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Tlin CITIZHN, WEDNESDAY, APIUJj 26, 1011.
LINCOLN FUNERAL
GAR DESTROYED
TO REARRANGE STARS
IN THE AMERICAN FLAG.
DRINKING CUPS TO GO FR0.V
NEW YORK PUE.LI0 SCHOOLS
Fountains to R:p!a:2 What Many Be
lieve Aro Garm Ho.J.rs.
Roll of
HONOR
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SNAPSHOTS AT
CELEBRITIES
Attorncvs-nt-Law.
H WILSON ,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOIl-AT-LA W.
omce adjacent to Post Ofllce In Dlmmlck
ofllce, Ilonesdale, l'n.
Historic Relic of Latter Days ot
Bivil War Burned,
ITS INTERESTING HISTORY.
Built In Military Car Shops at Old
Alexandria, Va., For Special Use of
President and Cabinet Later Be
came Official Car of the Union Pacific.
Abnihiim Lincoln's funeral cur was
recently destroyed at Columbia
Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis,
l'rlor to Its use as a funeral ear it
was the private carriage of the mar
tyred president. It carried his body
from Washington to Sprlngtield. III.,
for burial In lblr. Fragments of the
ruins will be given away us relics.
The cur had been exhibited In all
parts of the United States and had be
come well known everywhere. Its
moMt notable exhibit was In the Lin
coln museum at the St. Louis world's
fair in 11)01. It was considered one
of tlie country's most sacred relics
outside tin- Liberty bell.
The car was built In the military
car shops at' old Alexandria, Va., In
ISO.'! for the special use of President
Lincoln and his cabinet. He loved the
car mid used It much, and it therefore
was used to carry his body to Spring
Held. Lincoln was shot April U, 18(15,
and the trip to Springfield begun early
on the morning of April 20. Lines of
people stood with bared heads as It
passed through the many towns and
cities along the way. Three years bo
fore the car had made a similar trip
with the body of the president's son.
William.
The Car's History.
The car was then returned to the
shops where It was built and left un
til June of the same year, when It
was used to convey the body of Mrs.
W. II. Seward, wife of the secretary
of state under Lincoln, to her former
home in Auburn, N. Y. The car was
sold In 1SC0 to T. C: Durant, who was
then building the Union Pncific road.
It was used as the official car of the
line for many years, or until its stand
ard of luxury had been surpassed by
later models.
Next it was found in common use
on the mountain lines in Colorado and
then sidetracked to rot away, its days
of usefulness being over. In lSflO It
was exhibited at the Omaha world's j
fair. Vandals at that time splintered i
one of its sides. Franklin 15. Snow
bought It from the Union Pacific in
1003, and it was placed in a museum
constructed especially for It at the St.
Louis exposition. After that the late
Thomas Lowry bought It and brought
it to Minneapolis. An Iron fence had
been built around it, and thousands of
visitors viewed it. A crate was built
over it In winter months.
A Deep Pennsylvania Shaft.
The deepest shaft in the bituminous
coal field in Pennsylvania, according
to the report of Colonel Henry C.
Demmlng. consulting geologist, miner
alogist and chemist, is operated by
the Maryland Coal company at St.
Michael, about two and one-hnlf miles
south of South Fork, on the Dunlo
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The hoist shaft Is 097 feet deep, and
the air shaft Is 071 feet. Within ten
miles east of this point Is the highest
mountain peak in the stnte, Blue
Knob.
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MEXICO, ITS RESOURCES AND HISTORY.
MATERIAL
Area, ."!.-'. mllp
Popul.-Uton. about
Annunl silver production, nearly
Annual u"ld productfon. nearly !M.0o0,000
Value of yearly exports, about 125.1KKI.000
Capitalization of banks, about too.oixi.exx)
Mlli- nt rillroad. about 15.1100
Mexico t rich in mineral resources. In 1907 It led the -worfd In the produc
tion of silver. produclnR nearly $40,000,000 In the same year gold to the value
of JIS.OOOO) wns produced, (rlvlnjr the country sixth rank ninonc the gold pro
ducInK nn'lons of the world Iron, copper, lend, quicksilver, zinc, tin, cobalt
and nickel also are mined extensively. The value of exports In 1P0S wan mnrly
tlI5 C0O.000. The aggregate capital of Mexican banks is about JlOO.imo.ln) The
bulldlEE of railroads Is progressing rapidly. In 1876 Mexico had 3t7 miles of
railroad, and this had Increased by IMS to nearly 15.000 miles.
