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The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16
MrssRs. EDIroRs.-I notice by the In.
HON ESDALE. PA.

MnssRs. EDITORs.-I notice by the In
dependent and Herald that the County
Commissioners have awarded the con-
tract for painting the Court House to
W q. Hall, OF Indian Orchard, his bid
having been 1897. As my bid was $500.
it would seem that the old system of
giving Jobs to the lowest bidder has been
abandoned by the present board of COM
missioners. From the fact that Com
missloners' clerk Ross is careful to have
the papers say that nothing was men
toned 10 my offer about puttyi ing the
windo VS., it is clear that he sees the ne
oessitS of furnishing some excuse for
turning my bid down. But his excuse
donh excuse He knew, and the board
knew, that tfo pctty work was under
stood hy me to be part OF the job; for
had taik with Com missioner Mande
vile in regard TO that very point, and
made il plain that such was my under
standing. Aud even il had not said
a word about it, the board would have
mad no reason to reject my bid, IL being
the lowest, Gs no workman would even
think of painting wind lows without first
doing such puttYin as might be necess-
ary, and no intelligent, fair minded
person would even imagine to the con-
trsry. Ny bid was for the work as ad-
Vertised, and l offered TO furnish bonds
| for the proper and Satisfactory perform
ance of the contract. Had It been
accepted. as in all justice 1t should have
been, the county would have saved VIZ
at least but OF course Mr.. koss for once
would not have had his way. More
over comparison Of the two bids will
show that while my offer was TO paint
the sash and frames and columns on the
front porch two coats. the bid OF Mr.,
Hall is for only one coat. and yet his
bid was accepted as the lo~eeti If il
could be properly mentioned. in thii
connection might give some interest
ing information concerning the frescoiDG
OF the interior OF the Court House last
year. JoHN CoHGDoN.
The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16
Hawley.

haWley
JULY 13th.-SundRy, July 9th, two
children and three adults received the
ordinance of baptism In the N. e.
church. The pastor, Rev. B. P. Ripley.
offlciated.
The extreme heat of last Sunday was
almost unbearable In HHWley, until late
in the afternoon when q oiouded sun.
the rising wind and a refreshing shower
brought relief and made the evening Q
pleasant one.
Mrs.. A. ]. Lobb, who has been visit
ing abroad the past two weeks, return
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. Frank Stevenson and son RoberA.
visited friends In Port Jeryis, last week.
Mrs. Robert Wheeler and two chill
dren, OF MRssillon, Ohio, are guests OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Geary,
at East HAWley.
The farm house OF Mrs. Mary EoK-
weller at Notch, Pike county,, was struck
by lightning last week and considerably
damaged. Two blooded yearllng heiEeFH
owned by q. N. Decker, OF Atco, Wayne
county, were killed by lightning in the
pasture last week. Both parties carried
losses were promptly adjusted and paid
on the spot
Warren Murphy, a student at State
College, isspendlng his vacation In HaW-
ley.
After spending a week with friends in
Orson, Miss Mary Ward, OF 6eeIyyilla.
will come to Hhwley, Saturday. for q
weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. d. Blng-
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Tuttle, OF Dam
more, were recent visitors in town.
DIR. Russell Wall. one OF our rising
young men, has been appointed junior
assistant physician In the Moses Taylor
Hospital In Scranton, and he 10 working
there during bis vacation from che Med.
ical College.
Gustave Buck has finished q course Of
studies Ia the Scranton Business College,
and returned to HaWlsy.
Mrs. ID. Bingham returned Saturday y
from a visit OF two weeks with her soI,
JudEon and family, at Newark, Ohio.
While there she visited the State Pen
itentisry st Columbia Ohio, and sew
eral other places OF interest Ia that
State.
The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16

OWING to the increasing number OF
horrible crimes in France. and the &C
tion Uf many juries in passing resolu-
tions 10 favor of the retention OF the
death penalty, parliament has decided
to postpone confederation Of the pro
posal to Abolish the death penalty. This
question is on the governments pro-
grAmme. Although never legally sbol-
Ished, the use OF the guIllotine has been
virtually suppressed for years. parlia-
ment having refused every year TO
make an appropriation for the payment
Of executioners. and the President OF
the repubiic having regularly commut-
cd death sentences TO life imprisonment.
The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16

THE veto by Gov. Hughes OF the bill
making October 18th legal holiday,
TO be called Columbus Day. was no
blow at Christopher Columbus. Were
the discoverer Of America to come back,
and see, for instance, how far aud how
generally Memorial Day is observed to
the honor OF our dead soldiers and dead
sailors. he would not ask for holiday
in his own honor. He is sure OF respect
full remembrance as il iP. Were he to
have day TO himself in early October,
il would be a case OF football hrst,
Christopher Columbus nowhere.
The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16
Federation of Labor.

