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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
THE STEEPLE JACK.
He Must Conquer Many Difficulties
in His Dangerous Work.

The successful steeple jack must
possess determination, perseverance
and ingenuity. He must solve many
a practical problem in hosting great
bodies aloft. He must know how to
fasten a hook over the summit of a
skyscrapping chimney. He must
have the nerve to paint steeple
that sways like a pendulum at the
slender top. He must be able to
tear down, build up, gild, paint,
place electric wires and do many
another task that would be difficult
enough on the solid earth.
There are many ways of getting
up on a steeple, and when all others
fail the man will tie a rope around
1t and then, with a coil on his back,
walk round and round it until the
entire steeple is covered with rope,
and in such case he has probably
been round it fully 800 times.
But a steeple is not the most diff
cult height to climb. Straight, tall
chimneys are the hardest of all.
There a man has to work with might
and main to lift himself inch by
inch from the ground to the top.
Sometimes the top is 300 feet high.
| When it Is reached a hook is placed
over the edge, pulley is made fast
the swinging chair is hauled up and
work begins.
When the chair is near the tor
! 1t is easier to work, because the
ropes are short, but when they
lengthen as the ground is approach
ed there is a tendency to swing, and
the wind gives impetus.
The steeple jacks safety depends
upon the hook, and until he hai
raised himself almost to the top i
is impossible for him to see whether
or not the hook has been properl!
adjusted. More than once a steepl'
climber has seen when within tel
feet of the top that corrosion of thu
iron and the collection of SCOT hav,
so thickened the wall that the hool
! is merely balancing on the top, s.
, that the slightest pull in the wron
direction would drag 1t of. Again
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

There is but one way out of pow
erty for the generality of mankind,
and that is downright hard work,
economy and self-denial. Young
man, draw your coat, roll up your
sleeves and wade in. This ever
lastingly waiting for something to
turn up-waiting to step into dead
mems shoes, will terminate your
career as a mere groveling, depend
ent, subsisting and only existing
and filling space without a real or
single purpose in life. Wake up!
Stir around and send the life blood
coursing through your veins. mold
up your head, clean your face, put
on a smile, and cast that woebegone
look into the rubbish by the way
side, where it belongs. Move for
ward, clear the track, and the
grandest opportunities of life will
open up, which you want to seize
with tenacious grip, and they will
unfold to you all the hidden treas
ures you ever imagined or conceived.
Young man, this is no imaginative
drawing, a delusive sketch, a fant-
asy and If you possess enough grit
and stamina you can make it pic
ture true to life; thousands have
done it, and you have an equal foot
ing today. Few rich men owe their
possessions to accident; few great
men owe their distinction to luck and
chance. Thus far greater number
have won by perseverance, push and
pluck, diligence in business, spend
ing less their earnings, surmount-
ing obstacles, overcoming difficult
ties, with a will invincible.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
SAMPLE LIES,

Democratic and Insurgent news
papers have been passing around
very generally the following:
The American Magazine COM
pares prices in Detroit, U. s., and
Windsor, Canada. These two
towns are separated by half mile
of river. The same hat that costs
s. in Detroit can be bought for
SO in Windsor, and a suit of
clothes that sells for S25 in De-
troit can be bought for SIS in
Windsor. Both hat and suit are
made in the United States and the
laborer gets the same wage for
making each.
The Tariff enables the manu-
facturer to rob the consumer in
Detroit, while in Windsor he has
to sell in competition with the
world and the consumer does not
have to pay a royaty to million
aire trust magnates.
This is fair sample of the lies
which are spoken and printed by
Insurgent orators and undertaking
newspapers and magazines. They
do not undertake to tell the truth,
but deal wholly in falsehood and
Misrepresentation. The hat that
costs 50 in Detroit cannot be bought
for less than So any place in the
world. 1t is one of the high-class
makes which are sold to retailers
upon hard and fast contracts bind
ing them under no circumstances
to sell at less than $5. Therefore
it is folly to suppose that these So
hats, which leave the American fac
tory at $36 per dozen, are being sold
in Windsor at SO. In addition to
the factory price of SO each the
Canadian halter must pay 35 per
cent duty on hats imported from
the United States. Another reason
why the statement is a lie. There
are plenty of hats to be bought for
SO or less in the United States, but
they are not the S. kind.
Equally false is the statement that
a suit of clothes that sells for S25
in Detroit can be bought for SIS in
Windsor. The fact is that clothing
of the same quality and style can
not be bought much, if any, cheap
er in Canada than in the United
States, certainly not if it is import
ed from the United States. AS a
matter of fact, clothing in this
country was never cheaper than
now. The New York Daily Trade
Record of September 3, 1910, says:
Substantial worsted suits that
heretofore were never sold below
SIS to SIS are now being put on
the market at from $12 to SIS,
showing substantial decrease in
price.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
INSURGENCY DUE TO SELFISH.
NESS

