THE CITIyUN, WEDNESDAY, AI'UIIj 20, 1011.
The A. F. of L. Boasts of
Fifteen Congressmen j
i
Tho American Federation of Labor
now boasts, as the labor representa-l
tlon of Congress, 15 members In the
House of Representatives and sever
al friends In the United States Sen
ate. The presence of this labor del
egation In Congress, the Federation
declares, Is the result of five years
of active campaigning In national
elections.
In 19QC tho labor representation
committee of the American Federa
tion of Labor decided aggressively to
take the field against the re-election
of certain members of Congress who
had been conspicuous In the antag
onism toward all labor bills Introduc
ed In Congress. Congressman Llttlc
lleld, second district of Maine, court
ed a battle In the political campaign
of four years ngo, with the labor ele
ment. President Oompers, with three or
ganizers and a similar number of
international ofllcers, entered Llttlo
flcld's district, and according to
Gompers, "they made a memorable
struggle to impress upon the citizens
of that district tho desirability ofi
permitting the belligerent congress
man to remain at home." Little
Held, however, came back to Con-!
gress, though his majority was groat-1
ly reduced. e
In various parts of the country
similar battles have been fought by
trade unionists who opposed the
presence of anti-labor men In Con
gress, with the result that in 190G
the A. F. of L. entered the Held un
der the labor ticket. Tho first cam
paign resulted In the election of six
congressmen with active membership
in tho unions. They wore, Wilson,
of Pennsylvania; Nichols, of Penn
sylvania; Sherwood, o! Ohio;
Hughes, of New 'Jersey; JlcDermott,
cf Illinois; nnd Carey, of Wiscon
sin. In the elections of 190S the above
were re-elected and in addition the
following labor unionists: Anderson,
Ohio; Murphy, Missouri; Martin,
Colorado, and Jamieson, Iowa.
The Congressional elections of
1910 Increased the labor delegation
by TiO per cent., live members of Con
gress actively affiliated with trade
unions being elected.
Tho personnel of the Congress
men now In office and whose pres
ence there, It Is said, Is due to the
activity of tho American Federation
of Labor In national campaigns, fol
low: Wilson, W. B., coal miner, Woss
burg, Pa., Dem.
Lee, K. E., blacksmith, Pottsvillo,
Pa., Dem.
Martin, John A., locomotive fire
man, Pueblo, Colo., Dem.
Cary, William J., commercial tele
grapher, Milwaukee, Wis., Rep.
Ilerger, Victor L., typographical
union, Milwaukee, Wis., Soc.
Hughes, William, textile worker,
Paterson, N. J., Dem.
Duchannnn, Frank, iron worker,
Chicago, 111., Dem.
McDermott, James T., commercial
telegrapher, Chicago, 111., Dem.
Lewis, David J., coal minor, Cum
berland, Md., Dem.
Smith, Charles H
Buffalo, X. Y., Dem.
Anderson, Carl C,
toria, Ohio., Dem.
telegrapher
musician, Fos-
Sherwood, Isaac It., typographical
union, Toledo, O., Dem
Roberts, E. E., metal miner, Car
son city., Nev., Rep.
Farr, John F., typographical un
ion, Scranton, Pa., Dem.
Malier, James P., hatter, Brook
lyn, n. Y., Dem.
KUOM THE MOTOHMAN.
A Washington street-car was getting
under way when two women, riisliiiic
from opposite sides of the street to ureet
each other, met right in the middle of
tiio car-track and in front of tho car
There the two stopped and began to talk
The car stopped, too, but the women did
not appear to realize that it was there.
Certain of the passengers, whoso heads
were immediately thrust out of the win
dows to ascertain what tho trouble was.
began to make sarcastic remarks, but the
two women needed tliem not. Kinally
the motorman showed that he had a sav
ing humor. Leaning over the dashboard
he inquired in the gentlest of tones: Par
don me, ladies, but shall 1 get you a coil-
pie oi cnairsr Lippincott s.
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
I had been driving all day in a remote
part of southern Georgia and at the nihgt
fall stopped at a cabin occupied by one
man. He was very cordial, and asked
me to spend the night with him. When
we sat down to supper I was somewhat
disturbed to observe that ttie meal con
sieted of a single large dish of potatoes
Without apology the man, witli a wave
of his hand toward the dish, said in a
loud, hearty voice;
"Stranger, take one!"
