davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
KEEP THE roY THIS WAY.

To Keep boy ON the farm first of all
work should hc made as pleasant and
attractive to him as possible lie will
never like the farm if he realizes that
he is nothing but choye boy to have
to work with the poorest team. the old
est tools. Then giving him a small
financial interest in the work which he
does is 4 matter of the highest impor-
lance. There are far more boys driven
from the farm than ever leave il volun-
tarily. \ very good way is to give the
boy an acre of land and let him have
all he can raise on it, \ number of old
grangcrS have been much surprised mt
what their boys could do under this
plan ana have been given very valu-
able object lesson in the possibilities Of
small piece of land well titled. You
farm boys who read this ask for the
use Of an acre Of land. pay rent for it
If Your father won't give it to YOU and
try this year to see how big crop of
potatoes or corn or cabhagcs or squash
eS you can raise. Popcorn will often
pay as well as or better than any other
crop
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

Standard Oil closed with HeinZe at his
own figures then. But he could not see
it that way at the time, When the
long warfare was recently concluded
through the purchase of 4 majority of
the IIeinZe mines by a company con
troled by Amalgamated financiers it
was rumored that IeinZe got $4,000
600 out Of the settlement. Amalgamat-
ed officials denied the sum was so
large. but nobody doubted it was
good deal in excess of S10,0G0,000. The
effect of the settlement will be to re
lease the Amalgamated mines in Mon
tana from the njunctions obtained by
HcinZe and permit the working of val
liable veins to be resumed.
The f. in the name OF Mr. Heinze
stands for Frederick and he was call
ed Fritz MS a boy, but he now goes by
his middle name of Augustus. He is
the son Of New York merchant and
was born in New York in 1869. On
graduating from the School of Mines
Of Columbia university in 1889 he start
ed for Montana. His first job was that
Of an assistant engineer on the ''inside"
Of the Boston and Montana mine, and
his pay was s. a day. During the day
he grubbeI patiently 1000 feet be
meath the surface in overalls and laced
coWhlcs. He studied the trend and
dip Of the copper veins and compared
his notes with the surface location of
other claims. When he came out of the
mines lie washed up, put on his "claw
hammer" evening suit, one of the first
seen in Butte, and dined as though in
clubhouse on Fifth avenue. The min
ers called him dude" but they soon
learned that he was no tenderfoot.
After two years of practical work in
the mines HeinZe went to Germany
and spent two years there in study of
mineralogy. Then he returned to this
country and with his brother, Arthur
HenZe. a lawyer. formed a copper
company to operate in Montana. The
young men had inherited some money
from a relative, and this they put into
the venture They bought mines sup
posed to be valucless but which they
knew to he worth millions, and soon
came to be big factors in copper min
ing. Then came the clash with the
Amalgamated with the outcome al.
ready described.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

