TIIH C1TIKHN, FRIDAY, KKR. 23, 1010. T HQUSANQS OF HUSBANDS DUPED i forded by the devastation of the for Three Thousand Babies Palmed j ea,. bh-b tho Colorado Springs Ga- Off on Unsuspecting Fathers in Chicago CHILDREN OF WORKING GIRLS Most of Them Enter Homes In Sta tions Above Those In Which Their Mothers Live Lyman W. Rogers Says 250 a Year Are Distributed. l-i"l-H''I"l-l--H"H"l"M"M"l"M"H-4,4 4 It Is a wise father that knows J X his own child. The Merchant 4 of Venice. j -H"H-H-I"H"I''l"W"H-f-H"H"H- Chicago. Following the sensation al story from Los Angeles that 300 babies had been provided with homes In that city without tho supposed "fathers" knowing but whnt they were their own flesh and blood came tho statement of Treasurer Lyman W. Ropers of the National Maternity Hos pital that there are In Chicago to-dny fully 3,000 husbands fondling Infants that are not their own, but babies i adopted by their wives and the de luded fathers are none the wiser. According to Mr. Rogers 250 In fants are provided with homes every year, and more than one-half, he de clared, are believed by husbands to be their own. While the majority of the babies are the offsprings of wcrk ing girls, they enter homes in stations j above that which they would other wise occupy. "Many childless women are found in society," said Dr. Rogers. 'Hubby' will never know. And so when tho husband leaves town for a time tho wife pays us a short visit, and when the deluded man returns he finds him self the proud 'father' of a bouncing baby." According to Dr. nosers, one Chi cago man who is worth millions has had two babies palmed off on him which are not his own. He travels In Europe a great deal, and, of course, these additions to the family happen ed while he was abroad. "I recall another case of a woman of well known family who adopted no fewer than five children at different times, covering a period of nine years," continued Dr. Rogers. "In this case It happened that the hus band knew that tbqy wetenot his own, but a similar case was that of a woman who adopted three children at different times. The husband never knew. He was a traveling man and away much of the time. "Again. A husband left his wife after an altercation of some kind and went to Indianapolis. The woman was in d-sspalr. She wanted him to come back. An Idea struck her and she came to the hospital and adoptei a little boy. Then she wired to her hus band and told him a son had been born to them. He came right back on the next train and a reconciliation was effected. "These cases are just samples of the many which come to our attention in a year. The ignorance shown by the husbands is amazing, although, of course, the women manage It all cleverly." ALARM CLOCK FEEDS STOCK. When Timepiece Goes Off Oats PouH Into Feed Boxes. Hartford, Conn. When an extra cold snap came on, George Howe of Manchester wondered how he could have his horses watered and fed early In the morning while he stayed in his warm bed until he had to arise. Ha solved the problem with an invention which is In dally -operation. Howe rigged up an ordinary alarm clock bo that when Its gong . starts ringing the key on the back unwinds a cord. This releases a weight. The weight slides several quarts of oats Into each Btnll and removes the cov ers of the wnter pails. Howe sleeps until he wishes to get up, while at 5.30 a. in. regularly hla horses hear the breakfast bell and find their meals awaiting them. MAY BE CARDIFF GIANT'S DOG. Or Possibly the Mutt Was Petrified by Astonishment. Manassas, Vn.- John O'Neal, engi neer on tho Southern Railway, whllo hunting In a dense forest a few miles south of this place found u petrified dog in the forks of a treo near tho ground. The supposition Is that tho dog In springing for prey was caught as found and slowly turned to Btono. O'Neal took the dog to Washington, where it will be placed on exhibition. Many offers have been made for the strange relic, but thus far the price has been refused. The perfect condi tion of the dog makes it especially valuable. An Eel and a Whopper. Seaford, L. I. Frnnk Baldwin, ot Seaford, while spearing In Jones's Creek, brought up from the bottom of the creek on his spear an eel measur ing 3 feet and 7 Inches in length. Ill