TUii CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, APIUIj 10, 1011.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1011.
The Boston State House has 'i?.d
late to b !n fashion, as usual.
fire. A little
Life is just one kick after another.
To some people a new Idea Is as welcome as the
smallpox.
Those medals will make handsome fobs or beauti
ful lockets.
It's the man, the corners of whose Hps turn up, who
gets the friendship of children.
Of course let women vote. Just see how happily
they got along together at the D. A. R. session at Washington.
Sobody put a $100,000 certified check In the con
tribution plate of a Brooklyn church. No wonder
Brooklyn Is called the City of Churches.
A Florida man found $10,000 in a stump. The
monoy had been stolen from a registered mail pouch.
For once In our lives, we would have liked to have been
"up a stump," but of course that particular one.
The Portland man who courted a girl for twenty
years and then was quarantined for smallpox on the
day he was to be married had a mighty lucky escape al
though he probably believes he had real hard luck.
A Seattlo girl about to be married to a suitor to
whom she had been engaged for four years noticed some
holes in her stocking and went home to change them,
and at the same time changed her mind about the
marriage. Probably a girl like that would not hesitate
about changing husbands as often as she changed her
hair.
Victor Berger, the Socialist member from .Mil
waukee, has received a wooden mallet from a Socialist
in Utah. A letter accompanying it set forth that the
writer intended the mallet to be used "to spank Con
gressmen Into line." For such a purpose It should
have been made of stool. Wood wears out so quickly.
DIAZ MUST GO.
With the battle at Agua Prieta on Monday the .Mex
ican situation has come to a point where decisive action
must be taken by Congress. Our warnings have been
unheeded and something must now be done. President
Taft will leave the question of forcible action to the
Congress' now in session, having done his part by order
ing the mobilization of American troops on the border.
The fighting up to the battle of Agua Prieta has been
desultory and more or less harmless but with the kill
ing of five American citizens In Douglas, Arizona, on
Monday there is presented a problem of which Con
gress must take official notice. We quote from the New
York Times:
"Neutrality laws have been broken, and American
citizens on American soil have been killed or wounded
by Mexican bullets. The reported plan of the Insur
rectionists to close all ports of entry from the north Into
Mexico has been nearly carried out, and If the bridges
in northern Coahulla are destroyed there will be no
railroad communication with the City of Mexico except
by way of Vera Cruz. The gravity of the situation Is
ot to be questioned. The semblance of optimism
maintained by some American residents in Mexico, and
by the authorities in the capital, Is admirable as far as It
goes, but it Is evident that the Insurrection is wide
spread and that the Diaz programme of reform Is not
satisfactory to the revolutionists, who seem to have the
sympathy, if not the active support, of a very large
proportion of the population of Mexico.
"The obvious inference Is that the practical dicta
torship of the aged President must soon end. No peace
is possible now until ho retires. The opposition to his
methods of government, which was manifested so
strongly before the elections of 1904, and again last
year, when Diaz was declared elected for an eighth
term, has now taken a definite form, and he must eith
er withdraw from the Presidency, or plunge his coun
try into a prolonged civil war in which, inevitably,
must bo the fruit of his patriotic labors will bo destroy
ed. Under the strong rule of Diaz Mexico has develop
ed rapidly. He has Instituted free education, placed
the national finances on a sound basis, encouraged the
building of railroads and other great engineering works,
developed Industries, established friendly relations with
foreign nations, abolished the alcabalas, or internal
duties; kept the administration free from clerical In
fluences, while assuring to the Church all the freedom
it has actually needed, and restored peace to a country
which for a century before his advent was continual
ly torn by civil warfare. The Constitution in his time
baa been almost a dead letter, but ho has been educat
ing his people to appreciate the privileges- it was do
signed to bestow on them, and to demand a larger meas
measuro of self-EOVornraent.
"Accounted an honest man by his worst enemies,
and whose domestic life has been free from scandal, his
military achievements and his record as a statesman
prove him to be the greatest man his country has ever
produced. But he has grown very old in service, he
lacks now the initiative, the physical strength and ener
gy to adapt himself to new conditions. That hla equal
in statesmanship exists in Mexico we do not believe,
but his retirement seemB to be tho only solution of the
problem. He can still retlro gracefully and if he ac
cepts that sacrifice as the only means of saving his
country he will always be remembered with admiration
and affection."
