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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
LOCAL MENTION.

If you want to be boss glass
four good men.
DR.. Charles Brady has contract
ed with Kreitner Bros. to build his
new house at West and Fourteenth
streets.
Hon. Jason Sexton, who rep
resented Montgomery county in the
State Legislature during the ses-
sions of 1889 and 1901, is the in
spector of the State road now being
constructed in Dyberry township.
George w. Taylor, ex-county
commissioner, now residing at Tor
rey, contemplates purchasing the I.
j. Ham property on Court and
Eleventh streets, if satisfactory ar
rangements can be made. Mr..
Taylor will build a double house on
the property.
The candidates who have de-
clared themselves for the nomina-
tion of Representative to the Legis-
lature are Democrats: Martin Gal
vim. Leopold Fourth, of Honesdale;
and E. r. Bodie, of Prompton.
Republicans; w. E. Ames and Al
Bishop, of Hawley, and Fred.
Reichenbacker, of Honesdale.
-"She Stoops to Conquer" in
five acts will be given in the near
future at the Lyric by local talent
under the auspices of the Young
Mems Hebrew Association of Homes
dale. A fine cast has been selected
and the production will be staged
under the personal direction of
RS. Benjamin II. Dittrich. Re-
aIsals were started on last Thurs
..' evening and indications are
t4l+ this will be the biggest sue
IS Of any of our recent local at
as--ots upon the stage
Anent the postal card crusade,
Iany persons are not aware of the
fact that the postal card craze is
not a new fad An exchange has
called attention to the fact that the
post card business is over a century
old, even if the printers have not
been working at it all the time.
A long forgotten book entitled
Almanac de la Petite de 1777" has
Just been discovered, showing that
even thus early the picture post
card flourished in France at least.
The almanac reports as follows:
'Demanison the printer, has intro
duced pictorial cards containing
room for short announcements or
letters. These pretty cards are sent
through the post like letters at a
cheaper rate, and are all in vogue"
In 1777, however, the ooh, kid"
and the bulldog series were not in
vogue. If the present day affronts
to decency had appeared in those
days, it is probable that a good
many of the enterprising dealers
would have landed in prison.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
Catarrh Will Go
Relief i'm Two Minutes, Complete
Cure Soon,

Cure Soon.
Don't go on hawking yourself sick
every morning; it's cruel, it's harm
full and it's unnecessary.
If after breathing Hyomei, the
wonder-worker, you are not rid of
vile catarrh, you can have your mon
ey back
No stomach dosing-just take the
little hard rubber pocket inhaler that
comes with each outfit, and pour
into it a few drops of Hyomei
Breathe it according to directions
In two minutes it will relieve you of
that stuffed up feeling. Use it a few
minutes every day, and in a few
weeks you will be entirely free from
catarrh.
Get an outfit to-day; 1t only costs
S1.00; it's worth $1,000 TO any ca
tarrh sufferer. For sale by drug
gists everywhere, and by G. w. Peil
who guarantees it to cure catarrh,
Group, coughs, colds, sore throat and
bronchitis. An extra bottle of Hy-
omei liquid If needed costs but soc
The little hard rubber pocket inhaler
you get with outfit will last a life
time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
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WANTED

WANTED - Four experienced
glass cutters who wish to become
pany to manufacture cut glass. Cap
ital required, $3.50 each. Address
correspondence, GLASS CUTTER,
care this office. 33t2.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
BOY PLoTTER CAUGHT.
Plans Bank Robbery and Murder but
is Jailed.

Plans Bank Robbery and Murder, but
Is Jailed.
Lansing Mich. April 26. - Robert
Colister. aged twenty-one years. an
employee of the Olds Motor works, is
locked up in the city Jail charged with
aiding and abetting plan to rob the
Union State Savings bank at Laings
burgh, ten miles north. and his com
paniOn. Frank Itivenberg, is being de-
tanned by the police as IA witness.
His plot included the use of an auto
mobile for the trip over to Laings-
burg early Monday morning, the kill
ing of the chauffeur on the way, the
isolation of Laingsburg by cutting all
telephone ana telegraph wires and an
entrance into the bank with an auto
matte Luger pistol and a Colt cali
Der IS.
He is said to have admitted that he
expected he would have to shoot down
Cashier Hunt. who is distant relative
of the prisoner.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

