Ch.G& 4 I'HK CITIZKN, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1012. THE CITIZEN SemMVeckly rounded 1008; Weekly Founded 1814. PubllBhod Wodnosdnys and Fridays by tho Citizen Publishing Company. Entered as second-class matter, at the postofllco. Honesdale, Pa. E. B. HARDENBERGH PRESIDENT H. C. VAN ALSTYNE and E. B. CALLAWAY MANAGING EDITORS n. nonri.iNoitR, M, II. ALLKN, DIRKCTOItB i It. WILSON. E. Ti. HAItOENDRRnil W. W. WOOD Our friends tcho favor us with contributions, anil desire to have the same re iimtd, should in trcr; case enclose stamps for that purpose. TERMS: ' ONE YEAR 11.50 THREE MONTHS 38c SIX MONTHS 76 ONE MONTH 13c Komlt by Express Money Order, Draft, Post Ofllco Ordor or Registered letter. Address all communications to Tho Citizen, No. 803 Main street, Honesdale, Pa. All notices of shows, or other entertainments held for tho purpose of tanking money or any Items that contain advertising matter, will only b admitted to this paper on payment of regular advertising rates. Notlco of entertainments for tho benefit of churches or for charitable purposes whore a fee Is charged, will be published at half rates. Curds of thanks, 60 cents, memorial poetry and resolutions of respect will be charged for at th rate of a cent 8 word. Advertising rates on application. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1012. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. "I think wo aro living too fast, and arc thinking of tho ploasuro of Bring more than how to llvo." President Taft. JUSTICE FOR MR. TAFT. What Is said in another placo In this issue In condemnation of cer tain attacks upon tho record and character of Theodore Roosevelt applies equally to tho attacks upon President Taft. It does not require much fore Might to sco that it Is both unjust and unwise for Republicans to hurl In Toctives at tho President of tho United States. Ho is more than likely to bo tho 6tandard bearer of tho party In tho coming presidential campaign. Such scathing criticism of tho President therefore as comes from certain so called independent Republican journals Is not only unfair but extremely nnwiso. Tho virulent attacks upon President Taft by newspapers of which tho Philadelphia North American Is a type, do not .materially help tho Roosevelt propaganda to which they arc devoted, but may become de structive of tho future of the Republican party. Moreover there Is no occasion for such hysterical outbreaks of criti cism. The President Is not a charlatan nor a knavo nor a fool. Ho is an nolo, conscientious and broad-minded gentloman who has. been performing tho duties of his high office with all the wisdom and skill and honest pur pose with which ho Is endowed. No candid man of any party who has fol lowed tho political currents, but will concede that tho Taft administration has on tho wholo been wise, Intelligent, fearless and Just, It has been conducted with dignity, in accordance with tho laws of tho country, and with duo regard to the rights and to tho welfare of all tho people. It Is easy to critlze, but what man In tho same position could have done better, or as well? It must bo remembered that the President has had a Demo cratic House to contend with, and a bitterly hostile element in the Senate. Tot his administration has been marked "by large achievements. Ho has made mistakes. So did Roosevelt and McKlnlcy and Garfield and Grant and Lincoln make mistakes. But his mistakes have been trivial in com parison with the great and wise things he has accomplished. In a position wurrounded with difllculttes his conduct has earned for him tho gratitude of tho American people. By all tho rules of fair play and tho custom of po litical parties he is entitled to a renomination as a presidential candidate. With experience added to judgment and ability ho should make an ideal president during tho next four years. If ho should fail of tho nomination r If tho party should think It unwise to nominate him, It will bo largely due to tho antagonism aroused by wholesale and malevolent attacks upon his public character, and upon the conduct of his administration. ABOUT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Tho