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Effective February 1 tho Now York
Central will apply a rato of IS cents a
100 pounds on green or roasted cof
fee In carlots, without premiums,
from New York to upstato points.
Invitations have been Issued for
tho sixth annual dinner of tho Traf
fic Club of New York. It will bo hold
at the Waldorf-Astoria on tho even
ing of February 2. Among tho
speakers will be George W. Perkins,
of New York, Judge Peter S. Gross
cup, of Chicago.
Consolidation of the general
freight and passenger departments of
the Texas & New Orleans, with tho
other Harrlmnn lines In Texas and
Louisiana has been officially an
nounced. As a result, T. G. Leard,
who was general freight agent, be
comes assistant general freiglit
agent or all the lines In Texas, sev
en In number.
The southern classification has
been adopted by tho Mississippi
Railroad Commission for lnter-stato
business, the effect of which Is to
placo tho State on a parity with
every other State. It has been urg
ed by railroads for years, but op
position from various sources pre
vented the action now taken, and
which, it is asserted will save ship
pers thousands of dollars annually.
Heretofore rates hae been govern
ed by a classification adopted in
1S95 and which long since became
obsolete and practically useless.
Kentucky railroad managers are
waiting with more than usual Inter
est the announcement of the board
of valuation and assessment on their
franc hises for the present year, and
If there W further increase they are
disposed to dispose It. In the past
1 5 years the taxes Imposed have
nuadru plod.
Passenger officials of western
roads state that they do not expect
an increase in tourist fares for tho
coming slimmer. It was proposed
by a number of tho lines that an ad
vance of ?2Ti0 be made and tho rates
committee prepared the necessary
tariff. Objection was raised by tho
Rook Island and the matter is to be
considered again this month, but
with no prospect that It will be
unanimously approved. llomeseek
ers' exiursion rates for 1012 will re
main un hanged.
The proposition to make a change
o. to pounds excess baggage per inch
of all tr'niks that are more than 4 5
inches long has been unanimously
reaffirmed by the western lines. It
hat: also been agreed to make a rato
of two rents a mile for a number of
summer conventions, including those
of the National Educational associa
tion which meets In St. Paul in .luly;
the Snengerfest of the Northwest In
the same city. July 24-27; the
Knights of Pythias in Ft. Worth,
Tex., in August, the General Confer
ence of tho African Methodist church
In Kansas City, May C to 20, the
Northern Baptist convention in Des
Moines, la., 15 to 22, and the North
American Skat League in Chicago,
May 25 to 28.
Fred J. Mosher, former train
master of the Erie, will succeed tho
late Walter V. Caulking as train
master of the Tioga division. Mr.
Mosher is well known all along tho
Susquehanna division of the Erie
and the announcement of his appoint
ment to this division comes as a
pleasant surprise to his many
friends here.
NIGHT Allt.
Rid yourself of the old supersti
tion that night air is harmful. It
may be colder than day air, and oc
casionally It may be damper, but it
Is nothing to be frightened about.
Use a little common sense and dress
more warmly when you are obliged
to be out of doors at night, but don't
try to shut the night air out of your
home by closing all of your windows.
You have to breatho at night juat
as mui h as in tho day time and night
air is the only kind of air to bo had
at night. As a matter of fact, It is
purer than day air. There is less
dust, less smoke and fewer germs In
1t. The traffic and business, which
In day time stir up impurities from
tho ground and fill the atmosphere
with them, cease at night and tho
air becomes clearer.
The Important thing that our
lungs take from tho air is oxygen,
and there Is as much oxygen In the
air at night as during the day. Air
is air. no matter what the hour may
be, but at night It Is clearer than at
any other time. So stop fearing
night air and take deep breaths of It
whenever you can. Karl do Sch
weinitz, Executive Secretary, Penn
sylvania Society for tho Prevention
of Tuberculosis.
Employers' Liability Liuv.
The constitutionality of tho Em
ployers' liability law, passed by Con
gress In 1908 has been uphold by tho
Supreme court of the United States
In all cases before It. Tho court also
decided that State courts may en
force that act when form laws are
appropriate.
The decision was unanimous and a
complete victory for tho government
on every point. The case had been
under advisement slnco last Febru
ary. Justice Vandevanter declared
that Congress had tho right to regu
late tho relation of interstato rail
roads to their employes.