HISTORY.
Republic of Mexico declared Independent Feb. 24, 1821.
Independence proclaimed Dec. 2, XS22.
Recognized by United States In 1S1I3.
First constitution proclaimed Oct. 4, lfS4.
Present constitution adopted Feb. 5, 1S37.
The republic was declared Independent Feb. 24, 1821; established an an em
pire under Iturbide In 1S22 and proclaimed a republic by Santa Anna Dec 2, tt'JS
Iturblde abdicated March 20, 1823. The Mexican Hag. green, white and red, was
adopted. The first constitution was formulated In 1S23 and 1821 and was pro
claimed Oct. 4, 1824. Ouadalupe Victoria was elected the first president.
The Texas revolution of 1S30 was successful, and the Mexican war estab
lished the annexation of Texas to the United States.
Thfl French-EnErllsh-Suunlah intervention In 1SC1. durini- the nres'dpnev nf
Juarez, brought about the second empire. The war brought out Portlrlo Diaz
as a republican leader. The army of Intervention captured the City of Mexico
in may, jcoo. iuuii-b uiiu uiux. itriiiiuB lu duu nuia x'uiuai umi eiutiuiisning me
republican, capital. In April, 1861, Archduke Maximilian was proclaimed em
peror of Mexico and reigned two years.
In 1S66 the French withdrew from Mexico, Juarez and Diaz reorganized the
army of the republic nnd advanced on the City of Mexico, Tho city was cap
tured on May 15, 1867, and Mnxlmlllan surrendered, He was court martlaled,
sentenced to death and executed on June 19, 1867. Juarez was elected president
In August and re-elected In 1871. He died July 18, 1872, and Tejada, president
of the supreme court, completed the term.
The constitutional amendments of September, 1873. led to a revolution
headed by Igleslas. Diaz was made commander In chief ot the army and de
feated the revolutionists. He was proclaimed provisional president in Novem
ber, 1S76, and was elected president at the elections In April, 1877, to hold ofllce
until November, 18S0. He declined re-election, and In 18S0 Gonzales was elected
president. Diaz was again elected In 1884 and was re-elected In 18&8, 18U2, 1896,
1900. 1904 and 1908. The present revolt began In November, 1910, and was appar
ently crushed In a month. President Diaz was Inaugurated Nov. 30. But the
fires of rebellion merely slumbered. Guerrilla war followed and has continued
Intermittently ever since.
The republic of Mexico consists of twenty-six Btates, one territory and one
federal district, The national capital Is the City of Mexico. The state govern
ments, like the federal government, are divided Into three parts the executive,
or governor, the legislature and the Judiciary, The governor and legislature
are elected by the people, and the Judiciary Is appointed.
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Ansberry Plan Would Make It Easy to
Add Star at Any Time.
Representative Timothy T. Ansberry
has introduced a bill at Washington
which provides for the rearrangement!
of the stars in the American tlug. The
plan which Mr. Ansberry proposes, he
says, will make it easy to add a star,
at any tluio a state may be admitted (
without disturbing the general sym
metry of the design.
At the present time there are forty'
six stars In the flag, but if New Mexico ,
nnd Arizona are ndmitted at the pres
ent session of congress provision will
have to be made for two more stars.
There are six rows of stars In the
present flag, four of them containing
eight stars each and the remaining two
seven each. From top to bottom the
six rows are ns follows: Eight, seven,
eight, eight, seven nnd eight. Prevl
ous to the admission of Oklahoma,
when there were forty-live stars, there
were three rows of eight and three of
seven, beginning with an eight stai
row at tlie top.
