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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14
LADIES' SIX Waists.
ChiIdren's Dresses.
ChfIdren's Coats.

One lot Of Children's Wool Dresses to
lose at one-half of the regular price.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14
Ladies' Black and
COIOred Skirts.

Here are some values in Black and
Colored skirts that must be closed be-
fore invoicing.
At si.os are few Colored skirts in
good style end a good quality cloth.
These are Skirts that were s2.9s and
%39S. Now az .,......, 81 SIS
AT s3.9s are a few Grey. Black and
Blue Skirts in an all wool Panama
cloth, was a Skirt that sold at S5T5.
Now at ............,...... S3 IS
At s4.es are few Black and Colored
Skirts In the best style, only three
or four Of a style, were $3.50. Now
ST commandments. 81 9S
At s5.es are some extra good values
in colOred and Black Skirts that sold
at 1915. Now at .4.... SIS 9SI
At s6.ss are some values in Chiffon,
Panama and Wolfe Skirts. in the
new styles, Skirts that were $1,000.
Now at ...........- SO IS
At Ss.os are a few skirts in black,
blue, brown and mixed goods, and
the best style aud value, that were
$3.50 Now at .........S IS 9S
At 1898 are a few Black and Blue
Yoiles that were sl4.00. Now 50 9S
Ladies' Silk Waists.
In this sale is lot Of Odd silk Waists
in black aud oolors, our best styles,
but only two or three of a style To
close at one.fourth off from the reg
mar price. See how good Waist
yon can get for ....-.... So 9S
ChildFen'S Dresses.
One lot Of Children's Wool Dresses to
close at one-half OF the regular price.
ChiIdren'S Coats.
All Chldren's Goats in white and col I
ored silk bear and velvets from / to
years at one-hslf their original price to |
close.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14
Outing Flannel.

One lot Of Colored Outing flannel
that was Toe. in fairly good pat.
terms, now ats per yard ,..7 LIS
4 good l2Ize White Domet Outing.
now, per yard ............,.'" 1Oe
W., will find
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14

0RsALE-Two stoves, All kinds Of nonse-
les SCUM Main street 257t3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14

LOsT-English setter dog, weeks old, long
haif curly. Color white with black spots. black
ears, brown spots over ewes and on muxrie,
white stripe through forehead. Notify Ill B.
Hougbton 60 Elm ST. Barre VT 257tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14

Girls basket ball The st. Adams
high school vs. spauldiug high school in
the Church street gymnasium, Friday
evening, January Is, az o'clock Adj
mission. gents 25c, ladies l5c Every
body come
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-14

One lot of Isabella Fox and oposs
Mufs which are exceptional values.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
Murray and Mackey Comedy Co.

Honesdale's favorite players come
to the Lyric for a weeks engage
ment starting Monday, Dec. 18th,
with complete repertoire of new
plays, much stronger company,
new and gorgeous scenic effects for
each play, and a corterie of high
class vaudeville acts. The manage
ment is fully prepared to please and
delight all of their many friends and
patrons in this city. On Monday
evening they will present that beau
tiful play, why He Divorced Her."
a four act comedy drama that Is
sure to please all classes of theatre
goers, containing as 1t does, comedy,
pathos and thrilling situations. A
vaudeville performance that is the
best that high salaries can procure
will be given, different numbers be-
ing interspersed between the acts.
The management has surrounded
Mr.. ]. M. Donavin and Miss Flor
ence ]. Murray with a superb act
ing company who are fully capable
artists in their respective lines.
Matinees will be given Wednesday
and Saturday. Ladies tickets is
sued on Monday evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

Augusta Evans Wilson, has en-
joyed unique fame, more especial
ly here in the north, which afforded
her inspiration for her notable
work. Written in the peculiar and
dignified style that characterized
the mental attitude of that
day, and with extraordinary in
sight into the thoughts and habits
of men, the book sets forth in inter-
est-compelling fashion a romantic
story that has never since ceased to
appeal.
For many years Mrs. Wilson abb
solutely refused to have the book
dramatized, and it was not until a
few months before her death that
she decided to have it presented in
dramatic form and her happy choice
of Willard Holcomb, as the person
to do this work for her has since
proven the good judgment of her
selection. This adaptation is the
only authorized dramatization and
will be presented at the Lyric on
Friday evening, Dec. 10th.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

