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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-10

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-10

Nlssen to Des Moines House.-A. F.
Nissen, booster for the Tri-City
Ocean-to-Ocean Official Highway as
sociation, good roads and Davenport
Ad club will leave Davenport the first
Of next week for Des Moines, where
he has entered the employ Of the Iowa
Publishing company as road sales.
man. -..
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
FLOODS,

Senator Francis G.. Newlands of
Nevada has anticipated a Congress
sional inquiry into the causes of the
great floods in Ohio and Indiana by
holding the Federal Government re-
sponsible. Mr.. Newlands eXclaims
that adequate provision was not
made for the supervision Of the head
waters of rivers, and declares that
dams should have been built instead
of levees, which he regards as un-
scientific. The people of Pitts
burg and Dayton" the Senator says,
" are as much entitled to protection
as are those living in the delta Sec
tion of the Mississippi" and he
trusts that these floods will arouse
the American conscience"
If there is any responsibility to be
fixed it will be fixed of course, but
this is no time TO snap judgments.
Such is the indictment by Senator
Newlands. He probably is not ia
miliar with the watersheds in Indiana
and Ohio where the floods had their
origin. Moreover, he is not an en-
gineer. Mr.. M. o. Leighton, chief
photographer of the Geological Sur
vey, who is one of the greatest au-
y ,
does not hold the Government re-
sponsible for the disasters in the
West. He advocates the storage
system himself, but declares it would
not have saved the inundated towns
I" No work that could have been
built by the hand of man." he says,
would have prevented the floods.
Great reservoirs have been planned
in the Scioto and Miami river val
leys, but according to Mr.. Leighton
they would not have afforded protec-
tion against the inundation that has
occurred, because the rainfall was
abnormal, amounting to a deluge,
such as exceeded all known records.
The topography of the country
must be taken into account. Both
valleys, the Miami particularly, are
veined with streams tributary to the
rivers, and in times of flood the wa
ter rises with amazing rapidity and
spreads far and wide over the valley
floor. The level character of the re-
gion in which Dayton itself lies and
the fact that there is not enough
pitch of the land below to carry off
the water accounts for the depth and
extent of the floods. Dayton has
had many of them. What Congress
can do to prevent or minimize them
in future by putting the army en-
gineers to work to construct dams
for the collection and restraint of wa
ters in the valleys north of the
threatened cities must be done, what
ever the cost. But let there be a
thorough investigation by the en-
gineers first. The Federal Govern
ment cannot be held entirely respon-
sible even by conservationists like
! Senator Newlands. If there is any
responsibility the States must share
it. But a rational view is that the
! disasters in Ohio and Indiana were
| to use the legal phrase, an act OF
| God.-New York Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
"GETTING UP sTEAM,"

OF course you couldn't miss the
town boosting advertisement under
the above heading that The Citizen
publishes to-day on it's first page.
Furthermore we don't want you to
miss it. While we are asking busi-
ness men of Honesdale to advertise,
thus benefting themselves individu-
ally and the town itself generally, we
are also glad to do some advertising
for Honesdale ourselves. We expect
to do lot more of it.
Steam! That is the word. 1t is
especially applicable to Honesdale,
the home of the first steam railroad
in the United States. Steam beats
water at about the ratio of II to 1.
Steam makes things go. We all want
to make things go in Honesdale, and
that is why everybody is getting up
steam, for they want to ''see the
wheels go round" We are going to
"see the wheels go round" and don't
forget that.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
What Part Lay Members
Will Take in Conference.
A GOOD PLAY COMING.

