PAGE SIX THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1913. HARR1SBURG LETTER Auxiliary Forest Itoscrvo Bills arc .Passed by Both tho Senate and House. Harrisaurg, Pa., Juno 5. As tho result of a stato-wiao eaucauoum campaign undertaken more than a hv the Pennsylvania Con servation Association, tho Pennsylva nia Forestry Association, J.emgu University, and tho Commercial Mu seum o Philadelphia, and vigorous ly pursued by these organizations In tho Legislature, It has been possible to pass laws which, If approved by Governor Tener, will do much to ward the practical reclamation of many thousand square miles of waste land, winch on account 01 urea mm nvrriKnWn taxation, aro now worth less and non-productive. No doubt is felt In regard to the Governor's signature on these bills, as they were recommended by him in his message and supported by mm aur ine tho critical poriods which they experienced in their progress through the Houso of Representa tives and tho Senate. Tho bills provide that any per son, firm or corporation that owns land suitable for agricultural pur poses and desires to grow trees thereon for commercial purposes and wishes to be relieved of tho or dinary method of assessing timber land for taxes may apply to tho Pennsylvania Forestry Reservation Commission at Harrlsburg to have his, her or its land examined and placed in the auxiliary forest re- SQTVGS. It is thoroughly belioved by those who have worked out this legislation that not only will Pennsylvania's timber supply bo greatly conserved by tho reforestation that is expected to follow but It will have much to do with conserving our water re sources and tho prevention of floods. Bills Introduced by Senator Walter McNichols, of Scranton, and passed by the Senate and now pending in the House, known as Senate bills 1279, 1280 and 1281, relate more specifically to the conservation of the state water resources and were pre pared under the direction of the State Water Supply Commission in accordance with the suggestions made by Governor Tener in his mes sage. The Pennsylvania Conservation Association has taken an active part in this legislation and was responsi ble for killing some vicious bills in troduced at this session that had tho backing of private water power Interests. The McNichols bills provide that an Inventory of the water resources of the state shall first be taken with a view of developing for all tho people the one remaining resource In Pennsylvania not now owned by private Interests. Tho Pennsylvania Conservation Association, an organi zation of public-spirited citizens, with general ofilces at Harrisburg, has endorsed Senate bills 1279, 1280 and 1281, and is now urging their passage in the Houfee. General food legislation will not bo enacted by the Pennsylvania Leg islature of 1913. The Senate last Tuesday took action which made this plain. For tho second time, the Senate on that day defeated Senate Bill No. 5, the Gerberich general food act, -which went to its death because of sinister provisions which it contain ed and questionable methods utcil in lobbying for it. The principal opposition to the bill was tho absolute prohibition of the use of benzoato of soda as a food preservative, but other opposition was awakened by the "guarantee clause" which was not exactly what some parties thought it should be. In tho Stato Senate. Tho Senato will devote tho week to endeavoring to find excuses for further delay in final action on the election measures and tho bills reg ulating woman and child labor. The senate no longer attempts to dis guise the fact that it is deliberately playing for delay, and has been for weeks, in the hope of tiring out tho house and forcing a compromise on these measures, and it would not bo surprising if none of them were to be reached on final passage this week. Although tho houso has vir tually finished its work and the sen ate could do likewise in a week's time, prominent senators aro pri vately predicting the postponement of final adjournment to the end of June. Following Governor Tenor's public denunciation of the amendment of the workmen's compensation bill by the senate committee so as to give tho employer an option to accept the law or not, the bill is likely to go lack into committeo for further amendment this week, and it may "be slow in reappearing, as tho sen ate is reluctant to pass It in any shape and will not do so except under the most vigorous prodding from tho executive. Tho bill placing a tax of 2 per cent, on anthracito coal is said to bo slated for passage in the senate, hav ing already passed tho houso. Tho appropriations aro running ahead of tho revenues in sight, and some thing will have to bo heavily cut or additional sources of income provid ed. Coal will produce flvo millions or more, and this would provide funds for carrying on tho state high way building program for tho next two years, pending the outcome of the $60,000,000 bond proposition, which must bo submitted to tho peo ple for approval