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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02
PENITENTs AT FURNEs
Novel Procession Shows Scenes in
Life of Christ,

Furnes. Belgium, Sept. 2.-The old
Flemish town of Furnes is the scene
every year on the last Sunday in July
of the procession of penance, which
represents the life of Jesus Christ and
is one of the last remaining Christian
mysteries. Instituted five centuries
procession was, at the outset, to carry
about in great pomp through the
streets Of the town splinter of the
Holy cross, brought back from Con-
stantinople by Robert, Count of Flan-
ders. In time, owing to the popular
love of the great Christian drama
the legend and mystery of Tobias and
the mystery of st. Sebastian.
The procession of penance then
steadily degenerated until in the sew
enteenth century it had become little
better than a burlesque. the central
figure of which was "gayant," one
of those old-time puppets which al
ways played leading part at popular
fetes in Flanders. Finally a brother
hood was founded to put an end to
the PROCLAMATION.
Soldiers Spear Holy Waters.
AhlS lIhIolu uilys Chl1tu luo oOudll-
ty of Our Crucif1ed Lord" restored
the primitive mystery. But shortly
after an event took place which COM
pletely altered the character of the
procession. Two soldiers having seiz-
ed the consecrated waters and trans
fixed them with their spears, a pub
lie reparation was deemed necessary
to atone for the sacrilege. In this
manner the present annual Furnes
procession originated
The procession itself is formed
within the Church of St. Welburge.
Outside, the horses Of the Roman SOL
diery may be seen prancing about,
while Mary, seated on an ass is await
ing the start for the flight into Egypt.
Then the penitents, dragging after
them carts with the stable of Bethle-
hem, the holy sepulcher, the resurrec-
ton, and the ascension, slowly leave
the church. followed by a long line
of rosy checked girls with white wells.
As the lines of the procession un-
fold themselves, the general impress
sion given is that of a variegated river
of gold, purple and blue. First comes
the chariots, representing the sacri-
fee of Abraham, the prophets, and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02
MORE LANDS
Nearly 5000 900 Acres Opened in Cali.
fornia and Nevada.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Lands reach
ing the grand total Of 1,737, 900 acres
in California and Nevada will be
opened to settlement on November 81,
and to entry one month later. This
area was restored to entry today by
Acting Secretary Of the Interior
Pierce. Tho lands were originally
withdrawn for the Truckee- Carson
irrigation project. Embraced in the
tract are 205. 900 acres in the Sacra-
mentO and independence land districts
in California and 1,532,000 acres In the
Carson City land district in Cali
fornia.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02

the three troubles of David, followed
by the scourges-war, pestilence and
famine. Then appear st. John, the
hermits, and the shepherds; an angle
precedes the stable within which
Mary and Joseph are seated.
HOsannas Greet the Christ.
Upon entering Jerusalem young
girls, men, women and children wave
palm branches and sing the hosanna
The twelve apostles appear, and
among them Jesus, riding on an ass,
followed by five chariots, represent
ing, respectively, the Lords supper,
the garden of olives. the denial of ST.
Peter. the flagellation, the crown of
thorns. and the ecce homo. Jesus
then passes by, dragging the cross;
twelve soldiers and the eXecutioners
with their instruments of torture
walk beside Him.
At that moment intense excitement
prevails in the crowd of onlookers.
Perfect silence reiGns. On the pave
ments men, women and children,
kneeling. pray aloud, their rosaries in
hand. At every house window are
lighted candles. 1t is no uncommon
sight to see some women, old and
young, carried away by their religious
fervor, throwing coins in front of the
cross, this humble Offering from these
simple souls being one of the most
characteristic incidents of the pro-
cession.
Mary and ST. John follow Jesus.
weeping and lamenting; then ST. We
ronica appears with the holy kerr
chief, preceded by an angel, who calls
upon all those tempted to complain of
their lot to take into consideration
the snfferings Of Christ. The assem-
bled penitents then display the sever
al emblems of the crucifiXion-the
sponge, the nails, the spear. and the
shroud.
Little Girls Lament Aloud.
Then other penitents follow; a
chariot with the holy sepulcher ap-
pears, while little girls in mourning
attire, lament aloud. Our lady of
seven sorrows passes by, accompanied
by two weeping virgins, and finally,
a chariot with the resurrection ends
the cortege.
Crowds of the faithful swell the
pFoCeSSloH. lie peHlteHlS HldrCH III
close ranks, torches in hand, the men
hooded, weighted down. all of them,
with the heavy crosses they drag
along, thousands of moving tapers
surrounding the blessed sacrament,
borne under canopy in the midst of
the clergy and brotherhoods.
The Inhabitants of Furnes are as
jealous today as in centuries past to
play part in the historical repre-
sentation of the life and death of the
Saviour. Every position is sought for
as eagerly as public Office. the num-
ber of applicants being far beyond
what is required. Some of the prin-
cipal parts in the procession are he
reditary in certain families. Nothing
has been changed in the arrangement
in the procession, which remains to-
day what it was centuries ago. The
brotherhood La Sodelite arranges for
necessary rehearsals, and jealously
maintains the procession's traditional
characteristics.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02
THE CONDITION OF
NATIONAL BANKS

