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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

NE DOLLAR will open an account at
the Farmers and Mechanics Bank:
|urteous treatment to all. 46tf
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

In AVE your Christmas photographs
taken soon. Our display of framed
lictures is immense. Bodies studio. 92eiS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

WANTED AT ONCE-Active and intel
" ligent man for position in grocery
tore. Apply to Henry Freund 93tf.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

LII popular sheet music 10c copy. By
mail IL cents. F. A. Jenkins Music
(use. SSeitf
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

NE CENT word is the price for
these little adlets, and they are busi-
6s bringers. They work while you
|ep."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

- Hotel, Waymart, Wednesday, Dec.
|rd, commencing at 1 o'clock. Horses,
lows, Pigs, Chickens, Hay, oats, Straw,
Wagons, Harness, etc. James Gildea,
Prop. S6tl'
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

h OR RENT-Farnham house on Main
street, in part or as whole. Prop
EPrty is also for sale. Inquire F. c. Farm
nam, Main street. 96t3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28

now held up pending reports by en-
gineers upon the effects of their con-
struction on water supply, fishing
and roads and the most exhaustive
data is being prepared on them. En-
gineers are engaged In looking over
half dozen sites for power dams on
the Allegheny river system and Fish
cries Commissioner N. r. Butler has
just completed a series of visits to
places in Crawford, Mercer and ad-
ments to be made for fishways in the
dams.
On Friday evening last burglars
entered the home of James Moran at
West End. Mrs. Moran was at Star
rucca visiting her parents, and as
Mr.. Moran, who is employed as
freight agent at the Erie depot, re-
turned home about 8 o'clock he
heard great commotion from with
in. Upon entering he found that
burglars had been busily engaged
ransacking the house for yaluables,
and that the racket had been caused
by their hasty exit via the kitchen
door. They had gained entrance
through one of the dining room win
| dows. Mr.. Moran found the contents
of drawers and other receptacles on
the second floor disarranged and
scattered about the rooms. The
work was evidently that of local
light fingered gentry familiar with
the house. Articles stolen were
three rings and a set of silver tea
! spoons.-Hancock Herald.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25


A feeble voice from the sick bed
made both start.
joint" whispered the sick omar
John! It's you, dear John! I knew
you would come home!"
The captor and the captive stood
m~otionless, thrilled by the pity in the
voice.
John, won't you come here and kiss
your old mother?' pleaded the voice.
n that should live to see you
again" )
The middle-aged man whispered into
the a of the thief.
Her o was killed in an automo-
bile accident last week. Now's your
chance. I'll let you go if"
You're coming to me, aren't you,
John?"
YES" muttered the thief, and with
unsteady footsteps he staggered to-.
ward the bed, found it, and sank down
upon a chair. He felt the hand OF
the old woman close upon his.
Are you John? Are you my boy?
1 cannot see. Tell me that you are
john" the old woman whispered.
"Yes, I am John" the convict whis-,
pered back.
She said no more for q while but
seemed to doze. Gently, by almost
~imperceptible degrees, the man in the
room lowered the gas light till it was
only a little twinkling fame in the
darkness. And the thief sat motion
less, his hand held tightly in the light
clasp of the dying woman.
After a long time she reused her
self. Johnny" she whispered, turn
me so that l can put my lips to your
ear" And the convict turned the
shrunken old body ~reverently, and
with anew and strange fearlessness.
Then the old woman spoke again, and
so low and weak were her tones that
he could only grasp them by bending
his a till her lips touched it.
Johnny" she said, 81 want you to
be a good boy after I am gone. I
want you to be good Cor your old
mothers sake, Johnny. There's mo-
body will ever love you as Ihave done
nobody in the whole world. You've
been wild, Johnny, dear, and people
have said hard things about you and
called you hard names, but I knew
that you e my boy Johnny, my
good boy, and that you were good at
heart. Promise me you'll always run
straight, JOHNNY"
Graves promised.
Then I can go In peace. Johnny
dear. Kiss me-" The dying woman
half raised herself and Graves took
her in his arms and pressed his lips
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
Now YeaEs Gifts.

