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Pittsburg millionaire. ''He fooled his
coach with four perfect bays. before the
race. to Armenonville. the pretty Helder
restaurant in the Bots. and he 'unched
there with his party at table next to
mine.
He said he would leave Paris for the
London horse show the next morning.
and on the matter of London he told me
an incident concerning the English ac-
cent.
He had ordered. he said. some duck
for luncheon in village on the coach
route to Brighton. and the waiter asked
him about this duck The waiter said:
low will you ave it, sf? Will you
heat it cold or shall eat It for you? "
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The Margin of Profit.

CHARLES NJ SCHWAB. at a recep-
~ ton he gave to the boilermakers of
America during their convention in De-
troit said he neither knew personally nor
by repute single dishonest American
millionaire.
Discussing business ethics afterward,
Mr.. Schwab' very lumnously pointed out
the fact that failures. compounded at so
much on the dollar. are not quite so un-
Just to the creditors concerned as some
people seem to think.
For instance" said Mr.. Schwab, there
was a general store keeper near Loretto
who was forced to the wall by the hard
times and resolved to make an assign
ment. He figured out that he would be
able to pay 40 cents on the dollar.
well, q certain " holesale grocer that
he had dealt pretty heavily with heard Of
his plight and came post haste to see
him.
What the grocer shouted. Going
to make an assignment. Pay only 40 cents
this is.
calm yourself. Mr.. Cangoods.' said
the general store keeper. 1t is true l am
going to assign. These hard times have
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He Got Back.

@ECIL PAPE, a Scotland Yard de-
~ tective. was buncoed in New York
out of large sum of money. Discussing
Indignantly the trick that had been play
ed on him, Mr.. Pape said the other day:
I'D get back at those chaps If I had
the time. A Scotland Yard detective is a
dangerous individual to bunco If my
engagements at home were not pressing
I would stay here till landed those au-
tiacous rascals in prison
You mustn't play tricks on Scotland
Yard. you know said Mr.. Pape, more
complacently. Scotland Yard gets back
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with the American people that
a candidate who runs too often for the
highest Office in the gift of the nation
ought not to be elected President of the
United States. In view Of the fact that
three of the most eminent of all Ameri-
can statesmen. Henry Clay, Daniel Web
ster and James G.. Blaine. were repeated
Iy turned down In their efforts to cap
ture the coveted presidential prize. the
question arises whether Col. William Jenr
nings Bryan will succeed in breaking the
precedent so firmly established
Each of the three American statesmen
whose names are mentioned cherished the
ambition of becoming President, and each
died without achieving the desire of his
life. Henry Clay was like Mr.. Bryan; he
had a winning personality. hypnotic elo-
quence over his audiences and tremen-
dous personal popularity. known for
half century as 1.-The great commoner"
of his epoch. he had repeatedly rendered
his country ineStimable services. such as
effecting in 1882 wise compromise of
the tariff, thus averting the threatened
secession of South Carolina and the COM
promise in regard to slavery known as
the compromise of 1850" He failed
three times to capture the presidency. He
was a candidate for the first time In 1924
in opposition to John Quincy Adams. An
drew Jackson and William Crawford. AS
the electoral college failed to make any
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A Harrington Epigram.
xfDOOTH HARRINGTON, at a

<SDOOTH HARRINGTON. at a the.
u atrical supper. spoke rather WE'LL
said a playwright. ION marriage.
Zone remark in his speech struck me
particularly by its epigrammatic truth.
1t was this:
''Before she marries nm girls opiB-
ion of a young man is the same as his
mothers: after marriage she comes round
rather to his fathers view. f"
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friends who have dwelt near him for
time and who have gone forth from their
homes and failed to return. There are
tales afloat of the cavernous dungeons be-
meath the old military prison. in which
are confined men who are lost to the
world and whose personality is even for
gotten by their keepers. Tales come
forth by those who have miraculously es-
capped of the horrors within. 1t is known
that men dangle by their thumbs until
death comes. Cries may be heard from
the torture house for distance of a
quarter of mile. which is as near as
the police will allow anybody to come.
The escapes tell of the initiation that a
prisoner receives upon his admission into
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dent who has any rights under the law.
and these must be guarded vigilantly by
his home government, else they will dis
appear. Even among them it is no I'M
common thing to receive summons to
appear before the authorities and ex-
plain why certain opinions. unfavorable
to the government. have been expressed.
Executioner Always Busy.
But certain 1t Is that the executioner IS
always busy. The popular estimate of
the number Of citizens that the present
president has dispatched in secret and
without trial is placed in the neighbor
hood of 1000. Every man has numerous
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A City Street in Guatemala.

