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The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
Caught Fish and owl on one Line.

II. NJ. Walton, a reliable citizen of
Wilkes, relates most remarkable in
stance, as follows: Harry, son Of Mr..
Walton, set out a hook and line on the
creek near his home and left it over
night. The next morning he went to
his line, and to his great astonishment
found a good-sized fish on the line and
large hooting owl tangled up in the
line and floating on the surface Of the
water. The owl had been drowned,
but the fish was alive and still pulling
on the line. The fishing line had been
wrapped about the owl several times,
which placed the night bird complete
ly in the power Of the fish.
Mr. Walton's theory is that during
the night the owl in seeking food
found the fish fastened on the line and
undertook to make a meal off him. In
the struggle the fish jumped over the
owl, wrapping the line about him, rem
dering him helpless and the frequent
dips into the water drowned the bird
Atlanta (Ga) Constitution. -
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
TREASURES OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Description OF Some OF the Artistic
Pieces of Furniture and Bric-a-BraC.
"The Art Treasures of the White
House" is the title of an article in the
Woman's Home Companion dealing
with the bric-a-brac that has been ac-
cumulated in the Executive Mansion
by the Presidents. In the beginning Of
his article Mr.. Fawcett says:
"There are doubtless in every large
city in the country larger and more
valuable collections Of bric-a-brac and
art furniture than that to be found in
the private apartments Of the EXecu-
tive Mansion, but it is a question
whether there is in the length and
breadth of the land any other half 50
interesting. Rarity is, of course,
universal characteristic of the artistic
gems scattered through the home Of
the Presidents, but better than that
is the fact that almost every piece is
fraught with memories and assocla-
tions that make 1t priced possession,
OF the whole number probably half
are the gifts of kings and rulers-toE-
ems of appreciation from friendly ma
tions-and the remainder, having been
fashioned especially for the White
House, have no duplicates anywhere
else in the world.
This accumulation is not the pro.
duct Of any particular administration.
President Arthur had, perhaps, more
of the collectors spirit than has been
inherent in any other man who has
been master of the White House, and
certainly he made more additions 10
its furnishings than any other Of lts
occupants.
ANY expenditure which the Presl-
dent himself makes for pictures or
statuary or bric-a-brac or furniture,
unless specially provided for, must
come out of the fixed appropriation
which Congress makes each year for
the maintenance Of the White House.
Mr.. Arthur chose to spend the major
part Of his allowance in the manner
which has been outlined Mrs. Nc.
Kinley, on the other hand, has pre-
ferred to devote the rather modest sum
to beautifying her temporary home IN
other ways, and thus we find all about
the house new mirrors, freshened dec
orations and other evidences Of re.
furnishing Mrs. Cleveland added
more new flowers than bric-a-brac,
and Mrs Hayes found her hobby in
pretty table china rather than in the
treasures that are purely ornamental"
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

later he met one Of Elizlbeth's former
callers with green shade over his eye
and a strip of sticking plaster on one
side Of his cheek and another adorer
with an unconcealed black eye. He
fancied at another time that he recog.
nized the burly figure Of the latest
walking up and down in front of the
house. Taking all these circumstances
into consideration, he came to the con-
cluslOn that Elizabeth was blockaded.
The surrender came only too soon,
Elizabeth for awhile went about her
work in llstless, weary fashion, and
she forgot things and did not whistle
any more. Then she took extra even
ings ont and began to grow more
cheerful. Then one day she went TO
Mrs Pratt and told her, with tears
and smiles, that she was going to get
married and would have TO leave, "Bnt
If It was not for him." she said, %
wouldt nefer leave you nt all; but be
will haf 1t so and / must do It,"
"Why don't you wait you silly girl?"
said Mrs Pratt "You have got plenty
of time yet. Make him wait"
"Oh but you do not know him. And
there are three children, and he says
I must marry him now, and must"
1t was the big man, it appeared, and
poor Elizabeth had been unable to
keep him kessing" and to make hil0
behafc." She had found her fate and
her master "Three children and that
brute" said Mrs. Pratt to herself;
poor girl"
Pratt, soon after, meeting the bride
groom-elect congratulated MIN warmly
on his good fortune, with sincere
praises of the girl. The 'brute" re-
piled. "Oh, yes, she iss goot, but dero
is q lot Of nonsense about her she will
haf to vorget if she lives init me-"
SO Pratt, too, went away signing,
Poor zabethw-Chicago Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

