PAGE EIGHT THE CITICMf, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1913. I ' 1 Beachlake, Jan. 16. Mr. and Mra. Wm. Ives have re turned from a sojourn In tho valley. They wer.e unexpectedly called there by the death ot the former's sister. Mrs. Neal kept house for thom dur ing their absence. This week Mrs. I XT 1 , ..I.lil ... 1 -,! aitroi ih viaiuug wiin ner huh, uuub. and wife. Ella Koup entertained her cousin, Herman Goor, of North Branch from Friday until Monday. Mrs. Laura Oavltt ana son are visiting at the home of her parents, iMr. and Mrs. Tom Treverton. Mrs. Wm. Downing entertained the soap club Friday evening and tho Ladles Aid for dinner Wednesday. Mr. Downing went after tho ladies and took them home. One can al ways be sure of a hearty welcome and a royal good time at Mr. Down ing's. Their son, John, Who has 'been sick for some time, is convalescing, but is not able to resume his studies yet. Mrs. Frank Garrett is visiting at tho home of Lyman Garrett. The Odd Fellows of this locality attended the banquet In Honesdalo last week. The interested members of the telephones met Tuesday at Cochec ton. One of the busiest men in our vi cinity Is Mr. Bradbury, looking after people's soles, and if your sole Is In bad condition you can get a new one from him or a half sole if you wish. He can even give you a new tongue or a string to tie your ton gues in," V. P. Budd has been confined to the house since Christmas, and Mrs. Bradbury and Mrs. Judson Dovey have been suffering from rheuma tism and neuralgia. Horace Beemer came after his sis ter, Mrs. Horace Spry, Sunday, to take her to her parental home on Smith Hill for a visit. Mrs. Ell Whltmore, of Inglehart, is spending the week with her moth er, Mrs. iBrown. The W. C. T. U. .met at the par sonage Jan. 7th, to celebrate Madam Willard's birthday. Airs. Barnes, the president, was to have been with us and give us a talk but she not be ing present, her time was taken up .by Mrs. J. P. Budd, Mrs. Phoebe 01 ver and our pastor. We had a good and profitable meeting. A business session will be held at the home of Mrs. Neal on Tuesday next. 'Next Saturday the school board will meet. Then we expect to have our curiosity satisfied in regard to our new school building. We hope we shall see a graded school here within another year. That will be an honor to our place and our In telligent community. The weather is a riddle that none can answer. Every once in while It makes a big fuss and blows to 'beat all and we think winter has come in dead earnest, but it soon calms down and we are having weather that all can enjoy. A few are anxl ously awaiting for snow for they have wood and lumber to draw The year Just past leaves none of us exactly tne same. We progress or retrograde, not one day leaves us the same. By the same environ ment it is Just in the seeming that we appear tho same. 1913 has great opportunities for us. Let us strive for them. Mrs. Laura Gavitt Is home on visit. Mervin Gavitt is working In the new hospital at Farview. Mrs. Whltmore Is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Brown Elery Crosby and wife ate Sunday dinner at tne Beach Lake House. C. A. Davey, Dunn. Ives. Wood Olver, Marshall, Oliver, and others from here attended the Odd Fellows banquet at Honesdale Monday even ing. William Marshall will enter tain the same lodge this week. A fine new pulpit set has been placed In tho M. E. church by the young people of this place. Sunday was Inclement weather, Notwithstanding this all the teach' crs were in their places at the Sab bath school. Tho evening service was well attended. Itov. Seymour aenverea one or his nest sermons Chas. Webber has a fine new ice house In 'process of erection. SIKO. Siko, Jan. 15. 