prosnut prays the Almighty to avengc
H. blood Of the prophet Joseph Smith
Npu The nations. 1t is argued that Il
3D. who takes such an oath as this
q mot consistently serve in Il position
q h.-h responsibility in the national
g9vcrmuent.
4 Testimony has been given against
Fhe Aurm0nS Of Utah during the pres
.fnt session Of congress not only by
gentles and former Mormons, but by
pucmbcrs of the sect which claims to be
IL original and true Mormon church.
2Ihe headquarters of the sect is Lamo-
p, Ia and it is there that its presi-
Feut Joseph Smith, resides. He is said
p be the eldest son of the Joseph Smith
sWhO originated Mormonism and claims
r. he the latter's legitimate ecclesiastic-
r successor. He is now seventy-two
RearS old. The quarrel between these
&lWo branches of Mormonsm dates
pack many years and has to do with
iAraeniS connected with the stormy
Experiences of the Latter Day Saints
p Illinois in the early part of the last
century, The sect which has its head
quarters in Iowa terms itself "The
l'eo.-aniZed Church of Jesus Christ of
I'd''r Day Saints" and its members
20 not call themselves Mormons. They
90 not practice polygamy and have
StA' missionaries to Utah to preach
'-at-st The doctrine. According to the
ID9ny of one of these men, Elder
H. u. briggs, he had to call for the
~" S protection against Salt Lake City
Io.lA"As when he undertook to de-
Nouhce The institution of polygamy, a
circumstance which, it is alleged, indi-
#va'eN approval of the doctrine by the
"l'fhon leaders in Utah. President
NNutA and other officers of the so called
o''-iiaI or reformed branch of the
latter Day Saints gave important tes-
'LaoaF against the Utah Mormons be-
iole IAe senate committee.
''u'r Important witnesses were
NdfIeS a. Smurthwaite of Ogden,
Otiil q director of the Beck Salt
VIM became an apoState be-
y"uN' ne was driven out of business by
u.e apostles trust" and Professor
"ol''F n. Wolfe, former teacher of
7,o''I} in Brigham Young's college at
logan who was communicated be-
,%use he did not pay his tithes and
,,'so' as the witness claimed, because
NV opposed polygamy. Mr.. Smurth-
""IJe alleged that an additional cause
O' ms apostasy was falling out he
nav, with President Joseph f. Smith.
Ing was due to the fact that he sus-
pe1''u mat grating" was going on
1iuong the apostles and asked them to
n,uAe an accounting of funds in their
ee ', a request which was re-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

mighty sudden he'd let go a hull bush
ell of buckshot ut him. He's n hero,
the deacon is. When he got through
tellin' the story Skinner offered to
trust him for ten pounds of sugar all
to once"
Everybody cant be a hero" an
swered the wife, with a sigh.
what do you s'pose happened to
Elijah Smallman two or three years
ago."
Il can't say. | don't remember of
his telling that anything did"
NO, he never told a human being
about it till tonight, and then he made
us all promise never to breathe a word
to a soul. Lordy, but the chills went
up ard down my back while he was
tellin' III"
what was itf"
"He saw murderer. His dog parked
about midnight, and he got up and
looked out of the winder and saw
murderer snoopin' around. The Teller
even came up and ratified on the kitch-
en- door. The dog put his tail down
and made a sneak and didn't come
home for two days. Liiah said he got
so weak in the knees that lie could
hardly get back to bed. and he covered
up his head for more'n an hour after
wards"
How did he know it was a muir
derer?"
because the Teller had on a SLOUGH
hat pulled down over his eyes and was
crouched over. That's the way they
nllus do. Yes, he was a regular muir
1erer. / week later a tin peddler come
along and told Lijah that hull family
had been murdered about fifty miles
away the very next night. If the dog
hadn't barked the Smallman family
would have been wiped out Do | ever
see a murderer snoopin' around?'
Land O. massy, but hope mott"
"But I orter see one, same as other
folks. II ] ever do see one | won't
stand and trembe and shake No, sir,
l won't. III just go right out TO him
and tell him to hump himself out Of
that or he'll have me in his hair, but i
shan't never see one. There's no such
good luck for me-"
But you hain't done so bad" G)
served the wife in soothing TOMS
"You fell in the river once, didn't
you?"
YES"
"And you had fight with a light
min rod MANI
Eyes"
"And a mad dog chased you up a
ladder?"
But what does all them things
amount to agin Injuns and murderersi
/ want to be hero, same as other
folks. If I'd ask Skinner to trust me
for ten pounds Of sugar all to once
he'd drop dead"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
F. Z. Belnze,
Che Napoleon
Of Copper

