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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 1913.
THE CITIZEN !
fioml-Wcckly Founded 1008; Weekly Pomaded 1844. j
Published Wednesdays and Fridays by the Citizen Publishing Company.
Entered as second-class matter atthe postolllce, Honesdale, Pa. j
E. B. HARDENBERGH PRESIDENT
H. C. VAN ALSTYNE and E. B. CALLAWAY . . . .MANAGING EDITORS
PRANK P. WOODWARD ADVERTISING MANAGER
AND FEATURE WRITER.
o. n nonf r.iNOKii.
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directobb:
n. WILSON.
X. B. HAKDENBERBH
W. W. WOOD
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1013.
There Is much discussion In Har
rlsburg at all times over the prob
able date for adjournment of the
legislature and last week this sub
ject for a while threatened to be
come a real Issue because some over
anxious statesmen fear the sacred
cause of reform Is In some way or
other going to get a double cross of
the most villainous type. As to de
tails the suspicious patriots general
ly are hazy, .but the charge most fre
quently heard Is that the organiza
tion Republicans are planning to fix
an early day for the final sitting and
then hold up legislation in the Sen
ate In such a way that much of It
will be killed or lost sight of in the
final rush. There does not seem to
be any Justification for this presump
tion. There Is much work to be
done by the Legislature and so far
as can be learned there is a disposi
tion to let the body remain In session
until the work is disposed of. Gov.
Tener and Speaker Alter both have
said as much. As for the work in
the Senate it Is proceeding with cus
tomary celerity. Days have been fix
ed for committee hearing on all the
important measures and while some
of these dates at first seemed a trifle
late, this was because no account was
taken of the fact that the upper
branch will hold no sessions during
the week beginning March 3 in order
that Democratic Senators may attend
the Inauguration of President Wil
son. The House also will take an
Inauguration recess.
that people are shaking hands here'
on our public streets every day.
Why, they do say that at a local j
aance nero last weeK some oi, me
Honesdalers actually "shook their
.feet." We make this statement as
evidence in the proof of our state
iment that along the hand-shaking
line there Is not the slightest dan
ger. There Is a bit of fact about hand
shaking that may not be generally
known. Why do people shake hands
with the right hand? No; this Is not
a conundrum. There is no " funny
business 55 about It. The custom Is
not so very old, and it had Its origin,
thuswise:
A few generations ago every man
carried a sword. Swords are used
by the right hand. In those days
people shook hands with their left
hands, thus their right hands were
free for offense or defense to
guard against sudden attack or
treachery.
'In time the sword-carrylng habit
passed away. To offer the left hand
was open to suspicion that the right
might be used to wield a hidden
weapon. Hence, to avoid even tlTe"
suspicion of treachery or open war
fare, the right hand was offered
when people met and hand-shaking
was considered a necessity, or tha
proper act of good manners.
Honesdale people shake hands
with the right hand, and, if extra
glad to see you, they will offer both
hands at the same time.
FIRES AND FIRE PRECAUTIONS.
The subject of fires has recently
become the 'burning topic of the
times. Within a very few days the
county seat of Old Wayno has been
the scene of several destructive fires.
Collier's Weekly Is publishing a ser
ies of articles along the conflagration
line that, atlhough well written, are
unpleasant reading, after all, for
there is too much of a suggestive na
ture wrapped up In the statements
there so boldly made.
A few years ago the writer was a
visitor in the old Moravian town of
Salem, North Carolina. rfHe was In
formed that Salem seldom had a fire,
and the reason washecause somebody
was held responsible for every fire
that occurred In the town. The re
sult was that everybody was careful.
There were no carelessly built chim
neys. Flues were frequently cleaned.
Every member of the household was
taught to guard against whatever
might lead to a fire that could not
bo easily controlled. The result as
stated above was that Salem had no
fires.
