TOE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APIUIi 0, 1010. DON'T (JET SCARED MAY I8TH. 1 On May 18th many of us earth be ings will witness n sight the llko of which has never before been Been by men, at lcnBt slnco men havo kept a written history of events. On that day, for over three hours we shall bo vlowlng the sun through the great blazing head of a comet. Of a sudden our earth, swinging through spaco at C5.000 miles per hour, will plunge Into the tall of Ilnlloy's comet, close to the neck of It. The tall will have been whipped against us at Its own speed of 105, 000 miles an hour. Thus this globe will dive through the luminous haze at a total speed of 170,000 miles nu hour, 47 miles per second, the cnrth entirely Immersing herself In the celestial mist In less than three min utes, yet so thick Is the tall nt the point of perforation C00.000 mllos that wo shall be nearly three hours and a half passing through. What will happen? No two scien tists agree In detail. They are, how ever, practically certain there will bo no harm done to any creature of tho earth, save tho harm which fear does. Hut the superstitious are al most certain to be stricken with mortal terror during those three hours. For those three hours will show to men the most Bubllmo, awe-inspiring display of heavenly fireworks this earth has witnessed since space roar ed with the primordial flames of creation, the astronomers say. But, the chances nre it will be noth ing but light terrific, but harmless. For our sunlight during thoso 205 minutes will be filtered through the comet's head or nucleus fthe head will bo eclipsing the sun) nnd that I Plotnents to bo sheltered by the sky head will have Just come from a bath I during the winter will now find hlm in the very flames of the sun. This self out- gaseous head, 51 times as big as our j When a man Insists upon giving earth and only 14,000,000 miles you advice, you can readily got rid away (a mere step compared even1 of htm by offering him a little in re- wlth the distance of the sun), will bo boiling, fuming; exploding, blasting, in titanic convulsions of beat after Its recent experience. And It Is through such a lens our sunlight must come filtered for three hours and a half May 18th. We did, indeed, have one slight previous experience with the tall of a comet. On June 30, 1SC1, we snip ped through part of tho tall of Teb bet's comet. But It was a mere wisp of tall just a thread at the extreme end of the tail's 24,000,000 miles of length a hair a scant 300 miles thick. let, for tho experience of seeing that hair severed, tho French as-! tronomer Liais journeyed to Kio de Janicro and set up his Instruments. The moment came. Suddenly Liais saw the sky turn llko blood at midday. Then there was a rapid plunge into a lurid, phosphorescent yellow and almost Instantly the sky darkened to a coppery green, as if a tornado were approaching. And next instant, before the observer could ,,., realize It. tho sun shown serenely again, the earth's minute for passing one- through tho 300-mile-thlck hair was Just as nearly as you can, grow all up and Liais packed his Instruments 1 the stuff you will need for your fam and went homo. j '!' an1 your stock right at home thiB We'll be In Halley's comet's tail ! J'ear. One thing that keeps a good over three hours. Will the effect be proportionately awful? Scientists all over the earth are warning peoplo to bo prepared for strange sights, but not to bo frighten ed. For, as the saying goes tho whole 02,000,000 miles of its tall, condensed, "might bo packed in a trunk." Says Andre, director of the Lyons observatory: "You must not bo as tonished If it shows an aspect as strange and stranger than anything eer seen before." What effect tho adventure will have upon tho earth Is disputed. Comets are little understood. There aro instruments which can detect their weight and instruments which partially show their composition, but beyond those known facts each scien tist has a different explanation. A recent theory Is that the comet nucleus or head Is simply an enorm ous gas lens, and what appears to be a tall Is, in reality, only the pencil of concentrated sunlight such as pro ceeds from tho ordinary searchlight. Outside of this pencil wo can see its length. But onco In it, we would ob serve an Increase In tho heat and brilliancy of tho