When the frost is on the windows,
and the kitchen pail is froze; when
the little icy needles comes with
every breath that blows; when the
chilblains make us sick and cold
feet give us pain; it's safe to bet
we all wish for summer days again.
For while we swear and fume
around in summer clothes; it is an
easy thing to cool off, as everybody
knows. But it's different in the win
ter, when the world is full of ice,
and the weather is as hard to beat
as pair of loaded dice. We may
talk about our climate and about
our spring and fall, but the balmy
days of summer are the days that
suit us all.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
About Advertising.

Advertising is legitimate part of
a newspapers stock in trade, and
something to be paid for like any
other commodity. Some persons
in every community need education
on this subject.
The more rural the locality the
more contracted the ideas of the ap-
plicant and the more he feels at lib
erty to ask for free advertising that
shall contribute to something in
which he is interested. Thus it Of
ten happens that people will request
notice of their entertainment
out of which they propose to make
money, provided they can get the
notice without paying for it, The
chances are that the persons asking
such favors of a newspaper have
been to some other printing office
to get their circulars and their tick
cts printed-not for nothing, how
ever. They can understand that the
advertising which the circulars and
such afford is to be paid for, but they
do not fully comprehend why a
newspaper should not notice and
benefit their speculation without
charging for it. These remarks are
preliminary to the statement of a
business principle which prevails in
all regulated newspaper offices, and
which is based on principles of
equity. 1t is this: Whatever a news
paper publishes that is calculated to
put money in the Golfers of an in
dividual or to further the interest
of his business in any way the news
paper is entitled to pay for its SER
vice. That is the long and short of
the principle. A newspaper must
have a revenue from its advertising
just as much as the baker must have
pay for his bread. The one is as
much a stock in trade as the other
and In large cities this is well under
stood and every bit of space in the
city papers is well paid for. 1t is
undoubtedly true that in some small
places in the country, feeble news.
papers yield to the kind of sponging
referred to. In such places there
are always persons who think the
whole newspaper establishment is at
their beck and command II they take
one copy OF the weekly paper.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

Fish Commissioner William E..
Meehan has been asked to make an
inspection of the Clarion river on one
of the most original complaints ever
filed in his Office. 1t Is to the eff
feet that the stream, which is a part
of the Allegheny system, is so pollut-
ed by acids and refuse from manu-
featuring plants that no living thing
can remain in its waters and the
commissioner says that he has been
informed that cows wading in the
stream lose the hair from their legs,
while the ducks long since quit the
waters because the acids ate off their
feathers and crippled their legs:
Mr.. Meehan says that the river is
the most polluted in the State and
that the business men of the towns
along it's banks are writing for state
aid for better conditions.
Next week the commissioner will
confer with members of the legisla-
ture at Pittsburg in regard to ways
and means to improve stream condi-
tions within Allegheny county. He
has a comprehensive scheme for the
publication of the stream and will
ask for aid in the next session. A
conference will also be held in New
Castle next week in regard to the
conditions in the Shenango Valley.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
The Value of Work,

