THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APIUIi 5, 1011.
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WIRE PULLING IN
THE KEYSTONE GUARD
OIM NOTIONS RAISED TO J. HOY
IjIIjIjKY AS RECEIVER, SAYS
DAILY ADVOCATE.
Wire pulling has already begun
In the Keystone Guard Tor the of
fice of receivership. For some weeks
It has been reported that a scheme
was ou foot to have- J. Hoy Lllley,
tho son of Doss Lllley, appointed to
this fat office. The scheme was
conducted with much secrecy, but
It finally leaked out, and then many
of the pollck holders raised objec
tions to Lllley.
They raised the point that the
ofllco of receiver was not a political
one, and should not be given to the
son of a plitlcal boss. They also
objected on the ground that Mr.
Lllley was on very Intimate terms
with several of the officers of the
Guard who had been engaged In
looting tho company.
Meetings of policy holders were
called both In Towanda and Athens
this week at which rumor said that
Lllley would be recommended for
receiver. So much opposition de
veloped, however, that his name
was not pressed In open meeting,
and his friends confined themselves
to working outside.
In Athens the names of E. S.
Johnson and G. S. Rundell wore
proposed, and after a stormy meet
ing the policy holders finally voted
In favor of Mr. Johnson. This ac
tion, however, Is not binding on
tho court. People's Dally Advocate.
THE METRICAL CARAT.
New System of Weighing Precious
Stones In Europe.
An important change was made In
the system of weighing precious stones
by the agreement of European Jewel
ers and lapldlsts which Is now in ef
fect. France. Switzerland, Norway, Kou
mania, Bulgaria and Spain entered
into the agreement to establish a met
rical carat which would fit Into the
metrical system, now so generally used
abroad. The old carat of 3.107 grains
troy weighed 205.3 milligrams, while
the new carat will weigh an even 200
milligrams, or 3.0S0 grains troy, ac
cording to the old system.
The change is being considered In
every country where precious stones
are articles of commerce, and various
European states, in addition to those
mentioned above, which have already
acknowledged the reform, are about
to adopt the metrical curat.
Of course If any of the larger and
wealthier nations England, for In
stancewere to object to any altera
tion the confusion would tend to ham
per trade, but the change is more than
welcome on the continent, where the
metrical system has been in use for
so many years that the old arbitrary
weights are almost forgotten and nil
measurements have been simplified
into a decimal system. Chicago Trib
une. New York's Big Park.
"We expect to have 142 acres of land
added to Central park before very
long, or just as soon us the Jerome
park reservoir Is completed, and then
it will be up to the landscape architect
to make this the finest park in the
country." said an officer of the park
department, fie explained that the
142 acres are used by the two reser
voirs that were constructed in the pari;
forty years ago They will be no long
er needed when the Jerome park res
ervolr. which was begun ten years ago.
is finished. Judging from adjoining
property. Central park Is valued at
$280,000 an acre. The reservoirs are
occupying Inud worth $33,837,300. The
ground there Is 115 feet above the sea
level and takes In one-sixth of the
entire park. New York Sun.
Bold Bachelors.
Wedlock seems to be In a bad way in
the mountains of the Dauphlne. The
confirmed bachelors of the country
have decided to meet every month nnd
toast celibacy. Invitations are sent
out with the Information. "Good feed
ing, good drinking, much laughter,
much dancing." An added Insult to
matrimony Is that tho Invitations have
been sent to all spinsters who have
"put on St. Katherlne's cap" that is to
say. who are over twenty-five and are
therefore presumed to be on the high
road to old maidenhood. The confirm
ed bachelors announce their intention
of cut lug. drlukiug. laughing and danc
ing with the old maids every month,
But their very hardihood mny be .their
undoing. London Telegraph.
Journalists In Italy.
In Itaiy. says the London Chronicle,
tlie Journalist, with barely one or two
exceptions, works for a salary which
the pampered ones of England would
laugh at. But he has his compensa
tions, tie and not only himself, but
his wife and family, too travels free
on all the railways, whether the Jour
ney Is ou business or not. If he wishes
to go to the theater and to take his
friends he has only to ask and the
requisite box or stalls are at his dls
posal, and that however humble his
professional rank may bp.
Comforts of Home.
