THE CITIZEN ScmMVcekly Founded 1008; Weekly Founded 1844. Published Wednesdays and Fridays by the Citizen Publishing Company. Entered as second-class matter, at the postofflce. Honesdale, Pa. B. D. HARDENBBRGH PRESIDENT B. H. W1THERBEE MANAGING EDITOR J. M. SMELTZER . . ., ASSOCIATE EDITOR DIRECTORS i U. DORFLIKQER, M. B. ALLEN, H. WILSON. K. B. HARDESBKRQH, W. W. WOOD Our friends who favor us with contributions, and desire to have the same re urned, should in every case enclose stamps for that purpose. TERMS: ONE YEAR ?1.50 THREE MONTHS 38c SIX MONTHS . .. .75 ONE MONTH 13c Remit by Express Money Order, Draft, Post Office Order or Registered letter. Address all communications to The Citizen, No. 803 Main street, Honesdale, Pa. All notices of shows, or other entertainments held for the purpose of making money or any Items that contain advertising matter, will only be admitted to this paper on payment of regular advertising rates. Notice of entertainments for the benefit of churches or for charitable purposes where a fee Is charged, will be published at half rates. Cards nt thanks, 50 cents, memorial poetry and resolutions of respect will be charged for at the rate of a cent a word. Advertising rates on application. The policy of the The Citizen is to print the local news in an interesting manner, to summarize the news of the world at large, to fight for the right as tins paper sees the right, without fear or favor to the end that it may serve the best interests of its readers and the welfare of the county. FRIDAY, OOTOllEU 20, 1011. SOME ACHIEVEMENTS IN IGNORANCE. Gen. Barry's report concerning the deficient education of many can didates examined for admission to West 'Point Military Academy is inter esting from more than one point of view. These young men were not taken at hazard from the mass of their fellows, nor were they merely young men of average ability. Each of them had been selected and chos en as a nominee for a cadetship. Each of them had presumably prepared for the examination he knew awaited him. Yet many of them disclosed a degree of ignorance concerning history and literature that could hardly be surpassed among illiterates. One of these aspirants for West Point stated that Lee and Stonewall Jackson had fought at Princeton and Trenton, another that the battle of Waterloo was fought between "Nepoliean" and "Wellingford." Of Mason and Dixon's line it was said it "divides Maryland from Georgia. Among the "most important writers of the nineteenth century" were included "Eller AVheeler Wilcox, Elbert Huggard, Jack London and Dorothy Dix." We believe that any scholar In any advanced grade in any school in Wayne county could have done a great deal better than these young men. Don't you? THE HEAU'lUFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE. It Is not surprising to learn that the hymn "Beautiful Isle of Some where," although sharply criticised by Governor Woodrow Wilson, is well liked by almost every member of the Tarrytown church which Mr. John D. Rockefeller attends. There Is scarcely a human being of any imagina tion whatever who does not dream at times of some far off country where life is as it ought to be. The loafer dreams of a land of unlimited drink and no opportunities for work. In the school boy's Beautiful Isle there will be neither teach ers nor studies, but in their place perpetual base ball, coasting and swim ming. In this land, too, there will be plenty of smaller boys for teasing purposes " ducking " In the swimming season and snowballing In winter. In the maiden's Beautiful Isle life will be one perpetual matinee, eked out by fine clothes, chocolates, Ice cream soda and the agreeable companion ship of youth of the other sex. It would be hard indeed' to find outside of the State of New Jersey, which must be a Beautiful Isle Itself, any one opposed to the spirit of this delightful hymn. WHAT EDISON SAW. Mr. Edison Teturns 'delighted to be home again and with the conviction that no foreign land can compare with America. 'He found several things In Europe better than the cor responding things In this country and is frank to tell us of them. First among the matters of his commendation are the highways of France. "I travelled over more than, 2,000 miles of French roads," said he, "and less than three miles were bad. There was not a rut more than two Inches deep." 