THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, .11NE 2, 1010. a kino mam A young man stood with hN Iih.nI h i the latch of u lioufi' in tin- cmh.uiij and admired the cheerful iippeniiiih Of the place, then knocked mid was nri tnlttcd by an old man. "You are Deacon Merlvale. are y pot?" asked the visitor. "Speak louder. I am hard of hear ing." "Are you Deacon Merlvale?" the questioner repeated, raising his voice Still he was unheard and shouted the Question In the man's car. "Yes, my namo's Merlvale." "You had a eon. Edgar, who rap away and" "Edgar? What do you know about Edgar?" "I am Edgar's" "You Edgar? Can It bo that ray sor has como home to bo with me durlnc tho last few years 1 have to live?" "I was going to say that I am Ed gar's" "My boy! My boy!" sobbed the olii man. falling on tho stranger's neck. Meanwhile tho two had drifted from tho ball Into tho living room. As tin1 visitor looked over the old man's shoul der a door opened, and he saw the fnc and figure of a young girl on the threshold. Tho situation was awk ward. The deacon did not sec the glr! or hear her. Sho looked at the new comer for an explanation. "IIo thinks I'm Edgar," ho said. A quick Intelligence passed over the girl's face. "Don't try to disabuse his mind." be said. "Ho has been talking of my brother continually of late. Ills mis take may turn out a fortunate one." This was a great relief to the sup posed son. Now that the responsibili ty was on another ho resigned himself to play his part. "Father, forgive me,'' ho said, with feigned emotion. Tho old man raised his head nnd saw bis daughter. "Emily," ho cried, "Edgar, your brother, has returned to us!" Here was a new embarrassment. Any brother returning from a long ab sence would naturally take his Mister In his arms for an affectionate em brace. Any sister would naturally Oy to the arms of her brother. Yet these two stood apart. "Daughter," said the old man severe ly, "I have forgiven Edgar. It Is my wish that you welcome him home." Tho spurious Edgar advanced peni tently and, gently putting his nrms about the girl, who blushed red as h rose, kissed her. That night after the old man had gone to bed. thankfulness In his heart at tho return of his son, the stranger told Emily Merlvale the story he bad tried to tell her father. Edgar Merl vale and Frank Tucker were Joint prospectors In Colorado. Having ac quired a valuable mine. It was decided ! that Tucker should go cast and organ ize a company to work It Just be fore Tucker left Merlvale died, having charged his partner to bear the news to bis father and sister. Emily dared not at present announce It to her fa ther. Sho determined to advise her neighbors of tho deception and for the present keep It up. Tucker was successful In his busi ness efforts and was making prepara tions to leave for the west. One even ing Deacou Merlvale entered the living room suddenly to And Emily in Tuck er's arms. "It beats all," he said at a church so ciable the next evening, "what broth erly and nlcterly lovo there Is between my boy and girl. Last night they worn sitting on tho sofa hugging and kiss ing as If they'd been a pair of freshly batched lovers." This speech was not long In getting to the ears of tho pair. What was to be done? After long deliberation they decided to be privately married and. telling tho old man that Edgar desired his sister to go west with blm. lake their departure together. It was not an easy matter to perpe trate an act that must be known to all the world save one person and he of the nearest relationship, but the place was small, and every one thought It would be a pity to break tho news ot Edgar's death to the old man, he sup posing bis son bad como home to lilin It made Emily's heart bleed to leave her father nlone, but there was no way to avoid doing so except by n confession. The couplo were married in tbo dominie's study, then went home and bade adieu to the father. From their western home they wrote the deacon that the mine was doing famously and as soon as its success was assured they would bring him out to join thorn or return to him. Ills neighbors were much interested In hearing the old man talk about his children's affection for each other so great, In fact, ns to render them insep arable. But as time passed and they neither returned nor sent for him he concluded to make them a visit. He disappeared one day, and his neighbors at once Inferred wbero ho had goue. It was generally admitted in tbo village that the secret would bo out, but all hoped that tbo shock would not break tbo old man's heart. In a few weeks It was anuounced that ho had return ed. Tho first person to meet him was tbo dominie. "Well, deacon," asked tbo latter, "have you visited tbo runaways?" "Yes." replied the deacon, "and found tbcm prosperous and happy. Out nature will bavo its way. Emily to make up for her eacrlflco in dovot lng her llfo to her brother has adopted tbo prettiest baby you ever saw." A few months later tho deacon died, happy in bin children's happiness. The funeral sermon bore upon doing evil that good may come. A MODEL WITNESS. 