'Weather too changeable for good health. The open winter makes dull times for some people. Tho grangers are tho most active of any one around these parts, The Pleasant Valley grangers met at their hall on Friday evening Jan. 10, and Installed their officers as follows: Master, L. W. Nelson overseer, Bayless Bullock; lecturer, Lottie Roe; steward, Wesley Bates assistant steward, Charles Roe chaplain, Fanny Ogden; treasurer, W. J. Ogden; secretary, Spencer nates; gatekeeper, Horace Bates ceres, ueatrice Kimble; pomona Ida Itoe; llora, Mrs. Stella Bates lady assistant steward, Jessie Nel son. After tho Installation a dellci ous oyster supper was served by number of the ladles present. On Saturday evening, Jan. 11, the Big Hickory Grangers met In the Sunday school room of the Presby terian cnurcn, ltueyville, and in stalled their officers. A fine oyster supper was served to about fifty guests. Visitors, were present from Champion Grange of Girdland and Pleasant Valley Grange. Music and recitations followed tho supper and all were loth to leave such a pleas ant gathering. We wore pained to learn of the accident that 'bofol Wallace Bodle or Dyberry. STERLING. Sterling, Jan. 1C. For a few 'months past we have had a few very pleasant days and a good many dark, windy and very dangerous ones. The ground is now baer and tho roads in many places quite rough. We can hardly real ize that It Is the middle of Janunrv. On tho evening of tho 10th Dis trict Superintendent Murdock, D. D preached In tho M. E. church and the quarterly conference was held In the afternoon and E. D. Dunning, Perry Gilpin and Mr. Carlton wero up from South Sterling. At a "shoe social" held last week the young folks realized about $18 BEACH LAKE. airs, nugn Fitz is spending a few days with her daughter In Dunmore and Plttston. For many years nast Enos Snyder has been living in Eastorn Nobraska, but is now tho .guest of his brother, 1 Augustus. I In order to hear "Bob" Jones preach S. N. Cross spent last Satur- finV nn,i UMU Sunday 'vitn scranton friends and returned on Monday. "Bob" Jones is surely a character and to bo appreciated must bo heard. Altliniieh the wind on the 10th "h2J!" Per? lng duty again. Bev. W. E. Webster has the water in tho parsonage, and expects soon to put in a toilet. STALKER AND B RAMAN. Stalker and Braman, Jan. 16. Miss Allie Allen has returned af ter spending several weeks at her home In New Jersey. The next meeting of the Ladies' Aid society, will be with Mrs. R. J. Stalker, Feb. 13th. A cordial Invi tation is extended to all. Miss Allie Thomas leaves this week Thursday for New York to en ter St. Luke's hospital for a three years' course for a trained nurse. Friends wish her success. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and son Kenneth visited tho latter's sister, Mrs. It. J. Stalker, Saturday and Sunday. The oyster supper at Braman church last Friday night was well attended and very much enjoyed and proceeds about twenty-two dol lars. Emma Kelly spent last Thursday at Hankins. Frank Lawson attended tho oyster supper and installation of officers of the Odd Fellows at Long Eddy the first of the year. We hear of sickness and loss of cows iri some of the dairies In this vicinity. Louis Itauner and his dog suc ceeded in killing a fox recently. Mrs. Barbara Ad ims is making quite an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Cox, of Oneonta. LAKE COMO. The good skating on the lake id being enjoyed by all the young peo ple. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Todd last week. R. O. Woodmansee and wife were business callers in Hancock on Wednesday. Miss Romaine Lewis, of Scranton, is visiting relatives here. Roy Williams, who has been spending some time in New York City, is here on a visit. Mrs. F. M. Woodmansee was call ed to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. I. Swoopo of French Woods last week. J. F. Jaycox is attending the poultry show In Scranton this week, He will enter nine Buff Orpington chickens. DREHER. Dreher, Jan. 1G. Freeman Gilpin, a son of A. E. Gilpin, of South Sterling, had narrow escape from serious Injury on January 13, while at Gouldsboro station. He had disposed of his load of apples and loaded up his wagon with empty apple and egg crates and was about to start for home. An engine was doing some shifting on the tracks nearby, but the gatekeeper gave Gilpin the right or way over the crossing and he started and at the same time the en gine camo back and caught Ills wagon about midway, throwing Gil pin to the ground, and both horses were knocked down and dragged some 15 or 20 feet, bruising and tearing off patches of skin in a num ber of places. Tho wagon was some what broken, also tho harness, but not so serious as to interfere with nis getting