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Matters of General Interest. A Different Form of Ballot Needed Postmasters and Schools Why Deer Hunters Mast Kill Ducks Only The Future of Anthracite. A demand for nnotlicr change in the form of the ballot In Pennsylvania is be coming strong. It is claimed that prob ably 20,000 voters in Allegheny county, at the last election, placed an "X" in the square af the top of the column con taining the names of the Presidential electors, and believed that they were casting a vote for every candidate of the. party of their choice. Instead they voted only for the Presidential electors, and candidates for all other offices suffered. Probably the vote of the entire State was affected in the same wav. Here in Wayne county, where there -nna a very vigorous canvass mndc by local candi date:,, but ;:'?15 comparative interest was taken in the Presidential ticket, 'it being regarded as a foregone conclusion that the State would go overwhelmingly Re publicau anyway. It is certain, there fore, that practically every voter who went to the polls did so with the inten-1 tion of helping the local candidates on one side or the other, nnd when hcJiad deposited his ' ballot imngined he had done so. Yet what do the returns show? Out of a total vote of I,3."1), the presi dential electors received 522 more votes than tho candidates for Congress; 821 more than the Senatorial nominees; 308 inorothaii Representatives; 412morethan Sheriff ; C82 more than Commissioners and 031 more than Auditors. The following is a copy of a recent order sentout by the postmaster general : Postmasters are hereby directed to con fer with their local -school authorities with the view of adopting the most ef Tectivc method of instructing school chil dren as to the organization and opera tion of the postal -service.. These instruc tions should cover such features of the service as the delivery of the mails, the classification of mail matter, and registry and money order system, and particu larly the proper addressing of letters nnd the importance of placing return cards on envelopes. Postmasters should ar range if possible todeliver personal talks to the pupils on these subjects and should give teachers access to the postal guide and postal laws and regulations and ren der every assistance in securing neces sary information. Dr. ,1. C. Kalbfus, who looks after the game of the State with an eagle eye and carries laws and reasons therefor at the ends of his fingers, -was speaking the other day about the deer in tho State and remarked upon the htntute prohibit ing tho killing of female deer. "The idea in framing that law was not to propagate deer go much as to protect human life," said he. "You can readily understand how many men were apt to be deceived when they saw a moving object in the woods. If it did not have horns and was about the height of a deer they took it for game and fired. Now they can only shoot deer with bonis, and does and fawns are protected. So are the people." The Scranton Truth, felicitating an thracite coal users on the statement of the United States Geological Survey that sufficient of that fuel remains un- mined to last for two hundred years and congratulating the coal region that their chief industry will at least "not be snuffed out in a generation," a less optimistic contemporary urges that a false sense of security should not be en 'couraged on account of this statement. Total exhaustion is not to be feared by the nntlirncito regions, but rather the constantly increasing cost of coal , because of tho mining of deeper coal and thinner veins. When anthracite costs $20 a ton, it will be a luxury obtainable only by the few. Production will fall off badly and the number of men employed in its mining be reduced considerably. The anthracite regions depend upon tho miners' wages for prosperity. As the sum total of these decrease, so will the prosperity of the anthracite regions, un less other industries are created in the meantime. While this will hardly occur in the present generation it is emphati cally the duty of the present generation to see that future ones do not suffer be cause of its neglect. Now is tho time to uegui to Duiui a great industrial center in the nntlirncito regions. The meant, the power mid tho re sources are now available, but condi tions may be greatly changed fifty years hence, when, because of the high price of conl, substitutes for it may have been found, and Its production reduced ac cordingly. The State Capitol is being put into ehapo for the convening of the Legisla ture .011 January -1th. The legislative chamber havo been overhauled and a ventilating system to regulate tho air currents installed, whilo all of the forty committee roomshavo been cleaned out. A number of Improvements to ventila ion havo been found necessary. It has been the impression among med ical men that tho geririi