8howsd 3uch Ability that Even tho Judge Extended Congratulations. Tho Opposing Counsel What la your name? Tho Witness (appealing to the Judge) Am I obliged to answer this? Tho Judge You arc. Tho WitnessMy name Is Todgors. "First name?" "I decline to answer." "On what ground?" "It would be construed Into a reflec tion on the good tasto of my parents." "Where were you born?" "I decline to answer." "Why?" "Because all my Information on tho subject is of tho hearsay character." "But you wcro there at tho time?" "I decline to admit It." "What Is your age?" "Before answering I deslro to con sult with my attorneys." "What Is your ostensible business?" "I do not remember." "Are you in any way connected with the Ramrod Trust?" "I do not remember." "What is its capitalization?" "I do not remember." "What Is your salary?" "I do not remember." "Are you married?" "I do not remember." The Judge The hearing will now bo adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. And I want to congratu late tho opposing counsel on the marked progress they have mado In advancing the case. HAS NUMEROUS SUBJECTS. Census Taker Are you subject to any sovereign or potentate? Muldoon No, sorr; Ol'm subject to nothin' but malaria! Cool and Correct. Professor Robert Herrlck, of ilia University of Chicago, desired to point out to a young sonneteer the difference between the words "aston ish" and "surprise." "Noah Webster," Professor Herrick said, "was once caught by his wife in the act of pressing the hand of the pretty cook. "The cook, blushing like a rose, lied at once to her kitchen. Mrs. Webster said in a sad, tremulous voice: "'Why, Noah, I am surprised.' "But the philologist looked from over his glasses at his wife and an swered reprovingly: " 'Madam, you have not studied our glorious language as you should. Ii'j I who am surprised. You are aston ished.' " Not Caught Up. A man who was traveling the Ozark mountains on horseback stopped be fore a typical Arkansas farmhouse to inquire the way. "What's tho news?" asked the mountaineer, as he leaned his lank frame against the fence and pulled his long beard thoughtfully. On finding that what had become a part of history was news to him, the traveler asked why he did not take some weekly or monthly periodical, that ho might keep in touch with the world at large. "Wal," said the old native, "'when my pa died, nine years ago, he left mo a stack of newspapers that high" indicating a height of about three feet "and I ain't done readln' of 'era yet." Soft Landing. It was In 1920 and tramps were riding on the bumpers of airships. "Boss,-" said the dusty pilgrim ol the clouds, "of yer must t'row me off, would yer mind doing mo one favor?" "And what is that?" asked tho aerial brakeman, gruffly. "Why, drop mo down on top o dat farmhouse shed where all dem rows of apple pies are cooling." A Fatal Squint. A woman with a fatal squint came to a fashionable portrait painter. Ho looked at her and she looked at him, and both wera embarrassed. He spoke first "Won't you permit mo," ho said, "to tako your portrait in profile? There la a certain shyness about one of your eyes which Is as difficult in art as it Is fastinatlng In nature." From the Depths. "Now, Johnny," asked tho gentle man, who has kindly consented to teach tho class, "what does this fas cinating s.tory of Jonah and tho whale teach us?" "It teaches us," said Johnny, "that you cannot keop a good man down." Gossip's Surprise. "I heard somebody say something about Bell Smith yesterday." "Oh, fine! What?" "Nothing bad enough to repeat, dear." First Boarder What kind of duci Is this, Jim? Canvas back? Second Boarder Mock duck. NEW SHORT YARNS Hard on Poor Thompson. ncury James, the novelist, does not agree with Colonel Roosevelt on the question of largo families. Small fam ilies such as prevail In France Indicate, to Mr. James' mind, intelligence and progress, whllo largo families Indicate tho reverse. "Largo families arc so embarrassing, too," said Mr. James on his last Ameri can visit. "I onco know a man named Thompson who had fourteen children. "HERE, WOT 'A' TO0 BIN A-DOIN' OF?" THE POLICEMAN OIIOWLED. Thompson agreed one spring holiday to take bis children to the seashore for the week end. "They set off, reached the station, got their tickets and were about to board the train when Thompson was roughly collared by a policeman. "'Here, wot 'a' you bin a-doin' of?' the policeman growled fiercely. "'Me? Nothing. Why?' stammered poor Thompson. "The policeman waved his truncheon toward the Thompson family. "Then wot the bloody blazes,' be hissed, 