THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1011.
FACE T
SINGLE VOTE
MAKE HISTORY.
Famous incidents Where Bare
Majority Has Ruled,
RECALLED BY CHAMP CLARK.
Speaker Is Filled With Reminiscences
and Loves to Cite History, Which He
Does Readily Losing $1,000 a Week
on Lecture Contract.
Apropos of tho deciding vote cast by
Vice President Sherman recently
which saved the Bristow utnendinent
to tho resolution to submit direct elec
tions of United States senators to the
states, Speaker Champ Clark told of
tho historical things that havo been de
cided by one vote. lie suld thut he
could give half a hundred of now his
torical decisions that have made world
history if it were not so hot.
"General Jackson was elected major
general of the Tennessee militia by a
majority of one," ho said, "and thu
victory of New Orleans which resulted
from that election changed the polit
ical history for twenty-flve years and
forever, no doubt.
"Martin Van Burcn was defeated for
confirmation as minister to England
by ono vote, and that action made him
president John C. Calhoun, then vice
president, cast the deciding vote.
"Edward Everett was defeated as
governor of Massachusetts by one
vote. This took him out of the list of
eligibles for president
"Thomas H. Benton -was elected to
the United States senate by n single
vote. This ono majority gave blm an
opportunity to show his great powers,
and ho remained in the United States
senate thirty years and was one of tho
great characters of history.
"Kentucky came into the Union as a
slave state. Henry Clay cast the de
ciding vote in the constitutional con
vention. Had Kentucky come into the
Union ns a free state then Missouri
would have done tho same, and there
would havo been no civil -war.
Election of Hayes.
"Ilayes was put Into the presidency
of the United States by a single vote
after tho votes of Florida, Louisiana
nnd South Carolina had been counted
for him In the electoral college, al
though cast for Samuel J. Tllden.
Thus Tllden was cheated out of tho
presidency by ono vote and Ilayes got
the place.
"Tho act of union of Scotland, Wales
and Ireland was passed by ono vote.
"The Walker tariff bill was passed
in 1840 by the senate by a vote of one.
George M. Dallas, vleo president, of
Pennsylvania cast that vote."
Mr. Clark Is filled with such remi
niscences. Ho loves to cite history,
which he does most readily. Recently
he was tho guest of Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer at n little dinner
where it was understood there were to
be no speeches. With the coffee a
group gathered around the speaker,
and ho entertained the diners for an
hour or more with what looked to be
a set speech.
"I enjoyed your dinner immensely,"
the speaker told Mr. Palmer nest day.
"I like to eat, but never enjoy it when
you are expected to say something
after you have been fed."
"But you had to talk," retorted Mr.
Palmer.
"Oh, that was one of my Chautau
qua lectures," smiled tho speaker.
It might be mentioned here that ev
ery week congress remains in session
the speaker Is losing $1,000. He has a
contract to deliver lectures nt Chau
tauqua, courses beginning on Juno 15
to Sept 15, at that amount.
MYSTERY SOLVED.
Key to Stonehengo Problem Said to
Have Been Found.
Tho mystery of Stonehenge, the ear
liest vestige of English civilization, the
hitherto unread riddle which has for
hundreds of years perplexed the most
learned savants. Is believed to have
beeu unveiled by Professor Richard
Norton of Harvard, according to re
ports which have reached this country
from Cyroniaca.
Professor Norton Is tho son of the
late Professor Carles Eliot Norton
and has already won renown by a se
ries of brilliant archaeological discov
eries, especially In Asia.
no has Just reached tho American
school of classical studies at Rome,
arriving on tho Armour yacht Uto
wana, and will soon announce tho
most valuable discoveries made by
the American archaelogical expedition
In tho excavation of tho Greek city of
Cyrene, which was founded GS1 B. O.
Tho connection between discoveries
at Cyreno and the hitherto impenetra
ble mystery of Stonehenge Is Bald to
lie in the similarity of tho megallthlc
or great stoned columns common to
each.
Imports From Korea.