Mr. Ansberry's bill is worded in
somewhat technical mathematical
terms, but the design Is quite simple
when drawn out on paper. The bill
amends sections 171I1 nnd 17f'J of the
revised statutes as follows:
"Section 171)1. The ting of the United
States shall be thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white, and
the union of the flag shall bu as manj
stars, white in a blue field, as there
are states, the stars to bo arranged unl
form in distance from one another In
live arcs In combination, the centers of
the arcs to lie the apices of a regular
pentagon, the radius of the arcs to be
equal to one-fourth the distance of the
sfnrs from center to center.
"Section 1702. Stars for the new states
shall be added to the union of the flap
by extending the arcs, and such addi
tions shall take effect on the -itli daj
of July then next succeeding such ail
mission."
CRITICISED LINCOLN.
Dr. Eliot Doclared Some of His Ap
pointments Were "Shocking."
At the close of an address on clvi'
sen-ice reform before the Massachu
'! Federation of Women's Clubs
President Emeritus C. W. Kllot of Har
vard university answered question!
from the lloor.
After replying in the negative to the
question whether politics is as corrupt
now as in 1S01 Dr. Kllot said:
"In talking of 18(11 we must romem
ber that these shocking appointments
were made by Lincoln for purely po
lltlcal reasons. I can't think of any
thing so shocking done by recent pres
idents. At that time the moral senst
of the community had not been arous
ed, and It was the custom of the time
to make appointments for political pin
poses. "President Lincoln's first appointee
ns secretary of war, Simon Cameron
was so corrupt and so incompetent that
he lost his Job at the end of three
months."
Hog Ate $2,700.
Jeremiah Qulnn, a farmer residing
near Coffeyville, Kan., hus brought to
Washington a mass that one might
mistake for a handful of breakfast
food, for which he wants $2,700 in
money. Qulnn says he can prove that
his hog pounced upon and devoured
his $2,700 bank roll when he dropped
It in the pen while feeding the animal.
If ho can do this to the satisfaction
of the treasury department he will be
reimbursed.
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POSSESSIONS.
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Carter H. Harrison, New
Mayor of Chicago.
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Carter 11. Harrison, who has just
been elected mayor of Chicago for the
fifth time, has duplicated the record
made by his father, who was elected
five times, but he will surpass It In the
number of years represented by those
terms, for the term for which the sou
has Just been chosen will be for foui
years instead of two. making a total
of twelve years. Born in Chicago fifty
one years ago. the uew mayor, through
his father, is a descendent of early Vir
ginia and Kentucky families. After a
preparatory education In the public
schools of Chicago and a German
gymnasium the son entered St. Igna
tius college in Chicago: from which he
was graduated In 1SS1. He received
the degree of LL. B. In 1SS3.
Mr. Harrison practiced law In Chl
cago from 188:1 to 1800 and in 1S01
took up the real eslate business with
his brother. William Preston Harrison
The two brothers became editors and
publishers of the old Chicago Times
which was sold In ISO 4.
It was in ISO" that Mr. Harrison ac
tively took up the fight for political
honors. Robert E. Burke attended to
his campaign, and he defeated a
strong Republican candidate for (he
mayoralty Three other mayoralty
fights he won. and Mr. Harrison serv
ed as the city's chief executive contin
uously until 100.-). when his opponents
succeeded In overthrowing him at ths
convention and giving the honor to K
F. Dunne, who was subsequently
elected
I The Minority Floor Leader.
Disinterested observers at Washing
I ton say i lint Representative James It
' Mann of Illinois, floor leader of the
house minority, will keep the Demo
crats in continual trouble. Ho knows
parliamentary law better than any ot
the Democrats except Fitzgerald of
New York and will make It his chief
business to nag the majority. It is
predicted that Mr. Mann will have the
time of his life for the nest two years
He enjoys nothing better than picking
flaws in things that come up for pas
sago in the house, and now that his
party is out of power ho will give full
play to this predilection.
Representative Mann Is now entering
on his fifteenth year in the bouse. He
JAMES R. MANN.