'is this hero crowd o-follerln' you fur?" Almost Incredible. Barney Oldfleld was discussing with a reporter the new world's record he had established. "Yes," he agreed, "it souuds like a fairy tale, such speed. If you hadn't seen it done you'd put it in the same category with tho teamster's whip. "Teamsters, you know, are prouder of their skill with the whip than of anything elso In the world. A group of teamsters over a pitcher of beer were talking one night. " 'Out on tho plains,' said one young fellow, 'I used to cut down a steer with my whip, skin him and divide up his carcass.' "A red headed man said his uncle could take two whips and write the Lord's Prayer on the bark of a birch with tho left hand one. at the same time playing operatic selections with tho other on a tin can at seven paces. " 'That's pretty good work,' said a veteran, 'but my old father used to draw corks with every flick of the lash.' "Then a cross eyed stranger spoko up. "'Gents,' he snld, I know there's men can even hair cut and shave yo with a whip I know It, for I've seen It done but the only man that ever found the whip real lucrative was Tom Tallon, from Sag Harbor. Tom with his whip made a real lilco Httlo pile.' " 'How so?' the red beaded man asked. "'Pickln' pockets.' said tho stran ger." A Dangerous Speech. General Stewart L. Woodford has a unique way of avoiding after dinner speaking when culled on nt n lato hour. "I always bavo a speech ready for impromptu deliver' when I am called on unaware," ho says. "But I hesitate to deliver It. I delivered It in St. Pe tersburg during tho reign of tho undo of tho present czar, nnd tho next morn ing his imperial majesty was assassi nated. "I delivered It In Madrid and war broko out soon afterward between Spain and tho United States. "I gavo it in Germany and tho Amer ican insurance companies were ex pelled from tbo fatherland. "Tho last occasion on which I deliv ered it in this country was followed by the panic of 1007. "You can understand why I hesltato to deliver it tonight." Like the Good Indian. During an all star tour of "Tbo Ri vals" somo years ago, lu which Nat Goodwin played tho part of Sir Lucius O'Trigger, a friend of tho comedian remarked to him that bo must certain" ly llko tho part. Goodwin wanted to know why. "Well," said his friend, "think of nil tho great actors who havo mado hits in it-Billy Florence, W. It. Floyd, John Brou"- "Tbat's right," interrupted Goodwinj "go ahead with Uio wholo list, and ev ery timo you show mo an actor who has mado a bit in tho part I'll show f ou a dead actor." Now York Times. YUCATAN RUINS ASIATIC. Traveler Dlosy's Theory He Found a Similarity to Far Eastern Remains. Arthur Dlosy of London, author and traveler, returned aftor a two months' sojourn In Mexico, whero ho wont to study the famous ruins In Yucatan. "After a long research among tho rulns'sald Mr. Dlosy, "I am more than convinced that tho nation which built tho structures now In ruins ages ago was of Asiatic origin, although It is scientifically tmposslblo at this time to prove tho assertion. Their language Is a matter of record, but no person has been found as yet who can read It. "Knowing the Far East n3 I do. I saw at once tho similarity between tho decaying architecture of the ruins and tha architecture of the East. One is Immediately struck with the same at mosphere of construction and relief, and these people, who were ancient when tho Spaniards first landed, must have erected their homes and temples ,wlth the undying memories of ancient Asia. "The same Idea of Asiatic form Is to be found among the ruins of tho cliff dwellers in Arizona, which I also visited. What Impressed me most of nil on my trip wns the grand canyon of the Colorado River In Arizona. It wa9 one of the moat Inspiring sights thnt the world has to offer." Banishing Night. In assuming the presidency of tho French Society of Civil Engineers re cently, Monsieur Cornualt described the present stnte of the art and sci ence of artificial illumination, with particular reference to tho continued improvement of gas lights. Man has now so far advanced in his effort to banish night that In. Paris, for exam ple, the artificial Illumination Is esti mated to bo nearly oue-ten-thousandth of the amount of sunlight This ap proaches the amount of Illumination, or solar origin, on the planet Saturn. Although we are now in the age of electricity. Monsieur Cornualt shows that tho incandescent mantle, the ace tylene lamp, and other Inventions, cause a constant Increase In the use of gas for Illumination. One effect of the introduction of- the electric I light has been to bring about vast I Improvements In other methods of pro ducing light, and man needs them all, I for night on the earth will grow bright j er and brighter as civilization ad i vances. Why Clear Lamps Last Longest. It has been remarked that the ef fective life of Incandescent electric lamps Is much longer with clear than with ground glass bulbs. Mr. E. P. Hyde explains this fact as follows: A thin deposit of carbon is formed on tho interior surface of the bulbs, and this absorbs a certain portion of the radiation from the filament When the glass is clear and light passes straight through, suffering a definite loss from the carbon film. When the glass Is frosted the light undergoes many reflections In the Interior of the bulb from the Innumerable facet3, and at each reflection It loses something on account of tho obstructing fl'.