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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-07

mediation of the chinooks. In sro,
quarters the fish could not get suse 1
cient Roadway, and the curved war
would not offer enough resistance for .
him to kill himself by impact with tho
walls. "'
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-07
Virtue and Vice.

We pass for what we are. Char
acter teaches us above our wills. Men
imagine that they communicate their
virtue or vice only by overactions and
do not see that virtue or vice emit a
Breath every moment.-Waldo Emer'
son.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03


offered a suit of clothes. The offer
was taken.
81 jumped on a car" Mr.. Brady re-
lates, "and went out to the fair grounds
and found, should think, not less than
25,OOO people there. Something had
happened to the balloon. and the peo-
pie were impatient. The aeronaut was
busy trying to finish initiating it.
Jumped on a barrel that happened to
be in one corner of the crowd and
started to make a speech. | told them
that by special arrangement with the
men who were giving the balloon as
cension the ascension would be post
poned until 6 p. M, thus giving the
crowd an opportunity to attend the
matinee performance of the white
Slave at the Criterion theater. | de-
livered that harangue in three parts
Of the crowd before the balloon man
got on to my game got back to the
theater to find a bowling mob trying
to buy seats. The house was packed.
Standing room even couldn't be bought.
/ got my suit of clothes"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

duties of the post irkSome. AS he once
expressed it to President Roosevelt,
Two years in the pension office is
equal to four years in hades."
Poetry. politics, law and fighting
have mingled picturesQuely in the life
of eX-Commissioner Ware. Born in 1911
at Hartford, Conn, he moved with his
parents to Iowa and was scarcely
twenty when the civil war broke out
The very day Sumter was fired on he
enlisted in the Union army He served
through the war and came out Il cap
tain. He is good lawyer and has sew
eral times been hOnored with public of
flee, but his Rhymes of Ironquilr' and
other literary ventures promise to give
him more fame than his political ven
the legal profession.
Mr.. Ware is never too busy to attend
a circus or eat pie. Two men prominent
in railroad affairs recently invited him
to lunch in a swell New York restau-
rant. The two men ordered an elabo-
rate spread. Ware was approached by
the waiter with menu card
Bring me-" said Ware, to the horror
of his friends "a half pie, and be sure
to leave the pie in the tin in which it
was baked. Bring me a spoon with
which to eat the pie and quart of
good milk, about half cream. That's
ALL"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

are at work tracing up his record in
order to discover whether other mys-
terious crimes besides those he ac-
knowledges committing may be laid at
his door He admits that his real name
is not Gessler Rosseau and says that
he took the first name from the Swiss
tyrant Albrecht GesSler, who. accord
ing to tradition, compelled William Tell
to shoot The apple from his sons head.
His last name he assumed in honor OF
Rosseau. the great French writer on
liberty, but he eliminates one u" The
names together signify power and pa
triotism. he says.
Eosseau is charged with attempting
to blackmal Patrick Kelly Of phiia-
delphia, brother Of the owen Kelly
who mysleriously disappeared last au-
tumn. BoSseau is said to have told
Patrick Kelly that his brother Was
kept in hiding by members Of an Irish
society ana offered to reveal his place
of concealment for $500. Kelly per-
SuttNtNtl iN'rNGtNu ~ ~ " iAll NM " lLiN
Philadelphia city hall, where he was
arrested and where he afterward con
feSsed to sending an internal machine
to the Umbria in 1903 and TO making
the recent attempt ut blowing up the
Frederick the Great statue. He said
he sent the warning to the police which
prevented the destruction of the I'm
bria because he did not wish to de
stroy life, but only to scare the own
ers Of the steamship and clear New
York harbor OF British ships. He calls
himself a patriot and says he is of
American birth and Irish parenta@e.
The police think he has confederates,
who have supplied him with money,
and that he may know something
about the attempt to blow up the Wei
land canal and the loss of the White
Star liner Naronic twelve years ago.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

The Jewish rabbis had a legend
which carries corporal punishment
back to the days of our first parents,
which is quantity reflected in that mod
ern schoolboy's play upon names, "Ad-
am Seth Eve Cain Abel"
OF course there is, too, the warning
Of Solomon, 'IIe that spareth the rod
hateth his SON. or the old Egyptian
proverb, "The back of lad is made
that he may hearken to him that beats
it," but if we must go ON history alone
the earliest records belong to the Ro-
mans, who practiced flogging in sew
eral degree of severity.
There Were the ferula, a fiat strip of
leather, a comparatively mild persuf Il
er; the scutica, a harsher instrumC 1t
of twisted parchment. and the fiagel-
lum, cruel scourge Of leather thongs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Was on Forbidden Ground.