was as big around as a man's wrist! and tipped the scales at 7 pounds 7 X-i ounces. Too True. "What's one man's get-rich-o.ulcW scheme," said Uncle Eben, "is often si git-poor-sudden scheme for a -whole lot o' folks." AMKRIGA .V WASTEFULNESS. We Act hh If Wo Thought Our Ito- dourrcN Wore Inexhaustible. Instnnces of American wasteful ness abound on every hand, but there Is no better examplo than Is af- zriic. unioiu minions oi uoaru ieei I of timber nro loft every year by lum ! bermen to rot on the ground or in I stumps, nnd nunntltlcs almost as vast are destroyed by forest fires. It was scarcely a decade ago that , the forests of tho United States wcro believed to bo Inexhaustible, but I now everybody who knows anything of the subject Is aware that they are i going so rapidly that their completes oxtlnctlon is a mntter of only a few i years. I This fact Is realized by the rnll- roads, the great lumbering concerns nnd other exlensivo users of timber, and some of them are taking stops to replace tho forests already destroy ed. But from the planting of tho seed to the cutting of the matured tree Is a long time to wnlt from twenty to thirty years and In tho meantime where Is the country to inn,, fn i,,,i,nr , The deposits of minerals and mot- nls are going the same way. In an nddress to the Columbia University graduates In science the othor day Dr. .Tames Douglas shld that tho "monstrous wastefulness" of the mining methods In vogue In this countrv would soon brine about tho axhnustlon of "those resources which wo have fondly regarded as Inex haustible." Ituuile Compared With Cotton. Kumle, a species of gigantic net tle which produces, directly beneath its outer bark, a liber that can be woven alone or in conjunction with either wool or cotton, and gives to the cloth Into which it Is woven a beautiful silky finish, Is being pro duced In China at the present time to an extent that promises to make an important clement In the world's commerce. Unlike cotton, It Is not an annual crop; once planted It will produce for a dozen years. It does not ripen evenly, and as soon as one crop Is pulled ttho plant goes on producing again; occasionally, in tropical countries and it is only In a very warm climate that It can be grown one plant will give four crops in a year. A good stand of plants will run from two to three tons of fiber per acre. They Um-1 the Tub. Douglas Watson believes that It Is the environment of a man that makes him clean or unclean, as the case may be. "It is all very well," ho said, "to say that people don t take a oatn oe- causo they don't like to. The reason they don't use tho tub Is because there are none In the house. Now I am building small cottages for poor people and each one has a bathtub. Now we will call on those people one day and see that I am right." Mr. Watson went to one of these cottages and found that tho bathtub had been carefully packed with earth, and a lovely garden was abloom with fuchsias and geran iums. San Francisco Chronicle. Invention of Hells. Paullnus, Bishop of Nola In Cam pania, invented bells about the year 400. Originally they were used In churches as a defense against thun der and lightning. The first bell In England was hung in Croyland Ab bey at Lincolnshire In 94 5. About the eleventh century It be came a peculiar custom to baptize bells In churches before they were used. Musical bells and chimes were invented in Belgium In 1407. The curfew bell was established In 10G8 Moving Pictures. Moving pictures are considered a modern invention; but at the begin ning of the eighteenth century an English engineer Invented an ar rangement of figures painted on thin strips of wood which were put on a canvas background, so that by the aid of wires they could bo made to move and go through various actions in a lifelike way. This was considered a marvol at that time, and the engineer exhibited his Invention all over England. Poland's Subterranean City. In Galllcla, Austrian Poland, there is a subterranean city with a popu lation of over one thousand men women and children. It is called tho City of the Salt Minus, and has a town hall and a church. This latter has several statues, all of which are carved from rock salt. Wireless System In