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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
When the Deacon
Spoke
Copyright. 1905 by R. 3. Mcclure
BY c. B. LEWIS

No one ever doubted that Deacon
Haskell. farmer, meant to be a kind
husband and a just father, but there
was Puritan blood in his veins, and his
ways were harsh and arbitrary. There
were those who said he was domineer-
ing and obstinate. but. TO give the dea-
con his due. he was simply carrying
out what be called principles. II was
a principle Of his 10 90 TO bed on the
stroke Of 8 and get up on the stroke
Of 6, and his wife had to do the same
Had an earthquake OF q cyclone pre-
vented the good wife from Aing the
family washing on Monday and the
family baking on Tuesday the husband
would have made no excuses for her.
During the earlier days of her mar
rage the deacon's wife had opinions Of
her own, but before she lad been his
wife five years she gave them up. The
thinking and expressing in that house
was all done by the deacon. There
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22

Now and then. as tine passed. the wife
ventured 10 say something TO her has
hand. but only 70 find him obdurate.
What he had said he had said. What
he had said must be right because he
had said if, and be would therefore
stick 10 il until the day Of his death.
let Ruth get down on her knees
10 me and confess that she has done
wrong and I viii speak to her. and
perhaps forgive her" was invariably
his answer, but time continued TO pass
and Ruth did not kneel.
One day the deacon's wife was called
10 the bedside Of sick neighb0r. The
deacon had a dozen swarms OF bees,
and as he cane up from the field about
2 O'Clock that afternoon be found one
Of the hives swarming. He ran for
tin pan and began 10 beat IT, and in
his excitement he almost spoke 10 his
daughter. who was working in the gar
den. He caught himself in time,
though, and resumed his beating and
gambling around. 4 spare hive
should have been ready. but was not
The bees therefore circled and buzz
ed around for ten minutes and finally
began TO light Unfortunately for the
deacon they lighted on him. In two
minutes they had covered his straw
hat and neck; in two more they were
clinging TO lis shoulders in great
masses.
As she planted her hollyhock and
sunfower seeds Ruth heard q still.
small voice uttering her name. She in
vestigated and found that her father
had become q king bee. His back
reSembled a pear tree. and he was ter
ribly frightened. Two thousand bees
chung 10 him. and If he disturbed them
he was dead man.
We'll. daddy asked the girl as sh,
stopped within ten feet Of him.
Ruth, you Will dud an empty hive in
the barn. Get il and smear some
1asses over the front Of IL"
Are you really speaking 10 me.
daddy"
OF course I am. Can't you see the
fix I'm IN"
But you were not 10 speak again
until beg your pardon"
Go after that hive. Do you want 10
see ne srung to DEATH"
The bees are quiet now. About that
hammock. daddy-may have il up this
summer"
'No-that is. guess You can"
And may I ride one Of the horses e
Tiff they are not TOO tired
And l may climb trees and jump
fences
Are you going for that hive"
when you answer"
Then climb and jump all you want
To-"
"One more question. daddy. May !
have young men come here 10 see me-"
The deacon groaned.
May 1: The bees seem 70 be getting
angry"
Yes. have EN- and be hanged &c
YOU shouted the deacon, using slang
for the first time in fifteen years.
The hive was brought and smeared
with sweet stuff. and presently the bees
began 10 find their way into il. AT the
end Of ten minutes the deacon shook
himself. drew a long breath and said
TO his daughter:
If you ever tell mother or any one
else about it I'll box your ears, big as
you are"'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22