of typhoid .fe ver do not remain longer than a year or so at the most in tho system of a person who has recovered, although there are cases on record where infection was dis covered soven years nfter reoovery. A well authenticated report comes from Washington that a woman who had ty phoid fever 18 years ago still throws off the bacilli and was irespotteiblc ifor an epidemic iinthat -section, 'Hlhis onay be an exceptional -case, but .it 'shows ji new source of langer. from. persons 'who once suffered with the disease, -but were be lieved to foe free from the er.na. Doubt less manycnBca it lint .cannot .roadily be traced raay be due to such. a source. The State Educational Commission appointed to frame a code to cover all be public-schools of the State, held its last public hearing at Harrisbnrg. The commission will probably frame two bills, 'one for appropriations and one for .general school regulation. The chief points to bo considered are the repre sentations on school boards, the dis tricts, term and number of directors ; time of organization, whether immedi ately following election, or in June ; taxation, which is now nnvtlune but uniform in method ; certificates to teach' ers j courses of study ; incompatibility, it being a general idea that directors should hold no other ofllcea ; and lastly, conflicts in laws. The latter will include the vaccination and compulsory education laws, which nre in direct op position when a child is not vaccinated ; the factory inspection laws which clash with the school law in certain respects, especially as to certificates and the cost of tuition in high schools, a suggestion having been made that a district be made liable for cost of a four-year-terin. Truancy will also be given attention, numerous reports as to its extent having been heard throughout the State. A Generous Gift. Through the consideration erosity of Charles Schlager, of tho Traders' Heal Estate and gen president company, the loung Women's Christian associa tion of Scrnriton has come into posses sion of a valuable bit of property at Lake Ariel, this county. It is located next adjoining the property upon which the association's summer cottage for girls is built, and with the now property the association now has a frontage on the lake of 142 feet. The Society some time ago, erected an ice )use 011 the property in question. They did not own the property at the time, and recent developments nt the lake caused its members to believe that they would have to have the ice house removed. But Mr. Schlager had a bet ter scheme. He has caused a twenty-live acre plot to be laid out inbuilding lots, and while this was being done a lot 82x101 feet 011 one.side and 82xl."0 feet on the other was staked off, a deed was drawn up and sent to the association managers It was for tho property next to that al ready held by tho organization, that with the ice house upon it, as well as considerable additional land. The Wales Clolm. In referring to the suit of A. D. Wales, of Binghamton, for the recoverv of a Jarge fee which he claims to be due him for furnishing the plan which ended the great strike in the coal .regions a few years since, the Klmira Telegram says : As the matter of the examination of witnesses in the famous suit of A. D. Wales .against the miner's union pro gresses it seems to appear more and more that Mr. Wales has, a cause of ac tion. There has never been any doubt of this in the minds of capable lawyers who have known all the circumstances, but with the people who never get dwper than the froth, ithasbeen a mat ter of jest. Witnesses, however, are forced to admit on examination that there was a foundation for Mr. Wales's claim, and when it is pointed out that the amount asked for by Mr. Wales is but one day's pay from theorganization, it would seem that he ought to be allow ed the sum. It was certainlv worth that insignificant amount to the men, par ticularly when it is considered that the men have since that time received some $50,000,000 in increased pay over the scale in vogue at the time the strike was organized. As men who believe in right ior inemseives anu otliera. tin? in phi her snip ot tlie organization ought not to fight the action any longer, but settle it , like reasonable men. , iiriiii nor. rn Erie the Eastern Central Pacific. 1 I lie ,ow ork American, in noting the record prices attained by the Narri-1 man stocks in the market, says some 1111-' nouucenient is expected either dircctlv or indirectly from tho Harrinian offices within a fow days. It is understood that a traffic agreement is being arranged among the Union Pacific, the Illinois Central, Erie, Delaware & Hudson and .1... 