We also learn that In " Berlin,
Germany, someone Is held responsi
ble for every fire. The police inves
tigate and the .person or 'persons
found responsible pay the costs of
putting out the blaze and damages
besides. The annual fire loss In Ber
lin is only $300,000 while in Chicago,
a city of the same size, it is $6,000,
000 annually. This tends to show
the number of fires due to human
carelessness In permitting conditions
to exist favorable to starting a con
flagration. The property loss Is not
tho only thing Involved, but infinite
ly more Important, human lives pay
the penalty of carelessness In this
matter of fires,"
Some such system will have to be
come a national rule of order in the
United States, Judging from the rap
Id growth of loss of property by conflagration.
NO DANGER! NO DANGER!
Now, this paper desires to arise In
defense of Honesdale. In some way
tho impression has gone abroad that
shaking hands In the Maple City Is
tabooed, in fact that 'hand-shaking In
Honesdale Is positively a dangerous
pastime, and that the proffered hand
is apt to cause the one who makes
the proffer to experience sensation
of being knocked down forthwith.
"Now, what do you know about
that!"
We want to assure people from
abroad who may contemplate visiting
our beautiful town that there Isn't
tho slightest possible danger, and
PEOPLE'S FORUM.
A Dog Question.
Mr. Editor: Will you kindly en-
iignten me upon uie following
quandary?
Why can some people keep two
curs year after year and pay tax on
only one, while another man pays
his. tax yearly for a blooded bull dog
which, when enticed to leave home
by the curs, is shot down? I sup
posed the tag was for protection.
Yours truly,
SCRIBE.
Editor's Note There are two
reasons, one of which may be as
signed as the cause of the owner of
two dogs paying tax for only one.
Tho first if the owner did not In
form the assessor that ho was the
owner of two dogs. Second, the as
sessor knowingly refused to assess
both dogs to the owner. As to the
blooded dog being shot while wear
ing his tag. The tag Itself is pro
tection to the dog only so far as that
the dog could not be declared a nui
sance while wearing tho tag unless
he had committed some - offense
which would entitle tho person in
jured to kill the dog. If the dog
was killed by some person, malici
ously or without cause, such person
woud be liable in damages to the
owner of the dog.
OW what do
you know
about this fel
low? Surely
he Is all 'busi
ness, from his
pen-holder to
his good right
hand. You
'might as well
get acquainted
with him, for
you will meet
his smiling face In this department
from week to week. We hope you
will like him we hope all readers
of The Citizen will like him. Ho in
tends to .keep busy, and you will find
him "on the Job" regularly in every
Friday's issue of this .paper, rain or
shine, unless he should happen to be
out of town or something.
By the way, we want to emphasize
the fact that this department stands
for something worth while. It stands
for everything that is practical along
the advertising line. It stands for
everything that is honorable In the
business world. It stands for real
news along the lines of business In
Honesdale and this part of Wayne
county. It will try hard to be wise,
to be 'helpful, to be cheerful, to be
interesting, to he intensely readable.
For years we have believed in the
good common sense embodied in the
saying that
"He who has a thing to sell
And goes and whispers it down a
well,
Isn't half so apt to collar the
dollars
As he who climbs a tree and
hollers."
We still believe In the same good old
line. This paper Is your "tree." You
may climb It and "holler," or we are
perfectly willing to do tho "holler
ing" for you. We have good lungs,
and there Is nothing the matter with
our advertising vocal cords, thank
you.
GHOST HUNTING IN
LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
E. J. Lynett, the eminently popu
lar and successful editor of tho
Scranton Times, in commenting on
the removal of the office of publica
tion of The Wayne Countean from
Hoadleys to Honesdale, and of the
recent addition to the staff of Tho
Wayno Citizen of Frank P. Wood
ward, Tho Wayne Countean's editor
and publisher, among somo very
pleasant things said of Mr! Wood
ward, refers to an incident that oc
curred thirty-six years ago when he,
Mr. Lynett was, as ho styles him
self, "a cub reporter on the late Sun
day morning Free Press."