home. That tho man and team were not more seriously injured or killed was a miracle to those who were eye witnesses. As to who Is to blame for the mistake will be known later. Mrs. Madge Searle, of New York City, is visiting the family of her son, Morrel Searle, of Maple Glen Miss Lucy Stucker, of Sterling, and Charles Wolfe, of Greentown Pike county, will be united In mat rlmony by Rev. Edmund Schwarzo on Jan. 22. The ceremony and nuptials will be celebrated at tho residence of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Stucker, of Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Atherton and son Ray, of Boston, Mass., are ex pected today at tho residence o Mrs. Atherton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kerr. THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP, A great many people 'boast about how little sleep they need. Tho man who sleeps seven hours a night feels superior to the person who spends eight hours In bed; and the man who apparently can do his work with only six hours, thinks himself bet ter than the seven hour man. This Is a great mistake. With few exceptions the only people who can maintain their health with less than eight hours sleep are the heroes In novels. Tho averago person should have eight hours. Any machine that Is expected to run for seventy years, needs a considerable amount of rest, and when that machine is a human being, plenty of sleep becomes ab solutely essential. The body Is only completely at rest during sleep. You sleep not only to get rid of drowsiness, but also to give the nerves, muscles and organs of your body a chance to re new their energies. Reduce your hours of sleep and you lower your ability to resist disease. Therefore do not hesitate to take nine hours of sleep whenever you can. Children under fourteen years of age should always sleep for ten hours, and in deed twelve would not be too many. For grown-ups it matters not so much when one sleeps, provided that one goes to bed regularly at the same hour. Sleep is one of tho greatest foes of disease. It is tho kind of medicine that costs nothing and it will save you from buying the kind of remedies that costs a lot, so why not take pelnty of it? Karl de Schweinl.tz, Executive Secretary, Pennsylvania Society for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis. 4 INJURED IN Many Others Slightly Hurt When Cars Collide. COME TOGETHER ON SWITCH. Accident Caused by Substitute Motor man, Police Say When Cars, Pack ed to Capacity, Collided There Was Mad Rush, and Many Were Trampled On. Philadelphia, Jan. 10. Two crowded pay-as-you-enter cars, known as "Bald win trippers," on the Chester short Unu ' of the Rapid Transit company, collided on a switch in Islund'roud, near Crum I creek, causing se-ious Injury to four I men nnd slight injury to a number of i others. All ure employed at tho Eddy stone shops of the Baldwin Locomo tive company and were on the way to work when the accident occurred. Four of the meu were removed to the University hospital. They are Andrew Suputpa, 3231 St. James place, bruises of the buck nnd chest and probable in ternal injuries; Lincoln Starts, 4022 I'owelton avenue, concussion of the brain; Albert J. Hinkle, 4022 I'owelton avenue, cuts of the arms and legs and suffering from shock, and Juuies C. Davis, 1127 Durfor street, sprained buck und bruises of the body. The police snld the accident was caused through tho placing of a sub stitute motorman on Tripper No. 2, which was about fifty feet In back of Tripper No. 1. Euch tripper carried about seventy men. As the first tripper approached the switch at Crum creek the motorman saw that the signal was set for the ap proach of a regular car coming toward Philadelphia. He took the side switch near the creek, believing tho motorman tho second tripper would do the same. The second motorman wns evi dently not familiar with the road, the police said, for he did not shut off power after the first tripper took the switch, but kept on going nt high speed under the Impression apparently that his car would continue on the main tracks. The- tripper swerved to the switch ns soon as the front wheels touched the frog. It crashed into the tripper ahead with an impact loud enough to attract the attention of persons living within two blocks of the creek. The rear platform of the first tripper was smashed, and the front platform of the second car was splintered. The men who were taken to the University hos pltul were on the rear platform of the tne first car. The motorman of the second car, whose name the police have not obtnlned, was injured, as were some ot the passengers standing near him. FUNERAL OF MRS. T. E. M'VITTTJ P Resident of Bryn Mawr Died in Cali fornia Week Ago Last Wednesday. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Jan. 10. The fu neral of Mrs. Thomas E. McVitty, who died a week ago last Wednesday at Pasadena, Cat., was held from her late residence, Beechwood, this city. In terment was in West Laurel Hill com etery beside her husband, who died last spring. ' Mrs. McVitty, whose maiden name was Phoebe Quinby, was connectod with some of the oldest families In Amorlcn. In 1004 the Qulnbys received a roynl grant to a large section of land in Westchester county, N. Y., nnd this land still remains in the possession of the family. Her family connections in clude the Bordens, Arnolds, Trlppes, Montgomerys and many other northern nnd southern families of note. Mrs. McVitty was largely Interested in many charities, to which she. con tributed liberally. She is survived by four children, Edward Quinby, Albert Elliot, Samuel Herbert nnd Mrs. Ed ward II. McKeon of Baltimore. HER STORY A DREAM-CHILD. Eleanor Oxley Invented Tale of Being Drugged and Abducted. Philadelphia, Jan. 10. Eleanor Oxley of Tacony, who told a story in New York about being drugged and abduct ed by two men, eventually to find bei way with the assistance of a policeman to the home of her uncle in Brooklyn, according to Lieutenant Jolly of the Tacony police, confessed she Invoutetl the story. He said the flfteen-yenr-old glr thought It was about time she saw some of the world and took the family pocketbook. Mrs. Oxley refused ta comment upon the story told by hei daughter beyond saying there would be no prosecution nnd there would be no more comment upon It HUNT GIRL'S ASSAILANT. Sudden Appearance of Miners Saves ImDorlled Youna Woman. Shamokln, Pa., Jan. 10,-In a fight! to save uerseic rrom two masked men on a lonely road between Johnson City and Excelstor, near here, Miss Ella Lee, nineteen years old, of Excelsior, was severely Injured. She is In a seri ous condition as the result of her thrill ing experience. Tho sudden appearance of miners on ,ir w..v from wm-fc pnusixi th BrV their way from work caused the girl's assailants to floe into the mountains, which are boing closely searched by Sheriff Glass and a posse consisting ch!eflr of inhabitants ot Excolslor. CRASH 3 NEAR DEATH IN WAVE'S PATH Lifeboat Torn Loose In Gale Crushes Them on Deck. New York. Jan. 10. With three men of her crew in tho vessel's hospital In u critical condition the steamship Mlnue tonka of the Atlantic Transport line ar rived in "port after having had a most , thrilling trip from Southampton. The men who were injured narrowly'-os"-taped being swept overbonrd when n giant sea broke over tho lifeboat deck on Thursdny while they were lnshing fast the emergoncy lifeboat on the star board side. Captain E. .1. Cannons, commander of tho steamship, said the wind wns blow ing nt ninety miles an hour when the vessel ran into the galo. Many waves broke over tho deck, and Anally life boat No. 1, which is the emergency boat on the starboard side forward, wns torn from its lashing. Two sailors and a bontswnln were sent to lash the boat to the davit, and while they were at work a great comber broke over the deck. The two ton lifeboat was ripped from its blocks, and it crushed the men against the smoking room wall. Other men of the crew ran to the aid of the Injured sailors and got them out of tho way Just as a second wave swept the deck. The boat was saved by the rescuers nnd lnshed fast. The Injured men are Charles Nelson boatswain, whose shoulder was dlslo cated and his left leg broken; Andrew Turner, able seaman, right thigh bro ken, nnd Charles Price, able seaman. who suffered internal Injuries. Among the passengers on the steam ship were Lady George Darwin, widow of the son of the scientist. She Is ac companied by