Congress, ho said, had not gono be
yond Its jiower by abrogating tho
common law rule that an employer
was not liable for tho Injuries result
ing to omployes by tho negligence of
follow servants.
" No one has a vested property
right In tho common law," said tho
justico.
No objection was found In tho fact
that tho act did away with tho doc
trlno of "assumption of risk" by em
ployes and restricted the doctrlno of
"contributory negligence"
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NOVEL JOURNEY
AROUND WQRLi
Four Americans Reach Paris en
a Penniless Tnp,
THEY STARTED FROM CHICAGO
Crossed the Ocean on a Cattle Ship.
Carried Beef In London Market and
Played Ragtime In Brussels Cafes.
Their Story.
Four young Americans who left Chi
cago on Oct. 1 Intending to make their
way around tho world without money
have arrived at Paris. Tho quarto!,
who are Hoyden It. Spnrkcs, Gilnmn
At. Parker, Everett W. Miles und V'ui
rcn C. Woodward, hare had some in
teresting cxiorlonces since their st.u
Here Is their story:
"Oct. 1 wns our day of farewell t
Chicago. Our little fund of $100 v a -cut
Into less than half by the purcha i.
of railroad tickets and by other ot
peiiM's In getting to Huston. We nrrh
ed in that city the evening of the nrM
day.
Across on a Cattle Ship.
"On the following day we went
the offices of n beef company whi :
was shipping cattle to England oi
board the Cymric, due to sail that i.i".
iTiuion. Wo appiicd for positions in
cattlemen. The manager linally con
seated to arrange matters.
"Liverpool was a welcome haven foi
us. although wo had only about !?'."
apiece on going ashore. Wo added ;
little to this, however, by writing f..:
newspapers during our throe days' stu..
there, but nearly all our money w.i
expended in paying hotel bills and r..i.
waj fares to London. We had a lit tie
over a dollar apiece upon arriving iii
the English capital.
"Three days later we obtained wori.
as beef and mutton carriers at t!i"
Smitliflcld market.
"At the end of three weeks we foir.i..
that we hud saved enough money l.
f-et two of us to Brussels, so we slum',
dice to see which were to pay tlioh
way and which were to get there in
any manner wo could find. Miles and
Woodwnrd won, nnd accordingly wo
wont to tho Thames docks and applied
to several steamship companies t
work our passage across the cliann
At the offices of the fourth compan
visited we were more than successful
"After arriving at Hrusscls we weve
offered jobs unloading onnalboats o.i
the Wllleliroeck canal docks at 40 con
times an hour, but did not ncccpt.
No Money In Ragtime.
"We then concocted n plan to make
money by singing songs nnd playlu;.
American ragtime piano pieces in Brus
sels cafes. Our first night at this, how
over, resulted In much champagne, but
only 1 franc 70 centimes in money, so
we gave up the Idea in disgust. It was
then that the two of us had a disagree
ment with the other two, nnd wo de
cided to part company.
"Woodward received several hundred
francs from an accident insurance com
pany, collected on an Injury to 111"
writ while we were in London. With
this ho paid his and Miles' share of our
bor-rd bill and left with the latter for
Berlin. They were unable to obtain
employment there, however, nnd a few
days later went to Hamburg. There
they obtained n free passage to Bou
logne, spending all their remaining
money except n few centimes In going
to Pnrl. where they arrived Deo. 12.
"In the monntlme we did our best to
obtain remunerative positions In Brus
sels, but without success. FInnlly we
wore forced to go to nn American gov
eminent official In Brussels for aid. He
loaned us 200 francs, with which we
" c-e ennbled to pay all but about
fr: iics of our lionrd bill nnd buy tick-i-is
lo Paris.
"We arrived there Dec. 14 with n lit
lie over 10 francs Jingling In our pock
ets. From the Gnre du Nord we wen
In the offices of the American Exprc-i
company, where we applied for posi
tions. In this we were unsuccessful.
But on coming out of the manager's
office we received the surprise of our
lives. A tall, broad shouldered mnu
with a week's growth of benrd on his
face arose from a chair outside the
ti'iimiger's office and reflected our be
wildered surprise over every Inch of
Ills features. It was Miles!