"a debating society was formed in
one of the counties of my district"
said a Kentucky congressman, "and
among the first questions debated was,
Resolved That the negroes have more
cause for complaint than the Indians.'
1T was stipulated the arguments
should be confined to the United States
The first disputant on the affirmative
opened with Il speech to sustain his po-
sition. every word of which was lis
tened to with close attention by the
chairman. The disputant for the neg
ativc made a few remarks in answer
and then turned to the Bible and COM
mcnced reading passages for the pur-
pose of proving that some Of the points
made by his opponent We're not backed
up by the good book
Tho chairman stopped him with
Halt right where you are, jim Don't
so any further You have gone out Of
the United States for argument" -
Nashville Banner
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
No, 80
The Imrccllnlous TurIs.

Collecting money from Turkey Is q
neartbreaking enterprise. A distin-
guished American once went there to
collect debt of 100000 owing to an
English syndicate, which included two
members of parliament and a cabinet
minister. He expected to see the busl-
ness through in two or three months.
Blu. a foreign ambassador undeceived
hin. Say three or four months and
thea you will be as far off from OBJ
tanning your money rs you are today"
he remarked. Men had gone out there
to prosecute claims he added, whose
hair had turned gray with the strain
to which they were subjected and who
haC gone home thoroughly broken In
health. unable to obtain a Turkish Ira
TO show for years of fruitless labor.
One victim of Turkish duplicity and
procrastination died in Il lunatic asy-
lum. One Of the embassies had been
twenty-five years prosecuting claims
without realizing n cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Sir John Richard Robinson in his
"Fifty Years of Fleet Street" tells OF
an amusing incident during the visit of
the SwaZi dcputation from the Trans
vaal to England at the close of 1894:
The Swat braves went to Windsor
and had an audience of her majesty
Queen Victoria. They were very gra-
ciously received. One of their number
began TO speak, aud an interpreter fol-
lowed him phrase by phrase. we come,
o great mother he said, to bring to
you our babe. Take him, o mother, to
thy knees; fold him to thy breast Here
the queen. half frightened, exclaimed:
But where is the child? l don't see
him. Where is heT Here, o mother
said the SwaZi gravely, at the same
time bringing forward big black
about six feet high and weighing well
over 200 pounds. He is here"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

ing the waits and
while the maid was pinning and pinch
ing on the gowns made for another
Trilby. 1t was Il situation demanding
a cool head and intense application
Miss Walsh is fond Of taking male
roles. An incident is related in connec-
ton with her birth that bears on this
fact. The family doctor was away at
the time of little Miss Walsh's arrival,
He sent another doctor, and afterward,
while the mother lay i'll in bed, the two
doctors We're in the room together.
Look here, doctor" said one, come to
the window | want you to look at this
baby's head. | never saw one like it
before" The uneasiness of the mother
may be imagined.
For heavens sake" she said, what
is the matter with its headY "Oh, it's
all right maam," said the first doctor.
ITS the best formed one ever saw. 1t
ought to be a boy. 1t would be a great
and successful man." "Oh, is that all?"
said the mother. "Then | can go to
sleep"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

William A. Brady, who made a pro-
nounced success in his management of
"The Pit" is known as a prince Of
buffers. Years ago when he was try
ing to get foothold on the ladder Of
success he was on the road as stage
manager at $50 week. The company
reached town in California to find
that, although a matinee performance
was billed, everybody had gone out to
park to witness balloon ascension.
Il was always chock full of wild
IDEAS" says Mr.. Brady. 81 went 10
the company's manager and said, What
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