Lower twelve, right hand side, said
the Pullman conductor as he pocketed
the money and handed Merivale the
punched ticket
Vance Merivale picked UP his suit
case and made his way 10 his seat i
had been foolish not 10 have made q
reservation III advance. but somehow
be had not liked 70. lie wanted 10 walt
the chances of fate until the last mo-
ment-aul fate bad been unkind-
InsteA OF the hoped for reconcilia-
ton ~. Margaret Ripley there had
been quarrel esen more bitter than
those which had gone before, and he
had left her tearfully protesting tha.
she would leave town and give up her
career rather than suffer from these
scenes
Merivale wanted her 70 give up her
career because he had found she could
not fad time for love and business in
her busy lie and he thought he need
81 her love more than she needed a
career.
He had made his last appeal and
now he was On his way 70 Chicago 10
make a fresh start He would leave
the city 10 her. since he could not live
there without her
he dropped bis bag into the seat and
threw himself down. Tie car was
crowded. ard for a moment he did not
recognize Margaret Then his glance
wandered across the aisle and encoun-
tered those blue eyes which had made
such havoc with his heart
Vow. instead u being melting they
were sc5-uful. and something In her
expression Ie-d him as lie half rose 10
cross TO her
He made d violent preteAse OF read
in-. but il was u-e-else only. for across
the pages rs le turned them there fit
tel those aaE-y eyes and instead Of
sensing the words bis brain rang with
the echo VI le- last words To him Il
viii leave town since ! au not per
m'tted 90 have peace here"
The dusk was fung before be bad
chance % speak. The dining ear had
been pur ou ana Margaret was among
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
Commercial Printing.

For years We have paid much
attention to the wants OF the
business firms in this city and
county and feel that we can offer
them our experience for their
money. 1t will be a fair trade
Our line of Office stationery is
in style and finish the best that
can be had. This embraces
everything used in correspon'
dence or in the office or store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22

what, may l ask, was the keenest
disappointment Of your career?" asked
the anxious interviewer.
The great financier stared coldly at
the ink bottle. 1T was when / was
four years old, think" he drawled,
when l woke up one morning and
found my red balloon shrunken to one
fourth the size of the day before
Detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
Napoleon Before the convention.

When Barras Introduced Napoleon to
the convention as At man TO be in
trusted with the command the presi-
dent asked:
Are you willing to undertake the
defense of the convention?"
Yes was the reply. After a time
the president continued:
Are you aware Of the magnitude Of
the undertaking.
Perfectly" replied Napoleon. fixing
his eyes upon his questioner, "and
am in the habit Of accomplishing that
which undertake"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
His Misfortune

Il can argue with any one here" said
the conscientious man fiercely. 81 can
argue
"Oh. yes, you can argue" said the
quiet little man in the corner. "The
misfortune is that you can't reason"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
JOB PRINTING.

In general We can do anything
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
MisjudRed Him.

Lady A.-Here comes that dreadful
man who sat next to me at dinner He
hasn't the manners of pig. Mrs. b.
How funny. / thought be had
Punch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
BOOK PUBLISHING.

We make a specially of Book
and Pamphlet Printing and can
show samples of our work in
this line that must interest you
We also do newspaper and mag
azine work and general compO-
sition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
When Margaret
Ran Away
By COLIN S. COLLINS

copyriehs, Iea, by R. B. Mcclure
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
DEVLIN WON AT GOLF

The first round of rs holes for the Alden
r. Vaughan cups played by the
mCmbers Of the Pa avtucket Golf club yes
both gross and net. was made by Fred r.
Devlin His gross score of 81 for is
holes is considered exceptionally good,
and with his handicap ~ Is. gives him
net of 3. Tho mkt best was by DR..
Hammil with So gross. and handicap
~ ls. making his net "a A total of -
members PLAYED the round. and this mum
her will he increased. as there are several
who ha~e-rece4ved permission -frorf-ti,e
committee 10 psy AT a later date
The scores made were.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
RACING AT HlLLSGR0VE

