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was movin' down the road for Gala
basas.
Gee 1t was dark some nights. but
that horse Travelled good. and finally to
relieve him we threw out the seat and
lap robes and a burned old shawl or
something like that, and I'll show you
where we ditched them.
Afraid? Gee, I should say not. Nav.
we weren't going out to hunt Indians
and We weren't lookin' fer no buried
treasure. We were goin fer a ranch
and goln' fast
Ghosts? Aw. say come out o. that.
They wuznt nuthin up them hills but
mosquitoes and rattlcsnakes, aud both
made plenty of noise when ttey got
near you.
well we worked along there for six
weeks or so and got along all right. We
shoed the nag and Travelled along and
then some moke wants TO give as sew
enty-five bucks fer de outfit and we
sneezed in his lockers and busted.
What We had. so hadst the nag fer
We fed dat old skate whether we got
any grub or net.
well we travels along till we strikes
an old gent up in de hills He was a
hermit OF somethln and ne calls us sir
rups or cherrups or somethin' because
our faces We're clean for onct. havin'
fallen i'm frog pond. and We lives with
him till one day il come.
Il had been workin' along till Roy
gets il IN his head dat dere's a good
beatin' comm 10 me for putin pepper on
his batter cakes.
II know he could lick me Wit his
mitts. so ] smears him over the head
with the handle of the hatchet. Homes.
I only hit him wild de handle but de
surgeon says dat 1t made a pretty good
cut for a handle.
Dat was about all / had to give
reasons for hittin' de kid and about dat
time some one wants to know cur pedi-
grees and then 1 cheeps and we get
pinched.
'Aw. we'll we PLAYED de game and
lest, SO what's de odds? We didn't hurt
de horse none and maybe de Judge
won't be so hard on US"
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offered me that money TO let him go.'
Did you, refuse IL because you
feared il was tainted money!" asked
the desk sergeant.
NO; / never thought about that, %
said the farmer Il refused it because
/ reckoned It might be compromising a
felony. and for the further reason that
] wanted TO get the law on the darned
skunk for tryin' To rob my house and
then shootin' me. 90
A few days later Smith was indicted
by the grand jury for attempting 90
rob and for shooting with intent 10 Kill.
Wipf drove back 10 his country home.
but he couldn't help thinking about the
81 400 and he was still thinking about
il when. few days later. he drove back
to Omaha go have his two wounds
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A SWeet "Bunch"
She Had to Love

VN ITH three husbands present,
NM all anxious to tell stories;
V V a fourth tclegraphing from
Waterbury, Conn. that he'd
come too. If the district attorney
would send his fare: and rea-
sonahle rumors of NTH and sixth.
VIII" live iu Harlem, Miss Augusta
Martha Bruning.' polyandrous cook.
was arTaigned in the Tombs police
court recently.
Lawyer Thomas J. Sullivan dIsap-
pointed everybody. and particularly the
1l' OF husbands 10y waving cxamina-
t"u and therchZ preventing them from
telling their stories. which they seem
anxious jo t.it The woman was he'll
ln 800 b-l for the grand jury Miss
Efunihs readily admitted her matrj-
shonl.b ventures and explained nafyeIN.
They were all 50 nice and sweet 10
me that ] loved them all Besides they
peSlcFcd me 50 That / just had 10 marry
t".h one IN order TO get rid of him.
While waiting for the case u be called
me three husbands. Frank Newman,
fhIi Spitzeubcrger. and Otto Miller Nos
:. o. dnT 1, told tho reporters how they
came to marry the cook.
"I;s too lad Hank Kcchler amt
here, laughed Miller, who was No. T.
lie IS great, big German a merican.
more than SIX sCet tall. IF Hank who
was the first husband. was here. We
could c@l the meeting 10 order"
i don know how she rOpcd me i'm.
said Newman, who is hardy feet tall
Its true I went back 20 live with her
aiter ! knew she was tied up 20 Quo
here. hut she kept running after me.
And she sure was a great cook and I
liked the things she could dish up''
wei. ! amt kicking" spoke up
SpitzcnhcrEer who was No g. He is a
man of forty-five. I was a good thing
and old enough 60 know better but N7nu
can't get such oatin' as she can fix IN
every day. l amt got nothin' again
her.
Miller said he had to choose between
Martha's pies and his self-respect and
he beat IT."
Miss Bruning" sat dedantly all bv
herself glaring a the srinnins hus-
bands.
Let 'em taik." she said "I'n take
my medicine to get rid of them That's
the only reason ] ever married EN- in
the first place. They kept running after
ne"
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Like the "Drums of the Fore and Aft"