Citizen emphatically dlssonts from some of the theories lately pro pounded by ex-President Roosevelt. And we do not believe that the Re publican party can afford to give him a presidential nomination for a third term. But while this is true we deprecate tho abuse that is being showered upon him from some quarters, and we have no sympathy with those who eok to belittle his record or his achievements. Theodore Roosevelt has had a remarkable career; a career which he could not have accomplished with out being possessed of most of thoso qualities which are necessary to the making of a great man. He has done splendid service for his party, and his country has In tho past profited 'by his leadership. His weakness lies in Us exalted sense of and belief in his own Importance. He believes that bis policies are tho only true policies of government, and his leadership la necessary to tho welfare of his country. His desire to again occupy the presidential chair is not so much a matter of personal ambition as it is a feeling that he and only he is endowed with those qualities and im bued with those principles that shall save the nation. It is his Intense egotism, fanned by the flattery of designing persons, that In this political juncture, has forced him to tho front as a candidate. He believes so en thusiastically in himself that ho cannot understand why all the peoplo do not believe as enthusiastically in him. He is willing to tako tho iniative whore there is no beaten path, and to stand by tho results of his action. It Is perhaps not putting it too strongly to say that he is headstrong and Impetuous In good intontions. His career, whllo president of tho United States, though attractive, aggressive, brillant, and marked by great achieve ment, does not give promise, of that sober judgment, and conservative ac tion, that calm consideration and deliberate forethought which ought to haracterlzo a president of tho United States in the critical days that aro immediately ahead of us. In an apparently sincere purpose to benefit tho peoplo of his country, Mr. Roosevelt has recently endorsed and promul gated such dangerous and destructive theories as thoso embodied in his recall of decisions; theories which, if carried Into practice would eventually Tosult in the destruction of representative and orderly government. The Republican party is quito willing to give Theodore Roosevelt credit for what he has done, but it Is not willing to adopt as party principles tho dangerous theories which he is now promulgating, nor entrust with lead ership one whose ambition It Is to carry thoso theories into effect. CONCERNING THE NOMINATIONS. Some questions have arisen concerning the respective nominating pow ers of the stato conventions and of tho voters at tho primaries. Thoro hould bo no confusion In the matter as tho law is explicit. It provides that in tho coming fall election tho voters of this state shall olect repre sentatives In Congress and representatives in tho stato legislature, and tho nominations for these offices shall be mndo at tho primaries in April. TJioro shall also be elected an auditor general and a stato treasurer who hall be nominated at tho stato conventions of their respective parties. Tho stato conventions also chooso the presidential electors whoso names will appear on the presidential ballot in November. Tho state conventions also olect delegates to tho national 'conventions who will represent tho stato at largo. As the district delogates elected at tho primaries under tho party rules, do not make up tho total number to which tho stato Is ontltled In tho national conventions In accordance with her population, tho stato onvontlons supply tho number lacking. 