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AVEDNESDAY, SEITEMBER I, 11)11
ItEl'UlJLIOAN TIOlvET.
For President,
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Vice-President,
JAMES S. SHERMAN.
State Treasurer,
ROBERT K. YOUNG.
Auditor General,
A. W. POWELL.
Congressmon-at-Large,
FRED E. LEWIS,
JOHN M. MORIN,
ARTHUR R. RUPLEY,
ANDERSON H. WALTERS.
District Congressman,
W. D. B. AINEY.
Representative,
H. C. JACKSON.
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.
Understanding does not always
drive onward like an arrow. Tho
niind sometimes by making a halt
and going round for advice, moves
straight on noue the less and hits the
mark. Marcus Aurelius.
PREVAIMXG COLOR IS YELLOW.
. The Moosevelt party may bo Illy
Vhlte in the south, and black and
tan in the north; but its prevailing
color scheme everywhere Is yellow.
Exchange.
WHY GO HACK IX THE RUT?
Are we getting out of our lives as
much as our Creator Intended that
vvo should7 This question struck us
quite forcibly during the celebration
just past. Then everybody was.apr
parently enjoying the festivities of
the occasion and were of a mirthful
disposition. Everyone possessed a
light heart and apparently enjoyed
himself. Now that tho celebration is
over and business Interests command
our attention why should we go back
In the old rut? Let us continue to
wear a smile and look happy, even
If things don't go smooth or as wo
would like to have them. Gloomy
and dark days will come without our
reflecting them dally upon our faces.
It does not cost any more to look
pleasant and wear a smile than it
does to carry a face as long as a
broom handle. Be friendly. Speak
to everybody and pretty soon you
will find yourself a different person
and living a life that God intended
that you should that of scattering
sunshine and making other persons
happy. Try It.
BUTTERMILK AS A BEVERAGE.
Hats off to the gentle, mild-eyed
American cow. Buttermilk, at least
in one place in the United States,
costs more than beer. Tho Place Is
Warren, Pa., and tho price is 12
cents per quart. Bossy alone Is not
entitled to tho credit for this boost
In the price of the churned products
of her lacteal glands. A doctor In
Warren has been telling the peoplo
that the drinking of buttermilk
would improve their health. War
ren is not, however, tho only place
In which tho use of buttermilk Is
growing. Everywhere, almost, there
is an increasing demand for the
drink which carries into the system
a supply of lactic acid, an Important
chemical agent, necessary alike to
digestion and tho proper muscular
action. Physicians have learned
that this product of decomposition In
buttermilk, tho acid which gives the
buttermilk its sour taste, is a medi
cine as well as a food or asslmilator
of food. Yet buttermilk is not al
ways beneficial. Up to a certain
point In tho process of decomposi
tion lactic acid Is produced; beyond
that point there is anothor product
of decomposition or fermentation
which la best left out of the human
stomach.
But whllo buttermilk Is now
drunk for Its health-giving proper
ties, can any ono imaglno a moro
wholesome or alluring beverage than
buttermilk beforo It has developed
lactic acid and tho sour tnsto? Do
you remember going to tho spring
house, soon after tho churning was
finished, thero dipping from tho
stone crock a tin cupful of tho butter-flecked
liquid and pouring It
down your heat parched throat? If
you do you will remember also that
you seldom stopped with ono cupful.
Or maybo you remember how you
Used to drink It gurgling out of a
stono Jug which you had hid la tho
the Citizen Publishing Company.
tho postofflco, Honesdalo. Pa.
PRESIDENT
CA-LAWAY MANAGING EDITORS
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E, I), IIAHDENDEROtl
W. W. WOOD
wrought In the hay field. Then, as
now, the American cow was the pro
ducer. Again, hats off to her.
PARCELS POST.