next November and money until 1915. Child Labor BUI. Tho child labor and women's hours bills are still in tho hands of i tho graveyard committee of tho sen ate and it Is announced by child la bor agitators that it Is proposed by the committee to make tho hours uniform at 55 hours a week. This will be resisted, progressives say, on tne noor or tno senate. All hope of fixing a date for ad journment has been given up until , tho election, compensation, utilities and other important bills are inrougn tno senate and u Is antici pated that conference committeo will bo required to adjust differences be tween the two branches on somn of tflftsn Tnpnniima Appropriation Bill. Tho general appropriation bill, carrying over $42,000,000, is expect ed to bo reported to tho houso some timo this week. Impeachment potl tion matters will occupy some of tho time of tho houso, as tho majority and minority reports of tho commit teo which investigated tho charges against Judge C. N. Brumm, of Schuylkill, will probably bo reached about the middle of tho week if tho reports and testimony are printed in time. Labor Commissioner Appointed. Governor Tener has approved the bill creating tho department of la bor and industry and appointed Prof. John Price Jackson, of State College as the commissioner. The now department will tako over the duties and powers of tho de partment of factory inspection. Throe bureaus are created by the bill, inspection, statistics and arbi tration. The first will handle the work of the factory inspection de partment, tho second industrial and other statistics, and the third will mediate in caso of strikes. Power is given to create other bureaus. Tho commissioner will receive a salary of $8,000 per year and thero will be a chief inspector at $5,000, a chief clerk at $2,000 and other office at taches, together with an attorney at $3,000. The chief inspector will have charge of the inspection bur eau and will have fifty-eight inspec tors under him, while the bureau of statistics will bo headed by a chief at '$3,000, the mediation bureau to be in charge of a chief at $3,500. Tho bill creates an industrial board composed of the commission er and four members to be appoint ed by the governor, the latter to be paid $10 per day when employed. This board is charged with wide powers of investigation. THE VALUE OF TOTAL ABSTIN ENCE TO A LIFE. By Fanny Tinglcy, AVinner of Second W. C. T. U. Prize. PrnlilhlMnn nf nco nP n1nl,nl is of so much lmportanco to human me tnai us iruo vaiuo can not do es- tlmntpfl In wnrrlK nr rn n mnnoif basis, but in tho highest thoughts of educated man; for although tho health and prosperity which comes with total abstinence can not be bought at any price, yet the poorest may enjoy these comforts without uusi. iuis essay, mereiore is aecn cated to tho disadvantages accom- nanvinir tho iiro nf nlnnlinl. urMlo tVio real value of abstinence will be left to tho highest reasoning power of the individual reader. Thfire is nrnhnhlv Tin Hranno rmic- cle, organ or system In the body 1 . ; i . l . , . wuiuu is noi agecieu oy aiconoi al though tho ill affects upon some of these aro not visthln in fhn stmniror for some timo, yet the symptoms of uicoaoiism are suown immediately by others. When alcohol rnnnlips tho fntna. tines it lp taken by tho blood and the work of destruction immediately begins to destroy tho remaining cor- ijuscius, wnicu, oeing so greatly di minished by tho addition of alcohol, havo little power to fight the offects Of the nolsnn nnil nnrt nf thom illn Thus the blood goes to the heart! wnicu oecause of the thinness and warmth of the blood, has the pow er to send it past tho internal organs to tho skin. Here by means of the mvoiuniarary muscles acting upon sweat glands, most of the heat es- canes while thn Intprlnr nf iha 1,,1,. left destitute of food and fuel, be comes incapaDio or performing Its many tasks. If a largo amount of heat is lost tho rosnit win ho on in. ternal chill and possibly death. in mis condition the blood speed ily impairs tho health and ability of the brain bv snnnlvl and deadening the nerves, which condition continues for somo time after the effects have disappeared. For examnlo of thin may safely consider tho Corning (N. uibuhibi- ui juiy rourtn, nine- iuou uuuureu twelve, wnen the en gineer was Rflld in ho i though his brain was still under tho influence of alcohol taken several hours previous to the wreck. His stupefied mind had not tho power to comprehend the danger. Continued alcoholism curdles the gray matter of the brain and wpnl-ona tho of tho blood vessels so that the in creased now or blood to the head may burst a vessel and cause par alysis. Delirium frnTnana la r. ,11.. - v. wu.ux.kj io UIE1- ease of tho brain resulting from al- wilUUBUl. The telegraph system of tho body belnc thus at fault tn tho Tr.ni flco the messages of tho mind aro boui wrong or ran to bo sent at all, when the muscles become useless bo cause of the lack' nf nrnnor .v. sages and suitablo food to