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Entered as second-clas9 tnntter, at the post
office, lloncsdale. I'a.
K. II, HAKDKMiKKOH. - PRKSIDKNT
.V V. WOOD, MANAGER AND diCO'Y
J.M.SMKLTZKR EDITOR
directors:
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UKNRY WILSON. K. n. HARDKNIIERCUt.
W, W. WOOD.
FRIDAY, MARCH !J, 11)11.
MONT.
Tho penitential seiuson of the
r.Iinrcli year began March 1, Ash
Wednesday. Devout worshipers
wended their ways to tho sanctuar
ies, where learned divines explained
to them the tiicnniug of this season
of self-denial. After nil It Is good;
to go apart from tho whirl of life
and rest awhile. It is good for the. Editor of THE CITIZEN:
body, better for the mind, nnd best These are days of weather-grumb-for
tho soul. lers and fretters. Charles Lamb tells
If you were to ask us how best toof a chronic grumbler who always
, .. , , . , .,,. I complained at whist, because he had
Improve this forty-day period of self- SQ few trumps. Uy some art,flce hls
culmination nnd abstention from in- J companions managed to deal him the
dulling too freely in certain kinds of ' whole thirteen, hoping to extort some
amusement, we would say: Set up I expression of satisfaction, but he
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your model tho best man in the com
munity, he ho in religion, business or
politics. Ask yourself whether ho
would he a liar, a cheat, a teller of
obscene stories lit for no one to hear.
Conform to your own ideal. You
may say many tilings you should not
say Stop It! That is Lent. You
may bo given to "beautifying the
truth," Stop it! and step out before
your neighbors ns one trying to he
a Christian. That Is Lent! To ho a
Christian is not to glvo up smoking
and drinking, hut to drop tho sin
your conscience tells you is marring
your ideal of a perfect man. You
can't hide from God behind an em
pty cigar box.
Wo don't all have the same sins or
habits. Drop your own sins! Stop
your evil habits!
WOMAN'S HUFF 1 1 AG K.
Wo have received from the Legisla
tive Committee of tho Equal Fran
chise Society of 1'hiladclphln a copy
of un amendment to the Slate Con
stitution which the Pennsylvania
Woman Sull'rage Association asks to
havo considered by tho legislators of
our State. A hearing will ho held in
tho Semite chambers, March 1-1 aC!
p. m. Tho object of the amend
ment is to suggest such changes in
our Constitution as will give to
women tho right to vote.
In live States of tho Union, Wyo
ming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and
Washington, women voto for all olll
ces and, in more than half the
States, women havo partial sull'rage.
In Australia, New Zealand, Fin
land anil Norway, women have full
mifirago and voto for all olllcers ex
cept members of Parliament in Great
Dritaiu and Canada, and they have
partial suilrage in several other
countries in Europe.
Within the lust few weeks, an
amendment lias passed both Houses
of tho California and Kansas legisla
tures by a large majority, and will
now bo voted on at the polls.
Among the States that will con
sider similar Amendments this year,
uro Tcvas, Nebraska, Arizona, Mass
achusetts, New York, Ohio, Illinois,
Connecticut and .Michigan.
Tho Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage
Association, in 1883, presented a
similar Amendment that was passed
by the House of Representatives, but
was lost in tho Senate by a small ma
jority. This is tho Hrst timo since
that year, that tho Pennsylvania As
sociation has presented an Amend
ment asking that the Franchise be
extended to women.
Personally wo uro rather in favor
of "woman's suilrage." We think
that nn opportunity, at leust, ought
M ho given ladies to vote if they
want to. Wo really wonder though
whether a majority of tho fair sex
caro to put themselves on nn equality
with "mere man," since tho Lord
made them superior to him. In this
connection wo would suggest that
tho women of Wnyno County do two
things: first, that they write- to tho
Editor of THE CITIZEN about it, and
secondly that they send u letter to
our representative, Hon. II. Clark
Jackson, nt Harrishurg, expressing
their approval or disapproval of tho
proposed legislation.