'In tho case of tho Republican party twelve delegates at largo aro named. In tho same way and for a similar reason tho stato conventions each nominate four congressmen at largo, that being tho nunvber to which this stato Is ontltled by reason of lor population, over and above tho total number nominated at tho pri maries In the various districts. At tho April primaries district delegates to tho. national conventions, are elected, two from each congressional district In tho Stato. Delegates to tho tato conventions aro also olocted at tho primaries, In accordance with tho party rules. In Wayno county tho Republicans elect two and tho Demo crats one. Bach party may also eloct Us county committeemen from tho Tarlous districts by tho primary ballot. Delegates to tho Republican stato eonvontlon, In addition to voting for candidates for tho offlces of auditor gonoral, stato troasuror, and congrcssmon-at-large will also help to olect tho twolvo delegates at largo to tho national convention, It Is this last privilege that has led to tho contest for tho ofllco of stato delegate. It Is tho hopo of the Roosevelt supporters that they may olect enough delegates to tho state convention to got control of that body and send said delegates to the national convention Instructed for Roosevelt. Tho April primaries aa well as tho November election proceed upon u carefully thought out plan to give every votor a direct choice of candidates as well as a direct choice of officers. "THOU SHALT NOT HILL." In among tho Virginia mountains a dotormincd band of men aro slowly closing In on tho outlaw mountain eers, who recently mada a tragic demonstration of the recall of judi cial decision, In tho court Iioubo nt Hlll8Vlllo, Va. Tho wholo power of tho sovereign stato of Virginia Is be hind tho movement nnd tho outcome cannot bo In doubt much longer. Tho Appalachian region Is addict ed to a mountaineer population, who persist In outlawry and ruffianism. Much has been said and written of tho great need of education, tho edu cation of tho churches, schools, and workshops Theso aro ndmlttodly necessary to theso people. But bo foro tho evolution, which education of this kind will bring about, thoro Is needed a stern, rougher kind of education, -which tho Stato of Vir ginia Is about to administer. Whcro man's moral nature Is so degraded that It docs not grasp tho difference between right nnd wrong thoro is reason for pity rather than to insist upon exact retribution for crime committed, "but howovor prlmatlvo and crudo thoso Virginian mountain eers may be, they cannot "bo so unin telligent and degrnded that they do not know why society In every part of the world stands solidly behind tho Injunction, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." Virginia is doing all she can to educate theso peoplo to a higher respect for tho dlvlno law, which pro tects Hfo against violence. It may be a netter education and may not bo applied without further loss of Hfo In tho open field. Howovor, a courageous Governor, resolute judges and fearless jurors ought to niake tho effect upon tho wholo Ap palanclan region moro enduring. CARDINAL'S STINGING REBUKE. O'Conncll of Boston Points to Danger of Handicapping tlio Judiciary. Boston. At a recent dinner Car dinal O'Connell, replying to tho toast "Civil and Religious Liberty," said In part: "Justice Is not founded 'upon votes but upon principles. Tho fact that tho form of government Is popular franchise can no moro change the origin and foundation of law than a pleboscito can.banlsh God. "But tho very life of tho people's liberties, religious and civic, is al ways in danger when the foundations of law and the independence of judges, bo they civil or ecclesiastical, is imperilled. "The law is not tho peoplo tho people are not the law. The law Is the principle of justice governing tho people, and Its application to Individ uals, to associations, to business, to every relationship of civil Hfo must be so hedged around with reverence and security that tho civil courts may in moments of popular passion savo tho whole peoplo from the tyranny of lawless majorities. "Liberty, founded upon the eternal principles of divine justice, interpret ed and applied in civil life by God fearing Magistrates, untrammelled and unfettered and unafraid of pass ing popular passion, that, in a word, Is the guarantee of what alono has made this country groat perfect se curity of civil and religious liberty to all. While that lasts, while tho peo plo themselves realize Its valuo be yond price, this land is safe, "My words are the clear expres