'It Is doubtful if he can find three consecutive miles of good road In this country of a mile In this city that has not more than one rut in It two Inches deep. But Germany made the deepest Im pression on his mind and excited his warmest admiration. It is the land where organized enterprise has been carried to Us highest excellence. "The whole empire," said he, "Is be ing electrified." He cites the case of one of his former "Newark boys" who has now In Germany charge of 60,000 men. "Germany," he said, " has a 'million factories and Is build ing more. When a German sells flOO worth of goods they weigh about thirty pounds. When a Frenchman sells ?100 worth they weigh 400 pounds. When an Eng lishmen sells $100 worth they weigh half a ton." That means that the Germans deal largely in chemi cal products and other highly con centrated values and sell little raw material. But it must be taken as a rhetorical rather than a mathemati cal statement. The one respect In which we have the industries of Europe outclassed, says Mr. Edison, Is machinery. Ho found the Germans filling their fac tories with it, but the French neg ligent and backward. " Wo are compelled," he said, "to Improve our machinery all the time because we are all the time changing." The high cost of labor, compelling con stant change, may be In this respect a national advantage. New York World. MR. GREENE AVON. Homer Greene, the author of the famous poem, 'What My Lover Said," and other equally charming bits of verse, as well as a half dozen or more volumes of popular fiction, lives in Honesdale, Pa. Besides be ing a writer of note he Is one of the leading lawyers of his section of the state, and, like most aggressive law yers, is not slow at repartee. He was recently a'rgulng- an Important case before the Supreme Court of his state at Philadelphia. It was a case in which a judgment non obstante vere dicto had been refused In the court below, and his opponent was press ing for a like Judgment In the higher court. In his printed argument in the paper-book Mr. Greene had made use of the expression: " The Talson d' etra of this entire case," etc. His adversary, a well-known and brlllant Scranton lawyer, desiring to poke a little fun at Mr. Greene, called the attention of the Court, somewhat ear castically, to the fact that his learn ed friend from Honesdale had seen fit to Incorporate in his paper-book argument a French phrase, as if the English language in which the great common law- had been written was not good enough to use In connection with so weak a case, etc., etc. The Scranton humorist evidently forgot that Mr. Greene had the closing ar gument. But such was the fact, and before that argument was concluded the Honesdale lawyer and poet got back at his adversary' in the follow ing fashion: " My learned friend has seen fit to criticise me for using a French phrase in my paper-book argument. He has evidently forgotten that he fought vigorously In the court be low, and has fought just as vigorous ly in this court for what? for a judg ment non obstante veredicto. Now if he may go to a dead language for weapons with which to fight his case I certainly may be permitted to go to a very live one." The learned judges of the Court smiled broadly, the company of listening lawyers laughed audibly and the talented lawyer from Scranton began to re gret his humorous sally. But Mr. Greene was not yet done. Having plunged his weapon Into his adver sary's bit of sarcastic humor ho pro ceeded to turn it in this wise: " Moreover, having searched the English language carefully for a phrase which would fittingly describe the conduct of my learned friend's client In this case, and having failed to find one at least one that I would dare to repeat in the presence of this 'Honorable Court I was, of necessity, driven to the use of a lan guage which Is both Tioh and re spectable In its terms of reproach." A shout of laughter went up from the listening lawyers, the solemn and black-robed judges on the bench chuckled gleefully, and one of them, Mr. Justice 'Elkin, than whom no one in Pennsylvania better appreci ates a Joke, said: " I suppose you thought it necessary, Mr. Greene, to use a phrase that the Irishman on the bench could readily understand." Mr. Green eventually won his case. WARDING OFF OLD AGE. A goodly heritage of health Is of high importance to longevity but ob viously it cannot enter Into the pos sible prescriptions of the physicians. The lucky inheritor of sound organs has little need of doctors and Is able to enjoy himself and eat whatever he will, in some measure in de fiance of all the rules laid down for the beneflt of less fortunate mor tals. But for all those who are anxious to live to a good old age and be reasonably healthy and happy, the New York Medical Journal gives a few rules; which, although some what technical In some lines, are of