THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1913. tAGE FOUR THE CITIZEN Homl-Woekly Founded 1008 5 Weekly Poundod 1844. Pabllahcd Wednesdaya and Fridays by Entered as second-class matter E. B. HARDENBERGH PIIESIDENT II. C. VAN ALSTYNE and E. B. CALLAWAY MANAGING EDITORS FRANK P. WOODWARD ADVERTISING MANAGER AND FEATURE WRITER. dibectobs: n. WILSON. c. n conrLiNcian, M. B. ALLEN, Our friends who favor us with contributions, and desire to have the same re nued, should in every case enclose stamps for that purpose. TERMS: ONE YEAR $1.50 THREE MONTHS 38c SIX MONTHS 75 ONE MONTH 13c Remit by Express Money Order, Draft. Postofllce Order or Registered tetter. Address all communications to The Citizen. No. 803 Main street, Honesdale, Pa. All notices of shows, or other entertainments held for the purpose of making money or any Items that contain advertising matter, will only be admitted to this paper on payment of regular advertising rates. Notices Of entertainments for the benefit of churches or for charitable purposes where a fee Is charged, will be published at half rates. Cards of thanks, i0 cents, memorial poetry and resolutions of respect will be charged for at the rate of a cent a word. Advertising rates on application. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1913. THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Put away all sarcasm from your speech. Never complain. Do not prophesy evil. Have a good word for everyone or else keep silent. Henry Ward Beecher. President Wilson has a fine sense of the humorous, after all. To A. Mitchell Palmer he offered the port folio of Secretary of War. Mr. Pal mer is a Quaker, and of course couldn't accept the offer. But it was kind of Woodrow, now wasn't it? BRYAN IN THE CABINET. By the receipt of the portfolio of Secretary of State, William Jen nings Bryan, the oft-rejected stone, has become the head of the corner. He will bo the Premier of the Wil son Administration, and he will be either the power behind the throne or the bomb under It, as he thinks circumstances require. If President Wilson is willing to allow Mr. Bryan to direct his Adminlstraton for him, Mr. Bryan will do It cheerfully and see that he gets duo credit for it. If President Wilson is not willing to permit Mr. Bryan to run things, Mr. Bryan will be in a position to dis credit President Wilson, and he will not, hesitate to do so. The temptation to pick flaws in a presidential cabinet is so strong, and so generally yielded to, that one al most feels it a mark of superiority to refrain. Of course, no man can pick a cabinet which will suit everybody, but in his choice of Mr. Bryan, it I does seem that Dr. Wilson has risk ed everything without a possibility of gaining anything. FIRES AND FIRE PRECAUTIONS. In our Friday's issue wo published an article in the editoral department under the above heading. It had for its basic thought the fact that most fires are caused by carelessness. When people write articles like that on any subject from farm economy to rational religion, they are suppos ed to be free from the wrongs they are trying to right. Now listen! Here was the experience of the writer of that fire article almost be fore the paper that contained it was published. Having duly retired to his "virtuous couch" (if there is such an institution), he soon was hob nobbing with old Morpheus at a rate that was calculated to "beat the band," so far as noise was concerned. But hark! Thero is a call that dis turbs the throbbing air of night! Somobody with the toothache, eh? Why don't folks have the toothache in the day timo when other folks are awake? Sure we'd get up and find tho Quicker Than Lightning Pain Ex poller! It was on tho second row of tho book shelves behind the sitting room stove right along side tho pasteboard box of matches. The bot tle was found, by tho aid of tho light of a match, and tho match, or what remained of It after It had burned our fingers, was tossed In a safe place on tho heavy linoleum that was un der tho stovo. My, but it was comforting and soothing to got back to bed and re sume businoss with Mr. Morpheus where we had loft off so reluctantly! But thero is " a fly in tho oint mont." An odor quite faint as that of burning cloth, pervades tho air. A freshly lighted match can bo smelted all over your house at night, and that must be what causes tho odor. The smell of burning cloth grows stronger, and It Isn't so vory particu lar whether that sleep engagement is kept, after all. Somobody's head that doesn't show bald or any other color than dark arises from Us pil low, arching Itself like that of the " battle that snlffoth the battle afar off." Thero Is