Postmaster General Hitchcock an
nounced last week that, on January
1, the Postofllce Department will put
Into general operation the parcols
post system authorized In the postal
appropriation bill that became a law
last Saturday. The service will bo
extended to more than a million
miles of rural delivery and star
route service. The law provides that
postage on all parcels shall be pre
paid by afflxing distinctive stamps.
This will necessitate tho making of
at least a dozen denominations of
special stamps ranging from one cent
to $1. Provision for the collection
on delivery of the price of the par
cel as well as the postage thereon
will be made. Tho law also pro
vides Indemnification for lost or
damaged articles and the question
of Indemnity Is causing concern.
Responding to Inquiries, Senator
Bourne has made the following sum
mary of the provisions of the new
parcels post law, which will become
effective January 1, 1913: "Any arti
cle Is mailable If not over eleven
pounds In weight nor more than seventy-two
Inches In length and girth
combined, nor likely to injure the
mails or postal equipment or em
ployes. A flat rato of one -cent per
ounce up to four ounces regardless
of distance. Above four ounces,
rates are by tho pound or fraction
thereof, and varying with distance as
follows:
Each
Lb.
First
Lb.
Rural route and
11
Lbs.
city delivery ?0.05
'$0.01
.03
.04
.05
.0C
.07
.09
.10
.12
general
JO.1'5
.35
.4C
.57
.08
.79
1.00
1.11
1.32
50-mile zone
.0;
150-mile zone .
300-mile zone .
GOO-mlle zone .
1, 000-milo zono
1,400-mile zone
1,800-mile zono
Over 1,800. m's
.06
.07
.08
.CO
.10
.11
.12
"The postmaster
may
make provision for indemnity, insur
ance and collection on delivery, with
additional charges for such service,
and may, with tho consent of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, af
ter investigation, modify rates,
weights and zone distances, when
experienco'has demonstrated tho need
therefor."
HOCH DER HOXESDALE.
I believe that this city of ours may
learn from small llttlo Maple City
across tho Mooslcs. This week, tho
latter city has been enjoying the
"Home Week," old friends have been
meeting and many visitors havo been
called to Wayne's Capital, sharing
its hospitality and enterprise. Hones-
dale is ambitious and progressive.
She mado up her mind during tho
summer that it was time to have a
celebration, and call her son3 togeth
er and hero she is at it, aavorusing
horself and making merry for the
bovs. renewing old friendships and
making new ones. Carbondalo had
tho samo objects In view and they
fell by tho roadside. Wo havo tho
noise and the bluster, but our deeds
are few and cheap, lacking courage
and short on enterprise. Wo tooK
hold of our nronosed celebration
ourselves and wo wasted printer's
ink trying to help It to a successful
lssuo. But wo failed, becauso wo
lacked cash. Honesdalo has tho men
and the money, and they mado a flno
team and a stroug one. Tho samo
enterprise Is manifest In Hones-
dale's Industries. Sho secures small
plants, employing profltablo labor,
and sho is appreciably going forward
while her neighbors sleep. Less
than a dozen years ago, when tho old
Gravity was abandoned, some smart
seers saw Honesdalo at Its end, her
business gone and her labor abolish
od. They said, "peoplo passing hero
will point at this placo and say that's
whoro Honesdalo used to bo. It
went out after tho canal and tho
Gravity did. Too bad, but It had to
go." But Honesdalo wasn't through.
Sho still had some business to do,
somo labor to perform and some
people to care for. Sho Is doing that
now, and sho is happy and prosper
ous. She has paying industries, an
intelligent population and sho Is
making money. Her banks four
believe havo assets aid surplus
and time donoslts approximating fivo
million dollars. That's a flno show
ing for a community with finis writ
ten after Its name. I congratulate
her on her 'Homo Week" and her
unmlBtakablo progress, and trust that
sho may wax richer and bigger as
she advances In ago ana wisdom
Hoch dsr Honesdalo! Carbondalo
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER 4, 1912,
,r-."i ' y i
TAFT
RECORD LAUDED
HOUSE.
IN
Representative Kalm Answers Critic
of tho Executive, nnd of tho Re
publican Party.