LIEUTENANT GENERAL BARON osHIAiA.
in the case of an officer. 1t is enough
for q Japanese to have the honor of
dying for the mikado. He does not ask
that full details of the manner in which
he sacrificed his life be telegraphed the
newspapers at home. The policy pur-
sued by the Japanese prevents the pub
lie from learning much about the per.
sonality of their leading soldiers. with
the exception of the commanding gen
eral and three or four of his immedi-
ate subOrdinates.
For this reason little has been said
about even so important factor in
the reduction of Port Arthur as Lieu
tenant General Baron Oshima, who
commanded the third division of Gen
eral Nogi's army in the assault on the
fortress. This division occupied a cen
tral position, and to it fell much of the
heaviest fighting. 1t has come out
that during the operations of the lat
ter part of the siege General Oshima
himself lived in hut not more than
three-quarters Of mile from Port Ar
thur, in advance of his own artillery,
where he coolly gave orders for the
fighting. ate and slept while the shells
from his own guns were flying over
his head. He lived the life of his
troops and went about freely within
easy range Of the guns of the Russians
without getting hurt His soldiers be-
lieved that he led charmed life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
POETRY VERSUS POLITICS.
In the Case of Eugene +. Ware PO-
etry Won Out.

In the Case of Eugene +. Ware PO-
etry Won Out.
Eugene f. Ware. who is perhaps best
known by his pen name of Ironquill,
is more interested in poetry than pen
sionS. For this reason he recently re-
signed the office of United States COM
missioner of pensions. which he as
sumed at the urgent request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1902. He was sue
ceeded by Nespasian Warner Mr.
Wares pursuit of the muse has been
interrupted by the perpleXing and Of
ten veXatious duties that fell TO him
rs head of the pension bureau. but he
now proposes to throw off cares and
responsibilities and give himself up
unreservedly to the delights of litera-
ture.
Mr.. Ware once wrote a poem the
closing lines of which read:
The soul doth sometimes seem to be
In sunshine which it cannot see
At times the spirit seems to roam
Beyond the land. above the foam,
Back to some half forgotten home.
Perhaps this Immortality
May be; indeed, reality.
Every time the poet tried to tie him
self down to the prosaic routine of the
pension office his spirit seemed to roam
back to some half forgotten home.
He is credited with introducing many
important reforms in the administra
ton of the office, but he found the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Senator William Brimage Bate of
Tennessee. who was recently chosen
to Il fourth term in the upper branch of
congress, has the reputation of being
the most honest legislator at Washing
ton, He will not frank a telegram. has
never ridden on a railroad pass and,
though a veteran of the Mexican war;
enty-eight years of age, but looks for
ward to serving his state at Washing
ton for six more years. Senator Bate
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03


be of interest to the readers of the To-
cal paper. After exchanging greetings
he said:
"You don't object to an old contrib
utor dropping into poetry, do you"
mot at ALL" replied the molder Of
public opinion, pushing the waste
basket toward the poet. Drop ahead
and go as far as you like"
Mr.. Car1nan was nonplused, but the
editor added still further to his embar-
rassment by saying earnestly:
"Oh, was only joking, but if you
really want to see your stuff in print I
will run 1t at regular advertising rates
at top Of column next to pure reading
matter"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Blanche Walsh, for whom Clyde
Fitch has written Il new play entitled
Tile Woman In the Case" is able to
learn new part very quickly if the ne
cessity arises The first time that she
played Trilhy she had to take the role
on very short notice. Miss Virginia
Harmed. who was taking the part in
tie company to which Miss Walsh then
belonged, was taken i'll. Miss Walsh
found herself facing this emergency at
noon one Saturday, knowing not one
line of the play and facing row Of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