1 1 P AT it . (I. 1 . ' wiu nuaiuu ct .name, mat win niaKO all these roads substantially one system. The mystery of Boston & Maine control will be solved at last if this agreement is really put through. Erie will be the Cen tral Pacific of tho East, whilo tho Dela ware & Hudson and tho Boston & Maine will be the Oregon Short Line. It is very significant that the underlying bonds of tho Erie are not to bo had at current quotations except in small lots. Even Erie convertibles are scarce, nnd the Erie-Pennsylvania bonds have dis appeared almost entirely. "Yes," said tho housewife; "yours is a sad story. But it isn't tho same story yoh tola last year." "Well, lady," answered Plodding Pete, "you surely wouldn'texpect a man to go oil that time and not show any improve ment!" "Viiat one doesn't see doesn't hurt one," said the girl who shut her oyes when he kissed her. "Here is a doctor who says you must not eat when you nre worried." "But suppose you're always worried for fenr you ain't going to get anything to eat?" THE WIDOW 22 EIPIISffiE ft ft ft ft ft ft D EACON SILAS LAPHAM, wld- ower, had been paying atten tions to Aunt Sarah Hender son, widow, for two years. Each heard that the other was stub born, and each was watching and wait ing for tho other to exhibit the trait. Thanksgiving brought the crisis. Tho widow invited the deacon to dinner. There was no question about the dea con taking the head of tho table, but when tho matter of carving came up tho widow took knlfo and fork In hand j ond sa'd "I can do It so much better than you. you know." "I fall to see how or why," he re plied. "Because I havo always carved. It was an eccentricity of mlno even when I was a girl. No doubt you can slice ham or pork, but when It comes to carving a turkey" "I hare carved thousands of them, ."THERE YOU ARE as you must know," Interrupted the deacon, with considerable asperity. "Don't Jab tho fork Into the bird like that. That's llko a hired man Jabbing a pitchfork into a heap of hay." "I was not Jabbing. In order to start carving you must get a Arm hold of the bird." "Then take It by a leg." "Noverl How would you look hold ing tho bird with one hand while you sliced away with tho knife? If you have always carved that way" "I have, and It's the only way to carve. There you are Jabbing again! One would think you were a -soldier bayoneting an enemy." "Deacon Silas Lapham, you are talk ing Uke a child I When I think I need to be told how to carve a turkey I will call on you for advice. I simply get a firm hold with the fork and then" "And then Jab, Jab, Jab. A woman has no business with the carving knife and fork when there Is a man present I will carve this turkey." "I beg your pardon, but you will sit thero and see mo carro It. Don't for get that I am In my own house and that I am still my own boss." "You invito mo to dinner and then I humiliate me, do you?" shouted the . - . . . . , as ne Bnovea Mok nl3 cha,r' Nowi don't bo a schoolboy," chlded tno widow as sho flourished the knlfo' around. "Having cot n Arm I10M with I the fork, I now proceed to cut around the thigh Joint thus." "But you are sawing instead of cut- No, I'm not." "Widow Henderson!" "Dencon Lapham!" "If I was a swearing man" "You'd get off a swear word on this occasion. Yes, you look ns if you wero swearing to yourself this minute." "I hain't sworn n single swear, but when a mnn has to sit hero nnd see a Thanksgiving turkey Jabbed nnd poked and stabbed and sawed and butchered tho Lord would surely forglvo him for one or two swear words." "Deacon Silas Lapham," she replied na she rested from her labors, "I said I could carvo a fowl." "Then why don't you?" "I am doing it, und If you would keep quiet for five minutes I" "This is too much, widow too much!" sold tho deacon as ho started for his overcoat nnd hat "You Invito me hero and then Insult me. I heard bout your obstinacy" "And I heard about yours." "And your wretched tomper" "Samo to you." ' "But I thought it 0 slander. Now, however, I can no longer doubt." "Neither can I." "It was my place to carve that tur key. In your obstinacy you continued to saw and Jab and butcher without regard to my feelings. My only re course Is to bid you good day and take my hat and leave." "If you will act like a boy, I can't help It." "And never come again," finished THE WIDOWER By Caspar Dullon CepyrlfhU 1968, by American ttm IC Association ft ft ft ft ft ft fc tho deacon as he got on his over coat. , Tho widow ato her Thanksgiving -dinner alone, but that turkey was "hover carved to form a part of It. After the dcacou's departure she re turned to the carving knife and even tually mnnaged to saw off a piece of tho meat, but she had no sooner tasted it than she started for the kitchen to Interview tho h4red girl. It was three or four days before the mystery was solved, for thero was a mystery. The turkey, which had been killed three or four days ahead of time and hung up to freeze, had been cut down nnd devoured by cats, and to save himself from reproof the hired man had killed a peacock and hung It In Its nee. "And so you see I had to saw nnd Jab," explained the widow as tho wid ower was