MIR. and Mrs. Coenen. parents of
the Rev. DR.. Coenen, have hidden
goodbye to their many friends in
Honesdale, prior to their departure
for Jersey City.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

BRIDGE PAINTINGS for
painting Seelyville and Mang's state
bridges will be received at the Com
missioners' office, Honesdale, until
a. m. Tuesday, May 3rd. Paint fur
nished by county. St.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

The spring gloves in a large va
riety can be found at Menner & Co.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

Kid Regan, a Honesdale boy, is on
trial for murder in New York City,
the deed being committed some years
ago. His pull with the Democratic
administration STAYED off his appre-
hension and trial until now. The
New York World of Tuesday has a
picture of RegAn and his counsel
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

Menner & Co. will close out
lot OF odd skirts, suitable for work
skirts, at less than half price. 4w
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

Don't forget to clean up on
May I'd.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

Attention! Forward! Destroy
the common enemy May I'd,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

FOR SALE-Large gas stove, in
good condition. Apply 1407 East
street II.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

Let us all work together" to
make Honesdale beautiful on May
I'd.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

WANTED-A woman for general
house work. Apply to DR.. E. V.
Gavitte, White Mills. 33t3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

hold conference at HaWley on
Friday.
The annual banquet of the Odd
Fellows was held at their hall on
Monday evening. NJ. e. Simons acted
as Master of Ceremonies. The ad-
dress of welcome was given by Mayor
Kuhbach. The following program
was rendered: Piano solo, Elsa
Jacob; duet, Elso Jacobs and Arthur
Leine; vocal solo, Gustave Kettel;
accompanist, Jos. Bodie, Jr. Prof.
Chambers of the Scranton School of
Oratory, was the entertainer of the
evening and proved very pleasing.
Despite the inclemency of the wealth
er the hall was filled to its capacity.
-Honesdale ought to have an
armory and there should not be any
hesitation about the Commissioners
appropriating part, or even the whole
of the amount ($2,000) towards buy
ing the necessary land. HoneSdale
pays one-fifth of the county taxes,
and is not asking the commissioners
to pay for state roads, etc, and for
them to refuse to pay the paltry sum
needed, when the State offers to put
up a $4,000 building seems to be
a case of short sightedness. We
need a big hall for receptions, enter
tainments, mass meetings, as well
as a home for the military company.
All law-abiding citizens should hold
up both hands to help maintain and
encourage our citizen soldiery.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
The big Hog" DelusiOu.

With the coming of cold weather
will come the neighborhood gossip
that John Smith killed a hog that
dressed $50 pounds, or Sam Jones
killed one that dressed 475 pounds.
In the ordinary course of pork
making, with hogs that have not
been used for breeding purposes,
hogs that size are no credit to the
intelligence of their owners. The
last hundred pounds made by such
hogs probably cost three times as
much as the first or second hundred
pounds and is almost invariably
made at loss. If while the last 100
pounds is being made it is necessary
furnish feed to keep alive three or
four hundred pounds it will certain
ly require more feed than if only 100
pounds had to be supported. No
hog for pork-making has any bust
ness or right to live for more than
10 months or year, or to weigh
more than 225 to 300 pounds
Starkville Miss Progressive Farm
er and Gazette.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
KANSAS CITY STARBEAMS.

Leigh Hunt: Danger for danger's
sake is senseless.
The reduction in beef and pork
prices mas so far failed to live up to
its advance notices.
Although revolution is in pro-
gress in Mexico the principal fight
ing is still done with bulls.
The short session of congress,
which opened last Monday, will not,
however, be as short as the public
would like.
1t takes President Taft almost as
long to reach supreme court decis-
ion as it does the court to hand one
down.
If President Taft's message had
not told Congress all about the pro-
gress being made in Montenegro a
great many persons would never
have known about it.
A little boy had the usual gift of
asking questions. Jimmy" said
mother one day after the boy had
opened fresh consignment of in
quirics, do you know that curiosity
killed the cat? You shouldn't ask
so many questions. Jimmy was
crushed, and for long time was ST.
lent. At last he went to his mother
and said. "Ma, what did that cat
want to know"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
THE school, AT rlAGNoLlA.