midst Of the maneuvers of the escort.
eighteen rifles were raised and fired point
blank at the president, who was almost
in their very midst Oddly enough, but
one shot touched him, and that merely
pierced the palm of his hand. The willy
executive. however, dropped to the ground
as though dead. and. taking his simula
ton for the reality, the attack was dis
continued
The military Immediately filled the pal
ace. The president, revived after the
cadets were led away, much perturbed
but more hedged about by the supersti-
ton to the effect that he bears a charmed
life. and the executioner was again set
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citizens throughout the country were ar
rested on suspicion and thrown into the
bastile The executioner must have
worked effectively, though silently. for
many of these have never since been
seen.
A year elapsed and the President had
scarcely seen the outside Of his palace.
He was to receive the American min
lister. and the occasion was one Of mag
nificence, for there Is much of ceremony
in state functions about the quasi-re-
publican functions in Guatemala. The
president advanced to receive the min
lister, escorted by body Of cadets from
his military school Suddenly. In the
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played the very deuce with me. And it's
true I'm going to pay only 40 cents Oh
the dollar. But all your goods. it hap
pens, are intact. Not a case has been
opened. and they shall be returned to
you at once
But Cangoods sneered.
What" he shouted. angrier thar ever.
Return my goods! Not on your life! L
insist on my lawful ~ per cent, the same
as the other creditors
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was a profound silence. The minister
smiled
My friends said he, 1T seems that
when l stop you STOP
From that day in that church they
coughed no more
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''In HingIand."

<II NET Alfred Vanderbilt in Paris the
/ Sunday of the Grand Prix," said
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the political prison. There is In the
courtyard a deep we'll of great diameter
About this the prisoners are placed in
a row. armed with whips The newcomer
is forced to run between these and the
rim of the we'll A misstep means that he
will be plunged into it, and none will
take the trouble to pull him out-the al
tentative Is the lash applied by his fell
low prisoners. From this House of hor-
have once entered its solemn portals,
and the doors swing inward with fire.
quency.
Typical Day Of Terror.
April %. 1907, was a typical day of
terror in Guatemala City. On that day
the president drove forth. a thing he
rarely does, because he recognizes the
danger of it. On the principal street of
the town party of conspirators had
rented house and from it had tunneled
under the pavement In the tunnel they
had placed a mine. and for weeks it had
been ready for the setting off A
watcher had set at the window, day after
day. and waited for the approach of the
president. The day came. AS the vehi-
Gle in which the president rode passed
over the mine the button was pressed
and the reign of terror was preciptated
The coachman, the escort the horses
were killed, but the dapper little tyrant
escaped without scratch.
Instantly the military filed the streets.
Secret service men. under the brother
of the president. were busy in all sec
tions. The block in which the explosion
took place was surrounded and very in
habitant thrown into prison. Prominent
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A Guatemalan Village.

Pr ESIDENT Of q Central
American country as bloody as
Nero. n prison with more hor-
rors than the RastiIe of old
Paris. an actual government
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JRING the course of the last 100
years of presidential contests 1t
seems to have become popu-
lar superstition or hoodoo idea
with tho American panpJ, t1,,t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
Autos Damage Roads.

A large road building firm in st
Joseph County complains of the dam.
age done to the country roads. in this
fashion:
THE invasion of heavy, high-speed
automobiles In ever-increasing mum.
bers has played havoc with the high.
ways. The old gravel roads built up
by the township trustee with the aid
of farmers of the district will not
last a season. The material best suit.
ed, according to experiments, is a
crushed stone with a binder, but SO
far all binders are too expensive to
be practical. The crushed stone is
irregular in shape and does not roll
but interlocks. Even brick will not
withstand the attacks of the auto
mobile"
We do not ses any better way out
Of the difficulty than the one we sug.
gested not long ago, to require the
auto people to build their own roads
and keep them in repair, by special
tax on the machines. Let them have
a space of, say twelve feet on one
side or both of the roadway, to i'm.
prove with whatever material may
be found best suited to the purpose,
and leave the remainder for the ex-
elusive use of teams.-Indiana
Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
LILY OF TIE VALLEY

