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The Washington times., 1907-11-17
WOMAN SWINDLER
OBTAINED $4,000
Warrant Charges Mrs. Ruth
McCracken With Grand
Larceny.

Central Office Detectives Hartigan and
Evans Will make a canvass of all busi-
ness houses on + street and Connecticut
avenue tomorrow TO learn the total
alFount OF the unpaid bills left by a
woman known as Mrs. Ruth McCrack-
eT,, who up to the middle OF last week
occupied the handsome residence at l225
Connecticut avenue. Since Wednesday
deputy United States marshal has
been in possession Of the premises, as
the result Of two attachments issued
against Mrs. McCracken.
A further investigation by the police
yesterday disclosed that Mrs. McCrack-
en- had called at nearly every large busi-
ness hous IN the city and endeavOred TO
obtain credit. In a number OF instances
she succeeded, and the police say the
amount Of her unpaid bills win amount
TO fully $1,000.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
Dr.. EISK ELGIN

Expert IN tho Treatment OF private diseasss.
chronic and acute. Both sexes. All consult
moderate. 12ss Pa ave. NV. Phone n. ysia-
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

The Episcopal High School football
team was defeated by the team OF
woodbury. Forrest in a game Of foot
ball played on the grounds OF the high
school this morning. The score was IA
to 8.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

Peter Richardson, colored, died at the
Alexandria Hospital today from injuries
received by having his hip crushed
while at work at the roundhouse here
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
Warrant for Grand Larceny.

Detectives Hartigan and Evans have
in their possession a warrant charging
Mrs. Cracker with grand larceny. The
warrant was sowrn out yesterday by
Samuel Saks. a fur dealer. at Thirteenth
and G streets northwest. Mr.. Saks
charges Mrs. McCracken with obtaining
from him a fur coat valued at $3.50. fer
which she neglected 20 pay before leav-
ing the city.
The police assert that Mrs. McCracken
is one of the cleverest swindlers who
has operated IN Washington in several
years. Although she is subject to civil
action by all of the merchants she mas
vicimized, Mrs. McCracken has laid her
self open 20 criminal prosecution in only
a few instances.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
STORAGE.

STORE your furniture. pianos etc, 81
WESCHLER'S. s. so Pa. ave. NV. reasonable
rates; conyenieutly located. Tel Main iZSz
Ee2o-sot
FTREPROOF STORAGE
Separate locked rooms. from s. month up.
Expert handlers Estimates furnished
MERCHANTS TRANSFER AND
STO4kAGE COMPANY.
szo-szz NV. PHONE n ESD.
seS-tE
WHY PAY MORE2 We store for 75c a load
UNITED STATES STORAGE Co. 4Is-s2J-g2s
10Th St nv. Phone Main 42Z9- se4-90t
CENTRAL STORAGE ROOMS. 1903 II st nv
Best lighted and ventilated rooms IN the city
See US. BROWN & TOLSON. Proprietors.
ie3-6
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
TRUNK REPAIRING

AT HARNESS. trunk. and wagon shops 18th
and II Ets. make a speciality OF al kinds
Of repairiags prices moderate no13-15t
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
mini "Chldreno Are aPals.n ,

The police do not believe that the two
young women and the young man who
posed as Mrs. McCracKen's children are
any relation 10 her. Before the four
moved into the Connecticut avenue
house on September 13. they lived on
Tangiewood Farm, a large estate near
Silver Spring, Md. There was also an
elderly man who lived with them at
that time, who was supposed to be Mrs.
MCCTacken's s husband. He was known
to persons living IN the neighbOrhoOd
and 10 several merchants IN this city
as captain :"
It was enormously stated lin The
Times yesterday that G. G. COrnwell &
Son. 1414 Pennsylvania avenue, had lost
through Mrs McCracken's operations.
This information was obtained from the
police, who said last night that the firm
had had no dealings with Mrs. Nc
Cracker.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
BICYCLES

IlOST-strlng Of green beads 80 reward.
Return 1s26 Jefferson place NV. n013-6t
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
LOST.

