An Aparian
Renaissance
By TOM P. MORGAN
THE softly-sighing breeze, that,
straying In at the window o
Prof. Humboldt Melllck's chamber,
brings the fragrant breath of Araby the
Dlest and Hunkthundcr'3 soap-factory,
dallies with the whiskers of what
looks a good deal like a large und
knobby blood-pudding, with hair and
a few features on It. This Is the re
sult of I'rof. Melllck's recent tempting
of fate with his latest Invention, the
Eureka Effluvient.
In the other loom lies another and
darker-lined victim of the inelilciency
of the Effluvient. This is old Uncle
Kufus White, the scientist's colored
man of all work.
The professor became the possessor
of bees beivuuo of a young and ac
complished conversational who was
going about, as Scripture says, like a
roaring lion, seeking whom he could
sell the plans and right to build a
Complex Reversible Hoe-house.
Tlie reversible piirt was a great
boon, from Uoonevllle, Kentucky, if
the owner did not like the appearance
of the front, he could, with a little
more than a day's labor, turn the back
side o the bee-house around in front.
The young man kindly proved to
Prof. Mellick Hint the air-lino to the
possession of great riches lay through
the Complex Reversible Dee-house.
He showed how tho late Mr. Croesus
laid the foundation of his justly-celebrated
fortune by propagating bees
in one of these bouses.
The young man also Imparted to
Prof. Mellick a reminiscence of Cap
tain Kidd, who, though not particular
ly religious was credited with wonder
ful fluency in taking up collections,
and afterwards slaughtering the col
lectees with neatness and dispatch.
Prof. Mellick was astounded to learn
that Mr. Kill really accumulated the
money, which lie afterward buried all
along the coast from 'Goth to Askelou,
by tho continued use of reversible bee
houses, and not by means of his self
invented process for expeditiously
jerking the financial cuticle off over
the heads of all whom he met, after
which he proceeded to plow the Span
ish Main some more, singing In a low,
cooing refrain, his celebrated song,
the chorus of which mentions inci
dentally that he sailed and did a few
other things, among which was that
he murdered William .Moore and left
him in his gore and kept right on
sailing.
With tho shining examples qf these
gentlemen before him. I'rof. Mellick
speedily purchased the right to make
Prof. Mellick Set Fire to the Odorous
Powder.
a bee-house for himself, with the privi
lege of turning the back end toward
Main street whenever ho liked.
The building was nearly completed
before Prof. Mellick bethought him
self of the fact that he had no bees to
put in it. As a bee-house without
tenants could hardly be considered a
source of revenue, Prof. Mellick pur
chased several hives of early dwarf
bees, warranted to be sound in wind,
limb and stinger. The hives were
placed in the bee-house, and the scien
tist sat back and waited for the bees
to roll up their sleeves and make
honey till you couldn't rest.
Old RufuB scoffed at the Idea that
they would Improve each shining
hour to the extent of increasing the
assets of their owner. This angered
the scientist so that he forbade the
old darky's approaching the bee
house exactly what the sable schem
er was working for.
Soon, Prof. Mellick was attacked by
a haunting fear that the bees would
ewarm and thus cause a great amount
of trouble. To prevent this he in
vented the Eureka Effluvient a pow
der, which, when burned, would give
out a smoke, the smell of which was
louder than calls for reform, and was
calculated to make tho bees settle
down In somnolent content.
Not being familiar with the habits
of bees, Prof. Mellick feared they
might swarm at night, and so, for a
week after their purchase, ho visited
tho reversible house three times each
night, while Uncle Rufus White, se
cure in his scorn, snored serenely.
Last night, about one o'clock, upon
making his visit to the bee-house, he
discovered that something was wrong.
The inmates wero buzzing angrily,
and Prof. Mellick was sure that they
wore about to Bwarm.
Hurrying to his laboratory, ho
speedily returned with a lamp and a
pan of tho Effluvient. The bees were
buzzing and crawling about in their
hives. Fastenlne th dnnr nf tho line.
fjJWI
THE TRIAL OF A NEW MENTION
Professor Humboldt Mcl
lick's Experiments with the p
"Eureka Effluvient" are the q
Source of Dire Consequen
ces and Result in Unfor
scen Calamities and Pain
house upon the inside, Prof. Mellick
set fire to the odorous powder.
The result was as unexpected as it
was uncomfortable. Instantly the lit
tle houes was filled with a blinding
cloud of smo'i.e that totally eclipsed
the odor of triple extract of skunkibus,
and made Prof. Mellick gasp like a
lizard. Instead of quieting tho bees,
the effluvia seemed to irritate them
almost to frenzy, and they poured out
of their hives and fell upon the pundit,
who was groping blindly about in tho
choking vapor In tearch of tho door,
which seemed, to his excited senses,
to be traveling around the sides of the
house just fast euought to elude him.
