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The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18
MORE INDICTMENTS
FOR POSTAL FRAUDS

Washington, Sept. 12.-United States
District Attorney Beach to-day an
nounced that the six persons named in
the grand jury last Tuesday were:
George w. Beavers. former chief of
the division of salaries and allow
ances, Postoffice Department; August
w. Machen, former general superin-
tendent of the free delivery system, !,
Postoffice Department; James w. Err
win. former postoff1ce inspector, with
headquarters in San Francisco; George
H. Huntington and Isaac Mcclellan,
both of New York City, owners of the
Columbia Supply Company of that
city, and Eugene D. Schebel of Toledo
Ohio, dentist, and interested in the
firm of Maybury & Ellis of Detroit,
Michigan, letter box manufacturers
Some sensational charges are made
The indictment against Beavers, Ma
chen and Erwin alleges that the Pos
tai Device and Improvement Company
of San Francisco, formerly the Mon
tague Indicator and Letter Box Com
pany, was composed almost entirely of
western postal employees that in 1889
1t set aside 1000 shares of stock for
forwarding its interests" and that
armed with this authority its president,
Daniel S. Richardson, and Inspector
Erwin came to Washington, saw Beav-
ers, Machen, Heath and others, and
got an order for equipping 2,0S9 letter
boxes with their device.
The indictment says the company
was systematically relieved of its obli-
cations in the way of paying freight,
Grating, painting and printing cards
for the devices it was furnishing. The
Indictment charges that Beavers and
Machen owned stock under assumed
names. Most Of the thousand shares
of stock set aside. the Indictment says,
went to different postotfice officials and
again President Richardson came to
Washington and following an increase
In the contract price he got for the
company, dividends were paid on the
stock.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY

uesIre 10 OBTAIN line actuai ldcts, I
that they might speak to us free.
without fear of punishment being Wis
ited upon them by anyone.
THE girl who evidently had the most
to say to the committee of the grand
jury told us that she was, at the time
of the visit of the grand jury, under
going punishment which she now be-
lieves she we'll deserved; that at that
time she was in a violent temper, and
that her statement TO the grand jury
she now believed to have been unfair;
that her punishment was not cruel and
that she did not believe it was greater
than should have been inflicted upon
her. The other girls who had fur
nished the grand jury with their ex-
periences testified in similar manner
and all agreed that they had not been
subjected to harsh treatment, to beat
ings, deprivation of food or any other
punishment calculated to inf1ict upon
them any serious injury.
THE statement that some of the
girls have been found in chains orig
mated from the fact that shackles had
been used for the purpose OF prevent
ing the girls from running away; this
punishment having been applied only
to girls who had made previous at
tempts at escape. Special inquiry was
made as to whether the use OF the
shackles was attended with any other
inconvenience than limiting their
movements. The girls all testified that
there was no pain or severity In their
use. The board is of the opinion that
1t would be very desirable condf-
ton ii all punishment could be abol-
ished in this and all other institutions
but they are at loss to see how dis
cipline could be maintained unless
some method of punishment were
used.
"F'ifth-This Institution has devel-
oped from very chaotic condition to
the present comparatively good one.
In the judgment of the State Board OF
Charities and Correction, who have
carefully watched its progress, the in
stitution has shown great improve
ment in the last two years. At pres
ent the institution seems to- be in
clean and sanitary condition, tie girls
were neatly dressed and tidy in ap-
pearance, the dormitories and sleeping
rooms were specially clean and well
kept. The condition of the grounds
was improved, though lacking much OF
the beauty shat should surround such
home, this being, as we are advised
owing to the lack of funds at the dis
pOsal of the board of control
"In conclusion, we think it well to
call the attention of the people of the
state to the fact that those who are
engaged in managing the school,
teaching the inmates and endeavoring
to lead them to a higher and nobler
life, are engaged in the most arduous
and thankless work to be found in any
of the institutions of our state. If pub
lie sentiment weF awakened to SYM
pathize with the self-sacrificing earu-
est work of those in charge OF the
State Industrial School for Girls, great
benefit will accrue to the unfortunate
inmates and permanent improvement
will be evident.
Respectfully submitted:
(Signed)
"ELEANoR LAWNEY,
President.
"THOS. H. MALONE,
"Vice President.
SARAH s. DECKER.
"WM. s. FRIEDMAN.
ID. H. DOUGAN.
IL. G. GREENLEE."
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

OF course you are shocked to hear
that the Bashi-Bazouks have been
turned loose in Macedonia, even
though your knowledge of what the
Bashf- -Bazouks are is confined to the
idea that they are something terrible.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18
New Express Company.