He paused a moment nnd continued in
u bun luuiiLT tone;
"Stranger, take twol"
Another pause, and then even louder
and more earnestly:
"Stranger, take mighty near all o
them!" Woman's Ilommpanion. Coe
WONDERFUL FINANCING
First Sport Dickson is a wonderful
financier.
Second Snort How?
First Sport Ho borrowed a nickel
from me this morning to take him up
town to eeo a man that lie could borrow
$5 from, and witli that $5 he blew off
another man that lie borrowed $.r0 from
PUT HIS FOOT IN IT.
Miss Elderly (showing photographs)
And this is the dear old house where 1
was born.
J!r. Dopey-Still standing? Well, well!
Thoy don't build them nowadays so
that they last more than thirty or forty
years. "Boston Transcript.
CURIOSITY.
"What did that lady have ho 6creen
across one part of tho room for, ma? "
asked little Harry, who had been making
a call with his mother.
"I suppose she had something there
she didn't want seen, "replied his mother
"Aud was that the reason, ma, that
when you thought sho waBii't looking
you peeped behind it?"
ELECT CULLINGS
How to Make a Million.
The United Stales Steel corporation
is willing to pay 1,000,000 to the man
who will discover a met hud which will
jnnble the company to profitably dis
pose of a byproduct which is called
"breeze." The steel corporation uses
all Its waste product save "breeze."
Gas escaping from the blast furnaces
Is converted Into power by producer
gas cuglnes. Dust escaping from the
cement works at Ituflliigton In tons Is
now captured and converted Into sala
ble product, but "breeze" so far is a
waste. It is nothing but coke dust.
All coke product Is sifted, nnd any
thing which screens less than three
eighths of nn Inch is "breeze," so rich
In carbon that it has many times tho
heat power, of coal. No furnaces can
be constructed with grates line enough
to burn it. Fifteen thousand tons a
month of "breeze" accumulate at the
coke ovens in Gary. So far the only
use found for it is for oxidization In
zinc smelting, but it is costly. Experi
ments where "breeze" Is mixed with
sawdust for fireproof tile manufacture
have nlso been tried. Hammond (Ind.)
Cor. Chicago American.
To Bring tho Sea to Paris.
Paris Is actively agitating the proj-
ect of enlarging tho bed of the Seine
so as to bring seagoing vessels to the
French capital, and the general opin
ion is that the scheme is entirely prac
tical and is what Purls needs above
all for its future prosperity. The
000,000 which is annually paid for the
transport of freight from Paris to Lou
don in order to be reshlpped will be
partly saved. Besides, the metallurgi
cal aud industrial eastern region will
have direct connection with England.
and there will bo no fear that a canal
from Basle to Lausauue on Lake (Jin-
evn will take all tho Swiss and Italian
traffic away from France. Another
point is that the $154,000,000 for worts
claimed to be Indispensable for pre
venting future inundations of the Seine
will not be needed. All capital put
Into the "Paris seaport" project will
bo revenue bearing.
Do You Know What Year This Is?
Most of us would suppose that one
thing that we knew perfectly well was
what year tills is. Not everybody In
the world or even in tills country of
ours would admit that to say this In
the year 1011 Is entirely correct. Thl
is by the Byzantine methods tho year
11!). According to the Julian calendar
It is the year liiilil. In the Jewish era
it will be until the 2'M of September
tho year fit!"'-. The undent Romans
would have figured It to be the year
:004, the ancient Greeks the year liC.S
or tho third year of the six hundred
ind seventy-second Olympiad. The
Mohammedan considers that the year
1:5-9 began on Jan. 12, while the Japa
nese call It the year 2371 and the
Chinese the year -lHOO. At Washington
it is still reckoned as the one hundred
and thirty-fifth year of American hide
pendence and as such all official pro
nounceiuents are dated.
No More "Ticket-of-Leave" Men.
The old tlcl;et-of-leave system has at
last gone altogether. Henceforth the
discharged convict really anxious to
make a dean start will not be brought
into direct contact with the police. V;
to now the convict has been super
vised by the police on the one hand
and cared for by various philanthrop
ic societies on tho other. The new
scheme is to combine Into a centra
body the societies which have hitherto
aided discharged prisoners and to glvo
tills body authority to deal with the
convicts and funds to carry on the
work. This body will be responsible
for the convicts whoso Interests It
serves, and the police will hnve no
moro dealings with discharged pris
oners so long as they keep from fur
ther crime. London Saturday Review
An Anomaly of Tides.
