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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26
BIG MAN IN COAL.
u. D. Thomas, the New Read of the
Lehigh valley Railroad.

One of the most prominent figures
before the public during the progress Of
the anthracite coal strike has been
Eben b. Thomas, who has just been
elected president Of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad company and the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company. He is also chairman
OF the board of directors OF the Erie
railroad rs well az chairman of the
Lehigh Valley directors, but will doubt
less resign the former position and de-
vote all his energies to the service Of
the latter road
Mr.. Thomas is a product of the west
and is generally regarded as an un-
commonly we'll equipped railroad man.
his experience in this calling covering
a period of over thirty years. He had
made his mark in business however.
before he entered the railroad service.
A native of Cleveland. he went to work
at the age of fifteen for the American
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26

HANDS GENTLY AWAY.
honesty and painstaking, he submitted
cravenly to the heaped abuses of the
town gang" and SUNK out of the vii
lage each day like beaten tramp dog.
"You don't whistle any more, Ed"
said his mother. you look thin and
sick What's the matterY
He had built her couch on the sun
ny veranda behind the climbing rose.
He cared fer her tenderly. The green
valley stretched away below them to
the village marked by the smoking tan
merry chimneys.
you've done well with the farm,
Ed. Everybody says so. You mustn't
get sick now. Whistle 'Lorena.' You
know. always like that"
He started low and sweetly, quaver-
ed and broke down, arose hastily and
walked out to the barn. The mother
watched him with anxious eyes.
The summer passed with sun and
shower. Large harvests followed, and
the Jamisons prospered. Ed came to
enjoy comparative peace in the vii
lage, for the inability to arouse in him
the least resistance made the game
tiresome.
In September Mrs. Jamison was well
enough to ride out, and one day Ed
took her to visit a cousin down the
river. He had never, like other lads
of his age, taken the girls TO ride, and
this day he playfully called her his
first grl-his sweetheart He whistled
the old tunes and initiated the roadside
birds and was happy
The drive home brought them to the
village just at lamp lighting. Some
thing unusual was happening. The
main street was crowded with men
and boys. Teams lined both sides, and
at the open windows and in the yards
and balconies the women chatted gay
ly.
"What is. the celebrations" asked
Mrs. Jamison OF IA neighbor as they
drove alongside.
Political meeting-great speech. Bet
Ter hurry IN, or you won't get near.
Ed proposed at once that they turn
and take the long route around the
town, but his mother would not hear
of it. They found the crowd so dense
in the main street that they could ad-
vance but little way at time, and
opposite the speakers platform they
came to a standstill. A company Of
town boys bored through, iostling the
people to right and left, shouting and
blowing horns. The leader. a tall
young fellow, struck the Jamison horse
across the nose with a horn.
Looking up, he saw who was the
driver, and. his joy nearly overcame
him.
"Trembely Ed, as I'm alivev he
shouted. Come on, boys! Here's our
4 game! He'll scare to death here"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26

If you wish a good dish of stewed
bacon. wash and scrape the bafn, put
In steamer over boiling water and
cook forty minutes or until tender.
Pick off the thick outside skin when
COOL season well and sprinkle with
Drowned breadcrumbs. Put INTO the
oven for few minutes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26
When J. NJ. Barrie Lost His su

When J. NJ. Barrie Lost His Smile.
j. NJ. Barrie once presented the prizes
at the Dumfries academy, where he
was formerly a pupil. Among other
things he said: 81 remember one prize
/ got which had rather disastrous re
suits. 1t was awarded by the girls of
the school by plebiscite to the boy who
had the sweetest smile in the school,
The tragic thing was that my smile
disappeared that day and has never
been seen since"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26

