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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10
HIS RISE
TO
POWER
By Henry Russell Miller,
Author of
"The Man Higher Up"
Copyright, 1911, by the BObbs-Merrill
Company
SYNOPSIS

Senator Murchell, leader of the state
machine, and Sheehan, local boss of New
Chelsea, offer the nomination for district
attorney to John Dunmeade Dunmeade
ts Independent in his political ideas.
Dunmeade will accept the nomination.
His father, a partisan judge, congratu-
lates him. His Aunt Roberta urges John
to call on Katherine Hampden, daughter
of a capitalist.
Katherine Hampden is a worshiper of
success. She and John are friends. Jere-
my Applegate, political dependent, cam
paiens for John and the state ticket.
In New Chelsea lives Warren Blake, a
model young bank cashier, connected with
Hampden in "high finance" They try
without success for Johns aid.
The rottenness of politics In his state
and party as revealed in his campaign dis
s--z-s 51co1>::::- HA calls upon Katherine.
Katherine's peril in a runaway re-
veals to her and John their unspoken
olive. John publicly turns down"
the machine of his party.
John will not compromise with his
conscience even for the sake of win
ming Katherine, and the two part.
The course of his son Is disapproved by
Judge Dunmeade. John is elected and
puts Sheehan on trial for political corrup-
tion.
Sheehan is convicted and fees. John
meets Haig, a novelist, who is introduced
to him by Warren Blake.
Haig and John visit the Hampdens.
Blake proposes to Katherine and is re-
jected. He praises John to her. Murchell
has visitor.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10

:e5EnSd here, had he been SO minueu,
that even a reformer must employ the
wisdom of the serpent. He achieved
results at which a politician might
have sneered, but which were on the
whole very promising in the light of
his inexperience.
In Haig John found an unexpected
but invaluable aid. The novelist had
once been a political reporter. The
reform ticket was nominated. Muir
chell, cynically willing to let the re-
form wave run its brief course, with
held his hand. Bereft of its familiar
weapon, fraud, the machine was easily
conquered by a people thoroughly an
gered. Even Pfumville gave the re-
formers a small majority. Haig hail
ed John ms little boss"
John Indignantly rejected the title.
"My work is done, or, at least, will be
when they're elected. 1 can't interfere
with them then"
"Say, aren't you afraid the cows
will take you for bunch Of nice,
green, succulent clover? Just wait"
Haig grlnned, until they're in Office.
Make no mistake, sonny; you'll need
to keep a tight rein on them. About
year from now expect to see some
pretty little. homemade illusions badly
| busted
The promised journey to the ridge
had not yet been made.
One afternoon Halg found him busy
In his office. "How's the bosslet? Had
shave today7 Feeling conversation
al? You and are going out for little
drive this afternoon"
Were not. 1 hope you are. I've
got things to do"
'This American habit of industry is
becoming a positive mania. Are you
coming peaceably or will you go any
| how?
'I'n do neither" John continued his
writing.
Gall right" Haig seated himself
deposited his feet on the desk beside
John and commenced an apparently
interminable monologue on the apocry
phal cleverness Of dog he once had
owned
John threw down his pen in disgust
81 surrender" he groaned. "Ill go tt
get rid of you"
Thought I could persuade you
Come right along. I've got buggy
outside"
John put his papers away and meek
ly followed to the waiting vehicle
Haig drove, chattering volubly O.
whatever came into his mind. Blu
when Haig turned into the ridge roa(
John stirred uneasily.
"Going anywhere in particular"
Anywhere you'd like to go?'
moo, 1 guess not
"Then We'll go to the Hampdens
There's always somebody there"
"Oh, no, we won't! Let's go bacl
the other direction. l like the soutl
road better"
"Oh, you do! Why not Hampdens?
"Well, you see," John began to ex
plain lamely, "Hampden and 1 aren'
on very good terms and"-
Lord! Don't 1 know that2 FL
spends most Of his time enumeratin
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10
CHAPTER X.
Apples of Eden.

f the summer before had been
gay, what shall we say of
that which now opened? The
center of gayety was East
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10
JOSEPH N. WEIGH
Fire
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.

Office: Second floor Masonic Build
Ing, over G. G. Jadwin's drug store,
Honesdale.
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CONTINUED in Next Fridays Issue
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10

The Citizen wants a good, live
ly correspondent in every village in
Wayne county. Will you be one?
Write this office for particulars.
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If you want fine job printing
Just give The Citizen a trial order.
We can do GOOD work.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys-at-Law.