Then ensued a sound of revelry by
night. The bees devoted their time
and attention solely to the scientist.
They whetted their stingers anew,
ami formed a halo about his head.
Tnoy crawled up his sleeves and trow-sers-legs,
and down his neck. They
promenaded up auu down his spine.
The Bees Devoted Their Time to the
Scientist.
encircled his neck and danced on his
wish-bone. They stung him from
Genesis to Revelations.
The pain tortured him almost to
madness, and the smoke nearly smoth
ered him. He tore around In the
murkiness of the bee-house, trying to
find the door which he hnd so thought
fully fastened, and which now seemed
always upon the opposite side of the
bee-palace. All the time, he littered
soulful yells loud enough to raise the
defunct Hameses II.
Old ltufus heard the racket, and,
club in hand, came on the run. He
had scoffed at tho professor's bees
and bee-house, but he was not going
to lie supinely upon his corrugated
spine and let midnight robbers carry
off the treasures of his employer.
As the veteran darky reached the
door of the bee-house. Prof. Mellick
had succeeded in unfastening It and
was just pulling it open. Old Rufus,
accompanied by his club, rushed in,
knocking Prof. .Mellick over.
Finding himself in the very pres
ence of the would-be stealer of bees,
Kufus attended thoroughly to the mat
ter at hanu. The lamp was capsized,
and, in the darkness, each took the
other for a bloodthirsty assassin, and
there was a wild commingling of men,
bees, club, effluvium, woe and yells.
The bees devoted considerable at
tention to old Rufus, and he, sure that
his adversary was endeavoring to
murder him in a new and horrible
fashion, nearly drove that learned
gentleman's head into the floor. Had
the club not slipped from the irate
darky's grasp it is my Arm belief that
the erudite Mellick would have been
driven so far into the floor that
nothing short of grease eradicator
would have extracted him.
Then there occurred a variation to
tho programme. The professor's hand
came in contact with the lost club
and he used It in quick succession
upon the sconce of his adversary so
liberally that Rufus ceased trying to
tear the mouth of his employer clear
out of his head. The overturned lamp
set fire to the straw on the floor of
the patent reversible apiary.
A few minutes later a passing
pedestrian was startled to see two
Old Rufus Rushed In.
figures burst out of tho blank side of
a blazing bec-houeo totally Ignoring
the location of tho door.
After they had put out their hair,
raked the bees off from themselves
and recognized each other, Prof. Mel
lick and Rufus sat down side by side,
and with tho keenest satisfaction
watched tho burning of tho complex
reversible bee-house.
Then they crawled off to bed, and
the groans from Prof. Melllck's cham
ber were answered by moans from
thn bedroom nf ITnnla Uutua White.
ROADM AKIN GMlF
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USE THE ROAD DRAG.
There Is No Excuse for Allowing
Highway to Become Rutty.
1 The process of dragging, smoothing
1 and planing the road with one of the
I numerous styles of road drags now
happily coming Into use In many lo
calities, is so simple and inexpensive
that there is no excuse for allowing
nny road to become rough and rutty
through neglect. The split log drag
was flrst brought to the general no
tice of the public by D. Ward King
of Missouri, who had previously used
one for several years on the roads ad
jacent to his home. 'Although drags
of many different styles have been
used for years, none seem to havo
Impressed the road users with their
utility and economy as the King split
log drag. It is easily and chr
constructed and consists of the
halves of n ten or twelve-Inch -eight
feet long, framed together aft
(lie manner of a wood rack and draw i
ivlth tho split faces to tho front n'on;;
each side of the road at an angle oi
in degrees to the line of the road
thus drawing the earth toward the
lentre. Drags should bo used Just
Great Western Road Drag.
after rains or continued wet weather
to smooth the earth surface and pre
vent ruts from forming to hold the
water. During a visit to the East a
few months ago the speaker saw a
good illustration of the benefit to or
dinary dirt roads from the use of road
drags. It was after a long rainy spell
and on one section of road the condi
tions were the same as are usually
found on country roads after heavy
rains. Teams without loads had diffi
culty in traveling even at a walk. An
other section of road in the same vi
cinity had been worked with a road
drag which preserved the rounded
section, filled the ruts and allowed the
water to run off. There was no mud
on this section and teams were driven
at a trot. Tho roads were ordinary
farm roads of blnak loam, with some
clay In places.
A Better Way.