The Star has received notice that
the agricultural school at Magnolia
for which Mena was the highest bid.
der, is to be opened January 3, and
requesting that The Star Join in
boosting the institution.
The school doubtless will be q
great benefit to the section in which
it is located. and to Arkansas, if it is
supported and conducted along the
right lines, and even Mena and Polk
county will wish for it all success.
But-and here is fly in the SOUP
-Mena should have had the school,
and would have had it if it had been
given square deal. In the first
place 1t outbid Magnolia by thou
sands of dollars and was led by the
gentlemen appointed to locate the
school to make the effort on a sup
position that the highest and best
bid would land it. But there was
even greater reason.
a very large part of Arkansas
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
On the Punishment Of Children.

Parents should remember that
every distressing. blood-curdling sto-
ny told to child, every superstitious
fear instilled into its Young life, and
their mental attitude toward the
child, their whole treatment of it,
are simply making photographic
records in its nature which will be
reproduced with scientific exactness
in its future life. says Orison SWEET
Marden in Success Magazine.
Whatever you do, never punish q
child when it is suffering with fear.
1t is cruel thing TO punish children
the way most mothers do, anyway:
but to punish child when it is al
ready quiyering with terror, and es-
pecially when you are angry, is ter
rible.
The same principle applies to pun
iahing children in school, especially
when they are suffering with sensi-
tive fear.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
Better Methods Of Farming.

Mr.. Fulton desires the Polk county
farmers to join in discussion of better
methods of farming.
Please spare me space for a few
words in regard to the subject men
toned.
According to my idea, the first es-
sential step towards better farming is
to have a fair knowledge of the soil
and its requirements. not only to
maintain, but to build up, its fertility.
The second step is to have a sys-
tematic plan for a rotation OF crops.
No one crop should be grown on the
same land year after year and there
should be one or more of the legumes,
for the nitrogen gathering power they
have have.
You can not make a profitable crop
whatever the method of cultivation
may be without fertile soil, so the
first thing to do is TO make it fertile.
The first step toward renovation of
wornout soils is to supply it with hui
mus. Humus is the most important
factor Of the soil ingredients, not only
for the fertilizer it contains but for the
chemical action it has on the soil. 1t
sets plant food free and it adds enor-
mously to the water holding capacity
of the soil. 1t don't hold water like
the soil void humus that gets so mud
dy after heavy rain and later gets so
dry and hard. 1t needs humus to
make ii open and porous so as to abb
sorb and hold water.
The best method of supplying humus
is barnyard manure if available but
this is not always available. When
manure is not TO be had we may plant
crops for the purpose of turning them
under, thus adding large quantities OF
humus at comparatively little cost.
Mr.. Fulton does not like the idea OF
turning green peas under in their busy
state of gathering nitrogen. | would
suggest letting them mature, let the
leaves begin to turn yellow, then their
work is done and they are not as apt
to ferment and cause an acid soil, but
this can be rendered harmless in diff
ferent ways. by the application of lime
or by frequent narrowing or discine.
or turning it under or 6 weeks be-
fore crop is to be planted or sown,
so as to get two or three good rains to
settle the soil and wash out the acid.
OF course it is better method to NOW
the pea vines and feed them and re-
turn the manure to the land, thereby
receiving TWO values. first as feed
stuff. second as fertilizer.
Yours truly,
K r. Smallwood
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
A Christmas Present That Means
Something.

There is one especially good thing
about a Christmas present OF the
Youth Comp aion. 1t shows that the
eiver thought enough of you to give
you something worth while.
1t is easy to choose something cost
ing, great deal more which is abso-
lutely useless, but to choose a pre-
sent costing only $1.75 that will pro-
vide long year entertainment, and
the uplifting companionship of wise
and great, is another matter. There
is one present, however, which does
just that-The Youths Companion.
If you want to know whether it is
appropriate or welcome, just visit the
home of some Companion subscriber
on Companion day.
Do not choose any Christmas pres
ent until you have examined The
Companion. We will send you free
sample copies and the beautiful Pro-
spectus for 1911. telling something OF
how The Companion has recently
been enlarged and improved.
The one to whom you give the sub
scription will receive free all the num-
bers of 1910 issued after the money is
received; also The Companion S Art
Calender for 1911, Autographed in
twelve colors and gold. These will be
sent to reach the subscriber Christmas
morning. if desired.
You, too. as giver of the subscrip-
ton, will receive a copy of the Calen-
dar.
The Youths Companion, 144 Ber-
kelley ST., Boston, Mass.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
Rational Brevities.


