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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20
PLAYING Safe.

Puck: Misty (fercely)-Yer ought to be
ashamed NV yerself-punchin' q little kid
like dat! Why don't yer punch somebody
yer own size an weight?
Swipesy-Huh! An have de gang hollcr
"Fake!" and room me repatriation foreyeri
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

The per capita debt of Boston is SO
more than that of New York city. AZ
ter New York, with a per capita debt
OF Sis. come Cincinnati with $50 Bal
timore with SIS. Pittsburg with s6S.
Buffalo with s+5. Philadelphia with s4s,
Cleveland with s31, st. Louis with s3s
and Chicago with $40
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

American pottery manufacturers are
discussing plan for the construction
OF special building at the worlds
falr appropriate in design and of Ger
annie materials, so far as possible, in
whlsh to install everything in the line
OF clay manufactures
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

DIR. Simon Newcomb. professor NOR
titus of mathematics and ASTRONOMY in
Johns Hopkins university, has lust had
the honorary degree of doctor of nhi-
losophy conferred upon him by the
Christiania university.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

The pope has been happy in legacies.
II mas been reclsoned that during his
pontificate sum of more than C 1,0oo,-
goo has been bequeathed to him In vari-
Gus ways. 100000 having come to him
IN one year, and one recent beuuest
being for no less than 100000.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

The National museum at Re,graa,
has come into possession of n coilac.
ton of $4,000 Roman copper coins re
Gently unearthed near a Seryian viii
lage. The Oldest of them belong in the
time of Caracalla.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

Taking the United States as a whole
the census shows that one person In
every forty has telephone. Sar
Francisco leads the world In the gen.
crafty of telephone use. There one
In twelve has a telephone.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

AT the present day. on the best an.
thorities there are 250,o0o. 600 Mussul.
mans in the world. The Christian Don.
ulation is put at $4,000, 600, but the IN.
crease of Islam is more rapid than tina,
of its sister religion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

j. III. Seaverna, a native of New Ter.
sey Is candidate for parliament i1
one of the London districts. He ha.
lived In England for son. ten years and
recently became natu. allied subiec,
Of King Edward.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

1t is instanced as one of the curiosi.
ties OF the memory that people who
Know long pieces of verse by heart fire.
phone number.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

The agricultural returns of Great
Britain for 1902 show that the total UNI
der crops and grass was 32.3S7. 765
acres-a decrease of 29,4SO compared
with 1901. ee
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

The new commander chief of yne
Grand Army of the Republic, General
Stewart is but 54 years old He en-
years during the war of the rebellion
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

Among the flotsam and jetsam thrown
up on the beach at Rhossilli. (,lan,or-
gan, recently, was the body of a fun
grown lion which has since been buried
by the coast guard in what is known n {
FoX's cave. -
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Tramp Riding the Blind Baggage" the

Tramp HId1ng the ."BIInd Baggage" the
Only Ono Injured.
Washington. Ind. Nov 14.-The Royal
Blue flyer on the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern was wrecked twenty miles
east of'here today. colliding with freight
train headon. A tramp riding on me ten
der OF the passenger engine was injured
and q number Of passengers sustained
slight bruises.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

Ex-President T. L. Patton of Prince
Jon university. is sitting for his por.
trait to John w. Alexander, on an or
der from the alumni. The portrait is
to go to the university.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

surinam has the smallest range Of
temperature of any place In the world
The summer temperature is 70 and the
winter temperature is 771s degrees.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

There are about $1,000 convicts in the
prisons OF England. whose maintenapce
costs about Ss.ooo.0o0 . year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20
IN ACTIVE ERUPTION.
Volcano of Santa Marie, in Guatemala,
Still Spreading Destruction Over
the and

San Francisco. Nov. IA dispatch
received by mercantile firm in this
city from its agents in Guat emala
states the volcano of Santa Marie Is
still in active eruption.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20

North American reindeer usually Sc.
!ect an old doe for their leader, "
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-20
Saving Money.

Exchange: And where did he tax,
you after the theeter2'
Home
"Ah! So you are engaged at last?s
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
SOME WRITER'S.