There Is no way of knowing Just
how much value in American goods
enters Korea from Japan, but in tho
Inst three fiscal years our Imports di
rect from Korea were $3,045, ?2,870
and $20,170. Exports to Korea dwin
dled from $1,503,113 in 1003 to $320,780
in 1000 and rose again to $142,000 for
tho fiscal year 1010.
Size of tho Caspian Sea.
The Caspian sea would stretch from
New York to 8t. Augustine and is as
.wide as frem Now York to Rochester.
SNAPSHOTS AT
CELEBRITIES
T. W. Hardwick, Chief Sugar
Trust Investigator.
Photo by American Press Association.
Congressman Thomas William Hard
wick of Georgia, chairman of the spe
cial committee Investigating tho af
fairs of tho sugar trust, is a Demo
crat and is serving his fifth term In
the house. Before going to congress
Mr. Hnrdwlck had served several
terms in tho Georgia legislature and
had also been prosecuting attorney of
his home county.
While a member of the Georgia legis
lature Mr. Hardwick, who Is still of
boyish appearance despite his thirty-
eight years, was several times mis
taken for a page. This nettled him.
so the story goes, and ho resolved to
mako a speech and show the older
members that ho was of some use to
his constituents. He began with n One
flow of oratory and was making fine
progress when one of the oldest mem
bers asked permission to Interrupt
"Certainly," said Hardwick, flattered
with the thought that he was making
an impression. "What does tho gen
tleman desire to ask me?"
'I merely wanted to know if you
hain't talked long enough?" said the
old man.
The Trial of McNamara.
In his trial for alleged complicity
in tho L03 Angeles Times explosion
John J. McNamara, secretary-treasurer
of tho International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
has tho aid of expert legal advisors.
Clarence Darrow. chief counsel, who
successfully defended Haywood, Moyer
and Pottibone of tho Western Mine
Workers against similar charges at
Boise. Ida., has the experience of that
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JOHN jr. M'HAMAItA.
celebrated caso behind him. Associat
ed with him is a formidable array of
legal talent.
John J. McNamara, who with his
brother, James B.. Is on trial for his
life, la well known in union labor cir
cles. For many years ho has been an
international officer of tho Ironwork
ers' union nnd has won the respect of
hl3 follows. He la a native of Cincin
nati, about forty years of age and of
prepossessing appearance. During a
part of his career In the Ironworkers'
union Frank Buchanan, now a con
gressman from Illinois, was president
of tho organization. The present head
Is Frank M. Ryan.
Just Plain Professor.
When Professor Charles Zueblln of
Harvard was last In Kansas City he
Immediately sought out L. EL Fiery,
assistant manager of the Coates House,
who was his boyhood friend. They
bad played on tho samo college base
ball team and were chums at school.
Ono afternoon Mr. Fiery and Professor
Zueblln went to Evans ton to play golt
Tho professor Is almost an expert at
tho game. Ho was constantly) address
ed as ."professor." Finally Mr. Fiery's
caadlo whispered to him:
"Is he a professor of golf?"
"Oh, no, my boy," Mr. Fiery an
swered; "bo's a professor in a univer
sity." The cada3o studied a moment and
then said, with a decided show of dis
appointment: "Shuck, Is that alir
JUDGE TELLS HOW
TO AVOID DIVORCE.
Gives List of Instructions For Wives
and Advice For Husbands.
Judge Petit of Chlcngo has come to
the conclusion that parents of young
married people are largely to blanio
for family troubles.
"Tho mothers-in-law are foremost
trouble makers," said the Judge. "I
have all reverence for mothers nnd
motherhood, but they must not arguo
with their daughter-in-law or son-in-law,
but must realize that they are In
dividuals and havo their work to do
in tho world. Mother can give advice
when asked for It
"But summer resorts, winter resorts
and flat life can be blamed for many
divorces.
"It is bad for husband and wife to
be separated by trips away from
home.
"My advice to husbands who wish to
avoid divorce is this:
"Don't quote mother.