sent for. "Y-c-s. I see." JABBING AGAIN!" "And you would also have had to saw and Jab." "Y-e-s." "And though you went away you didn't miss your turkey." "N-o." "And nil things considered" "Yes, all things considered" The deacon's fur had to be rubbed the right way for a time, but he purred at last, and on this Thanksgiving day ho will do the carving and his wife will pass the cranberry sauce. Our Thankfalest Thanks. By RODERTUS LOVE. Oopyrieht, 1908, by American Press Association. OH, we are thankful for manifold blessings, Thankful for life and for homo and for hnnlth Thankful for turkeya with eavory dress- Thankful for progress and wisdom and wealth, Thankful for corn and alfalfa and clover. Thankful for money and faith tn tho banks, Thankful, bo thankful, election Is over That la tho source of our thankfulest thanks I mL?'e?r ln f0,lr ,s a leaP year. remember. This Is ono of 'em, and many a man Sworn to stay single If this were -December Now would give -thanks to be freed of tho ban. ret there's a bother that's still more dls tresslne One year ln four all the rest it out ranks Namely, election, which keeps us a-euess-lng, Now that it's over, our thankfulest thanks! Man can escape from tho maiden pursu ing; Man can resist the importunato miss: Simply a system of shunting and shoo. Ing Thnt xzrlll n..nld i. ... ----- "... ...aviiuiUIUUI UllSS. But there is never a man so evasive He can escape the political tanks, Always a-drlp with palaver persuaslvo. Now that they're quiet, our thankfulest thanks I Season of roaring and ranting and raving, i.ucu it ia periecwy plain Every man's uppermost duty Is saving Washington's country from bondage's chain; Time when your friend or your father or brother For his opinions you class with the cranks. Now for four years we cannot have an other, So let us offer our thankfulest thanks. Maybe 'twas tariff and maybe 'twas labor. Maybe 'twas courts that so split us apart; Maybe the trusts so affected your neigh bor That ha dissevered himself from your heart; Maybe Injunctions or guaranteed banking. Any or all of the partisan planks. Well, It Is over, so now for the thanking Now for reunion, our thankfulest thanks I Oh, we are thankful the nation I living. iwuiuu ins uear oia repuoilo Is still Sure of a band to proclaim a Thanksgiv ing, Thankful, so thankful; his front name U Bllll Thankful are wo that Columbia la leaping ITour VRftfl aurAV frrtm nnl It t. I 1 Such a relief Is occasion for heaping xnu en loanKigiVins; our thankfulest thanks. ANOTHER ROYAL MATCH. - rhe Romance "of Prlnce Patricia and the Count of Turin. v The Idea that a scion of royalty ihould want to marry an untitled American girl has very much shocked lomo of the crowned heads of Europe, md they have put all they could In the way of the AbruzzI-EIklns romnncc, hoping that It might bo prevented from : 50UNT OP TURIN AND PRINCESS PATRICIA I OP CONNATJOHT. I :ulmlnatlug In a wedding. King Ed ward VII. of England has been espe cially opposed to it. His majesty's op position arises In part from his belief thnt royal prestige should not be un lermlned by such mixed unions nnd In pnrt from the fact that a match bc :ween Miss Elklns and the Italian duke would make tho American girl ono of Ms relatives, for It Is expected thnt the elder brother of the Duke of tho Abruzzl, the Count of Turin, will mate with the sprightly and handsome Prln :ess Patricia of Connnught, who Is King Edward's niece. The idea of ono 3f his nieces acquiring ns a slster-In-'.aw an American girl whoso family possesses no blue blood or titles does lot strike the king very favorably. The Count of Turin, Prince Victor of Savoy, has visited this country twice .n 1000 and 1002. His first visit was at tributed to a desire of the Italian mon trch to cure him of "an unfortunate attachment." According to reports surrent at the time, he was not only sured, but came near losing his heart ignln, much in the same way that the Duke of tho Abruzzl is said to have lone. His second visit, nt any rate. iro'used all kinds of rumors that he ivas determined to marry a fair Amer ican, untitled, of course, even If to do 10 would hazard his chance, not a very ?ood one anyway, of succeeding to the ' ibrone. But that romance is forgotten, 1 md now, if gossip bo true, he has no ' thoughts for any one but the fair Pa tricia. She Is not only beautiful, but is ono of the cleverest members of the English royal family nnd n great fa , vorlte with tho king himself. She has been wooed by several royal lovers, imong them King Alfonso of Spain, ivko nt first was more partial to her than her sister Victoria. The count Is I aandsomo and gallant, Is thirty-eight rears of age, n warrior, a duelist nnd l hunter. G00DBY, TEDDY BEAR. New Pet For tho Youngsters Is the Baby Lion. President Roosevelt's approaching lion killing expedition has caused a now fad to come into existence the substitution of the baby lion