For the benefit of humanity, and TO
give the public an insight in the work
ing and propaganda OF the Americas
Federation OF Labor, the Central Union
of Honesdale and vicinity have voted
to hold open meetings on the second and
fourth Thursday evenings OF the month
until further notice. Clergymen OF the
town are invited to become fraternAl
ROT Central Labor Union,
A. ID. VANDRIwEM.
The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16

The New Separate Skirt for 1905, at
MENNER IL GO. q stores combine style,
comfort and economy. All new pro-
ducLloas. etA
The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16

DewIits Witch Ha1el sAlye u good for
cuts. burns, bruises and sefstohes. u 70 es-
peolAlly good for plies. Recommended ana
sold by PElL Tue druggist.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23

Mr.. Bryan Brands as Untruth-
full Statement Alleged to
Have Been Made by the
Negro Bishop Walters as to
The Brownsville Affair.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Fairview, Lincoln Neb., July 10
William Jennings Bryan does not in
tend to be drawn into the Browns
vile case if he can help it. In all his
conversations with visiting delega-
tions and others, he has carefully re-
Trained from talking on that subject
and to-day he put the brand OF un-
truthfulness on the alleged statement
made by Bishop Walters, of the
African Methodist Episcopal church,
to the effect that he hal assured a
negro delegation that he regards
President Roosevelt's action in that
case as unjust.
At the same time Mr.. Bryan denied
| another alleged interview of the he:
gro Bishop that he had discussed
The appointment of negroes to office.
These declarations were called forth
by a telegram from uhe Baltimore
Sun, inquiring as to the truth OF the
| statement said to have emanated
from Bishop Walters. To the news
paper men at Fairview, MIR. Bryan
said that he had not, and would not
take up any issue not contained IL
| the platform
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
Cleveland's Cabinets.
Eleven of the Members dead
and Ten Yet Living.

O. O. Stealey in Louisville Courier journal.
Mr.. Cleveland though in his seven
ty-second year, survived one-half OF
his official family during his two
terms as President. Two of his Sec
retaries of State, Bayard and Gresh-
am, are dead and Richard Olney re-
mains Two of his Secretaries of the
Treasury, Charles S. Fairchild and
John G. Carlisle, are alive, and Dan
iel Manning is dead. His two Sec
retaries of War, Endicott and
Lamont, both are dead. His four
Secretaries Of the Interior, William
F. Villas, Hoke Smith and David R.
Francis, are alive, and L. @. c. Lam
ar is dead. OF his two Secretaries oi
the Navy, one, Mr.. Whitney, is dead,
and the other, Hilary A. Herbert,
is living. OF his two Secre-
taries OF Agriculture, Norman j.
Colman is living and J. Sterling
Morton is dead. OF his four Post.
master Generals, William f. Villas
and Don M. Dickinson are living and
Wilson S. Bissell and William l.. Viii.
son are dead. OF his three Attorney
Generals, Richard Olney and Judson
Harmon are living, and Augustus
H. Garland is dead; which makes
eleven dead and ten living. His run.
ming mates in 1884 and 1888
| Hendricks and Thurman are both
dead, and Mr.. Stevenson is living
| Mr.. Stevenson has now the distinc
tion of being the only living ex-Vice
President of the United States.
Garland, Bayard, Gresham, Man
ming, Endicott and Lamar lived tc
be past three score years and ten
Whitney, Lamont, Morton, Bissel
and Wilson died in the prime of life
Don NJ. Dickinson, twice q Cabinet
Officer, is now in a sanitarium will
little hope OF recovery. He was 6:
last January. Norman J. Colnlan il
in his eighty-third year, is of cours,
in a very precarious condition, being
ten years older that the oldest mem
ber of Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet. Next
to Mr.. Colman in age comes Hilary
A. Herbert, who was born in 1884
making him "A years of age. Mr.
Carlisle is 73 September 5th. Mr.
Olney is just ten days younger thar
Mr.. Carlisle, having been born Sep
tember 9Th while Mr.. Carlisle was
born September 18th. 1885. Mr.
Villas is 6S years in July. Mr.. Fair
child was 67 in April. Mr.. Judsol
Harmon is SO, and Dave Francis viii
be SO in October. Hoke Smith will
be 53 in September. which makes
him the youngest living man of th,
| Cleveland Cabinets.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
Judge Neal Talks Of
Homicide.
The Reason for the Failure Of
Justice in Our Courts.