LOST-A Persian lamb neck piece near or
in the National Theater November IS Lib
eraI reward at go Il 81. n0ll-st
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
ANCIENT ARMIES.

Ten thousand horse and 100000 foot
fell on the fatal field of Issus
The army of Artaxerxes before the
battle of Cunaxa amounted to about
100000
An army of Cambyses, $4,000 strong,
was buried in the desert sands of Afri-
ca by a south wind
A short time after the taking of Ba-
bylon the forces of Cyrus consisted of
100000 foot, 100000 horse and 1000
chariots armed with scythes.
Minus, the Assyrian king, about 900
B. c., led against the Bactrians his
army, consisting of 100000 foot sol
diers, 100000 horse and 10000 chariots
armed with scythes.
When Xerxes arrived at Thermop-
ylae his land and sea forces amounted
to 2,641 $40. exclusive of servants, eu-
nuchs, women, suffers, ETC., in all num-
bering 5,2S3, 220. So say Herodotus,
Plutarch and Isocrates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
SOME NEW YORK FIRsTs.

The first governor was Peter Minuit.
He was appointed in 1926.
Ghe first male child born of European
parents was Jean Vigue qG14).
The first female child born of Euro
pean parents was Sarah Rapalja Q615).
The first physician was DR.. Johannes
La Montague, who began practicing in
1896 and who for many years was the
only doctor.
The first engineer was Kryn Fred
erick, who was authorized by the gov
ernor in 1926 to superintend the con-
struction of permanent fort on Man
haitian Island.
The first meeting room for religious
services was 0626) in the loft of the
horsepower mill located on what is
now South William street, near Pearl.
New York Herald.
The first warehouse was erected in
1926 1t was a rude inartistic struc-
ture, one corner of which was set
apart as village store. Here the In
dams came for drink of the white
mans fire water"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Lincoln and a Suit of Clothes.

On one occasion judge was i'll and,
being unable to sit in case, delegated
Lincoln to hear the matter. The ac-
count of a guardian was in question.
He had paid $2S for suit of clothes
for his ward and justified it on the
ground that it was a necessary ex-
pense. Lincoln held against the guard
ian on the ground that it was an ex
travagant expenditure and in passing
on the case stated that he had never in
his life owned suit of clothes that
cost $2S.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
ODD WAYS OF POETS.
Tennyson, ArtisticaIIy Fastidious, Was
a Personal Sioven.

a FeFSonat SloVen
There is sort of idea in the public
mind that the poet is what scientists
call a fixed genius" that every poet
is the exact counterpart Of every other
poet. There is probably no class Of
men in the world-if class it can be
called = whose members differ more
widely in personality.
Pope, for instance, was a miser.
Dryden, Sedley, Rochester and Shelley
seemed to have no use for money and
"splashed it, about in the most insane
fashion. Shakespeare was keen man
of business. His contemporaries, Mar
lowe and Massinger, did not leave
enough to have their bodies decently
buried
Coming down to modern times, Ten
nyson was artistically the most deli
cate and fastidious Of men. A mis-
placed comma, an epithet which was
not the perfection of expression, gave
him nights of insomnia.
Yet he was perhaps the most utterly
careless man of his generation regard
ing his personal appearance. Had he
not been carefully watched by his de-
voted wife, he would have been quite
content to wear suit of clothes until
1t dropped off him bit by bit in obedi-
ence to the law of gravitation.
A great admirer of Tennyson once
described his first meeting with the
great poet.
1t occurred at a roadside public
house in the Isle of Wight. The late
laureate was seated by the kitchen
fire, with a short black clay pipe be-
tween his lips, burning grease spots
out of a pair of check trousers with
the point of a redhot poker.
It was probably Tennyson's faculty
of silence" which helped him to secure
the friendship of the, greatest talker-
in both senses of the phrase-of his
generation, Thomas Carlyle.
Carlyle had occasional fits of silence,
posite sides of the hearth for six hours
at stretch without exchanging as
many words.
At the expiration of such a period
Of silent INSTRUMENTATION Carlyle
would knock the ashes out Of his last
pipe and remark with every symptom
Of the keenest intellectual satisfaction,
"Aye, Alfred, mon, we've had glori-
GUS nichtp'
Tennyson's great and friendly rival,
Browning. was as different from him
in his personal peculiarities as he was
in point of genius.
He always looked as if he had just
been turned out of bandbox. Ten
nyson was one of the most silent of
men, Browning one of the most ebul-
lient and loquacious. Tennyson was
pessimistic and somewhat morose
Browning was always bursting with
optimism and expansiveness.-Ch Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Why Paper Cuts.