sunlight. I'nder this theory tho only effect that will be noticed May 18th will bo that the sunshine will fairly burn one. But in tho shade It should be fairly comfortable. If tho comet's tall Is of gas, at Ica3t tho gas Is much diluted. Some observers foar the deadly cyanogen gas, which, If thick, would trifle all breathing things at once. Diluted, such a gas might turn tho whole world very sick to Its stomach for two or three hours. Sorae'prodlet a display of electrical phenomena, tremondous, but harm less as tho aurora boroalls. Dosland rcs, a Frenchman, says tho tall is made up of cathode rays, which, touching our atmosphere, would be come X-rays of groat Intensity. Tho e ffect of X-rays upon air is to wring Hie wntcr out of It. So wo may bo soaked with deluges of rain during our comet bath. Somo bolievo tho comet's tall is In tensely hot. But this heat must be thinly distributed, owing to tho filmy character of the tall. Moroovor, tho earth has an enveloping blanket of cool air to savo It. Tho foundryman can wet his linger and plungo It safe ly Into molten Iron, Tho air blanket would act llko a water Jacket. Thero Is a chanco yet that wo won't touch tho tall at all. Tho full ob servations havo not yet been taken. The final calculations may show that tho tall will miss tho earth by a fow thousand miles a microscopical dls- tanco In space but still enough so that wo would pass tho tall In bliss ful Ignornnce of Its nearness. At any rate thero scorns little dnn gcr of any hnrm to come to us of tho enrth. The thing to do Is to hold tight, don't lose cournge, and keep your eyes open. Tor you're likely to see things you can tell about to your grandchildren. GUMPTION ON THE FARM. Trade one of the pups for a pig. Roll the meadows and green fields. Beware of plnntlng sprouted po tato seed. Plant the garden when the cherry bloqms. It Is scabby business to plant scab by potntocs. Few farmers harrow quite enough. Harrow, harrow, harrow. Ho who by the plow would thrive must straighten up and look alive. Dogs can thrive on bones better than a woman can on unkind words. Keep manure near the surface; plow It deep and you lose som-! of it. feeek only that which is honorable that thou In thy poverty ahould&t dlo rich. Don't forget to make two howlngs of clover, and bo sure to use one-half alslke. Those who charge farmers with the responsibility for the high cost of living tell a fib. Do not rush tho teams too hard; let them havo a time to gut their shoulders hardened to the work. The farmer who allowed his iin- turn. If there is no place In the shed for the grindstone, get a box at the store that will fit over it, thus keeping It covered from tho weather. Do you remember, when you wore young, how it encouragcl and cheer ed you to be consulted by your eld ers? Try It on tho younr folks of the household. Everybody Is Impatient to begin the spring work, but it Is wise to temper impatience with good Judgment and to wait until all tho conditions are right. When you get the annual spring' cleanine fever, don't cut. down or rfiir up all the nice little trees. Let every one stand that isn't in tho way. Tho trees will come handy twenty years hence. When you want to do a good Job of hoeing or weed cutting this spring, put an edge upon the hoe. How much bettor the tool will work, ' and '10 operator as well! spise a dull hoe, and do We de- not own many men poor Is buying what thoy ought to raise themselves. The Philadelphia Congressman I who was charged fifty cents for two boiled eggs In a Washington hotel re cently, has no cause to shake his fist at the farmer. That modest In dividual got only eight cents for thoso two eggs. The forty cents dif ference wont mostly for style. Seeding oats and peas: As a soil ing crop for stock, use one and one half bushels of each per acre. The peas need to bo covered much deep er than the oats, hence it Is neces sary to seed them separately. Seed the peas first, weighting tho drill hoes in order to put them in four or five inches deep. Tho oats are sown broadcast and harrowed, or else drilled shallow. Mako tho first seeding as early us it Is possible to work tho ground, following with two later seedings at intervnls of two weeks each. Canadian field peas are the kind to sow for this purpose. From April Farm Journal. SALEM'S MEN AT FAULT. Rear Admiral Dillingham Returns From Trip of