A curious fact, to which the constnn
tlon of the Panama canal calls alteu
tion, Is that a great difference exist
in the range of the rise and fall of tho
tides between the Atlantic and Padfl
Hides of the Isthmus. The mean level
of the oceans Is the same on both sides,
but at Colon the mean range from high
10 iow water is only about seven
Inches, whereas at Panama it Is mor
than twelve feet. This great differ
ence is explained by the existence of a
tidal node which prevents the Atlantic
tide from entering tho Caribbean sea
Pannnia. on tho other hand, lies at ono
corner of the triangular area of the
north Pacific ocean, nnd In areas of
that shape tho range of tide Is usually
great at the corners. Chicago Record'
Herald.
Black Cats In Demand,
The market value of black cats Is
rising rapidly, owing to tho fact thut
their fur is greatly In demand for th
making of ladles' cloaks, hats, muffs,
capes and other articles of dress. In
the London fur market attractlv
prices are being paid for black cat
skins. In fact, the price Is so very at
tractive that organized gangs of cat
thieves are going from town to tow
on tho south const of England In
search of dusky felines.
Boiled Down.
A Georgia paper prints tho follow
Ing as n specimen of concentration of
verse:
Wo
Files.
For brevity nnd common sense we
commend It ns' a model to tho spring
poet. Memphis Commercial Appeal,
HINTS FOR THE
BUSY HOUSEWIFE
Washing Machine With Two
Rubbing Boards.
An electric washing machine that Is
6ald to be a big improvement on ear
lier makes has been Invented by nn
Ohio man. The chief feature of the
machine Is that It has a double rub
board, and with this addition the
claim is made that It not only washes
clothes quicker nnd cleaner than the
old style, but is less likely to Injure
them. It Is said to wash from fifteen
to eighteen shirts in from six to eight
minutes. Tho ndvantnge of the double
rub board Is that every movement
counts, where with ono rubbing the
clothes are sometimes drngged over
tho slippery surface to their damage
With the reversible wringer the wash
er may be constantly reversed by a
small hand lever If n garment falls to
go through properly and the work be
done over again at no trouble.
Fruits That Will Make Jelly.
About jellying there Is n difference
In fruit Grapes and currants are es
pecially good. Strawberries, very ripe,
raspberries, blackberries and peaches
need something to make them more
acid in order to make a firm jelly. One
lemon to every pint of peach Juice will
make a delicious Jelly. Green grapes
require one-third more sugar than juice
to make nice jelly. Juice, peelings
nnd nil are used for this. Put Into a
jar or granite kettle. Allow a cupful
of water for every five pounds of fruit.
Cook until soft nnd proceed ns for
other jelly.
Crab apples and apples make the
firmest and surest Jellies. Cut the
fruit up. putting lu seeds, peelings and
all. Allow a cup.of water to every six
pounds of fruit. Cook until soft and
proceed as with others. For cranberry
jelly use three cups of water to two
quarts of fruit. The usual process
makes a beautiful Jelly.
' Rice a la Creole.
One pou ml of rice washed several
times In cold water until the water Is
clear, cook until the rice Is soft enough
so you can cut It very easily, but not
soft enough to mash between your fin
gers, let It drip cool nnd drip ngaln
Put with the rlco six tomatoes, one
onion, one-quarter of a pound of but
ter, one clove of garlic, one-half pound
of hnm and a dozen sprigs of parsley
Melt In a saucepan the butter and add
the onion chopped and the bam cut Into
pieces. Brown the whole well over n
steady fire, then add the chopped pars
ley, tho clove of garlic, tho six toma
toes and brown again. Season with
salt and n little cayenne pepper, coolc
the whole together for five minutes,
mix thoroughly by stirring with two
forks and serve.
Cooking Suggestions.
In frying eggs If a cover Is placed
tightly over frying pan eggs will be
whlto on top. This avoids necessity of
basting with hot fat or turning them
over.
Beef suet Is somewhat cheaper than
lnrd and by many considered more
wholesome. It makes pastry a little
too stiff, out If In trying it out a ves
sel containing the suet cut Into bits
also has a little sweet milk poured
over It before putting In oven the ren
dered fat will bo soft and if mixed
with the lard makes excellent fat tor
frying or shortening.
Baked Cabbage.
This Is a delicious way of preparing
cabbago and does away with the un
pleasant odor. Cut a firm cabbage into
qunrters and let stand In cold water
for ono hour. Drain, remove and core
and cut In thin shreds. Pack In bak
ing dish, add milk to alnjost cover and
cover dish closely. Bake until tender
It will require from u half hour to nn
hour. When done add salt, pepper
and butter.