Have you ever cut yourself with a
piece of paper? The edge of piece of
glazed paper looks much like that Of a
knife under the microscope. OF course
the little teeth have not the strength
of steel, but if the edge of the paper is
drawn swiftly over the finger without
much pressure that peculiar property of
matter called inertia comes into play,
and the tender teeth will cut the flesh
before they are broken. The same prop
erty it is which allows candle to be
shot through a one inch plank or per-
mits bullet to pass through pane
of glass without shattering it, leaving
only clean, round hole.-C. II. Claudy
in st. Nicholas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
A Dutch Superstition.

Live but to learn! When you give a
pointed OF sharp instrument to friend
he makes return of Il penny, so that
friendship may not be pierced or cut. l
gave a kitten to our washwoman, the
daintiest bit of Wilhelminesque ware
in this country-aetat thirty-fve, avoir-
dupois 222. She was nearly tickled to
death. II won't thank you for the pres
ent," she said, because the kitten
would pine away and de- She then
explained that in Holland to thank a
friend for a present was always sup
posed to bring bad luck. Maybe all
men these days are Hollanders. The
more favors you do them the less they
thank you.-New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
MADNESS Or DEATH.
The Inevitable Fate That Awaits the
Absinth Tippier.

What is absinth? 1t is prepared by
pounding the leaves and Towering tops
of various species of NORWOOD, star
anise root, sweetfiag root, leaves of
dittany and other aromatic plants, and
sleeping them in alcohol After eight
or ten days the mixture is distilled,
and oil of aniseed or some similar es-
sential oil is added. This is the method
of producing the genuine absinth, but
1t varies usually in the direction of
cheapening production and increasing
profits. Poisonous wood alcohol is
nsed for macerating the vegetable in
gradients, and inferior and often in
furious herbs are employed. These do
not always produce the much desired
greenish opalescence, and turmeric, in
digo, sulphate of copper and other col
oring matters are employed. The con-
sequences of regularly drinking even
carefully prepared absinth are in the
end ruinous to mind and body. The
main difference between the various
qualities of the liquor is the rapidity
with which deleterious effects are pro-
duced. A man can go on drinking the
better qualities little longer before
he becomes a mental and physical
wreck; that is ALL And, whether one
drinks to excess or only takes a reg
ular daily dose, the end is the same.
The sequence of events and their du-
ration only are different. In the first
case the large doses of the liquor nee
essary to produce any effect speedily
render the victim unable to eat food.
He is tortured by an unquenchable
thirst Hallucinations speedily follow,
and the grave or the madhouse is the
inevitable end. The absinth tippler
goes to ruin down an easier slope. His
earliest symptoms are loss of weight
and strength, followed by the develop
ment of muscular twitchings and
tottering gait, somewhat similar to
that of locomotor ataxia. Then hallI-
cinations set in, accompanied by grad
ually spreading paralysis, which ends
in death. If a person is regular daily
drinker of absinth, whether he drinks
to excess or only tipples moderately,
ruin of the nervous system, followed
by madness or death, is absolutely GER
tain-Exchange
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
R.IP.A.N.S Tabules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind

The scent packet is enough for usual occasions.
The family bottle go cents contains supply for
a year All druggists sell them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
A N arrow Escape.

G. w. Cloyd, a merchant, of
PUNK, Mo-, had a narrow escape
four years ago, when he ran jim
son bur into his thumb. He says:
'The doctor wanted to amputate
it but I would not consent. |
bought box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and that cured the danger
GUS wound" 25c at Eli T. Reyn,
oldS, Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Don't Pay AlimonY

to be divorced from your appendix.
There will be no occasion for it
if you keep your bowels regular
with DR.. Kings New Life. Pills.
Their action is so gentle that the
never has cause to make
the least complaint. Guaranteed
by Eli I. Reynolds, Druggist. 25c.
Try them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Twentieth Century Necessity.

