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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-01-10
CHAPTER III.
A Little Pretender.

AS much as is necessary to be known
of Thomas Dexter's early history be-
ing disclosed, Little Make-Believe
claims attention.
Come, then, into the light, flower OF
the gutter, and show yourself to unac-
customed eyes. Those that are in the
habit of seeing you take SO little notice
of you that the doubt may well arise
whether, as studi, you are in any
way interesting. You are SO familiar
figure that, like the rising of the
sun, but small regard is paid to YOU.
A grand simile, Little Make-Believe;
be proud of it, if in your humble soul
you can find room for pride in any
thing.
But here and there, young child, there
beats pulse Of tenderness for you
which may one day be of behefit to
your sister flowers, of whom there are
myriads. Come, and let the light shine
on you.
To grace such as you by comparing
you to a flower may excite ridicule.
A very weed in appearance, whose
appearance mars the lOveliness of the
garden.
Nevertheless, you began as great
souls began, and there were in you
possibilities of worthy things which
might one day have ripened into
beauty.
No time, however, for idle specula
ton. In the midst of world of
shams you stand clearly out, stern
fact. 1t is the fashion with many to
call you problem, and though YOU
will hardly believe yourself 70 be of
Importance, you are, in the aggregate,
most formidable figure in the social
system of to-day.
At all events she was not an indO-
lent creature; she worked, being, like
Thomas Dexter, general dealer.
But her business was much more
circumscribed than his, and lay in
quite a different direction. She dealt
only in one article, being brimst0nely
conservative; that article was matches.
One half-penny box. Or a farthing.
Or anything you chose to give her.
A gentleman once gave her sixpence
for box, and when she said, with a
shake of her head, II amt got no
change, sir" he told her that he did
not want any, and walked away.
This was so wonderful an event that
,he talked of it for months afterward,
and would often conjure up imaginary
sixpences for imaginary feasts.
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NO. ~.
CAPTAIN COOK.

The reported identification of
newly discovered skull at Kealake-
kua, Hawaii, as that of Captain Cook
once more the old story that he was
eaten by the Hawaiians who killed
him. That the story of such can
nibalism is untrue has been estab-
lished by credible testimony of eye-
witnesses and by our knowledge of
the habits of the people whom Cook
disclosed in their barbarism.
When Cook discovered the islands
he was hailed at once as the god
Lono, whose coming from legendary
Kahiki was an article of faith with
the islanders both in Hawaii and in
other archipelagoes of the South Sea.
AS Cook had already been hailed as
god in southern islands he was not
entirely averse to accepting and he
certainly comprehended the honors
that were paid him in Hawaii. AS
god he was welcomed and as a god
he was merciless in his treatment of
these his faithful worshipers. The
climax came when he adopted dras-
tic measures to recover a boat which
had been stolen from his ship. In
the affray he was killed upon the
beach at the spot where now stands
the plain obelisk erected to his men,
ory.
After death his body was treated
with such reverence as Hawaiian
burial custom could bestow upon
chiefs of the highest rank, and In
his case it was attended with the
solemnities which would properly
accompany the decease of god.
The flesh was carefully cut away and
the bones were anointed with oil and
stained with yellow turmeric prepar.
atory to deposit in some secret cave,
there to be forever an object of ven.
Grafton. 1t is said that some chill.
dren got hold of the heart and liver
in ignorance and cooked them under
the idea that they were those of a
dog. Upon the demand of the new
commander of the expedition most OF
the bones were returned to the Eng
lish and were buried in the waters
of the bay with military ceremonial
to which the Hawaiian chief added
the weight of great tabu set upon
the waters.
But the Hawalians were not at that
time cannibals there is little likeli
hood that they had ever practiced
the habit SO common among other
branches of their race. Even in their
human sacrifices, of great and bloody
frequency, the bodies were not eaten.
The nearest approach to such a prac.
tice was when the eye of the victim
was ceremonially offered to the chief
for whom the sacrifice was made and
just as ceremonially declined after
having been formally lifted toward
the lips.
Cook fell victim to a catastrophe
toward which he had in no small
measure contributed by the evil he
had wrought upon Hawaii, but in his
death he was yet to the Hawaiians
their long expected god Lono, and
to his remains were paid divine hon
ors. He was killed with stones and
clubs, but he was not eaten.-Edi-
torial in the New York Sun.
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VOLUME XXXVI.
. ::: BY S. L. FARJEON.