llavurht. It Is reported, says the Electrical Englneor, that the Bnvarlan Minis- try of State Railways has decided to lnstnll the Marconi sytom of wire less tolegrnphy on some of Its tralps to transmit signals nnd orders. Tho systom will be tried experimentally on a single-track line. Webs Woven by Spider. Spiders have four paps for spin nlng their threads, each pap having 1,000 holes, and tho fine web Itself Is the union of 4,000 threads. No spl dor spins more than four webs, and when the fourth Is destroyed they seize on the webs of others. France's National Debt. Franco, with her population of less than 40,000,000, has a national Indebtedness of more than $6,000, 000,000, or about $156 per capita The debt charges alone entail a bur den of more than $0 a year on every man, woman and child. PROPELLED BY EAGLE POWER. Unique Flying Machine Which Is Car ried by Our National Bird. In these dnya of successful flying machines it Is interesting to note some of the curious methods of nerial uavlgntlon heretofore proposod. In Eagle Motive Power. 'ad States pntont granted May 17, ". to C. R. E. Wulff, and now ex- i d, was shown a new use for the i rioan eagle. Instead of being al- ' (! to pose In lofty indepenuVtv o our patriotic emblem, this utilitar i inventor has put him to work. A '.i of live eagles, each hitched vp n reclul harness, was connected to i .i 'i:oon as snown in mo uiusirauu.i, rci formed a means of controlhnrf directing tho flight of the balloon ' Popular Mechanics. This motive . r was cnpablo of indefinite rndl-.- 'j; action nnd nil the aeronaut had ' ''o was to keep his team of engle3 i tied In the direction he wanted to o. which was done by a turntable ar-..-goment to which the eagles were i tared by their harness. Tho In- "tor in this case was a Frenchman 1 his Invention was patented in nee before It wns patented In tho ,i.;ed States. This may account for lack of respect to our national i. Before You Strike. tany are familiar with an old storj of a merchant travelling on horseback. iccompanied by his dog. He d's- minted and accidentally dropped a nnkage of money. The dog saw It; he man did not. The dog barked to stop him, nnd as he rode farther. bounded in front ot the horse ami rked louder and louder. The mer chant thought he had gone mad, am' shot him. The wounded dog crawled back to the package, and when the merchant discovered his loss and ode back, he found the dying dog be ide the package. The late George T. Angell told In the Children's Friend a story related by a friend which adds force to the thought: Think before jou strike any creature that cannot speak. When I was young and lived up In the mountains of New Hampshire, I worked for a farmer who gave me a si-an of horses to plow with. One of them was a four-year-old colt. The colt, after walking a few steps, would He down in the furrow. The farmer was provoked, and told me to sit on the colt's head, to keep him from rising while he whipped him "to break him of that notion," as he said. But Just then a neighbor came by. He said. "There Is something wrong here. Let him get up, and let us find out what Is the matter." Ho patted the colt, looked at his harness, and then said, "Look at this collar. It is so long and narrow, and cr.rries the harness so high, that when he begins to pull It slips back and chokes him so that he can't breathe." So It was; and but for that neighbor we should hnve whipped as good a creature as we had on the farm, be cause he lay down when he could not breathe. An Eye for Automobiles. In the crowd at the automobile show was a gentleman who had been going from one exhibit to another for two hours, trying to make up his mind as to the particular make of motor car that best suited his requirements. It was not a question of cost. Ho could afford to pay any price likely to be asked. Every car had somo pecu liar feature that recommended It, but 'he difficulty waB to find one that em bodied all the strong points. In thla emergency he chanced to spy an old acquaintance. "Hello, Rogers!" he said. "I'm hav Ing an awful time trying to make a Purchase I promised my wife long ago that I would make. Have you got a gn. d eye for automobiles?" ' 1 ought to have, Swlgert," answer ed tho man whom he addressed