. . 80 - 70 . . . .
Washington. Sept. 2-The comp
" troller of the currency today
called upon the national banks for
= a statement e their condition at
" the close of business September 1.
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02
HE WEATHER.

: THE WEATHER, .
North Dakota: Generally fair. =
: tonight and Saturday. Cooler to.
= night in east portion.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
LEGISLATIVE

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G. Perkins and Frank 2. Flint
CONGRESSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district. ..... VIM. Englebright
Second district Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct Joseph K. Knowland
Fourth district Julius Kahn
Fifth district t........E. e. A. Hayes
Sixth district. . James G. Needham
Seventh district 49,. James McLachlan
Eighth district. ........S. @. Smith
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
Governor james N. Gillett
Lieut-Governor go. Warren r. Porter
Secretary of State Charles F. Curry
Controller A. B. Nye
Treasurer . WIN. r. Williams
Attorney-Gen =. Ulysses S. Webb
Survcyor-General.. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing w. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. F.. L. Caughey
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
We are pleased to announce that

We are pleased to announce that
in all sections of the county the peo-
H. C. JACKSON for Representative.
His manly declaration that he will,
if elected vote for local option and
for any measure that will give the
people an opportunity to shape their
own laws and have something to say
regarding the schools, roads and tax
alton in their own townships. Wayne
county has been sending men to Har-
risburg for years and about all they
do is to represent themselves or their
own interests.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

In the political conventions the
keynotes are sounded on wind in
struments.-Ch Evening Post.
SIS
The city of Wilkes-Barre wants to
get copyright on its name. Seems
an unnecessary precaution.-- New
York American.
1t may be because Woodrow will
son has gone into politics that Yale
has raised the salaries of its pro-
fessors. Washington Herald.
A gun is invented that will bring
down airships. Up to date the avia-
tors have been able to come down
without the aid of a gun.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Department of the Interior says
there are still many wealthy Indians
in the country. How careless in the
attorneys to overlook them.-Wall
Street Journal.
The Federated Labor party in
adopting the emblem of Atlas carry
ing the earth on his shoulders lays
itself open to charges of infringe
ment of personal patent.-New York
World.
New York may have the greater
number of inhabitants, but how does
it stack up against Chicago in cul-
ture now that it takes second place
in baseball and postal receipts?-
Chicago News.
Roosevelt is gratified to have
Taft's support and Taft is gratified
that Roosevelt asked for it. There
fore the two are hopelessly estrang-
d.-Indianapolis Star.
SIS
In spite of certain captious criti-
cisms of his work with the stick, the
Colonel still leads the Republican
league in the matter of batting aver
ages.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
81
The winning candidate in New
Hampshire is Bass and in Pennsyl-
vania Tener. Some day, if the suf-
fragettes get their way, the sopranos
and contraltos will have a show
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
s
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
500 REWARD. HIOn.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only posi-
tive cure now known to the medi-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have SO
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY &c CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