By a new process of photographic
calico printing in Berlin it will be pos
sible to have family portraits, land
scapes and domestic scenes reproduced
on sofa cushions, curtains and table'
cloths at a reasonable price. Tho pos
sibilities of this are depressing, but
tho innovation does not promise any
thing so alarming as the wax fruit,
plush albums and cartoon crayon por
traits of the postbellum period. Phlla
RED HMR WINS DIVORCE I
FOR RICH MAN'S WIFE. 1
Kansas City Woman Found Titian
Tress on Her Husband's Brush.
Mrs. Emma B. Mnson of Knnsas ,
City obtained a divorce from Howard !
ti. Mason, a wealthy real estate man
, ., . . ., , , .. ,.
and president of the Safety Hall and
Joint Lock company. After listening
to testimony in which Mrs. Mason told
of finding red hair on one of her hus-!
band's hair brushes and of comparing
the same red hair with that which
adorned the head of her husband's fair
stenographer the court granted tho de
cree and gave Mrs. Mason the custody
of their nine-year-old son.
Mrs. Mason met Mr. Mason at u
railroad station one day last year, and
ho had with him his secretary, a pretty
young woman with auburn hair. The'
explanation was satisfactory so much
business to transact. After another
trip a few weeks later Mrs. Mason
said she found the red hairs on the
brush. Then, she said, sho remember
ed that tho hair was Identically the
same in color as that of her husband's
sicnograpuer. j
Later, when she called up her hus--band's
office, she said, a woman nsked I
who sho was. When she said sho was
Mr. Mason's wife the woman at the
telephone, she continued, asked her i
how sho knew sho wns and If sho
could prove It.
"I wont down to the office with my
marriage certificate," the wife testified.
"When I showed it to her sho said she
didn't believe It was so.
"J" husband,
came in, and I asked him about It. Ho
advised the two of us to go out into
tho hall and fight it out"
The Automobile.
In some respects tho automobile Is
the most marvelous machine the world
has yet seen. It can go anywhere at
any tunc, uouiiuermg u.ruuKu i ,
, t rt 1 . f It . A.
deep enough to drown out tho mag
neto, triumph over mud axle deep,
jump fences and cavort over plowed
ground at fifteen miles an hour. It
has been used with brilliant success in
various kinds of hunting, including
coyote coursing on the prairies of Col
orado, where it can run all around the
broncho, formerly In favor, since it nev
er ruus any risk of breaking a leg in
a prairie dog hole. Educated automo
biles have been trained to shell corn,
saw wood, pump water, churn, plow,
nnd, in short, do anything required of
them, except figure out where the con
sumer gets off under tho tariff law.
Outing.
The Word "Gaiters."
Episcopal gaiters cannot date from a
very remote antiquity. Tho very word
"gaiters" is almost a newcomer to the
language. Johnson's Dictionary docs
not recognize Its existence. It does not
occur before 1700, and even In 1S02 a
military dictionary had to define It as
"a sort of spatlenlaMies." "Guotre,"
however, tno French original, poei
back at least to the fifteenth century,
and the origin of that is lost, though
etymologists compare all sorts of
words in nil sorts of languages, Includ
ing an old German word for a baby's
christening cloth. The one certainty 13
that gaiters has nothing to do with
gait in spite of tho punning line In tho
"Rejected Addresses" "Lax in their
gaiters, laxer in their gait." London
Standard.
Doing Chores.
There Is no time In tho year when
there is cessation from toll on a farm.
It is different in winter; that is all.
Tho days are shorter, the work
rougher. Of course much depends
upon the character of tho farm. Con
siderablo leisuro Is possible where few
cattle aro kept and general trucking
done. But always there aro the
'chores." A remarkably elastic expres
ses that "doing chores." It may
mean much or little. Some dn-y farm
ers, for Instance, whose serious busi
ness In life Is milking cows, may pot
ter around tho farm after the morn
ing's milking and, tnking the morning's
milk to the creamery or railroad sta
tion, eat their noon dinners, mend some
fence, look over the harness or haul
out manure, potter nround some more
and then say, "Guess it's about time
to- do the chores," meaning to milk
two dozen cows or so tho real hard
work of the day, Philadelphia Press.
Believed Them Truo Stories.
When Dnnto published his "Inferno"
tho simplicity of the age accepted It
as a truo narrative of his descent Into
hell.
Wben the "Utopia" of Sir Thomas
Moore was first published It occasioned
a pleasant mistake. This political ro
mance represents n perfect but vision
ary republic in an Island supposed to
havo been newly discovered In Amer
ica. "As this was the age of dis
covery," says Granger, "the lenrned
Budaeus and others took It for a genu
ine history and considered It as highly
expedient that missionaries should bo
sent thither in order to convert so wiso
a nation to Christianity."