her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Keddey Bay Fletcher. JUSTICE HALL DROPS DEAD. Connecticut Jurist Seized With Fatal Fainting Spell While Dining, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 1G. As he sat witu several friends In the mnln din ing room of the Hcubleln hotel, Chief Justice Frederick B. Hall of the Con nectlcut supreme court of errors wns suddenly stricken with a fainting spell and died few minutes later while being helped to his room on the fourth floor. Tho court finished Its January term here, nnd the chief Justice, who sue ceeded Governor Baldwin as head of the bench and who wns widely known as an eminent Jurist, handed down notable opinion sustaining the warden of the state prison in his repudiation of a habeas corpus writ brought In behalf of a Bridgeport convict. Few people saw the Justice s weakness, but a hushed silence spread, when the news of the tragedy was "feported among the diners. AEROPLANE FOR SUFFRAGISTS Woman Aviator to swoop uown on Prelnaugural Suffrage Tableaux. Washington, Jan. 10. Managers ot the suffragist parade planned for March 8 have invited Miss Bernetta Miller, a woman aviator, to swoop down into Pennsylvania avenuo in her aeroplane on that day with a message for "Miss Colombia," tho central figure in tab leaux, which will be staged on the steps of the treasury department The message, it is planned, will be a pronunclnmento, fittingly delivered, setting forth the strides made by mod ern woman and urging that she be placed on a political equality with man. The neroplane, if its stability Is not endangered, will be covered with "Votes For Women" banners. CONGRESS IN BRIEF. Senator Cummins' Bill to Tax Stock Sales. Washington, Jan. 10. The business before congress included: Senate. Senator Cummins Introduced a bill providing for a tax on stock sales. Debate on tho legislative, exec utive and judicial appropriation bill re sumed. Wllllnm Wlnkfleld continued his tes timony regarding tho Archbold letters before the campaign funds investigat ing committee. House. Miscellaneous legislation con sidered. A notice of contest was filed by F. Leonard, Jr., Democrat, against tho election of W. M. Chnndle, Progressive, in the Nineteenth New York district. Dr. C. W. Richardson told the "mon ey trust" committee that examination of William Rockefeller might result In serious consequences physically to Mr. Rockefeller. The sugar schedue was tho subject of the ways and means committee's tariff revision hearing. JACK JOHNSON AT LIBERTY. Court Permits Him to Hunt For a New Bondsman. Chicago, Jan. 10. Jack Johnson will not bo deprived of his liberty becnuso of his departure for Canada Monday night. Federal Judge Carpenter re fused the motion of federal authorities to set aBldo the pugilist's bonds of $30, 000 nnd Imprison hlra ns a fugitive from Justice to await trial on the cha.rc ot vlolnUnB the Mnnn "whlt0 slave" act, Tho man on Johuson's $5,000 bond on the charge of smuggling surrendered him, however, nnd tho pugilist was given two days at liberty in which to get another bond. The court held that ns Johnson bad obtained the consent of nls oonusraeu ui iuuvc uju , u.u. had shown ovidenco of his Intention to return, thero was no necessity of jail- ing him. If you want fine Job printing just give The Citizen a trial order, We can do GOOD work. A STORY FROM THE WEST. The appended story entitled " A Useful Dime," was written by Jen nie Keen, of Henry, S. D., when 12 years of age. Her father Is Edward Keen, who is a son of George Keen, a former Wavno countean. Tho writer of the story received a schol- arshlp last year which places her In the highest grade of the county. She won the scholarship by holding tho highest percentage in all the grades. Miss Keen Is a niece of Captain S. F. Wells of this place. "A Useful Dime." Down tho streets skipped Roger, with the dime clasped tightly In his hand, straight for a candy store, where he knew they kept pepper mints. Oh, how he did like pepper mints! He could almost taste them then, when suddenly from behind ,hlm ho heard somebody call, 'Roger! O Roger!" Ho slipped his dime Into his pocket and turned around. His schoolmate, Freddie Goodwin, came running up. "Where are you going Roger?" he asked Now Roger was a little bit se!?