The writer hereof remembers the
incident quite vividly. Young Lynett
came In from his Dunmore home, his
cheeks all aglow with youthful ardor
and pure blood, and reported that
there was a "sure thing" haunted
house in Petersburg!
Ghosts! Great, grisly, grey ghosts!
That was something worth while! We
had always wanted to see a genuine
ghost providing we had company.
We didn't hanker to bo "soein'
things at night" when we were all
alone. But ghosts In the daytime,
with good company to 'help enjoy
the sight and sensation, was some
thing different.
Would Ed go with us to see the
ghost? He didn't care. Sure It was
quite a walk, but the sensation might
be worth the effort. And so we went.
The haunted house was In the con
fines of that part of Scranton called
Petersburg, which lies on the hill
between Dunmore and the Electric
City. Tho house was a email, un
pretentious affair, and It didn't seem
possible that It was largo enough to
shejter a fair-sized family and a full
grown ghost at the same time.
The mistress of the bouse, who
probably was also "boss" of the es-
V
Cypher's Poultry Remedies and sup
plies, and everything a poultryman
needs; and their prices are fully as
low as are offered for reliable go'ods
In any town or city In the United
States.
Clearance Sale About Over
At Menncr & Co.'s Store.
The special clearance sale that
Menner & Co. have been 'holding Is
almost at an end. Too bad if you
missed it, but don't worry, for they
are now clearing tho way for early
Spring goods, suitable for Easter
wear, and what you missed In one
way you can now make up In anoth
er. They still have a few bargains
left in special weight and make win
ter coats and garments for women,
misses and children.
Incubators, Brooders ami
Poultry Supplies nt Erk Bros.
All the average person has to do
Is to take one look Into the hand
some windows of the hardware store
of Erk Brothers and he will surely
sigh for a Cypher's or Buckeye In
cubator, or some or all of the other
poultry supplies that are tfierein
displayed. This has been a great
Winter for poultry, and It will be a
great Spring for that important In
dustry. It doesn't make any differ
ence what you may want in the line
of supplies along that line, Erk
Brothers have them Incubators,
Brooders, Root and Vegetable Cut
ters, Feed Mills, Drinking Foun
tains, Dry Food Hoppers, Shell
Boxes, Egg Testers, Thermometers,
Grains, Laying Mashes, Chick Feeds,
Grit and Oyster Shells, Pratt's and
Mnplo Sugar's Almost Hero
Get Supplies of tho Murray Co.
If you want to know something
about the prices of Sap Buckets, Sap
Pans and other sugar making sup
plies, you can get a little hint (only
a little hint, mind you) of how prices
are running by turning to the adver
tisement of the Murray Co., the big
four-story store where they sell
"everything for the 'farm." But, af
ter all, you will have to go right to
the store to get a complete knowledge
"of what they can do for you along
maple sugar making lines.
P. S. While Inspecting their su
gar making goods, don't forget to
have them show you their poultry
supplies.
Do It Now! ! !
Do It Now! ! !
Turn at once to the advertise
ment headed "Do It Now!" and read
it all the way through. It Is some
thing new In the line of business
news. It Is the biggest value ever
offered In Wayne county. Figure It
out any way you please and you
make $1.50 clear.
MAKE PIMPLES GO
Remarkable How Zemo Clear tho
Face of Pimples and All Other
Blemishes.
With the finger tips apply a little
Zemo to the skin, then see the pim
ples and blackheads vanish. Zemo Is
a liquid, not a smear, leaves no trace,
just Blmply sinks In and does the
work. You will bo astonished to
find how quickly eczema, rash, dan
druff, Itch, liver spots, salt rheum,
and all other skin diseases are cured.
Zemo Is put up by the E. W. Rose
Mldiclne Co., St. Louis, Mo., and Is
regularly sold by all druggists at $1
for tho largo bottles, but you can
get a liberal size trial bottle for only
25 cents. And this trial bottle Is
guaranteed. You surely will find
Zemo a wonder. Get a bottle now
from A. M. Lelne, Honesdale, Pa.