inaugurated what promised to be
glorious time of freedom, justice and
prosperity. All Europe rang with
the young Tribune's fame. His name
was upon the tongue of every one
who loved the true and the right.
And then something happened that
had not been counted on. RienZi
was suddenly stricken with a very
severe case of the disease known
as Big Head" and from being the
leader of his people he attempted to
become their master. He would
listen to no one. He would make
his own will supreme. In his ar
rogance and conceit he tried to make
himself a god, before whom all
should kneel in abject submission.
Hotly indignant at the rashness of
the mans pretensions, the outraged
people beat him to death and threw
his mangled body into the street
for the dogs to devour.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
SCALING DOWN ALL AROUND.

The American farmer who received
2S cents a bushel for corn in 1896
is now getting 62 cents; his wheat
in the first named year was bringing
SO, it is now sold at $1.1S; cotton
was .O7% in 1906, and is now Is
cents a pound; eggs were worth 70
cents, now they fetch 25 without
trouble, and SO on through the list
Perhaps the tiller of the soil has a
kick coming, but the consumer is
not disposed to agree with him and
is now fixing things-and he has the
active aid of the agriculturist in his
efforts-so that there will be a seal
ing down all around. When the job
is accomplished it is safe to predict
that the American farmer will not
regard price lists with the complac-
ency he does az present.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

A Democratic newspaper asks: Is
it a fact that William H. Berry
would have been an enthusiastic ad-
vocate of Democratic regularity if
the Allentown convention had only
given him a few more votes than it
cast for Grim? And yet 1t would
have been the same old party, with
the very platform upon which Mr..
Grim is now standing" OF course
he would. Even after congratulate
ing Grim on the nomination, Berry
was satisfied for a whole week, but
when Berry's friends began working
on his self-conceit, telling him he
"ought to have had the nomination, 3"
that he was the "dickey bird" for
the place, Berry began to think so
himself. Thus was founded the
Keystone party.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
THE LAST OF THE ROMANS.
An Interesting Article by Rev. II
Il. Gregory,

An Interesting Article by Rev. II.
B. Gregory.
Cola Di Rienzi, the last of the
Romans" was slain by his country
men $50 years ago-October 8,
1854.
Rienzis story is one of the most
romantic in history, and carries
along with it tremendous moral.
The innkeeper's son, talented, hand
some, wonderfully eloquent and
magnetic, and apparently patriotic,
attempted to restore to the "Eter-
nal City" her departed liberty and
glory. He even went so far as to
dream of a United Italy" with
Rome as its capital, as was the case
in the proud days of the Punic wars,
when the eloquence of the Catos
and the military genius of the
Scipios made Roman citizenship the
proudest heritage of the world.
The Roman people, proud of their
brilliant countryman, met him more
than half way, and in an amazingly
short time Rienzi found himself
"Tribune"-the leader of the peo-
pie. He chopped off heads of some
eighty of the nobility, assumed full
charge of the affairs of state, and
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