supply the uuuiium. m neaitn wnen a muscle is working it sends an order by tho nerves to tho hpnrt wMnh ),,h ately begins to pump faster in order iiuiusii mo supply. Nerves un der the infiuenco of alcohol aro so numbed that they cannot perform this duty and tho muscle is worn out faster thon it can bo replaced; while tho waste material is not carried away because nf tho -. tuwuaocu amount of lymph and tho intoxica nt oi mo lympn vessels. Muscu lar degeneration may best bo seen in the muscles of tho throat and mouth by tho slow, thick speech of an Intoxicated person. Tho nlasma whlnli passing through tho walls of tho uiuuu vusseia ana rurnishing food to the cells cannot ro-enter tho blood Vessels hut In rarrln.l ... t.. n. "".vw una UV mu lymph vessels. In tho moderate . li.. r tUBro 18 an increased amount of this and by its entering tho lymph Vessels tho lattor. tncotho. in. I!1:, ' helTll"1 and slightly uuu umuuueu so mat the flow of lymph Is so hindered and Slow that thn nnrt n,hi.i. j enter these vessels Is left in tho flesh uu wuubub temporary, though per haps not noticeable bloating. In tho ?nUSM.thJ? cona,n often leads to Bright s disease. The effect of alcohol upon tho lungs is probably not so plainly seen as In other nnrra of tho i..i ..... - . " " uo uuur jut lis "suit Is Just as injurious for when mo uHworit or vessels which surround each air sac comes- in con tact With nlpnhnl tho ..m brano becomes Inflamed, and weak ened and may result in hemorrhage although tho greatest danger Is that disease germs may be inhaled and lodge In tho unhealthy parts where tho lungs and blood not being able to fight It, it may develop into as dan gerous a dlseaso as to cause death. Statistics show that a large percent age of tho tuberculosis and pneu monia patients are constant users of alcohol. Tho heart', being muscle, is affect ed similar to other -muscles. The Increased action caused by the before-mentioned condition of tho blood, develops tho fibers and if al coholism be continued the heart will Increase in size, weight, and hard ness, resulting in palpitation of the heart and later, hardening to such an extent that it is not able to perform its duties. Destitute tho means to export the waste material, and be ing continually supnlled with noison. the fibers become degraded and dis eased so that sickness in another part of the body may seriously af fect it. Fatty degeneration of tho heart results from tho worn out cells of the heart turning to fat. Tho expense of liquor is never limited for It does not stop when tho cost of a glass or two has passed over the counter. That Is but tho bo ginning. The hours of unconscious ness or Insensibility and sick head ache which follow aro hburs fit waste and idleness which is so much money lost. For sometime after the use of alcohol the person does not feel equal to his work which stead ily decreases In quality. With this thero soon comes a lowering of wages and finally ho has the pleas ure of looking for a new position. That prohibition is steadily in creasing is shown by tho different fraternities and brotherhoods sup pressing alcohol. The leading so cieties will not uphold an errinc .brother. The fate of the engineer or the uorning wreck Is that ho Is forever discharged and disgraced by railroad circles and will never be allowed a responsible position on any railroad in the United States. Thus it is true that no one living in a wet country is safe from alcohol for perhaps many of tho victims of this disaster, as well as of tho terri blo Titanic disaster, were total ab stainers; yet their lives were lost through liquor. If a college athlete is found using alcohol or tobacco the anger of the students is so great that he Is immediately hissed out of col lege. If tobacco Is used by a person who has an inherited tendency to cancer, the cancer is liable to break out in the mouth because of tho direct con tact of the tobacco on tho mem branes of the mouth. While tobacco is bolng chewed tho salivary glands are kept in con tinual activity and much of tho sa liva is lost in spitting. When saliva Is needed to digest food, that which flows Is of a poor quality and falls to work properly and indigestion soon results. The absorption of the nicotine in the membranes of the mouth serious ly affects the heart so that about one fourth of tho steady smokers show an Irregular heart beat. The United States naval academy reject such' applicants and students aro -no long er allowed to use tobacco. Cigarettes aro tho most nnrmful form of tobacco because of the way tho smoke Is inhaled and carried to the lungs when tho air sacs readily absorb it. It creates an appetite for itself so that a cigarette fiend can neither work nor enjoy himself with out it. A few of the business corpora tions demand workers who aro men tally, morally and physically sound, and refuse work to those addicted to cigarettes. From Kansas we hear that " o'f ninety boys who had been put in jail during six months of nine teen hundred two all but