The New Years gift no doubt orig
mated with: the Romans, for with them
giving and taking was carried to such
an extraEagant degree during all the
1856 days OF the year that Emperor
ClaHdius prohibited the demanding of
presents except on New Years day:
but the practice continued for many
years. In England and Scotland the
sixteenth century customs are numer-
GUS, and many of them are strangely
childish. In Scotland it was perfectly
allowable to ask for a New Years
gift, and Henry the Third is said to
have extorted presents in plate and
other vaIuables; while Queen Eliza
beth's jewelry and wardrobe were al
most wholly provided from these gifts.
In old times gloves we're popular, but
IN that age very expensive New Years
presents and when money was given
instead OF a gift it was called glove
money"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
The Turn
of the Page
COpyright by W. G. Ohapmanl
By FRANK FILSON

Come along, 49," said the head
warder cheerfully, clapping an enorm-
Gus hand upon the young mans shout
der. 1.-THE chief wants to say good
bye to you"
The convict stepped put of his cell
and followed the head warder obedi-
emily. Three years Of discipline had
taught him to ask no questions, to
demand no reasons He hardly dared
to hope that the pardon board had
granted his petition.
""Tention! Eyes front! said the
head warder mechanically, and the
convict mechanically obeyed. But the
governor stretched out his hand and
took the conVict's in a hearty clasp:
The board of pardons has granted
you your freedom, Graves" he said.
81 strongly recommended it at the
last monthly meeting. I know that
you will run straight in future. If you
shouldn't, remember that the dishonor
and shame will be mine, and it will
be just so much harder for the rest Of
US. Here's a letter from our mother
in Mapleton," he added, handing the
missive to the prisoner.
Graves read it and the governor
watched him %curiously. The young
fellow had impressed him ~favorably
ever since he had entered the peniten-
tiary three years before to serve a
first sentence for forgery. He had
been a model prisoner; but he seemed
curiously hard. Even now he seemed
unaffected either by the letter or by
his release.
Yes, sir, III run straight il future"
he answered.
Good" answered the governor.
F*And my advice to you is, go home to
your mother. You have about thirty
seven dollars coming to you. Go
home, face the world In your home
town, be a man and begin your life
anew. You will find people kinder
than you imagine. Good morning"
He grasped the prisoners hand
again and dismissed him. Graves
went out. Subdued and deferential
though he seemed, he remained total
ly uDmoved.
AS a matter of fact, Philip Graves
was deeply moved, but for all that he
had not the least intention Of return
1ng home. He took the train to the
capital and spent his money in two
days Of riotous living.
The second evening found him pen
niless. 1t was cold and dismalIy wet,
and the long tramp through the dismal
suburbs had not raised his spirits. He
sat down on the sidewalk and buried
his head in his hands. That was the
nrst time he had ever seriously sonsid
cred the future.
"~Forging's a NUTS game" one c
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
New Years in the Far East.

In Japan the New Year is welcomed
with far more energy than in this
country. Let a mans energy be ever
SO defective, he is expected to rise at
4 a. m. and don new clothes to meet
the suspicious morning. Then, with
his gala garments in due order, hes
worships the gods, performs obeisance
to the spirits of his ancestors, and
pays homage to all relations older
than himself. No ordinary viands are
consumed at breakfast The tea must
be made from water drawn from the
well as the first ray Of the New Years
sun strikes it. On every table figures
q red lacquer tray, covered with ever-
green leaves, and supporting a rice
dumplingS<a lobster, oranges, persim-
mons, chestnuts, dried sardines and
herring root; all these dishes possess
ing an alIegorical Specification. This
meal Is the start of the festivities,
which are continued for Is days, BUSH
ness being almost entirely suspended
for the first week Of the year
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25