! A good fountain pen is a TWEEN.
tieth century necessity. The
Philadelphia Press offers IA
karat gold fountain pen worth
$3.50 and a years subscription
to The Philadelphia Daily Press,
(both worth $500 for $3.50.
Send So, so to The Philadelphia
Press and get the daily Press one
year and a guaranteed fountain
pen.
Your conscience may be air.dried BUTT does not
suit Satan-he will have it smoked
Your girl would probably rather smell onions on
your breath than whiskey.
Some folks take sudden notion that their name
would look better on coffin lid than door plate.
Silence is golden. while too much CAB shows
your brass
You can't expect to take with girl il you don't
accept hints
Most women in endeavoring to be beautiful
make pretty mess of themselves.
Man frequently gets in fit in seeking whom he
thinks will be suitable to cook his meals and after
he accomplishes what he desires the fits often
increase after meal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Wasn't Sure.

'Remembee' said the lawyer, '.you
have undertaken to tell nothing but
the truth"
'I'll do my best" answered the ex-
pert witness, 'but 1 won't know how
far have succeeded until I'm through
with the cross examination."-W Wash
ington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
A caddie,s cadenza.

Lady Golfer Ito would be caddie)-
But what do you know about the
game? Can you make a tee, for In
stance? The Would Be Caddie-Can I
make Why. in my young days, Idly,
1 used ter do it that well they called
mem the teacaddy.-London Sketch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
The Doubt.

Borrows-By the way, Knox, did
leave my umbrella at your office yes
terday? Knox-You left an umbrella,
but don't know whether it was yours
or 'not.-Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

Whatsoever that be within us that
feels, thinks, desires and animates is
something celestial, divine and con-
sequently rishable.-Aristotle
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

Thunder in September indicates a
good crop of grain and fruit for the
next year.-Old Proverb.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19

the least indigestion following tea
drinking it should be given up at once
ando cocoa taken instead.
Food That Once Agreed With YOU
1t is q great mistake 70 imagine that
because certain kinds Of GOOD have
agreed with you in the past they are
always going to do SO. At different
ages the same foods have different ef-
fects, so that often what we eat when
we are children does not agree With US
when we grow older. and the food that
agrees in middle age sometimes fails
entirely to do so when we are old.
For instance, milk. which is the ideal
and only food for young child. and
on which il lives as q baby, is per-
feCtly inaudequate if taken alone by
an older person You should therefore
take other food besides or You will
never grow strong and well. Milk also
is often for toe heavy and bilious 10
be drunk by adults. 1t is apt tn be ill.,
QiseStible, particularly if taken cold
ana is too rici; for many people, but If
a scant tablespoonful of limewater is
mixed with each glass Of milk and It
is drunk slowly it can be taken with
impuniJy by nearly everybody.
ii is a safe rule to make in regard to
meats of all kinds that people who
lead an indoor sedcutary life do not
require nearly as much meat or fat rs
those who lead more active outdoor
life. Beef, it should be borne in mind
is not nearly so disestible rs mutton
or lamb, and where The teeth are bad
and mastication difficult rs with old
people. beef had much better be given
up almost entirely. II eaten at all it
should be minced very finely or taken
in the form of potted meat. Veal IS
4 IL Il
not be eaten bXsEdyspept les McCal!s
Na"aZine ,sf.~ o.,.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19
Dear Miss Faleau
VIII you advise me about my hair?
90 you recommend dry shampoo?
oId-TIme Punishments.