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A Wilkes-Barro man cut his threat rather than I
work. Evidently ho considered such labor as play, j
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"Good Weather Coming East," says the Weathor
Bureau. Don't believe it. There ain't no such thing.
HAH G
(Continued from Pngo Ono.)
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There nro lots of people who arc just as harmless
as a banana skin In that nothing over happens until you
stop on them.
$125,000 is asked of Congress to hunt the gratna
grass worm In New Mexico. Thus wo see that tho worm
will tu be turned out.
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It would seems to the casual observer that the
$100,000 spent In "putting Lorlmer over" will come
pretty near to putting him out.
"Happy immigrants leave quarantine and 'oyfully
embark for Philadelphia," runs a headline In a paper
of that city. It's very evident they are immigrants.
An official report states that an aeroplane is nt the
mercy of the army service rifle at 1000 yards distance.
Well, but whoever heard of a service rifle showing nny
mercy.
A number of Lord Byron's letters have been stolen
and remembering some of the writings of the lame
genius, it strikes us as peculiar that the language
didn't burn the thief's hands.
With the retirement of Fire Chief Croker, New
York loses one of tho best fire fighters she has ever
had. Had the repeated warnings and improvements
made and recommended by this man been heeded, New
York might have saved herself the horror of the Asch
Building catastrophe.
POUT OF PARIS.
The statistics for 1909, now tabulated, show that
the total of merchandise disembarked at the Port of
Paris was 10,940,525 tons, whereas the Port of Mar
seilles handled only 7,803,793 tons. The goods disem
barked represented 0,197,414 tons borne from long dis
tances, against 2,566,090 shipped to other ports. The
balance of the total Is made up of local traffic and goods
In transit.
The striking fact Is that the merchandise received
Is more than two and a half times that shipped away,
showing the enormous appetite of Paris as a centre of
consumption, both in industrial materials and of means
of subsistence for her population. N. Y. Sun. And
from most of the stories we read it would seem that
that population consisted mainly of American tourists.
figures for last year, even though
the act provides that all fees receiv
ed shall be used upon tho roads. So
also an organized fight Is being made
against tho bill Increasing the tax
on Insurance companies from two
per cent, to three per cent, on the
business done in Pennsylvania. For
eign Insurnnco companies complain
less than the domestic, the latter Bay
ing that this bill would put thom out
of business. Forty-four states have
what Is known as reciprocal laws.
Under the terms of such laws, a
Pennsylvania company operating In
another state, say New York, Is re
quired to pay the same tax that New
York corporations are required to
pay In Pennsylvania. It will thus bo
seen that Insurance companies char
tered In this state, and doing business
In many states having reciprocal
acts, would be so heavily taxed that
they would havo to go out of busi
ness, or run at a heavy loss. A fifty
per cent. Increase is going some too.
.Judge Searlo's Fine Record.
Judge Searle assisted tho local
court this week In disposing of some
of the accumulative business. With
only two Judges for this county,
there Is more than enough local busi
ness to keep them busy, but they are
obliged to hear and determine all tax
cases also, and these latter are a
heavy drain on their time. Final dis
position was made of the cases heard
by Judge Searle, a condition that
has existed In most of the suits heard
before him since his appointment to
the Bench by Governor Stuart. From
his decisions there have been no ap
peals, nor motions for new trial,
showing that the disputants were en
tirely satisfied with tho way their
cases were disposed of. Judge Searle
Is well known by many of the mem
bers of the Dauphin county bar and
Is well liked, and they would like
him to come oftener. And this is
true of other counties where he has
been called to Void court. His fair
ness and evident determination to see
justice done stamp him as a proper
man for the Bench.
N. E. HAUSE.
PEOPLE'S FORUM
Editor Tho Citizen:
If I remember rightly the kick on
which I won the prize was the one in
which I kicked on my non-sitting
hens. As I won a dollar on this sub
ject, I thought It no more than right
that I should spend the money In tho
same way. So with tho dollar and a
llttlo silver I bought a hundred eggs
for hatching In an Incubator. My
hens must be offended by my kick
as none of them have done any
clucking yet. There are lots moro
things I want to relievo my mind of,
and as there was nothing In tho
rules debarring successful contest
ants from kicking again, I am going
to try my luck once more in the im
mortal Kick Contest.
Sincerely yours,
ORVILLE A. WELSH.
EDITOR'S CORNER
We act a lot of fun out of this column We
want you to enjoy It alto. Minority it is run
for your amttscment. It anything appears litre
which of fends vou in any way whatsoever, drop
us a postal or 'phone us to that effect. An opo
oqy will appear in the next Issue of the paper.