Investigation. Washington, March 21). Bear Adml ral Albert U. Dillingham, who was sent to Hampton Roads to Investigate conditions on board tho cruiser Snlcm. returned to Washington and had a conference with Acting Secretary of tho Navy Wlnthrop. Admiral Dilling ham was instructed to report' on the alleged dissatisfaction among the en listed men of the Salem. There have been many summary nnd deck court martial on tho vessel recently. As several of the offenders were war rant olllcers who hud been In tho navy for many years and who previously bore good records, the department de cided to make an investigation of the Internal conditions of tho Sulem. Ad miral Dillingham finds that tho men were at fault. Commander George It Evans, who bus been in command ol tho Salem, will not be relloved. Nominated by tho President. Washington, March 31. President Taft sent to tho senato tho nomina tions of tho following postfnasters: New York Herman E. Buck, Cauls, teo. Pennsylvania Charles S. Martin, Al lentown; William E. Housel, Lewis burg; W. A. Browu, Wampum; I. War ner Arthur, Bryn Mnwr; Huston 8. Williams, Falrchance; John P, S. Fcrn stermacher, Kutztown; Alien P. Dick ey, Waynesburir. IlimtiKIt FINOK11S. They're Common Enough Now, Uui Mhtiy .Still Cut off ii flluvc Klnjp-r. When you cut your finger nowa days and wrap It up In gauze, you don't have ..o hunt for an old pair of g'ovos and lop off a finger to form tho outer bandngo of your wounded member: you simply go t the drug store ano buy a rubber finger for a nlclce . And yet many persons go on cut ting off glove Angers, They hno got into the habit of saving up old gloves for JubI mich purposes of home surgery, and the habk sticks pertinaciously. Most of them don't know that vou can get rubber fingers of all sizes. Th"j- are ni-de to fit the baby who In his flrst adventures Is pretty sure to find u knife somewhere and to acquire the knowledge that It cuts, and grownups, too, no matter how big tho hand. And they are mighty conmlent, for yon put one on and It stays on, whereas you know a glove finger has to be tied on by strings passing over the hand and around the wrist. New devices to save time and botb- , !r are put on tho market dally, but j U takes some folks a long time to find out about them. New York Sun. I Golden Weddings. Married couples look eagerly for ward to their golden wedding an ' ill- ersary. and immediately after Its , ro ebrntlon one or the other as n I Mile, dies. This Is due to supcrstl ! Hon. If the golden wedding were celebrated at sixty-five years of mar ried life people would live fifteen years longer than 'h.y do, ever looking forward In happy anticipa tion of Its approach. Let's try it. Out of 1,000 couples only seventeen live to celebrate their golden wee ding. Assuming that the marriage takes place at 20 years, this means a life of three-score and ten, the al lotted space. The golden wedding la the crossing of the Rubicon. About the Potato.. The history of this vegetable af fords a striking Illustration of the in fluence of authority. For more than two centuries its une as a food was vehemently opposed. At last Louis XV. wore a bunch of Its flowers In the midst of his courtiers, and the consumption of the root became uni versal In France. House Refuse In Germany. In certain towns in German r householders are compelled by law to sort out their house dust. Thoy have to provide three receptacles one for ashes and sweepings, one for cooking refuse, and one for rags and pai.cr. The rubbish is utilized by the town authorities. Electric Meat Saw. The up-to-date butcher shop Is now provided with an electric meat saw, and the old handsaw Is relegated to the junk pile. In its place is a fmall handsaw driven by an electric motor, which severs all bo..e3 in a neat and expeditious manner. Whales nnd Dolphins. . About 40 different kin Is of whales and dolphins are known, and al though they live in the open sea and look like fish they are not fish at all, but are true mammals, breathing air and feeding their young on milk llko cows and horses. Tobacco Smoke. Tho smoke from the oowl o" one's pipe is blue because coming direct from the red hot tobacco, It is very hlgh'y ox'dlzed, but tho smoke from one's Hps Is gray, because It Is high ly watered and hydrocarbonlzed. Costly Attempts. It has become known that tho three attempts made by Sir