Is fifty-five yenrs old and has had a
great schooling In legislative and par
liamentary matters. He entered the
national legislature youug enough to
be greatly strengthened by his expert
ence In that body. Before bo went to
congress he had a good training. A
graduato of the University of Illinois
and the Union College of Law, Chlca
go, he was for a time attorney for
Hyde l 'an: and the South I'nrk com
mtssloners of Chicago and for four
yenrs was a member of the Chicago
city council. In the last congress tie
was chairman of the interstate and
foreign commerce committee.
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It Is goodby to the drinking cup lu
New York public school..
The board of education lias decided
upon the Installation of hygienic drink
ing fountains to supplant the tin cup,
which has been universally denounced
ns a menace to the health of school
children.
As a test 104 of these special foun
tains aro to be iustnlled. They will be
distributed to the schools where the
district superintendents have head,
quarters. This means fifteen schools
DlUNKINti FOUNTAIN.
in Manhattan, four In the Bronx, ton
in Brooklyn, seven in Queens and
three in Richmond. If accepted as
satisfactory, they will bo placed In all
of the schools.
Tlie type of fountain agreed upon for
the test Is a nickeled fountain arrang
ed with a mouthpiece. The pupil will
release the water, which Is at low
pressure, by placing thumb tips upon
opposite sides of the rim of the foun
tain and pressing downward. The
mouthpiece Is in the center of the
space between the thumbs.
Opposition to tlie drinking cups bus
been led by the medical societies, par
ents' association and other organiza
tions for years. All of those com
plaints recognized a danger to health
and a home for germs In the tin cup of
the old elays.
MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN
ARE LOSING THEIR SIGHT.
Light Coming !n Through Windows Af
fects Those Seated Near Them.
In a recent physical examination of
the school children of River Forest,
111., It was fouAel that (55 per cent of
those In need of medical attention
were suffering from defective visiou,
says W. L. Nlda in the Good House
keeping Magazine. A study of con
ditions in these schools nnd many
others has disclosed the fact that pu
pils who are seated nt the rows of
desks by the windows are subjected
to a flood of light rays coming direct
from the open sky and striking their
faces at such an angle ns to cause se
vere exhaustion.
Their eyes are in danger of being
permanently Injured, not only because
of the wrong direction of the light, but
also by the undue amount received.
These alarming conditions aro known
to prevail In almost all schoolrooms
in the land, and open minded Inves
tigators may bo convinced of the truth
of this by themselves occupying for a
few hours seats which the pupils are
required to Rlt In for ten months of the
year.
rift ft fl. fr , ,fr ,, ,, ,i t,
Josh Billings said, "I don't care f
4. how much a man talks if he X
j? only says it in a few words." That
X is the hub of the whole adver-
tising creed and the secret of 4,
building trade.
A New Sanitary Scheme For Schools.
Dr. C. B. Coulter, president of tho
board of education of Ogden, Utah,
stnted that In accordance with the
boartl's determination to give tho
"sanitary towel" n tryout in tho locnl
schools ordeis have been placed with
tho manufacturers for n trial consign
ment, which will bo Installed at once.
These towels nre of paper about 12 by
18 Inches in size and corao In big rolls,
which nre hung in convenient places
about the wash rooms. Tho individual
tn using one tears it from tho roll by
means of the perforations nnd after
drying himself deposits the towel in n
metal box provided for the purpose,
from which it ennnot be withdrawn
nnd used over again by some one else.
Make Owners Improve Buildings.
An inspection of the homes of the
poor of Kansas City, which the board
of public welfare considers the first
move in its social survey, has been In
progress six months.
When buildings hnvo been found un
inhabitable tho owners have been
compelled to make repairs or close
their houses.
Tho four commissioners of health
who have lien going from homo to
home have learned that poor ventila
tion is tho most prevalent evil. In
sanitary plumbing, lack of sunlight
and too much dirt also cause complaints.
Attention is called to the STRENGT1.
of the
Wayne County
Tlie FINANCIER of New York
City hns published a ROLL Oh
HONOR of the 11, 470 State Rankt
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYN1
COUNTY SAVINGS RANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.88
Total ASSETS, $2,951,048.26
Ilonesdale. Pa., December 1, 1910.