a hasty flight down the stairs where the smoke is like tho ice In Hiawatha's winter, "ever thickor, thicker, thicker!" The sit ting repm door is open, and the room Is full' of smoke. Thero in plain open sight la the cause ot all the disturb ance, In tho form ot a ring ot fire, re- the Citizen Publishing Company. attho postofllce, Honesdale, Pa. K. B. HAKDKNDEBHH W. W. WOOD sombllng in the darkness a flro scone at night on a distant hill or moun tain. Hero is what had happened: That stub end of a match, with a spark of flro on it no larger than a plnhead, had not been thrown on the linoleum at all, but It had fallen on a pile of clothing that lay in front of the stove, and set the fabrics on fire. It required but a moment to grab the garments, open the door of the stove and pitch them In; but the experi ence had its after effect in the thought of what might have been had everybody gone to sleep. Furthermore, that article in Fri day's Citizen came vividly to mind, and we thought we would write out the story for the benefit of other careful (?) people who think they know how to handle matches. HARRISBURG LETTER Indications of an amicable arrange ment being reached between the sup porters of the Philadelphia Municipal Court bill and the bill giving each of the Common Pleas Courts in Phila delphia an additional judge were evi dent Thursday when amendments j wore made to the Municipal Court bill to meet objections of opponents of that measure. It would appear that a working agreement will be en-' tered into by which both measures will pass. Governor Tener gave encourage ment to some advocates of the Muni cipal Court bill when they called up on hlra a short time ago and many are of the opinion that if the two bills go through he will sign them both. A fight between the champions of those measures would probably re sult in their being side-tracked for this session of tho Legislature at least. Judges' Salaries Reduced. When the 'Municipal Court bill came up In tho House it was amend ed so that all jurisdiction over di vorce cases was eliminated and the salaries of the judges wore all reduc ed. The president judge's salary was cut from $8,500 a year to $G, 500, and the other judges' compen sation was reduced from $8,000 a year to $G,000 a year each. The five Common Pleas Court Judges hill has passed the Senate and will come before the House shortly. Tho friends of the Municipal Court bill want that measure put through the House before action shall bo tak en upon the Common Pleas Court Judges bill. The Philadelphia Senators who supported the bill for the five judges are expected to aid in the passage of the Municipal Court bill with the un derstanding, that the Independent members of tho House, who have been displaying most Interest in the Municipal Court bill, will co-operate In providing for tho flvo additional Common Pleas Court judges. It Is unlikely that tho Municipal Court bill will be hold in committee In the Senate until the temper of the House shall be shown toward the flvo now Common Pleas Court Judges bill. Action was postponed in the House upon the two bills calling for a con stitutional convention and providing for tho election of delegates thereto. Friends of tho 'proposition were not prepared to have a voto on either of tho bills, and they asked that both be passed for the present. Liquor men, who were hero in force and went away happy over the defeat of the Rockwell bills, are an noyed over the fact that they are unable to learn definitely when tho Steele amendment to the Constitu tion, calling for Stato-wldo prohibi tion of the liquor traffic, will bo call ed up. Thero Is talk of a new local option bill to be .introduced in tho Senate, 'but from the size of tho vote in tho House 121 to 83 against local option, it Is hardly probable that a new bill would be given serious attention. Routino Business, The general appropriation 1)111 carrying ?42,GG2,343.G9 was intro duced into tho House by Mr. North, Jefferson, chairman of the appropri ation committee. The bill was Intro duced earlier than known in years and was ordered printed for Informa tion of members, It will be recom mitted for changes. When the bill was read Speaker Alter called atten tion to the fact so that members could study the measure. The report of the conference com mittee on the resolution providing for transportation of veterans to the battlefield of Gettysburg during the celebration of the semi-centennial next July was agreed to. It now provides that men who enlisted from Pennsylvania or veterans -who are now living In this State shall be transported and maintained, while those who enlisted from Pennsylva nia regiments and "who