as Rogers. "I've been dodging them for seven years." Irish Gooseberries. An Irishman or Irishwoman Is aiely at a loss to give quite as good ; he gets. The Amerlcnn tourist who H res In Sketchy Bits found this out D his cost. ' n old Irishwoman, who kept a l tltstall, had some melons exposed ..: sale. The Yankee, wishing to -i'.vo some fun with the old lady, took i one of them and said: "Those are small apples you grow n'tr here. In America we havo ' em twice the size." The womtrn slowly looked up at him and In a tone of pity exclaimed "Sure, sorr, ye must be a stranger in Ireland, and know very little about tl.o fruit of our country, whin ye can't ti' 1 apples from gooseberries!" A Monument In the Snows. The highest placed monument In Pie world Is situated on La Combra, the summit of n pass In the Andes, and marks the frontier of the Chilian and Argentine republics. It stands at an altitude of 13,796 feet above the sea level, and for awe inspiring gran deur its surroundings would be hard to match. Wide World Magazine. XJOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOO fjgfoortjgf ermona OOOOOOQOOOCCSOOOOOOOOOOC Theme: IT IS THE LORD.' I- BY H. P. NICHOLS, D. D. Text: That disciple whom Jesus loved salth unto Peter, It Is the Lord. John, xxl., 1. A young man, a stranger, comes to a home that has Ion its child. Some trick of manner, a flash of tho eyo. seizes the sorrowing mother's heart She cries with tears, "It Is my boy." A like beauty of recognition, rnlsed to divine power, lies In the simp'e story of tho text. Tho Lord was once a little human child. How was the unriBtmns naoy greeted? Ho came Into a world of love, home, nurturo, growth; a world of foreboding, of peril, of burden bearing. Mary, clasp ing Him to her breast, picturing Ills future, cries, "It Is my dear one. It is my promised blessing!" Could any one, even the Virgin Mother, foreknow that future? Could nny one see tho Lord In tho Infant? God was most human In the manger, on the cross. It is an untrue temptation to find Him In marvels. Put another text by tho side of ours the words "Ye have done It un to me." Both are Christmas texts, if we bo nble to Bee It: "It is the Lord," Ye have done It unto me." The first note of Christmas Is a note of Joy, an Illuminated picture songs of angels, shepherds with flocks, a star leading wise men. All that story wo believe; wo follow with them, we Hud Him aud worship. But He comes again in another guise. Tho beautiful German myth of tho Christ child is true. Christ bo longs to universal humanity In lta love and sympathy and service In "tho darkness and the cold. In the driving wintry storm, a cry, a knock, from without our sheltered comfort We open to a ragged, weary, haggard child. "It Is the Lord", the Lord of mnn's common need and common de votion. The glory of the Christmas time is a twofold glory. Have you caught both Its notes? There Is a nearer truth those Christmas days. We find Him to bt the Lord as we strive to climb to the heights where Ho lives, rather thai as He comes down to us. We 11 in. Him In the child, the carpenter, thi teacher, the healer, the friend, so ra renting what it is to be divine. We find Him in the least of His brethren whom He loved, whom we serve, as our trust from Him. Wo find Him In ourselves. Looking at our own llvo wo may share again the joy and won der and hope of Mary, may bring ti birth the dlrine. There Is somethit.: worth redeeming In me. The Stranger whom we dimly see on the shore of life's cloud bank speaks: "Cast the net on the right side of the Bhlp." Keep at it! Be brave, he steady at your work, wheth er it be teaching or study; whether outside labor or homekeeplng. Lot It not be a hard done duty, but a willing use, tho homage of a llfo that is a trust from on high. Living can never be as If there had been no ChrlBtmas in the world. On the shoro, In the mist, by the fire. In labor and doubt and monotony, we minister to no stranger, no tyrnnt. Everywhere "It Is the Lord." Glory and peace, love and good will. God's Love for Us. If ever human love was tender, and self-sacrificing, and devoted; If ever It could bear and forbear; if ever It could suffer gladly for Its loved uiifs; If ever It was willing to lavish Itself