"We discussed our separation nt
Brussels, decided once more that four
fiend are better than two nnd held n
love feast with f of the 10 francs that
we hud brought from Belgium.
"We then obtained lodgings nt a ho
tel In the line Trovlse. In a few days
we obtained Jobs as package wrappers
and cart pullers' assistants at the Eta
bllsscmentH Parker, an American con
cern with offices In the Hue des Petl'es
Eourles. Ijiter Miles obtained a like
position with the F.tabllssements Par
ker, while Woodward got work operat
ing a multlgraph machine for a coal
corporation. He Intends to remain
there some time, as he has decided not
lo continue the Journey.
"The other three of us now must
go to Madrid, the officials of the Cho
inlii de For du Nord de S'Espngno
having given us free transportation to
Madrid. We shall probably walk from
there to Jhe frontier. Then wo shall
i;o to Lisbon. Gibraltar, Home, Lu
cerne. Munich. Vienna. Athens. Con
itantlnople, the Holy Land, Cairo and
Bombay, returning home by way of
the Philippines. Australia, China, Jn
pnn. Ilawall nnd Punamn."
TIMELY BREVITIES
Tho TrnnsTnal uses $7,000,000 worth
C high explosives a year.
New York policemen In evening dreos
rc nfter Broadway beggars.
Peru leads nit the nations in the pro
duction of cotton per unit of arc
The wholesale price of sugar tins In
creased In England nearly 2 cents a
pound within n year.
A recent discovery In Ireland Indi
cates the presence of a large nrea rich
In copper, sulphur and arsenic.
Artificial stone Is made by twenty
concerns in New York. Nearly 800 peo
ple are employed lu the business.
Tho Moslems under the protection of
the king of England number more than
double the population of the British
tides.
Pearls are increasing In value. A
trade paper tells of a necklace of pearls
thot originally cost $28,000 recently be
ing sold for $ 00,000.
A London bride nnd groom struck
quite a new idea in gifts the other
day, for they gave ench other revolvers
tig wedding presents.
Chinese architects never adopt stand
ard sizes and designs for doors, nnd
for thnt reason American sash nnd
doors find no sale there.
Sixty per cent of the national bank
failures In the United States during
the past year were caused by viola
tions of the national banking laws.
Tho whales caught last year In the
north Pacific ocean were exceedingly
fat, layers of blubber twelve to six
teen Inches thick being not uncommon.
An English court has decided that a
woman Is not compelled to change her
name when she marries nnd that she
Incurs no legal disability by such re
fusal.
A new British ship, the nildebrand,
has been built In such n way that mos
quitoes cannot get inside through the
portholes, ventilators or doors. It will
ply to Brazil.
Insurance men In London are consid
ering the advisability of issuing poli
cies against divorce. This would give
each person divorced partial payment
for his or her wounded affections.
Loudon papers say that Great Britain
Is to be the only nation absolutely in
dependent of cable communication with
nny part of the globe, a result to be
brought about by a chain of world en
circling wireless stations.
Among the voluntary helpers In the
work of compiling the Oxford English
dictionary, the most learned authority
on words and phrases of the Eliza
bethan period, according to Dr. II. A
Miers, principal of London university,
was a railway clerk.
Winnipeg owns the largest municipal
gtonc crushing plant in the world. Tho
output Is from 000 to 1,000 cubic yards
per day. The price obtained Is 50 cent
or $1.20 a yard, according to the grade,
aud In five years there has been n
profit of nearly $100,000.
Whoever rents a tenement or apart
ment house In the Paddington borough
cf London must sweep the floors of all
rooms once a day, wash them once a
week and open the windows of all
sleeping rooms for at least one bout
each day or pay a fine of $25.
The British people last year spent
25,000,000 In amusements. There arc
67 theaters In Loudon, 738 In the pro
vincial towns, and there nre besides
311 music halls. Over 40,000 person
claim to belong to "tho profession."
Last year 541 new plays were pro
duced. Paul la Fargue, a former Socialist
deputy of Frauce, and his wife, Leru
Marx, daughter of Karl Marx, the great
Socialist, committed suicide recently
at Dravell, France. Fear of old aga
and poverty were set down In letters
left as the cause of seeking death by
the pair.