That's fair, isn't itt . ,
We hate no wish to hurl anybody's feelings.
Allwewantto do is to brighten one moment of
your day: and if but one single item brings u
smile, wc shall feel it was not written tn tain.
If John Congdon excuse gram
mar a job of painting in five days
In what length of time could Anroa
DoVltt7
NEW DATE FOR INAUGURATION.
A bill has been introduced Into the House which,
if passed, will fix the last Thursday in March as the
date for inauguration instead of the 4th of March as the
date stands now.
This is not the first time that an attempt has been
made to change the time of the Presidential inaugura
tion. Up to this time all such attempts have failed dis
mally. We agree with the Inquirer when it says:
"Why there should be any opposition at all Is more
than we can understand. The really frightful experi
ence that Washington had when Taft came into olllce,
it was presumed at tho time, would be sufficient to bring
about the desired change. But not so. Congress talk
ed and hemmed and hawed and nothing was done. In
the last House one more vote would have passed a bill.
It could not be had.
"Well, perhaps something will be done now. Per
haps. The only reason that we havo for thinking It
possible is that so Important a member of tho House
as tho chairman of the Committee on Rules, Mr. Henry,
is the sponsor for the new bill. If it should be taken
up seriously, tho bill would go through tho House, at
least, for these Democrats are under splendid training.
They do what they are told.
"The weather is never to bo depended upon, it is
true, but early March is particularly a bad time of the
year to hold any kind of out-door exercises."
The Inquirer is light. The bill ought to go through
and the chances of an experience such as President
Taft had to undergo at the time of his inauguration
should be reduced as far as possible by the combined
efforts of the weather man and the legislators.
Quick and Cheap Legal Work.
The French tribunal of commerce 1
presided over by a judge without a
jury. The plnintlff's lawyer argues
bl3 own cust before Uie judge, simply
to show tluit he has a case and the
nature of It Tho defendant does not
plead, but it he can disputes the facts.
If tile Judge considers there Is no case
be dismisses the plaintiff. In the con
trary case he appoints an assessor out
of a dozen chosen yearly of the town's
reputed merchants to decide upon It
The following day the assessor calls
the parties to Ills room in the court. He
bears each of them separately withoui
any lawyers. Within fifteen minutes
he gathers their documents nnd dis
misses them. 'J.'wo or three days later
he communicates his judgment to the
Solicitors through the court, and the
business Is ended. The costs of law
yers and the court fees come to about
0 a side. Tho same case in England
would take six mouths at least and
cost no less than 100 for a claim of
50. London Mail.
THE PUBLICITY BILL.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill
providing for publicity of campaign contributions be
fore election, Instead of after election only. This bill
was passed unanimously by tho House. Tho Republi
cans tried to extend the operation of the bill to all ex
penditures in connection with obtaining nominations,
at primnries and otherwise. In Itself this was a de
sirable measure, for It is plain that there may bo cor
ruption indirectly wrought in this manner as much
as in connection with the actual election. Indeed, in
districts where a nomination is equivalent to an elec
tion, as it is In most of the Southern states, the use of
money at the primaries or in securing a nomination is
more objectionablo than in tho elections themselves.
The amendment, however, was not carried.
There are two reasons for tho failure of the amend
ment to pass the House. One is that tho bill is bound
to find strenuous opposition in tho Senate and there
fore it would be the worst kind of policy to tack on
amendments which could servo only as an excuse for
the rejection of tho bill. The second reason Is that in
all probability the courts would never sustain a law
which made tho amendment a requirement. "The law
which was approved in tho House relates only to com
mittees intended to influence elections of members of
Congress In two or more States, that is, practically, to
tho National Congressional Committees of each party.
This was dono because in the opinion of the framers
Congress would not havo jurisdiction in slgle Congres
sional districts, or in the districts all of which woro
in single States. This being a reasonablo view, it is
plain that any legislation affecting expenditures for
prmary elections or In connection with nominations,
expenditures necessarily confined to ono district, would
be' still more open to doubt in regard to its constitu
tionality." As the bill reads now we hope that tho Senate will
not delay in passing it. It is a good bill, it has been
carefully prepared and it has received a vory wide
spread publicity in Itself. It is essentially .a bill that
is popular to tho voters because of its very nature.
