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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
PARABLE OF THE TOBACCO SEED

Then shall the kingdom of Satan
be likened unto a grain of tabacco
seed, which, though exceedingly
small being cast into the ground,
grew and became a great plant, and
spread it's leaves rank and broad,
so that vile worms formed a habita-
ton thereon.
And it came to pass in the course
of time that the sons of men looked
upon it and thought it beautiful. To
make them look big and manly, the
lads put forth their hands and did
chew thereof; and some it made sick,
and others to vomit most filthily.
And it further came to pass that
they who chewed it became weak
and unmanly, and said: I'VE are
enslaved and can't cease chewing it.
And the mouths of all, who were en-
slaved became fowl, and they were
seized with a violent splitting, and
did spit even in the ladies' parlors
and in the house of the Lord of hosts
and the saints of the Most High were
greatly plagued thereby.
And in the course of time it came
also to pass that others snuffed, it,
and they were taken suddenly with
fits, and they did sneeze with great
anu lllShIg oICtACS, Iudl
their eyes filled with tears, and they
did look exceedingly silly. And yet
others cunningly wrought the leaves
thereof into rolls, and did set fire to
the end thereof, and did look very
gave and calf-like, sucking it, and
the smoke of their torment ascend
ed up forever and ever.
= And the cultivation thereof became
great and mighty business in the
earth, and the merchantmen waXed
rich by the commerce theeof. And
it came to pass that the saints of
the Most High defiled themselves.
And even the poor, who could not
buy shoes, nor bread, nor books for
their little ones, spent their money
for it, and the Lord was greatly dis
pleased Herewith and said, Where
fore this waste; and why do these
little ones lack bread and shoes and
books? Turn your attention to
change this wicked evil which has
grown up in your midst in a gospel
land. Turn now your fields into corn
and wheat, and detile not yourselves
any more, and God will bless you
and cause the smile of his counten-
ance to shine on you" But with one
accord they all exclaimed, I'VE can
not cease from chewing and snuffing
and putting. We are slaves to the
evil plague"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

the mother of the young man who
takes his life, or whose daughter has
gone astray The editor feels sorry,
but he cant help it. lie is not re-
sponsible for the scheme of exist
ence which DEGREES that such things
shall be printed i'm the newspaper.
lie knows that so long as there is "A
world here with people in il there
will be such things and that so long
as there are newspapers such things
will be published.
In small community news is
scarce at best and should the editor
please everyone who wanted news i'm
regard to themselves kept out of the
paper" the paper itself wouldn't
amount to much and soon there
wouldn't be q paper. Everybody
wants all the news about everybody
else except themselves. If the paper
contains anything about themselves,
or their friends, which they think
ought not to be published, they i'm
mediately assume crouch whenever
they encounter the editor, and it
generally takes them several weeks
to get over it.
They lose sight of the fact that
the paper never publishes a criticism
unless it is deserved; that it always
shows the greatest respect for the
person who is honest and leads a
good, clean, moral life and treats his
fellowmen in a righteous way.
They forget that a good newspa-
per will keep the morals of a town
cleaner than any other agency in
existence, because the hoodlum, the
crook and the degenerate fear the
publicity which it gives them.
SO, therefore, the next time that
something happens which concerns
you, don't come to the editor and
say, "Please keep this out of the
paper. "-EX.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

Inventor Edison's remarks on i'm
mortality and the soul which were
published in one of New York's Sun
day newspapers, go to show that if
we apply ourselves exclusively to
and become absorbed in materialistic
research, that the faculties by which
we understand things that are spiri-
tual, undergo a kind of atrophy by
which their functions are destroyed.
Darwin admitted before he died that
music or poetry had ceased to APP
peal to him. He preferred earth
worms to Beethoven and Shakes
peare. Because Mr.. Edison did not
find the soul in his labratory or is
unable to find any trace of same in
his inner consciousness, should not
weaken the faith of those who
KNOW.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
A DEMAGoGE IN ACTION.
[Trom the Philadelphia Star. ]

