r THE CITIZEN, PHI DAY, APRIL 7, 1011. Ooo llffSaiEIllEll! THE trliil of a 'win1, of r.mi'i rlsts nt VlU'rbo. llnly, draw attention to the' secret sucic tics of Europe wliti'h ImvrMoi their object murder or uny form of ic lence ami crime that will irnmon thelr views or All the pockets of tin scoundrels who belong to them. The whole continent Is honeycombed with such societies, who set all laws at dcllance and are a constant terror to law abiding people. Morountzcff, the man who died through being accidentally shot by i fellow criminal during the attcmpto' burglary in Houndsdltch. was knowi to the continental police as the de perato leader of a gang of hoollpin nnd thieves which he had got tow h er, known as the "Zraowa Hobgnfnii za," the members of which devotee' their energies to robberies with ' i lence and attacks upon banks and -o-i mercial houses. In these outrage." on persons were killed. Twelve mem bers of this gang were ultimately eat tured and hanged, but Morount:;elT e caped. One of the most terrible of thoc leagues of criminals Is the dread v Mafia, which has terrorized Sicily f ' several generations nnd Is said to 1 especially active just now. Its am., ble code of honor is to defy the nnd to rule the Island by threats am: violence. Includes All Classes. According to M. Glanelll. the Math Is "au unapproachable and multifi i m union of persons of nil classes, who aid each other. In spite of the law nno morality, to murder, to intimidate iiiu sequestrate landed proprietors, to r.v -i-a ring In the corn market, to fnrp wills, to intluenco the results of trials and to push their best men into sm eminent odlces." Its ranks Include men of all classes, from outlaws t mayors and Judges and from thieves nnd sharpers to members of parlla went. At one time this remarkable hand confined its efforts principally to kid napiug the sons of rich families and to coining false money. Now they draw most of their revenue from lew ing blackmail on wealthy landowners In return for their protection and b.v assisting smugglers. Direct robbery and violence are resorted to only tor vengeance. now powerful the Mafia is Is shown by the following stories: One day a large case arrived at the Palermo -m toms labeled "Biscuits." The custom officials opened it and discovered ."I'll 000 francs In forged banknotes. No' one of them, however, dared to spe.i!: The case was reclosed and sent on h WMW- -v FORTY YEARS IN BED. Self Chosen Fate of Man Preventc.-1 From Marrying Girl of His Choice. Because Joseph Plummer of Mllt'-v. X. II., was prevented by his father from marrying the woman of his choice ho has remained forty years in bed. He Is now seventy-one years old The woman lie loved Is dead, lm' Ihe old man has not been told. fact, he refused to speak of her fro a the very day when ho said to his father. "Since you will not let me have Iter. I have no other ambition am1 may as well spend the rest of uiy life in bed." Joseph went to bed. Jo soph did not get up. He continued If bed day nfter day. week after week year after year, until the sensation of his course wnned, and he became more or less of nn Institution In Milton. Ills mother and his father have both died. Now his two brothers, both well along In years, keep the riummer household, which Is a prosperous one. nnd take care of Joseph. These two brothers. Ephralm nnd Samuel, are bachelors nnd cook all the meals. "When Joseph took his bed." says Ephralm Plummer. "father did not make any objections, but took his food to him and let him stay there. Father didn't approve of Joseph going with the girl because she was only sixteen years old. while Joseph was consider ably older. "Joseph felt that after seeing her he could never love any other girl. lie was stubborn and used to having his own way. Ho did not llko to be crossed. At first when ho took to his bed none of us thought that he would stay there long. "Now ho Is bo weak from staying In bed so long that he has lost the use of his legs." TAG BABIES "NO ME BESE." Campaign Inaugurated Against Pro miscuous Kissing of Children. The latest fad In tho nursery Is to equip children with printed labels bearing tho words. "No Mo Beso" ("Do Not Kiss Me"). The tags nro the result of a Euro pean campaign against tho promiscu ous kissing of children. Tho wording is in Spanish because tho Idea is said to have originated with Queen Vic toria of Spain. On hygienic grounds tho queen di rected that her three children should not be kissed by the sundry court at tendants who desired merely to show their loyalty. New York's Marriages. Now York's marriages decreased 0,508 In the year following the finan cial flurry of 1007. Since then they have gained steadily, recovering the loss and bringing the figures higher than those of nny year before 1007, ooo its destination, a well known and "hon orable" merchant, without a word. In another case tho young son of a cer tain prince was kidnaped and a sum of 100.000 francs was demanded for his return. The prluco Immediately sent tho money without breathing n syllable to n single soul about the In cident, which only became known to tho police some time later from a dis covery of tho letters of negotiation. Rivals of the 'Mafia. Much more farreachlng and almost as terrible Is the Camorra, an organiz ed band of assassins who