From the rel. ports that have reached here, Mayor Gill was about everything that a Mayor should not be and very little that he should be. The trouble with our fair and unfair suffragette friends is that they aro beginning to feel that there are very few things that men can do, although history records several successes that have been enjoyed hy human beings of the male persuasion, possibly without very much assistance from the wom en of the family. Shakespeare, for Instance, was no woman, though it Is claimed he was Bacon, and yet he produced some very readable stuff in the way of plays and poems. New ton is said on good authority to have boon a man, and yet ho saw without the aid of female eyes the apple fall to the ground. George Washington crossed the Delaware with ne'er n woman In the boat. The pictures of the crossing prove this. Jefferson rough-drafted the Declaration of In dependence in his capacity as a man, and It was indorsed in committee and adopted in convention without a single female vote. The makers of the Federal Constitution doubtless held the women of their day in high esteem, and sought their advice up on questions of housekeeping and en tertaining, but not concerning the proper way to prepare tho country's fundamental law. The railroads of the country are peculiarly the pro duct of man's inind and man's labor, and the Panama canal having been planned by men Is being dug by them. These are Just a few tilings mentioned at random that men have done, mentioned here for fear It may be forgotten, in the excitement of the news from Seattle, that they ever accomplished anything, and without Intent to cast any reflection upon the grand accomplishments of glorious woman. Doubtless all tho things mentioned would have been mucn better done if she had shoved man aside and done thorn herself. She it was that In creation's early dawn discovered the apple, and but for her enterprise we should be liv ing, perchance, in an appleless world today. She It was that set the fash ions In fig leaves, and has been busy setting them ever slnco; the peach basket, the hobble skirt, the hat pin these aro but a few of the immor tal things linked with woman's namo. She has furnished the host theme for the poet's pen, the most inspiring ob ject for tho artist's brush. As a sweetheart she Is irreproachable, as a wife unrivaled; as a mother, in the words of Mark Twain, "she has few equais and no superiors." Wo are willing to glvo her credit for all she has done, for all she Is capable of doing; hut we do ask that she re member that there are some things man can do an,d has done without hor help that man, the "good old wag on" of other days, bo remembereu for and credited with tho things he accomplished before it was found out that woman can do all of them so much better. .anltlmoro Sun. DAMASCUS. Special to THE CITIZEN. Damascus, Pa., February 1C. -Ida Jenness Moulton, Beverly, Mass., tho celebrated irapersonater and mu sical entertainer will give the fourth number of the High school lecture course In the Damascus. Baptist church, Thursday evening, Feb. 23, 1911. Hero Is a splendid opportun ity to havo a good laugh and make the course a success. In Five Hinutes Upset Stomach Feels Splendid, MI-O-NA stomach tablets will re lievo a distressed, sour or gassy stomach in five minutes. In three days they will mako the most miserable or cranky dyspeptic feel that there Is plenty of sunshine in life. In a week ho will have an appetite for and will eat without any bad af ter effects food which now causes his stomach to strenuously rebel. If continued for from two weeks to a month MI-O-NA will thoroughly renovate and cleanse tho stomach and will compel it, (no matter how obstinate It may he) to throw oft its weakness and flabblness and become, as nature intended it should be, strong and elastic. If you have a coated tongue, heart burn, sour food upheavals, uneasi ness in stomach, dizziness, bilious ness, sick headache, bad dreams or any kind of stomach trouble put your faith In MI-O-NA tablets. They will mako the stomach strong, and when the stomach is