Has John Marshall Been Reversed'.'
For many years lawyers of ability
havo Intimated that the Dartmouth
College decision might bo reversed.
In that case the United States Su
preme Court hold that a charter Is a
contract and that a contract Is In
violable. Under this ruling, which
gave great fame to Chief Justice
Marshall, public rights havo suffer
ed In many instances, and great care
has been exercised by legislators.
State and National, to cscapo the
consequences of tho judgment.
At first the criticism of the Dart
mouth decision was Intemperate and
partisan. Of late It has been acade
mic and philosophical. Instead of at
tacking the principle established by
tho court, most writers now content
themselves, as did the late Judge
Cooley, In pointing out that contracts
"affected by a public Interest" may
I nt always bo Judicially sustained.
On Monday of this week the Su-
company and two persons injured in
' i nn accident by tlie terms of which
tho claimants were to havo free
transportation for life in full settle -
ment, could not bo enforced as
against the railroad after the passage
of the Hepburn law in 190G, which
prohibited all passes. In thus refus
ing to recognize the sanctity of a
contrnct perfectly lawful at the time
it was made, the court said: "No
contract can defeat tho proper gov
ernmental regulation of Interstate
commerce, and contracts must be i
considered as made with that princi
ple In mind."
If this is not a recognition of the
idea that contracts affected by a pub
lic Interest may bo changed or tor-
minated by governmental action,
what is It? Now York Yorld.
PEOPLE'S FORUM.
I "Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life!"
I U"'J . . U ..V, li UUUtl, Hll,.l,UCU U1ULI
ever as he examined his hand.
I "Well, Tom," said Lamb, "haven't
you trumps enough Mils time?"
"Yes," grunted Tom, "but I have no
other cards."
A great many people in the great
game of life seem to grumble when
they don't get any more "trumps"
out of life than their allotted por
tion. Perhaps at the last day when
they end the game of life to meet
God they no doubt will grumble to
Him if He does not give them a re
served seat in Heaven away up front.
The Puritans went through life
tormented with the fear of sin and
terror of the Judgment Day, and
their melancholy taints their de
scendants. We are a nation of dys
peptics, We can earn our bread, but
cannot digest It. We believe "there
is not a string tuned to mirth, but
has Us chord of melancholy," that
evil always stands behind good, and
that the "Devil always has the whisk
of his tail in everything. It seems
impossible for some people to rid
themselves of an Inherent gloom
which colors their whole life. They
cannot enjoy a ueautitul day. To
them It is only one of those Infernal
"weather-breeders." Their lives are
set to a minor key, and they hear
only plaintive sounds. Our religous
creeds, philosophy, and hymns are
tinged with the spleen of jaundice of
unfortunate authors who sometimes
mistook bile for Inspiration.
Many writers have honestly be
lioved they were giving the world val
uable religous doctrines, when In
reality they were writing an account
of their own jaundice and dyspepsia.
Calvin, though unquestionably
Honest, was a dyspeptic, and could
eat but once a day. Who can say
that his writings were not tinged by
his malady? How can men shut out
from the pure air and sunlight in
convents and studies, away from tho
great throbbing, pulsing heart of Na
ture and humanity, write healthy,
vigorous, religious doctrines lor a
hardy, healthy, robust, and practi
cal worm
We should fight against every in
fluence which tends to depress the
mind, as we would against a tempta
tion to crime. A depressed mind
prevents the free action of the
diaphragm and the expansion of tho
chest. It stops the secretions of the
body, Interferes with the circulation
of the blood in the brain and de
ranges the entire functions of the
body. Scrofula and consumption of
ten follow protracted depression of
mind.