Thomas Lipton to capture the America's cup, the in trinsic value of which is about $250,. have cost him $500,000 for yachts alone. Effect of Color on Dew. Tho deposit of dow Is greatly in fluenced by color- It will bo found thickest on a board painted yellow, but not at all on red and black. Float the Wearer. A suit of clothes which will float the wearer In case of accident at sea, has been patented by a Norwoglan in ventor. .Mail Orders in the Kant. Mall orders for merchandise sre practically unknown In China and tho r.ast In general. An Intoxicated per nr. Is, ug a rulo, no more fit to he nt largo than a lunatic. No one may say what ho wl.l do next. The -ock of Gibraltar Is honey combed with 70 mllog of tunneling. Tho Bank of England employs about 1.000 peoplo. Englund has about, 13.000 square itlles of coal fields. Ninety-six portent of tho coal. la produced north of the oquutor. In many parta of Africa, gin ia the only currency. The average life of a rhlp Is tw.jn-ty-slx ears. Blond pople are rarely anicted with cancer. HE DEFENDS TIPPING. Man Who Was Onco a Walter Con siders Other's Standpoint. "Somehow I don't approve thesi wholesalo kicks on the tipping sys tem," said a business man who Is fairly prosperous "I was a waiter myself onco and know how It seems from tho other side. "Oh, no, I wnnn't a regular pro fessional, merely one of the college bland, Many college men. of courso. help themselves through college by working as alters and bellboys and boatman and other thlngH at sum mer resorts, and If they'll re squeam ish about taking tips. why. It Isn't worth while taking such Jobs. 'It came hard nt first to take tips; gave me a sort of a feeling that I was unrlasslng myseir. But it wore off. In fact there whs n certain amount of satisfaction, after a while, In get ting a tip that had been earned by giving more careful service than the Job really demanded I remember now the pleasure It gave me to re ceive a gratuity, and the "thank you' always meant "So now when life lies In less ard uous places I And pleasure In giving a tip I do not regard It as an over charge or an extortion, merely a little reward that I ran well afford to give to one who will appreciate it. . "If tnoro persbns would only look on that side of the question, the pleasure that a gratuity gives the recipient, I am sure there would be less kicking. Surely there Is Joy In klndnesH. at least I have found It so." Poor Material For British Army. If there be any doubt that physi cal deterioration In the submerged classes Is more serious than it used to be the report of the Army Medi cal Department pins-one down bet ween that opinion and the conclu sion that tho army Is recruited from a lower social stratum "Average British rocrults," the report states, "aro not only the youngest but In the poorest physical ,'ondltion of those in any civilized army. They cannot stand work which did not Injure well fed conscripts of twenty years of age; still less can they face exercises which would do harm to robust men." They are In fact from want of food and from cigarette habit such miserable, specimens of humanity that It takes two years to make men of them. The report confirms what we said tho other day, to the effect that a British army is painfully pro duced from the army of the British unemployed as many as 95 per cent, of accepted recruits are hopeless "out of works." There Is a good deal amiss with the conditions that mako those degenerates and the re port gives ono to think furiously; but tho larger question raised by it is whether any amount of training and selection can produce an effic ient army out of such material. Doomsday Book. A book of the general survey of England, commenced in the reign of William l. (the Conqueror) about 1080, some say about 1US6. It was intended to be a "register to deter mine the right in the tenure of estates, to discover tho extent of any man's land, to fix his homage, and to settle the question of the military aid ho was bound to furnish. England Adopts French System. Tho French gardening methods by which an acre of ground is made to yield, $2,433 to $2,920 per annum by tho forcing hot bed process has been introduced In England. Vege tables are produced all tho year and are forced by a steady temperature of DO degrees. Age of .Aiilnml. The whaio, elephant, swan, tor toise, eagle, raven and rnmel