Washington. Rovlowlng tho con
structive legislation onactod and tho
national progress achieved during
tho administration of President Taft,
Roprosontatlve Kahn, of California,
spoko In tho Houao roccntly In an
swer to tho critics of tho executive
and tho Ropubiican party.
Rogrottlng that tho limits of do
bato provented a comploto rovlow of
the administration of Prosidont Taft,
tho California member cited a few of
tho more Important things accom
plished during Mr. Taft's first threo
and a half years in offlco. His courso
in enforcing tho Sherman law, Mr.
Kahn assertod, had turned tho trust
magnates against tho president. 'Dur
ing tho years of his predecessor in
ofllce, said Mr. Kahn, tho trusts had
expanded from a capitalization of
'$3,000,000,000 to moro than ?30,-
000,000,000
Tho president's rocommendatlon
that periodicals and magazines pay
their proportlonato share of postal
rates, Mr. Kahn continued, had turn -
ed the "niagazlno trust" and tho
muckrakora against tho executive
and had contributed to tho era of
muckraking.
Constructive Legislation.
Outlining tho sDeclflc constructive
legislation of tho last four years, Mr. !
Kahn said:
I briefly rocapltulato some of tho
moro important measures and poli
cies which havo boen approved or
Inaugurated by tho present chief exe
cutive: Postal savings banks have been es
tablished, In which 130,000,000 of
the people's money havo been de
posited thus far.
Tho postofflco department, for the
first timo In the history of tho gov
ernment, waa conducted without a
deficit.
Railroads wero prevented from
putting rate Increases into effect
without tho approval of tho Inter
state Commerco commission.
Tho "white slavo" traffic has been
vigorously and effectively attacked,
and severe punishment has been met
ed out to those engaged In tho ne
farious business.
A bureau of mines has been es
tablished, so as to safeguard tho
lives of miners.
The Paanma canal Is being rushed
to early completion without scandal
of any kind.
An income tax amendment to the
federal constitution has been sub
mitted to tho states.
An amendment for the election of
United States senators by direct vote
of the peoplo has been submitted to
tho states for their ratification.
(V boiler Inspection law to safe
guard human lifo has been put into
operation.
Children's Bureau;
A children's bureau has been es
tablished.
A commission of fine arts has bden
created.
Tho lighthouse establishment has
been reorganized, and a bureau of
lighthouses haa been organized.
A parolo law for federal prisoners
has boen put in operation.
Tho employers' liability law has
been sustained in tho courts.
The open door policy in China has
been maintained and extended.
Millions of dollars have boen sav
ed to tho taxpayers by tho Inaugura
tion of modernized business methods
In tho various executive departments
of tho government,
Bucketshops and got-rlch-quick
concerns have been destroyed and
put out of business.
There havo been extensions of the
safety appliance laws.
Laws for tho publication of cam
paign contributions and expenses be
foro and after elections, and which
include primary as well as gcnoral
elections, have been approved
INFORMATION' FOR VETERAN'S.
Answer to Inquiries Regarding Tran
sportation to Gettysburg.
Adjutant General Stewart is in re
ceipt of many letters from veterans of
tho Civil war who fought at Gettys
burg regarding the matter of trans
portation to tho battlefield noxt
year when the fiftieth anniversary of
tho battle is celebrated. It has been
published that tho Stato has mado
preparations to transport veterans
free, but this is somewhat promaturo
as the Stato has not taken any action
in the matter. In response to theso
inquiries Adjutant General Stewart
has sent the following letter which
contains important information for
all veterans who purpose going to
Gettysburg noxt July:
"1 am In recolpt of yours of Au
gust 2nd, and beg to say in reply that
no arrangement has been mado by
tho Stato of Pennsylvania as to how
honorably discharged soldiers aro to
bo transported to Gettysburg, next
year on the part of tho Stato. Noth
ing can bo dono until tho meeting of
tho Legislature which occurs In Jan
uary next. I havo no official connec
tion with this matter, but I havo un
derstood that tho Commission in
chargo of this matter will probably
recommend to tho coming legislature
tho making of an appropriation to
pay tho transportation to Gettysburg
and return of all honorably discharg
ed soldiers of Pennsylvania organiza
tions who participated in tho engage
ment. Tills mattor, however, has not
been definitely determined nor has
any recommendation as yet been
mado.
