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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
Cause of our Sorrow,

Man, an alien from his loving
father-God. has wrongly and unjust
ly accused God of sending all the
sorrow of the world. Goldsmith
was wrong-'in all my griefs, and
God has given my share; Tennyson
was wrOng-'My God has bowed me
down to what | am God Is not re-
sponsible for all that happens. God
is not the author or sender of sorrow
and suffering. God does not intiict
punishment for sin here. All the
punishment for sin as that endured
on the cross by the Saviour, who
suffered that we might not suffer.
God does not stand with sword in
hand to cut and slash with torch to
burn.-Rev. E. NJ. Luke, Unitarian.
Laws of God.
Gods laws are natural-state-
ments, of the orderly conditions of
things in nature-and spiritual;
necessary and inexorable, otherwise
life would be intolerable.-the world
frightful chaos-making impossible
any plan, any material, intellectual
or spiritual progress, leaving anar-
chy the only alternative.
God is the same yesterday, to-day
and forever his laws unchanging
and Interchangeable. In his plan there
was no place for catastrophe-no
cause for suffering-no intens,on of
death; but broken himself against
his every law Those laws cannot
be changed-but man must change
his relation to them. Rev. Wallace
Smith.
D"cries II Non-teaching God.
The prophet Habakkuk, pro-
nounced woes on those who were
coyetous, and dishonest, and proud.
and bloodthirsty, and drunken and
tdolatrous. In the eyes CT the noble
monotheism of the Hebrew prophets
1dolatory was gin to be ranked and
-nIsed with other sins. Shall II
teach?-this wood or dumb stone?
Though it be laid with gold and sill
ver,' shall 1t awake? Shall it arise?
Shall 1t teach? This was the pro-
phets challenge and test. A God
that is worth anything should teach.
II he cannot teach he is worthless
This was the Hebrew idea, and such
1t is a noble scorn that Habakkuk
hurls at the non-teaching GODS
Rev H. Tupper Baptist.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
HAMMER SAVES A MANS EYE.
Doctor Uses Its Magnetic Property to
Draw Out a Steel Splinter.

St. Louis, Mo.-Armed only with a
10-cent tack hammer, Dr. G. G. Eggers
OF Clayton performed an extremely
delicate surgical operation that saved
for George SCHNEIDER the sight of one
of his eyes. A steel splinter an eighth
of an inch long was removed from the
affected optic. DR.. Eggers skinned
over the surface of the eyeball with
the blunt end of the hammer. This
skimming operation was continued
without cessation for nearly half an
hour. Suddenly the sufferer felt
twings of pain.
you've got it, DOCTOR" he exclaim-
ed joyfully.
On the hammers end clung the steel
splinter, drawn from the tissue OF
the eye by the magnetized head of the
hammer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
FAMOUS TREE is HURT.
Michael Angeles Cypress, $50 Years
Old, Injured by Storm.

OTui THJuTeu py 5toTm.
Rome, Italy.-A terrific storm broke
over Rome, doing considerable dam
age to property and causing the death
Of one person.
The roof of the railroad station was
partially destroyed. A portion of thu
roof, in falling, tore off the top of tbs
Michael Angelo cypress in the cour
OF the Church of Santa Maria Angel
This tree is supposed to have bee
planted three hundred and fifty year
ago by the famous sculptor and ~"
er whose name II bears.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
To Protect Hard Wood Floors.

To protect hardwood floors from
scratches, At corrugated rubber to
bottom OF tables and chairs, fasten
with strong glue. These tips are in
visible. ...-. .-....-..-.....
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
VOICE AT OWN FUNERAL.
Clergyman Makes Photograph Re'
ords for Use at His Grave.