NONtullltN illd'lt iol
a shorter and plump
er woman. She was
due to go on at the
matinee. 1t was Il
difficult test. but she
was equal to it. She
mastered tie first
act and half Of the
secondin thrce-quar-
ters of an hour; the
rest she studied be
hind the scenes dur
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

was a major general
in the Confederate
army and is now
the ranking officer
of the Confederacy
in congress. He is
fond of tobacco, but
always twirls his ci-
gar in his mouth
without lighting it.
When he was a
Confederate officer
he was one day rid
ing by the side of
his brother in battle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

almost perpendicu-
lar Cliff 200 feet high. the top of which
was lined with Confederate riflemen,
who shot Mt every head that emerged
from the trees beneath. 1t was one of
the most wonderful feats of the war.
MacArthuriseized the colors of the reg
lment at aicritical moment and planted
them on the captured works on the
crest OF the ridge. For his gallantry
IN this engagement he was awarded
the congressional medal of honor.
After the war Macarthur entered the
regular army and won a reputation as
indian fighter. He was conspicuous
the Spanish war and was command
Pr OF the forces in the Philippines for
tlme and military governor. In the
a.ter capacity he had many oppor-
unitles to note the desire of the ed
ncated Filipinos, whether friendly OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

THE Little Minister" has never been
formally interviewed. The statement
is not correct. Miss Adams was often
interviewed when she was Il beginner
in stageland but since she became ia
nous she has declined to talk for pub
lication. Miss Adams is reputed to
hold strongly TO the old English idea
that people of the stage serve them
selves best and the public also by being
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

hostile, to make 4 good impression on
the Americans. On one occasion a Fill
pino prisoner who was brought before
the general sought to impress the latter
with his importance by saying:
Il am permeated with the atmos-
phere of European cabinets. l there
fore am prepared to discuss this ques-
tion on the highest plane of statesman
ship"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

HIIbHI UV UIbITdCIIIIF,
l picked her up and put her down on
the nearest place at hand. saying.
There. pussy. go to sleep The cat
curled up contentedly. and went on
with my lines. Suddenly was aware
of a murmur among the audience
which increased to a ripple of laughter.
realized something was up and turn
ed instinctiVely to look at puss. There
she was, asleep, where had put her,
among the irons on the 'redhot' range"
1t has often been stated that Miss
Maude Adams, who recently revived
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

DUI IIIV INtINIIII~ !
gent came to the rescue and, walking
boldly on, exclaimed:
Its Il stormy night, and my poor,
humble cottage is sadly dilapidated.
must cen take it in and repair it,
Suiting the action to the word, he
walked off with the offending cottage
Edward J. Morgan, who has won fame
in the impersonation of John Storm in
"Thc Christian" David ROssi in THE
Eternal City" and Ben-Hur in the play
of the same name, was once studying
the demeanOr of duelists in order to
prepare himself for part in which he
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Mrs. Madison Your new maid ap-
pears to. be rather refined. Mrs. Park
weste-Yes; she's little out OF the
common. She never breaks anything
but the costliest cut glass and the
choicest Dresden.-Chicago Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
GESSLER ROSSEAU.
Mysterious Character Who Is BeIiev-
ed to BE IA Dangerous Crank.

Much mystery invests the character
and career of the man calling himself
Gessler Rosseau. who has confessed
attempting the destruction of the Fred
and sending an Internal machine to the
British steamship Umbria. He is be-
lieved to be dangerous crank, and
the police authorities of several cities
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

will you give me if
I fill this house this
afternoon for you?'
" Why, Billy, you
are crazy. 1t can't
be done, especially
at this late hour
" NO matter |
said. What will you
give me if l fill it?' ="
The manager look
ed him over and,
seeing he needed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
OBLIVlOUS OF DANGER.

General Oshima's COoIness and Dar-
ing at Port Arthur.
Not much is learned in the news from
Manchuria of the exploits of individual
japanese officers or privates When al
incident is related describing the gal
liant conduct of a Japa.Hese soldier the
name is usually suppressed, especially
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

the northwest, Sdlu
Mr.. Davenport re-
Gently, "and the
piece opened with
Il village scene, at
the conclusion of
which the scene
shifter was puzzled
how to let down a
front cloth, as a
cottage on the
sta ge obStructed
the descent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