It was stated by the consulting sur
geon of Guy's hospital In an address
before the Royal College of Surgeons
that "there Is no such thing as heredi
tary tuberculosis" and thnt the opin
ion of the medical profession is "about
equally divided" as to whether or not
cancer is hereditary.
I Realizing the value of the vast de
! posits of lignite which exist In several
j western states and particularly In
: North and South Dakota, Montana and
j Texas, the United States bureau of
mines recently obtained from Germa-
ny a powerful brlquetlng machine,
1 which Is being used to determine tho
I suitability of American lignites for the
I manufacture of briquets.
' Seventeen of fifty French recruits
who were asked the question "Who
was Bismarck?" returned answers
' showing their complete Ignorance of
, the Iron Chancellor. Eleven showed
an equal lack of knowledge of Na
J poleon I. Thlrty-nlno knew something
i of the war of 1S70, though nine ills
I played Ignorance and two answered
i thnt It was a war between France and
England.
England's pure food law requires
that every con of condensed milk must
contain a label visible to the purchaser
on which are the words "Machine
I skimmed milk" or "Skimmed milk."
j Dr. J. F. Couttes now suggests to the
1 British local government thnt cans of
condensed skimmed milk should be lab-
I eled, "Skimmed milk; uuflt for in-
i fnnts." He has made a special study
I of the subject.
The sacred flower of tho Aztec, first
described in 1500 by Padre de Saba
bun, has recently been discovered by a
i government plunt expert. It Is be
lieved that this flower will become a
, .fnvorlto as soon as It becomes gener
ally known, since It has a peculiarly
pleasant, spicy odor. It Is called by
some the "ear flower," on account of
ts shape resembling a human ear, but
ta real name is xochlnacaztll.
Women's Column
OCCOOOOOCXXXOOOOOOOOOOOCOO
Housewife Suggestions.
To tnko the smoll of fish from
hands wash them In water which con
tains a few drops of ammonia.
If you get too much salt Into your
tomato soup add a bit of brown
sugar. It seems to make salty soup
all right. But better still Is to ndd
a few slices of raw potato.
To mend linen tablecloths remove
tho pressor foot from your machine.
Insert the place to be darned under
It nnd stitch back and forth. It Is
much quicker and neater than when
done by hand.
The best way to singe tho hairs
and pin feathers from a fowl Is to
put It In a pan nnd pour alcohol over
It and Instantly set this on fire. The
blaze removes hairs and pin leathers
without Injuring tho flesh.
Instead of frying mackerel In a
snider place It In a baking pan on a
piece of old cotton cloth or thick
brown paper. Sprinkle over a llttlo
salt and add several pieces of salt
pork, or butter if preferred. Bake In
a hot oven.
If colored cottons are washed In
bran or starch water Instead of soap
suds they will keep their color. If
bran Is used put It Into a bag of
loosely woven cheesecloth a handful
of either Is enough for a small tub of
water.
Probably everybody knows that
boiled ham and corned beof have a
nicer llavor if left to cool In the
liquor in which they are cooked, but
a lot of people don't folic w the prac
tice, possibly becauso they dislike the
largo greasy kettle to wash late in
the day.
SIRES AND SONS.
Frederick P. Keppel, dean of the
School of Arts of Columbia university,
has received the decoration of the Le
gion of Honor from the republic of
Prance.
Lieutenant John M. Tiinmons, new:j
appointed chief naval aid to Prosidem
Tuft, is an athlete and something of a
niau bird. At Annapolis he was cap
tain of the varsity crew in 1H00.
Charles Lord of Ossulston, son o: ,
George Montagu Hennet, seventh enrl
of Tankerviile, a real English peer and i
heir to vast ancestral estates In Kng j
laud, is attending a private proparn j
lory school in Huston incognito.
William Lowther, father of the i
speaker of the house of commons, ceie-
biated his ninetieth birthday recently
Mr. Lowther was for many years in j
diplomatic service and sat In purlin- i
ment for more than twenty years as a
representative of Westmorland.
The new president of Switzerland
lias hnd a thorough training for tho
place. lie is M. Forrer, a federal coun
cilor, and has served in every depart-
ment of the Swiss government, except
tile treasury, and for the last live years
has been at the hend of the postal and
railway departments.