fair sized crowd iourneyed 10 Hills-
grove Yesterday 20 witness the card OF
matinee races presented under the man
agement Of John II. Collingwood. The
card OF three races presented was good.
There was 2:o5 pace or trot. 2:35 pace
or trot and a match race for 800 side
between Charles II. Tillnghasts black
stallion Opulence and Daniel Smiths
black geldng r.. which was won by tho
former in a splendid struggle OF five
heats. The 2:25 race went TO a Wick
ford horse called Young Chimes. owned
BY 4 W. Gregory. son OF ex-Gov.
Gregory. and the 2S race was won by
Ghost, a gray gelding owned by Frank
A. Roberts Of this city.
DR.. G. l.. Salisbury, Jr.. Of Wexford.
had been secured by the mana cement To do
the starting and with him in the stand
=aieF4-GaeFge M-Lnury and G. f. Gilbert.
both OF Pomfret. Conn, and Victor Lewis
OF this city. Barney Bennett. driving
Mr. Smiths PAGER r., and Mr.. Tillinghast
ND behind his own horse. came TO the
front for the first race They got away
on the second score. and PAGER B. had no
trouble I'm taking the heat. as Opulencc
kept breaking when his driver would call
upon him.
The second heat also went 10 PAGER b
but the last one was awarded to Opulence
by tho Judges as the driver I'm finishing
the heat changed from pole horse position
I'm ,ae stretch to third horse position.
forcing Mr. Tillinghast TO take back and
go I'm around him TO have any show 10
get by When the horses came out for
the fourth heat IL was seen that Knapp
Forshner was up behind 0pulence. and
this and the NTH heat. which were both
won by Opulence were some nice horse
racing
In the 2:25 class, the second race. there
were five starters. and I'm the first heat
all went 10 a break on tho first turn. but
Komorn. driven by Knapp Forshner, and
Young Chimes. driven by Frank Sphinx
Il omorn won the heat In ! 90. but Il was
his only heat. as Young Chimes took the
next three in Los, l:0TiI and i:09& There
was hot fight for third money between
A s. Roberts Billy Bashford and James
Grlians Fred A. Bashford was driven
for three heats by Barney Bennett. but I'm
the last heat .ir. Roberts himself took
the ribbons Fred 4. beat him out by a
nose however. az tho wire In a pretty
drive down the stretch. The moneys
were divided: Young Chimes, first; Ko-
morn. second; Fred A, third. and Billy
Bashford fourth.
In the 2:35 class there were also five
starters. with a surprise for the local con
tingent when r. A. Roberts brought q
gray gelding. comparatively new In this
city. called Ghost. to the track. and I'm the
2:G class. which clearly was not his
and -tnnk-ihe event I'm one
two. three order. The real interest was In
the tight FOR second money. which lay be-
tween John Collingwood's Ruth g. anl
n little bay trotter. Athalar. driven by
Knapp Forshner Both finished with
second and 2 fourth in the firs~'two heats.
and In tho deciding heat. when Forshner
tried 10 force his charge on tho last turn
for the wire. he went 20 \ break. and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05

CAfternoon Game.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05

When the Grays arrived in Baltimore,
Monday. they were in third place. but left
last night tied with the orioles for the
lead in the championship race The Dunn
ties went at the Oriolts in a manner that
would have made a Providence crowd
Wild with JOY. In the morning big John
Cronin had the Jennings bunch at his
mercy at all times aud i'm the afternoon
Josslyn got even for the defeat ne suffer
ed last Thursday.
Mcfarland is out OF the game with
bad hand and Pat Dillard is playing left
field. Dilard played a good game In the
field. and at the bat he excelled. "
Brodie was the star at the bat In the
morning game. getting double and two
singles Poland opened with hy 10 CEN
tire billiard laced out a single and was
out irving TO stal second Dunn flied 10
Reall Baltimore opened in fine style, but
there was nothing to IL but the opening.
Beall hit one at Rock and beat the throw.
but Kelly was retired on a beautiful bare
hand stop by Conn. Cronin covering first.
McAleese and Jordan were easy outs.
The Dunnites got busy I'm the second.
scoring enough runs 10 win. Thomas drew
called balls and was forced at second by
Ball Conn placed safe one in centre and
continued 10 second on the return throw
10 third Steve" Brodie singled and Ball
scored Conn and Brodie successfully
worked n combination steal. scoring tho
second run. Rock foul flied 10 Byers and
Cronin walked. Poland hit 10 Mason. MAX
ing the third ont.
Cronin did some very fine pitching In
the third Rvers was passed and Mason
sacrificed Both runners were safe on an
error bN Rock at second. Then Cronin
ont nf hest
ters I'm succession.
The Grsys got another run I'm the sixth.
Thomas famed and BALL placed n safe one
IN left field and stole second. Conn vas
the second out on a grounder Ia Hallman.
Brode drove 70 right centre for two bases
scoring Ball Rock also went on. Hallman
10 Jordan The orioles got their frst clean
hit and only run I'm the sixth. Kelly drew
four balls and was forced out at second by
NcAleese. Neal walked after Jordan's ont.
Ioudenslsger put a safe one In right feld
and NcAleese scored
With two ont I'm the seventh. Dillard,
Dunn and Thomas laced out hits and Dill
lard scored On the latter's swat. Dunn
smashed ont a two bagger I'm the ninth
and Thomas drew called balls, but Ball
Was third out on three strikes.
In the afternoon Baltimore was unable
10 tally after the first inning until the
ninth when they tied the score. Josslyn
allowed seven hits. but they were well
separated.
over sHo people were at the afternoon
game and crowded into right field Mana
ger Jennings agreed 20 a ground rule per
hitting two bases on hit into the crowd,
but in the ninth inning with two out and
o man on first snd second Jordan hit into
the crowd and the Baltimore manager In
sisted that McAleese he allowed To- tally
from first base.-Nhich lied the score Tho
ball was returned 10 the plate and II look
e~ as II Thomas had McAleese out but
Umpire thinner called him safe.
(Mornng CiamnD
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
RACE FOR CUTTERS

