THE CITlZKtf, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1010. THE VALLEY OF DEATH THE MUMMIES AND DONKEY HOYS. Special to The Citizen I have just returned from n Bhort excursion into the Valley of Death, nt Thebes, whero the royal mummies of Egypt's klngB were found. Con sidering the heat and dust, it would not ho inappropriate to quote the rest of the poet's lino and say, "Backi from the mouth of hell." This Is the land of summer heat, never moderated by showers. All signs of our own familiar temper ate zone aro far behind. There Is even a difference between this and Cairo, whore, the thermometer had been above 100 degrees a week be fore wo arrived. We were COO miles nearer the equator, and we could distinctly feci the difference. The grounds of the hotel were an earth ly paradise. Palms towered above the garden, while flowers and turtle doves completed the tropical plct-' ure. Roses, hlbiacus, oleanders, pomgranates and cannas were the! only flowers I could Identify, but there were a dozen more varieties In full bloom. Wo were to leave this paradise In the early morning to ride out into the desert to the tombs of the ancient l'lmronhs. Our train landed us at Luxor on the opposite bank of the Nile before 11 o'clock at night. We were tired and very dusty, for a big Mahometan had appropriated the ladles' com partment and the wash room, using all the water to cleanse his feet early in the afternoon before turn ing townrd Mecca to say his pray ers in the aisle of the car. We had not secured guides, donkeys or tick ets to the monuments. Wo were told that tickets to the monuments,! BPld by the government could not be: obtained before the office hours. But they did not know the American hustle. We wanted to start while It was cool. Our chief said we could, so we bathed and slept the sleep of the Just. Thanks to his indomitable energy, by 8 o'clock the next morning, guide, donkey, boys, boatmen, lunch porter and all the rest were at hand, ns well as thoi necessary tickets. The donkey boy of Egypt is a necessary evil and a creature full of guile. His word Is to be trusted Just so far as it coincides with the travel ler's knowledge. He will tell the most unblushing falsehoods without the quiver of an eyelid, even when he knows that you are aware of his untruthfulness. He is an inveterate beggar. But he is a shrewd student of human character and if be bad the opportunity would soon grow rich. Perhaps he is worth all the back sheesh that he manages to wheedle out of you for the diversion he causes, making you forget the hard ships of travel. The leader of the gang of donkey drivers at Thebes was a genius in his line. From the moment we were seated on our animals till the end of the day his patter never ceased, except when the guide was droning out his story. The boy was only be ginning to sprout a beard, but he was master of all the craft of the diplomat. When he had exhausted the resources and the patience of the chief of our party, he made the rounds of all the other members to recommend to their generosity his less oratorical fellow donkey pilots. Here is a short sample of his speech: "Good morning! You see my eye? My eye is to you. If you are happy, I am happy. Your don key suit you? Ver' nice donkey. Go ver fast. Like rockln' chair. You are ver' nice man. When I see you 1 know you are ver' ho-nest man. Don't forget your donkey boy. Thank you ver' much. He ver' thirsty. Would like to buy some water. Don't forget your donkey boy. Good-bye. Thank you." For directness of purpose I do not know anything lu English classics that equals this. This son of the howling desert made use of the Eng lish tongue In a way that might put a high school graduate to shame. This is not the whole of his speech by any means. He reported it at Intervals during the day, adding verses from coon songs, quotations from Roosevelt's speech, lines from Mother Goose, sentiments from Home, Sweet Home, bits of Ameri can slang, fragments of misinfor mation picked up from the guides, and gems from Shakespeare. His - latllity was wonderful. He was rtalnly worth the price of the v c!o show. Wo had some twelvo miles of this i.f and on during the day. When o i an out of conversation he would tart the donkeys to galloping while he manufactured some fresh clo quence or digested our tips. It did not matter at all whether tho rid ers wished to go fast or slow. Tho donkey boys settled the question and tho donkeys obeyed them. It was no use to saw on tho bits, for tho beast know that the rider was mere ly an irritation to bo endured for a day while tho driver was a tyrant who continued through life. Finally we discovered that when tho driver wished to check tho don key ho called "hush" to him. At tho next turn, when tho drivers beat tho donkeys to a gallop around two sides of a melon field while they cut across lots, I tried to hush my donkey. I cried hush, shouted hush, crooned hush, plead with him to hush, reasoned with him, threat ened him, cajoled him, all without effecti until tho driver was reached, standing