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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
Guarding the Bank Of ENGLAND.

The Bank of England's nightly guard
Is drawn from the guards stationed in
the Tower of London. The custom of
providing little garrison of guards
for the Bank of England every night
dates back to 1850, the time of the
Gordon riots. The troops are made
very comfortable in the bank, and the
officer in command is provided with a
dinner for himself and two friends.
Of course an allowance of wine, sat
isfactory from both points of view, is
made. The vaults of the Bank Of Eng
land would make fine robbing. They
frequently contain fifty millions ster
ling. Several keys are necessary to
open the lock to the whitewashed
vaults, and each key is in the posses
sion of different person The gold
lies piled on trucks to facilitate re-
moval or is heaped against the walls
In sacks.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
Guarding Its Own Goods.

Honesty, in its purpose, looks but
little outside of itself; honor gener-
ously aims to deserve the good opinion
Of the best, finding keener anguish in
the moral stain or blemish than in
grievous bodily wounds. Honesty
guards its own goods, and loves self
interest, while it gallantly protects the
weak, relieves the oppressed from the
grasp of cruel force, redresses the in
juries Of others or defends its own
pure dignity.-Albert Mathews.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
KeIIoss's Expense Accounts.
The amounts drawn by Kellogg ar
as follows:

These sums are all in addition to
the $4,000 in fees paid to Kellogg for
his work in the prosecution of the
Standard Oil suit.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
CITIZENSHIP HARDER.
Provisions of New Law Affect Half a
Million Mon.

Provisions of New Law Affect Half a
Million Mon.
Various provisions of the naturaliza-
ton law, passed five years ago, are now
in effect, and a study of them seems
TO indicate that half a million men
who have taken out first papers dur
ing the last five years will find it i'm
possible to get their second papers.
The leading provision of the new
law is that before receiving his sec
ond papers the applicant must fill out
a new blank containing fifty ques-
tions. This he must send at his own
expense to Washington. Second pa
pers cannot be granted until the
Washington office has verified the
proof of the mans landing here. 1t
has been the custom to accept mans
sworn statement as to his landing and
the sworn statement of two witnesses.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
HE BREEDS ToADS.

Colorado Man Uses Them to Kill OF
Flies.
A unique garden Is that of ]. V.
Crone OF Greeley, Colo, devoted to the
breeding Of toads as well as the rails
ing of garden truck. Mr.. Crone has
caught hundreds Of toads and put them
on his place. He says that they are
the worst enemy Of the fly and that
the time VIII come when people will
domesticate them for the purpose of
ridding premises OF flies.
Toads have cleared every fly from
the Crone place. ana neighbors at
tribute absence OF flies from thedr
premises 10 the toad garden.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
CHARITIES OF
YOUNG KEIRESS
Girl Of Fourteen Wants to Give
Away $4,000 a Year.
She INHERITED S9O,OOO,OOO.

Asks Court to Allow Her to Divide Her
Annual Income of $4,000 With
Churches, Hospitals and orphanaees.
Plan Is Her Own.
Miss Catherine Barker of Michigan
City, Ind, the fourteen-year-old heir
ess to the entire Barker estate of $780,
100000, has applied to the courts for
permission to contribute annually
large part of her income to Catholic
and Episcopal churches and hospitals
and orphanages allied with them. Be
ing a minor and under the guardian
ship of the First Trust and Savings
bank of Chicago, Miss Barker must
obtain the consent of her guardians
and the court to distribute the money.
The income of the estate is more
than $1,000,000 year. John H. Bar
ker, her father, set aside 100000 year
for the education and maintenance of
his young daughter The bulk of the
big estate is in Chicago bank stocks.
which were accumulated forty years
ago by Miss Barker's grandfather.
Through her guardian, represented
by President James b. Forgan of the
First National bank, Miss Barker
seeks to arrange for the division of
her annuity by causing petition to
be filed in the Laporte circuit court
asking leave to use part of her annual
allowance in charitable work
Restrictions In Will.
Miss Barker has been subjected TO
considerable annoyance by fortune
seekers and charity solicitors. Recent
ly she was the object of interest to an
alleged prince of Sicily, who wrote
her an endearing letter which was
seized by one of her tutors.
She lives in big country home in
Michigan City in care of a governess
and a corps of tutors.
The will of her father gives her guard
ians unlimited power over her future
She cannot marry until she passes
twenty-one. Her future husband must
be approved by the guardians, a COM
mittee composed Of President Forgan
of the First National bank and several
directors. Not a dollar of her great
fortune can be conveyed to her hus-
band, and she must not live perma-
nently abroad.
The guardians are empowered to
control her income and allow only
what in their judgment is necessary.
This power is permanent, even after
marriage.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
GERMAN AERO RACE ENDS.
koenis Wins Lie Mile Dash and
Gets $1,000