considerable value and interest to the general reader: "In order to ward off old age we should pay particular attention to the healthy -work of the glandular system. It is wise, therefore, to cut down the supply of red meat, once a day being often enough to Indulge in that food, and to replace It with white meats, especially fish. Eggs milk, cheese and vegetables form the best diet. "A caution is given at this point, to the effect that a man accustomed to large quantities of red meat may miss it to such an extent as to bring about severe mental depres sion, itself a powerful cause of pre mature old age. Such a person may Indulge In a moderate amount of red meat if he will only take caro to avoid the rich portions. "For the young, on the other hand, such foods are excelent, as they provide the very Important phosphorus, and are much superior to the vegetables supplying albu min, such as spinach and peas. Al coholic drinks undoubtedly are pre judicial to 'continued youthfulness, but a mild claret, In moderation, Is useful to the middle-aged. The im moderate use of tobacco Is also a cause of degeneration of heart and arteries. "For many reasons marriage Is counseled to those who would live long. To help the skin and kidneys, baths, especially vapor baths, are ex cellent. Wool is advised for under wear In winter, a loose mesh cotton for summer. Black bread should replace the fine white bread at the well-to-do, the latter being rather a form of pastry than a real bread. Regular and sufficiently prolonged sleep is a precious aid to longevity. AN OBJECT LESSON. In this time of demand for com pulsory Sunday observance, an ob ject lesson may be found in' the fact that there are in this country more than one hundred thousand Chris tions who observe the seventh-day Sabbath, and their number is con stantly increasing. They are scatter ed throughout every state in the union, and live in the cities, in the towns, and in the country districts. The day which they observe as the Sabbath has become the busiest day of the week In the commercial world, and they are surrounded by those who are pursuing their ordinary work on that day. When they go to their places of worship their eyes necessarily behold what they regard as a desecration of a holy day, and their ears are saluted with the hum of secular Industry. They would be glad to have all observe the Sabbath "according to tho commandment," and thus honor the Creator, but they never have asked, and never will ask, for legislative, enactment which would compel those to pay an out ward regard to this day. They must be fully convinced by their own consciences that they ought to keep it holy. They simply ask to bo left free to observe the day of their choice without being fined either di rictly or indirectly, without being compelled to pay a fine In money In to the state treasury or to pay a fine In the way of loss of time by en forced Idleness upon a day which the Scriptures designates as a working day, and they freely concede to others the civil right to work on the seventh day of the week and to rest on another day if they choose to do so, or to refuse to observe any day as the Sabbath. Now if such a body of Christian observers of the seventh day of the week can be developed In this coun try by the power of conscientious conviction alone, In tho face of all those circumstances which the ad vocates of Sunday observance regard as so fatal to their cause. Is It not apparent that no Christian Institu tion needs the support of the civil power if We commend this object lesson to the consideration of those who are claiming that what they de signate as "the Christian Sabbath" will perish from the earth Unless they can secure the passage of laws to protect and preserve It. 1 CANDY WAS ADULTERATED. Four manufacturing firms which sent candy into the State under a guarantee that it complied with the laws were last week forced to with draw their goods from sale, chem ists' reports to Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust having demonstrated that the candy was adulterated. Over 200 samples of candles were taken -in various parts of the State this Fall and the chemical tests showed five in all were not up to the standards required. In one case a Pennsylvania manufacturer was sued and fined, hiB wares being tak en off the market Immediately af ter, but In the other four instances, all of which occurred In Allegheny county It was found that merchants were selling goods under a guaran tee from the makers that It would be In accord with the State laws. The merchants were not arrested, but were required to ship all the candy