"Tho whole mattor is in chargo of
a Commission appointed by tho Gov
ernor, of which General Louis Wag
ner, Third National bank, Philadel
phia, Pa., Is chairman, and any fur
thor correspondence regarding tho
matter should bo had with General
Wagner, and not with this olilco.
Very respoctfully,
THOS. J. STEWART,
Adjutant General."
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
eath0 rf
HOW TO READ. ,
Nearly evorybody reads nowadays
and reads a great deal. It is im
portant, therefore, to our wollbolng
that wo read right. Ill health Is
often to bo found among great read
ers nnd students.
This Is unnecessary. Hold your
book properly when reading and you
will read with profit. Your head
should bo erect. Your book should
bo lovel with your eyes. Thus you
avoid all danger of stooping. Tho
light should cither be on a level with
your head or above It and should
como from over tho left shoulder. If
you can't get tho light from tho
right direction, the next best thing
Is to use an eyo shade.
It Is very bad to read whllo lying
down, especially when you aro re
covering from Illness. If you must
read in this position, tho book
should bo placed against tho pillow
where tho light will strike it and
you should Ho on your sldo a com
fortablo distance from tho book.
Reading In trolley cars and trains,
unless tho Jarring Is very slight, is
bad for tho eyes.
Wearing veils, especially those
that are thick or dotted, hurts tho
eyes. If you must wear a veil, use
no with a fine mesh. It Is Just as
bad to strain tho head backward as
jt is to bend it forward. Therefore,
hn reading don't hold your book
J abovo your head.
j good book Is an excellent thing
. for the mind. See that you use It
In such a way as to make It good for
tho body. Karl do Schwelnitz, Ex
ecutive Secretary, Pennsylvania So
ciety for tho Prevention of Tuber
culosis. FARMING WITH DYNAMITE.
Now-a-days they farm with dyna
mite. Everyone has heard of tho
farmer whose ground was so side
hill and stony that ho had to shoot
his buckwheat Into tho ground with
a shot ground, but this seems to bo
out done by tho farmer who uses
dynamite In place of a plow.
On many old farms there are fields
that have been plowed for fifty years
or more. The same kind of plow has
been used year after year, and tho
samo number of Inches of furrow has
been turnd up. Six or eight inches
of soil have been turned over and
over, and corn and potatoes have
been raised, to be succeeded by a
sowing of oats and "seeding down"
and four or Ave crops of timothy hay
cut off. Some of these fields have
got so that a grasshopper has to
carry a dinner pall when ho makes a
journey across to greener pastures.
It Is on these old fields that the
up-to-date farmer uses dynamite.
He takes a heavy bar, and about
every ten or a dozen feet he makes
a holo that reaches well below the
lino reached by his own, his father's,
and his grandfather's plow. In this
hole he inserts a dynamite cartridge,
manufactured for the purpose. Af
ter he has planted tho whole Held to
dynamite cartridges ho connects
them all up with an electric battery
and presses tho button. The whole
field turns bottom up In about the
samo time that the proverbial lamb
requires to shake his tail threo times,
and there Is a new field ready for the
harrow. There is a new layer of
soil, from four to six Inches thick,
that has never been touched by a
plow. Tho whole field has grown
sour and wet. Water stood In tho
hollows, becauso eight inches down
thero was a thick, heavy layer that
was impervious to water. That is
now broken up, and tho rains get
right down to tho beginning of
things.