Clergyman Makes Photograph Rec.
ords for Use at His Grave.
Fairfield, Ill.-The Rev. Daniel Bas.
sett Leach, an aged clergyman OF
Bone Gap, near here, was told that he
was going to die. He asked that his
graphones be brought to his bedside
Into the machine the venerable pas,
tor talked. Besides an address he
spoke some prayers and benediction.
When Mr.. Leach had finished he
had the records repeated. Then he
asked that they be used at his funeral
His relatives assented, and this his
relatives, congregation and friends
heard his own voice as thcy stood be-
side his grave. Mr.. aqc' vas born
in Chenaneo County. y. =.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02

Drawn from His Latest Photograph
General William Booth, founder,
head and commander of the Salvation
Army, was eighty years old on April
10. The celebration of his Birthday
was observed in fifty-four countries
and colonies and in twenty-eight Ian
guages. There were ceremonies
mark that day In Lapland, A.aar
New Zealand, New South Wales, j,
and under the Equator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-02
THE HIGHER LIFE
Sslssssd G.u,s d Though, from Press sad PsLh
d An Sect.
Trustful Promises,
.NNWNWN

They that wait upon Jehovah shall
renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall walk and not faint Rev. F.
Willis, Reformed.
Promises of Faith.
FAITH Openness to God. Friend
ship with Christ. The presence of
the best and highest in this world
and in the world to come. oh, go
out renewed in faith and be over
coAncrs through the power of the
grace of God.-Rev D. w. Hills,
Methodist.
Present Life is but a moment.
"Paul'sground of rejoicing was
the inward man. Day by day he was
being renewed. And why should he
not make this the ground of his re-
joicing? We confess that the pre-
sent life is but for the moment; that
the tabernacle which we now inhabit
is passing away and that we must
shortly leave all earthly possessions.
Regulating Our Lives.
Everything in our life from the
pennies in our purse to the frinnd-
shins of orr heart, may he converted
into psalmof praise. Indeed, it is
doubtful if we are properly thanh ful
Il our possessions and our action, do
not exemplify the grateful words
which our lips utter.-Rev. d. w.
Anderson, Baptist.
Overcoming Evil.
God is a God of love, full of low
Ing kindness and tender mercy, and
his compositions fail not. but are new
every morning. He is 'long-suffer-
ing. not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to
repentance Turn, ye, turn, We,
from your evil ways, for why will
you die. o house Of Israel?'-Rev.
Wallace Smith, Episcopal.
Blaming Ourselves.
We all have a tendency to desire
that we may see the result of our
lives, and have the satisfaction that
we have not lived in vain. But,
more and more as we see the un-
speakable depth and breadth of the
worlds sin, and the little that Is
done to stem the torrent Of iniquity,
the more we are dissatisfied with
ourselves, and inclined to think that
we have lived in vain.-Rev. M.
Stryker. Methodist.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-06
Facts
And FanCieS.
Investigating the Sugar Trust Frauds The
Visit of the Famous italian Medium tu.
sdpia PaIadino -Gaynor and the Gov.
ernorship-Votes That Hearst Lost.
Murphy and Idmmdn, Hall.
BY JAMES A. TON

Our New York Correspondent
TIME investigation of the sugar
trust frauds seems to be lead
ing higher up with venge-
ance. 1t has caused not only
the indictment and resignation of j. +
Bendernagel and other trust officials
but is stirring up various kinds Of
trouble with men formerly connected
with the treasury department at
Washington The specific statements
of Richard Parr. chief of the weigh
erS' division at the New York custom
house. involving James Reynolds. for
mer assistant secretary of the treas
ury and now Il member of President
Taft's tariff commission. constitute
ment since the pOstoftice and land
frauds of few years ago Parr, who
has been responsible for most of the
disclosures regarding short weights, is
an old friend of Collector Loeb and to
Loeb'S protection doubtless owes the
fact that his official head is still on
In the odd days when Loeb was sec
rotary TO President Roosevelt and
when parr was ordered away from
New York. although his presence was
needed here TO uncover the crooks. and
when his seizure Of sugar cargoes and
''doctored' scales was mysteriously
nullified from Washington. although
there had been no time for report to
reach the seat of government through
legitimate and regular channels. Parr
was in somewhat precarious position
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-06
COMMERCIAL CON-
GRESS