In the construction of a new road
through an open country the usual
custom has been to excavate ditches
with the road grader, and throw all
the material into the centre of the
roadway, thu3 making what is often
called a turnpike. The objection tc
this method is that the most impor
tant part of tho roadbed, tho founda
tion, is composed largely of soft ma
terial which does not easily become
consolidated. A better way would be
to remove all sod from the portions
excavated and use it for filling in the
low places where it can be covered
with at least three feet of earth. After
the sod is removed the road grader
can be properly used for carrying up
the earth into the roadway, and the
entire roadbed is formed of solid ma
terial which in Its future settlement is
compacted uniformly, and will be less
likely to develop soft spots, as would
be the case if sod is thrown Into it
Indiscriminately. On a level or nearly
level prairie the roadbed should be
built up a foot or two above the origi
nal surface to provide suitable drain
age from the center of the roadway
to the ditches and the crown of the
road should be sufficient to allow the
water from rainfalls to be quickly
carried off.
Sand Clay Roads.
Natural sand clay roads may fre
quently be found in localities where
the soil contains the right proportion
of sand and clay. In sections of the
country where the prevailing subsoil
Is composed entirely of clay or, on
the other hand, is of extremely sandy
character, these materials may bo
properly mixed so as to overcome tho
objectionable features of each, pro
vided the material to be added is coa
venlently available. Sand clay roads
aro well adapted for light traffic and
when the cheapness of this kind of
construction is considered, it will be
seen that for certain localities it is
preferable to macadam. The best
sand road Is one in which the wearing
surface Is composed of grains of sand
In contact in such a way that the
voids or angular spaces between the
grains are entirely filled with clay,
which acts as a binder.
Tap the Springs.
If water is allowed to stand In the
structure the whole roadway is lia
ble to be broken up and destroyed by
frost and the wheels of vehicles. If
there bo springs in the soil which
might destroy tho stability of the
road, they should be tapped and tho
water carried under or along the sldo
until it can bo turned away In some
side channel.
More and More Annreelated.
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Good roads aro dally becoming
more and more appreciated by every
one. It is gratifying to realize that
the people are waklnc un to the fact
that good roads are, next to morals,
the most potent factor for good cltl
rnnnhlD.
AWARDSTOHERDES
Carnegie Medals and Money
For Life Savers.
MANY BRAVE DEEDS REWARDED
Commission Also Appropriates $10,
000 to Relief Fund For Rela
tives of Victims of Two
Mine Explosions.
Pittsburg, May The Carnegie
hero fund commissi) nt its meeting
here made awards to rwenty-threc per
sons in different part of thU country
for deeds of heroism. The awards
consist of sixteen brotr.o and seven
silver medals. Xl-l.WMl In ensh and an
nuities amounting to yl ''." a month.
The commission nlso appropriated
510.000 to the relief fund for (lie relit-tlvc-s
of the 117 victims of two mine
explosions ut tlie hick lirnnch mine of
the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries
company at Switchback. V. Vn. The
principal nwnrds were ns ns follows:
.lolm .T. Zangerle. Hiill'.ilo. awarded
hrnnxe medal, lie stopped n runaway
horse und saved n child two years old.
John ( 'limit hers. West Newton, l'n..
u rnllroiiil engineer, awarded bronze
niediil mid $1. i too for saving a hoy of
two years from being killed on the
truck in front of his train.
John C. Sclirouiiili, West I'lttston.
Ph., awarded a bronze medal mid
$!!.i:iO. He rescued Karl A. Kellur.
eleven years old. who had grasped a
live wire and was thrown unconscious
to the ground still grasping tlie wire.
Henry Ilerwlg, Sharon. Tn.. awarded
a bronze medal and $1,000. On April
27, 1008, Herwig plunged into tlie She-
nnngo river, wearing rubber boots and
heavy clothes, went to the rescue of
Louis E. Armstrong, who was about to
drown, and swam to shore with him.
Charles F. Meyer, New York city.
bronze medal and ?."00 for saving
Misses Roslyn and Ilessie Morris from
fire while they were entangled in tlie
wreckage of an automobile which hud
been struck by a surface car.
Eugene P. Ilelnze, Cleveland. O..
captain In the Salvation Army, award
ed a bronze medal for rescuing Miss
Dena M. Schmidt, nlso of the Salva
tion Army, from drowning at Beulah
Beach, in Lake Erie.
Henry E. Wcckheeker, Sharpsburg.
Pa., a warded bronze medal and .$1,000.
He dived into the Allegheny river and
rescued Anthony J. Uensel, seventeen
years old, who was drowning.
Frederick W. Miller. Rush. X. Y.,
awarded a bronze medal and ?i!00. He
rescued Timothy Malnney from drown
in t;.