The Fourth Of July in Newport yester-
DAY was made eventful TO lovers Of boat
racing by the cutter race in the morning
for money prizes offered by the city. the
winner ~ the race 10 hold the NarraEan-
sett hay challenge cup offered by ex-
Mayor T. p. Garrettson There were
three cutters in the race. which was won
Dy the crew OF the Hibernian
Boat club. and n was one of
the best races ever pulled in New
port harbor As in previous races. 10
brought out the entire population of New
port and pot only was the course crowded
with craft Of every description. but the
wharves along the harbor front were
black with people. every place OF van
tage being brought into play. The OH
cials OF the race were Lieut. Commander
Capehart. Lieut. Commander Hourgan.
OK Mayor Oarrettson and Louis q Jones
The start was made at 1O:11.52 amid
footing of WHISTLES and horns For
short distance the three boats kept well
together and then Il was seen that the
Hibeinians were slowly creeping TO the
'front.' and at the turn they had a good
lead. The turn was made as follows
Hibernian. s minutes. rs seconds. Tor
pedo Station. minutes % seconds
Training Station. minutes 4i seconds
ON the return 10 the finish line. on the
torpedo station tho Hibernians continued
IN gain while the race between tho other
two boats was very close and exciting and
"a the winner crossed the line there was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
PROVIDENCE BOY WINNER

Two American professional records
were broken yesterday a the games Of
the Clan-na-G Gael societies az oak Island
park. Boston, and It was said another
professional worlds record was also
broken In the throwing OF the 56-pound
shot for height.
Louis Guertin Of Weymouth was the
principal winner I'm the meet. He broke
one OF the supposed records-the running
nigh tump-by half an inch when he
topped the bar at six feet seven inches,
and IL was the former claimer OF that
event. Robert II. Baker. whom he de-
feated.
Baker holder OF the American record
In the three standing jumps. who pre-
viously did Il feet 7i2 inches. easily bet
tered his own record yesterday when he
jumped =42=feet. 2i2 inches. In the last
jump IN the last attempt he jumped 10
feet inches
Dennis VI honey ~ Cambridge, in the
56-pound shot event. threw the weight
81 feet, which was said 10 be record. He
shared honor In the throwing OF the 5s-
pound shot FOR height for 4 short time
afterward when what was said 10 have
been the professional record was broken
by three inches After Mahoney threw the
the iron the first time. with the stick
at IL feet inches, the bar snapped and
another bar could not be found. SO both
men agreed 10 consider the ma tch a tie.
All the men who competed i'm the track
games yesterday have been seen I'm pro-
fessional company before with one eXcep-
ton. Eddie Hines. who only figured I'm
the 4N-yard dash. finishing a very good
third. Lloyd Doughty OF Rhode Island
and William Cameron. who is considered
the champion all-around athlete OF Rhode
Island. were the only non Massachusetts
boys entered. Doughty did good work I'm
the long runs, winning the half-mle and
taking second in the mile.
one hundred-yard dash-Won by Tom
ksene. second. Louis Guertin third.
Hines. Time--l0 i-5s.
Three standing jumps Won by Rober;
II Baker. distance i2ft. 2hn. second.
Louis Guertin. ilf,; third. Hawkins OF
vBoston. aft Tin.
Running high jump Won by Louis
Guertin height SIT lin; second, Baker.
ST. 5lain.; Hawkins OF Boston and Nc
Tiernan ot West quincy tied for third
at SIT si2in.
Half mile run--Won by Lloyd s. Iough
ty second. William Manning; third. John
Lesvitt. Time-em IS.
Running broad iump--First place tie
between Tom Keene and Louis Guertin
at Gift 1oin., third. William Cameron,
EOft tin,
Putting ls-pound Won by Ma
honey. distance SIT, Gin. second, James
PenderEast. aft. lin. third. Beaton, 3sft.
sin.
Throwing Ss pound shot for distance
Won by Dennis Mahoney. distance Slft,
second. James r. Pendergast. 2sft. 1in.i
third. Daniel Kelliher. 2ift Sin,
Four hundred and forty yard frun--Wor
by Tom Keene: second William Man
ming. third. Eddie Hynes. Time--52 & SIS
Running hop, step and jump-Won by
Louis Curtin. distance AFT. ilisin.: Sec
ond. William Cameron. 4ift Gin; third
Colbert. i3ft Tin.
Mile run-Won by Frank Kanaley. sec
ond. LLOYD Doughty, third, John Ieavitt
Time-im. 3Ss.
Throwing 55-pound shot for height
First place tie between Dennis Mahoney
and James Pendergsst NJ lift. Gin; third.
w. H. Beaton. l2ft Pin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
SYS0NBY WON EASILY