reverently to her forehead. And not
daring to stir, he remained thus half
through the night.
The vital fires had burned them
selves out; gently and imperceptibly
the life had faded out of the old
frame. The dead woman's placid
smile seemed like a benediction.
Graves rose up. I'm ready now"
he said to the man.
"Go!" answered the man, pointing
to the door; and the ex-convict shut
fed along the carpet, his face work
ing, his cheeks stained with tears.
He halted at the door, hesitated, and
shuf1ed back again. He went up to
the man.
81 don't want to CO." he muttered.
81 want you to call. the police. Say"
he went on, in impassioned accents,
"I'Ve got an Old mother like that in
Mapleton, and she's alive and wants
me to come home. Do you think If
went that l could ever become a man
again? I've been in prison three
years"
i The mans hand fell on his shoulder,
Just as the head warder's had fallen.
He seemed sorry for him; it was odd,
to come to think of it, how kind men
were to one another.
my dear fellow, l believe that Pro
whence sent you here1Provldence,
which is only another name for God"
said the man. go back and face the
world anew in your home town"
Why, that was just what the gov
ernor had said!
He held his hand out and the other
took it and grasped 1t warmly. Sud
denly Graves remembered. He pulled
out from his pocket a handful Oh
shimmering rings. He placed then
upon the dressing table and walked
lightly out of the room. He did not
shufie~ now, for his heart was filled
with Iightness and for the first time
in years he was at peace.
I'm going home!" he murmured.
The rain had ceased and the all
was keen with frost. From the foul
quarters came the sound OF distan1
bells. And then Graves remembers
that this was the New Year.
The book was still open and tn
new page haG been auspiciously be
gun
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
HEROES OF COMMONPLACE
They Are the Ones Who Fill ChinkS
J. Of Life and Shut Out Chilly
World.


To you who have achieved, many
will wish a Happy New Year. For
you who are facing success on q Sc
cure upward path, you who are
warmed by the sunshine of human In
tercourse and strong with the joy Of
life, a Happy New Year is all but as
sured. To you who face a life crisis
with the prosperous outlook of suc-
cess beyond, to you in whom hope has
steeled determination even in the
presence of the fercest obstacles, the
New Year promises well. To you 9th
ers whom the angel of grief through
the passing years has folded in so
close an embrace that your eyes have
not caught the CLEAN of his wings or
known that they we're blessed, the
year will bring a tender ministration
that is Times own privilege. But
what horoscope is there for each in
that great army of the unknown he
roes who face no bracing ordeal nor
promise of physical or NORA cheer;
who with faces set toward tomorrow
see 40 light, no warmth, but the same
pitiless world that has been their lot
for years! And yet these smile bright
ly. They are the ones who fill the
chinks of life and shut cut for US an
often chilly world; they are the apos-
ties of the little things, the despised
things, whose sacrifices we accept
with as slight thought as we bestow
on the things themselves. Yet are
they the links which hold the world
together-Collier's Weekly.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25

So. in the temple of the years
We gaze back at the fading view
The composite of laughs and tears
Then turn to face the roadway new
Thenew year comes, as comes a king,
Apparelled in rich stuffs and gold
Grant that unto it we may bring
The good we garnered from the ole
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
H ere S@
poked the lire, and said:

Il 2 i 1 III
poked the fire, and said:
'tAgain shift time and Gene
IT'S Christmas Eve at Ennerdale,
The wind blows wild and keen.
poor Helen crouches DER the fire
And shudders at the storm;
The latch is lifted, at the door
There stands a manly form.
GIVE been a wanderer,' spoke the
man;
ON many a far-of shore;
I've travelled twenty thousand miles
To look on home nee more.
she rose up slowly from her chair,
Her lips no words expressed;
She flung her arms around his neck
And swooned upon his breast"
Here Thomas poked the fire, and
turned
His face to hide the tears
That filed his eyes, whene'er he told
The story Of the Veres.
And then he said with trembling
i. voice
mo words can tell the joy
OF Helen when she looked again
Upon her longlost boy.
"They left the poor and humble cot
That had such FRO seen,
And dwelt together in home
Down by old Hazeldean.
"Old William We're, whom l knew wei,
Has often said to me
Whene'er-I read my mothers gift
L took with me to sea,
"a feel / never can forget,
That rious mothers love,
Or ever cease to render thanks
To God the Lord above"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25