"Call up your wife while at business
and ask how she Is nnd say you called
her up Just to hear her voice.
"Give her a box of candy.
"One of the new books that she is
Interested In.
"A flower, even if It Is faded nnd
you have picked it up off tho street.
"A pretty pin or handkerchief.
"And don't ever lay your head on
your pillow at night without having
done something to gain nnd obtain a
firmer hold on your wife's love.
"Kiss her every day.
"At least once a month meet her
downtown and take her to dinner and
tho theater.
"Don't you over stop courting, for
as soon as you do some other man
will begin.
"Make your wife your companion.
"Take her out with you and when
you havo to have a big time take your
wife along, and the divorce evil will
be lessened.
"For the wives I should advise:
"Don't quote father.
"Pet your husband; ho Is only a big
kid.
"Meet him nt the door with a smile.
"Dres3 carefully ns you did when
ho camo courting.
"Wear the color ho likes you In and
tho stvlo 6t cown.
"Have something in tho way of a
surprise dish for dinner.
"Read the papers and magazines and
be your husband's Intellectual equnl.
"Keep up with him in any special
line of work.
"Encourage his hobby.
"Bo sympathetic and do not tell him
all the troubles of the day; he has had
his own, more significant and Impor
tant individually than all yours put
together.
"Keep his clothes In order, a clean
house and good food.
"Tour husband Is then yours forever
and ever. No chorus girl or pretty
stenographer can take' him away from
yon. But keep him or somebody else
will snap him up and make him think
she and she alone ever did or will un
derstand him."
PLAN DOUBLE DECK STREET.
Two Levels Proposed For Michigan
Avenue, Chicago.
Following a luncheon at the La Salle
hotel, participated In by city officials
and the members of tho Chicago plan
commission, a decision was reached
adopting the double deck plan for Im
proving Michigan avenue from Ran
dolph street ncross the Chicago river
on the north to Ohio street
The plan decided on calls for a dou
ble deck bascule bridge over the river.
At either approach to tho elevated
boulevard It Is proposed to build a
plaza 222 feet square.
Tho upper deck of tho new boule
vard will be used exclusively for light
traffic, and all heavy traffic will bo di
verted to the lower level. In this way
the elevation will not interfere with
the traffic incident to the wholesale
district near tho river, but will bo an
aid to the heavy teaming by removing
all automobile and light traffic to the
higher level.
QUARTER NOVELS COMING.
Publisher Predicts Era of Cheap Pa
per Covers.
An eastern publisher attending tho
book fair In tho Palmer House, Chi
cago, said recently that In a short time
fiction will bo served to the summer
reader In twenty-fivo cent paper cov
ers. Tho pasteboard or cloth bound vol
ume and editions do luxe of tho "best
six sellers" are doomed, and according
to this publisher's opinion thero will
be no royalty loft for tho author after
tho retailer has deducted 10 cents
profit aud tho publisher 15 cents.
"Wo are approaching a revolution,"
ho said, "and in n short tlmo there
will bo no inoro $1 and $1.25 books.
Tho public will not pay exorbitant
prices for reading during leisure
hours."
Oiled 8treets Cause "Oily Eye."
"Oily eye" is tho latest affliction
which modern humanity has had to
Buffer. Numerous persons in South
Norwalk, Conn., havo been complain
ing of late that their eyelids havo been
turning yellow and their lashes havo
been falling out
Tho doctors say it is a regular epi
demic and assign It to the liberal use
of oil upon tho streets of tho town. In
confirmation tboy point to tho fact
that tho trolley motonnen are tho
greatest sufferers. More than 100,000
gallons of oil havo been placed upon
the streets of tho town this summer.
FOR THE CHILDREN
A Garden Song.
Bins a sons ot gardens!
Time Is come for sowing;
Trees are out, bees are out,
Apple blooms are blowing,
Pansy buds, poppy buds.
Spring Is here, Indeed,
When my man Jobnny comes
Along with bis seed.
Sing song of gardens!