are all long lived animals, and have been known to exceed the century mark. There aro well-authenticated In stances of elephants, whales and tor toise living to be more than two hun dred nnd fifty years. Norway's Wooden Churches. Somo of the wooden cliurchos of Norway aro fully 100 years old nnd are still in an excellent state of pres ervation". Their timbers havo suc cessfully resisted the frosty and nl most arctic winters because they have been repeatedly coated with tar. Tho Philosophy of Folly. "Thoy say." observes tho Philoso pher of Folly, "thai it tnkos nine tailors to mako a man. 1 always acknowledge the truth of this old proverb when one of thoso dudes boasts that lie has patronized the same tailor ail his life." Simply Impossible. Big with tho lmportauco of a new discovery, a London preacher says , "Never choCc the flowing tide of woman's talk.' We never heard of anybody who over did. Tho Philosopher of Folly. "I wonder why It is." muses thu Philosopher of Folly, "that when a 'fireproof building catches tiro, they always sond In three alarms." Some People. Some people hunt for work in about the same way that an optimist hunts for trouble Too Bad, Poet Whatever does chit roein? My publUher itendt me a bill for c now woBte-batkct, T Selections FORCE OF HABIT. How the Bluejackets on Shore and In 8helter Hold Their Pipes. In a barroom where many of tho bluejackets with the American fleet took their nightcaps before returning to their shlpB a petty ofllcer said to a landlubber acquaintance: "Se how the boys hold their pipes!" Almost every one of them had tho bowl of his pipe covered by tho arched fingers of his hand. "8ee?" said the petty officer. "Now wait till one of them lights his pipe." In n little while a tailor filled his pipe, got out his match and faced the open door of the barroom. There was not a breath of breeze coming through the door, but the sailor covered the lighted match nnd the pipe bowl with ono hand while he was getting a light, and after bo had thrown tho dead match away he continued to smoke with his fingers arched over the pipe bowl. "Force of habit." said the petty officer. "He doesn't Intend that the piping breeze shall blow the lighted tobacco out of his pipe." Superstitious Remedies. For whooping cough a cooked dor mouse Is good. In the eighteenth cen tury this remedy was employed In Scotland. Here Is another medica ment for the same complaint: "Wa tercross Is a very good thing, sir, with a little bit of that brown sugar what you uses to put onto bacon, and somo honey mixed with It. And I'll tell you what's a good thing for croup but a rlcsty bacon fat fried down, and afore It resolves add some pepper and vine gar; It opens the pipes of the lungs, d'ye see." And If you are adyenuu ous you may try this for "phlegm c, .o the chest": Catch a "dear little doity frog" and tie a bit of string to one o( Its back legs. Then you "keep on lot ting It go down your throat and pull ing It up again." The narrator of this added to Mr. T. W. Thompson, who sets down these stories: "It's the dear God's truth, young fellow, and It cleared the phlegm out of his throat footful, but wo wouldn't do such a thing as that." Number of Nails to a Horseshoe. Centuries ago there lived a farrier, Walter Ie Brun by name, whose dex terity at the anvil on the occasion of n great tilting meeting on the banks of tho Thames wbb noticed by the then reigning monarch, Edward III., who rewarded the blacksmith by granting him sufficient land adjoining the titlt lng green for the erection thereon of a force. As quit rent he had to present annually to the King six horseshoed and sixty-one horseshoe nails. To tho modern mind tho number of nails would appear to be superflu ous, but when it is remembered that tho horseshoes of that period required ten nails apiece it will be seen that tho calculations of Edward III. mere ly allowed one "over" in case of acci dent. Furthermore, the shoes were nil to be for the horse's forefeet, from which fact some historians draw tho inference that the animals ridden la the knights' tournaments wore en- couraged to Injure each other with their front hoofs. Had Expressed No Opinion. Here tho judge took a hand In ex amining the venireman. "You don't seem to understand tho questions nddressed to you by tho attorneys," ho said. "What they want to know Is whether you have formed or expressed any opinion in this case. That Is to say, have you told anybody whether or not you believe the defend ant guilty of the crime charged ngctnst him, or havo you said to any body that you bolleve him to be Inno cent?" "Courso not, judge," 'answered tho venireman. "It ain't necessary for mo to xpress no opinion auout mm. I've kuowed him for thirty year, an' V"w blame well he stole the cow " "That will do, Mr. Skiles. You may staud aside."