chief, you've got the price Of a pint
about yer. The proper thing to do is
to wet the match"
"I've no objection" said infatuated
Thomas Dexter.
Come along, then," said Mr.. Cleaver,
seizing Thomas Dexter and hurrying
him downstairs; "we'll drink Polly's
health"
"Stop q minute" cried Polly; "Pll
line yer. If anybody ought to be in
his it's me-"
How many times they drank Polly's
health and how many healths they
drank after Polly had been sufficiently
loasted is not easy to say.
What Thomas Dexter had good cause
to remember was that he rose the next
morning with splitting headache, and
that three weeks afterward he and
Polly Cleaver were married.
They lived together for just two
months, and then they parted. The
plain truth is that Polly ran away.
When Thomas Dexter awoke from
his dream and discovered his mistake
he tried to make the best of it.
He demonstrated and argued with
Polly, but his remOnstances were
thrown away upon her, and her argu-
ments were stronger than hs-consist'
ing of anything in the hardware line
she could lay her hands on. She was
at once incorrigible and honest.
81 was never cut out for married
woman" she said.
She had old acquaintances whom
she would not give up "for the best
man that ever wore shoe leather
Among these acquaintances was Holy
Joe, a costermonger, so called because
he was in the habit of making al open
scoff of religion.
"I'ye made bad bargain" sighed
| Thomas Dexter.
He did not mourn long. Now that
his eyes were opened, his fear was that
Polly would come back from time to
time, and make his life intolerable.
Her father made many efforts to in
duce her to extract money from her
husband, but she would not listen to
| him.
Then Mr.. CIeaver endeavored to OBJ
tain hold on Thomas Dexter by going
to him and rcviling Polly, but Mr..
Dexter would have nothing to do with
him. The end of Mr.. Cleaver was that
he died of days work.
/ In the course of two or three years
Thomas Dexter almost forgot Polly en-
tirely, almost forgot that he had ever
. been married, almost forgot that he
had ever been in love.
He could undoubtedly have been re-
leased by law from the yoke of matri-
mony had he sued for divorce, but
he would not trouble himself
From that time forward he thought
I no more of women. A seal was put
upon his romance, in its sentimental
aspect, which was never to be re-
moved,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-01-10
The Professional Criminal.

The nation has right TO demand
that professional criminals shall DC
permanently deprived of The oppor'
tunity to commit crime. This can
only be done by placing them under
nermanent restraint and compelling
them to work for their living. ANY
government that rid the country OF
the professional criminal would earn
the solid gratitude of the electorate
Daily Graphic.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-01-10
Poet of Mushrooms.

Corneille is known as the poet OF
many things, but it has required the
finding of a hitherto unknown MS
at the Bibliotheque Rationale to re-
veal him as the poet of cooked mush.
rooms, which he apostrophizes as
GLORIOUS in their end If their origins
are obscure" He compares Its
white body and stem" to a parasol.
relates it's "life," its Struggle with
the sum-" suggests it's relish with
cream or mutton ragout, and declares
its savory excellence as compared
with asparagus, truffles or artichokes.
The verse is not exactly that of the
"Cid" or of "Polyeucte,' but 1t is
Corneille.- e.-London Globe.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-01-10
THERE ARE OTHERS.

"Clerker seems to be actually jeal.
Gus of his chauffeur"
mo wonder; he has to pay the
man more than he earns himself. -
Puck.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-01-10

Europe's beet sugar crop for 1906
z is estimated at 6,47S,000 metric
tons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-01-10

Natal has a newspaper, Ipepa 10
Hlanga, printed in The Zulu language.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06

According to a recent order from
the postoffce department, all mails
passing through the different postof-
lccs during the next six months, must
be weighed.
C. Hampton Richards, son OF J.
Granville Richards, OF the Sixth dis
trict, has received the appointment OF
Clinical Assistant at the University OF
Maryland Hospital, Baltimore.
Francis Hodge was arrested by
Constable Morrison at the Fair
Grounds, on the Fourth, charged with
carrying deadly weapon and shoot
ing the same. Hodge was given a
hearing by Magistrate Boulder, who
fined him S. and costs, ($SIo)
The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Elkton and Middle
town Railroad Company Of Cecil
county, was held Tuesday morning at
the National Bank OF Ekton. Routine
business was transacted and Directors
were elected for the ensuing year as
follows Samuel Rca, George Wood.
OF Philadelphia; George s. Woollev.
Chesapeake City; Samuel G. Rowland,
Port Deposit: DR. Charles NJ. Ellis, l..
NJ. liaincs and c. i. Finley, Elkton.
he Directors organized by electing
Samuel Kea President, F. w. Schwar2
Secretary, X. S. Green Assistant Sec
rotary. and Tabcr Ashton Treasurer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06
WEDNESDAY,, JULY 81, 1907.