Frederick W. Wclher. Braddock. Pa..
awarded a bronze medal for rescuing
Zneariah T. Dimpsey of Wall. I'n..
from a well in which Dimpsey had
fallen.
Putrid; H. Fitzpatrlck. South Bridge.
Mass., awarded a bronze medal and
$1,200. He rescued Mrs. Bridget L.
McOrath from drowning.
Frances E. Hall, fourteen years, a
schoolgirl of Cnimndaigua. N. Y.. giv
en a bronze medal and $2,000. Miss
Hall saved Miss Nellie Rnthbnn of
Canandalgua from drowning.
John W. Ely, Point Marlon. Pa.,
bronze medal and $1,000. Ely rescued
Edward and George Johnson, broth
ers, of Cheat Haven, Pa., from drown
ing. Pierce D. Marsh, an enginoman of
Weston. AV. Vn., awarded a silver
modal and $1,000 for preventing a
wreck on tlie Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. John G. S. Walker. Alexandria. I'a..
awarded bronze medal and $1,000.
Walker Jumped, fully chid, into a fore
bay at the plant of the Wilson Elec
tric company at Alexandria and saved
Miss Claire McCauley of Philadelphia,
who had fallen Into the water.
Mrs. Lulu J. Small, New York city,
sliver medal. She rescued from drown
ing two women.
ANNULS TBADE TREATIES.
Ambassador White Notifies France of
Effect of New Tariff.
Paris, May 4. Ambassador White
has ofllcially notified the French gov
ernment that the pending tariff legis
lation In America involves the annul
ment of the Franco-American and all
other existing foreign trade arrange
ments. At tho same time he expresses the
hope that the two governments will
resumo negotiations upon a new basis
ns soon as the law Is enacted.
CHINA'S REGENT ENTERTAINS.
Foreign Envoys Have Luncheon at
Winter Palace In Western Style.
Pekin, May 4. Prince Chun, the re
gent, gave a remarkable luncheon at
the winter palace to the foreign en
voys here to attend tho funeral cere
monies of the late Emperor Kwangsu.
The repast was served in foreign
style. The Chinese authorities have
shown especial favor to Prince Fu
shlini, the Japanese envoy, and this
discrimination has caused Irritation.
Curato (who struggles to exist on
120 a year with wifo and six children)
AYo aro giving up meat as a little ex
periment, Miss Dasher.
Wealthy rarlshloner Oh, yes. One
can so well live on fish, poultry, game
and plenty of nourishing wines, can't
one? London Punch.
ROOSEVELT'S FEAT
Ex-President Saves Two
Men by Shot at Lion.
BRINGS DOWN KING OF BEASTS
Huge Beast Was About to Spring
on Members of Hunting Party
When Timely Bullet
Laid Him Low.
Nairobi, British East Africa, .May 4.
To tlie accuracy with the ritle at
tained by Theodore Roosevelt two
members of his party owe their lives
today. As a result the praises of tlie
ex-president are being chanted not
only by ids own party, but by all the
big hunters here.
According to the story which lias
reached here, two of tlie party, a
while mail, whose name Is not given,
and a native, were beating tlie hunt
ing grounds when they suddenly
stumbled on a gigantic lion crouched
all ready to spring.
The pair wheeled their horses and
started to tlee, but as the glnnt brute's
muscles quivered In the Inception of
the spring a shot rang out and the lion
fell Into a heap dead. Mr. Roosevelt
had followed tlie beaters closely and,
taking a snap aim. scut Ills bullet
through the bruin of the lion, tlie big
gest of the entire kill.
There was great rejoicing In en nip
when the story was told by the two
men. Mr. Roosevelt belittled his
marksmanship, simply declaring Hint
the Hon had presented a "glorious tar
get." With five Hons nnd numerous speci
mens of smaller game ns the bag of
the first hunting expedition, Mr. Roose
velt and his party after a rest at AVa
ml, near Kaplti, resumed tlie hunt,
their objective being giraffe, none of
which have yet been seen. Tlie hides
of Hie Hons secured have all been sent
to Mombasa for treatment at the
plant established for that purpose.
Mr. Roosevelt has three Hons and
one lioness skin to show for ills prow
ess with the rifle, while Kcrnilt's prize
Is a splendid specimen of tho lioness.
The experts declare that all of the
Hons killed are larger than usual and
praise the ox-presldent and Kermit for
their prowess.
The trip of Theodore Roosevelt and
Ills party to Fort Hall to witness the
war dance of 400 warriors and Klkuyu
chiefs was a success. The party were
received with full regal honors nnd
saw thq dance from a platform raised
on tlie parade ground at the fort.