The North American in it's venge-
full manner carried the alleged ex-
pose of the Public Utility company
one step farther than discretion
should have permitted. In naming
the directors of the corporation de-
clared to be a fake and a swindle,
the paper mentioned as one of the
directors of the Tener company Sim
con Merrell of Meadville. Simeon
Merrell is president of the Yost Man
ufaCturing company at Meadville. He
is a director of the New First Ma
tional bank of that city and is one
of the most esteemed men of the
county seat. Mr.. Merrell was asked
over the long distance telephone
whether the charges made against
Mr.. Tener have any foundation.
The charges have no foundation" "
said MIR. Merrell. Where there is
one grain of truth there are ninety
nine parts of falsehood. 1t is true
that Mr. Tener was formerly con-
nected with the National Public Util-
ties corporation, of which | am a di-
rector. But he never received a cent
of salary and never owned any stock.
There was a time when he was con-
sidering becoming an investor with
us. But he placed his money else
where. He owns no stock in our
company and is not connected with it
in any official position. The company
was founded upon substantial busi-
ness lines and it is neither a swindle
nor fraud. IL is in excellent fl
nancial condition.
81 had thought at first" Mr. Mer-
rell said, "of making a public answer
to the Philadelphia North American.
But after my friends and / had dis
cussed the question and they had
called attention to the source of the
story and the fact that it was for po-
litical purposes only, | have decid-
ed not to make a formal answer at
the present time.
Il have met John K. Tener two or
three times in a business way.
think him very strong man. | am
much mistaken unless he is an un-
bossed man, as well as a strong one
| have seen him in a position where
the real man revealed itself and he
responded to the test. know
| Messrs. Smart and Adams, mentioned
in the North American article. They
are both the soul of honor and have
the greatest personal confidence in
them"
People who know Mr.. Merrill will
allow all their fears to be quieted
by this manly, straightforward and
| honorable statement. He has been
prominent in the county for a good
many years, coming to Meadville from
the east and engaging in the hay.
pressing business. He prospered fl.
nancially and a few years ago he was
made president of the Yost Manu-.
| featuring company, one of the lead
! ing industries at the county seat
| No director of the New First Nation.
al bank of that city is more infiuen
tial. In his home, church and fra
! ternal relations he is a man who will
bear the closest scrutiny. His state
ment about the relations of Mr.. Ten
er to the National Public Utilities
corporation will have to be accepted
as the truth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Why Not Get
Rid of Catarrh?

Here are some symptoms of ca
tarrh; If you have any of them,
get rid of them while there is yet
time:
Is your throat raw?
Do you sneeze often?
Is your breath foul?
Are your eyes watery?
Do you take cold easily?
Is your nose stopped up?
Do you have to spit often?
Do crusts form in your nose?
Are you losing your sense of
smell?
Do you blow your nose a great
deal?
Does your mouth taste bad morn
ings?
Do you have to clear your throat
on rising, or have discharge from
the nose?
Does mucus drop in back of
throat?
Have you ringing noises in the
ears?
HYOMEI pronounce it High-o-
mel is guaranteed to cure catarrh,
coughs, colds, sore throat, bron-
chitis, asthma and Group, or money
back. Just breathe it in. Com
plete outfit, including hard rubber
inhaler, $1.00. Druggists every
where and G.. w. Peil sells HYO-
MEL. If you already own an in
haler, you can buy an extra bottle
of HYOMEI for only so cents Re-
member that.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
WHY HOGS SELL AT 50 A
HUNDRED.

The Iowa farmer is selling his
hogs at 50 per hundred or more.
What enables him to receive such
price?
The answer is that the people of
the United States are practically all
employed in occupations which give
back fair returns. The people have
the money with which to buy pork.
Why do the people of the United
States have plenty to do?
The answer is they have plenty
to do because they produce nearly
everything which they wear or use.
They do not import from China,
Japan and India the products of the
cheapest labor in the world.
If the American ports were all
thrown open in the interest of the
consumer to give him cheap goods,
the consumer would be the first man
injured. The consumer is carried
in the Imagination as a man who
draws a salary. If all our manufac-
tured products were made in other
lands, he would not be drawing a
salary. He would be out of employ
ment. Under no circumstances
could he compete with China, Japan
or even France or Belgium.
Why are cattle and hogs cheaper
in Canada than in the states? The
answer is Canada does not have peo-
pie enough to consume her own pro-
ducts. She must ship abroad. Give
Canada people enough to consume
her own products and certain classes
of farming will be just as profitable
in Canada as in the states.
When the Canadian farmer has
all he can do to grow the necessary
products for Canada he will become
rich man.
Why is cattle and grain growing
in Argentine and Australia not as
profitable as in the United States?
The answer is the farmers of Ar
gentine and Australia are compelled
to ship all their surplus products
abroad. If the people of Argentine
and Australia were in sufficient num-
bers to consume all their own pro-
ducts every farmer in those coun-
tries would grow rich.
The question is now up to the
American farmer relative to the sur
render of the American market to
the foreign manufacturer.
When that is done, the American
farmer will find himself on an equal
ity with the farmers in Australia
and Argentine. They have plenty
of products, but no consumers.
By the influence of the Free-Trad-
ers there is no duty upon the high
er priced gloves for ladies. AS a
consequence all such gloves are
made in France. There is a Protec-
tive duty on mems gloves, and they
are made in America. The manu-
facturers of gloves for ladies are
growing rich on the open American
market. The large department
stores in New York and Chicago are
the manufacturers of gloves for
! ladies and their factories are in
France. They are making millions
out of their Free-Trade privileges
This same thing would happen in
other industries if put to the test
The only difference would be that ii
Free-Trade were adopted in rela-
tion TO all manufactured products
the American market would not be
SO good as 1t is now, for the people
would not have the means with
which to buy.
The Iowa farT would be brok.
| en-hearted II notified today
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