Persistent, honest effort brings
success and adds to the list of your
friends.
A snail on the right road will make
| his destination before a race horse
going in the wrong direction.
The tendency to want to force 9TH
ers to see things just as we do is evil
dence of serious lack of knowl
edge.
To allow your mental power to lie
dormant is to force yourself to de-
pend upon others for all informa-
ton.
The past is gone forever, the flu
ture is to us unknown. Take good
care Of the Today and trust to eter-
nal good.
1t is we'll to keep the mind well
fabricated with the oil of common
sense progress so that it will not
stick zoo readily to supposed fact.
AS the hills surround Mena, so are
great riches and prosperity sur
rounding Us and only advancing on
US as the facts are given to the
world.
Some follow the onward rush of
progress in Armament like the srrall
boy does the circus parade while a
few lead on to newer fields Of unde-
veloped stores of truth.
The price of success and happiness
is optimistic push, energy and de-
termination to demolish or surmount
all difficulties.
II don't know, I'll go see," said
the energetic, progressive minded
man. "I'll wait and see" said semi
dormant man. IL know better"
said the man of fixed opinions and
he hangs on to the crag rock of his
great knowledge till he's literally
washed along with the current of
developed truth.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
THE TAN WHO MAY BE FIRED

Every officer of the new state of Ari-
zoua will accept employment subject
to the recall If the people do not like
his service.
In that regard an Arizona official
will be like every employee OF a pri-
vate corporation or business man. 1t
is as idle to say that good man will
not engage in the public service when
he may be recalled from that service
as it would be ridiculous to say thai =
competent man will i engage in a
private service because his employ,,
may discharge him
Ia both cases it Is the incompetens
mn who will be the less likely to TAX
a job. Kansas City Star.
The above seems a concise, pointed
explanation of the r ,call az appli, d
to public office-holding. In its read
ing one may draw his own conclu-
sion as to the reasons that actuated
the lawmakers of Arkansas in leav-
ing that feature out of the Initiative
and Referendum amendment.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

about three-fifths--i is of rough or
mountainous nature. The people of
this part need education in agricul-
ture that would fit them to win
greater success in their own localities
and no one of the four schools paid
for by all The state can do this.
But, let that all go. Leave the
men responsible for this injustice
with their consciences. Boost the
Magnolia schools and all the rest,
but watch for an opportunity to get
one fer the upland people as well.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

Notice is hereby given, that on the
goth day of December, 1910. the
Poor House Of Polk county, Arkan-
sas, and farm connected Herewith
will be, by the County court of said
county. let to such competent person
as will take charge Of the same, re-
side therein, feed. clothe and furn-
ish medicines and the necessary med
zeal attendance to all persons placed
therein, fer the smallest sum in adj
dition to the rental value of .the
farm, from February /, 1911, to
January /, 1912.
Such person will be required to
give bond and security to be approx
ed by the court, conditioned for the
faithful compliance with his con-
tract in double the amount of his
bid.
Sealed bids may be filed with the
clerk of said County court on or be-
fore II o'clock m. of said Goth day Of
December. 1910,
w. N. Martin,
231 6 Az County Judge.
November IS, 1910.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