back to the factory. When the mak ers got wind of the conditions they withdrew the stuff. UNNATURAL DROWSINESS. Don't yawn. Next time you feel sleepy open the window. Go Into a warm room after a brisk -walk in the autumn wind. You feel sleepy. Usually you blame it on the air. You are right. It is the air but tho In side air, not the outside air that Is to blame. Outside air Is fresh, and has plenty of oxygen. It makes the 'heart beat rapidly. The blood rushes through your arteries. You feel wide awake. Inside tho windows are closed. Perhaps the fire Is burn ing. This and other people In the room use up the oxygen, You have to breathe stale air. Soon tho heart is teating slowly. You become drowsy, sleepy, yawny. You feel the beginning of a headache. Then throw open tho window and see how soon the fresh air will wake you. Draughts won't hurt you unless you are overheated or rundown. To have the air blowing about you mcants that It is fresh. Pneumonia, consumption and colds breed in un ventllated rooms. So throw open your windows just as often ns pos sible if you want to keep well and be wide awake. TO CLEAN OILCLOTH. Never use soap, on oilcloth. Wash oilcloth with a sponge and cold wa ter and polish with a flannel. To lmprovo the color and repolish -when dim, beeswax and turpentine mixed and well rubbed in very sparingly, will he found to greatly improve and restore both tho coloring and smoothness of surface. Wo print neat calling cards. Wo print candidates' cards. j HAWLEY. I Sueclal to The Citizen. Hawley, Pa., Oct. 19. Harry Butler has resigned his position as operator of the moving picture machine at the Hippodrome Henry Rose has taken his place. The base ball season has closed with us. The local team this sea son was one of the best that Hawley has ever had. Then won fourteen games; lost four, and one was a tie. The faculty of the Hawley school report a profitable as well as an en joyable time at the Wayne County Teachers' association which they at tended at Newfoundland on October G and 7. As has been announced tho Rev. E. M. Stephenson, D. D., of Lewis burg, Pa., will deliver an address on Sunday school work in the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. He will also speak at 7:30 in tho evening. Tho different congregations will unite to hear the able divine. Theodore Dlstler is putting in a steam heating aparatus In the home of Miles Wilds on the hill. Tho Oschman brothers furnished music for the "Mlller-Flnkelsteln" nuptials which took place at the home of the bride at Lakeville on Tuesday afternoon. Carrie Ketchel, Emma-- Collum and many other friends of this place were present. There were 50 Invitations sent out. The bride is one of Hawley's very popular young business woman, hav ing conducted a clothing store on Main avenue for. several years. The happy couple left Wednesday morn ing for a bridal trip to Washington, D. C. Congratulations. Win. Qulnney's handsome resi dence on Church street is in the hands of the painters. T. F. Wall is having built a gar age back of his house on Penn Ave nue. George Tuthill and Grant Wil liams are doing the work. John Glass Is doing some repair ing about the cutting shop. Mark Klllalm, Salem, was doing business In town on Tuesday. The funeral of Mrs. Carl Roecker took place on Tuesday afternoon at her home on Church street. Rev. Rudolf Lucas, pastor of the German Lutheran chuch, of which she was a member, was tho officiating clergy man. She belonged to the order of Pocahontas which order had charge of the burial services which took place in Walnut Grove cemetery. The floral tributes were beautiful and many. GOULDSBORO. Special to The Citizen. Gouldsboro, Pa., Oct. 19. Messrs. Fred Rhodes, Charles Roth, Ralph Adams, Harry and Ira Sebrlng, James, Edgar and Maurice Dowllng, Job Moore, Prof. Siep, David Eilenberger, John Fahey, Wm. Fahey, Wm. Bouie, Philip LaBarre and Arthur Hauck attended the World's series at Scranton. E. F. Sebring and Richard Heffer man attended the championship games at Philadelphia and New York. Mrs. L. G. Smith, of Easton, is spending some time with her moth er, Mrs. E. Staples. Mrs. S. S. 'Hager was the guest of her son, Dr. A. Hager, at Taylor on Tuesday. iHarry A. Morgan, who has been quite sick, was taken to his home in Scranton on Tuesday. On Saturday .Mr. and Mrs. James Crooks entertained at dinner Misses Florence, Keeslgr,. Madge Edwards, Francis Newell 'and Anna Dowllng, the occasion being the fifteenth birthday of their daughter, Helen. M. S. Heller of BInghamton, N. Y., spent the first of tho week with his mother, Mrs. Susan Heller. Mr. Heller expects to leave for Detroit In a few weeks where he will .enter business.. Mr. and Mrs. George Wardell, of Scranton, are 'the guests of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Alice Heller of Factoryvllle, were the guests of Mrs. G. G. Smith and Mrs. Susan Heller the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Henry are spending some time in Philadelphia as the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Herman Hutt. 