GASPARD-This grand sire STYLE speed and action is a
horse to be seen by the farmers of the who large
mares and who wish to improve their stock by blood
the best strains of registered stock in this country.
Gaspard gee and has number Of sendid look
ing colts from farm To size colts
you must breed stylish horses of good
bright bay hands high and weighs twelve
pounds has splendid carriage fine action and the
horse produce which are in suc de-
mand, as well as fine road horses.
Gaspard Sea King celebrated woodburu
Stock Farm in Kentucky Gaspards sire Russell
brother to Maud s.. 2OS3.
The Gapard Gold PEN standard and registered nv
Mambrno Abiallah great brood mare sire.)
by Harold sire of Maud S. and sixty others in e
80 list
rd dam Mamhrno Patchen the dams of 100 in the
80 list
Gaspard will stand for the at Walkersvie at
fifteen dollars the be paid to ne
with oal He will also stables near Frederick
For information about Gaspard apply Fink at Walkers
Nle or to Michael Knill Frederick, Md.
CURRITO known troteS in Maryland He
mont Park. Philadelphia gamer faced the
Currito stands fifteen three Of
splendid appearance and has number of grand colts ori
nary His colts large and handsome all speed
by Idol Gift 22 he by Aker' Idol he by
Mambrno Chief
Curitos dam Star Maid dam Clayton, 10 by Jupiter
Abdalah.
2ud dam Lady Mason by American Star.
3rd dam by Hunts Commodore
Currito stands his stable
season Should not be with toa privilege
is given Liberal terms always assured.
MICHAEL KNILL,
Manager for L. VICTOR BAUGHMAN
Poplar Frederick, Md
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26
A. Kid Reviver.

A good kid reviyer for either boots or
gloves is made by boiling an old kid
boot top or a pair of old kid gloves.
They will soon dissolve and form jel-
~ which is as good kid reviver as
any one can buy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26
CARPET Patterns

A carpet of small pattern is much
more economical than a floor covering
with a large, sprawly design 1t can
be mended, turned over and the small
figure matched very easily. while the
large pattern is very terror to the
contriving housekeeper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26
The Parrot.

She-Isn't that beautiful parryt?
He-Well. like the cage better tina u
| do the parrot.
"Pshaw! The cage can't talk
"That's the reason | like it.1-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26
A Deadlock.

Maud-When are they to be married?
Ethel-Never.
Maud-Never? And why so?
Ethel-She will not marry him until he
has paid his debts, and he cannot pay his
debts until she marries him.-Fun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26

So long as one loves one fo'gives.-
La Rochefoucau ld.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-26

CRUITS AND NUTS OF ALL KINDS
4 Oranges, Malaga Grapes, Figs, Dates, and
beautiful assortment OF nne Candies.
oct lott. 4. V. STAUB.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16

such good things" out Of which they
make money.
At whose expense? They never stop
to think. They need money; he puts
them in the way of obtaining it. No
further do they trouble. Leaving his
haunted wife to roam through the cor
ridOrs of his palace" he looks on the
wine while it is red, baSks in the smiles
Of the fair, enjoys the incense Of the
venal press and varies his pleasures by
taking frequent trips to Paris, where
his face is as we'll known as in London.
He is perfectly well aware that he is
a swindler who has wrecked thousands
of homes. But he is equally well
that the law can not touch him,
that lawyers, divines, aristOcrats, Off
Gals and even judges can be bought
by a portion Of his ill-gOtten gains.
And he drains the cup of pleasure to
the dregs-cynical, insouciant. a typic-
al product Of the age which invented
the fl share for the better despOiling
Of the ignorant and the innocent.
Shortly he will float another big con-
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
CHAPTER XVII

The stranger stood in the doorway till
the sound of their receding footsteps had
died away. He then, having closed the
door, turned to Harleigh.
IF 1 heard Alright" said he, your
name Is Clarence Ha~rleigh."
THAT is my name"
And mine is Edward Elliston."
"One that / sha'n't be likely soon to
forget said Harleigh, cordially offering
him his hand, for it is to Edward Ellis
ton that | owe my liberation from pris-
on"
Il imagined" said young Elliston, with
some embarrassment, that after the pre-
caution which had been taken TO prevent
1t, the name of the person couldn't trans
pire."
II couldn't suffer myself to be the re-
cipient Of a signal favor without making
an effort to discover the author of it" re-
piled Harleigh, though, after all, L must
confess that it was revealed to me by
what may be termed chance, rather than
by any exertion of my own. But why
should you wish to conceal what has
made me so much your debtor?'
81 hardly know, were l to attempt it,
- 1 could offer any very logical reason
for SO doing, and will, therefore, only
say that l was sincere In the wish that 1t
should not be made known"
You didn't care to make my acquaint-
ance, is the only way l can interpret your
reluctance" said Harleigh, smiling; but
if you had any graver reason for wishing
to avoid me. chance seems to have over
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
GROWS LIKE UNTO A GOURD