Infest Tur key and stretch their fearful tentnclcs over almost the whole of the Levant. This society had its origin In the for mer kingdom of Naples, where it plun dered and terrorized the country, prac ticed wholesale smuggling and under took for a suitable reward to commit any crime from murder to arson. Candidates for membership swore upon nn iron crucifix a fearful oath of fidelity and secrecy and only after a long period of training nnd probation received the two knives of peculiar form by which the Cnmorrlstl recog nized one nnother. In Turkey, where tho Camorrn Is particularly active nt present. Incen diarism is Its chief occupation. It is said that three fires out of every four In Constantinople are the work of the Camorra, whoso method is to remove all valuables from the chosen house or shop, saturate the walls and floors with petroleum and set fire to It. The agent who refuses to pay the insurance money Is promptly assassinated. Other Dreaded Societies. But tho services of the Camorra arc available to any who are willing to pay heavily enough for them, from a jealous wife who wishes to get rid of a fair rival to tho tradesman who can not collect his debts. If threats fail a stab In the dark Invariably settles tho business satisfactorily. Like the Mafia, the Camorra draws its members from all classes, from the worklugmau to the man of rank and fashion, and any disloyalty means death to tho rec reant member. Among many othpr secret societies in Europe the Carbonari, In Italy; tho Nihilists, In Russia the Ilctrilra has had princes and even kings nmong Its members. The Czar Alexander I. owed allegiance to the Hotalra, and Napo leon III. was throughout his reign sub missive to the grand master of the Carbonari whom he joined as a young man. The Grand Duke Nicholas Con stantlnovitch, who was exiled to Si beria for stealing his mother's jewels, was a member of the Nihilist society and had for a wife n Nihilist, daughter of tho postmaster of Tashkend. GREAT FLIGHT PLANNED. French Aviator to Attempt Trip From France to Algiers. Tho revival of interest in aviation in France continues to be marked. Brague, who recently made a notable flight from Nice to a little Island be tween Corsica and the Italian coast, says it wns purely experimental and that he Intends eventually to fly from France to Algiers, making AJacclo his midway station. IIo declares that to succed in this voyage an aviator must possess three essential things a good motor, an ab solutely accurate compass and exnet meteorological Information, no con siders that the superior speed of aero planes makes the escort of fast war vessels wholly useless unless they be scattered at regular intervals along the greater part of tho route. The value of the aeroplane, says Brague, has now been demonstrated to be greater over sea than over terra firma. Many experts in France be lieve tho development of aviation de pends chiefly upon tho problem of dimensions, and there is a growing opinion that n machine so vast that air currents will have only n minimum effect upon It may make navigation of the atmospheric space relatively as safe us that of tho ocean in ships of the type of tho Mnuretanla. Meanwhile n leading French military organ nnnounccs with great confidence that an infallible method of making aeroplanes self balancing has been In vented. MORE PEANUTS IMPORTED. Uncle Sam Increases His Liking For Goobers, It may have been duo to tho increase in tho number of peanut eating fans at the baseball games or It may have been becnuso of tho more extensive de mands of the confectioner, but the fact is tho Imports of peanuts to the United States for tho year 1010 assumed un precedented proportions. Consul General Gaulln at Marseilles, France, whero great quantities of pea nuts aro raised, reports to the depart ment of commerce and laWr that pea nut exports to the United States for tho year 1010 rose In value from the comparatively Insignificant total of $8,772 in 1000 to ?371,G0S. Largo pur chases of peanut oil by Americans also were recorded, and tho trade was tho briskest in years. Giant Melons. Giant watermelons and muskmelons grow in DlarbeUlr, Asiatic ' Turkey, Some of them are as largo as a flour barrel. They nro raised In tho beds of rivers which are almost dry In sum mer. Their meat is coarse and not nearly ns sweet as that of smaller va rieties grown elsewhere. I I K I I Bllllllllll m h Sri M bS? Jll I I I I ---B jnaKKa wrm m JJJjiiMi. i m mmmmmmmJlWBmKasm B o m BUBSfSfi m a m m m m m m b m E fe,!! B H WILFRED T. GRENFELL, ft AT ITH the distinction of being the only man iu the world for W whom an association has been formed to aid him in his char itable work the photograph of Dr. Wilfred T. Greufell is pre sented. Because King George has made him a companion of St. Michael and St. George Dr. Greufell could write C. M. G. after ids M. D. if he wasn't too modest. For nineteen years lie has devoted his life to aiding the 300,000 neglected, half starved. Illiterate, helpless inhab itants of the iceberg coasts of Labrador, Greenland and Newfoundland. KICK THE Have you a kick coming ? Is there anything that displeases you ? Are you unhappy and need cheering up,? 