the other prisoners had told him soon
after he was brought to the jail.
Take my tip, lad. cracking a cribs
the only thing worth while. Why, all
you've got to do is to walk In after
the lights T out, take our pick. and
walk out again. But say, don't carry
q gun, for that don't pay. Just trust
to your legs il you have to get away
quick" {
Graves felt in his pockets. At
the bottom of one, hitherto overlooked
by him, was a dime. Graves knew
where he could get all the whisky he
wanted for a dime-if he chose the
time when the bartender was not
looking his way. He went there.
Graves tossed of the fiery liquid,
set down the glass, and went out.
New Years eve! He had not thought
Of that. This was the evening for
making good resolutions. The record
ing angel was writing the title at the
head Of a new page Of life. What
record would his page show this time
next year?
He walked the streets until his head
SWAIN 1Itu1 LnS I1qQOI. IL N66 NOAy
dark and the rain fell steadily. Graves
was wet to the skin. He walked al
unreasonable time, until at last, look
ing up, he saw a house.
A flame of anger burned in his
heart, hotter than the fire in his brains.
Good resolutions! What were they
for such as he? They were for the
rich, for those who could afford to
keep the laws! He was no fool to be
bound by such a code.
He crept up the garden, felt a lower
window, and found that he could raise
it. A minute later he vas cropping in
side q dining room.
Cautiously he struck and lit a
match. Then he gasped in astonish-
ment For on the buffet, carelessly
laid out, was a galaxy Of silver plate.
! That central piece-that fat tray,
which he could put under his coat
and walk away with, must be worth
} a couple of hundred dollars alone:
He would take it on his way out. He
opened the door and crept upstairs.
There were two rooms at the head
| Ol lie UISS u1SAL' II NNOA VI NAO
was closed; the second door was open.
! and inside, by the light of the lowered
gas jet, Graves could e a table
strewn with rings. He crept in and
stood staring al them. There were
nearly a dozen of them-diamond,
pearl, sapphire, cats eye, flashing
emeraIds and rubies. ItSwas the dress
ing table of some wealthy woman
who.
There was somebody in the bed!
An old, white-haired woman who lay
there, hardly breathing, fat, with
white hands picking at the bed covers!
Graves snatched up a handful Of the
,baubles and turned. Suddenly two
powerful arms caught him as in a wise
and he looked up into the face of the
! middle-aged a
Come outside, you-you dog!'
whispered the other. Caught in tbs
act, you dirty sneak-thief! Let ms
look at your face! So you would roE
a dying woman, would you? I'm go
ing to strip the hide off you before
cali tie police"
81 diGn+ know" Graves babbled
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
FORMING Resolutions.

New Year inTokes shades Of thea
good resolutions of the past. All!
these what might have beens" are q
source Of mental annoyance. But
don't let that deter us from again
forming our good resolutions. Mako
them by all means, and having made
them, let's stick to them, and when
1914 to make it's exit u good
resolutions will not have evolved
themselves into these fatal good Ia
tentions. :
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25
EHHEzsfNWqM
A CHRISTMAS STORY

SPENT a happy
Christmas v
At blithesome
Ennedale,
And sitting by the
coy hearth,
I listened to this
tale.
Old Thomas told
it = he had
e
Some seventy
years or so,
And over many
la d lax
been
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25

been
A Gamer to and fro.
When l was but a boy" he said,
There dwelt not far from here
A woman young in widowhood-
Her name was Helen We're.
zone child she had little boy
] scarcely need to say
He was her only earthly Joy,
Her comfort night and day.
loft would she stroke his golden hair
And sigh, and say, All, me
Oh, weary. weary was the day
Thy father went to seal
"One day he to his mother said
T long so much to be
A sailor, &c my father was,
And sail the wide, wide ca
H"She gave consent, although her heart
Was bound up in her SON
1T may be better for us both
o Lord, Thy will be done.
You won't forget me, my dear boy.
When far away, / know,
So with my blessing and my prayers,
Go, my own Willie, CO.
Ten long, long years then rolled away,
And sorely Helen pinned;
| No letter from her son had come,
No news Of any kind"
Here Thomas poked the fire, and
made
The flames leap high and clear
Nov 1 must shift the scene" he said,
"And tell Of Willie We're:
when Willie left his mothers homo
He shipped on board the Tyne.
And all went happily and well
Until they crossed the line.
Then on them burst a furious storm
That iercer grew each day,
Until upon a lonely isle
The ship was cast away.
And when. the raging storm drew OF.
It's work OF. havoc done.
OF all the crew but one survived,
And Willie vas that one.
"FOr two long years he strained hia
gaze
Across the wide, wide wave,
But never came a friendly ship
To uccor or to save.
For two long years his only food
Was shell-fsh from the shore,
And sea-birds' eggs, and leaves, and
fruit
The feathery palmtrees bore.
'The long third year drew near its
close, NN~
And it was Christmas Day,
Poor Willie sat upon the shore
His thoughts were far away.
"A hand is on his shoulder laid,
A loud voice greets his ear
What natal who
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-25