That "fatal murmur" which Is
heard In the upper lobes of the lungs
in the first stages of consumption, of
ten follows depressed spirits after
somo misfortune or sorrow. Victims
of suicide are almost always In a
depressed state from exhausted vi
tality, loss of nervous energy, dys
pepsia, worry, anxiety, trouble or
grief.
Christ, the great teacher, did not
shut himself up with monks, away
from temptation of the great world
outside. Ho taught no long-faced,
gloomy theology. He taught the
gospel of gladness and good-chear.
His doctrines are touched with the
sunlight, and flavored with the flow
ers of the fields. The birds of the
air, the beasts of the fields, and
happy, romping children are in
them. True piety is cheerful as the
day.
"Joy Is the mainspring in tho whole
Of endless Nature's calm rotation;
Joy moves the dazzling wheels that
roll
In the great timepiece of creation."
Schiller.
E. W. MORRISON,
South Canaan.
Can Carnegie Die Poor?
A few days after ho had given
away 110,000,000 to be used for the
promotion of international peace,
Mr. Carnegie got a letter from Den
ver asking for four new libraries.
Ho put his hand into his pocket
to see if he had any spare change
left and drew out $91,000.
"Here, boys," he said, "you're wel
come to these few pennies, If they'll
do you any good."
All tho Indications are that Mr.
Carnegie's hope of dying poor is a
very small one, Indeed. His fortune
seems to be like a rosebush tho
moro you prune It the more luxuri
antly It grows; or like a field of al
falfa, which they say, is a hard thing
to get started but Impossible to stop
once It Is started.
As tho timo grows shorter, Mr.
Carnegie will probably begin to cut
and haggle at his bank account
moro desperately. Ho will throw It
out in chunks of 1100,000,000, in
stead of ?10, 000,000, only to re
ceive the dispiriting Information
that his widow's cruse Is fuller than
It ever was before.
Poor Mr. Carnegie! Isn't It too
bad? Harrishurg Telegraph.
NECROLOGY.
Death Of William 1 Ivans
William Evans, an aged and high
ly respectcu resident or Westtown,
, Orange county, died at two o'clock
, on Saturday morning at the homo of
! "Is daughter, Mrs. H. Albert Horton
ln that place. Ho was 111 less than
threo hours and died of heart
trouble,
Mr. Evans was born in the town
of MInlsInk on tho Evnns homestead,
near Westtown, January 28, 182C,
tho son of William Evans and Roset
ta Corwln.'
On February 22, 18fi4. Mr. Evans
married Eliza P. Wheeler, of Hones-
dale, who died about a year later.
In 1801, November C, Mr. Evans
was united In marriage with Miss
Julia Denton, daughter of Theodore
i B- Denton, of Denton. Three chil
dren were born to them: Sydney Den
ton Evans, a prominent business man
of Salt Lake City: Lizzie, deceased.
who was married to Dr. Kinch, of
New Jersey, and Rose, wife of H.
Albert Horton.
NEWSPAPER STORIES.
In .a recent trial for damages
against a railroad for an accident it
transpired that news of the accident
had been withheld from the press,
and the question "Why" was asked
of the railroad man who was testify
ing. He replied that his experience
with the newspaper men was that
they were all liars, and ho would
have nothing to do with them. Now,
the chances are that this railroad
official had acquired his grouch
against newspaper men because they
told tho truth rather than a lie, ac
cording to the Canton Sentinel. In
millions of cases the truth Is Just
what those most intimately concern
ed do not want told. But what we
wanted to say was that the telling
of a story all depended on the point
of view. You can sit In court and
listen to a dozen witnesses describ
ing somo particular happening, and
no two will agree In every detail,
and the stories of some will be
diametrically opposite the stories of
others. These witnesses, generally,
are reputable citizens. They are un
der oath to tell the truth, and they
do tell the truth that is the way
they saw It. When a newspaper
man tells the story of an event In
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred
he tells it as some one told him, or
as he has been able to pick up the
story from a half a dozen different
people. Some one reads that story.
who looked at the event from an
other point of view, and he straight
way says that newspaper men arc
liars. Again, things are misunder
stood. Years ago the writer said tit
a lady who had just died, that she
"had been an Invalid for years."