Berlin, July 11.-Germany's Lie
mile aeroplane race, which began at
the Johannisthal aviation grounds on
June IL, has ended here.
Koenlg, who was first at the finish,
was awarded prize In cash Of $1O,-
600, while vollmoeller, second, got
$6,25O The third man, Buechner. was
given $500.
None of the fliers were hurt, but
there were a number of enforced de-
scents.
The machines used by the winners
were all of German make except that
Koenig's motor was of foreign design
1t will be bought by the German gov
eminent.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
MAN-B FOUND.
Texas Discovery Has Feathered Wings
and Monkey Face.


The strangest freak ever found In
Texas and which battles ornithologists
was captured in a cave in Bexar coun-
ty. 1t appears to be partly human,
partly monkey and partly owl and jab-
bers in tongue as though speaking
an unknown language.
Part of the body Is covered with
feathers and part with hair. and its
face is nike a monkeys. almost hu-
man. The freak is about three feet
two inches, and its two legs are cover
ed with hair. 1t has two short wings
with feathers.
The cave had not been explored for
many years, and the freak appears to
be perhaps ten or more years of age
and is believed to have been imported
from some foreign country.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
BattIsships For Turkey.

The porte and the Armstrong; of
England have entered into contract
for the immediate construction Of an
up TO date battleship with engines and
armament complete. They have also
signed a contract for a second battle
ship II and when the parliament pro
vides funds
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
Art Enthuaiasnn

Does the public of Crimson Gulch
remember my previous visitT' asked
Mr.. Stormington Barnes.
ut does" replied Broncho Bob.
"And is it waiting to receive me with
open arms?"
"Not exactly open arms. 1t looks
more like case of concealed weap-
ons." s."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
PROBE KELLOCC'S
EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Trust Buster Drew $40 a Day
For Personal Expenditures.
DREW A TOTAL OF S23,311
While on Standard Oil and Hartman
Merger Cases-ln Addition He Was
Paid $4,000 For His Work In Prose
cutting the Rockefeller Combine.


cutting the Rockefeller Combine.
An average expense account of near
iy $50 for every day Of a period Of
more than two years. In the eyes of
Chairman Beall of the house commit
tee on expenditures in the department
Of justice, even If the expenses are in
CURED In the prosecution of the Stand
ard Oil company and the Hartman
merger of the Pacific railroads, is
something worthy Of investigation.
Frank B. Kellogg, special assistant
to the attorney general and Roosevelt's
chief trust buster. drew from the treas
ury $23,311.67 on expense vouchers
He made the drafts from Dec. %, 1907
to Feb. IL, 1910 The last mentioned
day Is about the time the reargument
Of the Standard Oil case was complet
ed.
Mr.. Beall and his committee will be-
gin an investigation of the Kellogg &C
counts when the committee Assem-
biCo dShhls III lht hCdl IL
ture. T. G. Spelling, one time as
sistant attorney in the department of
justice, who declared the Hartman
merger case was bungled. has been
employed by the committee to delve
into the matter. He said that the
vouchers setting forth the items of ex-
pense incurred by Kellogg will be pro-
duced before the committee
Put Limit on McReynoIds.
The expense accounts Of ]. G. Nc
Reynolds, the special assistant to the
attorney general in charge Of the to-
baccO trust case, are also to be scruti-
nized by the committee. SO far as can
be learned, there was no limit on
Kellogg There was one on McReyn-
olds. His limit was $40 day for
subsistence, which was exclusive Of
railroad fares and kilograms His
meals and lodging while absent from
New York city on official business
might not exceed that limit.
The committee is expected to find
out whether Mr.. Kellogg was away
from home every day during the time
he was engaged upon the Standard
Oil and Union Pacific cases. Members
of the committee have an idea that the
actual daily average expense will be
shown to be something over $40 a
day instead of $50. From Sept 30,
1908. to April /, 1909, the expense &C.
counts amounted to $13, ,0s1 81, or some
thing like $71 day.
The ordinary employee of the gov
ernment is limited to an expenditure
of $5 day for meals and lodging. It
is not uncommon, however, for the
head OF an executive department to in
crease the limit to $40 or $15 a day
for trip to New York or some other
big city where 1t is manifest that S.
day would be a low allowance, but
Kellogg is the only one thus far dis
covered whose own discretion set the
limit. During the political campaign
in 1908 he went frequently to Hot
Springs to consult with Mr.. Taft The
vouchers will show whether these
trips were made at government ex-
pense.
keIlogg's Expense Accounts.
The amounts drawn by Kellogg are
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
Good Impulses.