"Stomach Misery ALL GONE"
My! HoW I i)ld,Suffcr But Now I'm
Happy All Day Long and Sleep
FUo."
That's what a woman said Just a
few months ago. She said more and
here it is.
" I wish it lay within my power to
persuade every woman sufferer from
dyspepsia or Indigestion (or what
ever they may "think their stomach
trouble is) to give MI-O-NA Stomach
Tablets one week's fair trial. I am
sure that every one of them would
thank mo from the bottom of her
heart."
"I. am well and happy for the first
tlme'in years and I do not hesitate to
give MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets all
the credit." Follow this advice.
Give MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets a
week's trial; if they do not benefit,
Pell, the druggist, will return tho
cost 50 cents.
ADVERTISE.
IF YOU
Want a Cook
Want a Clerk
Advertising Shows Energy
Want to Sell Your Groceries
Advertising is "Biz"
Want to Sell a Piano
Advertise Long
Advertise Well
At Once.
This Poem Was Read nt
Pomona Grange Meeting.
When you point your Iver Johnson
toward a squirrel up a tree,
You may know that he will tumble
just as sure as sure can be,
And when you pull the trigger and
ho falls down flat
You can han'd him over to old Rover
or perhaps a Thomas cat.
So if you have varments round and
don't 'know what to do,
Just buy an Iver Johnson of O. M,
SPETTIGUE.
Hero's tho Reason.
Perhaps Two Reasons.
"I cannot sing the old songs
I sang long years ago."
One reason Is because you have
forgotten the words, and you prob
ably never had the music. You get
both words and music of nearly 500
of the dearest "Old Songs" In the
' big, well printed and handsomely
I bound book The Citizen is practical
ly giving away in Its greatest club
offer this county ever heard of. It's
j a worth while offer. Read about it
1 in tho advertisement headed "Do It
Now!"
Low Down, Steel Frame
Force Feed, Grain and
Fertilizer Drill with
Grass Seed Attach"
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Hench & Dromgold's
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and fertl-l
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while In op
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Rear wheels,
Accurate In it
trial will convince,
Positively tho neatest, lightest, strongest and most complete drill on
the market.
Tho only Drill that starts sowing as soon as wheels move.
Our Guarantee: "We guarantee this Drill to be the .most perfect work
ing Drill made.
Every Drill is sold with the understanding that it will do perfect
work, otherwise it may be returned and your money will be refunded.
8 Tube Drill Complete $65
9 Tube Drill Complete $69
HoraesdaSe, Pa.
tablishment, invited us to enter, but
she seemed a bit shy. when the sub
ject of ghosts was mentioned. I
found that when it came right down
to bearding tho what-d'-ye-call-it in
its den it was much easier to let Ed
do the questioning. That was all
right, too; for 'he had always lived
In that neighborhood, and I was only
a carpet-bagger from the wilds of
Wayne. Besides, It was 'his ghost,
not mine, and wasn't it fair for
everybody to look after his own
ghost? Certainly! Certainly!
Nobody in the house had seen the
ghost but a girl a thin, skinny,
black-haired, beady-eyed girl. And
that girl had seen the ghost in all
parts of the house and at all hours
of the day and night. His spook
shlp especially was 'fond of playing
peek-a-boo In the cellar, where all
that she saw of It was Its hands. She
showed how they looked and ap
peared. We went all over that
'house In the vain search for the
ghost
"We seeked him in the rafter room,
And cubbyhole, and press,"
but we could find no trail of the
visitor from Shadowland; and yet,
that girl had the nerve to claim that
she saw the "hands" while we were
watching her and wondering.
"I don't see anything," said Ed.
"Neither do I," said the writer
hereof.
"Why, right there! Don't you see
'em?" excitedly exclaimed the girl.