III WILSON,
Ii. ATTORNEY CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw.
Office adjacent to Post Office in Dimmick
office, Honesdale, Pa
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16

he enjoyed Denver by night ana then
returned, to his hotel. which he had
left e~arlisk in the evening to. attend q.
dinner given in his honor at the Coun-.
try club by the Boettchers.
The lights of the nations of the
globe are adj as familiar to Sir Thomas
as the corner street light to each city
resident. Sir Thomas has cen the
lights that twinkle through the
pagodas In Burma, the temple Of lights
OF Japan, the illumination OF Cape
Town, New York,s. Great White.
Way" the lights OF iPicadilly and the
Strand. the glow from /. the fleets OF
the world at anchor in all the great.
roadsteads and when last night he
viewed the lights of Denver and said,
most remarkable. I" 1t was a compli-
ment that carried weight.
Say for me-" he slid, that Sirs
Upton viii remember Den-
ver as the Queen City Of the West.
You really ought to call it that In
stead Of the Queen City OF the Plains.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
USE OF TURKISH" WORDS.
ottornans Themselves Don't Know the
Meaning Of Them.

ottonans Themselves Don't Know the
Meaning Of Them.
Sublime porte" is one Of those Eu-
ropean expressions for Turkish insti-
buttons which are never used by the
Turks themselves. The Ottoman gov
ernment's official title for itself is HUI
kyumet-i-seniye, the glorious govern.
ment.
Turks do not speak of 1.-THE sultan"
but of the "padishah," a Persian term
meaning the father of monarchs.
Turkey is a geographical expression
used outside the land it denotes, but
unknown to those who dwell in it.
The Turks talk of Roumelia Anadol.
The foreign residents may speak of
Anatolia. Albania or the Lebanon.
They will tell you they live at Smyr-
ma, Salonikl OF Beirut or elsewhere,
but the word Turkey never crosses
their lips. In the realm itself there Is
no collective name for the territory Of
the sultan.
Albania, Bulgaria and Roumania, al
though contiguous to one another,
speak three totally different languages.
The Bulgarian tongue IS that Of an
cient Russia. and Roumanian resembles
that Of ancient Rome more closely than
modern Italian does. Albanian has no
marked affinity with any other Ian.
guage. though philologists have dis
covered In It some slight traces Of
Basque and Hungarian influence. =
New York Sun.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
A "Touchino" Story.

The young lady who had sat for a
crayon portrait was not altogether
pleased with the result. 1T looks like
me, of course" she said, inspecting 1t
doubtfully, land yet / think there are
some things about it that ought to be
changed"
She suggested that the eyes should
have rather more Of an upward look,
that the right hand should be a little
less prominent, that the hair should be
made more wavy and that certain
changes ought to be made in the drap-
cry. K
THAT would require a great deal Of
retouching," said the artist. land I
should have to charge you about $40
additional"
"Oh, dear" she exclaimed. with a
pout. II shall have to give it up.
Papa won't stand my 'retouching' him
to that extent"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16

wife, who USED to com there from ST.
Louis My husband, a brilliant man,
was cursed through drink, and was
forced to divorce him. 1 became more
and more familiar with Mr.. Thompson
and his wife, and it was Mr.. Thompson
who urged me to consult Il medium to
locate my little daughter, s years oil,
who was stolen from me by her father.
We consulted mediums and mediums,
but 1t did no good. ~.
Il was only II when l first met Mr..
Thompson. and he was nineteen years
older than !. Well, his first wife died
and he married another and she died in
a year. Then. although / told him /
did not o v him, only respecting him,
ne urged me to marry him. '"
Elease him. and because I really
did not Know Joined the First
Phychic church, but OH, no woman
until she has undergone the ex-
p%ertence have--What it means to have
mediums wrecking their home.
Il want to make it plain that Mr..
thompson was q good man, but when
under the control Of these mediums
he was a different being.
w had to leave our home in Full
lerton Neb., because of the scandal
aroused concerning one of the mediums
n my husband. He went abroad six
teen months and l looked after his
business for him. Then when he re-
turned the woman medium tried so
hard to get more money from him and
created such a scandal that he asked
me II I wouldn't leave Fullerton. He
promised me IL I remained with him
ne would build me an elegant home
and give 1t to me. That is when we
came to Denver and this Is that home,
but as the unhappy sequel shows, he
has come under the power Of new
mediums who have influenced him
more than the one in Nebraka.
Hoped to He Reconciled.
When we were recently in Omaha
and Council Bluffs I hoped we might
be ~reconciled. Indeed, all during the
past five years when we have become
through these mediums; who
preyed upon my husbands be-
lief In spirits, I have been willing to
our home reunited and, indeed,
it was my hope uptto the last moment,
I was made to realize that a d.
vorce and a settlement was the only
way for me to protect myself against
the mediums, who have such power
over Mr.. Thompson,
"Please understand that I bear no
hard feelings, no trace Of vindictive-
ness toward Mr.. Thompson. He is old
and he is the victim Of an unprlncipled
person OF persons who are making use
Of his weakness concerning spiEitual.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
Why wife Waited.