The citizen who forms his opinion
in politics deliberately and with re-
gard to the facts has been hamper
ed somewhat in the present campaign
by abuse and misrepresentation from
the third party candidate for COVER
nor The tempestuous Mr.. Berry
has endeavored to confound the vot-
er with a view to forcing him to
base his judgment not upon the is
sues nor upon the relative merits of
the candidates, but upon sensation
al charges and other specious and
deceitful arts employed by the Of
fice-hungry demagogue.
Berry's campaign is an insult to
every self-respecting Republican in
this state. By skillfully made
charges, insinuations, innuendoes
and reckless Justification he hopes
to deceive the people and secure an
office. Instead of meeting the voters
with honest discussion of the is
sues he appears as the apostle of
abuse and invective. Throughout
the campaign his methods have been
those of the demagogue. After the
most reckless statements he will
shrewdly admit, Now, | am not
prepared to furnish evidence that
would stand in any court of justice" !"
Repeatedly Mr.. Berry has said:
John n. Tener was nominated at
the dictation of the liquor inter-
ests."
This statement does not contain a
syllable that is true. John K. Tener
was nominated by a convention of
delegates representing the great Re-
publican hosts of this common
wealth. These delegates did not act
at the dictation of the liquor men
nor of anybody else. They nominal
ed Mr.. Tener because they knew him
to be able and honest and because
| they considered him the most avail
able candidate for the office of Gov
| ernor. He was nominated without
dissenting vote and the liquor in
! terests had absolutely nothing to dc
with the conventions action.
The alleged protection of vice in
! Philadelphia is another favorite
| theme of the office-hungry candidate
| His charges are vague. He merely
repeats the scandalous statements oi
others and smaller office-hungry
| candidates who have endeavored tC
do in Philadelphia what Mr.. Berry
is now attempting to do in the state
But, even if Mr. Berry's charges
possessed an element of truth, the
fact would remain that John X
Tener is not a candidate for the Of
! flee of Mayor of Philadelphia, but 6
candidate for Governor of Pennsyl
vania.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

tunity, with all this glorious chance
to clean up and set the Nation in
proper order and put a song of con-
tentment in the hearts of the peo-
pie, what did they do? We repeat,
what did they do?
With a House and a Senate and
President, all of one party and all
pledged to give us a dose of the pure
and undefiled essence of Jefferson
ism, they went to work and straight
way busted the country. They re-
pealed laws that were keeping times
good and added a law upon us that
reduced our revenues to a bond
selling basis. They fritted away the
golden moments quarrelling among
themselves about questions that time
proved they knew nothing about.
They split up into warning factions
and turned their backs upon their
own chief and called him a Republi-
can for no other reason in the world
than that their plans had all failed
to place the blame on somebody. SO
the only way out was to cuss Cleve-
land. Cuss the only man in the par
ty that had political wisdom enough
to foresee a way out of the difficulty
the party had gotten itself into.
And this is Democracy. This is the
history of the party that wants to
try it once again. Wants to get
to the bat and make another strike.
Yes, a strike that put labor on the
bum. A strike that brings want and
suffering and privation to curse
people that should otherwise be
contented and prosperous.
And as you listen to the Democra-
tic candidate as he froths and fumes
in this good year of grace, telling
the farmers of the bad laws that he
seems to imagine that the Republic
cans have inflicted upon the people;
as he roars against trusts, and tariff
and monopolies and so forth and so
on, just ask yourself what did his
party ever do when it was in abso-
Lutte power to regulate any of these
so-called evils. Ask yourself what
sort of times hit this country when
his party was at the wheel. And as
you ask yourself these questions try
to imagine just what sort of times
we did have along in those years
when Grover was trying to keep
| the Dems in check. And if you are
true to yourself, to your wife and
| babies, your God and your country
there is not much danger of your
deciding that you want to entrust
! your affairs in the hands of the
! Democratic party the next go round.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
Only SO Cents
That's All it Costs to Get Rid of In
digestion.