Work is noble, and it is just as
necessary for the progress of man
as food and clothing. Wherever we
look we can see the result of work
of some kind; and Nature, the great
est of all teachers, is constantly re-
minding us that If we want to be
happy, useful and strong, we must
do something for ourselves and
others. If God did not intend that
we should work, He would not have
given us so many faculties. The
workers of the world are the doers,
and it is a blessed privilege to be
idle class. Did you ever think, that
If we all stopped work there would
be nothing in the world to interest
us? 1t is a strange but true fact
that, II we do not use our faculties
and muscles, we will soon lose them.
Your brain Is made to think with,
and If you fail to use 1t properly you
will not only weaken your memory,
but you will destroy your power for
clear thinking. 1t is the same with
your muscles. If you neglect to
give them exercise, they will become
fiabby, soft and useless, and you
cannot raise a light weight without
feeling tired. To be well-balanced,
one should use both his brain and
his muscles carefully. This does not
mean that boys should try to be-
come extraordinary athletes, or that
they should strive to perform some
wonderful feat that unduly taxes
their mental faculties. Simply work
moderately with both brain and
muscle, but do not allow them to lie
dormant. When child is playing,
he is working; when a man or wom-
an works, he or she is playing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
Great Trade Secrets.

One of the profoundest trade Sc
crets in the world is that pertaining
to the manufacture of ink used in
printing Uncle Sans banknotes.
This ink is invaluable for Govern
ment purposes. Indeed, it cannot
do without it, inasmuch as 1t is the
only known variety that will take"
on the peculiar surface of the paper
employed for the notes; a paper that
is, to great extent, another care
fully guarded secret. These con-
siderations are a great safeguard
against counterfeiting; for would be
forgers are confronted with the task
of Stimulating not only unique paper
itself, but unique ink as we'll. 1t is
said that the Government pays one
man, the sole possessor of the for
mula for making this ink, some fifty
thousand dollars annually.
Another invaluable trade secret
in the matter of banknote paper is
preserved by the Bank of England.
This secret is known only to the
governor of the bank and to three
other persons, and about all the OUT
side world knows of the paper is that
charred husks and Rhenish vines
a strangely incongruous combination
ARE among the ingredients.
OF private trade secrets perhaps
the most famous is that of the manu-
facture by the Chartreuse monks of
the famous liqueur that bears their
name. This liqueur is said to be
favored with more than fifty varie-
ties of seeds and flowers. An an
nual profit of over seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars is netted
to. the religious order, which, it is
understood, is distributed among
various religious and charitable in
stitutions. An interesting story. is
that the Rothschild family once Of
fered representative of the monks
five million dollars for the secret;
but the offer was promptly declined
The Benedictine monks possess a
trade secret, also pertaining to the
manufacture of liqueur, scarcely
less profitable than that of Char
treuse. The recipe for making it
was lost during the French Revolu-
tion, and for awhile its manufacture
ceased. The priceless recipe turned
up again, however, and the fortunate
monks resumed their lucrative in
duStry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
How Edison Fooled Himself.

When the general Office of Edi-
sons company was first started in
New York there was always q box
of good cigars on the inventors
desk, and these we're at the service
of all his friends. One day Mr.. Edi-
son complained to a friend that his
hospitality was abused, that he
could never keep any of his Ha-
vanas, and, as he could never by
any possible chance think to lock his
desk, he didn't know what he should
do in the matter. Why" said the
friend, II can help you out on that.
l have an intimate friend in the
business, and / will have him make
you up a special box of cigars filled
with cabbage leaves and all sorts
of vile smelling stun, that will cure
your friends. Edison thanked him
and straightway forgot all about
the offer. Two months or more
passed before he again met his
friend.
"Ah!" said Edison, you never
brought me those queer cigars for
my friends"
"Yes," said the man, II certain
ly did, two weeks after saw you,
and l left them with your mana
ger"
WELL" said the great inventor,
that's strange; wonder where
they can be?" t.t.
LET us inquire Of your mana
GER" was suggested. And %, they
did. .,.....
why" said the person." II
packed them in your valise, Mr..
Edison, when you went to Califor-
MA"
son; "then I must have smoked
them myself" And he had
Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
WHAT TO GIVE (!