EW YHEN it was announced a few
Af%S days ago that f. Augustus
HeinZe had won his fight
against the Amalgamated
copper company and its Standard Oil
hackers men familiar with the dapper
little mining king were not greatly sur
priSed. There are few men who stand
chance OF winning when the battle
Is against such mon as John D. Rookie
Teller, II. IL. Rogers, Senator W. \.
Clark and other opponents of what
Thomas W Lawson calls the system"
Hein2c is one of these few. He gen
orally has luck on his side. He knows
the copper mining business from A
TO 4. he understands how to play both
business and politics so that the two
games will work his way. and he has
nerve enough to tackle anything The
harder the proposition the better he
likes it. IL. II. Rogers is considered to
possess a wonderful power as to esti-
mating men and handling them in any
negotiations he may think fit to enter
''AAA 'AANi4As A'tl llNIiiEt w I'll ltu years
ago, when he was quite young man,
proved too much of an enigma for the
Standard Oil vice president to solve.
There is Il story that about that time
Mr.. Rogers invited him to his office one
day with Il view of compromising
the fight IIcinZe had precipitated by
suits against the companies controlling
Amalgamated properties At the be-
ginning of the interview Mr.. Rogers is
said to have intimated in his usual po-
lite and suave manner that of course
he had the power to crush his youthful
rival completely to the earth. but that
he hcSitated to exercise it. that ltiga-
ton would interfere with some of his
plans ana that, in short. he would lis
ten to 4 proposition for settlement. Mr.
lIeinze. with equal politeness, remark
ed that he had not come to make Il
proposition, that Mr. Rogers had sent
for him, and he was there to listen.
Thcrcupon John ID. Rockefeller's right
hand man is said To have declared:
We'll, Mr.. Ucinzc. we will give you
S250,000 to settle all your claims-give
it to you in cash 5ls afternoon"
Young iIeinze smiled. Mr. Rogers"
he said. lam surprised l had thought
you were a man of broad views, accus-
toned to great negotiations"
In heavens name" gaspel the oil
magnatc, how much do you want?"
'fTpn million IolIov,. e acnl},. rorIio1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
Dangers In Circulating Libraries.


\ foreign medical Journal has been
publishing facts about the dissemina-
ton of disease through books from
public libraries II is, of course. impos-
sible for librarians 10 ascertain where
books have been or to know the condi
tons OF families into which they 60 a
large number OF book were examined
and We're found to contain the baclH
of pneumonia di.hthoria and many
other sorts, some of which were harm
less. Even new books fresh from the
publishers hands We're found 20 con
tain germs. There are very many per
sons who practice wetting the fingers
with the lips or tongue when turning
the pages Of books. This is an exceed
ingly dangerous thing to do, not only
to the person who does it, but to all
others who may use the book after
ward. especially if the person so doing
has any form of disease in the system
Invalids Of all kinds are likely to be
great readers. and the consumptive or
those suffering with cancer may un-
Willingly deposit on the pages of the
volumes they pcruse the deadly germs
Of their own malady.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
MOrmOn5Sm
Hind the Case Of
Reed Smoot

wT is lust three years since the SEN
elections took up the question of
the right of Reed Smoot of Utah
TO occupy Il seat in the upper branch
Of congress. All this time the inquiry
has been in progress ut intervals ana
the country is expecting Il report on
fhe subject before the close of the pres
emit session The chairman of the COM
mitter. Senator Burrows of Michigan.
says he will insist tlat u report be
mada before the members o. congress
again go to their homes and the wheels
of LEGISLATION again cease To grind In
the course of the investigation many
Interesting and startling facts have
been elected about Mormonism and the
practiccs Of its adhcrcnts. Huge petit
tions have been presented to the senate
agatust the retention of Mr.. Smoot as
a ncu!ber of that body. Only the other
dan Senator Perkins of California pre-
sented one signed by several thousand
WOmpu or j!le state from winch he
hail. and simultaneously Senator Pat
terson of Colorado offered one signed
by thousands of members of the gen
Tia sex who reside in the Centennial
State.
Thc testimony before the committee
hae brought out a great many things
which throw light on the operations of
The Mormon hierarchy. but the ques-
tiou upon which the proceedings turn
is .hat of whether Mr.. Smoot can be
Ioyal to both the Mormon religion and
his oath rs a senator Mt one and the
sawe time. Those who oppose his re-
tenaon of his seat urge that the Nor.
mo- hierarchy urholdS still the prac-
I'll If pply%amy and thereby defes the
laws of the land which Smoot in his
Cd t'I rs senator swcars to sustain. They
a. lr4c that in the endowment house
ceremony through which Smoot has
GO il aumlcr of times. each member
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
HOMESPUN
HEROES
BY Claude PamareS
Copyright, 1905, by L. c. PARCELS