Rapid Development of Oklahoma in
Wealth and Industry.
Really no State or territory can show
a record of growth in the past decade
that compares in any way with that of
Oklahoma. That territory came into
being n fine spring day eleven years
ago, when at a signal that the promised
land was open there was a rush Of
boomers that has never been eQualed
or surpassed. Eastern visitors who
were in the southwest at the time
found everybody talking Oklahoma,
and thousands making their way thith-
er, some in trains, others in wagons
an Oklahoma fever on that conserva-
tive Fasteners were prepared to &C
cept the prediction often heard In Texas
at that time that Oklahoma, born in q
boom, would collapse with the inevita-
bic subsistence Of the excitement.
But Oklahoma did nothing Of the
kind. 1t has now a population Of $685.
PAS, which is 5 5000 more than Vermont
has and mOr than double Delaware's
population. There are 10000 more peo-
pie in Oklahoma than there are in
North Dakota. New Hampshire has
but 1900 more Inhabitants than Okla
homa- Oklahoma remains a territory,
while Idaho, with ISL, I'll inhabitants.
Is a sovereign State. Oklahoma has
155, 1000 more Inhabitants than Montana
and more than nine times as many peo-
pie as Nevada. Moreover, Oklahoma
has a very "solid" population which
goes in for public schools and ba"ccs.
which is Industrious and thrifty.
homa's claim TO admission as a State
cannot much longer be denied. Proba-
bly, the delay is in some due to
Oklahoma's own desire for some agree
ment with Indian territory by which
the two shall be consolidated as a State
of powerful proportions In area, popu-
lation and resources.-BOston Tran
Script.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Importance of This New Branch of
the Postal Service.

Importance of This New Branch OF
the Postal Service.
OF all the institutions that promote
the progress of the United States there
is no other. to my mind, that compares
in Importance with free rural mail de
livery. Although it is scarcely five years
since the system was adopted. it has al
ready revOlutiOniZed social, business
and economic conditions in territory
covering Over 100000 square miles.
exceeding that attending any improve
ment heretofore attempted in the post
Office service and it mean more in the
way Of personal happiness and public
advancement than anything else of
which L know, says a writer in Sue
cess.
The Importance of this new branch
of the postal service is best indicated
by the rate at which it has grown. We
began, in 1896, with an appropriation
of $4,000. For three years previous
to that Congress had made each year
an appropriation; but with declining
revenues and increasing deficits the
postOttice department has been lOath
to take any step that might involve
additional burdens. AS the matter of
establishing rural routes had been left
to the discretion of the Postmaster
General, the appropriations were un-
used.
In 1896, Congress, in making the ap-
preparation. embodied a mandatory
clause; and, with much miSgiving,
POstmaster-Genera William l.. Will
son, in October, 1896, established the
first route, which was out Of Charles
ton, w. Va. On the first Of July, 1897,
only forty-three routes were in opera
ton. To-day there are more than 5000
routes, serving 600, 900 ~farmhouses, in
which live more than 1000, 900 people.
1t requires some experience of life in
the country, under old conditions, to
realize what it means to these people
to be suddenly brought from an isolated
position into daily touch with the outer
world, the news and events of which
had only sifted to them at haphazard. |
The territory covered by the rural
routes is equal to about 12O, 900 square
miles, eQualing in area the New Eng
land States, New York and New Jer-
sey. Eventually they will cover 1,OOO,-
300 square miles or more. The appro-
.priation for the maintenance of the
advanced from $4,000 in 1897
to $4,000 in 1898; $15O,OOO in 1899;
in 1900; 81, $50, 900 In 1901.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
GO CD
Short ST.