-ii. The consequence Is that the total amount of loss Is much greater with ground glass than with clear glass. Mr. Hyde's experiments show that the ; filament lasts as long In the one kind ot bulb as in the other. A Village of Pelicans. On the lower course of tho Casa manco River In West Africa exists what a French writer has described as a "village of pelicans." The birds have been so mercilessly hunted that they avoid tho presence of man, but In the neighborhood of their "vlllago" they show comparatively Httlo fear. ! There aro even native African huts un I dor tho enormous yaobab-trees in which the birds have established their i community. The nests aro placed at I the ends of tho branches, five or six I In each tree. Dry branches, rudely In terlaced, form an Insecure-looking platform covered with a thick layer of down, and there the young birds, laughably big and awkward in such a situation, may be seen maintaining an unstable equilibrium, yet never losing their balance. Building Walls with Bags. The practice of constructing break waters and submerged parts of piers with concrete Inclosed in bags has been largely developed in Scotland The concrete is prepared as near as possible to tho place where it Is to be used. It is inclosed In bag3 to pro tect It temporarily from the effects of contact with tho sea water while It is lowered into place. Tho bag3 aro placed In a box suspended directly over tho spot whero they aro to lie. Tho touching a trigger opens tho box nnd allows a bag to drop out. A Hue of bags having been deposited, the longer axis of each bag In tho next series is so arranged that tho meeting edges of two of tho bags In the low er row will bo covered. Thus a regu lar wall is built up und as the con crete hardens It becomes solid and immovable. Market for Old Horse Shoes. Old horseshoes find a ready market In China. One steamer alone brought 300 tons of this iron from Hamburg. Chinese iron dealers buy the ho so shoes and sell them to knife and tool manufacturers all over tho province of Shantung. It Is claimed by tho Chi nese that tho temper of this class ot Iron makes it the best obtainable for knives nnd cultery and also good for other tools. Tha reason ascribed for this is that tho constant beating the shoos have received under tho feet of horses has given them a peculiar temper absolutely unobtainable In any other way, and that tools made from them are superior to all others. FOR THE CHILDREN A Horse Chestnut Basket. When the big breezy autumn days come nnd the brown loaves rush down from the trees you nnd your friends will probably begin to bunt for horse chestnuts. You know bow you find them when you aro shuflling through tho Iraves that somo one has Just piled up in a tidy heap. Sometimes they aro scattered around looso and sometimes they are still neatly packed into their neat, cozy beds In the great burs. And, oh, don't they look nice and shiny, llko beautifully brushed horses, when you tako them out of their nest! But after you have kept them awhile they get hard and shrunken, so it Is a good idea to mako tho best of them whllo they aro quite now. Do you ever mako baskets of them? It Is qulto easy to make very cunning little baskets if you havo a good penknife. Turn tho chestnut on end and cut two parallel lines down the middle to form tho handle. Stop halfway down the chestnut nnd cut straight out to the side. Pick out the Inside, and there Is your dear Httlo basket all complete. Of course If you ore very clover with your penknife you can mako a basket with n double handle, one going each way, and lots of other things. Treat Animals Kindly. The best authorities agree that dogs should not be whipped nor struck a 1 blow more severe than a slap with the hand. A dog Is Intelligent and as sen sitive to the tones of tbo volco as a child. Tho voice alone is all that is needed to reprove him. If it is neces sary to punish your dog do It at the time 'of the transgression and not as one boy did, two days after tho wrong-. doing. i The boy was tho owner of a splendid , St. Bernard who ran away from home 1 on one occasion. When ho returned his master cruelly whipped him, al- j though a neighbor remonstrated, warn-; lng him that the dog