Bret Harte was good deal of a re-
cluse, in that respect resembling Haw-
thorne more than any other man of
letters
Baxter 1t IS said, kept the manu-
script of the Saints Everlastn~ Rest"
in his hands for thirteen years, revis-
ing and condensing.
Cooper is said to have written THE
Spy in less than six months. Most of
his stories were founded on legends
well known in his neighborhood.
Longfellow turned out about one
volume of poems a year for many
years. Nearly four years were required
for his translation of Dante
The first volume of poems by Alfred
Tennyson came out when he was TWEEN.
ty-four. He was forty-one when "In
Memoriam" came from the press.
Thomas Moore often wrote a short
poem almost impromptu. He consumed
over two years in reading and prepar
ing material for 'Lalla Rookh" and
two years more in writing that mimi
table poem.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

most beautiful lake in the world ana
the other the salt mines. A visit to tho
SAT- mines gives one an exciting hour
Many tourists take tickets at the Ton
but many of the fair sex e. deferred
from using them when they see the
costume that is rendered essential In
the visit. In other words, they have TO
abandon skirts and adopt special
rig out" One may frequently observe
that ladies, torn between what they
consider modesty and curiosity, go two
or three times to the mines before ttcv
screw up their courage sufficiently 10
don the attire and pay the visit.
The necessity for women to abandon
the usual garment arises from the fact
That a portion of the mine can only be
visited through the medium of a kind
OF slide. This slide is, however the
best thing in the whole visit. 1t is a
great deal better than tobogganing,
and, as one is in the dark and with
only q candle fastened TO ones dress.
1t is not little exciting.
The strangest incident in the trim is
that of the illumination of what is
called "the salt lake" You are rowed
across this lake in almost absolute
darkness, the illumination being pro-
vi ed by a number of miners lamps
round the lake, and the journey has
very considerable weirdness. The next
best experience in the trip is the final
ride into daylight on the trucks. This
is journey through absolute darkness
for very considerable way until final
ly one sees little CLEAN of light in
the distance. Altogether, as | have
said, between the toboggan slide, the
car ride and the boat journey across
the salt lake the visitor to the Berch-
tesgaden salt mine has plenty for his
money. But, curiously enough, he sees
very little salt. At any rate, the pre-
pared salt that one uses on ones break
fast table is not at all in evidence.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
4 punctunl Bird

What tempts the little humming
bird that we see in our gardens to
travel every spring from near the
equator TO as far north as the arctic
circle, leaving behind him, as he does,
for Il season, many tropical delights!
lie is the only one OF many humming
birds that plucIdly leaves the land of
gayly colored birds to go into volun-
tary exile in the north, east of the Mis-
sissippi. How it stirs the imagination
to picture the solitary, tiny migrant, a
mere atom of bird life, moving above
the range of human sight through the
vast dome of the sky Borne swiftly
onward by rapidly vibrating little
wings, he covers the thousands of
miles between his winter home and his
summer one by easy stages and ar
rives at his chosen destination, wealth
err permitting, at approximately the
same date year after year.-Country
Life In America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
HOW THE INDIANS VOTE.
They Are Very Deliberate and Then
Have Simple Method.

The Chickasaw Indians cast their
vote differently from the way the
white man does it. They meet the DAY
before the election, and none but
Chickasaws by blood is allowed TO
vote. No white man or intermarlled
citizens have the right of suffrage.
They 20 off to themselves aId nave a
powwow. They decide for whom lhey
will vote after considering the matter
for twenty-four hours.
The polling place is quite unlike that
of the white man. There is n great
sheet of paper, white, yellow or brown
as the case may be, about three feet
square. Upon this sheet Of paper are
q vast number of cross lines, regularly
ruled off with a pencil Then down
one side of the sheet OF paper are
nlaced the names of all candidates lOr
office. beginning with the candidates
for governor and running on down 10
nrecinct officers. At the top OF the
shoot are the number of blank spaces
that will be required for the names OF
the voters. The judges OF election SIT
by and pass on those entitled 10 vote,
and. there is certainty that no illegal
votes are cast.
The Indian is thoroughly deliberate
He takes his time when it comes TO
voting. He proceeds to the polling
place, locks carefully over the poh
sheet. and if he is ready to cast ms
ballot he calls out his name, ana me
clerk records it on the sheet. Iheh the
clerk reads off the names OF the can
didates for governor The voter delip,
crates awhile, calls out the name Oh
the candidate for whom he desires 10
vote. his vote is recorded, ana the
names of the candidates for the next
office are called out, and so on through
the list. till all the Offices represented
are voted for.
, Thus it is that every voter knows
exactly how every other voter has cast
his ballot, and there are no remarks
no suggestions and no quarrels over
differences of opinion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
QUICK WORK WITH A SHARK
Three kanakas Went Down ana GOT
Him While He Was tsIecn