It was n long while after publication
that many readers were convinced
that Gulliver's travels were fictitious
Blackbird Days.
Jan. SO and 31 and Feb. 1 nro famous
at Constantinople, Brescia and along
tho Danube and the Rhine as the
"blackbird days," A curious legend
Bays that originally all species of grnck
les (blackbirds) were white and that
they became black becauso during one
year in tho middle ngea the three days
mentioned above were so cold that all
the birds In Europe took refuge In tho
chimneys. At Brescln the threo days
are celebrated with a feast called "I
giornl della merla," or "the feast of
the transformation of the bird."
BITTEN 500 TIMES.
Dog Catcher's Body Literally Tattooed.
Ones Had Hydrophobia.
Lawrence Gllson, the Pittsburg dog
catcher who has earned the sobriquet
of "iron man" because he has been
PTOot "Balnst more than COO dog bites,
has been bitten again.
tie was aiincKeu uy a Dig inasuu, nt
wh,ch hc flrcd M beforo' ho
u,ed u lh(jn carr)cd tg bead fo (ho
Mcrcy no3pltai nnd Pathological lnsti-
tut0i Tije pbyslcians examined tho
nnlmal's brain nnd found that it had
He was attacked by a big mastiff, at
been suffering from hydrophobia in Its
worst form.
Gllson's body Is literally tattooed
with dog bites. His immunity from
their effects has attracted the atten
tion of physlclnns generally, and he is
an object of much curiosity. Three
months ngo ho was attacked by a fero-1
clous bulldog which ho tried to catch
In the net. Hydrophobia developed,
and his body became greatly swollen.
For several days he hovered between
life and death; but, to tho surprise of
tho scientists who came here from all
parts of the country to observe bin
case; he fully recovered.
Why Hp Wept,
A man who was walking through n
train Inadvertently left the door of one
i of the cars open. A big man sitting in
n seat In the middle of the car yelled:
'Shut the door, you fool! Were you
raised in a barn?"
The man who had left tho door open
closed it and then, dropping into a
cnof lmrfnrl lite fnno In lite liitnrlq mill
,)0(,an to wcop Tll0 bip maI1 iooUc(i
somewhat uncomfortable and, rising,
finally walked up to the weeper and
tapped him on tho shoulder.
"My friend." he said, "I didn't intend
to hurt your feelings. I Just wanted
you to close the door."
The man who was weeping raised
, , , d , ,.nnc(li
"Old man," he
Rlli(1 ,Tm not cr . becmlRfl you nurr
I my feelings, but because you nsked me
if I was raised in a barn. The sad;
fact Is Unit I was raised in ii barn, and
every time I hear an ass bray it mnkes
me homesick." Louisville Times.
Lightning Rods.
There were no lightning rods in an
cient times. The Orst one that tin
world ever saw was set up by our
own Illustrious countryman Benjamin
Franklin shortly after the year 1752.
lie had Just had his celebrated exporl
ment with the kite. In which he dem
onstrated the Identity of lightning
with electricity, nnd was therefore
prepared tor the construction of th
rods for which the world had waited
so long. It Is not generally known
that Franklin was as distinguished In
science as be was in statesmanship
and diplomacy. Exchange.
It Is a misfortune to have to maneu
ver one's heart as a general maneu
vers his nrmy. Alexander Smith-
KICK THE EDITOR ! ! ! M
Have you a kick coming ?
Is there anything that displeases you ?
Are you unhappy and need cheering up J?
Has any little thing gone wrong ?
Tell us your troubles. Let us help you ?
For each of the three best kicks each week, The Citizen
will give a brand new crisp one dollar bill. Don't kick too
long. 50 words to a kick. No limit, however, to the num
ber of your kicks. You don't have to be a subscriber to be a
kicker.
Open to evcryono alike, men, women and children, subscribers and non-subscribers.
Old and young, rich and poor. ltemember two cents a word for the
three best kicks.
There must be something you don't like.
Kick about it. What good is an editor any
way except to fix up the kicks of his read
ers? Relieve your mind and get a prize! ,
KICK! KICK ! KICK I
A few suggested subjects nt which to kick! Tho weather, of course.