Occasionally some play strikes a
note that rings out clear and true in
the midst of the commonplace and
impresses it's author with the thought
that it was written not for gain, not
for past time, but because some man
had something to say to other men
and he took this means of express
sion.
-" The Shepherd of the Hills" Har-
old Bell Wright's dramatization of
his novel of the same name, is this
kind of play. Mr.. Wright had felt
within his soul the peace and beauty
of the hills and he wished to set
down their meaning before him. He
made play that in plot is COM
pelling, one that never fails in sin
cerity. The people who move in it
are so human that the author will
pick them out for like and dislike as
if he really knows them.
There is the shepherd, the man
who came to the hills to learn, and
remained to teach; Old Matt, who
cherished the memory of a wrong
that could never be righted; Young
Matt, Hercules of the hills coun-
try, whose strength of heart and soul
equalled the strength Of his body;
Sammy Lane, bright and buoyant
with the youth of the hill country,
and the other quaint characters that
enliven the play with humor.
The scene of the play is in the
high hills of the Ozark Mountains
The mists of the valleys, the glories
of the sunsets, the magnificent vistas
from the SUBMITS have been brought
out by the wonderful ingenuity of the
scenic artist and electricians craft
1t is the spirit of the land that Mr.
Wright has caught that makes the
play one that is unique and one thai
will stand in a field of it's own.
'"The Shepherd of the Hills" viii
be the attraction at the Lyric or
Thursday, April 3rd. The enormous
popularity of the Harold Bell Wrigh
novels indicates that the engagement
Of his first play will prove a grea
popular success.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
"REMENiBER THE ALAMO!"

Seventy-seven years ago the 9Th
of March, in 1886, occurred the fall
of the Alamo, mission church at
San Antonio, Texas, which had been
converted into fort, and which was
garrisoned by $50 Texas revolution
lists who were contending for the in
dependence of what is now the Lone
Star State from the government of
Mexico.
1896! Honesda1e was only g.
year-old child on that date. By the
way, that was the year the Homes
dale National Bank began business.
The Alamo was besieged by 1000
Mexicans, and the little band OF
$50 "held the fort from February
23 to March 6. All but seven of the
garrison perished, and six of the
seven were murdered after their sur
render. One man only escaped to
report the details of the massacre
Among those who perished were the
celebrated David Crockett, author OF
the saying, First be sure you are
right, then go ahead!" and Col
James Bowie, inventor of the bowie
knife.
The following news dispatch was
the inspiration that prompted this
artip1a.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
GOOD BY, MARCH! HERE'S TO
YOU, APRIL!

March is a peculiar month, to say
the very least and worst about it.
1t is decidedly a peculiar month, and
you generally do not forget March
until April has nearly become May.
1t is an old saying that when
March comes in like a lion, it will
go out like a lamb" 1t is also said
from an agricultural standpoint,
that Z" a peck of March dust is worth
a Kings ransom" 1t is safe to say
that if the Kings ransom depended
on dust during the month that went
out yesterday, unless gold dust is
meant, then he will surely
not be ransomed this year. Every
body is glad when March has quit
blowing and has gone entirely out of
business for whole year.
Thomas Hood in his famous poem,
the " Bridge of Sighs," voiced the
true sentiment of the influence of the
month when he described the feel
ings of the unfortunate suicide thus:
" The bleak winds of March
Made her tremble and shiver,
But not the dark arch
Or the black flowing river"
1t doesn't make very much diff
ference to us whether March goes
out like lion or like a lamb. We
are just glad March has gone, that's
all. And now, dear Miss April, you
with the smiles, the tears and the
promise of May flowers, we greet you
with all the welcome we can muster
up. Remain with us just as long as
you can, be just as smiling towards
1--WE uns" as you possibly can, and
we'll say a good word for you every
time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

The free lunch was introduced as
temptation to drink, and as such
the Prohibitionists have frowned
severely upon it. But the effort to
abolish it by ordinance in one of the
california cities came from the sa-
loonkeepers, who found that compe-
tition between themselves had ex-
panded the black bread, pickles and
herring into a course dinner. The
temperance people took note of the
origin of the effort and voted it
down. The saloonkeepers can abol-
ish the free lunch if they wish, but
they can't get any law to help them.
Their brethren in st. Louis have been
more successful; they have induced
the Missouri Legislature to prohibit
free lunches, and this, it is estimated
will save the st. Louis bars about
$250,000 year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