Bummer sun Is burning;
Lilies droop, roses stoop.
Long for night's returning.
Think they seo an angel
With a cheek o tan
When my man Johnny comes
Along with his can.
Blng a song of gardens!
All a blaze of bloom,
Jessamine and gillyflower
Elbowing for room.
Bummer's come, summer's come,
Sure as sure can bo,
When my man Johnny brings
My flower In to me.
Youth's Companion.
Game of Noted People.
1. What author when a child made
nearly all tho furniture In his father's
house because they were too ioor to
buy it?
2. What author bad so beautiful a
faco that on meeting an old gypsy wo
man In a lonely path she cried out
"Are you a man or an angel?"
3. Who was the wonderful Swiss
boy who collected a largo number of
fish nnd kept them In a stone basin
which ho built In his father's yard for
that purpose?
4. What young authoress kept school
In a barn when she was only sixteen
years old?
5. What poet when but four years
of ago mado a Uttlo pulpit In his
nursery nnd, using his apron for a
gown, preached real sermons to an
Imaginary audience?
C. What author as a boy spent one
year In a log cabin and afterward
wrote a book about his childhood's
experience?
7. What poet as a schoolboy spent his
time In scribbling verses on his slate
rather than doing his school work?
8. What author was given a chair
made from tho wood of ."a spreading
chestnut tree" by the children of his
native city?
Answers. 1. Hans Christian Ander
sen; 2, Nathaniel Hawthorne; 3, Louis
Agasslz; 4. Louisa M. Alcott; C, Charles
Klngsley; 0, William Dean Howells; 7,
John G. Whlttier; 8, Henry W. Long,
fellow. Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho Parasol Ant.
There is a kind of ant In tropical
countries that sometimes carries a bit
of green leaf over Its head, as If It
were seeking to profJSt itself from the
sun's rays, and for this reason It has
come to be called tho "parasol ant"
Now, ants havo credit for so much In
telligence that it was not unnatural
perhaps for tho first observers of this
leaf bearing habit to attribute It to a
desire for shelter from tho heat. They
were seen every now and then in a
great procession and In regular order
traveling along with tho leaves over
their heads like Utile green banners.
They held tho stem of the leaf In their
Jaws nnd so deftly that It always kept
an upright position. Closer observa
tion by naturalists has shown, how
ever, that tho ants do not carry tho
leaves for protection from tho sun,
which seems to bo a fanciful and ab
surd conclusion at best, but that they
place tho leaves about their nests to
form a kind of soil from which grows
a fungus that they like to feed on.
This is evidence enough of their In
telligence without tho ridiculous belief
that they use the leaves as parasols.
Monkey Conquers Tiger.
An animal trainer In Berlin went
Into a cage with several lions and
tigers and took a chlmpanzeo along
with him to help entertain the audi
ence. Ho was putting tho monkey
through somo tricks and had turned
his back on tho big cats. Ono tiger
sprang at him, as wild beasts will
sometimes spring at their trainers,
and tho man was thrown to tho floor.
But before tho tiger could do him
harm the chlmpanzeo bad entered tho
fight with all his Uttlo strength. He
Jumped on the tiger's head and seized
tho short, catlike ears, pulling till the
vicious beast yeUed with pain. The
monkey kept on pulling, and the tiger,
frightened at what he had done and
what ho was having dono to him, re
treated to a corner of tho cage, while
the trainer and his friend, the chim
panzee, hastened to put the bars be
tween them and tho cats.
Conundrums.
Why nro crockery ware dealers unlike
other business men? Because It won't
do for them to crack up their goods.
Why is a clock tho most persevering
thing in creation? Because It Is never
more inclined to go on with Its busi
ness than when It la completely wound
up.
Why 13 a good actor like a good
architect? Because they both draw
good houses.
Why Is a blacksmith like a safo
steed? Because ono is a horscshoer
and the other Is a sure horse.
Why Is a solar ecllpso like a man
whipping his boy? It's a hiding of the
sun.
Why are poUcemen Uko the days of
man? Because they are numbered.