at II 10 clock \. VI =, all ofthat farm OF trac,
OF land situated In the SiAth Election Dis.
tricl OF said county whcre0fJamcS Johnson
died seized and possessed Hnd whose title
thereto Is more specifically set tort h therein
This land lies along or nearthe public road
leading from HarYiSyiIlc Horlhward into
Chester County, PennsS wanna, ana along
the Maryland and Pennsylvania boundary
line The portion Of said farm which Hes in
the state Of Mary ard a. which viii be ut.
lerd fer sale a aforesaid, contains
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06
An Enjoyable Event

he annual piano recital OF Miss Ng-
mes Squler's music class was held on
Thursday night Of last week at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry @. George
on Main street. These recitals are al
ways pleasant affairs and great
tribute to the conscientious work Of
Miss Squicr and her pupils The pro-
gram was as follows:
PART |.
Overture Observation-Disclosures. Flotow
Miss Kidd and Miss Mohrlein.
Flotilla March ............... Hart
Miss Susie Booth.
The Bell in the Valley ....... Wenzel
Miss Helen George.
In Fcstal Array ...... Engelmann
Misses Eleanora and Emmaleen Zolper
Hearts Desire .............. Karoly
Miss Miriam Alexander.
Heather Rose ................ LANCE
Miss Emma Minister.
Dance OF the Haymakcr Wood
Miss Henry
Twttcring 81 Birds .......... Ri1lema
Miss Elcanora "COPPER"
PART II.
Golden Youth GaIop ......... Smith
Miss Ilartnctt and Miss Squicr.
In the Sweet BY and By ...... Stcir
Miss Emma'ccn Zolpcr.
NalSc Impromptu .............. Raft
Miss Mohrlrin.
Primrose Waltz ............ Martin
Miss Emma Minister
Autumn Days .............. Lindsay
\ :
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06

and Creswell for Chesa-
peake; Richards and Biggs. for Middle
town.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06
AUDITORS NOTICE
In Re: The Mortgaged Real Estate OF
Henrietta q. Ward.

In the Circuit Court for Cecil County
No. 26sj Equity.
Nnlice Is hereby given To the lien creditors
OF Henrietta g. Ward to file their claims,
duly authenticated, with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County. within sixty
days from the date OF this notice. namely :
June 18th, 1907.
ROBERT G. THACKERY,
June 1914" Auditor
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06
TRUSTEES SALE
OF \
SMALL FARM
In The Sixth Election District.

ILder decree of the Circuit Court for
Cecil County In equity. passed in a cause
therein in which Nancy Campbell ard bus
band are plaintiffs, and Sarah Walls and
Others are defendants, the undersigned. the
trustee named therein, will oner at public
sale at the court House door il the town of
Elkton,in Cecil County, In the state of Mary.
land, on
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06

eS-To OUR SUBSCRIBERS WILL you
KINDLY NOTICE THE DATE OF THE
LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND MAKE
US REMITTANCE IN ACCORDANCE
THEREWITH2
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-07-06

FARM FOX SALE-One hundred and
seven acres ne hundred ulIable. about
seven In 70 cd ire wood. ON The Blue BAH
road, two miles morn n of tlKtOn on the +. h.
a W. K. Il mile south OIChildS station, en-
the Il y q. K. X. Land is OF good natural
uuHlitv. good stream of water. Every thing
IN air order Comfortable Hine room house.
excellent wei Of water on Kitchen porch,
beautiful lawn with shade trees. TrIc phone
ana flrctri" line at iawI. gate. Occupied
ny owner. All arm equipment, !; desired.
Address or call ON
MIR. j. ". HtNEOLDS,
j un'2Hlm Elkjun. Md q.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-21
BODY OF CRUISE HERE.
Funeral of MidshIpman viii Be Held
This Afternoon.