Tight lltting shoes. The high cost of living. Tho hobbjo skirt and tho
Harem trousers. High hats on week days. Suffraglsm, etc., etc., otc. Tho
tunnler tho better.
Several people have asked us If tho fifty-word letters containing kicks
havo to bo signed. How elso will we know to whom to award tho prizes?
Whether in the event of tho letter winning a prize and being published,
the narao of tho kicker would appear is another question. Undoubtedly
tho writer's wishes would bo followed on that score. Our idea of the
"Kick Kontest" Includes everything
ties. Sit right down now and dash
like and want to reelster a kick against, it won't tauo you live minutes
and you may win a prize. The more
fnr a nrlzo. Ono dollar for less than
Of course you can raako your kick as short as you wish. A clever flftoen
word kick may win a nrlzo over a full-length fifty-word one. The shorter
thn better.
For the best kick of ten words or
prize of one dollar. Now then, lace
ANIMATED GIMLETS.
Wonderful Boring Insects Tnat Destroy
Telegraph Poles.
It has long been known that con
struction timbers In bridges nnd like
structures, railroad ties, mint' props
nnd fonccposts nre sometimes nertous
ly injured by wood boring larvae,
ants, carpenter bees and powder post
beetles, their efficiency being reduced
from 10 to 100 per cent, but until now
the problem of Insect damage to
standing poles and posts has never
been made tho subject of n special In
vestigation. How serious the prob
lem Is may be judged from the fact
that In a single telegraph line In West
Virginia (forty miles long, with thirty
sis chestnut poles to the mile) built
twelve years ngo about 000 poles have
been rotted off nt the ground. Inspce
tlon showing that 93 per font of the
damage was due to our animate little
gimlet.
It is very small, but amazingly po
tent for evil nnd Incredibly swift. It
Is nn animated gimlet. Until lately it
has not been regarded as an insect of
any economic importance and has been
flippantly described in entomological
literature as living only under the
bark, chiefly of the pine, or In the de
composing -wood of various species of
deciduous and coniferous trees. We
know more nbout it now; we know
that tit? grub or lnrva of this Indus
trious little auger, mining into tho
wood near the lino of contact with the
ground, has been eating away count
less thousands of poles, necessitating
their resetting or even replacement.
Philadelphia Press.
A Shabby Coat Collar.
Very often the collar of n coat be
gins to look shabby when the coal
Itself is In good order, and ! 's won
derful what a difference a thorough
cleaning will make. First take a
piece of clean cloth nnd dip It In spir
its of turpentine and rub the collar
thoroughly with it. Leave It for ten
minutes, then rub It again with the
turpentine nnd scrape it carefully to
remove any loose dirt. Next sponge
the collar with a little alcohol nnd
keep wiping it until it is dry. Ilaug
it up in nn airy place for an hour or
two and It will look as good as new.
Very Awkward.
"Your Albert Is going bald, ain't 'e.
Mrs. Smlthers?"
"Yes. Mrs. Peters, 'e certainly Is get
tin Mgh 'ended, nnd It mnkes It very
awkward for the pore dear. When 'e
washes "e 'as to keep 'Is 'at on 'Is 'end
'o tell where 'Is face finishes!" Lon
don Mnll.
Mixed.
"Why, Harkins. where have yon
been? You look like a wreck."
"I know it. My twin brother and 1
had a quarrel, and I hired a bruiser to
lick him. Tho fellow mixed us up.
nnd here 1 am." London Tit-Bits.
except direct and offensive personali
off fifty words about anything you don't
original the subject the better chance
five minutes work is pretty good pay,
less The Citizen will pay an additional
up your shoes and let drive!
LUXURIES FOR DOG.
Frank Gould's Ex-Wife Paid 3 a Day
at a Hotel For Tao.
Accompanied by their Chinese chow
dog and a retinue of servants, Mr. nnd
Mrs. Ralph Hill Thomas of New York
arrived in San Frnnclsco after n hon
eymoon trip around the world. The
Journey began last July.
Mrs. Thomas was formerly the wife
of Frank J. Gould.
Tno. the dog, gets probably more at
tention than any other member of the
pnrty. It wns purchased in Japan, and
It occupied a private suit on the steam
er Yokohama. At Honolulu tho hotel
manngcr balked nt providing accom
modations for the dog, but Its mistress
was determined.