What, mate! who
would have
thought to find
A human being
here?
Don't cry, my
man, but come
on board,
Delay your thanks
and fuss.
We're sailing for
a land Of gold, =
so come along
with u.s."
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-24
IMPORTANT RULING
 ON CITIZENSHIP

Judge R. w. Jennings this
 morning made an important ruI-
 ling on the question of citizcn-
 ship. It came about through the
 petition of John Nelson to be ad- mitted to citizenship. The dis trict attorneys office objected to
 the granting of the petition ana faiSed the point that within the
 past five years the applicant had been convicted of a felony. anu that such conviction should be a bar to admission to citizenship. |The court oVerruled the objec- |tion on point raised. Judge Jen- filings, however, stated that the Icourt desired further investiga- ,tion into the merits of the peti- |tiOn and for this reason would continue the matter. H. J. Ray lmOnd and C. w. Carter are witt nnesses for the petitiOner.--Ju- lneau Empire.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-24
WILSON WILL SET
 0uRCOUNTRY FREE
Presidet Makes This Statement to Congress in Address Deliver-
 ed Yesterday.

Washington, D. G., June 24.-- President Wilson, in his address yesterday to the joint session Ot Congress, on the currency meas ure, said he was about to set the country free.
 He urged the immediate enact ment of his currency bill pro- viding more elastic currency, which, the president asserted, was needed to handle the finan- cial situation, which has become accute since the control of the banks by the few large plutocrats 5 |Of New York.
 The presidents message was short and to the point and was attentively listened to by the members of congress and by the crowds in the galleries.
 The government currency bill will be introduced next week and the provision to retire the two per cent government bonds will not be incorporated in the meas ure, as too much opposition has been developed against the plan first advanced by the chief eX- ecutive.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-24
WILSON SIGNS THE
 CIVIL SUNDAY BILL
Carries Approp riations of $116,- coo, ,0D0--LegisIative Rider
 Lc Protect Unions.

Washington, D. C., June 24.-- President Wilson today signed the civil sundry bill, providing appropriations of $116,OO0,O0O and carrying the rider that no funds appropriated shall be used by the Department of Justice for the purpose of bringing actions against labor unions or farmers alliances which violate the law.
 The president was flooded with telegrams from all parts of the union urging him notHo sign the measure eXempting the unions of farmers and laborers from the operation or prosecution under the sherman antitrust law, but he determined nevertheless to do so.
 President Taft vetoed the bill because of the rider, which. he claimed. was vicious.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-24
JUDGE NETERER
 TO GET JOB

Washington, D. C.,--The pres ident will send the name of Judge Jeremiah Neterer to the United States Senate, to be United States Judge for the Western Washing ton district.
 The appointment is to fill va cancy created by the resignation of Judge Cornelius II. HanfOrd last year when charges against him were being investigated by a Congressional committee. Han ford had severed since the admis- sion Washington as a state.
 Judge Neterer has been law yer and judge at Bellingham for many years. He served as Su- periOr Court Judge for Whatcom County, Washington, for several terms, first by appointment from the late Gov. John R. Rogers. and aftarward by election of the peo- pie. He has been prominent in Washington State Democratic politics for many years, and was a delegate to the Baltimore con VentiOn.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-24
OUT SHORT TIME;
 JURY FREES PELKY
Was Charged With Manslaugh- ter for Having .kiIIdd Me-
 Carty in Prize Fight.

Calgary, Alberta, June 24.-- The jury which was impaneled to try Arthur Pelky, charged with manslaughter because he hit Luther McCarty in the prize ring and caused the white hopes sud den death, were out but few minutes and returned a verdict of not guilty.
 The police were determined to secure a conviction and aided by the clergymen, had made cam paien against the fighter, but the jury refused to see any intent in the blow which sent the promis- ing pug to the next world.
 The cOrOner's jury which in- vcstigated the death also brought in a verdict of "nobody to blame, " but the police were not satisfied and ,swore out a complaint against Pelky and against Burns. the fight promoter, whose trial IS set for August, but who is like ly not to be brought to trial.