One of the heroes of the Georgia
Midshipman James F. Cruse-who lost
his life In the accident at Cape Cod. will
be buried this afternoon at Arlington,
the national cemetery. on an cminence
surrounded by the graves Of thousands
OF others who have died in war and dur
ing times of peace. Tire body OF the
young man arrived yesterday from Bos-
ton, accompanied by his father. Mai
Thomas Cruise, of the quartermaster' s
department. at Omaha, and party of
friends
The Marine Band will accompany the
funeral party from the city to the sacred
spot In the hills of Virginia on the bank
of the historic Potomac Full military
hOnors will be given as the last honor
Of the nation to the young naval officer
Eight bluejackets wiz act as the body
bearers. Maj. Charles G. Long. Of the
Marine Corps. will be in command Of
the escort which is TO accompany the
body TO its final resting place
The honorary pallbearers are Assistant
Paymaster J. IL. Knapp and Midshipmen
". G. Child w. p Williamson, r. r. G
Lowell. J. w w Cumming, and Rufus
King. Services are to be at Gawler's 6
undertaking parlors at 4:S0 O'Clock this
afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-21
FEUDIST HARGIS GOES FREE
Prosecution Declares Justice in Ken.
lucky Impossible.
Acquitted on Charge Of Completely
In Assassination of DR.. ID. ID. Cox
in BreHthitt County.

Sandy Hook. Ky, July 2O-Acquitted once
more after another fiasco OF trial on a
murder charge, Judge James Harg.s. Of
Breathitt County. is of tonight for his
native land of feuds. in the Kentucky
mountains.
lie will make large part Of the jour
ney by stage for Sandy Hook Is thirty
miles from a railroad 1t was to, this
fact that the prosecutors, Attorneys Byrd
and Waugh. attributed their inability to
secure a conviction How, they argue.
was IT possible for them to bring their
Breathitt County witnesses to so mac
cessible q spot? How, in any event.
could they present their evidence without
The delay for which they prayed the court
in vain?
Justice is impossible in Kentucky. they
declared. and their only course was the
one they tOok-to throw up the case and
let tho judge go free.
Special Judge William Moody. Gov.
Peckham's appointee to hear the case.
declared, before his departure tonight
that he had no choice but to instruct a
verdict of not guilty. The prosecutors
knew the trial was 10 begin to-day and
should have come prepared. When they
withdrew. how could he do otherwise than
order the jurors 20 acquit?
The Hargis elan held st jollifcation be-
fore leaving for home. In the noun
tains, said Judge Hargis. every man is
his own sheriff and executioner."
He was accused OF completely in the as
sassinatiOn of Dr. d. B. Cox, of Jackson
foe Of the Hargis clan. Breathitt Coun-
tvs judges refused to hear the case. Spe-
eial Judge Carnes abandoned it. after
asking State troops to protect him. and a
change of venue was finally taken to
Sandy Hook. on the ground that a fair
trial was impossible at jackson.
Twice before Judge Hargis has faced
juries on capital Charges-once for COM
plicfty in the murder Of James Marcum.
a Jackson attorney, who had prosecuted
him In a minor case, and once for inspir-
ing, as alleged, the assassination of Town
Marshal Tom COckrin Of Jackson. who
was shot after killing one of tse Hargis
brothers. Both cases were tried in Breath
lit County and both ended In acquittals.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-21
DENIES Her GUILT
Mrs. A. Mack Says Thorn
Killed GuldenSuppe.
STILL LOVES MURDERED MAN
Woman Who Just Completed Com
gnuted Fifteen Years Sentence for
HIN Baths Rubber. Anxious To For
get-wIll Join Mother I'm Germany.