THE Kanakas of the Hawaiian Is.
lands have about as much fear of the
huge sharks that infcst the Hawaiian
waters as we have Of one-montb-old
fox terrier pups" said naval officer
who recently returned from the Asiatic
station by way of the islands. "One
morning couple Of months ago. when
our ship was lying in Honolulu harbor
big banana barge, propelled by three
muscular, fine looking, nearly nude
Kanakas, pulled alongside of us to
peddle the fruit among the men for
ward. just as they got the barge close
to the ship the three Kanakas began to
Jabber excitedly in their queer, musical
language and to feel of the edges of
the knives suspended by lanyards
around their necks.
THE eyes Of those Kanakas were
keener than ours, and they had seen
big shark asleep directly beneath the
lighter, the water being so clear down
that way that objects can he seen
through it to a great depth. 1t didn't
take those three giant muscled Kama
kas more than ten seconds to shuttle
out of their few clothes. Then they
removed the strings from their long
knives, grasped the knives in their
right hands, stepped gently over the
side of the lighter. hung to the gun
wales of the lighter with their left
hands for a moment or so. and then.
altogether, they gave that queer diving
wriggle to their legs in which they are
so expert and disappeared from the
surface. We couldn't see them going
down on account of the commotion
and consequent bubbles they made in
the water.
"Within about ten seconds after they
disappeared the bubbles that came to
the surface began to take on the hue
of blood
"'That about settles one Kanaka. if
not the whole three of Them said we
on the gangway. The next thing we
saw was gigantic shark thrashing
the water crafty on the port side of
the lighter and incarnadining the sea
within Il radius of fifty feet with its
blood. Then the three Kanakas came
up, all in a bunch, like trio of jacks
in-the-box, with contented smiles on
their faces. The shark thrashed around
for five or ten minutes. and at the end
of that time he was as dead as any
sailed mackerel in barrel, the entire
length of him. The three Kanakas had
tackled him altogether as he slept, had
driven their knives into his vulnerable
parts. and before he had chance to
pull himself together he was as good
as dead. 1t was as workmanlike jot
of going after big sea game as ever
saw Philadelphia Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
DON'T GET TOO FULL.
A Lesson That May BE Learned From
the Habits of the Bees.

int VI bCCSs
"Don't stir up beehive unless you
know it is a rich one, said an apiarist
to 4 visitor at his bee farm.
81 think that l would leave them
alone altogether" was the reply. "They
have too angry a buzz about them to
win my confidence
You are not used to them, that's
ALL" said the beeman. For example,
these hives are full of honey. and if
puff little smoke into the doors so as
to sort of suffocate the sentries l can
topple a hive over, handle the bees
like so many beans. clean the honey
combs and carry them off. The bees
won't harm me-" And, to prove his
words, the speaker performed his eX-
pertinent and came back to his friend
with a smile and several heavy combs
of honey.
"If those hives had been nearly
empty" said the apiarist, Il would
have been lucky TO have escaped with
my life. The tenants of a poor hive
sting to kill"
THAT'S strange" said the visitor
81 s-ould think that they would de
fend their boards with especial jeal
ousy, and the more they have the hot
ter they would fight"
"The reason is" said the beeman
"that when alarmed the bees fly tC
their storehouse and gorge themselves
When full of honey, bee can't benz
its body and sting"
(Which should be a lesson to US,
said the other Don't get too full
/ New York Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
The old Lady and the Incubator.