In his STORY of the Cowboy" Elmer
son Hough gives the following quar-.
terly report of a foreman to an Eastern
ranch owner, which constituted his
most serious labor Of the year: Deer
Sur, we have brand 800 caves this
roundup we have made sum hay po-
tatOes is a fare crop. That Inglishman
yu lef in charge at the other camp
got to fresh an We had to kill him.
Nothing much has happened sence yu
lief. Yurs truly, JIM"
One day at a rehearsal, w. S. Gil
bert observed a girl crying, and asked
her the cause of it. Between her Sobs,
she declared she had been insulted by
one OF the costumers, who had said to
her: You are no better than you
ought to be-" Gilbert Immediately
looked very sympathetic, and said:
well, you are not, are you. my dear?'
To which she replied, promptly: Why,
Of course not, Mr.. Gilbert" "Ah, that's
all right" he said, and she went away
perfectly comforted.
The other day a Sunday school SUI
perintendent, in talking to his pupils
about cruelty to animals, said: Only
d coward would abuse a creature that
has no way of protecting itself. Why.
children, / once knew a little boy who
cut off a calf's tail! Think of it-toOk
a knife and cut the tail right off! Can
any n tell me a verse in the Bible
that would have taught this cruel boy
that he should not have cut off the
calf's tail?" After a moments silence,
a small boy held up his hand, and
when asked to quote his verse, ven
tured: What God hath joined togeth-
er, let no man put asunder."
One of the packages of seed provided
by the Department Of Agriculture was
recently returned to a member of Con-
gress by one of his constituents, with
the following modest request: Il ap-
preciate your goodwill in sending the
seeds. but my eldest daughter, Matilda,
Is going to marry the doctor down to
the village next month, and wife and
l think of giving up the farm and go
ing there to live. If we do, the seeds
won't be much good, as we shan't have
4 garden, so if you could change them
some stockings, No. 9, and some
handkerchiefs or a nice spring bonnet
for Matilda, l would be much obliged"
When Dion Boucicault was playing
The Vampire" at the Princess Thea
ter, London, the opening cen repre-
the highest regions Of the Alps
by moonlight, while a thunder storm
in the distance. One night, in
he height of the season, a tremendous
,lap Of thunder startled the audience,
interrupted Mr.. Boucicault in the
middle Of a speech. Lowering his
7Oice SO that it could be heard only by
he property man, he said: VERY we'll.
Mr.. Davids, you are making more mis-
axes. That clap Of thunder came in
he wrong place." Mr.. Davis replied
D stentOrian tones, which could be
heard all over the auditOrium:
No fault Of mine, sir; it wasn't my
hunder. Thunder's real out of doors;
perhaps you can stop it there
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
Helen MoOn'S Case.

New Providence, Ia, Oct. I3th.--Ins
wonderful case of little 3-yeaf-ofH
Helen Moon continues to be inc 'ai =
of the neighborhood and everyone ~
rejoicing with Mr.. and MIS-. Z. "
Moon, the happy father and mo.nel.
1t will be remembered that TINS s"ee'
little girl was given up by the doctors
with Dropsy. She vas SO far gone tsat
her eyes were closed up and her D0uy
bloateG til 1t was purple.
After even ything else had faiieo
Dodd's Kidney Pills were used, anu 10
the JOY and surprise Of everyone SIT
commenced to improve.
This Improvement resulted IN COLI
plete goo~ health and she continues 10
keep strong and well and without phe
slightest symptom of the Dropsy ieft.
The doctors are as much bewlldeEeo
as anyone at the wonderful cure OK Aia
desperate case.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
RICHES, RANK AND MISERY.
These Three Are Inseparable to the
Life of Some Titled Englishmen.

These Three Are Inseparab1e to the
Life of Some Titled EngIishmen.
We have in our midst a ~millionairess
who has never been reconciled to her
husbands illgotten wealth, says the
London Empire. On her countenance
one traces a look of bemused bewilder-
ment that has become her habitual
expression. Dimly and dumbly she has
realized that such colossal wealth, dis
honestly acquired, must necessarily
constitute a curse. She roamS through
her barnlike mansion with an alright
sion.
One occasion she was found weep
ing on the dOorstep-a victim of hys-
terical grief. The %insolence and ex-
travagance of the costly crudities with
which her husband has encountered his
palace cause her simple soul to i'm
agine weird things. What are they
for? Why is she surrounded by these
objects, SO foreign to her lowly. prim-
tive nature? She lives in constant and
nervous dread Of some impending ca
lamity.
To alleviate her haunting misery she
has engaged four detectives to guard
her and her treasures. They are dress
ed as footmen. The principal pleasure
now INDUCED in by this pathetic crea-
ture is to peer through the halls and
mo- W. roc RI mo Ea C11rn that bor r,1or
dams do not relax their vigilance.
This pleasure itself is beginning to
pail and there is every fear that her
millions will ultimately crush her and
deprive her Of her reason.
Haunted by the CHASTITY specter Of
her wealth, she starts up at night in a
feverish perspiratiOn, consumed by a
horrible dread Of some frightful dis
aster which she is powerless to aya~t.
And her husband? He is tired Of
her, of her miserable whining, her
haunting white face and generally de-
pressing temperament. He is cynical,
jOvial, and neve suffers from any
qualms Of conscience. He has made
what he calls a pot of money by
the promotion of shady companies.
And he intends to enjoy it.
He frequents the race course and
other resorts of the pleasure-lOving.
The money squeezed from the widow,
the orphan and the curate is reckless
ly ~squandered among all the vile par
asites which compose the fast section
of London society. He is popular;
the press speaks well of him; he is a
welcome figure in the most exclusive
society. He is so rich, he gives such
good dinners, he puts his friends into
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
Trouble Regina