One of the habitues of SINNERS gro
Gerry, at the village of Skinnersville.
was Abe Langford. He became a sit
ter when he was twenty years old,
md for twelve years he never missed
but one night. That was the night of
his marriage to the Widow Durham.
She was his senior by ten years. and
she married him mostly that he might
have mother Every night, rain or
shine. summer or winter, Abe was
there.
During the first year the old veterans
crowded him around somewhat. but
after that one of the cracker barrels
was marked with his initials and duly
recognized as his throne.
AS for occupation, Abe was most
anything He did a days work here
and there but the wife mainly support
ed the two of them by sewing for the
neiGhbors. Abe was mild hammered
and easy going, and he was not much
of talller.
But Abe Langford's wife knew him
better than his fellow stters. They
had often remarked among themselves
that he had no ambition. She knew
better. Under that quiet and humble
demeanor was hidden away an ambi
ton that longed to soar and impa-
tiently waited its opportunity. Almost
every night when Abe reached home he
said
"Do-gone it, l don't amount to
shucks and never will Why hain't l
as big a man as Deacon White?"
whats the deacon been doin'?"
~ horse thief tried to git into his
barn last night, and the dog woke the
deacon up. and he went out ana yelled
at the fellow that if he didn't git out
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

to recover the money from those re-
sponsible for such use of the property
of policy holders The officials directly
connected with the disbursement Of the
money were President John A. Mccall
and Vice President George w Perkins.
President Mccall has died since the re-
port on the subject was made. 1t
found that whatever the motives actu-
ating the contributions the latter were
Illegal, inasmuch as such q use of the
funds of the society was unauthorized.
Mr.. Fowler has been for twenty
years president of the New FORK, On
tario and Western railway He was
born at Newburg. y. y ~ 1871 and
graduated from the Columbia Law
school in 1874.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

The cooperative ownership of regis
tered sires is thing which has caused
not little grief to many of those who
have made the experiment. This trou-
BILE has been due in most part because
proper care was not taken when the
animal was purchased to prescribe the
Individual liability of the stockholders,
with the result that some have been
compelled to ante up much larger
sum than they had anticipated. Yet
the principle of cooperative owner
ship is a good one, and, in fact the
only way in many cases that the serv-
ices of a good sire can be secured.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

The year 1906 opens up with fair
prospects for the American farmer. The
nonproducers of the country are all em-
ploycd at good wages, insuring good
markets for all the produce which he
can raise He commences the year with
a larger knowledge of how best to work
his land and grow his crops than ever
before He is at last working in per-
feet harmony with science as applied to
agriculture
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

mere is many a man in our larger
VII LIS uraWiug his So or less per day
"no would be vastly better off if he
rGuld locate himself in the country
mere food is cheaper and of better
g W., and where pure air and sun
S Snlne are free to all. Likewise his chill
ma, would be healthier in body and
ona', i ana be more likely to turn out
6Sou cltlzens than if boxed up in some
omg tenement in the cities midst vice
riDi crime and deprived of the birth
shn ns which it is Gods intention
0HOuld be free to all.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