The Globe Express Company. which
was incorporated in 1891, but has been
in a comatose condition since its in
ception. has suddenly sprung into a
full-hedged business institution, which
will reach all over the country for
business. 1t is Denver concern.
says the Denver News, but in addition
to local capitalists it is now to have
the backing Of all the Gould interests.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

And now Champion Teffries offers
Jack Mnnroe $4,000 if he will stay
four rounds with him. Unless every
minute OF Mr.. Munroe's time is profit
ably occupied, it would seem as if he
ought TO try to arrange to stay.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

A Chicago man has given his rela-
tives $1,0o0,00O because he wants to
see what they will do with it. let us
hope the fun will be worth the price
and that this form of amusement may
become popular.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

In divorce trial it is testified that
when bell boy put his arm around
the woman in the case she only
laughed. Some people are so quick to
catch the point of joke.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Sheriff Morrissey,' says the North
Adams Transcript. has secured the
knife with which Michael Blair sawed
his way out of steel cell in the base
ment of the town hall. the man,
where il he?
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

If the people of Naples only had
little American enterprise, perhaps
they would harness Mt. Vesuvius and
utilize all this waste of hot air to warm
the city with next winter.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

King Pete of servia wants to bor-
row 100000. If he gets it the gold
brick artists will no doubt be willing
to pay well to have him divulge the
name of the lender.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Sir Thomas Upton was born in Scot
land, of Irish parentage. He lives in
England, transacts business in India
and gets left in America.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18
Impure Foods from Abroad.

Washington, Sept. 12-The Agricul-
tural Department is making strong ef
forts to keep out of the country all In
ported goods, the entry of which is IN
hibited under the pure food act.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Sir Thomas may count upon receiv-
ing the usual collection of loving cups
and complimentary addresses, how
ever.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Nesnvius has an opening in her side.
Can it be possible that she, toe. has
been operated on for appendicitis?
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18
Testimonial to Lipton Proposed.

Denver, Sept 12.-Mayor Wright
yesterday received letter from the Sir
Thomas Upton Testimonial Associa-
ton of New York, announcing plans
for presenting the famous English
yachtsman silver service.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

When you use strong language. 1t
doesn't make so much difference what
you say as what you mean. She also
swears sometimes who only says 20,
fudge!"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

A Grow chief has discarded the tom.
ahawk for the automobile. The cum
ming old murderer
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Physicians have discovered that a
boy in Morristown, n j., has his heart
on the right side-which is the wrong
side, as everybody knows.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Participants in the "baby party" at
Narragansett believe. doubtless, that
society leaders are just as young as
they 'cut up"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Any one owning a town on the slope
of Vesuvius would do well to move it
without delay.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

A new York surgeon has just per
formed the appendicitis operation on
Princess Rupprecht of Bavaria That's
one way to get into good society
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

When tnat bolt of lightning struck
the powder magazine it is debatable
question which of the two was more
surprised.-Augusta Chronicle.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

By the way, can you bound Mace
donia ofthand, without looking at the
geography?
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

II Rev. Cotton Mather had foreseen
the bicycle girl with low shoes and
openwork stockings, what wouldn't he
have said!
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

The reporter who thinks he has a
nose for news" ought not to print any
news in his paper that will be often
sive to the public nose.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Sir Thomas is now in a position to
figure cut what it costs not TO lift the
cup.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

The quarrels of capitalists lead
many small investor to offer few
variations on Mercutio's remark, "A
plague o. both your houses"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Bulgaria has bought 15,0O0,O00 cart
ridges, and it isn't likely that she in
tends to use them merely for making a
noise either.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

When Turk meets Bulgarian there's
bound to be lot of slashing done.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

The twO-minute trotting horse has
Come-and he's a mare!
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

Coal output heavy, but not equal to
the demand" Have you got yours?
The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-18

All the world hates a mosquito.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
THE ROYAL MONTH ANDTHE
ROYAL DISEASE.