After blowing up a field with dyn
amite the wise farmer goes to work
and sows red clover, and when It Is
in full bloom ho puts in a plow set
to run just as deep as ho can make
it, and turns that red clover under,
to follow up tho next spring with
another deep, plowing and turn the
rotting red clover to tho top. Now
ho can plant a crop and get re
turns. It is only fair for us to say that
tho agricultural editor of Tho Citi
zen never blew up a field with dyn
amite, and that he is not talking
from actual experience. His advlco
is that somo farmer experiment
on a small scale. Blow up
about a quarter of an aero of ground
with dynamite, and sco what results
he gets. If that pays, try a larger
-patch. Tho scheme looks all right,
but It may cost moro than it comes
to.
CANALS ARE DISAPPEARING.
Only Threo Aro Left In Stato Thero
Wero Eight Ten Years Ago.
Only three canals in Pennsylvania
aro now classed as existent on tho
records of tho stato bureau of rail
ways, which is charged with tho duty
of procuring the reports of communl
cation. Tho bureau Is now receiving
tho annual statements of business of
tho railroads, street railways, canals,
steamship lines nnd telephones and
telegraph companies in this state.
It operates as a part of tho stato do-
AVOHDS FOIt THE
SPELLING CONTEST
H OF THE gj
j! Wayne County School.. H
HHmtmt-mtttammmmnttmttmum!
LESSON 43.
alfalfa
adjutant
appendicitis
bankrupt
birch
condescend
circular
dandruff
delicious
estimate
Florida
Garrison
harelip
individual
Indianapolis
junction
Joshua
Jublleo
chasm
cylinder
delirium
epitaph
forbear
gorgeous
hearso
LESSON 44.
leopard
lightning
lcaso
lenient
lilac
laundry
mirror
minor
manuserlpt
mignonette
Montcalm
Minnesota
jamb
Knox
knoll
knob
Klondlko
Kalsor
kidnaper
knavo
literature
logislaturo
lullaby
Madison
nitrogen
p.irtment of internal affairs, and is
separate from tho stato railroad
commission.
Ten years ngo eight canal compan
ies were carriod on tho list of corpor
ations required to make roports by
August 31 each year under a penalty
of $5000 fines, but now tho number
has dwindled to three. Tho Penn
sylvania canal, which was ono of tho
greatest of tho systems, has passed
out of existence, and other canals
havo boon filled up or else becomo
a part of other systems. Tho threo
canals reporting aro tho Delawaro
and Chesapeake, tho Delaware and
Hudson and tho Erie, tho two former
In Eastern Pennsylvania and tho lat
ter in Erie county.
NEW ORDERS FOR EXGIXEERS.
Thn ontrlnnnrn nrn rllrnntml tn rn.
duco the speed of their trains while
making those temporary repairs
about tho engine and if it should
happen that tho repairing of tho Iron
steed cannot bo dono without tho en
gineer's losing sight of tho signals
then ho must bring tho train to a
comploto stop and tho flagman must
be sent back.
Another important order that af
fects tho engineers and that has Just
become effective calls for tho en
gineers presenting themselves for a
physical examination, particularly
with respect to hearing and sight
and heart condition.
Tho order relative to slackening up
tho speed and in bringing the train
to a stop to mako repairs about the
engine, follows:
" Whenever any difficulty Is ex
perienced with injectors or other
parts of the engine, requiring tho at
tention of tho engineer, speed must
bo reduced sufficiently to permit of
proper observations of all signals.
If necessary trains must be stopped
until repairs or adjustments aro
made, sounding the prescribed whis
tle for tho flagman to go back and
protect rear of train."
Very True.
Tho Man Society Is a funny
thing.
Tho Maid How so?
Tho Man A girl is not "in it" un
til sho has "confo out."
ZEMO FOR DANDRUFF
You AVI II bo Surprised to Seo How
Quickly It Disappears.
No more .dirty coats from dandruff
heads. Zemo stops dandruff. Apply
It any time with tips of Angers. No
smell, no smear. Zemo sinks Into
the pores, makes the scalp healthy,
makes tho hair fine and glossy.