IKE KIpIing's story of "Jakin and
Lew" IN the tale of the Drums
of the Fore and Aft" is the
story of the adventures of two
bac little youngsters who are now 90
ing penance In the detention homo and
the county hospital at Los Angeles
awaiting the time when they Will be
haled before Judse Wilbur TO answer
the charge Of horse stealing.
Never in the annals of the detention
home have there been such visitors as
Herbert Ensign and Royal James. each
thirteen years Of age, The boys are
peculiar, with love OF adventure sticking
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and see if / can't make you pay cor this
job some other way"
Keeping Smith covered with the re-
volver, Wipf called To his wife to fetch
him rope. She did SO. and together
they tied the burglar hand and foot
Nipf then kept watch over his prisoner
until Daylight when ne hitched a team
20 his wagon, bundled Smith into the
vehicle and set out for Omaha with his
prisoner with the 81 400
IT'S gosh-darned hard 10 keep my
hands on usat money ne confessed TO
Smith on the way; but / reckon IL
wouldn't be just right To take it and
let YOU CO."
"Oh. you're too damned conscien-
tious.' argued Smith. Take il and let
me skip. Nobody will be "a bit the
wiser"
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z Ohm WIPE.

z Ohm WIPE, respected farmer
living . few miles west OF Omaha,
is plaintiff in an action against
john Smith. a ''yeggman, who is
said TO be known 10 the police of nearly
every important city in this country
one night recently Wipf discovered
Smith in the act of robbing his house,
and. after a battle with the burglar, in
which tie farmer was twice shot Wipt
finally downed the burglar and disarmed
him.
Now. my son, said the farmer
breathing heavily and looking down into
his prisoner face, Il propose TO make
YOU pay for the fun you have had with
me tonight"
why. MI Farmer, I'm perfectly WILL
ing 10 pay for IT," said the burglar,
trying 10 smile. Il have l.4OO IN my
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ating her with the paint. When the job
was finished the COW was striped from
horns To tail. Then the girls, almost
frightened at their own boldness, ran
home and resolved not 10 tell any one
what They had done,
When in the twilight The hired girl OF
the GrOsh family came out to milk. in
place OF seeing "BOssy.' she found A
great striped animal which she took
for a zebra or some other wild beast.
She ran screaming 10 the house and gave
the alarm. In a short time an armed
force Of citizens was on the scene.
Luckily the COW lowed Just as they
came in sight and the hoax was discov-
cred. Ever since. however. the owner
has been trying 10 scrub the paint on
his cows back.
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out all over them and with the sterling
qualities of gamcness predominatIng
their bad actions.
The boys stole a horse and buggy
from Henry Kelley, a wealthy property
owner of Hollywood The THEFT oc-
CURED several weeks ago and the lads
disappeared as though swallowed up i'm
an earthquake, and had il not been for
a quarrel between them they would
never have been tracked.
As Il was they Travelled through the
Toluca region and finally landed I'm the
6aT ia Ana canyon. where they went 10
work, and they cared for their stolen
property with such regularity that the
horse is now iu better condition than
when il was taken away. Ranchers of
the neighbOrhood where the bovs
stopped state that they worked hard an
day in the blisteriHg sun 10 earn money
10 have the horse properly fitted ont
with shoes. and that they refused to
ever consider an offer of SO for their
horse
But evil was the day when they fell
out, and Ensign, too small 10 fight with
his larger companion. whacked the
reckless Royal over the head with
hatchet
for Ensign told The story Of the theft
and James went TO the hospital and Of
fcer Sepulveda OF the local sheriff $
Office went NCrth and brought both b1vs
TO Los Angeles where Ensign was sent
To the detention home and James 10 the
county hospital.
Yesterday morning for the first time
since the fEht they met at the county
hospital and under the coaching of the
officers they were Induced TO shake
hands and make up and combine for
the fight against the law
Ensign marched into the ward where
his former pal sat In an invald's chair
and locked weary with the world.
The boys looked hercely at each other
and then they pretended not to see one
another Finally they We're persuaded
10 break the silence by speaking at the
same time
'Nuh d--n sattlctale." said one
"AW, shut Yer uap or IN smear YOU
in der sneezer." same the reply.
Then both boys shook hands and
grinned
Gee. yuh look like some ole gran mud
der remarked the pugnacious Ensign.
as he surveyed the forlorn LOOKING.
James, whose feet rested on the edge
Of the invalids chair and whose head
was swathed in handages.
"Wen, yOuse has got t. hear about
this stealing game. so I'm goin' TO do
my shoutin' right here" fold Ensign.
1--WE. me and me pal SAYS we arc
gOin to Frisco ana dig up things in the
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DEAR SMOKE.