The Democratic papers are hav-
ing much to say about Insurgency.
Insurgency is as prolific a topic as
we have in the whole scope of poll
tics and a few sidelights along that
line are likely to be interesting.
Take Kansas Insurgency when 1t
came down to the Eastern end OF
Kansas and reached the district of
Hon. Phillip p. Campbell, which is
located in the Kansas portion of the
Joplin zinc region, insurgency came
to a sudden and effective halt. 1t so
happened that the good people OF
the Ninth Virginia congressional dis
trict got in the Payne law the Pro-
lection that they needed for their
zinc. The good people of the Third
Kansas district knew which side
of their bread was buttered," and we
heard of no Insurging against Con
gresham Campbell.
Take Texas for instance. Most
of the Texas delegation, all Dem
Gratis, came in and assured the Ways
and Means Committee that they
could take the tariff off of every
thing except hides. There was one
exception in that galaxy, and he wal
Hon. Oscar William Gillespie, of the
Twelfth Texas district He wanted
free hides, and lifted up his voice oil
behalf of free hides. The good peo
pie of Mr.. Gillespie's district, i
happened, raised cattle and lots o
cattle. They also knew which sid
of their bread was buttered AM
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
Two Tablets and
Stomach Misery Gone

G. W.. Pell sells and guarantees
the best prescription the world has
ever known for disturbed and upset
stomach, gas, belching, heaviness,
heartburn, acid stomach and bill
BUSINESS.
1t is called MI-O-NA, remember
the name, and it banishes distress
from over eating or fermentation of
food in five minutes.
1t is guaranteed by G. w. Peil to
cure indigestion, sick headache, nerv-
BUSINESS and dizziness, or money
back.
No matter how long you have suf-
fered you will find certain cure in
MI-O-NA stomach tablets.
About six weeks ago l purchas-
ed box of MI-O-NA tablets for an
aggravated form of stomach trouble.
l had been troubled for four or five
years, had tried different physicians
and a great many patent remedies,
but of no use, until l used MI-O-NA.
They entirely relieved me from pain
and l can now eat most any kind of
food and relish it."-A. ]. Fish,
West Carthage, n. Y.
MI-O-NA stomach tablets are only
so cents large box at G. w. Peil
and druggists everywhere. Get a
trial treatment free, by writing
Mi-o-na, Buffalo, n. Y.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

the bricks are often loose at the
top, and the hook is likely to tear
them away
one of the natural difficulties to
conquer is the swaying of all high
steeples and chimneys. In a gale
steeple point will spay a foot and
a half. Usually it sways from sew
en- to nine inches. Painting it means
reaching for a spot on the right
side, and finding it on the left, and
when making dive for it on the
left, to see it sway back to the right.
Yet in spite of the constant danger
born steeple jack exults in his
work and is at home, like the IRON
worker on the skyscraper, only when
high above the world. He can stand
triumphantly at any height, If he
can have two and one-half square
inches to bear his weight.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
THE FARMERS FOR TENER.