We gave up the hunt In disgust,
coinciding in our opinion that the
girl was a lttle fakir and was trying
to "work" her family for some pur
pose of her own.
Ed is no longer a "cub reporter,"
but publishes one of the most won
derfully successful newspapers In the
State, a newspaper that ho rescued
from the realms of oblivion and has
made a "household word." He
doesn't have to "hunt ghosts" any
more, and the only "ghost" he has
anything to do with Is the one that
"walks" about the Times prlntery
on its regular and ever welcome pay
days.
FRANK P. W.
For this Monday we offer you an opportunity, interesting
and timely list of bargains. Many of the lots are the result of
lucky "Buys" from Manufacturers who needed cash. The rest
are specially selected items from our own regular stocks, es
pecially reduced for Monday. All the lots comprise seasonable,
fashionable and highly desirable merchandise. The very goods
you want now.
i
Blonday9 March 3
' '
BOYS PRISONERS IN BOX CAR.
Five Reading Lads Say Train Started
Unexpectedly.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 27. Five boys
from this city were arrested in Phlla-
I delphia. They were glad to bo locked
up.
j They said they were playing In a
box car hero when tho train started
and could not leave It until it arrived
i in Philadelphia.
Tho lads, about fifteen years old
I each, said they were William Arrner
J of 517 North Front street, Earl Ho
' berter of 727 Madison street, Paul
Shunk of 1001 Center street, Dewey
Monn of 5-15 Wciser street and William
Sterner of 167 Hudson street. They
are being held at the Central station,
Grocery Department.
Columbian or Snow White Flour, $1.45 Sack.
Fresh Graham Flour, 5 lib. bag, 20c val., 17c bg.
Fel's Naptha Soap, G "bars 25c.
Fancy Toilet Soap, C bars 25c.
Shell Brand Salmon, 15c val., 2 cans 25c.
Creso Crackers, 2 packages 15c.
Cream Corn Starch, 10c val., 8c pkg.
(Fancy California Oranges, 32c doz.
Uncolored Japan or Mixed Tea, 60c val., 40c lb.
Bulk Cocoanut, 20c valuo, ICe lb.
Other Departments-Main Floor.
Yard WIdo all wool Batiste, 59c val., 48c yd.
Irish Poplin, sun and soap proof, 22c yd.
Best Quality Outing, all colors, 8c yd.
Galatea Cloth, good patterns, 16c val., 14c yd.
Men's Ribbed Fleeced Underwear, 50c val., 39c oa
Men's Work Shirts, best make, 50c val., 43c ea.
Children's Heavy School Hose, 15c yah, 11c pr.
Silk Gloves, Black and Colored, 60c val., 44c pr.
Mikado Crepe, plain and fancy, 18c val,, ICe yd.
Gent's Handkerchiefs, 10c val., 5c ea.
Cotton Challles, new assortment, 6c val., 5c yd.
Niagara Cotton Batt, unroll in one sheet, 9c.
Broken Lots of Muslin Underwear
Ladies' Skirts, Gowns and Junior Gowns at less than actual cost
Second Floor Specials
Heavy printed linoleum 50c val., 44c sq. yd.
Clean up Sale Plaid Blankets, $ 1.75 val., $1.39 pr.
10x4 Cotton Blankets, 68c pr.
Table Oil Cloth, new pattern, special, 17c yd.
Imperial Granite Carpets, 35c val., 22o yd.
Ready-to-Wear Dept. 2nd Floor
Junior Coats, $16.00 and $16.00 val., $7.50.
Junior Coats, $12.50 value, $6.25,
Junior Coats, $10.00 val., $5.00
Ladies Fleeced Lined House Dresses, $1.25 val.,
98c ea.
Ladies' Fleeced 'Lined House Dresses, $1.50 val.,
$1.19 ea.
Our Entire Stock of Ladies, Fall Suits, Cut In Half.
KATZ BROS. Inc.