All stomach misery will go in five
minutes If you will put your faith In
Ml-O-NA stomach tablets which G..
w. Peil thinks so well of that he
guarantees them to cure any stomach
ailment or money back.
After using MI-O-NA for one short
day you will rejoice and be immense
ly glad for you will be sincerely
thankful that at last you have found
prescription that acts quickly and
benefcially on the stomach
Just as soon as you start to take
MI-O-NA stomach tablets fermenta-
ton of food will be a thing of the
past. Waterbrash, pain in the stom-
ach, belching of gas and heartburn
will disappear, and in few days
danger of dizziness, biliousness, nerv-
BUSINESS and sick headache will van
ish
For sea or car sickness, vomiting
during pregnancy, or after a night of
sociability, MI-O-NA is better than
the best remedy you can find. Large
box for so cents at G. w. Peil's and
druggists everywhere.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

The woods are very inviting these
days, but the warm weather is rapid
ly drying the dead leaves and other
infiammable matter so that it would
be easy for a fire to spread. Great
care should be exercised by camping
parties and smokers. The state for
est commission is sending out warn
ings for the prevention of fires and
suggestions for preventing a small
blaze from spreading.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

The Ohio State Journal laments
the passing of the bicycle. From all
we can understand, the funeral dirge
is rather premature. Statistics show
that there are more bicycles manu-
featured and sold in this country to-
day than there were during the
height of the craze l ) years ago. The
wheel was a fad for the rich then.
1t is a convenience for the poor now
and there are more of US.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

We don't find any newspaper say
ing much about the character, abil-
ity or past performances of George
w. Kipp, who is a candidate for
Congressman in this district. George
is a money-maker and a good spend
er, and if you read between the
lines printed in the papers that sup
port him you can get an idea of
where he is spending some of his
money.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

Paste this in your hat: The aver
age wages of the ordinary laborer
in the United States is $1.66 per
day, as against so cents per day in
Great Britain. The average daily
wage for bricklayers, stone masons,
stone cutters, carpenters, painters,
plumbers and machinists in the
United States is $3.14 as against
$3.50 in Great Britain. The United
States has a Protective tariff. Great
Britain has a tariff for revenue only,
1t is now being clamorously urged
that the United States adopt Great
Britain's tariff policy.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS HAD A
CHANCE

Not so very many years ago the
Democratic party had chance; had
a chance to thump all the bad laws
that were upon the statute books;
had a chance to hit the trusts sol
ar pleXus; had a chance to reduce
salaries that were too high; had a
chance TO pass laws to regulate or
suppress the trusts; had a chance
to make all political places straight
and rough places smooth; had a
chance to enact all reforms needed.
In fact they had a chance to produce
such a flood of prosperity and good
times and bring so much content
ment and happiness to the people
that no other party would ever stand
any show any more. They had a
chance to prove Democracy to be
the only and original 1T.
But, beloved, with all this oppor-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
COUNTY.
Representative,
H. c. JACKSON.

1t is seldom that a mans duty to
himself is a compelling factor in his
life. There must be someone outside
himself. whom he loves and for whom
he will sacrifice and suffer and toll.
1t is the life which touches ours,
perhaps unconsciously but no less
certainly, that makes us fight for
success.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

H. c. Jackson does not claim to
be a relative of Andrew Jackson,
better know as "Old Hickory" but
he has all the sterling qualities of
that old Democrat. He is reliable,
honest, fearless and truthful. Every
Jacksonian Democrat will have a per-
feet right to vote for II. G. and in
doing so will be true to their belief
in honest government.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
PICK UPS.