like a grinning monument of ebony. The donkoy dashed, up and past him without slackening, until the boy whispered the maglo Byllnble, when he stopped so quick ly ns almost to throw me to the pommel. Well, wo reached tho Tombs of the kings at last, over five miles from tho ferry, through a defile in tho sandstono mountains, wilder and moro barren than can be describ ed. Except a landscape in the moon nothing could bo more barren. About 45 tombs of royalty have been discovered, but there are a thous and tombs of commoner men on tho other side of tho ridge. Here were found some of tho rarest treasures of Egypt, which now enrich tho matchless collection in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. It was a great relief to escape from the glare and heat of the desert Into tobacco and Intoxicating liquors, and the cool silence of these royal cham bers of the dead. The general plan of these tombs is the same. A long incline followed by a flight of cut Into the rock, ending In a rock-hewn temple or sanctuary. Then another flight of steps some 50 feet deeper to tho burial chamber itself. Tho walls are covered wlih brilliant dec orations depicting the Jlfe of the royal occupant and setting forth by mystic symbolism the religion of the Egyptians. Emblems of every sort abound, the lotus, the scarab, the life-giving wnters of tho Nile, the various sacred animals, the Images of the gods In bewildering vnrlety. Hieroglyphic writing recites the his tory and irtucs of the dead mon archs, their triumphs, their glories, their achievements. We visited the tombs of Set! I, Mcnepteh 11, and Amen Heteph II. The mummy of the last-named still lies in its sarcophagus 500 feet from the surface. In a small chamber at the side arc the mingled fragments of mummies huddled together, per haps those of his slaves. There they all lie under the glare of the elec tric light to be gaped at by globe trotters after the long centuries of silence. It seemed a kind of sacri lege, the merchant of our party said, but we would not willingly have missed tho sight. The governmont of Egypt has as sumed tho care of all tombs, temp les and antiquities, which assures their proper preservation. It Is a pity that this could not have been done centuries ago before the tombs were rifled and their contents de stroyed by ruthless seekers after treasure. As we rode out into the heat of the desert dust, I was impressed by the sight of the mud-walled cabin of the care-taker of these tombs of royalty. It stands perched upon a plnacle of rock, scarcely larger than a dry goods box. A yellow dog, hav ing a jackal's bark, guarded the meager home. The leather-sklnnod Arab who took with surly unthank fulness the guide's tip given in our behalf, stalked slowly up the height as we rode away. We were hasten ing to shade and green fields, and soon or late to the far land of our loved ones, but this creature, cap able of love and hate and all the emotions of our human life, lived there with the dead, lived there in the endless summer heat and dust with his starved and miserable yel low dogs. THE VALUE OF THE MUbKKATS. Agricultural Department Finds Troublesome Animal is Valu able for Fur. Washington, May 7. The depart ment of agriculture does not con fine itself strictly to agricultural affairs, as will be noted by the num ber of bulletins that have been is sued on subjects which do not per tain in the least to agriculture. All of these bulletins are labeled "Farm er's Bulletin," and most of them pertain to problems of the farm One of tho latest of these deals with the muskrat. One scarcely would expect that the muskrat filled an important place in farm life, but the agricultural department has dlscov ered that It is very useful becauso of tho demand for fur, and tho muskrat is a great fur producer, Tho new bulletin regarding the muskrat treats of Its value as a fur bearing animal. Occasionally some humorist writes a story to show that the muskrat figures prominently as a part of the celebrated Maryland terrapin, but tho writer of tho pres ent bulletin says that tho ancient owners of America, now our civiliz ed Indians, highly esteemed the muskrat ns an artlclo of food. Of course tho Indian taste is not to be taken as a guarantee, but there is nn reason why the muskrat shoulu not be as good eating as tho rabbit nr tho Rnulrrel. Another feature of tho muskrat dwelt upon in this now bulletin is its destructlveness of gardens nnd i-rtinn. Ho Is a nartlcular enemy to tho rice planter, and tho gulf coast residents have to fight him an mo timn. The rats aro very destruc tlve to tho water lilies that aro grown in private grounds and in nubile nnrka. and along tho Atlan in pnnRt. tho tidal meadows often nro Inlurnil bv them. The bulletin mentions tho damage that the musk- rat does to mill dams and to cannis, Irrigation ditches, lco Iiouds and lovees. At the same time, tho musk rat is becoming so valuable as a fur-boarlnc animal that It makes up, in some measure, for its destructive qualities. Tho now bulletin on tho muBkrat elves a