Her husband was an Irrltiable sort
of a man, and grief did not improve
him. He came to our office and
said "I'm a tellin' ye sir ye air a
domed liar. Me wlfo was not an in
valid. She had been sick for a
long time, but her mind was clear
to the last." That man joined his
wife on tho other side of Jordan six
years later and carried with him the
firm belief that we were a "domed
liar." Another time, in reporting
a drowning accident, we said that
the body was in the water about
three hours. A relative of the un
fortunate man drove fourteen miles
to tell us that we had got it wrong
last week, and that his cousin was
in the water only two hours and
forty-three minutes. You read the
news in any half way reputable
newspaper, and the chances are that
the stories are as nearly correct as
they can be written. Almost invari
ably tho things in a newspaper that
offend people are tho things so un
deniably true that they confound
the people about whom they are
told. It used to be the practice of
the railroads to deny absolutely all
news about an accident. At the
present time we believe the policy
of the Pennsylvania railroad is to
give to tho press a detailed and cir
cumstantial account, full of statis
tics and as dry as dust. Out of this
they build the real story. A Lehigh
Valley official one time told us: "I
absolutely forbid you to mention
this accident." We invited him to
go where the air was more temper
ed to the shorn lamb, and told
the story as we pleased. Those
days are all over. If you have a
story that Is news, you go and tell
the newspaper man all about It, and
see If It don't net Into the naner
straight.
GARBLED QUOTATIONS.
Popular Passages That Are Frequent
ly iicnuereu incorrectly.
Almost everybody who minted nt
all misquotes. Nothing Is more com
mon than to heat:
A man convinced against his will
Is of tho same opinion still.
This is an impossible condition of
mind, for no one can be convinced of
one opinion and at the same time
hold to an opposite one. What
Butler wrote was eminently sensl-
uie:
He that compiles against his will
Is of his own opinion still.
A famous passage of Scripture is
often misquoted Uiub: "Ho that is
without sin among you let him cast
the first stone." It should be, "Let
him first cast a stono."
Sometimes we are told, "Behold,
how great a fire a little matter klnd
leth," whereas St. James said "Bo
hold, how great a matter a little fire
klndleth," which is quite a different
thing.
Wo also hear that "a miss Is as
good as a mile," which is not as sen
sible or forcible as the true provorb,
"A miss of an inch Is as good as a
mile."
"Look before you leap" should bo
"And look before you ere you leap."
Popo Is generally credited with
having written:
Immodest words admit of no de
fense, For want of decency is want of
sense,
though it would puzzle any ono to
find the verses in his prltlngs. They
were written by tho Earl of Roscom
mon, who died before Popo was born.
Franklin said, "Honesty Is tho
best policy," but the maxim Is of
Spanish origin and may be found in
"Don Quixote." Pearson's Weekly.
The Rale Decision.
An Immediate fall In the prices of
railway securities was the natural
effect of the decision of the Inter
state Commerce "Commission for
bidding an Increase of freight rates.
Tho railways havo contended that
such Increase was necessary to meet
the Increased cost of operation and
to enable them to earn a reasonable
return upon their capital Invest
ment. The Inference Is that If they
were right in this, tho dental creates
a doubt of their financial stability;
If they were wrong, the sound judg
ment of their administration Is call
ed In question. Either wny, tho In
vestor hesitates, to see what Is to
come of this new situation.
Tho very great importance of the
ruling Is plain. In some respects
the changes in governmental regu
lation which it puts into effect are
fundamental. Yet it is very cer
tain that the railways are not going
to stop and that tho Interstate Com
merce Commission has no hostile
purpose toward tliem. The business
of the country must go on and tho
railways must meet tho require
ments of transportation, whether
profitably or otherwise. Since they
have made shift to carry on their
business hitherto with the existing
rates, It may be assumed that they
will continue to do so. Only they
are evidently facing a period of ex
acting economies in which the high
est prizes will go to the most effi
cient management.