Virtue is its own reward, but lit
tie cash helps out.
s
Hobbleskirtitis is the latest dis
ease among the women.
It's a case of long suffering when
giraffe has a sore throat.
IS
If Doctor Cook ever dies he will
have a hard time proving il,
Democratic tariffs never were
known TO support the government.
Every day somebody discovers a
new way to make a fool of himself,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

Menner & Co. store are now show
ing the new line in carpets, house
furnishings, rugs, porters, curtains
and wall hangings. 74eoi4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

- The moving picture monopoly ap-
pears hard pressed, and the root of
all evil. Three Pittsburg youths who
held up a street car blamed the films
for leading them astray Erie Dis
patch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
KEYSTONE PRESS.
t+%%+*%%*+++%++%++++++

More power to the New York
judge who refused to be lenient with
a wife-beater who pleaded drunken
ness as an excuse for his violence
Pittsburg Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

The New York Sun is evidently
very much pleased with Gov. Har-
mon of Ohio as a presidential pros
pect or it is exploiting him with the
hope of keeping mayor Gaynor of
that city, out of the running. The
Sun is usually so devious that the
public will scarcely accept its ecom-
iums of Harmon as sincere, though
he merits everyone of them.-Belle-
fonte Watchman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

When detained all night, Bell
telephone home.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

Undertakers report that it costs
forty per cent. more for the material
of their grewsome trade than it did
ten years ago So the cost of dying
has gone up also.-Titusville Cour-
ier.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

Those whom we love are ready
enough to forgive our shortcomings.
But this is not a reason why we
should eXpend all our energy in
cussedness and give our friends a
continuous performance in the for
giving business. The best of Mara
thon runners stumble; but the fellow
who falls down for the sole purpose
of having someone pick him up
would be better left in the dust. The
sympathy of the world is with the
man who tries. We do not like our
feelings to be outraged by a contin-
ual failure, any more than we wish
to open our pocketbOoks to pan
andler.-Titusyille Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14

Why stop the moving pictures of
the big fight? Do you think they
would have been interfered with if
Jeffries had won. Be a man now.
You helped emancipate the black
man. Why is he not entitled to the
glory of his achievements. He is a
citizen just the same as you are and
is entitled to the same considera-
tion under the law.-Bellefonte
Watchman,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-14
FRIDAY. OCT. IL, 1910.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

REPUBLICAN TICKET.
.|or Governor
JOHN X. TENER.
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN NJ. REYNOLDS.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
HENRY HOUCK.
state Treasurer
CHAS. +. WRIGHT.
For Congress,
c. G. PRATT.
For state Senator,
WINFRED D. LEWIS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-14
Roosevelt IncognitO.

Mr.. Roosevelt is having his trials and
tribulations in Europe, after all. There
are people. OF course. who imagine that
he is treading primrose paths exclusively
and having the one grand large time
Of his life, but such people are mistaken
He is encountering some trouble as he
goes.
one Of his most persistent annoyances,
it appears, is his seeming utter inability
to preserve his incognito on occasions.
Now and then. despite irreverent ones
who sometimes suggest the contrary
Mr.. Roosevelt desires to conceal mis-
identity-to maintain an impregnable
disguise, as II were. Far from the mad
ding crowds ignoble strife, the colonel
lit is alleged-delghts 10 stray every little
bit 1t is when the spirit moves him
thus that he dons his incognito. Oh. 1t IS
perfectly good form 10 wear an incognito
in Europe-never fear for that. The
very best families over there do IT ever
so often. Ii Is merely a polite and dig
nifed method Of self-enacement without
resortlng TO false whiskers. green goggles,
and so forth.
Notwithstanding the colonel's most ire
mendous efforts. however, it seems that
his incognito never will stay put. lie
ventures forth some quiet morning. cad
simply but becomingIy IN Khaki, COW
boy hat, and army riding boots, with, per
haps. a blue and white polka dotted
handkerchief knotted about his neck
presto the hurrah begins. and great
cheers agitate the atmosphere around
and about, Farewell. incognito. for that
day. anyway! Again he proceeds for an
afternoon drive. The vehicle selected is
ancient and out OF date, the horses har-
ness is bespangled with harmless and un-
ostentatious little bells-not big, booming,
beseeching bells, mind you, but tiny
things that are not 10 be heard more
than half d mile away. And-would you
believe iJ2-before he has proceeded Do
yards. some wise one bellows, "Roose-
welt! Roosevelt! Here comes Roosevelt"
And. OF course. il is all of once more.
From all of which We conclude that ar
incognito must be almost impossible OF
preservation in Europe. unless one use,
benzoate Of soda, or something equally
as bad.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-14
SNAP SHOTS.