'William Henry recently under went an operation on his foot at a Scranton hospital and is doing well. Mrs. iHenry has returned homo. EQUINUNK. Special to The Citizen. Equlnunk, Pa., Oct. 19. The Citizen Is a welcome visitor to many homes in our village. It is newsy and up to date. The Honorable and venerable W. M. Nelson passed his 85th birthday on Saturday last. He is well pre served and entertaining In conversa tion and having reached the over looking mountain of life's journey can look back over the past with pleasure and across the valley with delightful anticipations of the fut ure. John Ewens, who has a nice farm on the south branch, Is seriously ill at tho home of his wife in this vill age. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Smith who has been engaged for years in the mercantile business. The Ladles' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Ludwig on Thursday for dinner. The ladles of the Methodist Epis copal church are busy preparing for their fair which is to be held In the Sunday school room of the church on Wednesday, October 25. The Hon. W. E. Woodmanseo, of Lake Como, has been a welcome visi tor at the home of his son for sever al days. The appearance of Mr. Woodmansee on our streets throws the mind back to tho time when Wayne county was ably, honestly and intelligently represented in the Senate by the Hon. W. M. Nelson and in the Assembly by Mr. Wood mansee, The former was a Demo crat, twice elected Senator in a strong Republican district. Glanville, the little son of Dr. and Mrs. Frlsbie, who has been very sick, is improving nicely. Mrs. Bedford, iBInghamton, is pay ing a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lloyd. The former is confined to her room by illness. Sunday next is Rally Day In the M. E. church. Holy Communion will be administered at the morning ser vice. Subject for the evening ser vice will bo "A Square Deal For Every Man." Tho services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. Tol ley. C. E. Woodmansee paid a business visit to North Carolina last week, re turning on Saturday. STERLING. Special to The Cltlzen.J Sterling, Pa., Oct. 19. We had several bright, fine days last week and a number improved it by threshing buckwheat. Mrs. L. T. Catterson has been quite sick for some time past and last week she left for Burlington, N. J., to see if she could not get some medical help. Mrs. Mary C. Skelton does not Im prove. On the 11th the Ladles' Aid met at the church for dinner and a few pleasant hours were passed. On the evening of the 13th a num ber of Wlllard McLaln's young friends mot to help him celebrate his birthday and everybody appeared to enjoy tho occasion. Mrs. Victoria Noble of Tracyville, Is spending a few days with her brother, Albert E. Dortree, and re newing old acquaintances In town. Susan Cross Is teaching school at Moscow but Is now spending a couple of days at home. Freeman H. Cross removed to Scranton last week, I. G. Simons and O. C. Skelton each carting over a load of furniture. Henry Musgrove's sale was sud denly called off on the 12th, he hav ing very unexpectedly sold his farm to William E. Hafler of Jericho. We are sorry to lose the Musgrove family as neighbors 'but we cheerfully ex tend the right hand of friendship to our new neighbors and say bless them and all the chickens they can raise! Chickens, we are Informed, is to be one of the principal crops and all chickens havecrops. For some time past Mary Robacker has been living at Bethlehem and she and her sister, Helen, and broth er, George, accompanied by Mrs. Viola Smith intended to make a visit at iHarton T. Noble's at Elington, Conn., and they all did go except Mary, when word was received that she was very ill and died suddenly on the 11th and was interred at South Sterling on tho 14th. Rev. W. E. Webster officiated at her old home at H. H. Robacker's. The sudden ness of her death seems to add ad ditional sorrow to the occasion and we all sympathize with the afflicted friends. STEENE. Special to The Citizen. 