Sudden changes of weather are
especially trying, and probably to
none more so than to the scrofulous
and consumptive. The progress of
scrofula during a normal October is
commonly great. We never think of
scrofula-its bunches, cutaneous erup-
tions, and wasting of the bodily sub
stance-without thinking of the great
good many sufferers from it have de-
rived from Hoods Sarsaparilla, whose
radical and permanent cures of this
one disease are enough to make it the
most famous medicine in the world.
There is probably not city or town
where Hoods Sarsaparilla has not
proved its merit in more homes than
one, in arresting and completely eradi-
eating scrofula, which is almost as
serious and as much to be feared as
its near relative,-consumption.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09

your community. If our farms were
all as fertile as Mr.. Worthington's it
would be easy. Some of our farms are
not as fertile and they present hard
problems. If the farm does not pay
you can't call the farmer a success.
Sometimes all profit goes into the farm
and this is as good as deposit in bank.
Good land helps. Do we'll what you
undertake."
Mr.. W. B. Hopkins said: "Have a
turn to farm. have farmed forty five
years. l don't know that I have made
a great success, but have enjoyed
my life. Study your farm and attend
to business. Don't ride around too
much. Rise early and give personal
attention."
Mr.. H. B. Bruins said: GA man to be
a successful farmer must be up and
doing all the time. Look after the
little things; save the pennies and the
dimes will take care of themselves.
Many things 60 to waste that might
be saved"
Mr.. F. H. Jacobs said: II think, to
be successful farmer, it is pretty hard
to tell what to do. Some say to take
an interest in public matters. You
can't attend to your farm and be run
ming around attending meetings and
running politics.
Mr.. John Moores said: "Yo oung men
ought to get married and 60 to work
and rear good family of boys and
girls. l think farmer ought to live
pretty well. If he raises his family,
keeps up his place and is good citi-
zen, he is a successful farmer. Appli-
cation and good sense are necessary.
A farmers brains are worth some
thing"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE.

"'Every man to his trade means
plainly enough seid Prof. Won Jog
gleby, "that one should not try to do
work to which be hasn't been trained;
this applies, Of course, as well to the
learned with regard to work with
which they are not familiar as to the
unlearned with regard to things of
which they are ignorant; but, long as
I have been acquainted with this say
ing's significance, I am, nevertheless
all the time discovering new eviden-
ces Of the universally of it's scope.
For instance:
"True as I knew the old saying to
be, I should really have thought that
I conld hang out clothes to dry, on a
clothesiine, without any previous train
ing; that anybody could hang out
clothes; that all there was to do in this
was to hang them out. But now I
know different.
"From my study windows in my
new home l command view of a range
of back yards, in which every Monday
morning, if the day is propitious, and
on sundry other days through the
week with lesser washings, clothes
are hung out to dry. Now, what do
the washers do? Just bring the things
out and hang them on the line, as I
would have done? Never
"But every time before hanging out
anything suitable preparation is made
for it. The laundress or other SER
want who is doing this work appears
with a cloth which she throws over
the line and over which she then closes
her fingers; and then, holding the cloth
on it thus, she walks down the yard
rubbing the line with it, wiping the
line free of dust.
"a simple thing? Why very! But
l never knew anything about wiping
off the line, I never heard of such
thing till l saw it done, in the man
ner described, from my study window.
If had had any clothes to hang out
l should have just hung them out,
never doubling, as l said, that could
do it as we'll as anybody, and as a re-
suit should have had, on every piece
I put out, fine dirt streak where it
had rested on the dusty line. But
the washer knew how.
(which leads to say-though for
that matter have felt this way as
long as l can remember-that the
older l grow the more respect feel
for every craftsman and for every
laborer, in whatever work engaged.
There may be things that l do that
they couldn't, but I know that there
are many things that they do, includ-
ing work in even the most common
place occupation, that couldn't touch
at all.
"There's an art in every trade"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
ETIQUETTE IN MEXICO.
Ladies do not attend funerals.
The hostess is served first.

Ladies do not attend funerals.
The hostess is served first
The bridegroom purchases the brides
trousseau.
Gentlemen speak first when pass.
ing lady acquaintances on the street.
The sofa is the seat of honor, and
guest waits to be invited to occupy
it.
When a Mexican speaks to you of
his home he refers to it as "your
house."
When you move into a new locali-
ty it is your duty to make the first
neighborhood calls.
When friends pass each other on the
street without stopping they say adios
(good bye.)
Daily inquiry is made for sick friends
and cards are left or the name written
in book with the porter.
Dinner calls are not customary, but
upon rising from the table the guest
thanks his host for the entertain.
ment.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
HEALTH AND SONG.