Nearly 1000 turf enthusiasts accorded
a royal ovation TO James r. Keenes Sy-
sonhy. when he won the Lawrence Reali-
zation stakes. for 3-year-olds. one mile
and five furlongs at Sheepshead Bay YES
terday afternoon I'm such easy style that
Iorkes==Nieoi= f=t}e'r=4se=t=ef-t -ttfiiitts
the great Melton colt 10 a walk at the
wire. OF the original entries Sydney
Pagets Cairngorm was withdrawn, leav-
ing four 10 go.
While Sysonby was a prohibitive IA
vorite AZ . TO 5. II. +. Whitney's crack
flly Tanya. was well supported for the
place at : 10 10. with an army OF small
bett0rs backing her TO win q fours Sy-
sonby. with n long machiue-liko stride
superb action and meteoric speed was
the master OF the situation from the very
beginning. Tanya under a pull. hung
10 him tenaciously in the long run around
the lower turn into the back stretch, but
she never had n chance 10 catch Mr.
keene's champion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
CATBOAT RACING

Yesterday afternoon I'm Newport hsrbor
a catboat race under the auspices Of the
Newport Yacht club was held for prizes
offered by tho city OF Newport and was
tho most successful held for some years.
Thirteen boats were entered in the four
classes. all being Newport boats with the
exception OF Malsrd. which was from
jamestown There was good. stiff
breeze from tho southwest blowing all
through the race. and the boats made
good time over the course. tho marks
being AT Bishops Rock an the North
Dumping Rock
The start was made in the inner harbor
Of the torpedo station. and tho Thyrsa
nj once took the lead OF the fleet which
she held TO the finish, making the best
time over tho course while the Little
Vesper ri pushed her very closely Out
ot the ~ starters. all finished but two
The Judges OF the race were Messrs. Cos
telll and Hazard. members OF the regatta
committee of the club. The time was as
follows:
First class. Start lis:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
GAMES TODAY.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
New York AT Philadelphia.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
GAMES TO-DAY
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE GAMES

At New Bedford New Bedford 5, Fall
River l.
At Fall River-Fall River s. New Bed
ford 3
Al Concord Manchester ?. Concord /.
At Manchester-Concord 4, Manchester
3
Al Nashua -Haverhill s. Nashua
At Haverhill- Nashua "a. Haverhtll g.
AT Lynn-Lynn g. Lowell g.
At I.ynn-Iynn 4. Lowell 3
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-05
GAMES ToDA'
Montreal at Toronto.
Buffalo at Rochester.
Newark AZ Baltimore.
Providence at Jersey City.
EASTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES

All records for long baseball games In
Boston were broken Yesterday afternoon
when Philadelphia defeated Boston 10 2.
after 20 innings. The previous record was
Boston Providence game in IS inuings.
which had stood since 1875 A tumble.
hit by pitched ball, a force out and
two singles gave the visitors the two runs
and the game In the final inning Ferris
accepted l3 chances, many of them diff
cult, out of lf Young did not give ? hase
on balls In the entire game. Waddels
work was also wonderful after the first
inning. Attendance 1866 The score:
lnningS-20