Charles Frederick Wright, who
was appointed state treasurer by
Governor Stuart last May, has only
been in office five months, yet his
attendance card which indicates the
number of days which he was pres
ent at his office, performing his du-
ties, shows that in his four months
of service he has been present a
greater number of days than Mr.
Berry was in the two-year term that
he drew his pay as Treasurer.
Berry's brickyard business, occu-
pied more of his time than the state
treasurership did.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
MIR. TENER UNDER FIRE.

If we had ever entertained any
doubt as to the capacity of John X.
Tener to occupy the chair soon to
be made vacant by Governor Stuart,
that doubt would be set at rest by the
calm and dignified manner in which
he has met the vilification of his
enemies-the inevitable vilifcation
which has spoiled the purpose of
every reform move in Pennsylvania
by disclosing the mean motives and
the venomous tusks of the men be-
hind the scenes.
The dire and dreadful secrets which
were darkly hinted at by Mr.. .Tener's S
accusers have been made public.
They consist of the assertion that
Mr.. Tener was at one time president
of a company which the accusers
choose to regard as fraudulent, al
though the courts have never found
it So
Mr.. Tener's association with it was
never a secret, and there were en-
gagged with him in the enterprise
some very eminent gentlemen, whose
honesty and business morality the
Keystone party does not question.
Just why these gentlemen should be
provided with a clean bill of health,
while all the mud is dumped on Mr.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
HONEST SENATOR CARTER.

The possibility of the defeat of
Senator Carter for reelection in
Montana recalls his defeat ten years
ago. There was a dinner at which
a number of men, who had been de-
feated that fall, spoke on the sub
ject of how it seems to become a
has-been." Nearly every one of them
asserted that while life in Wash
ington was very pleasant, upon the
whole they were glad to return to
the untrammeled pathways of pri-
vate life" Finally Carter's turn ar
rived, and he took an entirely diff
ferent tack. He regretted defeat
regretted leaving Washington and
its pleasures; could not reconcile
himself to the pleasures of private
life, and told stories to show that
every defeated man was as sore as
he could be, and that any man who
said anything to the contrary belong
ed in the Ananias Club-although
it was not organized at that period.
Carter made hit. His droll humor
and the manner in which he put it
all over" the other fellows provok-
ed gales of laughter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

A new republic was formed last
week when Portugal dethroned her
king and established a republican
form of government. Portugal is
about three-fourths the size of
Pennsylvania and contains a popu-
lation of a little over four million.
In Columbus day it was one of the
strongest nations in Europe. But
it kept its people ignorant, thus SOW
ing the seed of non-progress which
at last bore a crop of weakness that
destroyed her ancient glory as ig-
norance will destroy the glory of
any nation or race. Another reason
for the overthrow of the ruler was
the fact that the people were being
taxed beyond endurance to keep up
the royal family, and they became
tired of it. Recently the king be-
came enamored with a French dan
Ger, and this added to the flame al
ready started with the result of de-
throning him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

that the price of hogs had gone down
to $3.50 per hundred. The Iowa
farmer had better think this ques-
tion over, regardless of any particu-
lar friends he may have among the
politicians.
What is friendship to a farmer
when the price OF his hogs might
go down from 80 to $3.50?
If the Insurgents and Democrats
visit the penalties of the lower tar
iff on the people of Iowa, they will
soon be found praying for the rocks
and mountains to fall upon them to
hide them.-Des Moines Capital.