-- Chicago Trlbuno. Short Wills. Apropos of Mr. Harrlman's short simple will. It is of Interest to noto that Lord Mansfield found half a sheet of noto paper nmplo for tho disposal of his worldly possessions. Sir James FitJames Stephen's will bogan and ended In thirteen words. A doen lines served to dispose of Lord Rus sell of KUlowen's estate of nearly 150,000. while Lord Brampton of tho Court of Exchequer, tho brother of Anthony Hopo, disposed of his estate of nearly 142,000 in 400 words. Coquetry of Golf. Golf Is the coquetto of games. It always lures you on nnd always ovndca you. Ten years ago I thought I had nearly got it. I think so to-day, and ten years hence I may still have the satno delusion; but my scoring cards will show, I fear, that tho coquotto has not yet been caught. Tho middle aged Iovor cannot hopo to win her smile. Conan Doyle In tho Strand. Gave Providence an Evening Off. Bishop 'Potter was to preach at a certain pnrlfib In tho West In the evening, and the congregation was not a HtUo amused at tbo somewhat ambiguous announcement of their worthy pastor, who said: "Remember our Bpoclol service next Sunday aftwnooe. Tbo Lord will bo with us durlnr tha morning services, and Ulshop .Potter In tho evening." PltOFKSSIONAL. CARDS. Attorncvs-nt-Luw. H WILSON, . ATTOKNKi A COUNSKI.OR-AT-I.AW. Olflcc, Mfifonlu building, second, floor Honesdale, Fa. WM. II. LEK, IT ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW. Olflcc over post ofllce. All leeul business promptly atti-nded to. Honesdale, I'a. 171 O. MUMFORD, U. ATTOltNKY A COUNBKI.OIt-AT-LAW Ofllee--I,lbi-rty Hull building', oppotlte the Post Ofllce. Iloiic.-dalc. 1'n. OMER GHEENK. ATTORNEY A COUNSEt.OR-AT-I.AW. Olflcc over Kelt's store. Hone stlale a. 0 L. KUW'LAND, ATTORNEY A COITN8EI.OR-AT-1.AW, OHIce ver Post Otllc-e. Honesdale. Pa nllAKLES A. McCAKTY.EJS J ATTORNEY A COUN8ELOR- IT-LAW. Special and prompt attention elven to the collection of claims. Ofllce over Kelt's mew store, Honcsduk-, Pa. Til P. KIMBI K, X' . ATTORNEY ATTORNEY A COUN8EI.OR-AT-LAW. Ofllce over thu oost olllco Honcsdale. Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY A COL'NHKLOR-AT-t.AW, Office in the Court House, lloncfdale Pa. H HUMAN IIARMK6, ATTORNEY A COt'NsELOR-AT-LAVf . l'ntt-iits and pensions n-cured. Otl.te in th Srbucrholz ImlldlUK Ilonesilale. I'a. PETE It II. ILOFF, ATTORNEY A COUN8ELOR-AI Olllcc Second floor old Saving buildlnc. llonesdale. I'a. I, w . B. c s lEAHLE it SALMON, Otllcesilutely occupied by Judge Searle. Dentists. Tli. E. T. BROWN, U DENTIST. Ofllce I-'irst floor, old Savincs Hank build in;. Honcsdale. I'u. Dr. C. It. HHADY. Df.ntiht. ilonesdale.'Pa. Orricr. Hoims S m. to p. m Any cvemnc by appointment. Citizens" phone. S5 Iiesideme. No. ffrX Physicians. D R. II. B. SEARLES, HONESDALE, PA. Olllre and residence 1U1H CourtTstreet telephones. Otlicc Hours 2:00 to 4:W),iand hOO 0 8:00. u.in Livery. LIVERY. ! red. U. Rickard has re moved his livery establishment from corner Chiuch street to Whitney's Stone Barn ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 7oyl OSEFK N. WELCH The OLDEST Fire Insurance Agency in Wayne County. Ollico: Second floor Masonic Bnilc'- ing, over C. C. Jndwin's drug store. Honesdale. If you don't insure with us, we both lose.r H1TTIKGER & HI General Insurance White Mills Pa. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEALFR You will mnku money by IkivIhl' me. ni,ixPHONKi).i' Bethany, Pa. Tooth Savers We have the sort of tooth brushes that are made to thoroughly cleante and save the teeth. They are the kind that clean teeth without Olivine vour iiiouth'full id brlbtlts. We recommend those cost Ins 25 cents or more, us we can puarunteu them and will re place, tree, uny that eiiow defects of manu facture wtihlu three months. O. T. CHAHBERS, PHARHACIST, Opp.D.A II. Station. UONESDALU. HA
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