creat deal or lnior- mntlnn na to trnnnlntr and as to marketing the fur. No doubt per sons who wont to destroy the rat on niiniint nf tho dnmaere it does, as well as thoso who want to secure him for the money value of njs iur, will bo interested In Farmers' uui letln 396. THE OLD STAGE DUIVEU. Making His I.nst Htnnd in the Fnr West. It Is only in isolated regions of the West, where tho thing wo call civil ization has by chance neglected its duties, ns tho plowman leaves weedy patches In tho cornors of tho Hold, that the cowboy may still bo found unspoiled; and It Is oven a. rarer for tune to encounter a stage driver whom readers of Bert Harte could recognize. What tho homesteader and the sheepman havo done to tho one, the railroad has done to the other; and the sadness of hastening extinction hangs over them both. Hero Is Estes Park hnppy, un rallroadcd land! tho coming of the stage Is a dally happening, In which every Inhabitant takes an Interest so keenly porsonnl that the event itself, as well as tho Interest, becomes spectacular. Toward 4:30 o'clock anxiety sits gaunt upon every countenance. Will tho stage be late? Somebody who drove over Park Hill In the morning said tho roads were heavy. A frelghtor from Lyons was stuck for three hours on the other side of the pass. Tho outlook grows gloomier every minute, and all eyes are strained with gazing at the dusty road townrd the place where it dis appears behind the shoulder of a bill. It needs no over fanciful Inclination to conceive, after listening to Im patient exclamations on all sides, that the continued tolernblllty of many lives, as well as the further existence of Estes Park as a habit- ablo place, depends upon tho arrival of that stage, with Its pouches of mall. No one may know the golden increments of expectancy who has not waited for a letter by stage. A boy (of course) perched pre cariously on tho roof of the store first descries the stage whirling in Its nimbus of dust around tho promon tory. Upon his shout the groups suddenly rearrange themselves and the relaxation of facial muscles pres ages new faith In tho ultimate worth of human existence. Meanwhile the stage, In a kind of final fury of peed, careens grandly up the stretch of road, sweeps through the open space ordered by the postmaster, makes an elated swing for position, and stops at the postofflce door with the wheels within an inch of the steps, but never grazing them. To have scraped them would have been a humiliation from which the driver never could have recovered. The mall and the passengers out, the driver takes his tired team to the stable, and then loses no time re turning afoot to the postofllce,- where, having accepted one of many proffered cigars, he deigns to make Spartan-like replies to the volumes of questions and tentative remarks timidly addressed to him. He is a good fellow at heart, tolerant of the common world, and willing at times to entertain with speech as well as deeds. But to-day Is not his day for loqua city. Down at Lyons, where the Bur lington ends he heard a bit of news that one of tho proposed branch lines of the railroad now building will probably have Estes Park for Its terminus, and his heart Is filled with sadness. By and by the crowd, see ing his mood, leave him to his re flections, and tho departing people, hurrying away by the four roads they came, leaving him leaning against a post, with the postmas ter's woolly dog squatting at his feet and looking sympathetically up In his face. Tho stage driver has let his cigar go out, and his eyes aro fixed upon the west, where , behind the snowy rango the sun is tumbling Into his world bed of rosewood Inlaid with pearl and draped with cloud cur tains of frail pink and tender yellow hues. But it Is not the sunset he sees. Behind Old Flat Top yonder, thirty miles away, are tho grading camps of the new railroad that Is STILL GROWING CONDITION OF Honesdale Dime Bank HONESDALE, PA. At the close of business May 2, 1910 (Condensed) RESOURCES. Loans 8501,318.73 " Bonds & Mortgages .. 72,070.53 Real Estate, Furnlturo $ and Fixtures T Cash and duo banks t Overdrafts -r-H--H--r-H Deposits May 20th, 1000 " Nov. 20th, 1000 " May 28th, 1007 " Dec. Kith, 1007 E. O, MUMFORD, President. climbing tho Rockies on its way to tho Pacific coast. And tf ho Is not thinking of thom, tho Interlopers, It's quite too bad, and I am dono with him. Edfrid A. Binghnm, Estes Park, Col. MODE ABOUT SPLIT-LOG ROAD DRAG. In all sections of tho country nro heard nothing but words of praise for tho work being accomplished by the King split-log drng, the extreme ly slmplo devico which is putting earth roads in n condition like boule vards. Tho drag has been strongly recommended by tho United States Department of Agriculture nnd by supervisors and farmers generally. It can be made and operated by any person. Less than fivo dollars will pay tho cost ot construction and a half-hour's use of It after a rain will keep dirt roads for a distance of a mile In better condition than most macadam roads. A road maintained by the