An old lady visiting an exhibition
went TO see some incubators which
were on show and, complaining of the
expense of keeping fowls, said that If
they were cheaper she would buy an
egg Matching machine. After she had
asked various questions the gentleman
in attendance proceeded to show her
the drawers in which were deposited
the eggs in different stages On these
the old lady looked in establishment.
"What." she exclaimed Indignantly.
"Do you use eggs?" Certainly" was
the attendants astonished answer.
"Nell," said she, 81 consider it per-
feet swlndle to pick the pockets OF
honest, Woodworking folks by selling
them those frauds! Why, anybody can
hatch chickens with eggs! can do it
myselfw-London Globe
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Swift WINS 4 Ounce at school.

Not only philosophers and divines,
but some of the most trenchant satir-
lists and brilliant humorists were dull
enough as boys. 1t has been said OF
Swift in his best days that che dis
PLAYED either the blasting lightning of
satire or the lambert and meteorlike
caricatures of frolicsome humor." And
vet this vigorous disputant was consid-
cred fit subject for a fools cap at
school. Afterward at the Dublin uni
versity "he was by scholars esteemed
a blockhead," who was denied his de-
gree on his first application and OBJ
tanned it with great difficulty ON the
second.-London Standard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Tho Woman and Her Face.

Once upon time a woman had a
quarrel with her features because they
made ugly faces at her when she
looked in the glass. She scolded and
scolded, but it all did no good.
Finally she sat in front of her mir
ror and with rouge, powder and black
pencil went deliberately to work to
show her face how wrong it was and
succeeded.
After a time she smiled a smile of
intense satisfaction, and her face
smiled pleasantly back at her.
Moral.-It is better to make up than
to continue differences.-New York
Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Society and comnnnlonship.

The privilege of having some one
with whom we may exchange a few
rational words every day, as Emerson
phrases it, is. the choicest gift in life.
We are rich in society and yet poor in
companionship. In the overflow of
chatter we are starved for conversa-
ton. Social life is so largely an affair
of representation, it inclines so largely
to the spectacular and to what its
chroniclers designate as social tunc-
tons" that the element of conyersa-
tional intercourse is almost eliminated
Yet, primarily, is not that the supreme
object of all friendly meeting? When
we reduce to first principles this COM
plex thing called living, do we not go
to our friend solely TO talk with him!
Do we not invite him solely that we
NAV exchange ideas and compare
views on subjects of mutual interest!
Still, rs things 60 people meet all
through a season in the midst of groups
and throngs-at dinners. receptions, en-
tertainments of all kinds-without eX-
changing one word in the way of true
Intercourse EXchan@e
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Ono Brick Short.

Richard NJ Hunt, the architect, used
to relate that in his younger days,
while supervising the erection of
brick building, a recent arrival from
Cork applied for a job and was en-
ployed as a hodcarrier after being in
structed that he must always carry up
fourteen bricks in his bod. One morn
ing the supply of bricks ran out, and,
do his best, the new man could find
but thirteen to put in his bod. In an
swer to a loud yell from the street one
of the mlsons on the sixth story
shrieked down:
what do you want?'
"T'row me down wan brick" said
Pat, pointing to his bod, ito make me
number good"'-New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
FREAK ADORNMENTS.
strange Household Ornaments That
May Re Seen In England.


Many are the strange household and
garden adornments scattered up and
down the English countryside In
Sussex village is part of a garden pal
ing made wholly out OF tile swords of
swordtiShes. The lady who owns the
garden got the strange paling from her
brother, who had originally sported it
in the tropics.
Near Leeds is summer house made
wholly of buttons of every imaginable
kind, and in the same county is
room the walls of which are adorned
entirely by the ribbons Of cigars. near
ly 10000 of these being represented.
From garnet to basement in the large
house of Leeds mineral water manu-
facturer is a gigantic Scrapbook. ev-
cry notable theatrical poster of the last
twenty years being pasted on the
walls.
A north country banker living near
Wakefield has a great dining room the
whole of the walls of which are the
wooden and iron doors of eminent cas-
Ties ana historic buildings. and at Lis
card, in Cheshire, is room that con-
tains hundreds of picture frames made
of every imaginable substance, from
leather to tigers bones, one frame be-
ing placed within another according to
size so that the whole surface is COW
cred with frames.
In Liverpool is room-that of
dentist whose grandfather occupied
the same premises-that contains many
mirrors and pictures the frames of
which are made entirely of sharks
teeth. Near Birmingham a manufac-
turer has a study that is lined, even to
the roof, with nothing but chains of
various thicknesses and padlocks of
different siZes.-Pearsons
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Women BUYERS,