After ALL there isn't so very much
in fame. Here was the sole surviv-
or of an event so attrocious that the
expression, Remember the Alamo!"
became the Texas war-cry in their
subsequent struggle for freedom, the
adopted son of one of the greatest
heroes the United States ever had,
Kit Carson, and yet, neither fame
nor historical fact prevented his
death from starvation. How applica-
BILE to all such cases are the famous
lines of Thomas Gray:
'"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that beauty, all that
wealth e'er gave
Awaits alike tn inevitable hour:-
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

1t costs the city of New York $40
per day to keep each civil prisoner
in the Ludlow street Jail, according
to report which Investigators have
prepared for Mayor Gaynor. The
jail is known as the "Alimony Club"
because the prisoners there are main
ly men who have refused to pay ali
mony. According to the investiga-
tors some of the prisoners have more
comforts at the Jail than they did at
home. There are twenty-four at
tendants in the Jail, while there are
seldom more than dozen prisoners.
1t will be shown that New York city
could save money by closing up the
jail and boarding the prisoners at the
best hotels.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
JUDGE LITTLE MAKES RULING.
Says Jurors Should Avoid Discussion
With Any Person or Listen to
Conversation of Others.

Judge R. B. Little, of the Susque-
hanna county courts, has made the
following ruling which is of interest
to our readers:
From the moment Jnat the name
Of a juror is announced in the pa
pers; yes, from the time it is drawn
from the wheel, his person is con-
secrated to the purposes of Justice.
The law draws around him an in
vision Gordon, which no man may
pass but at his peril. 1t is as COM
plete the moment he is selected as
when he is empanelled."
All Grand Jurors and Trial Jurors,
from the time the notice is received
by them of their selection as such
until discharged by the court, should
scrupulously avoid discussion with
any person, or listen to any con-
versation among others, in refer
ence to any case pending in the
courts, either civil or criminal. Each
juror and grand juror should faith
fully perform his duty in maintaining g
the integrity of the courts.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
Young Men Seeking Admission.

A large class of young men will
come up for admission this year,
nearly all of whom will be graduates
from Drew or Boston Theological
seminaries. The membership of the
conference at the present time is
245.
What Part Lay Members
Will Take in Conference.
The Laymen's association, which
has grown to be quite a power in
the conference, will hold it's meeting
Friday. Thomas Henwood, of Dun
more, is president of the association
and E. W. Eaton, of Binghamton;
Charles w. Laycock, of Kingston; N.
Peterson, of Oneonta, and G. l.. Peck,
of Wilkes-Barre, are vice-presidents;
H. B. Tilbury, of Owego, is treasurer
and w. P. Airey, of Wilkes-Barre, is
secretary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1913.

alton, we recommend State legisla-
tion to secure the most moderate tax
alton of forest land consistent with
justice, and the taxation of the forest
crop upon such land only when the
crop is harvested and returns reve-
nue. wherewith to pay the tax"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
Stops Scalp Itch
Dandruff and Every Form of Scalp
Disease Cured Quick by Zemo.

DhnuruI anu Every rOriu Vi bCtip
Disease Cured Quick by Zemo.
1t is simply wonderful how Zemo
goes after dandruff. You rub little
of it in with tips of the fingers. 1t
gets right down into the glands, stim-
ulates them, stops the itch, and
makes the head feel fine. No, it
isn't sticky! zemo is a fine, clear,
vanishing liquid. You don't have to
even wash your hands after using
Zemo. And what a wonder it is for
eczema, rash, pimples and all skin
afflictions. A 25-cent bottle at A. M.
Leine's drug store, Honesdale, is
guaranteed to stop any skin irrita-
ton.
zemo is prepared by e. w. Rose
Medicine Co., st. Louis, Mo-, and is
regularly sold by druggists at 81 a
bottle. But to prove what it will do
at trifling expense, Zemo is now put
up in 25-cent trial bottles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
PRESERVE OUR TIMBER LANDS