A certain married man WHO boasts
to the boys that his wife never sits
up for him slipped out for : cigar the
other evening after supper and failed
to notice that his wife had her party
gown on. When he softly tiptoed
into the house at 2 q. m. he was
slightly surprised to see a dewy eyed
lady trip down the stairway, turn her
bach to him and ,tearfully say:
.sT.Aere are two hooks I just couldn't
rea u; won't you ~unfasten them 20 I
can go to bed"
Fortunately he could and did.-Chl-
cago Record Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
CATCHING 4 HYEGA.
Cunning Trap That Made The savage
orutA holplaae.

Brute hslplsss.
Traps for wild animals are not neces.
sarily Of steel. The author of "Ths
Journal Of u Sporting Nomad" de.
scribes a hyena trap that is simple and
effective: SEA- 4
"Close to the station at this place I
found a novel form OF hyena trap-a
round piece Of dried OK hide as hard a.
! board, three feet or SO in diameter. in
which a very small hole, no larger than
an apple, had been cut. Radiating from
this hole were cut a series Of V-shaped
pieces. The trap was set as follows: A
hole was dug in the ground about one
foot deep and six inches in diameter.
Into this hole a piece of meat was
placed. Then the OK hide plate was laid
over the place containing the meat, the
two holes being one owe the other.
The OK hide was then pegged down
with wooden pegs in three Or four
places.
1.-THE hyena, on finding the ait, fore.
ed his head through the small hole In
the OK hide to obtain 1t, the cuts in the
hide giving way sufficiently for that
purpose. The beast seized the meat, but
on trying to withdraw his head had to
use considerable force, which naturally
drew the pegs that held the OK hide to
the ground. the result being that the
poor brute had a collar securely fas-
tened around. his neck which he was
quite unable to get rid of. :
HE could not run or walk, and even
had he been able to 60 any distance en-.
numbered by such an obstacle would
have been brought up short In the first
patch Of bush or grass he encountered
He was now at the mercy Of the indi-
vidual who had set the trap. and could
be put out of the way quite easily"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16

ism to delude him. OF course the con-
spiracy-and how / wish | could tell
o all-had q strong basis in regard
to money. @
"Why, even today I was told that il
I dared talk to you my son would be
terrible 1t is. These persons have such
malicious interests that they are pur-
suing nae to the very last"
Mrs. Thompson, a woman whose in
terest In her beautiful home is shown
In her rare taste and her wonderful
collections of expensive bits of art,
paintings. statuary and bric-a-brac.
pointed to the dismantled windows OF.
the homs she II soon,to leave forever
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
The Eagle.

According to Washington Irving. the
Delaware Indian had a superstitious
reverence for the eagle. believing that
a guardian spirit III the form of this
bird watched over them. lowering In
the sky far out of sight. When pleased
with their actions. he sent abundant
crops and made them have great sue
cess in hunting. but when dipleased
he would vent his rage in the thunder.
which was his voice, and the lightning.
which was the flashing of his eye. and
strike dead the object of his displeas-
urc. They also believed that the feath.
ers of this bird would render the wear.
er invisible aud lnvulnerable.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16