"A Journal 6svoAsd n 40 IAaSrsSs ef a.
hssidsAis Of the saburSS Of WaShingtoA
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

A man pretends to have invented n
method Of killing weeds by electricity
and there are also devices for opcrat.
ing plows by electricity, this latter
invention being only a modification Of
the steam plowirg system tried in
the West With his house lighted with
electricity, an electric railroad running
past his door and a telephone connec.
tion with the nearest town, to say
nothing Of the connection with his
barn, the strictly modern farmer may,
If he chooses, farm largely by electrici.
ty. This suggests the humorous view
Of the farmer Of the next century sit
ting calmly in his parlor, dressed IL
his Sunday clothes, reading the lates.
periodicals, and conducting his plant.
ing, feeding his pigs and killing his
chickens by the simple process o:
pushing buttons.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

GOldwin Smith is doubtless right in
his interesting conclusions in the mat.
ter Of suicide. The world is not be-
coming more sensitive. Advance IL
national education invariably brings
an increase in the proportion Of sui.
eide to the population. This is true
because it creates ambition and the
dissatisfaction which attends all true
progress. If everybody in the world
was well off and happy there would
probably still be suicide so long az
there were any people happier than
the others. Contentment is almost
wholly a matter Of mental compari-
son. ......
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

Much dissatisfaction is expressed in
Ohio and elsewhere because Mrs. Van
Liew, who deliberately threw acid In
the face of a young woman who had
aroused her Jealousy is not to receive
suitable punishment. Her victim was
horribly disfgured and passed weeks
of suffering before her death, but the
guilty woman has only been sentenced
to ten years Imprisonment. Such mis-
taken leniency will tend to encourage
this cruel and cowardly method Of
murder.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
one F1y,s Quiet Hslf-centurr.

The cornerstone of the old High
School building at Akron, Ohio, which
is being torn down to make room for
a freight station was removed few
days ago. The box it contained was
delivered to a committee Of the Akron
lodge Of Masons. When opened big
blue fly buzzed a moment and flew out
from among the papers in the box.
The box had been buried in the cor
nerstone fifty years and the fly could
not have got into it after the stone
was remoyed.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
REvERIEs oF A eAcHELoR.

The scarlet strand Of a ribbon, worn
And faded by passing time;
II glowed so waTmat her snow-white throat
When life was a joyous rhyme.
A lerchef daintily edged in lace
A bit of a spotless thing;
What subtle sense of q dying love
Its delicate odors BRING
What treasures dear of the days agone
Are these which cherish now
What loves they tell OF the withered past
OF many careless vow.
Newkirk, in Columbus State Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

What treasures dear Of the days agone
Are these which cherish nowl
What loves they tellF thewithered past
Of many a careless vow.
A curling lock hrom a giddy head,
That prisons CLINT Of gold;
II had place in my heart until
The love in my heart grew cold.
A slpper;-mold Of her pretty foot;
A dainty affair Of pink;
II tripped so light in the olden days
That lie behind, link by link.
-Newtoi
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
Every reader of the CITIZEN has our
best wishes for a Happy New Year and
many returns of the day.
Another eXperimentallst.

Another experimentallst, seventy
years old, announces that he has dis.
covered the secret Of perpetual mo-
tion. Perpetual motion is like the con-
temptation Of infnity. Too much in
dulgence ends in insanity. And no dis
covery in the world is too stupendous
for a cracked brain.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