To punish a child in such a way thai
it viii see the direct connection be.
tween the correction and the fault. is
one of the precepts of modern educa-
ton The judge of the eighteenth CEN
tury' was not worried by such psyche
logical theories, but his decisions often
had the grim hunor of fitness. What
could be better for the sceld than a
cooling plunge, or for the wife heater
Than few lashes on his own back ?
Alice Morse Earle instances. in a book
on "Punishments of Bygone Days, "
some Of these picturesque but often
cruel sentences of the colonial court.
A number of tender handed English
gallants joined pioneer expedition to
Virginia. The weather was cold and
the work hard. When these soft-mus-
cled young men were set at chopping
trees their hands We're sorely blistered
by the AK helves. With the cries of pain
many oaths were heard. The president
Of the company soon. put a stop to the
swearing by ordering can Of cold
water to be poured down the sleeves of
the guilty one at every oath he ut
tered.
In colonial days hog stealing was
considered one Of the most serious Of
crimes. At the first offcnse the thiefs
ears were Sill. dL lAlt StCOllQ HIS 6thI
were nailed TO a DillOry. and at the
third he suffered death without ben
eft Of clergy.
Deceitful bakers and careless fish
dealers had to lose their cars while
he who spoke detracting words had his
tongue bored by bodkin.
A Frenchman. travelling in America
In 100. describes the ducking stool as
2 pleasant mode" of Furnishing a
scolding woman. He says:
"Of members, We tonge is worst or
beste An VII tonge oft doth breede
unreste worthe a ducking stoole-"
In 1885 Thomas Hartley of Virginia
wrote of his Witnessing the execution
Of q ducking stool sentence:
DAY before Yesterday. at Of We
Clock. ! saw this punishment given to
one Betsey Walker. who by ye violence
Of her tonge made her house and her
neighborhood uncomfortable. They had
a machine for We purpose VI belongs TO
We Parish. II has already been used
three times this summer. Fe Woman
was allowed to go under We water for
We space Of one-half minute. Betsey
had a stout stomache and would not
WELD until she had been under FIVE
times. Then she cried piteously. Then
they drew back We Machine. united ye
Ropes and let her walk home. a hope
fully penitent woman.
It seems strange to read that almost
within the memory of persons still lily
ing. Mrs. Anne Royal was sentenced in
Washington, District of Columbia. 10
be ducked for writing vituperauIe
books. She terrorized the town by ed /
ting a Paul Pry" paper. Even John
Quincy Adams pronounced her q Nira-
go. and she was aTraigned as a com
mon scold. Mrs. Royal was sentenced
ia he ducled i'm the Potomac. but was
afterward released on paying a fine
Youths Companion
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19
A Foxy Tenant.

Al one time there liver in Worcester
Mass, an old negro who had IRENE n
dous influence, religious and political
in the settlement whore he lived lie
occupied a little house owned by
prominent banker. but had successfully
evaded the payment Of rent for many
wears. No trouble came. however, IN
til the banker was nominated To run
for political office The next day Inc
old negro came hObDling into his Oh
fee
well. sam" said the banker. Il
suppose you've come in to pay me some
rent
ooh. no, boss replied the old man.
Use just come in TO say rs glad 70
is nominated. and VIII tell de res -
desc no count niggers TO vote 70 20.
and to mention 10 yo at de same time
dat de roof of my house is a lealin 8,
an II it faint fixed Til have 70 move
out directly. Magazine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19
keefe's TeIegraphS School

Have you trade or profession? If
not, have you considered what it means
to undertake to fight life's battle in the
unskilled ranks, competing for a liveli-
hood with laborers and poorly paid
clerks? If you continue in this class,
blame no one but yourself, as there has
been established here in Salt Lake a
School of Telegraphy under the per
sonal management of an experienced
train dispatcher, where YOU can equip
yourself within SIX months so that you
can secure desirable and good paying
position. The only qualifications are
the rudiments of a common school edu-
cation and good moral character. Young
men and women ambitious for the flu
ture investigate and see for yourselves.
Terms 80 per month. Position guar
anteed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19
A Narcotic From lettuce.

The stem Of the common lettuce when
the plant is Towering will, when cut
exude milky juice, which will turn
brown in the air and dry to friablo
mass. The smell of the driad juice re-
sembles the smell Of opium. and the
effect on the brain is about the same
inducing sleep. The taste is bitter and
remains in the month for a long time,
New York He"ald.