are living out side of the State shall be given trans portation to and from Gettysburg and tho State line. Mr. Allen, Alle gheny, made a brief speech on tho measure urging Its adoption. A bill abolishing all fees of offi cers of counties containing less than 150,000 population and establishing salaries according to population was Introduced Into the House fcy Mr. Ir win, Blair. It will affect over fifty counties In the State. Mr. Grabe, 'Butler, Introduced a bill to levy a special tax of one mill for road purposes on personal prop erty, capital stock, 'bonds and gross earnings, tho money to be apportion ed among townships according to mileage of public roads. Concerted Action Looked For. When the Philadelphia legislators left for home Thursday afternoon not to return until Wednesday even ing, thero was a suggestion that in the lntrim some plan of concerted action upon bills directly affecting the Quaker City may be agreed upon. There are two sets of measures commanding the attention of the law makers from the Quaker City, those regarded as purely political and oth ers which have for their aim the up building of the city and hanbor of Philadelphia, and the advancement of the general welfare of tho com munity. Criticism has been heard from some of the Senators and Representa tives who are not in accord with the Blankenburg administration politi cally, that the Mayor and some of his directors are not helping their gener al bills for public improvements by antagonizing friends of members of both branches of the Legislature who would be affected by bills which are being urged by the Blankenburg ad ministration, among them being the extension of civil service regulations to county officers, the ripping out of the present Councils and tho substi tution of a Council of fifteen for the present body. Lobbyists Must Stay Out. Lobbyists got a Jolt in the House Thursday almost as severe as that administered to them in the Senate a few nights ago. The doors of the Senate hero since have 'been closed against them. An iron-clad rule now stands on record in the House and if any lobby ist gets within that chamber in the future it will bo because ho has been introduced by a member. The House adopted this rule: "That beginning with the session of March 5, 1913, admission to the doors of the House of persons otner than those expressly entitled to the door, under Rule 39, shall be only by card or direction to tho doorkeep ers ifrom a member of the House." In the past the doors havo been open and visitors walked Into the chamber, congregating in the space in the rear of the members' seats. There was so much noise and con fusion that the legislators were unable to follow the proceedings of the House. A page will bo assigned to each doorkeeper and he will sum mon the member the visitor desires to see. MRS. FRIEDEWALD'S READING. " Marlowe," the subject of Mrs. Salo Friedewald's reading at the High school last Saturday afternoon, is a drama in five acts written by Josephine Preston Peabody. This "noble tragedy" is ranked with Ros tand's "Cyrano" and Stephen Phil lips' "Paolo and Francesca" because of its strength, imagination and splendid diction. Tho timo of the drama is the early Ellznbothan of Chrlstophor Marlowe, the great predecessor of Shakespeare. It is said that Miss Peabody satur ated herself with tho Elizabethan spirit while in college, consequently it Is not surprising that the tragic life of the wonderfully gifted, riot ous "Kit" Marlowe stirred her dra matic instinct. Tho first act begins with a conver sation in a London tavern between companions of "Kit" Marlowe who are discussing his new play "Faus tus." During their conversation a countryman from Canterbury and his daughter Alison, a beautiful guileless girl come to tho inn. Mar lowe, who has in the meantime ar rived, out of a spirit of adventure, seeks the acquaintance of Alison who is captivated by tho polished young Londoner nnd the newness of everything. Marlowo sings to her ono of his beautiful lyrics and fairly charms tho girl, though her inno cenco provents oven tho hardened Marlowo from carrying farther his conquest. Alison lives In a dream until sho overhears a conversation botween her lover Gabriel and Mar lowo, in which tho poet laughs when asked if ho loves hor. Sho is dis- covored and led away half fainting by Gabriel and soon after returns to Canterbury. 