Here exclaimed the trusty hench-
man. ''ThatH never dor
What's the matter nOw?" asked the
candidate, who never had run for office
before.
Those campaign cigars YOU are dis
trihuung '-
why, they're real Havana and the
best / can fad In the market -
That's the trouble Half the fellows
that smoke them won't know the diF-
ference, and the other half viii thinF<
YOU are too big fool 10 be trusted
with public job. Chicago Tribune.
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necessary. Mr.. Ping says. but he con-
siders the boots practically as good as
new today.
To the method used 10 tan the leather
the wearer attributes the lasting quail
ties of the boots. This method Shoe
maker Williams kept TO himself and
those who wore his boots and shoes
declare that his secret process was far
better than any in use today
Longevity is a characteristic of the
Ping family. His mother lived 10 be
eighty years old and her father died at
the age Of ll5.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

Y the premature explosion OF a
X calf. partly filled with dynamite,
IL James Tatman, a farmer. living
near Topeka, Kans.. was serious
~ injured.
The calf found three sticks Of dyna-
mite which Tatman WAS using TO blast a
well. As Tatman ascended 10 obtain the
explosive. he was horror-stricken 10 see
the calf calmly chewing the last stick.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

Los Angeles, when
-enveloped and diIapidated prosDsc-
tor sauntered out Of the desert scrub TO
the engine cab after having succeeded
by the waving Of his hat in putting a
stop To the flyer III the heart OF the
Mojave sand plain.
''Jes' water. Water fer me and me
mules he answered. regarding cauti-
ouslg the rising temperature Of the en-
gineer's irritation.
The locomotive puffed and sputtered.
IS Il impatient of the delay. but the
engineer. Obedient To the demand of the
desert wanderer. called for a couple OF
brakemen. and Ia a few minutes the
cans and buckets on the thirsty waiting
purros were filled with water.
Much Obliged 10 meet YOU shouted
the prospector, draining one Of the cans
to ITS rusty bottom.
You're welcome" the engineer yelled
back at him as the train moved through
the sand and cactus, snorting at every
tie to make up the nve-minutes breaE in
the schedule
zone OF the most interesting Incidents
in my experience" said Clarendon r.
Eyer, a prominent Chicago attorney
who came 10 Los Angeles on the held
up train. and is visiting his sister Mrs.
John ID. Reavis. at 2jDl Budlong avenue.
Talk about charity. and mercy and
the brotherhood of man, There was liy-
ing and indisputable evidence OF il.
I'VE were bowling alopg about forty
miles an hour between couple Of sta
tions ou the desert when the train came
10 a sudden stop. Everybody on board
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

II am not going 10 get married for
two years" At once the other announc-
ed the same determination.
All the pleading of the young men was
vain. and the quartet soon after left for
their homes.
II was IN the nature VI an elopemeuL
but the young ladies became frightened.
The elder SAID she was afraid OF her
father. She thought, however, that a
year hence he might think better OF IL
and give hsNconsent
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
Calls Fatal Dynamite Diet.

He hurried forward. Shouting and waV-
ing his arms in frantic effort 10 drive
the calf away. Suddenly the dynamite
exploded with a roar heard a mile and
a half away. The animal had chewed a
dynamite cap with the rest OF the meal
Mr.. Tatman was knocked back into the
we'll by the terrific force of the eXplo-
sion. and as the we'll was twelve feet
deep he was hurt internally and may not
recover. Only fragments OF the calf
have been found
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

from the gutter. When they we're
offered TO Murphy he said. IanguidIy:
Take them away What's all the
fuss about? I want to sleep and I
don't want lot Of belboys running up
TO my room all the time. Take them
away, I tell you"'-New York Sun
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
WHY HE kEPT NUN.

Yes. he WAS nailin' a board on his
front steps and he hit his thumb an
awfgl swiFe- And what do you think.
lie didn't say "A word. -
He dldn't2"
Nope He's deaf and dumb. ."-Cieve-
land Plain Dealer
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AN INSULT.

Yes" said Senator Snitch, they Of
nant
How much did they offer you?" in
quired Senator kiutch.
Fifty dollars"
why, the paltry wretchesI No Won
der you were Indignant"
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
POLITICS IN, NEW YORK.

Have you got one Of these mechani-
cal voting arrangements in your booth?"
Il believe 50. ] heard our ward cap
tain say that nearly everybody was
gclng TO vote according 20 the machine
Cleveland Pain Dealer.
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QUITE so.