Millions are asking to-day, What
am going to give? And the answer
must be, Give what you can of ma
terial things; there are many that
gain happiness only from things that
are bought and sold, and you wish
to give happiness to all; but remem-
ber, there are other gifts besides
those that can be weighed and meas
ured. He who gives friendship to
the heart-sick, strength to the weak,
encouragement to the faltering and
inspiration to those who are made
for greater things, gives infinitely
more than they who give jewels of
fabulous price. Give in every man
ner possible; every gift is a good
gift; every day is intended to be a
Christmas day; but give principally
from the riches of heart and soul.
1t is such gifts that add most truly
to the welfare and happiness of the
world; and it is such purpose that
the Christmas spirit has come to
create in the life of the human race.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
NOBODY LOVES A FAT MAN.

President Taft is realizing that
there is some truth in the above
new tangled Proverb, for he is be-
ing prodded on all sides; even our
contemporary The Independent, has
its big stick out, and it's last issue
contained long editorial, the rear
end Of which has the North Ameri-
can brand, while the front end is a
maverick. 1t is the usual Mrs.
Caudle lecture. We are not surpris-
ed at this outburst of our highly es-
teemed neighbor, for he has for
some time, in fact, ever since the
primaries were held that preceded
our last general election, been soar
ing with his airship up in the skies,
and it is about time for him to come
down for more gasolene.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
Japanese Sensitlveness.

Sensitiveness exists in the Japan
ese to an extent never supposed by
the foreigners who treat them harsh
ly at the open ports. In 1zumo 1
knew a case of a maid servant who
received slight rebuke with smile,
and then quietly went out and hung
herself. l have notes of many curl
Gus suicides of a similar sort. And
yet the Japanese master is never
brutal or cruel. How Japanese can
serve certain class of foreigners at
all, can't understand. Possibly
they do not think of them (the for
eigners) as being exactly human be-
ings,-but rather Oni, or at best
Tengu.
Well, here is another thing. My
cook wears smiling, healthy, rath-
er pleasing face. He is a good look
ing young man. Whenever I used to
think of him l thought of the smile,
I saw a mask before me merry as one
of those little masks of Oho-kumi-
nushi-no-kami they sell at Mionoseki.
One day looked through little hole
in the shoji, and saw him alone. The
face was not the same face. 1t was
thin and drawn, and showed queer
lines worn by old hardship.
thought "he will look just like that
when he is dead" l went in, and
the man was all changed-young and
happy again,-nor have l ever seen
that look of trouble in his face since.
But 1 know when he is alone he
wears it. He never shows his real
face to me; he wears the mask of
happiness as an etiquette.
In the Dec. Atlantic.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

The streets are now thronged with
busy buyers and the merchants are
raising their heads in ecstacy. The
activity on the thoroughfares beams
with metropolitan life. What Is the
use of harping about hard times?
Our town has stood we'll the test of
monetary stringency, our people are
living well, our town Is progress
ing, we have all the advantages and
resources that could be reasonably
wished for; then, why should our
people continue to complain of hard
times? The least said of misfortune
or bad times and bad conditions, the
better 1t will be in the end. Let us
lift our voices and with one accord
exult over good luck during the few
months. Let US speak the truth OF
our resources, our business and our
general stability. Ours is a good,
solid, progressive, conservative bor-
ough with brilliant prospects of be-
ing some day a metropolis and we
can do much for 1t by speaking OF
its continual. steady advancement.
Let us do It.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

Reciprocity is great thing for a
town. The mechanic desires to be
favored with work in his line if
there is any demand whatever for
his services in the town where he
resides. The merchant and trades
man desire the patronage of all in
their community. Now how unjust
it seems when we find the former
advertising people whom they know
and have influence with, to go off
to some adjoining town to buy,
when, at the same time, all things
considered, they could have done
just as well or better at home. And
just so with the second-class when
they seek every method to throw
the former out of job at home.
Brethren, these things ought not to
many dollar into the hands of our
be. Often, just a word would turn
citizens, that now go away to en-
hance other interests than our own.
In union there is strength; let us
stand by one another, help one an
other and show a spirit of reciproc-
ity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
Mark Twain's Tough Turkey.