perhaps. The young people in this
farm home have felt for some time
that the best, most strengthening
kind of housekeeping could not go
on in this fashion. No merlber Of
the family felt the out-of- date, hard
condition more than the son, who is
now the head of the house, So
about this season just a year ago,
plans were drawn for the addition of
an up-to- date kitchen and dining
room, with porches, The work pro-
gressed throughout the winter when
farm work would permit, and
might add that this farmer conducts
the entire farm work without the
aid of hired help" Two delight
full, airy, well-finished rooms and
two porches are the result of the
winters industry. 1t is interesting
to note that all the labor of con-
struction. the laying of beams and
rafters, was performed by this man
of the house, with the aid only of
two grown sisters. Even the ma
sonry involved in building the Chin
ney was accomplished by this I'M
trained mason and the bricks for the
chimneys were taken from the old
original log kitchen. The girls con-
fided to me that the work of clean
ing the old mortar from the bricks
was the most disagreeable feature
of the work. Homemade screens
perfectly made, beautifully fitted,
have also been added to the entire
lower part of the house. This trans
formation of the old, inconvenient
farmhouse into on up-to-date farm
home, cost this farmer less than sos.
Mrs. F. L. Stevens, in Starkville,
Miss Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
What SOS Did.

Recently | visited a farmhouse
that has been treated to just such a
general line of Improvement and the
results were acquired with an ex-
penditure of so few dollars that
wish others could see and appreciate
what has been accomplished. Orig
inally the house was a four-room
house, two rooms up stairs and two
down stairs, and for years the kitch-
en- and dining room were maintained
IL an old Lex house in the back yard
The housewife had kept up the daily
round of house work in this incon-
yenient fashion for forty years
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
No Wonder Aldrich Raised the Duty on
Rubber Goods.

Miss Ida M. Tarbell, writing in
the December American Magazine,
on 'Mr. Aldrich and the Tariff says:
The Rhode Island industry which
received the most help from Mr..
Aldrich, however, was that of rub
Der goods. The bill which the House
sent him gave them 80 per cent.
This is the duty under the Dingley
Bill and there was no request made
co the Ways and Means Committee
that it he changed. Mr.. Aldrich re-
ported IS per cent. He made no
public explanation of the increase.
Nobody seems to have questioned it
and 80 passed the Conference Com
mittee and the President. It was a
fine bounty for the United States
Rubber Co., which has its home in
Rhode Island and whose president
is Samuel P. Colt. rumored to be one
of the candidates for Aldrich's seat
in the Senate. The United States
Rubber Company is the rubber
trust of the country. Organized in
1892, it has swallowed to this date
sixteen different companies. It's
capital is SIS. 900, 000-fort five mil
lions of which is preferred. Its
statements claim $121 900, 600 in as
sets. 1t pays 8 per cent. Sufficient
ly protected we would say. But Mr..
Aldrich increased its duty arbitrarily
and without explanation. Why?
The best reason the writer has been
able TO discover is the fact that Mel
son w. Aldrich's name at this writ
ing September Is. 1910 is on the
list of stockholders of the United
States Rubber Com pAny. This state
ment is not on hearsay, but from
personal examination of the list"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

The Heavensr Dispatch comes out
pretty regularly with a paragraph
or two complaining that Mena news
papers are knocking Heavener. .
but bravely asserting that Heavener
is prospecting nevertheless. Now,
The Star feels sure that no Mena
newspaper has the very slightest
grudge against Heavener, or wishes
it the least harm. 1t is true that
town has acquired some good citi-
zens who formerly lived here, but
there's not one but left Mena with
regret and would come back with
pleasure. And no one. not even the
Dispatch man, blames them.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

In limited" way the people of
the United States will have the ad
vantage of postal savings banks after
January /. And it seems possible
that, despite the efforts of the big
express companies. we may look for
a limited" parcels post within the
next two or three years. In ''lim-
tied" way the people are gradually
getting a few rights in Congress.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

Mena has no disposition to wish
Heavener and DeQueen to suffer
from reports of division removal. II
knows only too well what blight
such things can be-and. well, it is
getting along altogether too nicely
to be in a mood to wish its neighbors
such hard luck.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

President Taft broke the record
tor verbosity in his recent message
making it so long that even such
metropolitan papers as the Arkansas
Gazette found it impractical to print
more than a synopsis. If the story
of the good his administration does
will require one-hundredth as many
words all will be satisfied.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15

OF course you don't have to buy
that Christmas present today, nor
tomorrow or any time. You don't
need to give pleasure to anyone.
Some people don't. But did you
ever see such a one look as though
life was worth living?