The chiefs presented Mr. Roosevelt
with a gout, three sheep, a bull and a
wild ostrich, while, he In turn gave
each a piece of silver. When asked
about the hunting Colonel Roosevelt
docJurcil that lie hnd lmil'linllv snort
THE FACTS IN .
"RACE-SUICIDE."
The birth-rate in the United State
In the days of its Anglo-Saxon youth
was one of tho highest in the world
The best of authority traces the berin
ning of its decline to the flrst appeal
ance about 1S30 of immigration on a
large scale. Our great philosopher.
Benjamin Franklin, estimated six
children to a normal American fam
ily In his day. The average at the
present time is slightly above two. For
11)00 it is calculated that there are
only about three fourths as many chil
dren to potential mothers In America
as taere were fcrty years ago. Were
the old rate of the middle of the cen
tury sustained, there would be fif
teen thousand more births yearly in
the state of Massachusetts than now
occur. In the ccurso of a century the
proportion of jur entire population
consisting of children under the age
of ten has fallen from one-third to one
quarter. This, tor the whole United
States, is equivalent to the loss of
about seven million children. So
alarming has this phenomenon of the
falling birth-rate become in the Aus
tralian colonies that, in New South
Wales, special government commis
sion has voluminously reported upon
the subject. It Is estimated that there
has been v decline of about one-third
in the fruitfulness of the people in
fifteen years. New Zealand even
complains of tho ack of children to
fill her schools. The facts concern
ing the stagnation, nay even the re
trogression of the population of
France, are too well known to need
description.
Monkey of a Peeress.
A French woman of fashion hap
pening to see an organ grinder's
monkey begging for money in the
street, took a fancy to it, bought It
and made a pet of it, dressing it in a
gaudy and fashionable costume. One
day she was holding a fashionable re
ception in aid of some charity. In
the course of the proceedings a peer
ess sat down at tho piano, and, ac
companying herself, sung a pretty
song. As soon as she had finished
the monkey, which was being made
a great pet by the guests, seized a
hat, and, holding It before each visi
tor, as it was wont to do in its organ
grinding days, took up a collection.
To the amusement of everybody it
completed its round and collected a
largo sum. Then, the task ended, It
jumped on the singer's shoulder and,
amid shouts of laughter, deposited the
money in her lap. The charity, there
fore, benefited in an unexpected manner.
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county a good sized life or en
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pooraml collections slow pos
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savim; policy that will he in
possible for him to lapse or
lose.
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OF UNIFORM PRIMARIES
In compliance with Section :i ot the Uni
form Primary Act. page 117. V. L. 1UTO. notice
is hereby given to the electors of Wayne
county of the number of delegates to the
State convention each party Is entitled to
elect, tlie names of party olliccs to he tilled,
and for what county otllces nominations are
to he made at the Spring Primaries to he held
on Saturday, June oth. lWl
Klil'l'lSLICAN.
One person for Jury Commissioner.
Two persons for Delegates to State Con
vention. One person in each election district! for
:i
incniDer or i omit v committee.
DEMOCRATIC.
1 One person for Jury Commissioner.
1! Two persons for Delegates to State Con
vention. 1 One person In each' election district! for
member of County Committee
l'ltOIIIiilTION.
1 One person for Jury Commissioner.
Four Delegatus to Slate Convention,
li 1-our persons for alternate delcsatusito
Statu Convention.
i One person for Party Chairman,
5 One person for Party Secretary.
U One person for Purtv Treasurer.
For Jury Commissioner, a petitioner mujt
have no less than fifty signatures of mem
bers of his party who are voters; for Dele
gates to State Convention, Commit tpemen
and party olllcers, no less than ten signa
tures. All of these petitions must be filed In the
Commissioners' ollico on or before Saturday.
May 13. 1UUU.
J. li. MAXDKVILLK, 1
J. K. HOIiXJSKCK. k'om'rs.
T. C. MADDKN. j
Attest : (Jko. I, liosn. Clerk.
Commissioners' Olllce. Honesdale. Pa.
April 5. IWJ. L'Swt
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Graduate OPTICIAN
flonesdale, Pa., April 10, 1009.
Notice. Pursuant to Act of Assem
bly, a meeting of the Stockholders of
tlie Wayne County Savings Hank will be
held at the ollico of the bank on Thurs
day, July 2l, 1SKJ9, from one to two
o'clock p. in., to voto for or against tho
proposition to again renew and extend
the charter, corporate rights and fran
chises of said bank for tlie term ot
twenty years, from February 17, 1910.
By order of tlie Heard of Directors.
H. S Salmon Cashier.
U-'eolli