Washington, Dec 6-The second
Southern Commercial congress, COM
posed of representatives of all of the
states of the south, was opened this
morning in the large assembly room
of the New Willard hotel. The con-
gress, which will continue over to-
morrow, has for it's specific object a
discussion of colonization, agricu-
lture, manufacturing, good roads and
other subjects relating to the devel-
opment of the resources and indus
tries of the south, and with this pur-
post in view nearly 500 delegates, the
majority of them appointed by the
governors of the southern states, were
present when the opening exercises
began.
President Taft was represented in
the person of Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Nagel, who called the dele
gates to order and delivered an ad-
L
delivered an invocation. after which
John M. Barker, president of the
congress, declared the assembly ready
for business. The chief address of
the initial session was made by Thos.
l.. Field of London, who spoke on
the Opportunity for Southern Prop
uganda in the British Isles and Eur
ope"
F. A. Heitmann OF Houston, Texas,
occupied the chair at the afternoon
session. John Barrett, director of
the International Bureau of American
Republics, and General Julian S. Carr
of Durham, n. c., spoke on the sub
ject of manufacturing opportunities
in the south
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THIS is MY GOTH BIRTHDAY
Richard III. Pratt.

Brigadier General Richard Henry
Pratt, U. S. A., retired, the Origina-
tor of the famous Carlisle school for
Indians, was born in Rushford, y.
Y, December 6, 1910, and served in
a regiment of Indiana volunteers
during the Civil war He came out
of the war captain. and was ap-
pointed to the regular establishment.
in which he rose from grade to grade
until his retirement five years ago.
His early service in the regulars was
hunting the Indians in the south
to take a deep interest in the Indian
problem. When lot of Indian pris-
oners were ordered to be taken from
Fort Sill to the old fort at st. Angus
tine, Fla, Colonel Pratt was detail
ed as commander of their guard and
then ordered to command the old
fort to which they were taken. This
experience increased his interest in
the red man and soon afterwards he
suggested to the government the or
ganizatiOn of an industrial school for
Indians. When the school was open
ed at Carlisle, Pa, in 1879 he was
made it's superintendent and remain
ed in that position until his retire
ment from the army thirty-five years
later
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JOY OF LIFE.

The JOY of life the JOY of work we'll done Husbands love their
but their work. Wives notable for housekeeping for
motherhood for the particular kind of social hepune which
lords
slant delight in their duties.
Many fortunate fall from the which the
their of
brain But there far who snatch
themselves condemned it. They
add ulappn They butt their heads walls
and then wonder at the bruises
preach bit. II the work first liking
Complaining will do good sukine embters the
best that the job and it's dollars to dougnu that the job
will back 1t will and agreeable In time
liking for be developed And then will the best
of happiness Cleveland Leader.
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a native of Pennsylvania and was
about so years of age
NEW POLITICAL BOSS.
John n. McCooey, Who Has Succeeded
the Late Patrick n. McCarren.

John n. McCooey, Who Has Succeeded
the Late Patrick II. MeCarren.
Immediately after the death of Pat
rick III. McCarren. New York state
senator and political boss of Brooklyn.
there was much speculation through
out the country as to who would sue
coed him. and this position has now
gone to John Ii. McCooey. man who
long had the confidence of his prede-
cessor and who assisted him in much
of his work. For many years he has
taken n prominent part in politics in
the Empire State and is power in his
district
The new leader was born in 1864
and was only thirteen years Of age
when his father. Il shipbuilder was
killed and the responsibilities of look
ing after the family fell upon him.
He continued in his fathers business
for some time. but finally found en-
ployment in the Brooklyn navy yard.
In 1888 Mr. McCoOey was made super
intendent of Il subpOStOffice station III
Brooklyn. where he did SO we'll that
five years later he was promoted To
the assistant postmastership of Brook
iyu In 1897 he became deputy treas
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GREAT NORTHERN TIME CARD.