two were addicted to the use of cigarettes," and this from a police magistrate in New York: "Ninety-nine out of every one hundred boys between the ages of ten and seventeen years who como before me charged with crimo have their fingers stained with cigar ettes." The disadvantage to the public is oven greater than can bo imagined for the loss of life is not to bo com pared to money. The Religious Weekly says: " Cigarettes for boys spell tragedy everywhere. The fire at Bangor last Sunday began with a careless smoker. The Baltimore fire, the Chelsea-Boston fire, the Are of the Windsor Hotel, New York, the Albany statehouse Are, and tho hor rible Triangle Waist Company holo caust, all of these with human char red bodies, and wrecked homes and lives aro traced to tho carelessness and brutal disregard accompanying the cigarette habit." These, then, aro a fow results of tobacco. Nearly three-fourths of the crimes of our land are traced dlrfectly to alcohol of tobacco, and tho children and poor people in our almshouses were nearly all sent there by alcohol. Tho taxes paid by saloon keepers is a very small percentage of the cost of maintaining tho people made des titute by their business. THE BEST NEWSPAPER WE EVER READ. Wo recommend Tho Philadelphia Sunday Record to all Illgh-Grado Bfomo Lovers. It Is seldom that thorp rntnpa to us a paper we can praiso as whole some and clean in every respect, but Tho Philadelphia Sunday Rec ord certainly deserves its title as "tho greatest home nowsnaner nf all." It has featuro pages for every member of the family. Wo were SUrnriSGrl at. tho vnrtotv nnil enono ft its articles. Tho best artists and authors each week contribute some oi tne woric tnat has mado thom famous. Tho story that interested us tho most concerned an old barn near hero that wo used to play around so many years ago that we aro nshampri to tell. It Is Just this clean, human in terest touch that makes Tho Phlla- delnhla Sundav TlnpnrA a ta everywhere, particularly in the coun- Best of all, it costs only three ftPntR. Vnil hnrl hnttov. An on Jlj MMU UVV.UI IIU (0 1YU U1U -order next Sunday's copy today (1 Tl il ho 01110 Of ntottlnn ( . f DANGER IN CONSUMING SUMMER DRINKS. The near advent of tho warm sea son with its attendant thirst, coupled with tho great American habit of consuming large quantities of soda water and other "soft" drinks, have prompted tho 'New York city and Montana boards of health In recent bulletins to deal with this subject. Tho Montana bulletin contains an ar ticle giving a long list of bottled, car bonated beverages which wero found either adulterated or misbranded when examined in tho stato labora tory. Most of thom contained sac charin, samples of "ginger alo" con tained capsicum but no ginger, and tho fruit beverages all contained ar tificial flavors and colors which were not declared on tho label. It is also stated that since saccharin does not aid foaming as does sugar tho man ufacturers are In the habit of using extract of soap-bark, which produces a good foam. Not only Is this sub stance deceptive, but also tho soap bark contains a toxic principle, capo toxin, which Is markedly poisonous. The bulletin of the Now York city de partment of health sets forth a regu lation prohibiting tho use of soap bark in beverages and in fillings used by bakers. Violations of this regu lation will bo criminally prosecuted. Tho Journal of tho American Medi cal association thinks that tho pre vailing habit of consuming large quantities of bottled, carbonated bev erages in hot weather is undoubted ly productivo of much harm. Tho knowledge that poisonous chemicals are among the Ingredients should discourage their use. Probably neither the conscience of the man ufacturers nor statutory or health board regulations will entirely pre vent tho sophistication of these soft drinks. In addition to the drinks contain ing dangerous chemical flavoring and coloring substances, there are other "temperance" drinks equally dan gerous, especially for the children and young persons who indulge in them so freely. Many of the rather misnamed "tonic" drinks that are so widely advertised havo been shown by tho United States govern ment analysis to contain considerable proportions of caffein. It is easy to understand that long after taking these caffein-containing cold drinks the feeling of fatigue may drop from one. Caffein Is not, however, a de sirable stimulant to serve indiscrim inately to growing children or young adults, especially those city dwellers whose nervous systems certainly need no artificial stimulation. Besides, caffein seems to have a definite ten dency to tho formation of a habit. Not a little of tho restlessness of children during the summer is to be attributed to the taking of caffein in considerable quantities in tho form of these soda-fountain drinks. The parents sometimes discover that a distinct craving for the particular drink has been created and that tho child pleads for money to satisfy that craving. FIND GETTYSBURG IN