painted with them,' said Mrs. !Thomp-
son, and although this woman, who
has been separated from her husband.
would not say one unkindly thing
against him or criticisc his fancy for
spirit pictures T. thought I detected
a smile lurking at the corners OF her
mouth az she showed me, in all seri-
BUSINESS, these. spectral paintings.
Mrs. Thompson, whose home at 1910
Humboldt is filled with exquisite
Chinese vases, cloisonne, the rare
wares of the different dynasties, and
whose dining room Is a true museum
for the collector in its exquisite china,
has suffered greatly through the; mis-
representations that have been print
ed concerning her and her aged hus.
band.
Tells Her Story.
II am going to tell you my story.
and it is the first time i have ever
spoken to a newspaper" she said.
seated in that artistic living room
with it's works OF art. Il have been
~unjustly accused Of threatening to
have Mr.. Thompson committed for in
sanity. That is false My son and |
never dreamed Of such a thing. That
was one OF the points in the con-
sp.racy which has been developing
against me for five years t
TO speak Of conspiracy. actuated by
mediums, in that elegant house with
its mystic room upstairs where slept
tho aged millionaire. surrounded by
his spectral paintings. was quite in
keeping.
"When you know. that in all the
thirty years I have lived with
Thompson he never allowed me money
Of NV own. never gave me- a bank ac-
count, and when o understand thai
II it had not been for the assistance
of good friends I would have starved
during the recent trouble-you will be
able to appreciate my attitude coward
~nature~so completely.
Nov. I am not a s~piritlalist. j
not believe in s%piritualism. ! have
suffered too much from the material
takers who trifle with the great forces
to whose secret we have no key.
to tell you my story and the
wrecking Of our home life through
sp%iritualistic mediums.
TT was Thompson, back In
No. in 1880, who first in
terested me in mediums, 1t has been
said that I Influenced him INTO mar
rying me through THESE trlcks. ihat
Is false.
II was married when very young
10 Knox Jones. a man of fine family.
[ was born in Mississippi. and my
s. S. Head. was q general
N the Mexican, var and a colonel in
the Confederate army. That Is why,
YOU see, / am an honorary president
the Daughters ot the Conferedacy.
Met Thompson ia Missoari.
II went as a bride. to Marysyille, Mo.
where myghasband@ had some land. IT
vas there ] met Nj. Thompson and his
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
DENVER CITY
IN WORLD, SAYS Upton
"Most Remarkable, . Tribute After Night Tour of Lights With
Which Famed lights O. London Do Not con,pore.

The lights O. London town. famed
in song and story. cleaning through
the fog and mist Of an English nigh
in endless rows of blurred points, dt
not compare with The lights of Den
YER town for Sir Thomas Upton. Cruis
ing through the streets last night
comfortable in an enclosed car, ST.
Thomas viewed the Queen City OF thu
Plains through a swIrllng mist O.
snow and rain out of which the illum'
nation Of street and buildings shone
with a mellow brilliance most re,
markable."
"DenveF In the most e~xtraOrdin-
arlly well lighted city I have seen
outside Of New York; he told n
News reported ut His rooms In the
Br0wn. ''The illumination OF the
Gas and Electric building IL simply
fine. No sinEle building l Femem-
Der having seen IN all Of my years
compare with II. was Jolly well
surprised when l first caught sight
Of 1t. les really remarkable, ye
know"
Curtis street with its sparkling riot
of multi colored lights attracted the
doughty yachtsman. For half an hour
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
ENDED THE COMEDY.
A Geographic Dialogue That Closed
With the "Nirss" Down.

With the "WIroS" Down.
Two telegraph operators were seated
In a downtown cafe recently when an
athletic young man and an exceeding
~ pretty girl entered. They were place
ed at a table opposite the "key" men,.
who were sitting side by side In a
position facing the girl. As Is the,
custom Of the craft when wishing to
discuss, some M In a public place,
they t%eiegraphed to each other, using
their k>,iives on the plate. .
"Pecslerlno, isn't shef" one licked
to the other.
"A tree full" came back the tapping
reply. "Wonder who the sack Is with
herr"
SEARCH me-looks like a boob tied
up with a wren like her"
bet they aren't married. II they
are, all she needs to do to get q divorce
is to exhibit that map of his in court"
While the two men were enjoying
a laugh over their silent joking they
were surprised and somewhat alarmed
to hear some more table knife teleg-
raphy." The "peacherino' was doing
it, and she did not look ut all pleased,
either.
"You two had better look out while
you are all together" carelessly licked
her knife blade while she listened to
something her companion was saying
''This sack and boob, AZ you called
him, with the divorce map. is my hus-
band-safe mover by trade. He eats
fresh little boys" ~,
Something happened to the wires
about that time, and all cOmmuntca'
ton ceased.-Kansas City Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
WHEN / MANS SICK.
That's The Time, IL Woman Does ~
Boss Act 70 Perfection,