for the comfort or pleasure of Its ob jects; then Inflnltoly more Is Divine love tender, nnd self-sacrificing and devoted, and glad to bear and forbear, and to suffer, and to lavish Its best blessings upon the objects of Its love. Put together all the tenderest love you know, of tho deepest you have e'er felt, and tho strongest that has ever been poured out upon you, and heap upon It all tho love of all the loving hearts In the world, and then multiply it by infinity, and you will begin, per haps, to have some faint glimpse of what the love of God is. Bunyan'o Dream. So I saw in my dream that Jimt as Christian enmo up with the cross, his burden loosed from ofT hi3 shoulders nnd fell from off his back and began to tumble and so continued to do till It came to the mouth of the scpulchro, whole It fell In and I saw It no more. Then was Chrlslan glad and light some and said with u merry heart, "He hath given mo rest by his sorrow and life by his death." Then he stood awhile to look and wonder; for it was very surprising to him that the sight of the cross should thus ease him of his burden. John Bunyau. Trusting at All Times. There are no possible circum stances of human life in which God may not be served, character built up, and heavenly treasure amassed. "TrtiBt In him at all times," says tho psalmist; "Blessed Is ho that dooth righteousness at all times." Religion Is a constant duty nnd a ceaseless privilege. Crises may come ati crises may be passed, but the Woic! of the Lord and the worship of Ood continue forever. 0 FOR A 8 gsmnbap nU-ltour TO MARKET GEESE. An Unwise Policy to Sell Without Fattening How They Should be Fed. It Is welt known that geese are often picked up nnd sent to market In very poor condition. Wo flud two or three weeks- of good feeding, away from disturbing influences, make a good deal of difference in the weight and quality of the flesh. Besides, the market wants the heaviest and tho fattest geese, and It is surely a poor salesman that does not supply thu kind of goods tho market demands. Tki favorites for roasting purposes are l'.iu Embdcn and Toulouse. It Is the Jowish population mostly that buy roasting geeso nnd ducks during the winter months. It Is said the demand for the best grade of geese Is Increas ing. Large, young, well fattened roast Ing geese sull usually at 18 to 24 cents a pound, dressed wholesale. The first week in December is soon enough to begin getting geese in con dition for market. No use confining them during the fattening period some say, but I know that any fowl, except a turkey, will fatten better in a clean pen. with Just room enough to move around. If you try to fatten them all together In the pasture, as some do, your breeders will get too fat for best results in the spring. So even It it is a little trouble, better pen the ones intended tor market where they will not see or hear the rest of the flock, and away from swimming water, if you want to fat ten them to top weights. Ground oats and corn, half and half, moisten ed with skim milk, Is a fine fattening ration, and one that ducks or geese relish. Boil their corn if you can find the time, and remember if too much grain Is fed they lose their appetite for green food, and the green food is needed with the grain to put them in the best condition for market. A large drinking trough Is a neces sity, and it must be kept clean and well filled with fresh water. Slats over tho top of the trough help to keep the water clean. The pen where geese are confined soon becomes filthy unless given dally attention. It is no small task to feed and care for geese or ducks properly during the fattening period, but It Is a work that pays, so we can't afford to slight It. White Wyandotte Male. Here is a sketch of the white Wy andotte, the leading white breed of the larger fowls. Theso fowls are admirably suited to cold or changeable climates. Their closely feathered bodies and low combs make them favorites for those who are unable to houses for them. Their plumage Is snow white, and they have yellow skin, clean, yellow shanks, and yellow beaks. They are good layers and good mothers, and nro especially adopted to the farm where an all-purpose fowl Is wanted. The white Wyandotte Is popular and