The most satisfactory political
meetings Representative Tener is at
tending on his tour of the state are
those at which his audiences are
composed largely of farmers. Mr..
Tener has delivered several address
ses at county fairs and at other
gatherings patronized by farmers
and dairymen. These meetings have
been notable for Republican enthu-
siasm. The Pennsylvania farmer
understands perfectly the issues of
the campaign, and, therefore, Is en-
tirely unresponsive to the blandish-
ments of the demagogue. This year,
as usual, an overwhelming majority
of the rural voters will support the
Republican party. That party in
Pennsylvania and in the nation in
variably has responded to the de-
mand of the farmer for legislation
that will advance his welfare.
This will be a big year for the
Pennsylvania farmer. He is assured
of fine crops and good prices. The
industrial supremacy of the Key
stone State and its tremendous min
ing interests overshadow its agri-
cultural importance. Many Pennsyl-
vanians do not realize that this is
one of the largest wheat-growing
states. This year, according to the
estimates, the wheat crop of Penn
sylvania will amount to thirty mil
lions of bushels. This production
will be exceeded only by the five
great wheat-growing states of the
northwest. In this state are 225,-
900 farms and many farmers do not
raise wheat. Only two or three
states exceed Pennsylvania in the
value of it's dairy products.
The duty of the Pennsylvania
farmer this year is perfectly clear.
He should talk for the Republican
ticket until November Sth and then
vote for it, In the revision of the
tariff the farmers demanded protec-
tive duties on agricultural products
and got them-from the Republican
party. No other American producer
was so well cared for in the revision
of the tariff. Naturally, the farm
ers of Pennsylvania are grateful for
what has been done for them by the
Republican party and they are anxi-
Gus to give expression to their ap'
probation. They can do this in an
emphatic manner by Joining the Re.
publican hosts who will record an
unprecedented majority for the Re
publican ticket.
Mr.. Teper's candidacy has proven
very popular among the Pennsylvania
farmers. His home is in a rura
county and he understands thorough
ly the requirements of residents o
rural districts He is an earnes
advocate of the general extension o
the good roads system and other pro
jects with which the farmer is direct
ly concerned. In the majority 70
the Republican ticket every farme
in Pennsylvania should be included
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

The cost of living may be going
up but the cost of printing the bal
lots is going down. The Herald Sc
cured the contract this year at
$3.50. Congratulations, neighbor!
per election for ballots few years
ago.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
COUNTY.
Representative,
H. c. JACKSON.

In our last edition a statement
regarding our late editor, Hilliard
Bruce, was misleading. 1t should
have read "Nr. Bruce filed the edi-
torial chair of The Citizen since last
June" instead of last issue.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

Lower wages for labor means lower
prices for all farm products brought
about by less purchasing power on
the part of labor, and thereby less
consumption. See? All cogs in the
wheel are interdependent on each
other.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

This is an estimate OF the amount
of money sent home by immigrants
and consequently does not take into
account the large sums carried by
returning immigrants. 1t is meant
to cover conservatively only remit
ances made through the postoffice
by international money orders;
through immigrant banks; by money
orders of large metropolitan bank
ing houses and express companies or
by drafts direct on foreign banks;
through foreign banks directly by
means of general agencies in this
country; and through American
banking houses with foreign depart
ments or other mediums of selling
exchange directly to the immigrant.
The considerable sums sent through
consular offices, charitable and other
associations, except where included
in one of the above groups, are not
taken into account, nor are the COM
paratively small amounts sent in
currency through the mails.
The full amount of American mon
ey which goes away and stays away
every year in the shape of small re-
mittances by American wage-earners
and of sums carried abroad by re-
turning immigrants probably is not
less than 100000, 1000. That this
huge sum is earned and saved by
the foreign element among our
workers proves conclusively that the
workingmen cannot be robbed by
the Tariff-fed trusts Exactly the
same conclusion is forced by the con-
stantly swelling deposits in savings
banks, which are increasing at the
rate of more than 100000 a
year. All these workers are not be-
ing robbed. 1t is not possible. On
the contrary, the tariff increases
their employment and wages.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

The nobby suits at Menner &
Co. stores are the new models for
autumn and winter. 74eoi4.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

The long coats for Ladies, Juniors
and Misses at Menner & Co.'s store.
All latest makes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07

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, 1910-10-07

The State troopers did good
work at the fair this year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-07
WORKINGMEN THAT ARE NOT
BEING ROBBED.