In the present case, the whole rate
schedule of all the lines In each of
the great divisions was necessarily
treated In Its entirety. The bur
den of proof was put upon the rail
ways as a whole to show the neces
sity of the proposed Increase, and the
new schedules are condemned as a
whole. It Is ordered that they be
withdrawn, as a whole, though the
Commission distinctly indicates the
need of specific amendment In the
present schedules. It indicates
farther that If experience shall act
ually show the inadequacy of the ex
isting rates which is now said to
be unproved an application for ad
justment will be entertained.
This assumes that the railways
will acquiesce in the present order.
It is subject, of course, to an ap
peal to the Commerce Court and
thence to the Supreme Court, and
since this is the first action taken
under tho supplementary legislation
of last year, it Is probable that a
judicial ruling will be sought upon
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion's own interpretation of tho
powers conferred on it by law. Be
fore the act of 1910, the Commis
sion was authorized, In effect, to
correct rates which were shown to
be unreasonable; now It must be
satisfied of their reasonableness be
fore they are put in operation. This
leads logically to a consideration
not alone of the relation of the rail
ways with the shippers, but of tho
whole operation of the railways
themselves and their relations with,
their security holders. Thus the
two opinions accompanying the pres
ent order embody a wider range of
economic theory than can be re
garded as yet definitely established
as legal principle.
It is none tho less apparent that
the whole present trend of railway
management, irrespective of statu
tory regulation, is toward the cheap
ening of service by Increased effi
ciency and that those systems that
have gone ahead most courageously
to meet the Increasing demands upon
them, keeping always on a solvent
basis, are those least likely to be
harassed by restraints upon their
earnings. There will be, no doubt,
a temporary halt upon extensions,
Some orders must be curtailed and
no further increase of wages need
be looked for. Tho immediate ef
fect of a decision so unexampled
could not bo otherwise than de
pressing. But tho business of the
country will accommodate Itself to
these conditions, as it always does,
and public policy is usually ad
justed in the long run to reason and
justice. Public Ledger, Philadel
phia. Salt As A Medicine.
I havo In the past seven or eight
years found tho advantage of putting
a little salt in all the water I drink.
I also put a little sajt, with sugar
and milk, In every cup of tea, cof
fee or cocoa I use.
I have been a resident In the
tropics for over forty years and ex
cept tor a sprained ankle havo not
had occasion to call in a doctor or
to take any medicine In the last thir
ty years. I bellovo every ono's
health In the tropics would be very
much better If he used more salt. I
find the benefit of drinking a tumb
ler of cold water with a little salt
In it every morning on rising at
about 5 o'clock, before ray bath or
cup of cocoa, which I usually take
between 5:30 and C.
If peoplo could be induced to try
the easy and cheap method of tak
ing a little common salt with the
water they drink they would in the
generality of cases find that they
would seldom require other medi
cine. F. N. Burn in Chambers'
Journal.
There Is more Catarrh In this sec
tion of tho country than all other
diseases put together, and until tho
last few years was. supposed to he
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prsicribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to euro with local
treatment, pronounced It Incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney-& Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is tho only constitutional cure on tho
market. It is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
It acts directly on the blood and muc
ous surfaces of the system. They
offer ono hundred dollars for any case
it rails to euro. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Take Hall's Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Wedding Reception At South Sterl
ing. On Wednesday afternoon, Febru
ary 22, at 2 o'clock, about sixty in
vited guests assembled at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomns G. Barnes
where a wedding reception was giv
en in honor of the marriage of their
daughter, Anna Edith, to Roy Fran
cis Marthens, Pittsburg.