From the Dallas News.
How TO be wealthy-quit wishing you
were.
Do not tell your troubles TO the census
taker. He is probably a married man,
too.
When girl knows that she doesn't
love a man it is a sign that she's got
sense
About the surest thing in this world
is that the letter that never came wasn't
a dun
Another advantage which a speculation
has over an investment is that the agony
is over sooner.
In time somebody will propose a free
school to teach baggagemen how to
smash baggage.
DO not judge by appearances. The man
who walks home for exercise sometimes
has car fare.
II is getting almost warm enough now
for the average man to begin bOasting of
taking q cold bath every morning.
a girl IS a person who hasn't any more
judgment than to turn down a good pro-
WIDER i'm order to marry a good locker.
The fact that it takes all sorts OF
people to make a world probably ex-
plains what is the matter with this one.
Sometimes a woman is so hard up for
something TO boast Of she will brag on a
husband who helps her wash the dishes.
Whatever may be the result Of the suf-
fragette movement. women viii still pre-
fer that the sins Of the children be visited
upon the fathers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-14
Famous Chicago Cat.

Among the unhappy events recently
chronicled. It desolates Us 70 speak a
word OF the death Of Old Ben. declared
10 be Chlcago's Oldest cat. The death OF
Ben. who FOR nearly nineteen years has
been regarded as fixture I'm the store
Of the Merz Drug Company. West
Twelfth street and Ogden avenue. has
brought sorrow 10 hundreds who have
known and petted him during a check
cred career covering almost two dec
AIDES Ben was not poisoned. either
and IL seems rather strange that a cat
could live 10 such a ripe old age without
being poisoned or shot He died Of COM
mon. ordinary old age. There IS always
a bright side 20 everything. however, and
Il Is but just % say that sorrow IS not
everywhere IN evidence on the West Side
OF Chicago. FOR there were some hard
hearted sinners who were iubilant unto
celebration upon hearing OF Ben's end
Every dog IN the neighhorhood IS re-
ioicing, for although a stanch friend Of
mankind. Ben proved himself a veritable
thorn in the side Of every dog within
blocks OF his home. His reputation as a
fighter. Il is said. far eclpsed that OF any
feline pugilist on record
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-14
Taking the Census.

Attorney General Wickersham in his
Chicago address said It was the aim Of
the government 10 take the present
census in a quiet, systematic. and busi-
nesslike manner" Preparations for this
tremendous undertaking. which will be in
full swing in a day or two. have been
going on for many months; in fact. ever
since February, 1893. when President
Roosevelt vetoed the bill by which 1000
clerks in the Census Bureau would have
been exempt from competitive eXamina-
tons
a variety Of questions will be asked OF
every householder in the nation in the
next month. II behooves every one to
answer them promptly and as accurately
as possible. Thus the full benefit or the
great work will be attained. The individ-
ual must cooperate with the enumerator
for the best results. Allowance has been
made for an error OF per cent in the
enumeration, but Director Durand's esu-
mate was for the maximum Of error. and
It should be kept at a minimum.
This year there viii be 10000 supervi-
sors, enumerators. and other employees
while in 1890 the total was 59.373. and I'm
1880 only 1907. This in itself elbows the
growth Of the work and tho added accu-
racy, II additional numbers are Of value
in getting the facts properly tabulated.
The enumeration Of every census up 70
and including that OF 1870 took year. The
three following decades took a month each,
and this year a month is again the limit
Of time. In 1880 It took four years and
ten months to prepare the reports and
publish them. In 1900 it took one year
and seven months. Probably this year
the figures can be given out in less time.
The desire of the nation to learn the
official figures IS one Of deep interest, and
Director Durand can make himself popu-
lar by Fastening the work as much as
possible without sacrificing accuracy.
Bulletins from time to time will give
the population Of cities and States. and
other interesting information These
bulletins will be eagerly sought and will
make much newspaper copy for some
months.