DR. E. F. SCANLON
The Only Permanent Hcsklent Rupture Spec
ialist in Scranton.
Ten Years' (Success in this Cltv.
Curing Rupture, Varicocele,
Hydrocele
Piles and Fistula, Dis
eases o f Men Cured
forever without opera
tion or detention from
business.
Come to me and I wll
cure you so you will Dr. E. F. Scanlon
not need to wear a says: "Trusses will
truss. not cure Itupture."
INTERVIEW Oil WRITE THESE
CURED PATIENTS:
Thomas L. Smith, Orson, Wayne county,
Pa. Rupture.
Peter L. Allan, 22 Seventh Ave., Carbon
dale, Pa. Hydrocele.
Gilbert 11. Knapp, Aldenvllle, Wayne
county. Pa. Rupture.
J. B. McConnon, 531 North Lincoln Ave.,
Scranton, Pa. Rupture.
Davis A. Gaylord, Pleasant Mount,
Wayne Co., Pa. Rupture.
Oflieo Hours: D a. m. to 5 p. m., and 7 to
9 p. m.; Sundays, 12 to 1 p. m.
fatlsfactory Arrangements May Ro Made
For Credit.
Consultation and Examination Free.
Ofllcos 133 Linden St., SCRANTON, PA.
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
lone;. 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 and non-subscribers.
Old nnd young, rich and poor. Itemcmber 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!
A few suggested subjects nt which to kick! The weather, of course.
Tight fitting shoes. The high cost of living. Tho hobble skirt and the
Harem trousers. High hats on week days. Suffraglsm, etc., etc., etc. The
tunnler the better.
Several people have asked us if tho fifty-word letters containing kicks
have to be signed, How else will we know to whom to award the prizes?
Whether In the event of tho letter winning a prize and being published,
the name of the kicker would appear Is another question. Undoubtedly
the writer's wishes would bo followed on that score. 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 waut to register a kick against. It won't take you live minutes
and you may win a prize. Tho more original the subject the better chance
for a prize. One dollar for less than five, minutes work is pretty good pay-.
Of course you can make your kick as short as you wish. A clever fifteen
word kick may win a prize over a full-length fifty-word one. The shorter
the better.
For the best kick of ten words or less The Citizen will pay an additions!
prize ot one dollar. Now. then, lace up your shoes and let drive!
M. II. LEE,
ATTORNEY A COtINRET.nn-AT-T.AW.
Office over post ofllce. All local business
promptly attended to. Ilonesdale. Pa.
EC. MUMFORD,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-L AW
Ofllce Liberty Hall building, opposite th
Post Ofllce. Ilonesdale. Pa.
HOMER GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOIl-AT-LA W
OfUce over Keif's store. Ilonesdale Pa.
flHARLES A. McCARTY,
J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-VT-LAW.
Special and prompt attention clven to the
collection of claims. Office over Hell's new
store. Jlonesdnle. Pa.
171 P. KIMBLE,
JL1 . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Olllce over the pott ofllce Ilonesdale. Pa.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Ofllce in the Court House, Ilonesdale
Pa.
PETER II . ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Ofllce Second floor old Ravines link
building, lfnnesilnle. Pa.
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EARLE & SALMON,
ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS-AT-LAW.
Ofllces latelv occupied by Judge Searle k
nHESTER A- garratt,:
Olllce adjacent to Tost Olllce, Ilonesdale. V
Dentists,
TvR. E. T. BROWN,
U DENTIST.
Olllce First lloor, old Savings Rank build
ing, Ilonesdale. l'a.
ER. C. R. BRADY,
DENTIST, llONESDALE, PA.
Office Horms-8 a. ni. to c p.m.
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' phone. 33. Residence. No. Str-X
Physicians.
PB. PETERSON, M. D.
. 1120 MAIN STUEET, llONESDALE, TA.
Kyeand Ear a specialty. Tlie fitting of glass
es given careful attention.
Livery.
LIVERY.--ired. G. Ricknrd has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Church street to Whitney's Stone
Barn
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