The wedding ceremony was per
formed In tho morning of the same
day by the Rev. W. E. Webster, at
tho parsonnge at Sterling, and upon
tho arrival of the bride and groom
at the homo of their parents, they
wore showered with the congratula
tions of relatives and friends.
Tho bride was very charmingly
attired in a gown of white silk mes
sallno trimmed with silk laco and
embroidery, with a tunic of mar
quisette. She was the recipient of many
useful and valuable presents, includ
ing linen, silver, cut-glass and mon
ey. After congratulations, all repaired
to the dining room, which was taste
fully decorated with evergreens and
white carnations, and partook of a
bountiful repast served by girl
friends of tho bride.
Mrs. Marthens is very well and
favorably known, having resided
here from childhood and having
presided as organist In churdh and
Sunday school for a number of
years.
Mr. Marthens is a druggist of
Pittsburg, in which city ho and his
bride expect to reside. During-his
visits here ho has won many friends.
Wo wish them a happy and pros
perous Journey through life.
The Passing Of Tho Children.
The children we love, O where do
they go
When tired of play and their tiny,
bare feet
Turn down tho far road where tho
buttercups grow
And beautiful skies and the meadow-lands
meet?
All happy and tired, O where do
they go,
The children we love, does anyone
know?
The children we love, O what do they
seo
Beyond tho bright fields that calls
them away,
That bids the dear children from
you and from mo
And leaves them no choice but to
go and obey;
What vision attracts them, what
fate can It be
What is it, I wonder, that little folks
see?
Reciprocity Sale!
While President Taft and Congress have been fighting over Re
ciprocity between Canada and United States,
WE HAVE BEEN
Practicing Reciprocity
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furnishings for the very LOWEST PRICES.
We have 100 suits of Up-To-Date goods and style,
which-we will exchange for a small sum of money. These
suits are warm enough for March, cool enough for April and
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A toll that Time claims, but la
fancy I seo
Their shadows, Btlll happy and joy
ous as when
They romped and they prattled all
day at our knee
They seek the far fields nnd the blos
soms and then
They live In the bloom of tho flow
ers again.
John D. Wells.
The Lions arc at the Iyrh
Stomach Remedy
Gunrnntecd by G. W. Pell.
If your stomach Is weak and con
stantly upset, you must quickly do
one of two things.
Allow tho rest of your body to be
come as weak as your stomach. Or
make your stomach as strong as your
body. -
There is only ono choice for those
who want to live and enjoy life, and
that Is to make the stomach a
strong as, your body.
This can best be dono by using
the prescription of a specialist that
In years of practice gave Immediate
relief and permanent cure to 95 per
cent, of the people who used It.
This prescription Is known from
coast, to coast as MI-O-NA.
MI-O-NA stomach tablets, most
people call them and they are guar
anteed by G. W. Pell to cure Indi
gestion (acute or chronic) or any
upset condition of the stomach, or
money back.
In five minutes they give rellel
from heartburn, acid stomach, gas
on stomach, belching of sour food,
fermentation, heartburn and water
brash. If you suffer from stomach trouble
get a large 60 cent box of MI-O-NA
stomach tablets to-day and put your
self on tho road to health. At lead
ing druggists everywhere.
NOTICE Or ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
ADAM S. PRIDE,
Late of the llorough of Honesdnlc,
All persons indebtedto said estate are noti
fied to make Immediate payment to the un
dersigned ; and those having claims against
the said estate are notified to present them
duly attested, lor settlement.
HENRY WILSON.
Executor.
lloncsdale. Pa., Feb 22. 1911.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
EUGENE SWINGLE,
Late of South Canaan Township Wayne, Co.,
All persons Indebted to said estate are noti
fied to make Immediate payment to the un
dersigned ; and those having claims against
the said estate are notilied to present them
duly attested for settlement.
JEANNETT SWINGLE.
Executrix.
South Canaan, Pa.. Feb. 27, 1011.
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