In his charge to the grand jury of
Wake county Superior Court, Judge
Neal discussed the prevalence of hon.
icide. He is thus reported in the
Raleigh Times:
''Jurors as a rule never make mis-
takes in the trial Of civil actions, but
in criminal cases they sometimes
make mistakes. The State is an in
visible something to them and jurors
argue that a defendant if turned
loose might reform, and so they are
lenient at the expense of justice.
Jurors ought not to be swayed by
sympathies, because crime is so ram
pant throughout the country"
Giving some statistics showing the
preponderance of homicides in Amer
lea as compared with the Old Coun-
try, it is stated that in 1908 there
were 9,3O3 murders in the United
States, 3O1 in Germany, 526 in
France, and a smaller number in
England. In 1906 Chicago alone
had 1877 murders, while London with
double the population had "a.
"WhO turned these folks loose?''
he asked, and answered the question
with, 'The iuries. In every county
in North Carolina: provided that
the defendant has sufficient means
to employ the very best talent, he
can have a jury that will think fav.
orably of him. The system that
permits a defendant to peremptorily
challenge % jurors for no reason at
all is wrong, for it gives the defend.
ant an advantage over the State. A
good lawyer knows every man in the
county by name and knows exactly
what his views are as to capital pun
ishment, and may select only those
who are favorable to his case"
Judge Neal does not believe the
lawyers are dishonest; they are fa1
from it, and in every moral move
ment are in the van. Thejurors, too
are honest, he said, but some people
are more sympathetic than Others
and make a conviction all the harder
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
'Uncle Remus." !"

Folger McKinsey, in Baltimore Sun.
Br'er Rabbits face is grave and sad today
A great. good friend OF his has passed away.
And Farmer Snapbean in the shadow feels
A voiceless grief that DER his spirit steals;
The blooms are bowed along the Southern
lane
And old familiar bird-friends try in vain
To flute their happy beings loud and long
In sheer delight Of Iying-something 8
wrong.
Br'er Bar is grumpy, and on Br'er VOLTS
face
A solemn darkness dwells in laughter place;
Tar Baby falteFs at the crape-hung door
Whence his old friend will issue never more,
Except when sorrow bears him forth to lie
Beneath the lilies OF the Southern sky,
Greenlv companioned with the vine that
grows
On shores OF sleep and valleys Of the rose.
out OF the heart Of childhood echoing clear,
voice OF waling-in child eyes tear;
Through all the world OF children little bps
Quiyering that death hath bound In death
eclipse
Those eyes that looked on childhood with
such CLEAN
OF Joy in lives So sweet with dance and
dream;
clear, far-seeing heart, that held it's youth,
ana IEe0 IN lOht. anu IbFtd Win
truth,
4 sane philosopher, who looked on life
With equal patience for its Joy and strife;
Preaching the gentle edoctrine-wIth fine art
OF human feeling and the neighbor-heart;
Brother to little creatures, insect, bird,
Gifted with fairy vision, fragrant word +
o, large, sweet soul, the heart OF time is sac
That thou shalt come 10 more to make II
glad
Human as old humanity, and born
To simple sweetness OF the fields, the morn
The bloomy jasmine places, and the wales
Where legion lives in recreated tales
OF white folk, black folk-with a touch thai
knew
The sweetness OF odd fancy, ringing true
To nature and to knowledge, and the best
That beats through life in every human
breast
All hearts are heavy for him, and for though
OF that lost art in which he deity wrough
The foibles and the weakness and the wine
OF all love brings to life OF true and fine;
Gather Br'er Rabbit, while with arm in arm
We go in loneliness to SDapbean Farm,
To lay our TOscs-kisscd with tear drop
sweet
Among the tributes at his head and feet.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
Found Watery Grave.
Sad Accident Near Oxford by
Which Darius Eatman Loses
His Life by Drowning
Was Talented and Popular
Young Man---Graduate Of
University Of North Carolina
and of Columbia University
Several Years Member of
Faculty of Wake Forest.
Special to News and Observer