BR name, Elizabeth Fried
NJ helm, was German. Her blue
eyes and faxen hair and her
Bible were German. But
there was nothing OF the Teutonlc re-
pose in her manner. and her way OF
whistling at her work and executing
little dance steps across the kitchen
when she thought Mrs. Pratt was not
looking, did not indicate Teutonlc SOL
idity of character. Mrs. Pratt was
afraid at first that she would not do by
any means, particularly when, on the
second evening of Elizabeths engage.
ment she found a young man in the
kitchen, whose almost painful cleanli-
ness and stiffness left no doubt of his
character of beau" Still, Elizabeth
seemed to be conducting herself with
the utmost propriety, and the young
man left early, so Mrs Pratt said moth.
ing at the time.
The next day, however, she thought
she would mention it, and she said, in
a mild, motherly sort of way, that
she did not want that young man there
too often-not oftener than once a
week, at any rate. Elizabeth laughed,
and said that she did not want him too
often, either, and she thought that
once a week was too often, so Mrs
Pratt went away feeling satisfied. So
far as the work was concerned she GER
tainly had nothing to complain of. OF
course, the girl was a new broom, but
the way she took hold of things, the
Quickness and thOroughness with
which they were done, and the neat
ness and order that seemed to descend
upon the fat were exceptional. Mrs.
Pratt had been suffering from a long
series Of transient incompetents, who
had lined her brow with care and
turned three hairs nearly gray. She
still felt apprehensiye, though, and
her foreboding was increased when in
the course Of the afternoon she found
Elizabeth out on the back porch chay.
ting pleasantly with the janltor, who,
for the rather morose, middle-aged and
married man he was, appeared to lie
enjoying the conversation immensely,
Mrs Pratt said she could hardly De
lieve that he was the same man when
she first saw his face. A little later she
was still more surprised. That was
when the janltor came up from the
basement with a bucket Of hot soap
suds, a mop and his hose and began
industriously to scrub off the porch,
That was something he had never done
before until the Pratts made three
formal complaints and a threat TO
move out Of the building. and as the
agent had his office inconveniently
situated down town, and it is tiresome
to be complaining and threatening to
move all the time, the ianitor had had
his own way after ALL Mrs. Pratt
could not help expressing her wonder
to her new domestic.
ooh, vell," said Elizabeth, smiling
brightly, II kess We don't have any
more Of that troubles; 1 haf toldt him
he must clean It right away und keep
1t clean" AS If that was all she had
TO 20.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
TIE ROMANCE OF ELIZABETB.
through It all Elizabeth whistled like
q yellowheaded nightingale.

through It all Elizabeth whistled like
yellow1headed nightingale.
1t was that way from that time
forth. Work was done to perfection
and the young men came with regu.
larity, but Elizabeth never let them
Interfere with her domestic duties.
There was one young man for nearly
every night in the week, and 1t seemed
that those whose turn fell on the or
nights when the Pratts had company
were apparently accorded the special
privilege of the Sunday afternoon
walk. How the girl managed thenj
so well Mrs. Pratt confessed was
mystery to her, and Pratt said that IL
it was a mystery to her it must be a
mystery indeed
Then substantial benefits were de
rived from the pretty little maid's
knack Of managing. The porch was
scrubbed even oftener than was nee,
essary and if anything went wronl
in the fiat Elizabeth had never to ash
the janitor twice to fix it, II anything
that the groceryman or the milkman
brought to the house was not what
Elizabeth considered it should be, thai
grOceryman or milkman or other maU
took It back with absolute enthusiasm
and was forthcoming with the proper
article within the shortest possible
space of time. 1t was simply marvel.
Gus.
Sometimes Mrs. Pratt felt It her
duty to demonstrate with the girl con.
cerning her coquetry, but Elizabeth
only laughed. She was always laugh
Ing. 1T does dem good" she said. 81
keep dem all kessing and den dey be
have. If dey did not like it dey would
not come any more, so it is goot for
dem and goot for me-"
When Mrs. Pratt told her husband
about this he was seriously concerned.
Il should have thought you would
have known better than that" he said.
Just as long as she keeps the crowd
going we are all right. If she had one
steady l should be scared. Let her
alone; she's all right. And l think, by
the way, that we might manage to put
another dollar a week on her wages"
That, Mrs. Pratt said, was just the
way you might expect a man to look
at such things-just as long as he was
comfortable he was willing to wink al
iniquity. Nevertheless the lady did
begin to think that she might have
said too much and the prospect Of
Elizabeth settling to one STEADY"
marrying and leaving them, was not
pleasant So she felt impelled to ex.
press to her domestic the hope that
she would not let one of those young
men run away with her.
"You needt not be a'skeered,"
laughed Elizabeth. "Now, 1 haf q
goot time, and if marry-vell, / haf
seen some people who haf married and
l am not in hurry. haf my goot
time first, anyway"
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