There are now before the Legis-
lature three bills dealing with three
important phases Of the preservation
of timber throughout the State and
notifications in the present system
of taxation which might be expected
to bring that about.
1t is to be hoped that the bills will
be passed, be signed and become laws
of Pennsylvania. They are based, in
a general way, on the following reso-
luton on timberland taxation, adopt
ed January 8, 1913, by the American
Forestry Association: Holding that
conservative forest management and
reforestation by private owners are
very generally discouraged or pre-
vented by our methods of forest tax.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our deepest
gratitude and thanks to all our kind
neighbors and friends for their
many acts of kindness shown us dur
ing our recent sad bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Fortnam.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

The humorists are having a lot of
fun with the Jersey City police for
OBTAINING man whose sister alleges
he is insane because he spends most
OF his time talking about baseball
and reading books about the game.
II the base ball fan is insane, then
soon there will be work for lot of
alienists in and about Honesdale.
Neither will Hawley escape attention.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
Stop Hawking in
the Morning
Simple Way to End Catarrh Without
Upsetting the Stomach with Medi-
CineS.

Upsetting the Stomach with Medi-
CineS.
Do you, Dear Reader, really want
to forever rid yourself of Catarrh?
Do you like to hawk and strain and
choke and upset your stomach trying
to get that accumulation of mucus
from your throat every morning?
It's easy to end Catarrh if you will
only try. Go to Peil, the truggist, to-
day; say 81 want Booths HYOMEI
outfit" Take it home; breathe ac-
cording to directions the pleasant
germ-killing balsams from the Eu-
calyptus forests of Australia, and if
it doesn't stop hawking, snuffling,
clear up your stuffed-up head and
drive out all Catarrhal misery, mon
ey back.
$1.00 secures a complete outfit in
Guiding inhaler. Extra bottles if
needed, soc. Just breathe it-no
stomach dosing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
Smokes His Annual Cigar.

John NJ. Pratt, of East Goshen.
celebrated his S5th birthday ami
versary on Monday by smoking
cigar, as has been his annual custom
for many years. Many of his friends
present him with cigars for the oc-
casion, but he takes only one, re-
marking that tobacco used to that
extent will not injure his system.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

The connection of terrestrial hap
penings is not always clear. Who
would suspect that a calm, remote
little thing like the moon could so
trouble the seas? Or that the dark
side of it brings the waters rushing
together as tumultuously as the
bright?-James Lane Allen.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

Fifty thousand dollars year is to
be saved by making the parcel post
stamps smaller. And, of course,
with the growth of the business more
stamps will be used, so that in time
the saving will be even greater. The
various ways in which the govern
ment may enrich itself begin to seem
almost multitudinous.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

Uncle Joe Cannon's optimism has
not been disturbed by the fact that
he is out of congress and has also
given up his farm, for he already
appears in print with a prediction
that the Republican party will be
back in power inside of four years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

1t is one thing to pick men for di-
plomatic posts regardless Of their
wealth and another to persuade them
to accept regardless of the salary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