Special to News and observer.
Oxford, N. c., July 16-Darius
Eatman, only son of H. H. Eatman,
of Oxford, N. c., was drowned today
about twelve O'Clock in Cannady's
mill pond.
Darins Eatman, Hubert Poteat,
Tom Howell and Nick Cs,nnady left
Oxford for an outing at the mill
EIGHT miles from Oxford. At midday
telephone message notified the
people here that the four young men
were in a boat which suddenly cap
sized. Three swan ashore but Pro-
fessor Eatman, who could not swim,
sank. On rising the second time an
oar was extended to him which he
seized with such great strength as to
force it from the grasp OF his friends.
They dived for him and brought his
lifeless body on shore. DR.. j. E..
Morris, who resides near the mill,
was quickly summoned and every
available means used to resuscitate
him, but in vain. His remains were
brought to Oxford, where his aged
father resides.
Darius Eatman was thirty-three
years old and one of the most worthy
young men of the State. A native
of Granville county, he graduated at
Horner school, Oxford, afterwards
graduated at University of North
Carolina, class 1898, with "Sunn Cum
Laude.' Taught at Bingham's
| school, Asheville, one year, then went
to Columbia University, New York.
for post graduate work and was
there two years; was then elected
professor Of pedagogics in Wake
Forest college and remained there
until a year ago when he resigned
his professorship and returned tc
Columbia University to complete his
post graduate course. He received
! his P. L. G. D. a few weeks ago anG
was elected a professor in a college
in New York for the coming year.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
The Game of Politics.
North Carolina is not Going
for Taft and the Country
VIII be Be Safe and Pros
porous No Matter Who Is
Elected.
Fairbrother's Everything.

Fairbrother's Everything.
The Republican party is trying to
make people believe that North Car
olina is going to vote for Taft-but
that is something Oh the line OF the
claims OF the Johnson men. TAFT
will get some votes down this way
from the Democrats but they will
be but a handful North Carolina
will give the Democrats the State by
twenty-five thousand and there is no
other way to figure it.
We like this political game. We
like to sit here in our coming tower
not caring a sou who is who, know
ing that whatever happens the
country will be safe; we like to look
over the inconsistencies of platform
and party and see the trucking and
the sycophancy of men otherwise
well-intentioned; we like to hear know
it-alls talk and tell how it will all
come about-it is sport-but to en-
Joy it you must know in your own
conscience that no collar eats the
flesh Of your neck that no material
reward awaits your declamations.
Bryan will make a good President.
He is clean and intelligent; dreamer,
but a good citizen. Taft will meet
all requirements, and no matter what
the law says or what the platform
declares there will be prosperity in
this country because there are ninety
five million people who must live and
eat; because we have q citizenship
that will protect property and lives.
There will be panics and there will be
flush times; there will be statesmen
and there will be hot air artists-and
it makes no difference to the average
citizen who is President, provided
only, a majority of the people elect
him.
Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, Says: Il have
| only taken four doses OF your Kidney anC
| Bladder Pills and they have done for mi
more than any other medicine has ever done
am still taking the pills as l want perfec
cure" Mr.. Barber refers to De Wits Kid
ney and Bladder Pills Sold at Parker's TIVE
| Drug Stores.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
. AOS . g
Change.
Department.

Exchange, Home Circle Department
The secret of happiness is constant
change within the limitations OF rea-
son and common sense. A rut in the
human soul is like a rut in the road,
dangerous and upsetting. Ii we
must remain at the same task year
after year for nearly the whole of a
life time, then it should be our con-
stant effort to get all the variety we
can into our lives in other ways. The
fact that farmers wives 60 insane
more than any other class OF persons
is attributed to the terrible monotO-
ny of their lives which are one un-
ceasing round of hard work. A ma
chine bearing on single point OF
metal, wears out that point speedily.
1t is precisely the same with our
lives. One dull round of thought,
doing the same task at the same
hour year after year, will break down
the finest, strongest brain.
SO get out and have a vacation.
At least give yourselves Il vacation
of thought. Read new things; walk
along fresh roads; look at new pic
lures and new buildings. Invite
fresh, new thoughts always to your
soul; so shall you keep always young
Be not so sure that your fondest
theory is always the correct one
Standing still is decay and death
Hold the same plow handle, bend
over the same desk forty years, with
your thoughts chained down to them
and you become hump shouldered
old hunk-blind, deaf, weak and disa
greeable.
Keep up with the wagon. Change
your old views and habits for new
and better ones when you find them
and be always on the lookout fol-
them.
Sick Headache and Biliousness relieved a
once with Rings Little Liver Pills. rosy
complexion and clear eyes result from thei
use Do not gripe or sicken. Good for al
the family. Sold by Kerner- -McNair Co.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
Heads Versus Lungs.
Some Sensible Observations
on the Men in the Charlotte
Convention.
Charity and Children.