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 everyone alike, men, women and children, subscribers nnd non-subscribers. Old und young, rich and poor. Heniember 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! A few suggested subjects at which to kick! Tho weather, of courso. Tight fitting shoes. The high cost of living. The hobble skirt and tho Harem trousers. High hats on week days. Suffraglsm, etc., etc., etc, The funnier the better. Several people have asked us it the fifty-word letters containing kicks have to bo signed. How else will wo know to whom to award the prizes? Whether in the event of the letter winning a prize and being published, tho name of the kicker would appear Is another question. Undoubtedly tho writer's wishes would be followed on that scoro.' Our Idea of the "Kick Kontest" Includes everything except direct and offensive personali ties. Sit right down now and dash off fifty words about anything you don't like and want to register a kick against. It won't take you five minutes and you may win a prize. The more original the subject tho better chance for a prize. One dollar for less than flvo minutes work is pretty good pay. Of course you can make your kick as short as you wish. A clever flfteen word kick may win a prize over a full-length fifty-word one. Tho shorter tho better. For tho best kick of ten words or less The Citizen will pay an additional prize of one dollar. Now then, laco up your shoes and let drive! ICEBERG MISSIONARY. VJ J EDITOR!!! THE NEXT MOVE. , An Evening With the Family That Had the Mania. "'Twcro well, Ilownrd Hammers ley," said the beautiful young woman, "that you make good use of what re mains of this' evening, for this Is tho Inst time you will over outer this bouse, at teast while I am one of Its occupants." Strange words were these to bo spoken by n newly engaged girl to her lover. There was a catch in her voice, nnd her eyes burned with deep emo tion, or was it his Imagination? Her beautiful figure was clothed In richest silk, and Jewels sparkled nt her throat. But this merely served to bring out in more startling contrnst the barren ness of tho room. Tho floor was tin carpeted, tho walls were destitute of pictures, the only nrtlclo of furniture was an old fashioned davenport, upon which she half reclined among soft pillows. A meager setting this for so rare a gem. She wore tho appearance of one used to more luxurious sur roundings. The young man seemed taken nback by her words. lie toyed with his wntch chain nnd nervously fingered and turned tho one ring he wore. Si lently the moments glided by. but no clock was there to mark their flight. Suddenly from the next room enmo a mullled sound, followed by a blood curdling oath. Tho young man started violently, nnd the girl half rose, but. restraining herself, sank back to her former po sition. She seemed waiting for him to break the silence. At Inst he rose from the packing case upon which he sat and swiftly crossed the room to a place on the davenport by her side. Ills arms open ed to receive her and. without resist ance, bhe sank into them. "Ah. yes, Adelaide." lie murmured in a deep voice. "You are right I should make good use of my time. Well do I know that tomorrow- you move to a different part of the town. But I shall bo at the new place to morrow evening nt half after S." "Yes, yes," sho answered. "Do so. But now, if you'll excuse mo a mo ment, I'll see what's wrong with fa ther. IIo must have hurt his hand pulling tacks." Walter G. Doty- in Puck. Unconventionalities. "Great Caesar! Is that you. Glub bins? I haven't thought of you for seventeen years!" "Some day, Mrs. Peters, I'll return your call. I want to see what kind of furniture you have." " "A front view picture of you, Miss Miriam, looks much better than a pro file. It doesn't show tho shape of your nose." "Itlvers, you ought to take a vaca tion; you're doing some awfully punk work on the paper these days." "Must you go, Mr. Llngerlong? It's only 10 o'clock. 1 thought It was 12!" "There's one good thing about your dinners, Mrs. Jipes the table Is al ways neatly set" "I was telling Mr. Smidgin the other day. Mrs. Bumpley, that you'd want to borrow this book tho first time you called." "So glad to have met you, Mrs. Bat terson or is your name BonserV" W. 15. HOLMES, President. A. T. SEARLE, Vice Pres. We want you to understand the reasons for tho ABSOLUTE SECURITY of this Bank. WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONESDALE, PA., HAS A CAPITAL OF - - - $100,000.00 AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OP - 427,&i2.00 MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 527.342.00 EVERY D'OLLAR ol which must be lost before any depositor can lose a PENNY It has conducted a growing and successful business for over US years, serving an increasing number of customers with fldeelity and satisfaction. Its caeh funds are jrotected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS. All of these things, coupled with conservative management, insured by the UAKKl'UL PERSONAL ATTENTION constantly el ten the Hunk's affairs by a notably able Hoard of Directors assures the patrons of that SUPKKME SAFETY which is the prime essential of a good iiUUK. DECEMBER 1, 1910 Total Assets, JST DEPOSITS MAY -DIRECTORS CHAS. J.SMITH, H.J. CONOEit. W F. SUYDAM. W, li. HOLMES A. T. SEAKLE T. II. 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