"They actually had the audacity to
charge $3 a day for tho little dear."
said Mrs. Thomas
On tho stenmcr the steward said the
dog must go below with the other nni
mals, but Mr. Thomas succeeded in
getting n private suit for it
Greece Has Woman Doctor
Catherine Panaglotaton is the first
woman to be made a member of the
faculty of the University of Athens.
Greece. Miss Panaglotaton is also th
first woman doctor to practice '
Tommy's Decision.
Teacher Now. Tommy, suppose a
man gave you $100 to keep for him
nnd then died, what would you do?
Would you pray for hlmV Tommy
No, sir, but 1 would pray for another
like him.
Domestic Joys.
"Do you and your wife play cards
much?"
"No; wo have plenty of other thing!
to quarrel over." Detroit Free Press.
Not at All Hard.
Borrowell I tell you, it's hard to b
poor, narduppe Geo! I find it thi
easiest thing in the world. Philadel
phia Record.
HMMttftttttTTTMM
I SPENCER I
The Jeweler t
would like to see you if
you
for
are in the market!
JEWELRY, SILVER-
X WARE, WATCHES,:
CLOCKS,
DIAMONDS,
AND NOVELTIES
"Guaranteed articles only sold.'
SAY! IT'S going to rains
"The day is cold,
It rains, and the
Rainy days aro dismal days, cheerless and full of gloom; but thoy
are sure to come Into the life of every
escape them entirely, but you may
PREPARE FOR THE COMING STORM
I3y opening a savings account in IIONESDALE DIME DANK. Such
a "rainy day" protection is better than an umbrella, for tho latter
will get old and fall to be of service, while the bank account, with
its compound Interest, will grow and grow and become a joy and
comfort when you most need such factors of helpfulness. Come
In and let us talk it over. With a one dollar deposit, which will
belong to you, we give a Household Bank free.
HONESDALE
VIA ERIE
WASHINGTON,
BRITISH COLUMBIA,
OREGON
and
Points in West, Northwest and Southwest
TICKETS ON SALE DAILY.
MARCH 10 to APRIL 10, 191Ufr
PROFI3BSIONAJL) CARDS.
Attorncys-ot-Lnw.
H WILSON ,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-L AW.
Office adjacent to Post Office In DImmick
ofllce, Honesdaie, Pa.
jUM. II. LEE,
r T ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Ofllce over post ofllce. All legal business
E.
O. MUMFOUD,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Ofllrn I.lhertv ITnll lmUflinp. onnntaltn h.
Post Ofllce. Honesdaie. Pa.
HOMER GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW
Office over Holt's store. Honesdaie Pa.
CHARLES A, McOARTY,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- VT-LAW.
Special and prompt nttentlon clvcn to the
collection of claims. Office over Hell's new
store, Honesdaie. l'a.
ri P. KIMBLE,
JL' . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Oltice over tho cost office Honesdole. Pa.
TYf E. SIMONS,
ill. j
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Ofllce in the Court House, Honesdaie
Pa.
PETER H. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
Ofllce Second floor old Savincs link
building. Honesdaie. Pa.
SEA RLE & SALMON,
ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS-AT-LAW
Offices lately occupied by Judge Seorle
CHESTER A. GARRATT,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-L AW.
Ofllce adjacent to Post Ofllce, Honesdaie, P
Dentists.
DR.
E. T. BROWN,
DENTIST.
Office First floor, old Savincs Hank build
ing. Honesdaie. Pa.
Jjl,
R. BRADY,
DENTIST, 1IONESDALE, PA.
Office Hours 8 a. in. to G j. m.
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' phone. 33. Residence. No. 86-X
Physicians.
P.
B. PETERSON, M. D.
1126 MAIN STREET. IIONESDALE. PA.
Kve and Eur u specialty. The llttliiL' of class
es clvcn careful nttentlon.
Hvcry.
LIVERY. 1-red. .G. Rickard has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Church street to Whitney's Stone
Barn
ALL CALLS
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75yl
Certified Nurse,
MRS. C. M. BONESTEEL,
GLEN EYRE, PIKE CO., VK.
Certified Nurse.P. S, N.
Telephone Glen Eyre.
17mo4
ElllK TRAINS.
Trains leave Union depot at 8.26
a. in and 2.48 p. m., week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at 1.E0
and 8.05 p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
arrives at 3.45 p. m, and leaves at
5.50 p. in.
Sunday trains leve 2.48 and ar
rive at 7.02.
and dark, and dreary.
wind is never weary."
person. You cannot hope to
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