Baked Parsnips.
Boll slowly two pounds of pared
parsnips until soft enough to put a
straw through, then draiu and mash
thoroughly as you would potatoes. Add
a good big lump of butter nnd n little
cream or milk. Don't make too soft.
Then pack lu baking dish and bake u
golden brown lu a quick oven.
Honeycomb Pudding.
Take three eggs, oue-holf cupful ot
molasses, one-hnlf cupful of sweet
milk, one cupful of (lour, one teaspoon
ful of soda dissolved In water, one ea
spoonful cloves. Steam one hour aud
servo with hard sauce.
Browned Bananas.
Peel nnd divide the bananas length
wise and crosswise, then sprinkle with
salt nnd a few drops of lemon Juice.
Roll In flour and cook in hot butter
until brown on. each sldo and well
softened.
R WTOp?E. 0t- VAL,UABLE '
YD REAL LSTATE.-By virtue of process .
,lBSued out of the Court of Common1
Pleas of Wayno county, nnd State of
Pennsylvania, and to mo directed ,
, and delivered, I have levied on ana !
j will expose to public sale, at the I
j Court Houso In Honesdalo, on
TiiuusDAV, may 18, Hill, '2 v. M.' out, nituougu no uau tne uiu or n mag
All the defendant's right, title, nlfylng glass, he confessed that the
and Interest In the following de-' words and figures were Illegible.
scribed property viz:
All that certain lot or parcel of1
land together with tho Improvements
thereon, situate in Berlin township,
Wayne county, Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to
wit: Beginning at a heap of stones
the common corner of lots 23, 22, 34
nnd 35 In tho allotment of the Indian
Orchard tract; tlienco by lots' Nos.
1 and 22 in said allotment, south
sixty-seven degrees west ono hun
dred and eighty-seven rods to a
stones corner in the middle of tho
Smith Hill road; thence northward
along said road by land of Joseph
Herzog twenty-seven and three
quarters rods to a corner; thence by
land now or formerly of C. N. Root
north sixty-seven dogrees east to a
post and stones corner; thence by
said lot No. 34 south twonty-three
degrees east twenty-six and one
tenth rods to tho place of beginning;
containing thirty acres bo the same
more or less.
Tho other lot or parcel beginning
In the center of the public road lead
ing from tho Honesdale and Dela
ware Plank Road to Berlin Center
nt the Northeast corner of the land
of Anton Knehr; thence north sixty
seven degrees east by the above de
scribed lot one hundred and fifty
seven and one-half rods to a stones
corner; thence south twenty-three
degrees East nineteen and two-tenths
rods to a stake and stones corner;
thence by lands now or formerly of
C. N. Root south sixty-seven degrees
west one hundred and sixty-six rods
to the center of the said public road;
thence along the center of the samo
the several courses twenty-four rods
to the place of beginning; contain
ing twenty acres, be tho samo more
or less.
Being the samo land which Fred
Hafner et ux by deed dated March
15, IS 87, and recorded in Wayne
County Deed Book No. 64 at page C7,
granted and conveyed to Jacob Haf
ner and the said Jacob Hafner et ux
granted and conveyed to Desmond
Keesler by deed dated December 2,
1908, and recorded in Wayno Coun
ty Deed Book No. 99 at page 1G9.
On the above described premises
there is one house and two barns.
Seized and taken In execution as
the property of Jacob Hafnor and
Desmond Keesler, Terre Tenant, No.
Srf, October Term, 1908. Judgment
?u. &earie &: salmon, Attorneys.
ALSO
All that certain piece or parcel of
land situate In Berlin townshin.
Wayno county, Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described ns follows
Beginning at the southwest corner
of n lot conveyed to Edward Mnntov
by Chapman N. Root and Hannah, his
who, at a staito and stones corner on
the west side of Holbert's rii-nnk:
thence by lands of tho said Chapman
-c. uuui, uuriu Hixty-seven uegrees,
east by the Standard Meridan of
Wayne county two hundred and thirty-five
and one-half rods to a stake
corner; thence north twenty-three
degrees, west to a post in lluck
Pond; thence by land of Edward
Manley by tho said Meridan south
sixty-seven degrees, west two hun
dred and twenty-two and one-half
rods to the western side of the Hol
hort Brook; thence down and along
said Brook the several windings and
courses thereof, the general courses
being south, three degrees east thirty-seven
and one-half rods to the
piaco oi beginning; containing fifty
acres, bo the same more or less.
Being the samo land that E. C.