1 Later Marlowe Is again at tho inn. Mlsfortuno has come upon him be cause of his recklessness and ho has been dismissed from tho "Queen's Players" for atheism. Hero Miss Penbody makes Marlowo speak with that longing that seems to havo been tho strongest characteristic of his wild nature and say, "If there is no God, thero should bo." Ho is roused from his reveries by tho entrance of his friends who tell him of Alison's marriage to Gabriel nnd taunt him with bolng unable to win hor. Half drunken and disturbed of mind ho remembers that Alison caused hlra to feol one of his few good impulses and thinking, as ho says, she will bring light to him again ho goes to Canterbury. Marlowo finds Alison alono on Whltsun night and as she comes down tho stairs with the candlo hold so that It lights her face, tho pure saint-like beauty does bring light to him. Alison talks with him and he goes back to a tav ern where he is drawn into a brawl and stabbed with his own dagger. Dying, his troubled spirit seems to find the God he said there should bo, and ho cries to him. IF YOU Want a Cook Advertise Well At Once, APPROPRIATIONS GAUSENO DELAY Congress Can Work All Night on Such Matters. DON'T CAUSE EXTRA SESSION Champ Clark Eulogizes Late Vice President Sherman as Product of the House Declares Latter Finest School. Senator Webb Asserts World Is Grow ing Better Discusses Liquor Traffic. By ARTHUR V. DUNN. Washington. March 3. Special. If there was not to be nn extra ses sion of congress there would be little doubt about the passing of all the ap propriation bills even if the conges tion was greater than now exists. Congress win work nil night at times and accomplish wonders in the way of crowding through appropriation bills. I have never known the fnilure of ap propriation bills to be the cause of an extra session. In the Taft administration the two extra sessions were on account of the tariff, tho first to revise the Dlngley law and tho second to pass tho Cana dian reciprocity bill. Neither meas ure was really necessary at tho time, but the president thought both were of such Importance ns to need an ex traordinary session. At this time, with another extra session to enact tariff legislation assured, it would not be nt all surprising to see several appropri ation bills fall. "Mental Pugilistics." In his nddress upon tho late Vice President Sherman Champ Clark told tho senate that Sherman was a house product. "Wo trained him," ho said: "we gave him his promotion. There Is no iluer school under the sun than tho house of representatives for men tal pugilistics. Personally we are cour teous to each other, but there Is no such thing as house courtesy that in fluences legislation." The World Is Better. Senator Webb of Tennessee Is an old man, but a new senator. He made a very Interesting speech in favor of the Kenyon-Webb liquor bill, and In the course of his speech he said the world was improving. "I am nn optimist," said the senator. "Tho world Is get ting better every day. I saw in my boyhood liquor absolutely without re striction. I saw gambling untrammel ed. I saw public betting on horse races. Lotteries in my boyhood used the mails. Dueling was common. A gen tleman allowed himself to be punctur ed Into a pepperbox to show that he was a brave man and a man of honor." He then said that many of these evils had been abolished or greatly re stricted. Upon the whole, great Im provements of a moral kind had been made, he asserted. Remembered Another Occasion. "Kuute is having a hard time with his river and harbor bill," remarked a man passing through the senate corri dor. "Yes," remarked a senator. "They are debating It at some length, but it is not half ns bad as when he was managing the river nnd harbor bill which Tom Carter talked to death." The senator referred to an event twelve years ago which caused con siderable interest at tho time. Carter began talking about 7 o'clock on the night of March 3 and talked until they arranged the senate for the inaugu ration ceremonies a little before 12 o'clock on March 4. This year sena tors talked because they wanted to get tho bill amended or wanted some amendment defeated. By Its Right Name. A bill has been reported by tho sen ate finance committee for n tariff com mission. As Introduced it provided for a tnriff board. That was the name which tho defunct organization was called, because there was objection to the word commission. Now they pur pose to call It by Its right name If an other Is created. What Did Lincoln Say? As tho famous address of President Lincoln on the Gettysburg battlefield Is to be one of the principal features of tho Lincoln memorial, an effort Is to be made to have tho correct version of that address established. Senator Root had passed a resolution for that purpose, directing tho committee on library to ascertain and report the facts. When It la approved by congress it may bo settled that thero can no longer bo a dispute over what Lincoln actually said