Effective 1901 a. m. Sunday, oct. 81.
W. Bound No Due at Wen. IL. Bound
IChgo Tac.I
1910 p. m. 1lOriental Linn 2I1:57 a. m.
lSt. P.-Seattlel
$50 a. m. 3IFast Express 4l4:15 p. IN.
lSpo. SeattleI
loo a. m. IS Express 26l1 10 a. m.
TX. c. Seattle
3:02 p. m. 43lN W Express 44I5:15 a. m
lChi. Seattlel
1888 p m. 27lU.S. Mail-Ex. 2Si8:55 a. m
Wen. Mans.
11:45 a. m 1881 lWaterville L.i382I4:30 D. m
Trains l. 2, and electric lighted.
Trains 81 and % do not carry passen-
gers.
Trains sS1 and 3s2 Daily, except Sun
day.
Trains 43 and A free chair cars
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ACTION. NOT RUMORS HEREAFTER.

With the opening of much of the and OF the
which been floating about during the few months
The scandal has
neither the president
Much of the talk respecting the disagreement
exaggerated
been said this subject Justify TAX
ing cOgnizance of the
The coming will administration of President Taft
He has not been office long enough to enable
whether
of the times he will make good In his tomorrow he will
his position and the chances that he will
handle gngery He knows the of the
he knows what extent public sentiment will support what
policies without doubt his effort will be
the the steady march without creating
an antagOnSm
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The board of water experts reports
that it will not be necessary to strip
the soil from the Ashokan sites. which
will mean saving of $5.OOO.OOO to the
city. If some board will now report
that we can strip lot Of grafters and
high priced barnacles from the enter
prise we may save severa! millions
more.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY-DEC. 6.

1749-La Verandrye, the discov-
erer of the northwest, died in Mon
treal
1S04-First accurate map of Vir-
ginia completed by James Madison
1S59-Edward H. Sothern. actor,
born in New Orleans.
1S62-General Banks expedition
sailed for New Orleans.
1866 - United States protested
against the French occupation of
Mexico.
1S66-Rev William Edmond Ar
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and doubtless felt the need of power
full friendship. Now that Loeb is col
iectOr of the port and is cleaning out
the nest of grafters, with President
Taft, Secretary MacNeagh and Special
Assistant Attorney General StimSOn
all behind him. the case is reversed.
Parr is in a position to speak out.
which he is doing in way to crafty
the faithful. Moreover, he assures US
that the disclosures have only started.
This begins to look like a trust prose
cution that will get somewhere.
People are beginning to wonder
now just where the trail higher up
will lead. The statement of former
Collector Wakeman that years ago evil
dence of sugar trust frauds were laid
before Secretary of the Treasury Ly-
man J. Gage, the disclosures made by
George I'll. Earle and the refusal of
Attorney General Bonaparte to follow
them up. the haste of the trust to set
tie the suit brought by Earle and to
pay the government more than $4,000
600 in the weighing fraud cases, the
sudden resignation of high sugar trust
officials. the firing of customs officials
and these latest charges by Parr, with
the significant threat that he has not
exhausted his ammunitiOn-all indl-
cate that there is more behind the
scenes than the public has yet sus-
pected One thing is certain-the ex-
posures have now gone too far to be
covered up. Better news still. there
seems no disposition in Washington to
apply the whitewash brush. Not only
are the president, the secretary OF the
treasury and the attorney general de-
termined to go to the bottom. but they
have inspired minor officials with the
same spirit.
New York is spOok hunting We
have dropped politics and woman suf-
frage to take up ghosts. This has
nothing to do with the ghost walking.
which it does all too seldom. but re-
lates to table tipping, bell ringing. de-
tached hands and all the other para
phernalia of the spirit cabinet. Since
we have had that sort of thing for
half a century now it Is somewhat
surprising that the biggest town in
the western hemisphere should get
into a fever of excitement over it at
this late day. but such is the fact. 1T
is creating as much of a stir as the
craze started by the Fox sisters at
Rochester in the days of our gran
dads. The newspapers are devotinS
pages to it, big scientists are solemnly
investigating. and psychism. spiritism
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Edgar Bennett, an employe of the
Valley Power company, died Sat-
urday at the plant The death was
due to an accidental injury on De-
cember 2. He was severely injured
in the drawing, supposedly by a log
rolling on him. He died Saturday
at $3.50 p. m. and was buried today
in the Wenatchee cemetery, the We
natchee Undertaking company in
charge. Nothing is known of Ben
nett's relatives or family. He was
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Did Not Find Body.