If, as is claimed by Free-Traders
and Insurgents, American labor is
being robbed by the Tariff-fed
trusts how does it happen that the
enormous sum of s275,OOO,0OO a
year is being sent out of the coun-
try by immigrants to the United
States who save their earnings and
return them to the European coun-
tries from which they come either
for the purchase of land, the assist
ance of parents or friends, or the
payment of expenses of emigration
of those who desire to come to this
country? If the wage-earners of the
United States are being so oppressed
and ground down by monopolies
which owe to the tariff their exist
ence and their power to extort, where
does this $275, 100000 a year come
from? Yet that is the sum which,
according to the official report of
the United States immigration Com
mission, annually goes to Europe
from this country, sent there by for
eign born wage-earners. The report
shows the amounts sent abroad in
the fiscal year 1907-a normal year
because not affected by the panic
which occurred in October-were as
follows:
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

IT there be one better way
than another to ruin a town, .
says the Saunterer in Sanford
Herald, 1t is for those who live
in ,.to go about apologizing for
its existence. There are some
who are always ready to say, by
their action at least, that this
place don't amount TO much.
They will tell you that the town
is dead; that no one would think
of stopping here;that some town
adjacent is more respectable,
more enterprising, has better
people, better enjoyments, is
ahead of US in everything, This
is all wrong, Even if it be true
no one should ever admit it when
it comes to making a COMPARE
son. Every good citizen Of this
town should take a special local
pride in all that pertains to
home. The schools. the church.
es, the amusements, the business,
pleasures, the picuics, the cele-
bration 5, IN fact everything
should be looked on by our PEG.
pie as just as good as can be got
ten up elsewhere. The town
that says we can will always
succeed. The town that says
oh, / don't know, don't think
it will amount to much, is never
Of much force. If you have no
local pride, borrow some,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

at means that the farm has
been brought nearer the market,
that the merchant has been
brought nearer the farm, that
children in the rural districts
can make their way more easily
to school, that neighbors can
mingle as never before, that the
business, the educational and
the social interests Of that COM
monwealth have all received an
impetus that will last and grow
through generations to come,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28
COLUMBUS q. SMITH. Editor
THURSDAY, july Is, 1910,

The prospects for the cotton
crop 10 Georgia are not OF the
best, a half crop or less being
predicted. The Commissioner of
Agriculture OF that State pre-
diets twenty cent cotton this
year. That OF course, refers TO
short cotton Down in this neck
o the woods we are looking for
forty cent cotton.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

Answering a correspondent
the Arcadia Champion thus ex-
plains why it has adopted dol
lar marks as dashes between
paragraphs. The explanation is
somewhat along the lines
of our suspicious. The Champ
ion avs: ITO Speak the Straight
of It, sweet Maude, it Started
thusly; Our outinesS Shower was
Started out after those exclusive
Silver SIS last week, and after
a Systematic Search a m e
Straight to the Shop without
striking any. So he no$ed around
the shop and Spied an unlimited
supply of those SIS in the Typo
graph magazine and 50 we've
been Showing them into circula-
ton az fast as possible ever Since
that those less fortunate than
our selves might have Some oil
them too. That's all there 10 to
it, Maude
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

The DeLInd News is sick and
tired OF supporting a National
Democratic ticket on which the
South can get no representa-
tion, ~ and thinks that in Dun
can L Fletcher we have a man
who would honor any position,
and his nomination as vice pres
ident would appeal to the thou
sands of Southerners who are
scattered throughout the north
and vest The News is emf
nently correct in both state
ments, but then we thought that
position had been preempted for
the Honorable Napoleon Bona
parte BroTard.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

Appeals uaying been made 10
Governor GilchrIst to bar the
prize fight moving pic.ures in
Florida, the governor says that
he has not the authority but,
citing Section 1913 OF the Gen
erdl Statues, says that in his
opinion the cities and towns Of
the STATE have ample authority
to regulate the exhibition Of
these plctue.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