Wa"i. sdlu the wife as She rose M
to prepare for bed. YOU are dom all
YOU can. and nobody can't do any
better. II YOU live long nun mebbe
your chance viii come"
1t was on the road ANA only two
weeks away. y millionaire had his sum
mer home on the bank of the river run
ming through the village. His eighteen
year-oid daughter was fond of rowing
ana it was an almost everyday sight TO
see her Swimming along in her boat.
There had been heavy midsummer
rains, and the river had gradually risen
until the water poured over the dam
like Niagara. There was Il drop of
twelve feet. with three or four waves
Mt the bottom rising up and curling
over in a menacing way. one day. ut
the highest stage of the water three
young laiics appeared on the pond in
boat The rich mans daughter was
taking company out for row. Two
hundred feet above lur dam. as She
attempted to turn ana 70 Back. one of
the oars snapped. and in her sudden
panic she lost the other. while the
boat tuued broalside to the stream.
70 - over the cam in that fashion
meant death to all
Abe lAngtorl had been salvagins
sa"io-S and boards from the river
with rope ANA hook and stood on the
bank when the disaster to the boat oc.
fsrrHt 4 D.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

Far better off is the boy, whether
in city or country, in doing some re-
spectacle work and thereby learning
the value of the hours and the dollars
than in school when kept there against
his viii. You may be sure that he is
not only losing ground himself, but is
an all around nuisance both to his
teachers and his classmates as we'll.
You can drive horse to water, but you
can't make him drink.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
THOMAS P. FOWLER.
The Chairman of the New York Life
InvestiSating Committee.

Thomas Powell Fowler. chairman of
the committee Of the Nav York Life
Insurance company appointed TO inves-
tigate into the political contributions
made by that concern under the Nc
Call regime is lawyer who is identi-
fed with large number of corpora
tons The committee of trustees Of
which he is the head reported that the
sum of S1lS,702 had been Illegally paid
for political purposes by New York
Life officials and advised legal actions
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

of Chillocothe, o., who defeated &c
Charles H. Grosvenor, the Sage
Athens" for denomination to Co
gress, is SO years old, a lawyer |
profession and has been prominent
identified with the political affairs
his district and State for many year
He is fine orator and has a clea
political record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

The time is not far distant when the
new lands, irrigated or otherwise, will
be all taken up, and instead of going
west the farmer will have to turn his
attention to more economical method
of farming the land he has. This will
mean that the roadsides will grow hay
instead of weeds. that straw and hay
will be more carefully stacked, that
machinery will be put under some
more protective cover than the heavens
and that the general air of thrift and
care so noticeable to one travelling in
the agricultural districts of foreign
lands will be more in evidence.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
Looking For Capacity.

what are you writing, little boyF"
asked the old gentleman.
christmas letters" responded the
youngster. zone is TO Santa Claus"
But you have two"
"Oh. the other is to the fat lady in
the museum, asking If she would loan
me one of her stockings to hang up"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

The recent act prohibiting the fenc-
ing Of government lands by the great
cattle companies of the southwest has
resulted in some of the largest of these
enterprises going out of business,
thing not at all TO be deplored, as they
had existed for many years only by
crowding out the smaller landowner
from what was rightfully his own and
guilty of actual bloodshed and violence
in some instances in the attempt to
maintain their unlawful possessions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
MsTRCNG OF ROCHESTER
Senator at the Head of the Famous
Insurance Committee.

Insurance Committee.
The committee of the New York leg
lslature which conducted the investiga
ton concerning life insurance opera
tons thrust Il great many prominent
financcrs into the limelight. The in
vestigation has been concluded, the
testimony has been digeSted into the
form of report. and recommendations
based upon it have been handed in to
the legislature for such action as that
body may see fit. and the public begins
to realize the magnitude of the task
performed. Much of the success of the
Investigation was due to the PERSONAL
ity of the chairman of the committee.
Senator William w. Armstrong OF
Rochester Though he was not so con
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09
No Tax on Small Homes

Albany, N. Y, Mar. 14.-Senat
Hawkins has introduced bill pr
viding for the exemption from tax
ton of buildings worth not mo
than $4,000, the purpose of t
measure being to encourage Il
building of small private homes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-09

Most of our misfortunes are more
supportable than the comments of our
friends upon them.-A. Dumas.