did not under-', stand what he had done to merit pun-1 lshmcnt "When tho dog goes oft next ( time do you think he will como back when he remembers that a thrashing Is awaiting him there?" angrily in quired the neighbor. The boy paid no attention to the ' warning, and when Barko went away a week or so later the neighbor's words came true. Barko never came back. Chicago News. Flower Symbols of the Months. This Is flower time. Did you know that for every month of the year , there Is a symbolic flower? For in stance, the .month of January has the snowdrop, which symbolizes consola tion. February Primrose (early youth). March Violets (modesty). j April Daisy (Innocence). May Hawthorn (hope). June Wild rose (simplicity). July Lily (modesty). August Poppy (sleep). September Mornlug glory (content ment). October Hops (joy). November Chrysanthemum (cheer fulness). December nolly (foresight). Interesting Puzzlers. There are two numbers, the ono 4S, tho other twice as much. What Is the difference between their sum nnd dif ference? Answer 00. There is u certain club of fat people whoso number wns only 15 and yet weighed no less than 3 tons. What wns the weight of each person? An swer HS pounds. What Is the difference between 14,070 nnd tho fourth of Itself? Answer 11, 007. The top of a castlo from the ground is 45 yards high and surrounded with a ditch CO yards broad. What length must a ladder bo to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castlo? Answer 75 yards. Invisible Writing, For invisible writing use a clean pen dipped in lemon juice. After the writing dries it will not be visible, but If tbo paper Is held In the heat the writing will mysteriously appear in brown. Thus you might send what to thoso unacquainted with tho 3ecrct would appear to bo a blank page. But your friend, knowing tho plan, has only to hold tbo seemingly blank page to a flame to see plainly all you have written. ; Conundrums. Made of awl work. Shoes. Mean to a. degree. Tho temperature. If you multiply a vowel by a vowel, Arhat Instrument will you mako? Axe (A x E). Which fruit Is never slnglo? Tho pear. Which fruit revels in history? Tho date. Which treo forbids sulcldo? The ollvo 0 live). Passing the Ring. Tbo children form a circle, with one child in the center. On a string long enough to reach around the circle a gold ring is threaded, and the chil dren, holding tho string loosely in tholr hands, slip tbo ring along from hand to band. The player in tbo cen ter watches closely, trying to catch tho ring under tbo hand of somo child, who must tako his placo. Polly Talk. I have a parrot. Her name is Poll, Ind all she can say Is folderol. But grandma says this la not much amiss, for somt folks talk and say nothing- at alt How's Your Stomach? Undue enlargement of the stomach in. dlcates a dangerous condition. It is often caused by overeating and drinking. The muscles which propel the food to the Intes tines become weak. The food accumulates, is Improperly digested, and the stomach is distended to enormous size. An inactive liver is one of the causes, and constipation and nerve trouble is sure to result. Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Tills give tone to the weak propelling muscles o the stomach and Intestines. They produce a natural movement of the bowels and avoid the formation of gas, which, if retained, produces symptoms of self-poisoning. Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills cure constipation as If by magic. 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For .New Late Novelties -IN- JEWELRY SILVERWARE WATCHES SPENCER, The Jewels, "Guaranteed articles only sold " OFFICE OF THE HONESDALE CONSOLIDATED LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER COMPANY I SPECIAL NOTICE TO STOCK I HOLDERS. j The Board of Directors of this Company have called a special meet lug of Its stockholders to be held at , the General office of the company, In the Borough of Honesdale, Penn sylvania, on the 14th day of July, 1910, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of voting for or against an lncrease of the Indebtedness of said company. M. B. ALLEN, Secretary, Tooth Savers i We have the sort o( tooth brushes that are ; made to thoroughly cleanse and save the j teem. Tl.n ftl.n l.l.wl ft I. ft Itt.r eaviuv your mourn iuii oi i risnt-s mnrp. ns wp ran minrnntpp thPin nnii wll mart iret. anv mm sunn ueieris ui ru racture witnm laree mown. O. T. CHAHBERS, PHARHACIST, Opp. U. & H. Station HONESU ALB, P ESTEF Time Card in Effect June 19th, 1910. 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Additional trains leave May. leld Yard tor Carbondsle 8 38am dallr and 3 13 f. in, dally except sundar, J.C. Amsiejox, J.B.Wiua, Tramo Manager. TraTelln Ag-ent, 60 lieavor St., New York, Scrantoa. fa. w
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