That's The Time IL Woman Does ~
Boss Act % Perfection.
When a woman has charge Of a sick
man she feels As important as the mar
shall of the day at q country Fourth OF
July celebration. ana however amiable
she may be at other times she Is very
'bossy" when she has medicine 10 give
a MAJ or lotions to put on him. II he
wants a drink of water she expresses
the opinion that he is drinking too
much and remembers that her Aunt
Harriet's husband once drank a great
deal when he was sick and had convul.
sions.
II the sick man becomes impatient
and says the medicine is doing no good
she reminds him CURLY that time" Is
necessary. She has even been known
to dip into the classics aud say that
Rome was not built in a day. The air
Of wisdom with which she examines
the doctor books convlnces the sick
man that, however intelligent his med
zeal adviser may have been. after his
recovery he will he informed that he
would have been sick much longer had
ahe not used her homemade lotions.
Whatever she does at night the doctor
viii agree IN the morning that it was
very good.
The sleepiest woman in the world
will stay up all night cheerfully If she
can get a chance to doctor somebody,
and il a man has medicine to take at
an unusual hour he will get it If there
il a woman around. - Ed Howe IN
American Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
The Average Man.

A foreign visitor in an interview in
New York told the truth about the
average man. AF
"Your country" he said, rs made
up. like mine, Of average men. The
average man." he added lis a man
who thinks himself immeasurably
above the Observation-Disclosures Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
on. Way Of putting Il.

"Mfy dear boy" said Enpeck, who
happened to be In a confidential mood,
"you will never know what real happi-
ness is until you get married"
You don't mean it" exclaimed Sin
gleton. %astonished at SUCH a remark
from such an unexpected source.
Its a fact" rejoined Enpeck: but
then it will be too late for you to apprc-
ciate it."-London Answers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
AURORA MIST pay BoNDs.

Holders Of bonds issued in, 1881 s.y :
the town OF Aurora nave obtaineI ain !.
other judgment against. the town. I
which calIsf for thes re1emption,s ~. =
bonds and interes, amounting to $685.
900. 1nabMity to pay The Indebtedness
has oecasiened snussh ~litigust6A /
Aurora. and The improvements sors
which the bonds We're created haye,
been retarded U. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
star Distance.

Miles are useless In measuring as
Economical distances. They have to
use the rate Of light-184,0W miles a
second-in covering the mighty spaces
with which they are forced to deal.
Even then we cannot half understand.
let us say, the immense distance OF
Gamma, in the constellation Virgo.
Many, many years must light travel
In order to reach u little world from
these two suns. They might even have
been extinguished hundreds OF years
ago., and yet we should still "see'
them, 50 vast are their distances. In
the year 1877 a new star suddenly
shone forth In the Swan" but many
did not know that the star really came
into existence hundreds Of years be-
fore, but its light did not reach the
earth until it was e e by the observer
In 1877.-New York American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
Rapidly Aged.

Client Ito matrimonial agent-You
showed me this lady's photo last year
and told ME she was twenty-five. but
after making inquiries find she Is
over thirty. Matrimonial Agent-Well.
you see. her father died lately and that
aged her very much.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
AS He HEARD TRIAL
II. j. keatinI, Arrested in Montrose.
Ia Wanted In ERglc County.
> 49, -U

MONrROSE, Dec. 4.-.On a telegram
from Sheriff Frank Farnum of Eagle
county, Sheriff NJ. j.. Galloway arrested
4. j. Kehting. At the time of his arr
rest Heating was in the district COURT
room watching q trial.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
Answered.

Schoolteacher-What farm papers
does Your father take? Son Of the
Village Nghtwad-F First mortgages!-
Puck,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
Great Prevoeation.

"You say. madam. that yon were
under great excitement when you
struck this woman
Eyes. She had Just found the family
Bible with my age In It."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16
Malicious

Gladys-I refused Fred two weeks
gro, and he has been drinking heavily
eiuce. Ethel-lsn't It about time he
stopped c%elebrating3