on that occasion. Loading Down Bills. The senator who does not take ad vantage of the closing days of congress to load all his legislation on appropria tion bills Is missing his chance. And when tho gntes are once opened almost everything goes in. Those supply bills which Chairman Fltzgcrnld and other manngers of appropriations send to tho senate go back looking like delivery wagons nbout Christmas time. It looks as if the only way the cus tom can be stopped is for the two houses to ngree upon a Joint code of rules as to what shall be put In such bills. And such an agreement would bo next to Impossible, for senators bare learned that the only way they can "beat the game" and have legislation considered in the bouso which 1ms been smothered In committees is to load It on the appropriation bills. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mrs. N. Grnber of Los Angeles, CaU keeps sixty-three pet dogs. Miss Bertha Stevens says' Cleveland sadly needs an asylum, refugo or homo for old maids. 1 Miss Helen Cheever has been clerk in the postofllce at Sioux City, la., for over thirty-four years. Mrs. William E. Gummero, wife ot the chief justice of New Jersey, Is heading n movement for the improve ment of tho highway department's methods in Newark. Mrs. Robley D. Evans, widow of "Fighting Bob," had the distinction ot being the only woman asked to tako part In the dinner given by tho Pil grims in New York to the captain and officers of the British warship which was sont to this country with the body of Whitelaw Hold. Miss Ellen Churchill Semple of Lou isville. Ky., has written an Interesting scientific book In regard to a system of nnthropogeogrnphy. Miss Semple entered Vasnar at fifteen, although that is below the usual age, but sho was admitted because sho had passed with out conditions. After graduating at nineteen she tried to be a society girl, but soou tired of tho life. Pert Personals. John D. Rockefeller has again given proof of his unlimited riches. He has bought out an Iceman near him. Balti more American. Naturally tho world Is relieved to learn that when George Ade slipped nnd fell he did not Injure his funny bone. Chicago News. There isn't much doubt that Mrs. Fluley J. Shepard will be just as phil anthropic as Miss Helen Gould used to be. Boston Journal. After telling people that it is not only needless, but foolish, to grow old Lillian Russell (born 1800) declares. "I am still nn infant." If you don't be lieve it, read what she says and be convinced. Indianapolis News. His Good Idea. John L. Sullivan met with some amusing incidents while giving boxing lessons. One day a husky young man came to blm as a pupil. Ho took his boxing lessons nnd went home somewhat tho worse for wear. When he came for his second lesson he said: "Mr. Sullivan, it was my Idea to learn enough about boxing from you to be able to give a certain young gen tleman a good licking. I've had it in for him for a good while. But I've changed my mind. If you havo no ob jections I'll send this young man down here to you to take the rest of my les sons for me." FEBRUARY WEATHER RECORD. Total rainfall with melted snow, measured on flvo days, (there was traces, not enough to measure on nine other days), is 1.80 inches which is ono-flfth inch less than last year, and 1.31 Inch less than Febru ary average of 3.11 Inches for 43 years; from .GO inch in 1877, to G.77, to G.5S inches in 1893. Total snow measured on four days, (traces eight other days), 12.5 in ches, which Is twice as much as wo had in February last year; and makes a total for this winter to' March first, of 31 inches, last year G3 inches for the same time. Febru ary snowfall varies from two Inches in 1877, to 57 inches in 1S93; aver ago 1G.3 inches for 57 years. There was much bare ground most of the timo during this winter, and no sleighing worth recording, very much like it was last year, though not near so cold. February Temperatures, 1913, and compared with other years. Highest temperatures ranged from eleven de grees sixth and 12 th, to 52 degrees 2 0th; average 27.4 degrees, 1.5 higher than last year. Highest in February for 54 years was sixty de grees 2Gth, 1890. Last year highest in February was 48 degrees on tho 24 th. Lowest temperature varied from 33 degrees 22d, down to nine de grees below zero 14th; average 10.7 degrees, three higher than last year. Lowest on my records in Fobruary for 54 years, Is 31 degrees below zero, tenth 1888. Last year lowest In Fobruary was 1G below zero on the 10th. Dally range two degrees first and 12th, to 42 degrees on tho 14th; avorago 1G.0 degrees, and last year It was 18.3 degrees. Warmest days 2lst and 22d, means 39 degrees, two higher than last year, 19th; and coldest day tonth, mean flvo degrees, 15 warmor than coldest day in Fob ruary last year same date. Dally mean for tho month 18.3 degrees Is 1.4 higher than last year, and 3.1 degrees bolow February average ot 21.4 degrees for 49 years; from 12 Supplies tor the Sap Season. 