Mark Twain, when he worked in
Nevada on the Virginia City Enter
prise, inserted in the news a good
many boarding house jokes.
In revenge the humorist's sensi-
tive fellow boarders in Virginia City
decided to put up a game on him.
They enlisted the landlady's help,
and at the Thanksgiving dinner at
the boarding house, Mark Twain,
by a dexterous piece of sleight-of-
hand, was served, apparently direct
from the fowl, with turkey leg of
painted wood.
The humorist sawed away solemn
ly at the wooden leg for some time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR GA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MER-
CTTRY

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing 1t through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 76c, per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. ,..e
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
A REMARKABLE ExPEDIENT.
Gold Ball Introduced in Esophagus
Prolonged But Could Not Save
life

AlhCs
Milton Craig, of Little Gap, died
at the Palmerton hospital following
an operation for the relief of
structure or contraction of walls of
the esophagus. A year ago Craig
complained of an affection of the
throat and experienced great diff
ficulty in swallowing food. Physi-
clans in st. Luke's Hospital, South
Bethlehem, discovered the cause of
the trouble, and in order to treat
his throat made an incision into the
abdominal wall, introduced a tube
into the stomach and fed the man
on liquid food. The operation,
however, failed to relieve Craig.
Subsequently he was taken to the
Palmerton hospital, where small
golden ball was attached to a cord
and lowered into the esophagus and
left there, the string having been
given slack enough to allow the ball
to work itself downward through
the esophagus, and thus open 1t.
For time this worked we'll, the
ball going down gradually, and it
was thought that the young mans
life might be saved. An effort to
remove the ball, however, disclosed
that it had become imbedded in the
tissues of the throat and death soon
followed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

A sure way of getting other peo-
ple's money is to have something
they want and to let them know It,
and what price they must pay for It.
These facts told simply, plainly and
honestly through advertisements,
correctly written and placed in the
right newspaper, will as surely bring
you money in exchange for your
goods as that the day succeeds the
night.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

Physicians say that the new wom-
an is becoming round shouldered by
wearing suspenders to support heavy
skirts. We are of the opinion that it
is caused by supporting good-for-
nothing husbands.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Let teacher make one mistake.
which is possible but not probable,
and the whole community is ready
to criticise, reprehend, anathema-
tize, but they may go up and down
the world doing good, making use
full citizens for such, civilizing hood
lums, tanning coyotes, toning down
wildcats and no word of commenda-
tion Is heard. 1t Is acceptable as a
matter of course. 1t Is taken to be
the teachers duty. There Is no use
talking, things In this world are un-
equal, but there may be a world
where these inequalities are not, on
the golden shore, where men shall
see face to face. All good teachers
ought, and will, eventually, go to
heaven, but 1t would be no more
than decency and justice II earth
were made more agreeable.
A school teacher having instruct
ed a pupil to purchase a grammar,
the next day received a note thus
worded from the child's mother:
II do not desire for Lulu shall ingage
in grammar, as 1 prefer her ingage
in yuseful studies and can learn her
how to spoke and write properly
myself. l have went through two
grammars, and 1 can't. say as they
did me no good. l prefer her ingage
in german and drawing and vocal
music on the peano."
Many parents seem to think that
1t makes little difference whether
their children are prompt in their
attendance at school or not. They
think that five minutes off the end
of a half day now and then will be
little hinderance to their childs
progress. Well, the pupil will not
lose much real information, by be-
ing occasionally a few minutes late,
but he will lose that which is more
important-he will lose his interest
in school.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

Then he said to the landlady, with
frown:
You've changed your poultry
dealer. haven't you, ma'am?"
why, no, Mr.. Clemens" she re-
piled. What makes you think sof"
This turkey" he answered, giv-
ing the wooden drumstick a little
whack with his knife. Its about
the tenderest morsel I've struck in
this house for some months. Kan
sas City Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

What's the matter with sending
Uncle Joe Cannon as a special Am
bassador to Nicaragua to call Zelaya
to order. He would do 1t or knock
his head of.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10

The hope of the world lies in the
little child. II all the children of
one generation were humanely
trained both at home and at school,
what a leap upward unto golden
possibilities civilization would make!