for tho HIE PET LION, SUCCESSOR TO TEDDT BEAR. Teddy bear. Little Miss Mamie Max well of Doylestown, Pa., has begun the new era iu a thorough manner, by adopting a real live baby lion. Miss Maxwell considers a live baby Hon Infinitely superior as a pet to a stuffed Teddy bear. The baby Is perfectly tame, playful and. lovable. PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. AttorneyS'nt-Law. SALMON, ATTORNEY A COUNBKLOR-AT-LAW. Ofllra Nnt rfnor tnrtnftt ofllrfl. Fnrmprlv occupied by W. II. Dlmmlck. Ifoncsdale, I'a. WM. H. LEE, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-1. AW. Oniceovcr post olllce. All legal business promptly nttended to. lloucsdnle. Pa. 1f E. SIMONS, ill. ATTORNEY Jt COUNSEf.OR-AT-LAW. Office in Foster building rooms 0 and 10, Hqnesdale, Pa. " EC. MUMFORD, . ATTORNEY A COUN8ELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce Liberty Hall building, opposite tho Post Olllce. lloncsdnle, l'n. HERMAN HARMES, ATTORNEY A COUNBKLOR-AT-LAW. Patents nnd pensions secured. Ollleeln the Court House. Honesdale, la. CHARLES A. McCAUTY, ATTORNEY A COUNHELOU-AT-LAW. Special and prompt attention given to the collection of claims. Olllce- over Kelt's new store, iloncsdiilc. l'n. PETKR II. ILOFF, ATTORNEY A COl'NHELOR-AT-LAW. Olllre-Sccoml Hour old Savings Hank building, lltiiiesdiile. l'n. I j P. KIMBLE, ' . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce over the post olllce, Hnncsdiilc, Pa. A T. SEAHLE, fx. ATTORNEY & COUNSELOU-AT-I.AW. Olllec near Court Home, llouesdnlc, I'a. 0L. HOWL AND, . ATTOUNEY Jk COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce over Post Olllce. lloncsdnle. Pa. HOMEIt GKEENE, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce over Kelt's store, Honsdalc, Pa. H WILSON, . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce, MhsoiiIc hi'ilillng, second floor, Honcsdnic, Pa. Dentists. DH. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST. Olllec First lloor, old Savings Hank build lug, lloncsdnle. Pa. Physicians. Dll. II. B. SEARLES, HONESDALE, V. Olllce nnd residence 111U Church street Telephones. Olllce Hour8-2:W) to 4:IK) und 7:00toB:(W, p. in. Liveries. Gil. WHITNEY, . LIVERY AND OMNI1H78 LINE. Itcnrof Allen House. Honesdale, Pa. Altclephoncs. Sterling. Nov. lOtli. On the evening of the 15th, Mrs. EHza Noble, relict of T. M. Noble, expired after n brief but severe attack of pneumonia nt the age of nbout 72 yenrs. . She is survived by two sons, lames L., of Arlington, nnd "William II., of Detroit, N. Y., who arrived in time to Hud his mother nlivo, nnd Mrs. Grace Gilpin, who has always resided with her mother. Mrs. Noble has nlso two sis ters living, Mrs. Clearwater and Mrs. Leonard. Mrs. Noble will be buried on the 19th, Rev. J. II. Boyce, of Salem, otlicinting. She was a loving mother, n true friend nnd a faithful Christian nnd will receive her reward. The Ladies' Aid will attend the funeral in n body. On account of her death the high school is closed. John Gillncr is improving. Rev. Edward McMillan does not ex pect to preach for a few weeks yet. Mr. undMrs. IloinerGillner, of Scran ton, are visiting in this section. - Dr. R. A. Smith is off on a hunt to Pike county, but all the other Sterling school directors attended the directors' meeting at Honesdale last week. Dr. 1 A, Cross located in South Scranton last Monday. May success nt tend his efforts. If we are rightly informed twelve men and twelve dogs came to Frank Garris's last Monday on a hunting expedition and the first day they went they bagged 30 rabbits, 58 squirrels and 5 pheasants. Is it any wonder at this rate that gnme is getting scarce and that every farmer dreads to see a stranger witli a gun and dog? Report says that 11 daughter of J. S. Brown was married to George Moon on Mondny. Congratulations. J. II. Moon has been unpointed as sessor for Sterling, in the place of Ii. L. Deckard, deceased. John Smith has agnin got nicely set tled in his new home with Miss Cassiu Smith, n granddnughter for housekeep er. J. II. -Lee now innkes his home nt his son Beiijninin's. Siko. Nov. 19th. Schools re-opened Mon day after a week's vacation. Several of the young people from this place attended the Teachers Institute held nt Honesdale last week. Anna Bolkcom and Daisy Kimble, who are working nt Kntz's Underwear fac tory at Honesdnle, visited their parents on Sunday. Apple packers are busy in this section. Rev. Charles White preached his fare well sermon at the Dyberry Baptist church on Nov. 1st. When the Weather was Cold. An American nnd a Scotsman were discus sing the cold experienced in winter in the north of Scotland. when a sheep, jumping from a hillock into a field, became suddenly frozen on tho way and stucklln;the air like a mass of ice' "But, man," exclaimed the Scotsman, 'the law of gravitv wouldn't allowthat.' "I know that," replied the talopltcher. "But the law of jrravitv was frozen. too 1"