Artist-What? Only eighty francs on
my picture? Why, paid mOle than that
for the frame
Quite so, we are lending only on tksa
frame. Bon ViVant
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

dt'ftl ut4l6 ~ NitANtA Nt-
lily OF Z. P. Dickinson, 1910 Lake ave-
nue., living in the midst OF plenty mas
Tor two days lacked food.
II is not that there is no money in
the eXchequer Of the Dickrsons. Far
be IL from such. Neither has disease
fallen on its members as yet All are
as healthy as could be expected under
the circumstances. A cook waits to
cook food and a maid waits 20 wait on
table.
And everyday waits for the missing
cook book.
For years the Dickinson family has
had its food prepared in accordance
with the regulations laid down in
cook book, which has been handed
down from generation 10 generation.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

a PENNSYLVANIA train 10 get married.
The prospective bridgerooms procured
lincenscs and teIephoned for a minister.
Then they were astonished to hear one
OF the sisters abruptly declare;
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n q r. MGRPHY-hc said his name
M was Murphy. but that ne was
no relative of d famous family
of that name-had been dining
well exceedingly So. There was not the
least doubt of that Also he had been
imbibing, as well as paTtaking Of the
good things in the lobster belt
Aad Mr.. Murphy was very tired ia the
small hours of the morning. lie not
only felt like a ship on an ocean of
joy bat he wanted TO seek his downy
couch But he WAS just a trifie mixed.
and the rolling cab in which he started
west from the Sixth avenue restaurant,
where he had ministe-ed 10 the inner
man. assumed the proportions and gen
cra appearance Of a bed for the time
being
The horse was lost to view ina the
mist which cIouded Mr.. Murphy's eyes
and he forgot that the wheels were GO
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EIoping Brides "Renig" at Altar.

\ ISSES Elizabeth and Jennie
MI Enrich. sisters. Of Alum Bank.
v Pa. with Howard Nunemaker.
Of Pleasdntville. Pa, and NJ
A Roudabush. OF Rainsburg,
Pa. arrived IN Cumberland on
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
FIagS Limited to Get a Drink.

EEV THATs up?" shouted the en-
h gineer of the overland
v limited train bound for
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

PITIABLE case of threatened
starvation has been reported
70 the police OF Evanston, Ill,
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

XX ITH three husbands present,
NM all anxious to tell stories
v "a fourth tclegraphing from
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28
MOznrt's Memory.

Mozart bad memory for music and
for nothing else. On attending the
papal mass at the Sistine chapel he
was greatly impressed with the mu-
steal service and asked for copy, but
was told none could be given him, as
the music was not allowed to go out
He went to the next service, listened
attentively, went away and wrote down
the whole from memory. When Don
Giovanni was first performed, thcrN
was not time TO copy a part for the
harpsichord, so Mozart conducted the
entire opera, about three hours long,
and played harpsichord accompani-
ment to the songs and choruses with
out note of music to assist his men,
CRY.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28
a Russian Story.

The possession of land is regarded
with almost superstitiouS venerati0n
by the peasants of Russia. a parallel
of this feeling is found in the eastern
tale Of Nasr-ed-Dn Hodga. who met a
peasant one day with a donkey, over
whose back hung two sacks. one filed
with stones the other with wheat the
stones having been added to balance
the wheat why not divide the wheat
into two parts instead?" suggested
Nasr-ed Din Hodga. Delighted with
the idea, the peasant did as he was
advised and hung the two sacks of
wheat over the donkey's back And
where are your lands. O wise stran-
gerf' he asked humbly, II have no
lands" answered the other. Your es-
tates, then, and your palaces?" inqur-
ed the peasant 81 have none" said
the other Then your houses, your
gardens, your orchardsf" persisted the
man, amazed. II have none Of these"
smiled the sage "Whatp cried the en-
ragged peasant. "Do you, who have no
lands and no possessions, presume to
give advice to meY" And he unload n
the donkey, rearranged the wheat and
stones as before and proceeded or his
way.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28