New York. July 90.-Afrs. Augusta Mack.
who has just finished her cOmmuted ff-
teen-year sentence for completely in the
murder of William Guldensuppe. the Muir
ray Hill Baths rubber. was compelled to
leave the Hotel Rand, In West Forty
ninth street this afternoon. and In the
rain went 10 look for a place to sleep
She found a room at 30 West Forty
third street, and there she saw reporters
and told Of the life that she had been liv-
ing in the prison and Of her hopes for
the future,
Mrs. Mack viii not stay in America
long. she said. Her mother Mrs Pussa
and two sisters are living in Berlin, and
she intends to go there.
I can do better there than I can in this
country" she said, 'and, besides, 7 want
TO be near the only ones left in the world
who care fer me-"
Just when she viii go Mrs Mack could
not say Her finances at present are low,
though she raised little money to-day
pcddlng her story to newspapers. She
had about $500 in bank in this city when
Z
Emanuel Friend. who was her lawyer. is
dead, she does not know what became OF
the account. She is going TO try 10 find
If there is anything left for her She had
50 from the State when she left the prison
at Auburn. but that had dwindled to only
81 to-day when she left the Hotel Rand,
and she did rot know what she would do
except depend on friends. until she con-
ceived the idea of selling her story.
StiH Loves GuIdensuppe.
OF the murder Of Guldensuppe she would
have little to say, she wanted to forge;
it. L have paid the penalty she said
in her German dialect, and that is
enough But did not love that Thorn.
Guldensuppe did love. and would give
my heart now If I could get him back
in the world He was good nan. So
much better than my husband. Hermann
Mack. Always when he was with me
Guldensuppe would carry my umbrella
my coat. He would open the t0ors and
help me across the streets. But It was
not so with Mack.
He was always at the lodges. and
when ! was away on my business he
would take another woman to tie house.
But at last l got evidence. ami then
turned him out. / owned two deIicatessen
shops then. One l gave TO him, the
other / sold. and let him 20 forever.
What became Of him 1 do :fot know. I
always thought that Thorn was hired
by hirD TO get me to come back to him.
and that Thorn killed Guldensuppe so
that / would go back to Mack. But 1
do not know
Il let Guldensuppe have a room in my
house and then. after a while, Martin
Thorn came along. One night 1 was I'D
waiting for Thorn. because he owed me
The Washington herald., 1907-07-21
BROODED OYER GIRLS DEATH
Miss ROnaldsOn Prompted to Suicide
by Act of Her Friend.
Adopted Same Method Of SeIf-de-
Iaway Two Years Ago.

New York, July 25-The body Of Miss
Laura W. Ronalds9n who killed herself
on Thursday night in her apartments at
u7th street and Amsterdam avenue, was
shipped 10 Lewistown. Pa.
Up 10 a late hour tonight no one had
put in an appearance 10 claim the effects
Of the young woman. Miss Roualds0n had
many photographs in her rooms.
1t developed yesterday that Miss Ron
aldson had been a friend Of Miss Mary
Galloway. who killed herself In her apart
ments in Hotel Seville September g 1863
Miss Galloway was the daughter Of Rob
ert NJ. Galloway. president Of the Mer-
chants National Bank and a trustee in
many financial institutions.
According TO Mrs a. D. jenkins. who
lives at 4lS West 1lSth street. Just around
the corner from the hotel where Mss
RuHaldson killed herself the latter had
often spoken of Miss Gallaway's death.
and seemed to brood over H. Both young
women ended their lives by shooting
through the mouth. Another thing no
ticeable about the two cases is that
neither OF the young women left a note
or word that would explain the act
The Washington police have no infor-
nation about Miss Laura ". ROnaldson.
who committed suicide in New York Eli
day. Capt. Boardman. chief OF the de-
tective force, said yesterday that no re-
quest had been received from the New
York police to locate her relatives. Edgar
Ronaldson, who IS said 70 be her father.
was formerly a bank note engraver. ard
worked in the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing up 10 the time of his death three
or four years ago. He originally came TO
Washington about fourteen OF f-een
years ago. from New York, where he was
stockholdN and an employe Of the
American Bank Note Company.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-21
WOULDRETIREA AYREO
Surgeons Say Colonel Is H.
capacitated for Service.
HE MAKES A WARM SPEECH

Intimatcs that lie In Victim of
Persecution ana Implies Belief
that He Could Defeat President
Roosevelt in Trial of Strength.
ApOpIexy His Probable End.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-21
STATE JEWELS fAwNEDl
Regalia Taken from Dublin Castle Ex.
pectcd tO BE Restored.

Dublin. July Sensational rumors
are current here in regard to the theft
from Dublin Castle a few weeks ago
OF portion Of the state reEalfa. val
ued at $25e.0O0. Hints are now being
thrown cut that the gems may soon
be discovered" without any explana-
tion as to where they have been or who
returned them.
1t Is said they have been deposited
as security for a loan. and the name
Of the alleged depositor is freely men
toned in private. with hints of a
tragic social and semi political scan
dal 1t Is. of course. impossible TO
verify these reports. bur they are be-
ing freely circulated in circles whose
channels of information undoubtedly
are good.