'Steene, Pa., Oct. 19. Louis Rolllson of Prompton is tho possessor of a very faithful watch dog, but ho says the dog was certain ly bribed one night last week as he chained him up close to the chicken coop door, instructing him before re tiring to keep both eyes peeled for Intruders, 'but on going out last Thursday morning to feed his poul try six of his choicest Plymouth Rock chicks were gone. He says he knows the dog was bribed with sev eral pounds of beefsteak as he didn't care to. eat the rest of the week. Mr. Rolllson is a very good detective' and says he smelt chicken pie inside of the borough limits the day following the raid on his chicken coop. He is awaiting his chance to get even. Frank Hollenback has purchased through Mr. Tennant's agent, J. E. Haley, the old Perry homestead hero at Steene. Don't forget to give W. W. Wood a lift at the coming election 'as we are sure that he knows how, to han dle money and do it honestly. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chapman, Wllkes-Barre, visited Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Short here. William Webley of Scranton visit ed his sister, Mrs. John Short, here last week. Mrs. Ray Foster, of Carbondale, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Foster and mother here. Mr. and .Mrs. Elmer Hambly of Honesdale, spent Sunday with the Bobolink and mate. LAKEVILLE. Special to Tho Citizen. Lakeville, Pa., Oct. 19, The Rally Day services at Arling ton last Sunday was postponed at the last moment by the committee ow ing to the bad weather. There was a great deal of disappointment In con sequence but the committee hope that the friends will rally round them on Sunday next, at Arlington, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon when we hope the weatherman will send us fine weather so that this service may be given. Everybody is most affec tionately invited. There will be preaching service In the evening at Paupack at 7:30 on Sunday, Oct. 22. We print letter heads. We print bill heads, Wo print envelopes, Wo print circulars. For County Commissioner EARL ROCKWELL, ARIEL, PA. Farmer, Contractor and Cnncreto Builder. iHfc AMAlbll fnUlUbKAFHH Tho Flashlight. There Is no end to the posslt ties In picture making by flashllj When, daylight is employed as tn Anna Jif MlumtnnMnn a. your ngni as you una it, and rAolf Inn nf n)i j nnl.inn f i, rt within certain limits. WW! flnnWII r.l.4. . . . . no such limitations, as an expos may bo made at any time, and subject placed wherever you may sire. Flashlight may also be used as adjunct to dnvlleht In llinminni uarK corners in any interior wor The same rules regarding light and posing with daylight h crnnd with flnahllrrlif nn.l ...... who can produce successful work uayiigni snouia succeed equally with flashlight. Employ whenever nnslhln Eastman Flash Sheets, as they affording a broad soft light that d Tint atnrtla 4Ti nnK4AJ.i nt nrnrlltno n onff wall rn a .. .i - u unc T1VO A a ihn CTnntmnr. T7M ril- ' " uuujuuu a.' i ci oil on may be had In three difffirAnt at w QikjUi. C3 DUlllCIKIII. lur uu suujecis, ana wnen used v. the 'Eastman Flash Sheet Hoi they afford the safest, and mndt o venlent method of flash llluminati For Amateu rittiK 1 J I. D ndsmian rvuimiis g r I lead all others. Eastman Chemicals tested. . Ask or send for free co of the new Kodak catalog and booklets. The Bodie Studi CHARLESWORT The Phofographe Opposite City Hall Honesdale SCRANTON LIFE IIMNIIKAIMC.H. l.OM HA t rt n r A T- i Scranton, Pa., Oct. 3, 191 1 Mr. W. W. Wood, Honesdale, Pa. My dear Mr. Wood: It gives me pleasure a gratincation to state mat in 1 u 11 1 wi i vim ; s i-rint Manager of the National E vator and Machine Compai VSA H 111 vli VUlltMUilJ I - V ireasurer, covering a period intimate business association nearly ten years, I found you be a man 01 cliaracter and tegrity. , During that peri there passed through yo linnrlc nnnrnvimnfoKr A luTT LL.ION AND A HALF DO LARS, and in the final audit your accounts EVER PKNNV WAS PRI1PEK Al'l'f II ilM'I'U-l I LV1U . tern, in the keeping of the I; Villi! LI UfiLWlll LIIIIIKS III ' ... - . mi tii MTi it rT r n a Tiinnc rr i company, out your aunity the supervision of the detail its affairs. Very truly yours, (Signed) J. S. McANULTY. Clean Up Yo Stomach nches nnd Bad Dreams Will Go. w u w uLtuuju. ai i.x ij 111 u tin. nil ness and distress, cro to O. W. Pel tA.rTnv anil cr r n EAAtl 1 O-NA Stomach Tablets. Take these little tablets accordl auu mmo vibuiuua, just say bo a get your money back. For heaviness after eating, en tatlon, heartburn and that distress will give relief In five minutes. TABLETS, 60 cents at O. W. Pel and druggists everywhere. ThA f!IHon frrtvn nnw until .T uu wf wnnr m m n h h m m m - ww ww wwrJbm jP Treasur uary, only 25 cents.