The London concert season, which
has come to close, says the London
Mail, has called attention to discov-
cry the doctors have made that vocal
ism is healthy profession.
A quiet baby who never gives way
to tantrums and tears is not healthy,
but weakly child. When his voice is
raised in a piercing crescendo of
screams his lungs are expanding, his
blood is circulating well, and he is
gaining strength and beauty momen-
tarily. Translate the salutary shrieks
of infancy into the educated singing of
maturity and the net result is the same
namely, a large increase OF health
and comeliness.
Anamic boys and girls are now
being ordered by doctors to take sing
ing lessons, because such persons do
not know how to breathe properly and
the singing master teaches them the
art. Very few people utilize the whole
of their lung power when they breathe,
but get into a lazy way of merely
gasping or breathing supericially.
Candidates for the army whose chest
measurement lacks the requisite num-
Der of inches take singing lessons to
increase their girth, or, if their voices
lack the musical element, they attend
breathing classes and learn where their
respiration should come from-that is
to say, how they should draw each
breath, how long they should retain it,
and how emit it. Though mankind
must breathe in order to live, few
human beings know how to breathe
properly.
After the aremic girl with the
bowed shoulders and the contracted
chest has taken dozen lessons in sing
ing her back begins to fatten and her
chest to develop. Her complexion
treshens, and she notices with pleasure
a rose-leaf stain reddening her cheeks.
The professional songstress retains
the freshness Of youth into old age, not
entirely as a result of the care she
takes of her health and the excellent
food she eats for the sake of her voice,
but mainly because she breathes per-
fectly and exercises her vocal organs
regularly. 1t is acting on this princi-
pie that middle-aged women inclined
to embonpoint now take breathing les
sons at a fashionable school in South
Kensington, where waists are coaxed
back to figures long devoid OF them,
and new vigor is given to the aging
physique.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09

thing unusual IN the state. As he
passed under the balcony he whipped
out knife, severed the string, put the
note in his hat and sauntered on.
Some of the most beautiful women
of Mexico are to be found among the
Indians Of the Tehuantepec Isthmus.
There on Sundays one will see hun
dreds of pretty churchgoers wearing
most extraordinary costume. The
skirt is often of satin or silk, heavily
lace trimmed sometimes, and with a
short-sleeved waist. The headdress is
the principal feature. 1t is great
stiff laundered accordion plated sort
of thing that can look very pretty,
and can be what the women's word
"sloppy" means.
The Amatecas, both men and women,
wear white cotton garments on which
the embroidery is done in panels either
down the front of the woman's skirt
or on the tunic the men wear. There
is curious costume among them Of
lovers exchanging the twigs of certain
trees in entire secrecy, except as each
new twig is received it is carried to the
father or mother or guardian of each
of the two, and assent is given to the
continuance of the exchange till orange
blossoms are reached; then it is time
for the priest. This pretty method of
courtsbip is dying out, as it is relic
of Indian customs and is discouraged
by the priests.
In nearly all parts of the country
the lovers process is the same. 1t is
called "playing bear," and is of Span
ish extraction. Of course, it is not
necessary to play bear in those classes
where the young folks are thrown to-
gether in the market, the field, the
workroom and the highway, but even
there close watch is kept on the girls
and conversation with their adorers is
fragmentary.
The beginning of a courtship is usu-
ally the sight of each other on some
public day, some "iesta," or when
driving in the Paseo. The lover-to be
beholds face that causes his heart to
tighten, then expand, and though she
may have but glanced at him, if he
does not know who she is he will fol-
low and ascertain her abode. That
night there will be twanging guitars
without her window, and he may at
tempt to sing (few young Mexicans
but have fair voices). The next day
burning epistles of deathless love ar
rive, and possibly an elder member of
the young mans family, and if their
respective stations, fortunes and all
other things are suitable the young
people begin to see each other, with
some third person ever present and
between them, except in those fond
moments when she stands at her win
dow or balcony and her lover is with
out, but near enough that the slightest
whisper of one can be heard by the
other. and If the bars are wide liDs
may meet. So love is made until the
wedding day; but, sad to relate, when
that day is not long passed the young
wife takes her place in the household
but little higher than the servants.
But she has expected nothing else,
and dutifully follows her husband to
the door each day and kisses his hand
as he extends it.-Galveston DAILY
News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-09
A PRAYER.

Lord grant US eyes to see and ears to hear,
And souls to love and minds to understand,
And steadfast faces toward the Holy Land,
And confidence Of hope, and filial fear,
And citizenship who're Thy saints appear
Before Thee heart in heart and hand in hand,
And allelulias where their chanting band
AS waters and as thunders fill the sphere.
Lord, grant us what Thou wilt and what Thou wal
Deny, and fold US in Thy peaceful fold;
Not as the world gives, give to us Thine own;
Inbuild US where Jerusalem Is built
With walls Of jasper and streets of gold,
And Thou, Thyself, Lord Christ, the corner stone
-Christina G.. Rossetti.