That it will have an immediate and purifying ef
fect upon present day politics admits of no denial. It Is
to be hoped that tho Senate will show Itself no less eag
er to bring a condition to pass than tho House has al
ready done by the passage of tho Publicity Bill,
Ufl... n! I. tir i r
i Bismarck was not without supersti
tion, and this always was noticeable
on the eve of the new year. From 9
o'clock that night until after midnight
ho would not take water in any cir
cumstances from a glass. It was an
ancient tradition In the chancellor's
family that any one who set tho legend
at defiance would pass through n seri
ous illness. If another tradition Is true
the observance of tho family legend
must have been a sore trouble 1o tho
iron chancellor, for the Paris contem
porary from which we take tho fore
going says that Bismarck not only
loved war, but beer and wines, espe
clally French wines, no was not
averse to punch and grog, but on Now
Tear's eve grog was under the ban, for
it contains water. London Globe.
Not From Politeness.
This was heard In an overcrowded
Boston elevated train:
"Say, Dick." said the young man
whose football tactics bad won him n
strap in the rush "say, Dick, I've
been riding in on tho 'L' every morn
ing except Sundays and holidays; for
two years, nnd I've never given up a
seat to a lady yet"
"You're a polite one," sneered Dick.
"Nothing of tho kind," retorted the
young man. "I've never nnd a soat to
give np.M Boston Post.
Wo Aim To rieaso.
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HOW'S THIS?
Wo offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
We, tho undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fi
nancially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggsts.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mr. Editor:
1 -fcelved one of your dollars for
my kick, for which I thank you very
much. I was badly In need of a
dollar, so when I received it, I had
so many ways for It, that I simply
could not decide on what to spend It.
At last, after carefully thinking the
matter over, I have decided to buy
a pad to protect me from the kickers.
I think your kick contest is a klassy
skeme, at least it was for me. I
never earned a dollar more easily be
fore. Gratefully yours,
A LUCKY KICKER.
Wheat bread Is fair, but It's Gra
ham Wntts really good.
Dear Mr. Editor:
In one division of our department
last year, wo had five men employ
ed whose names were Young, Beach,
Dowey, Purple and Brlndlc. A bril
liant thinker got off this one on tho
quintette, and I am sending it for
the Smile Club, in the Editor's Cor
er: "Dewey see the Young Brindlo
Purple lying on tho Beach?" Fort
unately I am too far away to be hit
with a club.
Yours,
N. E. HAUSE.
You always were a lucky individual.
Mr. Editor:
We would like for Uncle Joe Can
non and Uncle Dick Crocker, as they
are called in White Mills, to ex
plain the resignation of Uncle. Joe
from the Republican club. These
two old politicians have been seen
together much of their time of late
and when some one Is apt to get near
them Joe talks chickens nnd Dick
the new brewery, but however the
voters say that they have something
up their sleeve and they demand an
explanation why Joe left tho old
club. Some say that he made a
statement that the old club was get
ting corrupt and that ho did not want
to be a party to It. Others say that
he is secretly organizing a new club,
but It looks to us that Uncle Dick,
the Democratic boss, is switching
Uncle Joe over to that party. Will
Joe and Dick please explain through
the columns of this paper?
A VOTER.
OBITUARY.
Florence, tho fifteen-year-old
daughter of "Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Bishop, died at her parents' home
In East Ilonesdale, Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Funeral services
were held at her late home Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. A. L.
Whittaker officiating.
Charles Bassett joined the Smll
Club last night with these: Extra!
Extra! C. C. Jadwlns a Pell of
Betz.
Watts Sam Ham buy CoIb fr
Chambers.
Schoell barber Dryer Bhave Moora
Wellder?
S. S. Robinson gains admittance
I to the Smile Club with this:
I If Phns Pnn-ot ljllmnn wnnlfl
Wltherbee eat Smeltz-er? Reckon
he would, for he needs a lot of bralm
food.
Leon Katz rolled Into this dis
tinguished organization Monday.
Following are his Installments:
If Ilonesdale should be visited br
nn earthquake would Harry Rocfc
well? If roller skating should mako
Bess Lawyer happy how Gladys
Weaver.
If Honesdale has a crack bass
ball team could Jake Greenfield?
If the roller rink is a lover's Ian
can E. A. Courtright?