drag is in perfect condition. It has an ex cellent crown and a hard and smooth surface which sheds the water read ily. Ruts are obliterated and mud holes unknown. Supervisors have found that they can pay farmers from 30 to 50 cents an hour to operate the drags after each rain 1 and maintain a mile of dirt road to compare with a State road at a cost estimated in a government report at from ?1.50 to ?6 n year per mile. HIS "HARD LUCK" STORY. "I know," said tho seedy individ ual who sat In the corner of the smoking car, "that you who have never had n serious' setback take mighty little stock in hard-luck stor ies. Thero's no reason why you should believe all the tales you hear, but in my case it's different, for I can prove nil I say. Yes, I lost ah my money In ostrich farming. I was pretty well fixed when I started in, nnd went at It on a big scale. For the first year or two I got along pretty well, I 'diversified' some, raising enough grain and fodder for the birds and my other stocK, and some to sell. But the market was about fifty miles distant and I began to worry over how I was to do the hauling. That didn't worry me long, however, for the birds began to multiply pretty fast and soon I discovered I wasn't raising enough for them to eat. I began to skimp the mules to feed the birds, and in this way weakened my farm force and consequently decreased my crop. Well, sir, things went on until those birds ate up the harnesses, -the hoes and rakes and all the other farming tools, and I didn't know what on earth to do. I was about worried to death, and went to bed one night not knowing what the end would be. When I got up the next morning I found the birds had eaten up the wire fence around the farm and escaped. I never saw them again. That's why I'm broke, and why 1 am on ray way back home." "A Bad Speculation." There are pentltents and penitents. Some are sorry that they did wrong; others regret the unpleasant coasc quences of their evil deed. Governoi Bnborur of Virginia once defended a man charged with stealing a pair ot' shoes. The man was convicted. One day, years after, the governo. was standing conversing with several lawyers In front of the court-house, when a man approached and said he wished to speak with him. They walk ed off together, and the man asked: "Squire, do you remember I once hired you to defend me?" "Yes." "Well, squire, the taking of them shoes was the worst job, I ever did. I didn't keep 'em a week. They put me In jail; I gave you the only hone I had to defend me; my crop was los: 'cause I couldn't see to it; and then, squire, they gave me thirty-nine lashes nt last. 1 tell you, squire, It was a bad speculation." REPORT OF THE LIABILITIES. Capital Stock S 75,000.00 Surplus, Earned .15,710.85 DopositB 528,310.20 Bills Payable 5,000.00 i:o,oou,uu from ou,ui.uo 2.-H 8051,000.11 STATEMENT SHOWING GROWTH $130,311.72 1 Deposits Moy 10th, 218,243.37 " Nov. 27th, 200,872,14 350,209.07 " April 28th, " Nov. Oth, May 2, 1010, Deposits $528,340.20 W. P. IUKFIiER, Vice Predeat. "Stlcklcy-Brandt" Furnlturo is the kind that serves you longest and best. Only $7.85 For this handsome Library Table In the Golden Quartered Oak, PoIUb finish, 88 Inches lonir. 34 Inches wide, beveled top French stylo legs, shaped undersbelf wide and deep drawer. Every detail of construction strictly hlxh-irrade. Hand somer In deslro, better In material, work manshlp and llnUh than elmllur tables that retail from SI0.M to $13.00 Carefully packed and shipped freight charges prepaid$7.85. For 500 other styles of dependable Furniture at factory prices see our new catalogue. Send for cne. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. report ok the condition of Farmers and Me chanics Bank; OF HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY. PA. at the close of business. May 2d. 1910. ItESOOItCES. Reserve fund $ Cash, specie and notes. J3,U!6 tU Due from approved re- servo nppnts $30,130 G6- 39,766 71 200 00 361 28 3.829 43 !B.U 3 19.100 00 22.379 97 29,115 09 14.815 00 Nlckels. cents nnd fractional currency Checks nnd other cash items Due from banks and trust com panies other than reserve 1 1 1 1 .it.. .. . ...i Uin.UUUiLU.,,,1 ..... Time loans with collateral I-oans on call with collateral Loans upon call upon two or more names .. Loans secured by bonds and mort gages , Investment securities owned exclu sive ot reserve bonds, viz . Stocks, bonds, etc H1.290 il Mortcaees and Judg ments of record 42.156 32- OIllccHulldins nnd Lot Furniture and fixtures 86,4 1G 73 18.899 fr5 1.801 41 I 329.7S8 03 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In $ 75,000 00 Surplus Fund .. 5.000 00 Undivided Profits, less expenses and taxes paid 7.941 26 Deposits, subject to check. .$55,619 42 Deposits, special 186,025 74 Cashier's Checks outstanding. 168 51-24113 67 $329,788 03 State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, ss I, C. A. Emery. Cashier of the above named company, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, C. A. EMERY. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of May 1910. Kesa S. Edgett. N. P. Correct attest: M. K. Simons. 1 W. M. Fowler. V Directors. M. 11. Allen, I OFFJCE OF THE HONESDALE CONSOLIDATED LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER COMPANY SPECIAL NOTICE TO STOCK HOLDERS. The Board of Directors of this Company have called a special meet ing of its stockholders to be held at the General ofllco 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 increase of tho indebtedness of said company. M. B. ALLEN, Secretary, Somo single suits to clean up Btock, at Menner & Co.'s store, will be sold out regardless of rost. 4w $ 8051,000.11 1008 $310,055.04 408,857.01 400,078.00 608,482.43 1008 1000 1009 JOSEPH A. FISOH, Cashier. I'ltOFESSICfNAJL OAItDS. Attorncvs-ot-Low. ,TT WILSON, XL. ATTORNEY A COUNSEI.OR-AT-LAW. Ofllcp. Masonic livilillnc, second floor llonesdaiv. l'a. WM. II. LEE, ATTORNEY A. COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce over post ofllce. All legal business promptly attended to. Honcsdale, l'a. 171 C. MUMFOKD, L. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-I.AW . Olllce Liberty Hall building, opposite the Post Olllce. Honcsdale, l'a. HOMER GREENE. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce over Rclf's store. Honesdale l'a. 0L. ROWLAND, TTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Olllce ver Post unite, Honesdale. l'a niiARLES a. Mccarty, J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- IT-LAW. Special and piuuipt attention given to the collection of claims. Olllce over Kelt's new store, Honcsdale. l'a. T71 1'. KIMBLE, J; . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, Olllce over the Dost olllce Honcsdale. Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Oflice in the Court Hciifc, Honcsdale Pa. PETER II. ILOFF, ATTORNEY' A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Olllce Second floor old Savings Bnk building. Hnnesdale. Pa. s EARLE & SALMON, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELOHS-AT-LAW Otllces. lately occupied by Judge Pearle. Dentists. DR. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST. Ofllce First floor, old Savings flank build ing. Honcsdale. Pa. Dr. C. R. BRADY. Dentist. Honesdale. Pa. Office Horms-8 m. to p. m Any evening by appointment. Citizens' phone. 33. Residence. No. NHX Physicians. DR. II. B. SEARLES, HONESDALE, TA. Olllce nnd residence 1019 Court street telephones. Ofllce Hours 2:00 to 4:00, and 6 00 o 8:00. D. ra Livery. LIVERY. r red. G. Rickard has re moved his livery establishment from corner Church street to Whitney's Stone Barn ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75yl -TOTICK OF INCORPORATION JN Notice Is hereby given that an application will be made to the Gov ernor of the State of Pennsylvania on the 23d day of May. 1910 by John J. Brown, Valentine Bliss, W. J. Davis, John J. Holland, F. W. Wol lerton, E. J. Lynott, A. G. Ruther ford and others, under the Act of As sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation and government of street railway com panies In this Commonwealth," ap proved May 14, A. D. 1889, and the supplements and amendments there to, for a charter for and Intended corporation to bo called "Tho Scran ton and Lake Ariel Railway Com pany." Said proposed corporation Is organized for the purpose of build ing, constructing and operating a street rnllway over the following streets, highways and bridges as fol lows, namely: Beginning at the di viding line between Roaring Brook township and tho Borrfugh of Mos cow, in Lackawanna county, where Main street crosses said line; thence along Main street in said borough to tho Intersection of Market street; thence along Market street to the in tersection of Willow street; thence along Willow street to the intersec tion of Brook street; thence along Brook street to the borough and Madison township line; thence from the Borough of Moscow lino along tho public road known as tho Beat Brook road, leading from Moscow to Ilolllstervllle, to tho count line (also known as the lino between Madison and Salem townships) ; thence from Madison township line at tho Wilcox place, along tho public road, known as tho road leading from Madlson vllle, to Holllstervllle; thonco from Ilolllstervllle to Moors Corners to Hamllnton; thenco from Hnmllnton along the North and South Turnpike to Lake township lino; thonco from line dividing Salem and Lake town ships along the public road leading to Lake Ariel in Lako township, known as tho road leading from Hamllnton to Lako Ariel to Brown's Corners In tho village of Ariel, Lake township, Wayno county; thence re turning by tho same route to tha placo of beginning, with tho neces sary turnouts, sidings and switches, forming n complete circuit, and for theso purposes to have, possess and onjoy all tho rights, benefits and privileges of said Act of Assembly aud its supplements. O'BRIEN & KELLY. A. G. RUTHERFORD, 33eol3. Solicitors. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEALER You will make money by ha vine me. I dell phone 8-u Bethany, Pa.