Sometimes one of Elizabeth's beaus
dropped of, either discouraged or dis
missed, but there was always another
to take his place, and it afforded the
Pratts quite little amusement to note
the changes. One evening Mrs. Pratt
went into the kitchen and found a
newcomer, who seemed to be of a diff
ferent stamp to the others-not SO
clean or neat and older, but a good
looking fellow enough, and Of o
breadth and stature that seemed to
make the kitchen shrink He rose to
his feet at the lady's entrance and
made an awkward bow, and Mrs.
Pratt noticed for the first time that
Elizabeth blushed. gFor two or three
weeks this giant called at his appoint
ed time; then he came twice in one
week. The second time this happened
the Pratts heard voices raised in anger
male voices and then the sound of a
1cufIie and a scream from Elizabeth.
Pratt jumped up and ran into the
kitchen just as the outer door slammed
and found Elizabeth with the bloom
1ed from her face confronting her lat
est admirer, who stood with his back
to the door scowling at her
"What does this meanp demanded
Pratt.
Elizabeth began to cry and the giant
stood sullen and silent.
Whatever 1t is" continued Pratt,
II won't have it. Get out of this house
and don't you let me find you here
again. don't want to have any trou-
bic with you, but told you to get out
Now get"
For m instant the big man hesltated; /;
then he turned, and with a parting
scowl at the girl opened the door aud
got. Pratt attempted to question
Elizabeth, but she would do nothing
but cry aud at last he gave it up aud
went back and told his wife that he
thought ElizHbeth's management had
failed for once and two had called at
the same time, with the result of the
survival Of the ftlest. 1t is probat lo
that he was right
They expected that Elizabeth would
file a weeks notice, but she did not
and no more young men called. Or
The succeeding evening Pratt thought
he heard the sound Of struggle out
side, and, looking out of the window,
ne saw a man stagger over backward
into the weeds at the side Of the horse
and limp away. Two or three days
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

KrterOA al rs Poet efses fOy hraASatsStOV
sre,,SA a. uahElb a s6oeAd-olGos raess.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

That evening Mrs. Pratt heard a
sound Of laughter proceeding from the
kitchen. and, having some natural fem
iniEe curiosity. she went out to sea
what was happening. 1t was another
clean and shiny young man sitting on
the stationary tubs and swinging his
heels, while Elizabeth swung hers
from q seat on the table and ate candy
out OF paper bag. Mrs. Pratt went
back into the parlor in a frame Of
mind, and told Mr.. Pratt that he would
have to call at the intelligence Office
the lext morning and see If he couldn't
scare up another girl.
"Why, what's the trouble, nowT'
asked Pratt.
""Well. she's got the second one IN
there now; one isn't enough for her,
and simply will not have that sort
Of thing going on every night, anyway,
She can't carry on with young men
all the time and give proper attention
to her work, and, besides, it isn't prop.
er for a young girl. l spoke to her
about 1t yesterday, and that seems tc
be all the good 1t did"
Nov, see here" said Pratt, "per-
haps it isn't the girls fault at all. To
look at her l should say that It wasn't;
you know how that is yourself"
81 don't know anything Of the kind"
"Slaybe you don't. l know 1t was
n cold night that l ever went to see
you and didn't find some one there,
and / know that you told me that you
couldn't help II, so I'm making the
same allowance for the girl"
Mrs. Pratt said he was talking non
sense, and he didn't make allowances
nt all, and it wasn't anything of the
kind, anyway; but she was Modified to
a certain extent, and said she would
take her husbands advice and wait
Il little while before she did anything
rash.
She was glad that she had come tc
this decision the next morning, for the
breakfast was on time and everything
was so nicely cooked tnat even Pratt
expressed his satisfaction, and as a
general thing Pratt is hard to satisfy
at breakfast time. Then the subse.
Quent sweeping, busting, washing and
securing were all as well done as 1t Is
possible to do those things, anG
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

ER name Elizabeth Fried
helm, was German. Her blue
eyes and flaxen hair and her
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CA T0RIA.
Bears the 1Tbs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at ItNAzIzg
Full Dinner Pail Boomerang.