10 Qt. Galv. Palls (with bail) $15.00 per hundred 12 Qt. Gttlv. Palis (with ball) 10.00 " " 10 Qt. Tin rails 10.00 " " 0 Qt. Tin rails D.00 " " No. t Grimm Spiles (with hooks) 2.25 " No. 5 Grimm Spiles (with hooks) 2.00 " " 1 Gallon Syrup Cans (14 in. screw) ... 0.00 " " 1 Gallon Syrup Cans (14 in screw) 4.75 in lots of 50 Tapping llitts 25c each Syrup Testers (wood cased) 85 o each Sap Pans (Galvanized all seamless) at ex ceptionally low prices. M. SPETTIGUE Honesdale. Pa. WAR DECLARED CATARRH Germs Must Bo Conquer-. od or Health Will bo Destroyed. If you have Catarrh you must vanquish an army of persistent, de structive microbes before you can bo healthy. You might as well choose your Weapons, declare war and destroy this army of Catarrh germs right now. Booth's HIOMEI, a pleasant germ destroying air breathed over the en tire membrane will kill Catarrh germs. Booth's HYOMEI (pronounce It Hlgh-o-me) Is guaranteed by Pell, the druggist, to end Catarrh or mon ey back. It surely is fine tor Coughs, Colds and Croup. If you own a little HYOMEI hard rubber pocket inhaler got a separate bottlo of HYOMEI for only 50 cents. If you haven't an Inhaler secure a com plete outfit for only $1.00. Just breathe It no stomach dosing. degrees In 1907, to 30.2 degrees in 1890. Ten days were clear, ten fair and eight cloudy: average fifty per cent. of sunshine, to C4 last year. Prevail ing winds northwest. There were six zero mornings, 0 to nine degrees below, which is ail for this winter to date, and a total of 17 zero degrees; last year same timo 161 zero degrees. My record begins this-first spring morning with 2G degrees; one year ago five degrees below zero, 31 de grees colder at same hour. THEODORE DAY. Dyberry, Pa., March 1, 1913. AVANT PRIVILEGE TO FISH ON SUNDAYS. Senator Hencock Presents Petition from Philadclphlnns nnd Others on Subject. Harrisburg. Senator Heacock ot Montgomery county, at tho request of 593 petitioners residing in Phila delphia, Ogontz, AVillow Grove, Manayunk, 'Norrlstown and other places In those sections, Introduced In the senate recently to bill per mitting fishing on Sunday. Tho bill contains a few unusual whereases, prepared by some one in the legisla tive reference bureau. In full tho proposed act Is as follows: Whereas, The day of rest, com monly called Sunday, was made for man, and not man for Sunday; and Whereas, Innocent recreation on the day of rest injures on one, but on the contrary conduces to better physical and moral well being; and Whereas, To man, tired by six days of labor, tho art of fishing af fords an opportunity of rest and re laxation and an acquaintance with nature denied during the days of toil; and Whereas, The span of human life Is short enough without making it shorter by absurd laws that accom plish no material good but simply tend to arouse resentment in those not limited by selfish creeds and be liefs; therefore Be it enacted, etc.. Section 1. It shall be lawful to fish on tho day commonly called Sunday. BEACH LAKE. Beach Lake, March 4. Miss Edith Seymour has just re covered from a severe attack of tho grip. Mrs. H. S. Whitmore of Inglehart, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. H. J. Brown this week. New gasoline lights havo been in stalled in tho home of Wesley Van Wert. The Free Methodist quarterly meeting began Friday night. Tho Sunday night service finished the revival meetings. Thero wero fifteen new converts. W. H. Dunn is in the southern part of the county looking for houses. Rev. nnd Mrs. W. J. Seymour, Miss Minnie Barnes attended tho Atco L. A. S. Wednesday at tho homo of F. Woodley. ECZEMA? TRY ZEM0 Has Cured Worst Coses and You Can rrovo It for Only 25 Cents. Yes, try Zemo. That's all you need do to get rid of the worst case of eczema. You tako no chance, It is no experiment. Zemo is posi tively guaranteed to stop itching, rash, raw, bleeding eczema, make a pimpled face smooth and clean. Zemo Is a wonder and the minute applied It sinks In, vanishes, leavo3 no evidence, doesn't stick, no grease, just a puro, clean, wonderful liquid and It cures. This Is guaranteed Zemo is put up by tho E. W. Roso Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., and sold by all druggists at $1 for the large bottle and at 25 cents for the liberal size trial bottle. Try one 25 cent bottle and be convinced. Sold In Honesdale by A. M. Lelno.