Poetry Making.
Each writes a lino of poetry on a
sheet of paper and then passes it on
to hl3 neighbor, who must write a lino
that will rhyme with the preceding
one and pass It on to tho third person,
who In turn will write another line to
rhymo .with tho ono above, and so on
round the table.
LEARN UNIONISM WITH A B C'S
Chicago May Have School Primer to
Teach Labor Principles.
Tho principles of trade unionism are
going to bo drilled into the minds of
the foreign clement in Chicago with
their first lessons In English If the
members of tho Women's Trado Union
league have their way. A revised
primer la being prepared for teach
ing both tho English language aud
union labor principles.
"I nm a member of a trade union,"
will nppcar In the new primer In place
of the customuiy "This Is a bear" or
"Do wo go up?"
"I am working In a union ehap nnd
receive $10 a week" wUl take tho place
of "The fox is a cunning animal."
Tho new primer instead of having
pictures of animals, trees, rivers, lakes
and landscapes will bo replete with
pictures of shops, stores and factories
filled with wngo earners, who will In
nil cases display union buttons.
"Tho idea is a good one," said Mrs.
Raymond Robbing, president of the
league, "and wo can easily use such
a primer in the foreign sections of the
city, whero wo have already establish
ed schools for tho working clrls."
Convincing Argument.
A certain colonel's gurdener was go
ing through the woods belonging to
his employer when ho saw a man
gathering nuts.
As tho colonel had given strict or
ders that this was not to bo permit
tod, tho gardener accosted tho man.
"Vou'll have to clear out of this," ho
said. "I've had orders to keep nil
these nuts for the colonel this year."
"That's all right," replied the man.
"I'm getting 'em for the colonel."
A week later tho gardener enme
ncross the man again.
"Look here," he said angrily. "You
weren't getting those nuts for the
colonel nt all."
"I tell you I was," was tho emphat
ic reply. "Do you think I was getting
'em for the shells?" London Ideas.
A Mixture of Composite.
"Jorklns Is certainly in a good many
positions at once."
"now so?"
"no is up in tho nlf, down on his
luck, on In years and back In his
taxes." Baltimore American.
Long Engagements.
Young Man Do you believe in long
engagements, sir? Cynical Benedick
Certainly, my young friend, cortaluly!
The longer tho engagement tho shorter
(he marriage!
No nation can be destroyed while it
possesses a good home life. J. G Hol
land. Honesty npcds no pains to set Itself
oft. Edward Moore.
The Ideal
pal and accrued income
:spSfG NEWEST PRODUCTIONS SWG
IN OUR
COMPLETE STOCK
The House Furnishing Department Is Complete with
he New Goods from the Manufacturer.
The Floor Rugs
in all sizes "mado can be had in the Best Designs and Colorings.
Quality and Value Leads and Satisfies.
Carpets
more to be desired than in any year are bright, soft and harmon
ious in blendings
Window and Door Curtains and
Portieres
are all that heart and eye can wish, Design aud Shading very ar
tistic and captivating.
The Floor Coverings
in Mattings and Linoleums are just the thing for the coming
Spring and Summer ubo. Gvceicalthful and cool.
Shades
in all grades and standard sizes
mado tc order and best goods furnished.
Room Mouldings, Plate Rails
and Bead finish in- many new styles and colors.
Select your goods early and secure the best before stocks are
broken up in many patterns and styles.
MFHNFR ft rn ttmw Mm Rkk
HONESDALE, PA.
FOR TREASURER
A. TV. LARRABEE.
I hereby respectfully announce my
self as a candidate for the office of
County Treasurer on the Republican
ticket, Biibject to the decision of the
uniform primaries to be held Septem
ber 30, 1911. As It will be Impos
sible for me to seo all the voters of
the county, I take this method of so
liciting your support. If I am the
choice of the people, I have but one
promise to make, viz: that I will dis
charge the duties of the office Im
partially and honorably.
A. W. LARRABEE,
57tf Starrucca, Pa.
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