George Hakhmetlcff, the new Uuv j
sinn ambassador, is no stranger at
Washington, having been secretary of :
the legation during the administration I
of President Arthur. He speaks Eng- '
llsh fluently, is n man of broad ideas
and has a wealth of native wit aud
saving humor and an American wife.
ItUSHI.VG SUMMER HOOKS.
Delaware & Hudson Co. Asks Co-op-
oration of Itc.sort Owners.
Announcement Is made by Mr. A.
A. Heard, General Passenger Agent
of the Delawaro & Hudson Railroad,
that for the purpose of making them
of more value to the various owners
and managers of hotels and of camps
and cottages to let and for salo listed
therein, tho summer books of tho
Delawaro & Hudson Co. are being
prepared for printing with all possi
ble speed, that they may bo placed
before the public at the tlmo when
vacation plans are In the making.
To this end Mr. Heard earnestly
solicits tho co-operation of all In
terested In the development of the
resort sections reached via tho rail
and steamer lines of the Delaware &
Hudson Co.
February 15 has been fixed as tho
final dato upon which advertising
copy will bo received and this date
applies alike to all advertising no
tices, whether paid or free, new or
old, intended for the Dolaware &
Hudson books. Becauso an adver
tisement has appeared before In these
books is not a guaranteo that it will
appear ngain. Unless written au
thority for its renowal has been re
ceived at tho olllco of the General
Passenger Agent on or before Feb.
15, tho notlco will bo omitted from
the editions of 1912.
Tho" advertising charges remain
tho same. Owners of camps and cot
tages to lot and for salo may have
their places listed In both the Dela
ware & Hudson Camp and Cottago
Booklet, which will bo out about
March 1st and in A Summer Para
dise, which will bo out May 1st, for
tho single charge of J3.00 If no Il
lustration Is used; for tho single
charge of J8.00 If printed in half-
pago formation with Illustration and
for tho slnglo charge of $25.00 If
used In full-pago formation with Il
lustration. For A Summer Paradise,
tho standard 3C0-pnge resort direc
tory of Northern Now York, three
classes of advertisements aro receiv
ed; brief notices without Illustra
tions, for which no charge" Is made;
half-pago advertisements with Illus
trations, $8.00; full pago advertise
ments with Illustrations, $15.00.
Charges for all illustrated advertise
ments Includo tho cost of half-tone
cuts. No To Rent or For Salo ad
vertisements aro published free. Ad
dress all letters and advertising mat
ter to Mr. A. A. Heard, General Pas
senger Agent, Delaware & Hudson R,
R,, Albany, N. Y. 9t3.
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS.
Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blntch Is In
charge of the plans for the big parade
which the suffragists of New York
state ore aiming to give In New York
city early next spring.
Miss Ethlyn Swcn Is the only girl in
the engineering department of High
land Park college, Des Molnrs, In. She
Is eighteen years old and Is enthusias
tic about engineering as a profession
for women.
Miss Helen M. Gould, daughter of
Jay Gould, runs one of Uie Onesl pout
try fnrma In New York state at her
Tarrytown estate. She keps nbout
2.000 chickens, and the eggs command
a premium.
Mrs. George A. Hlbbard, widow of a
former mnyor of Boston, who tieenme
nn actress to support her children, left
the stage after thirty-three weeks of
professional experience, saying that
the work Is too depressing nnd that
' fhe needs a long rest
I Miss Adelaide Utter of Kansas City.
who has the distinction of being the
first woman to hold a federal court
clerkship, was retired from the govern
I ment service Jan. 1 because the ellb e
I she holds has been nbollshcd. Miss
Utter was clerk In Kansas City for the
1 Eighth circuit for nearly a score of
years.
German-American
Home
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ei 5000 IiilrtM Hrr, lo It th k titrj ladlfidiil
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yonr Ailment r lllara ry h, raa tr oriel, ta milter
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Although the last bank to start in Honesdale it has
more stockholders than any other bank in Wayne County
and shows a steady increase in deposits, having up to
January 1 reached the $300,000.0 mark.
q EVERYBODY welcome at THIS bank.
Cjl We earnestly solicit the business of all classes and
welcome you to join us by opening an account of SI
or more.
OFFICE ItS :
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George C. Abraham, W. B. Gulnnlp,
J. Sam Brown, John E. Krantz,
Oscar E. Bunnell, Fred V. Kreitnor,
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