Zemo is prepared by E. AV. Rose
Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., and Is
regularly sold by all druggists at ?1
per bottlo. But to enable you to
make a test and prove what It will
do for you, get a 25-cent trial bottle
fully guaranteed or your money back
at A. M. Lelno's Drug Store, Hones
dale, Pa.
JOHN CROSBY
Dealer in
Fancy Teas, Coffees, Groceries and
Provisions.
Fancy Corn, 3 cans 23
Fancy Tomatoes, 2 cans "I
if i'kes. l'ost Toastics
I pkgs. Corn Starch 23
Fruits and A'egctnbles of all kinds
AValdorf-Astoria Coffee, Special
Blends.
512 South Main Street
MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY
A DOCKASH RANGE WILL DO THE TRICK
No lady can bo happy with a poor stovo. Buy a Dockash and
end your stovo troubles.
Dockash ranges aro much different from ordinary stoves. Tho
grato turns completely over and the fire Is first on ono sldo then
on tho other, consequently grates do not warp and make trouble.
Dockash stoves burn up quickly in tho morning. A hot fire in
fivo minutes every timo. Dockash dampers are so arranged that
when fire is shut off you consume no fuel but when you want
heat you can obtain it very quickly.
Dockash ovens aro heated from fivo sides and bako evenly with
little fire. If you haven't used a Dockash you don't know how a
good stovo can be.
They cost no moro than common stoves.
Como in and talk it over.
MURRAY CO.
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every uiiiiy iui in rai
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Seat SaIe--9 A. M. Tuesday, Sept. 3.
HAWLEY RoAll BELVa WIDENED
Tho Hawlcjr road near iWhltet
Mills Is being wldenod by blasting
somo of tho stones away which lino
tho sldo of tho road. Somo of tho
blasts hurl stones across tho canal
and river over to tho Etman property.
Best Stomachs
in the World
Peoplo who dopend upon MI-O-NA!
to keep them froo from Btomaca.
misery always havo clean stomacha
free from fermentation.
MI-O-NA stomach tablets will drivo
out gas, sourness and stomach dls-
j tress in fivo minutes. Pell, tho drug-
gist, guarantees them.
They will absolutely put an end
to Indigestion and mako the stom
ach sturdy and strong if used as di
rected. For all stomach ailments and for,
nervousness, loss of appetite, night
mare, dizziness, overeating, drink
ing, and for all diseases caused by;
upset stomach, MI-O-NA Is guaran
teed. A large box 50 cents at G. W.
Pell's, tho druggist, and druggists
overywhero.
Allen House
Sale Stables
Always Iinvo nny kind of
horso you may need and price
to suit your pocketbook.
A trial allowed; nil horses sold
as represented. Our satisfied
customers nnd tho amount of
business we do Is our best ad.
Remember our coaches for
weddings and funerals aro first
class. Our omnibus transfer meets
nil trains.
Farmers' horses aro always
welcome to our transient sta
bles. M. LEE BRAMAN
Church St., Honesdalo, Pa.
Both 'Phones.
SASH GLASS-MIRRORS
Why complain about high
cost of things Just because
you don t know where to buy
them right? I sell the best
brands of AvindoAY glass as
follows :
7D 2c ea
SxlO ...... 3 c ea.
9x12 4c ea.
12x20 Ho ea
12x24 13c ea
14x28 S?c ea
14x30 2-c ea,
14x32 24c ea
24x24 29c ea
24x26 29c oa
All other sizes equnlly as
low. Havo in stock any sizo
to 18 inches in width.
Let mo brlnp tho glass and
put It in your broken window
or door.
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PAIRING.
RUBIN
U..I .Main au eii i iiuuu xj t n
j Mechanics Bank.
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BENJ. H. OITTRIGH, LESSEE and MANAGER
Wednesday Sept. 4
99
Signature of ZT&Z&fa