young man and started in business in
Chicago in small way, rising through
energy and thrift Bat he could not
stand prosperity. ana his fondness for
biz schemes that cYuld not be under
taken without assuming big risks was
his undoing
Nipples case was similar, but his
was the strangest Of all. His was the
case Of a GOOD man gone wrong and
led wrong by man with whom, it
might have been supposed. a conserva-
tive hnancier. Il man with reputation
to maintain, would have had nothing
to do District Attorney John c. Bell,
who is prosecuting the surviving
wreckcrS of the Real Estate Company
Of Philadelphia, declared in court that
he could prove that Nipple, Segal and
those cogni2ant OF their dongs were
engaged in n conspiracy and that as a
result of their acts more than $1,000
600 was distracted from the institution
for the use OF one man This was Sc
gal who. as director of the company
put it, seemed to have hypnotzed the
president SegalS career was meteoric
Twenty years ago he was Il recent i'm
migrant from Austria, speaking broken
English and working over Il boiling
soap caldron in cellar in tenement
district The invention of new proc
ess for waxing paper yielded him 500
600 This gave him start in business.
and his persuasive manner enabled
him to borrow money to any extent de-
sired for all kinds of visionary prof.
ects He built Il sugar refinery for the
purpose of selling if out to the sugar
trust and succeeded in doing so. max
ing about 100000 on the deal Later
he tried the same game again. but this
time could not sell and got left with
the refinery on his hands 1t is said he
once overdrew his account at Nipples
bank $4,000 but Nipple, being mex
tricably involved in Segals schemes.
had to honor the check After Nipples
suicide his family found hastily
scrubbed note. which read NO one to
blame but myself Segal got all the
money was fooled into lending it to
him, thinking his business good The
dead bank president was a plodding
lawyer for years, and his reputation
for integrity and safe methods led him
to be made the custodian Of many
trust funds including those of church.
es and charitable institutions out
wardly he was 50 highly moral that
nobody suspected him capable of DO.
ing a wrong thing, and when his fan
came it carried misfortune to many in
nocent persons with 1t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28
The Sinplifed Spelling
BY Professor BRANDER MATTHEWS

EZ HE adhesion of the foremost linguistic authorities of both
branches of the English speaking ought to be reassurng
~ those who have dreaded that the recommendations of the
sinpliied spelling board might work harm tongue
and etymogy 1t show that those who KNOW MOST
about English spelling believe it ought to be improved
Sooner or later what propose do bound through All
thinking people already realize that and nothing better could have
happened for than have the president stand
hilltop and blow vigorous blast for What do to
arouse TIE INTEREST OF PEOPLE and make them
what really proposing and the presidents action will do that
nothing else could
The presidents order entire surprise am
that did send him the documents published by the
board and did have idea that he interested the subject
until request for list of recommended pengs received
from Secretary Loeb
The next knew the of the order the papers
very glad find that the president interested in
efforts than supposed and feel that his Endorsement will be of
the greatest possible benefit the smpfed spelling
The opponents the have said that many professors of
colleges and universities have ndorsed have started s
down this
FAR EXAMINED OUR ADHESION LIST" HAVE
FOUND THAT THREE STATES SEVENTY THREE PROFESSORS
HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR WILLINGNESS USE THE sIMPLFED
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28

Bushes in pastures have now made
most of their growth for the season
and when cut VIII not have vitality to
start UP again to any great extent this
fall; hence the advantage Of doing this
work in August. When the practice Of
cutting every year is followed it will
be found that the growth will decrease
and in this way they can be gradually
got rid of. If there are any bushes.
briers or rank growing weeds along
the fences, in the meadows or by the
roadside they would also receive atten-
ton
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASS SINGER STEAMERS
CHARLOTTE" and "BALTlMORE.n
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND, VA.
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIERS Is AND 10 LIGHT STREET
WHARF.

On and after Saturday, December Ord, 1905
the daily service of the York RiUer Line be.
tween BALTIMORE, WEST POINT and RICH
MOND, VA, will be discontinued, and. until
iurther notice, steamers will be operated on a
tri-weekly service, leaving BALTIMORE on
Tues lays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 5
O'Clock P. NJ, and leaving WEST POINT. VA.
on Mondays, Wednesdays and FRIDAYS at
550 O'Clock p. NJ.
Under this service landings on the York
River will be made at GLOUCESTER POINT
CLAY BANK and ALMONDS every trip in
each direction weather permitting.)
The landing at YORKTOWN will be dis.
continued until further notice.
Through Tickets to all points may be secur.
ed, baggage checked and staterooms reserved
from the City Ticket Offices. lI9 h. Baltimore
street, ARTHUR W. ROBSON, Agent, l27 e.
Baltimore street, or the General Offices, $50
Light street, Baltimore Md
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28

Saviour The be
stowal of this deco
ration is the exclu
sive privilege of
the king The Royal
Order of the Saw
Jour is the most
honorable order in
Greece. its member
ship including SOW.
ereigns, ambaSsa .
doris. cabinet minis
t6i's and command
ing generals
Mr.. Sullivan was
born in New York
forty-siX years ago.