sions of the unbiassed principles of all thoso patriots who have lived and died for the glory and permanency of this great republic, and among all these no one has voiced theso sacred principles so clearly, so fearlessly, so uncompromisingly, whatever tho re sults, as the great, judicial, Importlal, big hearted and cool headed states man who now presides over tho des tinies of the United States of Ameri ca our President." Fourth-Class Postinnster Examina tion, Saturday, April 27. The United States Civil Service Commission announces that on the dato named above an examination will bo held at Lake Como as a re sult of which It Is expected to make certification to fill a contemplated vacancy In tho position of fourth class postmaster of class B at High Lake and other vacancies as they mav occur at that ofllce, unless It shall bo decided In the Interests of the service to All tho vacancy by re instatement. The compensation of tho postmaster nt this ofllco was ?G3 for the last fiscal year. Tho examination Is open to all cit izens of tho United States who can comply with the requirements. Application forms and full Infor mation concerning the requirements of tho examination can be secured from the postmaster at High Lake or from tho U. S. Civil Service Commis sion, Washington, D. C. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Tho Women's Christian Temper ance Union of Honesdale will glvo two prizes for essays. For tho High school. Subjects: 1 Valuo of Total Abstlncnco to a Life. 2. Alcohol and tho Laborer. 3. Alcohol and Crime, i. Alcohol and Tobacco. Each essay Is to contain from 500 to 1000 words. Two prizes will bo given. Ono dollar for tho best essay and 75 cents for tho next best. For grade pupils: General subject "What Is tho jTnrm in a Glass of Beor, "Wlno or Cider?" Special subject 1. "Effect of Al cohol on Nervous System." 2. "Why Business Men Demand Abstinonco on tho Part of Employe." 3. "Effect of Tobacco." Each essay must contain not over 1000 words nor less than 500. Members of tho Junior class of tho High Bchool aro giving a series of ar ticled boforo tho school mornings de scribing the qualifications of tho dif ferent candidates for tho ofllco of tho presidency. On Friday tho contestant who will write tho essay for tho Trl-An-gular Literary Contest will bo an nounced. She will go to Scranton Friday afternoon and will havo all day Saturday to wrlto tho essay. The subject will not bo announced until all contestants, ono represent ing each school, will have been in the room. Each contestant will bo allowed a dictionary. Professor Oday was In conference with Profes sors Ellis, of Dunmore, and Loftus, of Carbondalo, Wednesday evening, regarding tho placo for writing tho essay. Tho High school team will play tho third gamo of tho series botween tho Alerts and High school team this (Tuesday) ovonlng In tho gymnasium , of tho school. Each team has won a gamo, consequently nn exciting tlmo Is expected. Now Books Added to Public Library, j Ono hundred and twenty now books havo Just boon ndded to tho Honosdnlo public library, which should servo as an Incentlvo for booklovers to nvall thomBolvcs of this excellent opportunity. Tho books aro loaned free of charge. Tho list: ' "Iron Heart," "Tho Long Roll," LMary Johnston; "Tho Rlverpark Re bellion," Homor Grecno; "Whisper ing Tongues," Homor Grecno; "Plckotts Gap," Jlomer Greene; "Burnham Breaker," Homer Greene; "Ltttlo Girl In Old Now York," "Hannah Ann," "In tho Hands of tho Red Coats," "Polly Oliver's Prob lem," "Mad Anthony's Young Scout." "A Llttlo Girl In Old Phila delphia," "Glongnry School Days," "The Boys of Old Monmouth," "Mother Carey's Chickens," "Four Boys In tho Yellowstone," "Marion and His Men," "Tho Grlmson Sweat er," "Tho Motor Boys Over tho Rockies," "A Dog of Flanders," "Little Women," "Daddy's Girl," "Winning His Way," "Dotty Dim ple at Her Grandma's," "Merry Girls of England," "The Automobllo ulrls at Newport," "Tho Indian Book," "Tho April Fool Doll," "Tho Life of Washington," "Tho Llfo of Lincoln," "Dolllkln Dutch," "Lovoly Mary." "Dotty Dimple," "Follow ing tho Flag," "The Little Princess," "Llttlo Citizens," "Tho