Miss .Martha Paul, a former resi
dent of Honesdale, died suddenly at
her home in Now York city, Friday,
aged 52 years, and her remains were
brought to Honesdale Sunday night
for interment Monday In tho German
Lutheran cemetery. Her parents,
long deceased, were Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Paul, Honesdalo. Surviving
relatives are six sisters, Mrs. Chas.
Roesslger, Carbondalo; Mrs. Chas.
Cavanaugh, Mrs. Fred Reichen
bacher, Honesdale; Mrs. Christian
New York, Mrs. Frank Schotto,
Providence, R. I. Miss Paul went to
New York to live about fifteen years
ago.
SPOUTIXCi NOTES.
The sporting pages of the papers
are beginning to fill up with baso
ball talk. Amongst the players ba
the various professional teams wo
find the names of many familiar t
local fandom. Steve O'Nell, wh
caught a game here during Old Horn
Week is with Connie Mack's Athletics
and is getting much favorable news
paper comment.
Honesdale will be represented by a
good team this summer. Tho play
ers are planning to give a minstrel
show at the Lyric late in April.
Watch for tho dato nnd when a repre
sentative visits you, buy a ticket.
Trustee's Saie
of
Mrs. F. E. Tcrwilllfter.
Mrs. Fannie E. Terwllliger, aged
seventy-six years, widow of George
B. Terwllliger, and the mother of
F. G. Terwllliger of Honesdale, died
suddenly at 8 o'clock Sunday night
at tho home of her son, Director of
Public Works, Charles V. Terwllli
ger, of 1227 Providence road, Scran
ton. Mrs. Terwllliger was operated
upon three weeks ago at the home
of her Knn RIir rnlllod from tho
operation and was thought to be on I
the road to complete recovery. She '
was taken 111 and inside of ten min
utes was dead. Mrs. Terwllliger was
seventy-six years of age on Decem
ber 2 last. She was born In Orange
county, N. Y. She is survived by
four daughters and five sons, as fol
lows: F. G. Terwllliger, Honesdale;
J. M. Terwllliger, Plttston; Mrs. Eu
geno Hallock, Wavorly; Mrs. V. A.
Sweet, BInghamton; Mrs. Claude
Van Gorder, Gibson, Susquehanna
county; .Mrs. Orson Hallock, T. E.
Terwilllger, F. F. Terwllliger and
Director Terwilllger, Scranton. Fun
eral services were held at the resi
dence of Director Terwilllger at
7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. The
body was taken this morning by way
of Now Mllford to Gibson, Susque
hanna county, where interment will
take place.
The swelling of the buds on the
maple trees Is a sign of Spring.
One Big Fool
Hut Ho Doesn't Live in Honesdale
Nor Head Tho Citizen.
A man in Connecticut gave a doc
tor, a specialist in catarrh, $50 to
cure him of this common yet most
obnoxious disease.
The specialist gave him a bottle of
medicine and told him to use It.
The fool took the medicine home,
took ono dose, put it on a shelf and
made no further effort to follow in
structions. Three months later with the medi
cine still on the shelf ho told a friend
that tho specialist was a fake; that
ho had paid him $50 and still had
catarrh.
HYOMEI (pronounce It Hlgh-o-mo)
won't cure catarrh if you don't
breathe it; it will if you breathe it
regularly.
Furthermore, you don't need to
give a catarrh specialist $50 to euro
you of catarrh, for 'tho specialist is
yet to be born who can writo a bet
ter prescription than HYOMEI.
G. W. Pell and druggists every
where guarantee HYOMEI to cure
catarrh or money back. A complete
outfit which consists of a bottlo of
HYOMEI, n hard rubber Inhaler and
simple instructions for use costs only
$1.00. Separate bottles of HYOMEI
if afterwards needed cost but 50
cents.
The Creditors after the sale of
the Herman stock of grocer
ies have chosen Buel Dodge
as their Trustee to dispose of
their goods and they are going
to be sold regardless of cost.
They must be sold nt. once. The sale
opens
Wednesday, at 8 A. M. at
HERMAN'S STORE,
624 Main St.
The stock consists of Groceries and
Canned Goods, Etc.
BUEL DODGE, Trustee.
DON'T WORRY
for the future when you have a a
account in tho
Farmers and
Mechanics Bank
Keep adding to it and your ac
count will grow so that you can buy,
a homo for your family or start your
self in business when the opportun
ity presents Itself. Lay aside some
thing from your weekly salary an
you will be surprised to seo how fasb
your little plant will grow when it la
planted in good soil at tho FAKM
EHS AND MECHANICS BANK.
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