will continue to be so, because they have merit which must always be recognized. Whitewash the Henhouse. Every poultryman should give tho henhouse a periodical coat ot lime wash and the oftener ho does It the better. The mattor Is a very simple one. If the house Is small nil you may want Is a limewnsh brush and n bucket of water into which a few handfulls of quicklime havo been put, well stirred together and allowed to settle. Tho stuff when put on should be about as thick as cream. A hand ful of common rough salt will help It to adhere to the walls, a spoonful or two of liquid carbolic acid will holp It to do its murderous work on nnimal life and a little"' bit of powder blue (washing blue) will prevent the white coat turning yellow by and by. If the henhouse Is a largo one it will pay to use a sprayer for putting on the llmewash. This Is a most ef fective way of whitewashing any bulldlnc. Value of Poultry Manure. Poultry manuro Is especially adopt ed as a top dressing for grass be cause of Its high content of nitrogen in tho form of' ammonia compounds, which nre nearly as quick In their ef fect as nitrate of soda. A ton of ma nuro preserved with sawdust and chemical formula for top dressing. On tho same basis of comparison, 100 fowls running at largo on at acre should in a summer season ol six months havo added to its fertility the equivalent of at least 200 pound of sulphate of ammonia, 100 pounds of high-grade acid phosphate and 60 Dounds of knlnit provide wan IMIOFE8SIONAL. GAUDS. AttorncYs-at-Law. H WILSON, . XTTOKKST A COUKKKJ.OK-AT-LAW. Olllce. Masonic butidlnc second floor Honesdale. Pa. WM. II. LEE, At 10UNKY A COUN8KI.OII-AT-I.AW. Olllce over post olllce. All lecul business promptly .itieuded to. llimi'Mlale, I'a. EC. MUMFOKD, ATIOHNEY A COUNPKLOK-AT-I.AW, Olllce Liberty I (nil building, opposite tb Post Oillce. lkmesilalc. I'u. E O.MEK GREENE. ATTOUNKY A COUN8EI.OK-AT-LAW. Olllce over Itelf's store. Honerdale Pa. 0L. ROWLAND, ATTOUNKY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, (Ullcf ver Post Office. Honcsdale, Pa ftllAKLES A. McCARTY, J ATTOUNKY tt COITNHKI.OR-AT-I.AW. Special ami prompt attention Klvcn to the rolliTtlonufrfiilnis. Olllce over Belt's new store. Honesdale. I'u. Ijl P. KIMUr E, I1 . ATTORNEY 4 COUNSEI.OR-AT-I.AW, Olllce over the nost olllce Honcsdale. Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY A TOUKSELOR-AT-LAW. Ullice in the Court Home. Honesdale Pa. HERMAN 1I'ARMI, ATTOUNEY A CM NKU)R-AT-IjAW Patents and pension s-ci ti ri d. Olllce In th Scbueiholz bulldiiu: lliiiieMl.Up. I'a. FiTElt II. ILOFF.J ATTORNEY A COlWhELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce Second floor old Savlncs link buiKlllik'. HnneMlule. Pa. QEARLE A SALMON. D ATTORNEYS A COI NS! LOHS-AT-LAW . OIl'.ceBlately occupied by Jmlpe Searle. Dentists. DR. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST. Olllce First floor, old Savlnss Bank build Ins. Honesdale. I'a. Dr. C. 11. HKADY. Dentist. Honesdale. Pa. Office lIoims-8 in. to p. m Any evenme by appointment. Citizens' phone. 113 Residence. No. fcft-X Physicians. DR. II. B. SEARLES, HONESDALE, FA. Olllce and resilience 1019 Court street telephone. Otllie llourp 2:10 to 4:Uand 00 to K:00. o. Ill Livery. LIVERY. r red. G. Rickard has re moved his livery establishment from corner Chu.-ch street to Whitney's Stone Ban-. ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75yl JOSEPH N. WELCH Fire nsurance The OLDEST Fire Insurance Agency in Wayne Counly. Office: Second floor Masonic Build ing, over C. C. Jadwin's drug store, Honesdale. If you don't insure wth us, we both lose. General Insurance WhiteH Wills Pa. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEALER You will make money byhavliu; me. jnHi.L 1'noNK 8-u Bethany, Pa. Tooth Savers We have the sort ot tooth brushes that are made to thoroughly demise and save the teeth. They are the kind that clean ter th wlthoat eavlmr Your mouth full of bristles. W (recommend those costlnc 23 cents or more, as wu can cuaruutrv them and will re place, tree, any that iliow defectslof, manu facture withlu thrr mouths. O. J. CHAHBERS, f' PHARHACIST, Opp.D.a rl.StatUa HONESDALE, PA HITTIHGER III
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