A mere good impulse that does not
result in good works is rather worse
than useless, for If not carried out IN
deed 1t has reaction instead of an
action as its outcome.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
Nothina.

Binks-Where spent Christmas last
year the thermometer dropped to zero.
Jinks-That's nothing. Binks-What's
nothingi Jinks-Why, serol
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-14
Settled.

Father-I don't think much of that
young Sinkips who calls to see you.
Daughter-Never mind, father.
think enough OF him for both Of US!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20
The Result in Maine.

There seems to be considerable un-
certainty as to what the result of
Names vote on the proposition of
submitting its prohibitory clause of
the state constitution to another vote
by the people really is. The latest
report however indicates that these
in favor of abolishing that clause
and providing some form of liquor
license have won by a margin of less
than 100 votes. Everyone realizes
that such close vote is not real
victory for either side. The most
a defeat OF the prohibition forces
and that Maine in the near future
will have form of license submit
ted to the voters for approval or re-
jectment.
This we believe will prove benefi-
cial to the state. We do not mean to
say that we believe license to be
better than prohibition, but the sem
timent of Maine is such that a prop
er enforcement of prohibitory law
was impossible and an unenforced
law had better be off the statute
books. The closeness of the result
will give one advantage. There is
such a large element opposed to the
law that license in Maine must be
kept at its best or it will be stopped.
So Maine which has given the coun-
try .a~rather disgraceful exhibition
of unenforced prohibition may now
give it one of the best exhibitions
of licensed liquor sale. Let us hope
so at least because the liquor prob
lem at it's best is bad enough.
There were three other questions
submitted to the people at the same
time but the interest of outsiders
was so fixed on the liquor vote they
were given little attention. By
majority of 1876 the people voted
to make Augusta the permanent
capital of the state; by a majority of
2,491 it voted to INCREASE the debt
limit of cities of over 10000 inhab-
itants; and by majority of 38,089
the people voted in favor of direct
primaries. The vote on the latter
question was certainly decisive and
shows what form OF selecting can
didates the people desire. The poll
ticians of Vermont will do well to
take note of this verdict and ascer-
tain whether or not they are block
ing the peoples will in preventing
the enactment of a direct primary
law in this state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20
The State Constitution.

If J. w. Gordon of Barre is right,
and his argument seems valid, Ver-
mont has an unconstitutional con-
stitution. This was revealed in an
able address he delivered last week
before the Washington County Bar
Association in which he discussed
Article rs of the Amendments of the
Constitution as adopted in 1870.
This is the article that provides that
amendments to the constitution can
legislature and that they sbe pro-
posed at that time by two-thirds vote
Of the senate.
He declares that if the legislature
can shut up the constitution for a
period of ten years without having a
change made or proposed it can shut
it up forever if it should choose to
do SO, that one legislature has no
power to bind a succeeding legisla-
ture, that one generation cannot
bind another, that when the people
themselves meet and frame or
amend their own Constitution there
is no Constitution above their Con-
stitution to which they must conform
except in those instances where the
Federal Constitution applies.
To strengthen his declaration he
uotes Daniel Chapman who said:
To admit that the sovereignty OF
the people can be restricted by the
Constitution is to admit that it may
be made unalterable, which is alb
surd.
Sydney Smith in commenting Oh
irrevocable laws said:
All living men must possess the
supreme power over their own hap
piness at every particular period. TIC
suppose that there is anything which
a whole nation cannot do, which
they deem to be beneficial to their
happiness, and that they cannot dc
it because another generation, long
ago dead and gone, said it must be
done, is mere nonsense. While you
are captain of the vessel, do what
you please; but the moment you quit
the ship l become as omnipotent as
you. You may leave me as much ad-
vice, as you please, but you cannot
leave me commands; though in fact
this is the only meaning that can be
applied to what is called irrevocable
laws. 1t appeared to the legislature
for the time being to be of immense
importance to make such and such
law. Great good was gained OF
great evil avoided, by enacting it.
Pause before you alter an institution
which has been deemed to be OF
/ SnHh 10
and common sense; the rest is the
exaggeration of fools, or the artifice
of -knaves, who eat up fools.
Mr.. Gordon advocates the old
system of conventions with delegates
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20
A Chance For Boys.