Secrot Gar den," "Peter and Wendy," "Tho Story of my Life." Helen Keller; "Sara Crewe," "Peter Pan," "Betty Wales & Co." "Freckles," "Patty In Paris," "At tho Back of the North Wind," "Evolution of Expression," vol. 1; "Evolution of Expression," vol. 1!; "Evolution of Expression," vol. 3; "Evolution of Expression," vol. 4; "Be Good To Yourself," "Tho Work .of Tennyson," "The True Story of Christopher Columbus," "The True Story of Benjamin Frank lin," "!Homo Sum," "Winning tho Victoria Cross," "A Sophomoro Half-Back," "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," "Alice of Old Vln cennes," "Stories To Toll to Chil dren," "Colonel Carter of Carters vllle," "Squirrels and Other Fur Bearers," "Making tho Freshman Team," "Barrack-Room Ballads," "A Plebe at West Point," "Dorothy's Schooling," "Hugh Wynne Free Quaker," "Tom Grogan," "How to Tell Stories to Children," "Old Gor gon Graham," "Children's Treasury of English Song," "The Story of Tristram," "An Annapolis Young ster," "Romance Island," "Wide Wide World," "Horse Shoo Robin son," "Just Patty," "The Gray Fairy Book," "Boy Scout," "Yellow Star," "Jackson and His Henley Friends," "The Green Fairy Book," "Billy: His Summer Awakening," "Teaching Children to Study," "Tho Roly Poly Book," "Felicious Folks," "The Lady of the Decoration," "Uncle Sam's Secrets," "Little Sister Snow," "Witch Wlnny," "Frontier Boys," "Letters From Colonial Children," "Two Little Indians," "The Dutch Twins," "Household Stories," "Lit tle Eskimo," "Bunny Boy and Grlzzy Hear," "Team Mates," "Spring Clean ing," "Racketty-Packotty House," "Happy Days at Hillside," "Old World 'Hero Stories," "American History Story Book," "Columbus of Space," "Mother," "Norso Fairy Tales," "Tommy Tinker's Book," "Brown Fairy' Book," "Pink Fairy Book," "Night Rider of Cave Knob." "Tho Cavo of Gold," "Bob Knight Diary," "Tho Story of Ab," "Mothor West Wind's Children," "Skyward and Back," "Todd and His Friends," "Captain of tho S. I. G.'s," "Dare Boys of 177C," "Wigwam Evenings," "Comrades in Camp." FIVE MINUTES Sourness, Gils, Heartburn nnd Stom ach Distress Will Disappear. Distress nftor eating, sourness, gaa and heartburn can be quickly rollov ed by, taking ono or two MI-O-NA stomach tablets. They nro guaranteed to banish any caso of Indigestion, acute or chronic stomnch ailment no mntter what It is called, or money back. MI-O-NA stomach tablets aro small and easily swallowed. They aro sold by Poll, tho druggist, and druggists overywhero for 50 cents a box. They are put up In a neat metal box that can conveniently bo carried In tho vest pocket. They nro especially recommended for nervousness, sleep lessness, bad dreams, constipation, dizziness and biliousness. WORTH KNOWING. Pnlnt Stains on tho Hands To re move oil paint from tho hands use equal parts of alcohol and kerosono. Shako well before using, and rub tho liquid well into the akin; then wash tho hands with good soap. Tho Poison Bottle 'When poison of any kind Is brought Into tho house, It Is a good plan Immediately to run two common pins through tho cork, opposlto each other, with the pin points extending about an eighth of an Inch past tho heads on each side. Tho prick of tho pins gives warning by day or night, the instant tho cork is touched, and proves nn efficient safeguard against mishaps. AWAY GOES PIMPLES, BLACK HEADS, ECZEMA, DANDRUFF AND OTHER SKIN AFFECTIONS When Zemo and Zcino Soap Aro Used Tho A. M. Lolno Drug Store says: "Wo aro so confldont that Zemo and ZEMO SOAP used together will rid tho skin or scalp of Infant or grown person or fimples, BLACKHEAD, ECZEMA, DANDRUFF, INSECT BITES or any form of itching, irri tated, disfiguring skin or scalp trouble, that wo do not hesitate to recommend theso clean, refined rem edies to every person who desires quick relief and a cure from any form of aggravated skin or scalp affection. Oftentimes ono bottle and ono cako of soap will cure a minor caso of skin trouble. ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP produce suro and swift results. You will not suffer another day after you com mence to uso them. You will feel like a new person. ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP can bo ob tained from ono leading druggist In every city or town in America and in Honesdale. By the A. M. Lelno drug store. r HONESDALE MARKET . f Corrected Evcrv Tlmrs.In Hy f J. lit Stcgner & Sons. " ' T T I Strawborrlcs, quart Celery, California, stalk Lottuco, head Lottuce, curly French Endlvo, lb. Parsley, bunch Cauliflower, head Radishes, bunch Sweet Potatoes. 2 nts. White Cabbage, lb. o Potatoes, Wayno Co., pk. 4 Onions, qt. Onions, Spanish, lb. 0 Onions, green bunch 0 Beets, qt. 0 Shlvcs, bunch 1 Carrots, qt. 0 Parsnips, qt. 0 Apples, pk. 3 Hickory Nuts, pk. 5 Grapes, Malaga, lb. 1 Oranges, Florida, per doi. 35-4 Tomatoes, qt. 2 Native Endlvo, lb. 0 Oranges, Navels, per doz. 35-4 Bananas, per doz. 20-2 Lemons, doz. 3 Egg nlant. each 1 FISH Halibut, steaked Codfish, steaked Herring, not dressed Haddock, head on Spanish Mackerel, dressod Scollops, per qt. Oysters, per qt. Clams, opened per doz. Tag Bloaters, each Mackerel, Norway, No. 1, each Macherel, Norway, No. 2, each Salmon, salted, lb. Roe shad, each Buch shad, each Mackerel Political Announcement. I hereby announce myself as a T t . r t , ... 1 . f n Tl n Tinlfl In Pnlnnrrr. In Intin n 1 . 1. .1 m. . it M ti 1 1 - April 13, 1912. D. R. STEPHENS. 23el8t. Athens, Pa. rnv. ... ....11 m 1 . W l 1 UMUtrit) 1U1 OLfl 111 tnnn .1 LA.U 1. il.. 1 a. 1 at Menner & Co. U4eoi4 ri'i . r. . . . 1 . . 1 1 boost Honesdale. A Full Line of Fancy Easter Goods RllY voiip pa;tpp nnnns ax vvsv i THE HONESDALE CANDY KITCHEN And . Have Your Name Printed on the eggs free of charge. Best Home-Made Confectionery and ice cream soda. High Grade Chocolates and Fruits. Candy eggs, Cream eggs, Rahhits, Chickens and other things to make the little one's Easter glad. Gougoulis & Chakiris, Prop's. 541 Main St. Bell phone. Honesdale, Penn. John Wunainaker in Favor of Taft. Philadelphia. John Wanamaker, who sailed for Europe on Saturday I on the steamship Olympic, sent back on the pilot boat a letter addressed to tho Amorlcan peoplo, In which he reviews tho political situation from ! the standpoint of a business man and gives strong reasons for the re-election of President Taft. Tho former postmaster-general says that upon tho personal request1 of the president ho has 'consented to -allow his own name to bo presented to tho peoplo as a delegate to thel Republican national convention. "It Is my profoundest belief," Mr. Wanamaker writes "that tho re-olec-j tlon of President Taft would bost promote the welfare of every section of our country and Its peoplo." "There has never been any genor- al desire to have any man fill the of fice of chief magistrate beyond two torms." GIVE YOUR HORSE A HAIR CUT. Flexible Shaft Horso Clippers ?7.50; Hand Horse Clippers, $1.25 to $2.00; Fetlock Cllppors, ?1.00; Cut ting Plates for Clippers, J 1.00 to $1.50; Clipper Knives sharpened 50 cents. Murray Co., Honesdale, Pa. 24t2. HOW TO RAISE MORE HAY Top dress your meadows with 100 lbs. nitrate of soda and 300 lbs. of Bowker's Grass Mixture to tho aero and you can double your yield of grass. Total cost for comploto mixture ?5.75 per acre. Why not try this formula and make greater profits? itr . . .! tut- ... 1 . 1 , 1 u,.u uai.u .tuij tu.Avutu uii uut uiYii lit, ui lui 1 1: 11 1 1: 11 1 n .111 11 xkiiu tt 1 what wo aro talking about, como in and sco us. Murray Co ., Honesdale, Pa. EVERYTHING FOR THE FARM. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications, as they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness Is caus ed by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tubo Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im perfect hearing, and when It Is en tirely closed, Deafness Is tho result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten aro caused by Catarrh, which 1h nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars for any case of Deafness (caus ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Family, Pills for constipation. FOR SALE RESIDENCE AT 1407 MAIN STREET INQUIRE OF BENTLEY BROS. Fire, Life, Accident, Automobile and Boiler INSURANCE Consolidated Phone 1-9-L Opposite Post Office HONESDALE, PA.