strong, good health, energy, vim and vigor comes. Fifty cents is all a large box of MI-O-NA costs at G. W. Pell's, or leading druggists everywhere, on money back guarantee. Write Booth's Ml-o-na, Buffalo, N. Y., for free trial sample. OPTIMIST AND PESSLMIST. Sim Wngner is an optimist. He has a fortune in tho bank, And everybody greets him as A citizen of lorty rank. Ho lias two autos and a yacht, A summer place down by the sea, And stocks, and bonds, and real estate A cheerful optimist is he. Jim Barton is a pessimist. Ho's always desperately blue. His children and his wife aro 111. His rent Is four months overdue. For him life is no picnic, hut A constant strugclo to exist. It's worry, work and worry, work, And he's a fearful pessimist. For so it goes. The. fortunate Take very cheerful views of life. It brings them joy, while to tho poor It's constant struggle, care, and strife. Such chance philosophy is false. Here Is a rule that's safe and sure: The genuine pessimist is rich, The genuine optimist is poor. Sommervllle Journal. HONESDALE POSTOFFICE. Mail Opens. 1):55 A. M., 1). & II. It. It. 1:50 P. M., Erie It. It. 8:15 1. M., 1). & II. It. H. 0:50 P. 7:21) 1. M., Erio It. It. M. I). & II. 11. It. Sunday Only. 10:15 A. M., 1). & 11. It. It. 7:00 P. M., Eric It. It. 12:00 M., All Star ltoutcs. 0:15 P. M., It. 1). 1, 2 and 3. Mail Closes. 0:30 A. M., I). & II. It. It. 8:00 A. M., Erio It. It. 12:00 M., 1). & II. It. It. 2:25 P. M., Erio It. It. 4:10 P. M., 1). & II. It. It. 5:15 P. M., E. & W. It. II. 2:30 P. M., Star Ilotite. To Tyler Hill. 2:50 P. M. All Other Star. Itoutes. Saturdny Only. 5:30 I. M., E. & W. V. It. It Sunday Only. M., 1). & II. It. It. 31., It. 1). 1, 2 und 3. 0:45 P. !):50 A, MAHCH TEltM JURORS. Grand Jurors Week March 0. Berlin 2d John Hafner. Buckingham Vere Kingsbury. Cherry Ridge P. H. Reining, Sr. Damascus A. J. Mitchell. Dreher John J. Whittaker. Dyberry Loron II. Scantlebury. Hawloy, Geo. C. Blossom, W. N. Pierson. Honesdale Geo. Spencer, Riley E. Margison, Geo. W. Shattuck. Lake P. T. Howe. Lebanon Gerald Bunting. Manchester Henry Brining. Mt. Pleasant James White. Oregon Anthony Fritz. Preston F. B. Sanford. Salem Fred A. Abbey. South Canaan Irwin Benjamin, Charles McKinnoy. Starrucca W. A. Crossley. Sterling John Ferguson. Texas Chris. Hall, J. W. Mullen. Trnvcrso Jurors, Week March 13. Bethany I. J. Many. Berlin Chas. Davey, Alonzo Wil laims. Buckingham Jas. J. Hoag. Clinton Morris Pethick, George G. Gaylord. Cherry Ridge J. F. McDonnell. Dyberry Ira E. Bryant, W. .1. Hacker. Damascus Yens Lilholt, Geo. Seipp, Artemus Brannlng, James Blackwell. Dreher J. W. Ilancs, Charles Schelbert. Hawley Alfred F. Kimble, Hu bert Feeney. Honesdale John Boyd, H. J. Quinney, Rev. W. H. Swift, D. D., H. P. Dock, O. M. Spettiguo, Jr. Lebanon Patrick F. O'Neill. Lake Edward Ammerman, Friend Black. Lehigh Geo. Kinney. Manchester Elijah Teeple, John H. Fiynn. Mt. Pleasant C. E. Fitzpatrlek, Walter Blgelow. Oregon Henry Knorr. Palmyra Wm. Hartle, Sr., Fred Schurtz. Preston Peter Gill, S. D. Labar. Prompton Everett Swingle. Salem Frank Walker, Joseph Le ville. Scott Oliver Howell. Starrucca Allen Brown. Sterling Robert Hafler. South Canaan Leslie Clase, G. A. Spangenburg. Texas Jacob Greenfield, Chas. Boas, Geo. Erk, Henry Stenglo, S. D. Labar. Waymart J. J. Burnett. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUltED by local applications, as they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caus ed by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im perfect hearing, and when it is en tirely closed, Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tubo restored to its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases out ot ton are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition ot tho mucous surfaces. Wo will give One Hundred Dol lars for any case of Deafness (caus ed by catarrh) that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 7Cc. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. TWISNTY-KIIIST ANNUAL STATE MENT OF THE Wayne Co. Farmers' Mutual FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF WAYNE COUNTY PA. CAPITAL,. Amount Irisured Dec. 31, 1009. $3,851,090.00 Amount Insured during 1U10, !)32,l'j0.00 ? 