BEST OF SHAPE. Gettysburg, Pa. To make a thor ough inspection of the work com pleted at the camp to bo occupied by 40,000 Civil War veterans In July, Major General Witherspoon, Assistant Secretary of War Brecken rldge and Lieutenant Bralnard visit ed Gettysburg and found everything so far advanced that no doubt exists that tho camp will be completed in ample time. Major J. E. Normoyle, who Is in charge of tho construction and con duct of tho camp, accompanied the party here from Washington and at tention was given to tho general lo cation and layout of tho big camp site, the sanitary arrangements, the water supply, tho location of the kitchens and mess tents and all oth er phases of the camp. Four large water storage tanks were found entirely completed and tho water supply of sufficient quality and volume to meet all demands. A portion of the town's water supply is also to bo available in caso it is needed. Hundreds of tents are al ready in place and tho stakes have been driven for the balance. Tho representatives of the War Department also noted with satisfac tion that the complete equipment of lighting tho tented city with elec triclty.has been finished and that vet erans will have no trouble with a dark camp at tho time of their visit hero in July. Lieutenant Colonel Beitler, secre tary of tho Pennsylvania Commis sion having the anniversary in charge, and Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson, chairman of tho National Park Commission, accompanied the tour of Inspection. ACCOUNT of P. J. Keary, guardian of Kate Carey, a person of feeble mind, now deceased. Notice is hereby given that tho first and final account of the guardian above named will bo presented to tho court of Common Pleas of Wayno county, for approval, on tho third Monday of Juno, and will bo confirmed absolute ly by said Court (sec. reg.) on Thursday, Juno 18, 1913, unless ex ceptions are filed. WALLACE J. BARNES, Prothonotary. Honesdalo, Pa., May 2C, 1913. NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF CHARTER. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, 228 March Term, 1913. Notice is hereby given that an ap plication will bo mado to tho said court on Friday, 'Juno 20th, 1913, at 2 o'clock p. m under the Act of Assembly of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act to provide for the Incorporation and regulation of certain corporations" approved April 29th, 1874, and tho supplements thereto, for tho approv al of certain amendments to tho charter of Stalker Methodist Episco pal church changing tho name of the said church to "Graco Methodist Episcopal Church" as setforth in tho petition for tho' allowance of said amendment, filed in said court. Mumford & Mumford, Solicitors. Honesdale, Pa., May 28, 1913. 44w4, GENUINE ECZEMA REMEDY. Now Remedy That Heals Eczema Quickly. Pell, tho druggist, has sold hund reds of jars of Hokara, and although ho offors to refund the purchaso price to any dissatisfied purchaser, not ono jar has been returned. While this Is surprising in itself, yot tho most marvelous thing is tho reports of chronic cases of eczema that have been cured by this simple skin food. Peoplo who have suffer ed with scales, scabs and even bleed ing itching havo found relief in Hokara. No matter where tho eczema, pim ples or other breaking out occurs, whether on tho face, hands, legs or body, the application of Hokara should give quick relief, and even tho worst or most chronic cases should be cured In a short timo. You can buy a liberal-sized jar to day at the very low price of 25c, and with every package goes Pell's guar antee to refund the money If It is not satisfactory. Wayno Common Picas: Trial List Juno Term, 1913. McDonnell vs. McDonnell. Clark vs. Thompson. Van Osdale vs. Blaine et al. Kordinan vs. Denlo et al. Town vs. Cortrlght & Son. Wilcox vs. Mumford. Carey vs. Township of Buckingham. Honesdalo Milling Company vs. Kuh bach. Gerety vs. Columbian Protective As sociation. Congdon vs. Columbian Protective Association. Cromwell vs. Woed. Bregstein Bros vs. Rldgeway. De Groa't vs. Brutscho. North Tonawanda Musical Instru ment Works vs. Herbeck-Demer Company. Derrick vs. Cortrlght & Son. Hunkelo vs. Brown. Miner vs. Miner. Shannon vs. Havens et al. W. J. BARNES, Clerk. APPRAISEMENTS Notice is giv en that appraisement of $300 to tho widows of the following nam ed decedents have been filed in the Orphans' Court of Wayne county, and will be presented for approval on Monday, June 10. 1913 viz: Chris. Lowe, Honesdale: Personal. F. W. Bunnell, Texas: Personal. John Grlswold, Clinton: Personal. Loren Enslln, Lake: Personal. Geo. Billard, Cherry Ridge: Per sonal. Charles McVey, Preston: Real and Personal. David McLaughlin: Real and Per sonal. Appraisement of real estate of Mary Farrell, widow of Matthew Farrell, Honesdale, under Act of As sembly of April 1, 1909. W. J. BARNES, Clerk. -Advcrtlsa In Tho Citizen. J. E. HALEY AUCTIONEER Havo mo and save money. 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