Mumford et ux conveyed to George
Steguer by deed dated Juno 17, 1907,
and recorded in Wayno County Deed
Book No. 97, at page 333.
Seized and taken in execution as
the property of Georgo Stegner nt
the suit of E. C. Mumford to Minor
Brown's use. No. C Juno Term,
1907. Judgment $440. Searlo &
Salmon, Attorneys.
TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs
must bo paid on day of sale or deeds
will not bo acknowledged.
M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff.
Honesdale, Pa., April 21, 1911.
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Illegible Coin Inscriptions.
T-inc on the tnblo in front of n
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" nna experienced hard usage.
Can you rend tho date and the in-
scriptlon?" Inquired tho collector.
The visitor inspected the specimen;
"Let mo assist you," the collector re
marked. Going to the kitchen range,
he thrust an ordinary coal shovel Into
the Ore nnd permitted It to remain
there until red hot. Withdrawing It,
he dropped the coin on the utensil, nnd
It speedily beenme as red hot as the
shovel Itself. Immediately the date,
1701, shone brightly In glowing figures
on the obverse side of the coin, and
similar treatment revealed the words
"United States of America, One Cent,"
on the reverse. This test, according
to tho numismatist, seldom fails with
any coin even when the inscriptions
have been worn so perfectly smooth
that they are Invisible to the linked
eye. New York Press.
The Dignity of the Office.
An Indian judge when first appoint
cd to his position was not well nc
qunlnted with Hindustani, says tho
Bombay Gazette,
lie was trying n
case in which a Hindu was charged
with st tiling a "nilghai." The Judge
did not like to betray his ignorance of
what a nilghai was, so be said, "Pro
duce the stolen property."
Tho court was held In an upper room,
so the usher gasped. "Please, your
lordship, it's downstairs."
"Then bring it up instantly!" sternly
ordered the judge.
The offlJiil departed, and n minute
later a loud bumping was heard, min
gled with loud nnd earnest exhorta
tions. Nearer came the noise; the door
was pushed open, nnd tho ranting offi
cial appeared dragging In tho blue bull.
The Judge was dumfounded, but only
for an Instant.
"Ah! That will do," said he. "It is
always best, when possible, for tho
judge personally to inspect the stolen
property. Remove tho stolen proper
ty, usher."
The Woman Question.
Tommy Pa! Pa Well, what Is It
now? Tommy What's "the wojnaii
question?" Pa Did you mall that let
ter? Toledo Blade.
The Kind You Have Always
in uso for over 30 years,
and has 130011 mad
2 s Bonal supervision
Wiaf7Z-iMcUa: Allow no one to dc
and
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are hut
Experiments that triflo ivitli and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
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substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
nnd allays Fcverishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Trouhlcs, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
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THE BEYOND.
It seometh such a llttlo way to me,
Across to that strange country, tho
Beyond;
And yet not strange, for it has grown
to bo
' The homo of those of whom I nm
so fond;
They make it seem familiar and most
dear,
As Journeying friends bring distant
countries near.
So close It lies that, when my sight
Is clear,
I think I see the brightly gleaming
strand;
I know, 1 feel that those who've gone
from hero
Como near enough to touch my
hand.
I often think, but for our veiled eyes.
Wo should find heaven round about
us lies.
I cannot make It seem a day to dread
When from this dear earth I shall
journey out
To that still dearer country of tho
dead,
And Join tho lost so long dreamed
about. 1
I lovo this world, yet shall I lovo to
go
And meet the friends who wait for
me, I know.
I never stand about a bier and see
The seal of death set on some well-
1UVUU iilUU,
But that I think, one more to wel
come mo
When I shall cross the intervening
space
Between this land and that ono over
there
One more to make the strange be
yond seem fair.
And so for mo there is no sting to
death,
And so tho grave has lost Its vic
tory; It Is but crossing, with abated breath
And white, set face, a little strip
of sea,
To find the loved ones waiting on
tho shore,
Moro beautiful, moro precious than
before. Anon.
UP TO SNUFF.
The farmer had bought a pair of shoes
in the city shop. "Now, can't I sell you
a pairol shoe trees?" suggested the clerk.
"Don't git fresh with me, sonny,"
repliedthe farmer, bristling up. "I don't
believe shoes kin be raised on trees more'n
I believe rubbers grow on rubber plants
or ovsters on oyster plants, b'goshl,,
Exchange.
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lias uorno tlio signature ot
lias uccn mauo under Ills pcr-
sinco its infancy.
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