1,780,280.00 1M.OJ3.W Insurance expired in 1910 Am't of Insurance Dec. 31. 1910 $3,997,181.00 Premium notes Dec. 31, 1910.. 15D.SST.2t RECEIPTS. Cash in banks Jan. 1, 1910 55,111. SO received on applications mi.h received on assessments 11.133.99 Money borrowed 4,014.45 interest irom savings uanK ana balanco duo from Treasurer.. 158.72 J21.C3C.70 EXPENDITURES. Paid for tho following losses: BURNED. W. D. Rowe, barn and contents... $64G.DO Frank A. Kelsey, contents of barn 300.00 Valentine Weldner, house 800.00 J. W. Moshcr, house and furniture 500.00 John Stelgerwald, house and fur niture 490.00 Nathan Wilcox, 2 barns 500.00 Mrs. Mary Bagnlk, barn and con tents 653.50 Stephens and Oelatt, barn 500.00 Allen K. Martin, house and con tents, lightning 792.00 Mrs. R. D. Kennedy, barn and con tents , 600.00 Mrs. Sarah Bose, barns and con tents 749.75 John Leary, barn 300.00 W. 15. HOLMES, President. A. T. SEAKLE, Vice Pres. We want you to understand the reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY of this Bank. - O WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONESDALE, PA., HAS A CAPITAL OF - - - $100,000.01) AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OF . 427,342.00 MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 527,342.00 EVERY DOLLAR oi which must be lost before any depositor can lose a PENNY It lias conducted a growing and successful business for over 35 years, serving an increasing number of customers with lideelity and satisfaction. Its cash funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS. All oi these things, coupled wltb conservative management, insured by tho CAREFUL PERSONAL ATTENTION constantly gUcn tho Bank's attalrs by a notably able Board ot Directors assures the patrons otthut SUPREME SAFETY which Is the prime essential of a good Hank. Total Assets, EST DEPOSITS MAY BE MADE BY MAIL. "I DIRECTORS tV. R. HOLMES A. T, SEARLE T. 15. CLARK CHAS.J. SMITH, II. J.CON'CiKIl, W h". SUYD.VM. Watch Repairing,, Clock Repair BKMDIWDHBEBBaBIHHnHBnBnKnnni H a- ware uieanecia MESH BAGS CLEANED 3) WHAT WE HAVE Ct5 WHAT WE 0 Jeweler 1127 MAIN puoiuego E0uiAe40u c0ui.iaedi i A CLEAN CUT ARGUMENT f In your favor Is the use of good printing. It starts things off In your favor. People read your arguments, reasons, conclusions, when attractive ly presented. It carries weight. En terprising men use GOOD PRINTING because it GETS BUSINESS. If you don't already know our kind of printing, let us show you. It's an even cbanco we can save you money. CITIZEN Both Phones. - H - - r - H - M - - f4 - - M - - f - f - f - f DAMAGED DY FIRE. Oliver Martin, house $24.0 Mrs. Jennie M, Lee, house and fur niture 19.0 Homy Brundage, house and furni ture 3.0 Mrs. Augusta Arnold, house and furnlturo 2.0 C. L. Simons, house 14.71 Max W. Simons, furniture 10.0 Ueo. T. Kellam, house CO James J. O'Neill, liouso 6.35 E. J. Manaton, liouso 7.92 DAMAGED BY LIOHTNINQ. Itclnrlch Kntewasscr, barn $5.0 Jacob Kacht, house 6.0 John W. Frey, barn 10.0 Jacob Wolschlagel, barn 200.(Jt Mrs. Minnie Black, house 8.0 K. and A. M. Chapman, barn 15.1 Peter Mursch, house 67.71 Car O. Iieinickle,. house 8.3t S7.152.8S Refunds 3.7 Olllcera and employes 2.053.S1 Borrowed money paid 4,000.0 Printing 191.01 Gas 7.72 Rent of olllce 63.5 Telephone 32.2 Olllco furnlturo 7.0 Postage 136.51 Express 3.61 Stationery 3.CS ASSETS. Cash In Treasury $7,181.0 Cash in hands of agents 92.0 Assessments In course of collec tion 202.S Safe and furniture 100.0 Premium notes In force 159,SS7.2t 167,463.21 LIABILITIES. Liabilities 1.U0.C Asseats In excess of liabilities. .1166,352.25 II. C. JACKSON, President. PERRY A. CLARK, Secretary. Few persons can afford to anyone a piece of their mind. glT" H. 8. SALMON, CABHIEH W. J. WARD, Ass't Cashier - 'itEl - $2,951,048.26 I' P. KIMIILR H. S. SALMt N J. V. PAULEY 3 ten A ! CD ACCOMPLISHED STRIVE FOR "8 5" 0) CD f f PRINTERY HONESDALE, PA. i - f - t - - H - - f - f - f - f - t - H i