There are Approximately 25,
600 less open bars within the
jurisdiction Of the National Dr.
vision Sons o( Temperance of
North America than existed two
years ago, according to the re o.
ports made at the annual con-
vention Of that organization
held at S.. John. n. B., last
week. Aad yet there are those
who sueer at the works of temp
erance organizations.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28
A Contented Woman

IS always found in the same house
with Billiards. Snow Liniment. 1t
keeps every member of the family free
from aches and pains, it heals cuts.
burns and scalds and cures rheumatism,
neuralgia, lumbago and all muscular
soreness and stiffness. 25c. SOC and 81.
a bottle. Sold by w. B. Davis.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28
co Nyicrs ON THE ROl DS.

There is considerable aglta-
ton over the State for the work.
ing of the convicts upon the pub
lie roads. and it is likely that a
strong effort will be made at the
legislative session next year to
secure the passage Of a law sim
liar to that now in operation in
Georgia.
OF the Georgia law and its
work, the Atlanta Journal says;
This inter esting statement
appears in the legislative re-
port Of the house aud the senate
committee that recently inspect
ed, with unusual care, the oper-
alton Of Georgia S convict sys-
tem-the new system which was
created under the administration
Of Governor Hoke Smith, and
which is due to the force and
persistence of his own effort.
The committees re port
abounds in specific instances
that show just what this system
is doing for public highways,
and thereby for the farmers,the
ard the social good
Of the State. Here are a few Of
the striking facts it presents;
Approximate four thousand,
FIVE hundred convicts who were
let out to private interests are
now at work building roads for
the public benefit,
Daring the. past year six
thousand miles of roads have
been graded and made perman-
ent.
Fifteen thousand miles of
good roads have, to some ex-
tent, been permanently improv-
ed,
AT a most conservative esti-
mate, the value of road building
e luipment, including stock, now
owned by the counties is one and
a half million dollars,
" The county authorities, to
quote the precise language Of
the report, are rapidly learning
the art Of road building and the
results as the years pass will be
much more gratifying.
The average cost of a con
vict to the county is only forty
or fifty cents day, Thus under
the new system the counties
are getting their roads.
built for about a half or a third
OF what they had to pay. They
are building more roads, better
roads and are building them
more cheaply than ever before,
THE report states further
that the convicts are now being
given wholesome food, are sleep.
ing regularly and in every par
ticular are being well cared for;I
that they are healthy aud strong
and labor cheertully.
Such, in brief, Is the testi-
mony of this house and senate
on the definite results
Of a Law which was enacted by
a progressive Democracy led and
supported by constructive gov
ernor.
Had the administration of
Hoke Smith done nothing else
except TO take the convicts from
private leases and put them to
work building roads for the PEG
ole's use, it would have earned
1 golden and enduring place in
he history of Georgia.
And now, say the legislative
committees, the results being
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28
a Fire Fighters Astounding StOr1
y d! M!!.!!!!!e !.!: ;! "BLO ODINE]
HARRY A. sLAllss

a Prominent Pir,na,
Maiden, Msss,, Sssls,S
-, Mar. sS,h, ,ul
LAST winter / hsT
severe cold and n s,,u.Y
on my Kidneys, eeSsIsI
the m oat ercrueisVpI
pain almost every i'm,
attempted TO rove,IS,I
tried everything ln,sr;..'
able TO get rslIsi, wiiSn]
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28
SIMPLE TRST FOR KIDNEY DISEASE.

Fiji a bottle with urine let II stand for
twelve hours II there Is a sediment or cloud
iness Of any kind you have kidney or bladder
trouble and you should commence taking
Bloodine to-day. Don't wait until the disease
10 too far advanced.
Bloodue costs soc bottle for the usual ~ 90 size,
Mail orders hlled Large sample bottle by mail roc.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-07-28

vised to try Bioodine," which "a ,r vas
surprise, gave me relief almost from ". -
dose, and before had taken one ha,,iaya
completely cured. Bloodine " rs vnra.,I,
vitaiizing tonic. II the blood Is inn,,s.u aI
plexion bad, appetite lost. strength ron, '0 y.
me WHOLE system Is upset BY an aee6mullds