-, but he remembered his mother al ways told him to "share and share alike," and bo he said, "I'm going to get some candy, and we'll have a regular feast. Oh, that will be nice," cried Freddie, who also liked candy. "But what kind are you go ing to get?" "Oh, I guess I'll get peppermints for myself; but what kind do you want?" said Roger. 'Well," said Freddie meditatively, 'I believe I like chocolate creams the best; but say, how much money have you got?" "I've got a bright, new dime," replied Roger, putting his hand into his pocket to show the dime to Freddie. Suddenly he exclaimed: "Why, where is my dime? I know I put It In my pocket." "Maybe It fell out," said Freddie. And so It had. There was a tiny hole In Roger's pocket which his mother had overlooked, and the dime was lying In the street. A little while later a ragged little girl came along, looking wistfully at the show windows as she passed. Suddenly something bright in the dust caught her eye, and she stopped and picked It up. It was a bright, new dime! The little girl was so surprised that she rubbed her eyes to be Bure she wasn't dreaming. When she found that it was really so, and that she had actually found a dime, she ran as fast as she could until she got to a rickety old tenement house; she climbed up several flights of stairs until she came to a small, dimly lighted attic roonl, where her mother was lying upon a rudo bed In one cner. The llTTTe girl ran over to the 'bed and snowed her mother the cdln. "See, mamma," she cried, "I found a dime down In the street,." "Run down to a store and get some bread, quick," said her mother. "There is a very tiny bit of butter in the cupboard." The little girl ran down to a gro cery store and got some bread and ran home again. Tho dime Jingled merrily In the AN En THE JARDIN FARM, Consisting of 35 acres of good tillable soilg Bocated in Berlin Township,, three miles from Honesdale. Must be Sold at Once The property has New buildings have barns and other out buildings are inf first class shape. On R. D. route. Telephone connections. Fine Apple Orchard. Terms easy See or write Buy-U-A-Home Realty Company Box 52 Jadvvin Building grocer's cash drawer, for had it not dono something bettor than buy candy for two little 'boys, or a bar of soap for Mrs. Harlow? JENNIE KEEN, Age, 12 years. Henry, S. D. EIGHT PENSIONERS YEARS. OVER 00 Eight of the pensioners of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company are found to be over 90 years old, ac cording to a record which Is being compiled by the pension department, which Is gathering statistics for pub lication in book 'form. At the present tlmo there are over 500 men who have .been In the em ploy of the railroad company for fifty years and one employee has re ceived pay from the company 'for sixty-six years. There were a num ber of retirements In 1912, but tho present year ,1s expected to witness the largest number of veterans pen sioned since the department was es tablished. Of the eight veterans over 90 years old Andrew Abels, of Phila delphia, is the oldest employe. He was born May 23, 1817, and Is 95 years old. At the time of his re tirement he was a clerk In the Phil adelphia offices. CELEBRATES, FREEDOM. BY FREEING CANARIES. Chicago. A pale, gray-haired man, probably '50 years old, walked Into Mike Connolly's shop at 527 Southwestern avenue and bought three singing canaries. A moment later the stranger had turned the birds loose In the street. "My friend," Mike said, "you're foolish. You Just paid me ?3 apiece for those birds." "Mr. Connolly," the man answer ed, "I Just got out of a cage down at Jpllet. I was In there fifteen years. I want the birds to enjoy the same freedom I'm enjoying." BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA TARRH THAT CONTAIN MER CURY, as mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing It through the mucous surfaces, except on prescriptions from reput able physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and :s taken internally, acting directly upon the biood and 'mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you get the genuine. It Is taken In ternally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. been been recently improved, erected and the Honesdale, Pa.