While there was an excellent dis
edonia County Fair last week it was
noticeable that very few county ex-
hibits were made. The stock shown
was largely the product of fancy
stock farms and beyond the reach of
the average farmer. 1t would in
crease interest in the fair if an ex-
hibition could be added that would
represent the successful efforts of
our common farmers in this section.
Better still would be some offering
that would interest the boys of this
section in some practical farming for
themselves. The best way to learn
anything is to do it and learn accur-
ately what it costs to do it.
In the hope of interesting the
boys of this section in practical and
profitable farm work The Caledonian
will make them a proposition that
any farmers boy can take advantage
of. 1t will be in the nature of a
contest among the boys themselves
and one that will be of practical val
ue to them. The details are not
completed so they can be announced
in this issue but they will be very
soon. If you have a boy to whom
you would like to impart an incen-
tive to become a better farmer than
you have been watch The Caledonian
for a OronOSifiOn tn him
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20
STANNARD.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Batten have
returned from a few days visit with
their son and family at Waits River
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Stevens OF
Caldwell, Kansas, and Mrs. Lucy
Singer of Canon City, Col, recently
visited at M. L. Hutchins' and G. r
Smiths.
Miss Mildred Winchester spent
last week with her cousin, Mrs.
Lambert, at Johnson.
e. r. Jameson and family also e.
c. Osgood have moved to Southing-
ton, Conn.
Mrs. v. r. Weed is visiting friends
at Greensboro Bend.
Mrs. B. r. Chamberlain recently
visited her son and family at st.
Johnsbury.
Miss Esther Magoon went last
Saturday to Wil1iamstown, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. A. e. Weed of South
Wheelock recently visited at M. F.
Ayers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20

specially chosen and empowered to
promulgate amendments to the con-
stitution and declares that the peo-
pie have not lost their right to hold
such conventions. He declared that
there is no time lock on the sover-
eighty of the people.
We are not competent to discuss
Mr.. Gordon's statements, as a thor
ough knowledge of law is required
to give much information on such a
subject. They look reasonable, how
ever, and more desirable than the
present method. There would be lit
tie danger of more frequent changes
than under the present system and
certainly changes would not be pro-
posed unless there was a very gem
eral demand for it. We doubt if
there is demand enough for the re-
moval of the unconstitutional time
lock on the constitution to secure
it's removal at present. Of course
frequent changes of our constitution
would be very undesirable. Our
laws are changed so frequently that
it is difficult to have them interpret
ed by the courts before they are
superseded and we could hardly af-
ford to have the constitution mutt
lated with the same frequency.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20

tfnues. An increase of seventy-two
in membership in the last six months
is encouraging but we hope to see
100 increase in the coming six
months. Any who desire to aid in
the development and protection of
fish in Caledonia county need not
wait until another meeting but SIM
ply send one dollar to Guy w. Hill,
the secretary, and they will be en-
listed in a worthy cause.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-20
Fish and Game Interests.

The value of live county fish and
game organization was illustrated
anew at the annual outing and din
ner of the Caledonia Forest and
Stream Club here last Thursday.
First it attracted the representative
men of ST. Johnsbury and all the
neighboring towns and gave the
state fish and game commissioner an
opportunity to present some of the
needed changes in the fish and game
laws of the state. 1t was a good list
of important subjects that Mr.. Tit
comb brought to the attention Of the
meeting and which are published in
full elsewhere. It indicates that
Vermont will soon have a longer
open season for deer, that the fur
bearing animals of the state are to
be made a more valuable resource
to the state and that Vermont will
not long shut its trout streams to the
former sons of the state who want
to come back to 1.-The old trout
brook in the month of August.
Vermont has got a system of fish
planting and fish protection that en-
ables it to give visitors a better op-
portunity to fish than the present
law does. Mr.. Titcomb has placed
before the Vermonters some sugges-
tions that are worthy of full and in
.telligent discussion before the con-
Vening of the next legislature.
More striking still is the result OF
systematic effort to plant trout in
the streams of this county. This last
season at least fifty per cent. of al
the trout secured from the state and
the government fish hatcheries were
planted in Caledonia county waters
This is certain to give this county {
great lead over the other sections o.
the state in trout fishing in the neal
future. Another encouraging feature
is that this was not a spasmodic eff
fort in this county, but with the funC
live and progressive organization
like the Caledonia Forest anG
Stream club will provide, it will be
made continuous practice that will
surely make the permanent results
more beneficial than our temporary
advantage. The club can do more
effective work next season than il
has this and so get long lead over
the unorganized sections of the
state.
The spirit of obedience to law i!
also a valuable asset to any com
munity and it is evident the more
men that can be interested in the
development of fish and game inter.
ests the greater will be the respect
for law. The Caledonia Forest and
Stream club has met with very fat
tering success in its first years ex.
istence and it can be made even
more successful if its growth con.