That full dinner pail is providing
a boomerang for the Republicans
They are beginning to wish they had
not SHE'D it at the Democrats because
it is coming back again filled with
dornicks. The laboring man has been
doing some figuring anent the full din
ner pail, and he has found that both
pail and contents are harder to get be-
cause more expensive than they We're
four years ago The reason the tin din
ner pail, and the food that the thrifty
housewife packs into it each morning
have increased in price is because the
trusts, fostered by Republican admin
istration, have gotten control Of them.
At the same time the trusts, instead of
employing more men at increased wages
have dismissed thousands of men and
reduced the wages Of other thousands
The laboring man, after investigating
all these things has come to the con-
clusiOn that if he has a full dinner pail
he is not indebted to the Republican adj
ministration for it. and if he wants to
continue to have full dinner pail he
will have to elect w. J. Bryan, the can
didate of the party which is opposed to
trusts
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which would change materially the rela
tions of the United States to the Federal
Government. The control of the popu
lous colonies would be centred at Wash.
ington and we should have centraliza-
ton of power far beyond what the old
federalists ever dreamed Of You can.
Hot haze cnipir ridtom all lis attributes,
anil HU means Il practical ,rrOimiOn 81
or torm ot gorcrnmcm and ca dJdHdoH-
mutof he L,lictS which Tie fathers held
rhu, hcy established his Government il,
Is;G."
asked Mr.. Depew if it was not pos
sible to derive from these proposed col
ones revenue greater than the addi-
tional expenditure which their posses
sion would involve.
How said Mr.. Depew, by taxa
tom Every time You attempt to col
lect tax from these people they would
rise and you would have to call on your
military force to suppress them. And
suppress them for what? For doing
what John Hancock did? They might
gtote dqdii,N as or mtnoitdi Declaration
'Hut torotion ritLom representation Is
tyruanM'
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cy is government. Mr.. Mckinley
is to-day governing the Porto Rcans
with their implied consent, but with
ont giving them any voice in their own
affairs or any share in ours. He is try.
ing by means of military force to govern
the Filipinos against their consent.
Mr. Bryan says that this is Imperialism,
And unless words have lost their mean.
ing and analogies have lost their force.
he is Individually right.
While Mr.. Hanna says there are no
trusts, Mr.. Bryan goes intoa community
in his own State where the farmers are
profting temporarily by Starch Trust
and boldly tells them This is u mo-
nopoly, and all private monopolies are
wrong" To angry cries of dissent from
self-intercst he retorts to the corn
growers You have already seen Il
distillery in your town closed down by
the Whisky Trust What is 10 prevent
the Argo Company from being closed
down by the Starch Trust"
This is Mr. Bryans way honest fear
less, undertaking from what he knows
to be true and what he believes to be-
right
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James Reed Injured.

Mr.. James Reed, struck his leg against
a cake of ice in such manner as to
bruise it severely. 1t became very
much swollen and panied him so badly
that he could not walk without the aid
of clutches. He was treated by physi-
clans, also used several kinds of lini-
ment and two and half gallons of
whisky in bathing it, but nothing gave
any relief until he began using Cham
bcrlain's Pain Balm. This brought al
most complete cure in weeks time
and he believes that had he not used
this remedy his leg would have had to
be amputated. Mr.. Reed is one of the
leading merchants of Clay Court House,
w. Va. Pain Balm is unequaled for
sprains, bruises and rheumatism. For
sale by u. Wayne Griffin d Bro, Drug
gists. III
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Oldest Kentuckian.


Jessamine county claims the Oldest
person in the State Mile Booker, an
old ex-slave, who lives near Pink, has
the honor of being this person. She
was purchased by the OverStrcet estate
from the Cecil family, Of Garrard coun-
ty about eighty-thrce years ago. The
records show that she was over twenty
at that time. This makes her about lU}
years old She has thirty-nine grand
children living and thirty four dead.
1913 great-grandchildren living and fifty
dead twenty great great grandchildren
living and three dead She has had
fourteen children, six Of whom are still
living. This makes her total progeny
236. Aunt Mile, as she is commonly
called, is blind, but her mind is clear.