The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18

llO1lS OI eBSS IudJ Will nave W Ue ue-
stroyed within few days by the au-
thorities on account of the expiration
of the eight month limit on December
1st. They may be placed on the
market before the end of the time
limit; but their owners may find it
more profitable to allow them to be
seized and destroyed. Getting back
to the dollar-a-dozen idea, that means
eggs, at 1-3 cents each. How
would an ambitious actor like to be
greeted on his opening night with a
volley of such eggs-traordinary ap-
plause? In the meantime
BOOSTERS have a right to crow
And hens, likewise, to cackle;
Egg EARNINGS everything but slow
We're tempted now to tackle
Such proposition where pure gold
Comes rolling in, not straying;
But pshaw! Before an egg we'd sold,
OUR hens would all stop laying.
The Railroad Interests are agitat-
ed just now over the question of
who pays the freight" We cer-
tainly give it up. 1t used to be
Jones'" wasn't it?
M@>%<#
A Destructive Storm swept over
our great lakes early last week and
in its wake were many wrecked YES
sells and a great loss of life. Bodies
of the drowned and bits of wreckage
are even yet being cast up on the
shores of those great inland seas.
In one Of the news reports we saw
little statement that we reproduce
herewith, and we are strongly tempt
ted to use it for text and do little
sermonizing along the line suggested
by the news item. Here is the ex-
tract from the news report:
Many of the ships that went down were
misled by the false beacon of the light
ship at Point Gratiot on Lake Huron,
which, torn from it's anchorage by the
gale, was buffeted about at the mercy of
the waves, its light still burning to lead
other vessels to destruction.
Some of our readers may not have
clear idea of what light-ships are,
confusing them with lighthouses.
The latter are built on solid founda-
tions, while light-ships are small
vessels anchored at points where
their lights will serve as beacons to
direct mariners safely on their
"trackless way" marking danger
points, or pointing to open and safe
channels. The reader can readily
see the danger of one broken from
its anchorage, drifting shoreward,
but with its light brightly burning.
Don't we see such examples all about
us? Are they not to be found in
religion? Do we not see them in pol
itics? Are there not many of them
in the social circles of the average
community? The only safety from
such lights is the passing of night
and the shining forth of the white
light of day which springs from the
Son of Righteousness.
@%%+@#
We Thought 1t Would come at
last, and here it is. To an insane
man was awarded prize of ten
dollars for answering correctly a
guessing contest. The winner was
an inmate of Farview, too. Now let
him tackle the subjects of Patterson
and Ann, telling us who really
struck Billy, and exactly how old
Ann is, and life will therefore be
worth living. Oh, we almost forgot
to say the successful guesser had an
unusual name. 1t was Smith-B.
Frank Smith.
%@S&+w=
Billy Sunday is coming to Scran-
ton at an early day, and already GER
tain forces are ranging on the battle
field, forces that will work in har-
mony with the base ball evangelist
with the red blood pulsing through
his veins, and other forces that are
attempting to destroy his influence
even before he has begun his six
weeks campaign. One of the claims
made against Sunday is that already
the results of his work in Wilkes
Barre have vanished, that already
" the dog is returned to his own
vomit again; and the SOW that was
washed, to her wallowing in the
mire," that already the hyphenated
city by the Susquehanna has return
ed to the wide open" class These
tales are told in the face of the open
testimony to the contrary of the
Mayor of that city, of the Sheriff of
Luzerne county and of the leading
ministers and citizens of Wilkes Bar
re and vicinity. Within ten days
the papers of the Wyoming valley
haVa fold 0f. a Nanfiooka Iinuor col