1t would not be supposed that so busy
4 man as james j. Hill, the railway
king, who advocates law prohibiting
railroad rebates, would have much
time for reading As matter of fact,
though deeply absorbed in transporta-
tion problems. Mr.. Hill always man
ages to secure some time each day for
favOrite book He has been Il student
of Shakespeare from early manhood.
Some time ago Il friend met him as lie
came downstairs from his apartments
in a New York hotel and entered the
cafe for luncheon.
"I'll bet you have had a stormy con-
ference this morning" said the friend.
NO. sir; you are wrong this time"
said Mr.. Hill. 1--WE been resting in my
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

had to fight a duel.
While in Paris he
went to see a real
duel to get pointers
for his part. Dis
cussing this combat
afterward, he said:
81 confess that l
learned very little
from it. The men
were too well scared
to teach me any
%btnn that v,OnII
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
A GENTLE FROM UTAH.

Senator Elect Sutherland and His
Career In n Mormon State.
George Sutherland, who was recently
chosen by the Utah Legislature to sue
ceed Thomas W. Kearns in the United
States senate. was representative in
congress from Utah from 1901 to 1908.
is lawyer and has served in the Utah
legislature He was born in England
In 1862. Though of Mormon parentage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

seen and heard only
i'm the theater. She
tells n story of n rel.
atiye who was an
unwilling and un-
happy victim of the
interviewing lHb
it, This relative
happened to be Il
United States sen
ator. He had been
interviewed by a re-
s i z
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

had the stuff of
which great soldiers
are made. He was
major of a veteran
regiment before he
was nineteen years
old, a record equal
ed only two or three
times in an army of
over a million men.
At the battle of
Missionary Ridge in
1868 Macarthur and
bic poan want I'm an
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

and also at the Ma.
tional Law school
at Poughkeepsie, n.
Y, from which lie
graduated in 1860,
being admitted to
the bar the same
year. During the
civil war he served
in the pay depart
ment of the Union
army, He was a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

that its rejection
"does not imply
lack of merit" But
the Saturday Even
ing Post tells how
the author of pipes
of Pan" was once
rebuffed when he
called at the Office
of a country editor
with a poem which
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03


have been of service in serious stage
duel. They reminded me, in fact, of a
story that Edwin Booth used to tell.
''This story concerns two principals
who, after they had exchanged shots
harmlessly, were urged by their sec
onds to shake hands. They were about
to do so when I bystander who had
looked on at their duel despite their re-
quests that he depart exclaimed in a
disgusted tone:
"It's hardly necessary for them to
shake hands. Their hands have been
shaking this half hour"
Kathryn Kidder, who is starring with
Frederick Warde, recently related an
incident that occurred while she was
appearing in the title role of Mime
Sans Gene"
Il was playing the part of the
blanchisseuse in the laundry scene and
was busily engaged in ironing" said
she, ''when cat which had its home
somewhere about the theater came
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Pedigree Assured.

Prospective Purchaser-Is that a
genuine English bulldog?
Dealer Genuine English? Why.
say. that dog actually drops an III"
every time he barks.-Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

walking on to the
stage. l thought
this would furnish
a good opportunity
to give a realistic
domestic touch to
the scene, and so,
when puss came
purring up and rub
bed against me, |
stroked her fur.
spoke to her, and
then. for fear she
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
StOrie S
Told by
Stage Folk
.HE other day David Belasc

"HE other day David Beasco,
the playwright and manager,
was commenting on the diff
fculties experienced by young
playwrights in getting their manu-
scripts read. He said
In a majority of cases the plays are
not read or even looked at. But the
managers like to make a man think
his play has been read, even if they
have to reject it. When | was young
fellow | wen, with manuscript to a
manager to whom | afterward sold
several plays. My copy was tied up
in neat roll. with knot of pink tape
"Comc in two weeks he said
81 went and the play was handed
back.
"'IIave you read it, inquired.
"'Sure.' said the manager. Read it
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

He felt longing for a smoke coming
on, so he drew a finely favored Ha
vana from his pocket. He scratched a
match against the saddle and was just
about to light the weed when shell
whizzed suddenly by, and the quick
rush of air accompanying the shell put
the match out He was about to strike
another when, turning, he discovered
that the shell had made its mark. for
there lay the dead body of his brother
To this day he has a sort of super
stition regarding lighted cigars, and
this explains why he only INDUCES in a
dry smoke.