1t is said that the chief reason why
many firms prefer women as buyers is
that the women refuse entertainment.
The old practice of entertaining" the
buyer grew to scandalous and expen-
sive proportions. With the advent of
the woman buyer came change. She
did not drink or smoke. She had
neither time nor disposition for enter
tainment. She came for business, and,
her business being done, she departed,
all this to the manifest profit of every
one.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Too Cautious.

81 have the greatest confidence in
DR.. Slocum as a physician" said one
of the doctors patients. He never
gives an opinion till he has waited and
weighed case and looked at it from
every side"
"Um-m" said the skeptical friend.
"Thats all right if you don't carry it
too far. There have been times, you
know, when he's been so cautious that
his diagnosis has come near getting
mixed up with the postmortem." =
YOUTHS Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
CURRIT0 and CASPARD.
Two of the Best and HandsOmest
SireS i'm Frederick County.
@-@.

GASPARD-Th grand sire OF STYLE speed and action, is a
horse to be by the farmers of the who have fine large
and who wish improve their stock by the blood of of
the best strains OF registered stock in this country.
Gaspard sure getter and has number of splendid look
ing colts from To and handsome looking colts
must breed stylish horses of good size and action
Gaspard bright bay hands high and weighs twelve
pounds splendid carriage fine action and the
horse produce large carriage horses which such de-
mand as well as fine road horses.
Gaspard of Sea King bred celebrated Woodbun
Stock Farm in Kentucky Gaspards Lord RUSSELL
brother to Maud s., 2.0S3
Gaspard PEN standard and registered by
Mambrno Abdallah great brood mare Sre)
by Harold Maud S. and sixty others in the
2'oo ISL
3rd dam by Mambrino Patchen, of the
go list.
Gaspard will stand the Wakersvlle az
fifteen dollars money be paid when the
He will stables Frederick
For information about Gaspard apply Edward Fink Walkers
vile, or to Michael Knill Frederick Md.
CURRITO known trotters Maryland,
mont Park Philadelphia gamer horse faced the
Currito beautiful brown stands fifteen three of
splendid appearance and has number of grand colts from od
nary mares His colts are large and handsome and all show speed
Currito by Idol Gift 224 he by Akes Idol by
Mambrino Chief
Curritos dam Star Maid dam Clayton, 29 by Jupiter
Abdallah
2nd dam Lady Mason by American Star
3rd dam by Hunts Commodore
his stable $40 the
Should be with foa return privilege
is given. Liberal terms always assured.
MICHAEL KNILL.
Manager for L. VICTOR BAUGHMAN,
Poplar Frederick,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
Marvellous Medicine.

A patent medicine yender in coun-
try village was dilating to a crowd
upon the Sonderful efficiency of his
iron bitters.
"Why," said he, "Steye Jenkins had
only taken the bitters one week when
he was showed into the prison for MUIR
der, and what does Steve do but open
a vein in his arm and take iron enough
out of his blood to make croWDar'
with which he pried the doors open
and let himself out. Fact.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
His Early Promise.

"Does my boy" inquired the parent
"seem to have a natural bent in any
one direction?'
Eyes. sir" said the teacher; "he gives
every indication of being a captain OF
industry some day. He gets the other
bovs to do all his work for him."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
The American Idea.

81 always supposed Bounder wasn't
afraid of anybody, yet he fatty refused
TO fight that little French count who
picked a quarrel with him.
eyes, but it was only business pru'
denee, not cowardice. Bounder said he
wouldn't let a stranger draw on him fol
81. New York Commercial Adyer'
tiser