an Evangelistic Nature is Antici-
pated.
N7IXTY-ONE years ago the first
IS session of the Wyoming
lssT5faSl Conference was held, Bis
lSzZGsI hop Scott presiding, Rev.
N. Rounds being the Secre-
tary. The conference was held in
the town of Carbondale, and instead
of being in the Spring of the year it
was held on July 8.
Three times has the Conference
held it's sessions in Honesdale, in
1869, from April 18th to the 18th,
in 1877, from April 18th to the 18th,
and in 1898, from April 18th to the
18th.
The earlier sessions of the Con-
ference were held later in the session
than is now the rule. The writer re-
members that it was always blossom
time when the appointments were
read and people had to wait patient
ly and anxiously to learn where the
ministers had been sent.
This Years Conference
VIII Follow Billy Sunday.
The coming session of Wyoming
conference, TO De neld IN the flrSt M.
e. Church, in Wilkes-Barre, will
meet nearly a month later than
usual, opening on April 10th, and
will be presided over by Bishop Jos.
F. Berry.
The Pittston Gazette says that the
session being held so soon after the
close of the Sunday" meetings in
Wilkes-Barre ought to be marked by
especial evangelistic fervor. The
coming together of this large num-
ber of ministers and leading Chris
tian laymen of the conference is al
ways attended with inspiring and up
lifting influences. 1t has been twen-
ty-one years since the conference
was entertained by the First church,
Wilkes-Barre, although in 1899 ii
was entertained at Kingston, in 1904
at Central church, Wilkes-Barre, and
in 1909 at Plymouth. DR.. Guthrie,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

1t is doubtful, however, that Presi-
dent Wilson will be able to induce
the Democrats to adopt the water
wagon as their emblem.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

President Wilson is certain that
he will accomplish something if his
foot does not slip.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
WYOMING M. {. CONFERENCE
THE 62ND SESSION WILL OPEN
AT WILKES-BARRE ON APRIL
18TH.

Bishop Joseph Berry Will be the
Presiding Officer-The Conference
Follows the Billy Sunday Meetings
So Closely That Especial Fervor of
an Evangelistic Nature is Antici-
pated.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01
Alamo Hero Dies Starving.

4AlIIIIU IIVTU DICS SURVIVING.
RENO, New, March "a.
Lewis G. Schilling, sole sur
vivor of the Alamo massacre,
and adopted son of Kit Carson,
died here yesterday of starva-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-08

soul. and spirit?'' If the latter, what
are the respective meanings attached to
soul and body? (Embodied.) No adj
dress
Answer-The Scriptures speak of
body. soul, and spirit in relation to
man If not connectedly, at least re-
peatedly These should be understood
as follows: (a) Body, the organism;
God formed man of the dust of the
ground" OBJ Spirit, the energising
principle of life; God breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life" (c)
Soul, sentient responsive being; man
became living SOUL" Genesis ii, T.
Notice that the body VS. first Gre
ated, then it was quickened. and the
result was that man became a living
SOUL He did not have a soul given
him, but was himself a soul.
The soul then is the product of the
spirit of life operating on the body or
organism.
Spirit. soul. and body as it occurs
in /. Thessalonians V, %, was ex-
planned few weeks ago, as applicable
to the church collectively and not to
the individual members, for their
bodies have distintegrated into dust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-08
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was comprehensive. 1t was well with
in their understanding, because it was
concrete and familiar. So the bow
that follows the rain is but a symbol
of the abstract and eternal truth that
God plans good for His world, that
humanity will never again go into
bankruptcy The firm has been estab-
lished on new basis.
Bad as the future may be, the
Cornell in the Sunday School Journal.
Such is the spirit of the story of the
bow in the clouds. The message of the
scientist is that in many respects the
worst is over, especially as far as the
great sufferings of the race by plaques
are concerned E. The message of the
educator, too, is that there is a bow
in the clouds. The worst is over. There
will be through the years ignorance
and superstition in plenty but the
worst days are behind us. The work of
uplifting mankind to intelligence has
gone so far that it would be impossible
to repeat the darkest ages. The
historian tells US that so far as the
various forms of political bondage are
concerned the worst is over. 1t is prac-
tically inconceivable that the future
should ever be as dark as the past
The new beginning made with Noah
grows better all the time. God is I'M
folding plans of benevolence for the
race which even His friend Noah
would have been unable to grasp be-
cause of their greatness. For each new
life and for each new nation a time
of beginning is offered; time of cove
Matchmaking with the Supreme Ruler
of history who is also the loving Fa-
Their of mankind.