The report was circulated in this
city this morning that not only had
the body of 0. M Butler been found
in the Wenatchee river but two other
bodies were picked up in the Wenat-
chez river between Wenatchee and
Cashmere. The Daily World called
up Cashmere and found that these re-
ports were erroneous.
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mitage consecrated as second Epis-
copal bishop of Milwaukee
1889-Jefferson Davis, ex-presi-
dent of the Conferedate States of
America, died. Born June 3, 1908.
1893-Trial of Prendergast for
the murder of Mayor Carter II. Har-
rison begun at Chicago.
1905-French senate passed
measure providing for the separation
of curch and state.
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urer of Kings county and q year later
was appointed assistant secretary Of
the civil service commission.
Afterward Mr. McCOoey became
president of the commission. and iii
1904. when Murphy began his warfare
on McCarren. upon the opening OF the
second Mcclellan administration. the
alternative was given 10 McCOoey Of
abandoning his allegiance to McCar
rem or losing his Job McCoOey made
the latter choice. Comptroller Grout
rallied to the support of McCarren and
appointed McCooey deputy collector of
assessments and arrears. In 1906
Comptroller Metz appointed McCooey
to his present position. that Of deputy
comptroller. ut the suggestion OF Me-
farren.
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George Grey broke his leg yester-
day kicking because he couldn't get
Folger's Golden Gate Coffee. $50
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Yes. they found it at the GrOtto.
Ice cream. $50
Middletown transcript., 1909-09-25
wAxDEzs TO wArEaY GRAVE

Missing from the home of her niece,
Miss Kate McAllister, Of No. 2OS West
TWenty-third street, Wilmington, since
Wednesday night, the body Of Miss Jane
McAllister, aged 66 years, was found ct
noon Thursday in the Brandy wine Creek,
at the dam near Henry Clay, by John
Wertz and Frank Gibason.
Miss McAllister was said to have been
acting strangely Of late. A constant watch
was kept, but che managed to get from
the house, and when she vas missed it
was thought she had gone to visit Fe1a.
tive who lives near Henry Clay. She did
not appear there and a search was insti.
tuted, but without result. Miss Nc.
Allister formerly lived near the place
where her body was found, and it is sup
posed, in wandering about the neighborl
hood in the dark, she fell into the water
and was drowned.
Middletown transcript., 1909-09-25
THE GREAT COMET COK1Ee

'lH you live until next spring you are
going TO witness one of the most mag
nifcent sights the heavens have ever dis.
closed before your eyes," said > we'll.
known member of the astronomical force
at the United States Naval Observatory.
"Halley's comet comes only once In q
lifetime. It was last seen in 1885 and few
persons now alive can say they have ever
witnessed It."
The astronomical world is now on the
watch, and huge refracting and rejecting
telescopes are trained upon the heavens
for many points on the earth in common
effort TO locate the comet, which is ap.
preaching the earth al 3 terrific rate.
There ia friendly rivalry to see which
will be the first to pick up the comet with
their mirrors.
The comet in it's full refulgence is not
due until 1910, but by spring it will prob
ably be near enough to be visible to the
naked eye. To the past it has spaDned
the heavens almost from horizon, cover
ing as much as 100 degrees Of celestial
territory, and standing out like e great
living thing Of FIRE. II is now somewhere
off in space, yet visible to astronomers.
They confidently expect some one to pick
it up before the end of 1909, and after
that il will increase in splendor and size
until it reaches its nearest approach to
the earth, sometime next spring, after
which it will disappear, not to bs-se
again in rs years.