Charity and Children.
The average delegate to a State
political convention is not himself.
He says and docs things in the wild
passion of the hour that will bring
the blush to his cheek when reason
returns. The fact is, the devil is
much at home in a political conven-
ton. There is in the air an influ-
ence that is not wholesome for the
soul. At the late Charlotte meeting
many fool things were done and
said, and by men who ought to have
known better and who did know
better, but who turned themselves
loose and let the devil lead them cap
tive at his will. To be perfectly
plain, the average delegate, after he
has become intoxicated with the
convention spirit, has no more sense
than a goat. He throws reason to
the winds and devotes himself to the
business of trying to make more
noise than the man who sits beside
him with voice like fog horn.
Lung power is the main thing with
these delegates, and all their braying
only adds to tie confusion and OBJ
structs the run OF the business. But
there are a few men, blessings on
them, who work their heads rather
than their lungs. They restrain their
passions, as trained horseman does
his steeds; they keep their heads cool
and clear. They have no time to
shout-they are too busy controlling
the shouters. After the turmoil has
subsided and the clouds hare cleared
away, it is easy to look back and see
these captains looming large above
the lung artists who, sensible enough
at home, are wild as bucks in Char.
lotte. Here, as elsewhere, these su
perior men attain their power by first
conquering themselves, and after
that it is easy enough to conquer
others
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
The Remedy That Does.

''Dr. Kings New Discovery is the remedy
that does the healing others promise but
fail to perform" says Mrs E. r. Pierson, o.
Auburn Centre. Pa. ''It is curing me of
throat and lung trouble of long standing.
that other treatments relieved only tempor-
arily. New Discovery is doing me so much
good that feel confident its continued use
for a reasonable length of time will restore
me to perfect health" This renowned
cough and cold remedy and throat and lung
healer is sold at Melville Dorseyis drug store
soc and 81 90 Trial BOTTLES free
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23

So far as the nominations go the
shouting is practically over, but
there will be some more of it when
the election is held and the returns
come in. From President down the
Democrats have named an ideal
ticket, and all should rally and elect
it.-Greenville Reflector.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
MR.. BRYAN WILL WIN.
Just Exactly Right.

Il have used Dr. Kings New Lille Pills for
several years, and find them just exactly
right" says Mr.. A. A FELTON,, of Harrisville,
n Y. New Life Pills relieve without the
least discomfort Best remedy for constipa-
ton, biliousness and malaria. CSC at Mel
vile Dorsey drug store.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
War Against Consumption.

All nations sre endeavoring to check the
ravages of consumption, the "white plague
that claims so many victims each year.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and
colds perfectly and you are in no danger OF
consumption. Do not risk your health by
taking some unknown preparation when
Foley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain in
results. Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
1tCan't Be Beat.

The best of all teachers is experience. c.
M. Harden, of Siler City, North Carolina
says: ~ find Electric Bitters does all that 's
claimed for it, For Stomach, Liver and
Kidney troubles it can't be beat. l have
tried it and find it most excellent medi
cine" Mr.. Harden is right; it's the best o
all medicines also for weakness, lame back
and all run down conditions. Best too fol
chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at
Melville Dorsey's drug store. SOC.
The gold leaf., 1908-07-23
Best the World Affords.

1T gives me unbounded pleasure to recon-
mend Bucklen's Arnica Salve," says j. W.
Jenkins, OF Chapel Hill, n. c. Il am con-
vinced it's the best salve the world affords.
1t cured felon on my thumb, and it never
fails to heal every sore. burn or wound to
which it is applied" 25c. at Melville Dor
sey's drug store