Trouble begins with the first back.
acne. Backache comes in manv
orms-sudd twinges of pain, sharp
stltches, slow. exhaustive aches.
backache pains are kidney
PAINS. The kidneys fail to perform th.
duties nature intends them to do and
the warning of trouble m throueb
the back. Neglect the kidney warn
ing, grave complications will surely
follow. ~
Urinary Observation-Disclosures Rriobt,.
nisease-are the downward steps Of
neglected kidneys.
loans Kidney Pills cure every kid
ney n bladder sickness and the cure
lasts. Read this proof Of it:
MIS-. Adam Guntle, residing at "a,
Soulh Plum street, Charlottesville.
lhd', says: Il made a public state
ment In 1897 saying that Doan's Kid.
ney PILLS had cured a member of onr
lamily AFTER he had suffered for wears
win a weak back and kidney troubles
lie 0 three boxes Of this remedy
ana was completely cured. Now three
years have elapsed since | made th;.
statement and l am only too Meas ad
10 re-endorse it. l have also nSad
Doans Kidney Pills myself. obtaining
the pest results. l have recommended
tnls remedy TO my friends and neigh
oors as one which can always be de
pended upon"
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid
hey medicine which cured Mrs. Guptle
VIII De mailed on application to apv
part or the United States. Address
+ Qster-Mllburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price "a
cents per box. ="
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16

When a glacier d.slodges itself ano
sails away over the Arctic cas- J.
never travels alone. In the wake oi
every large one floats a line OF smah,
er companions. The Eskimos san
this phenomenon ''the duck ano
ducklings," and any q WOO .a<
watched the progress of the enef
duck followed by her brood will ap'
preciate the aptitude Of the name.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16

In many nations it has been believed
that an individual bitten by a dog may
cure himself by placing three Of the
dogs hairs on the wound. The idea Is
expressed in the English proverb, 'Ths
hair Of the dog is good for the bite"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
FELINE FEROCITY.
Are the Symptoms Meant to Simulate
Serpentine Forms:

Are the Symptoms Meant to Simulate
Serpentine Forms:
All members of the cat tribe wave
their tails to and fro when provoked.
| do not see how this curious habit is
to be explained except as an instance
of what is called Protective Mimicry.'
Among insects and other humble crea-
lures it is common to find those which
are comparatively defenseless adopting
the aspects and manner of their more
formidable n%eighbors, and thus secur-
ing immunity from attack. This de-
fensive method is rare among the
higher animals. Nevertheless, many Of
the cat tribe, when face to face with
an enemy, apparently initiate the be-
haviOr OF a VenomOus snake, and thus
avail themselves of the instructive hor-
rOr Of the serpent, which we find among
the warm-blooded creatures.
The Kissing and splitting INDUCED in
by kittens land other young creatures
which have their natural nurseries in
hollow trees and similar places probably
has its use in the fact that few in
Quisitive predatory beasts would care
to risk a possible encounter with an
angry snake. The front aspect Of an
angry cat, with its ears laid fat against
its head, its eyes glazing and it's fangs
exposed, is very snakelike. and the ex-
plosive Kissing sounds it utters are ex-
actly similar to those uttered by some
Serpents when about to strike.
Against the mimicry hypothesis is the
fact that a large and formidable
felidae, such as panthers, lions and IL
gers, which assuredly need no protec-
ton of this sort, wave their tails when
alarmed or angry quite as much as do
the small cats which stand in danger
from foxes, dogs and jackals. 1t must
be remembered, however, that all in
nate habits, such as those which we
are discussing, and especially all hab-
its which are common to a whole Spe-
cieS or family, are Of the EXTREMIST an
tiquity. And in early days of NAM
malian life on the earth all the ances-
tors of our modern cats, and, indeed,
all warm-blooded creatures Of every
kind, were SO small and defenseless
that they probably needed such STRAIT
egg as the above to avoid extinction
P%earson's.
Einn EHuua I'll 1noEc 1iI-a c1roh a fraoE
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
Interesting

Did you have an interesting literary
club meeting, Alice?
ooh, yes; every woman there was
working on a new pattern Of Battenberg
lace."-IndianapOlis Journal.