Once upon a time, a long while
ago, there lived in a tiny house near
a large garden fairy mother with
ever and ever so many fair children.
All the children were dressed
alike. in green slippers and stockings,
white suits and white pointed caps
with dewdrop shining on top.
One evening the fairy mother said:
you may take your small ivory buck.
cts and fill them with dew from the
flowers in the garden, but be sure tc
come home before the sun rises
OFF they started, running and
swinging the buckets in their hands;
instead OF working, they began tc
teeter on the grass blades and play
hide-and-seek among tie flowers.
And do you know, they played and
played all that night. and forgot all
about the dew and the ivory buckets
till the great red sun could be seen.
1t was past time for going home
and too late to gather dew.
What would the fairy mother say?
wen hang our ivory buckets on
these stems, and tonight come and
fill them,' they said.
Then they went home, and they felt
very sorry when they saw how sad
their fairy mother looked.
AS soon as the sun went down, they
hurried to the garden. First one lit.
tie fairy, then another and another,
tried to pick his bucket from the stem
where he had left it, but it was of no
use. All the buckets were tightly
fastened to the stems and turned up.
side down.
They have been fastened that way
ever since, and perhaps if you look in
your garden YOU will find some of the
fairies ivory buckets Emma L.
Hammond, in Kindergs rten Review.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
Harvesting the Wheat.
oy AGNES c. LAUT.

But the wheat field is ripe and
harvest has come. 1t is the apoth-
costs of the year. Insects pests and
fungous pests, hail and frost, the yell
low field has escaped them all, and
pillows a sea of gold from Skyline to
skyline beneath a midsummer sky
purpling to the haze of coming au-
tumn. A multitude of little voices
fife and trill from the wayside
grasses. The drowsy hum of the
reaper fills the air with singing.
Out on the Pacific Coast wheat farms
they are cutting the wheat with huge
harvesters driven by engines drawn
by twenty or forty horses, machines
that cut a swath from sixteen to
forty feet wide, carry the wheat to a
moving thresher and throw 1t aside
on the field sacked and ready Tor
market where it lies in rainless
season till it can be drawn to the
train. A hundred acres a day, these
huge machines will harvest and
thresh. Up in the Northwest on the
fields of No. Hard, two and three
and four teams draw the self binders
that cut and bind the wheat to steam
threshers at work on the same field.
Down in Egypt they harvest by hand
sickle, five men to the acre, at cost
of a dollar; while in Russia and the
Argentina they are just beginning to
learn the use of the American self
binders.
If you listen to the hum and the
click of the reaper, it grows on you
like magic. 1t is no longer mere
song of the reaper. 1t is chorus,
the full-throated chorus of the har-
vest, the anthem of joy from the
foodfields of the world.-The Outing
Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
Features of a Doctors Home.

A formaldehyde room. where he
can disinfect himself aad his clothing
thoroughly before entering the rest
of the home. will be but one OF the
features which will make the home
to be built by DR.. Il. M. Holder on
East street one of the most complete
and luxurious in Memphis.
Besides the little disinfecting
room. designed as protection for his
family from himself whom he returns
from treating infectious or contagious
diseases, stand-pipc with hose for
use in fighting FIRE Is novelty. A
private safe, lock and shelves In the
pantry. plate warmer for the stone
walls, are among the unique features.
A screened sleeping room is provided
for summers.-Memphis News Scinli-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
sEAsoNABLE.

Bishop Greer. of New York" said
a missionary, has an apt way OF fit
ting story into an address.
II once heard him speaking on thu
divorce evil in a very chilly and bad
ly heated hall.
After remark or two about this
defect, he said he was reminded o.
little Yonkers girl.
THE child, one unseasonably cold
morning returned from church quit,
blue.
"'And what was the text, dear?
her mother asked her.
Many are cold, but few are
frozen was the reply. Washing
ton Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
wxA a n D HzD Sample treatment
0 "A - GEN RED CROSS Pile and
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Book sent by mail
Vz7ygFs{ 49, 5fEgEXS1$w FREE.
REAco.. DEPT 8 4 MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
A TEACHER BY ACCIDENT.

Stephen A. Douglas, who is now
chiefly remembered as the rival of
Abraham Lincoln, was, when the
rivals met in joint debate fifty years
ago, the centre of national interest.
He was born in Vermont, but after
removing to New York, and before
finishing his academic course, he
started for the West. His money was
not sufficient for the needs of his
journey, and he reached Jacksonville,
ILL.,, with only fifty cents. At Win
chester, ten miles away, writes Prof.
Allen Johnson j. his biography of
Douglas. school-teacher was need
ed, and hearing of this, the youth set
forth on foot for Winchester.
Accident, happily turned to his
profit, served to introduce him to the
townspeople of Winchester. The
morning after his arrival he found
crowd i'll the public square, and
learned that an auction sale of per-
sonal effects was about to take place.
Every one was eager for the sale to
begin. But clerk TO keep record
of the sales and to draw the notes
was wanting
The eye of the administrator fell
upon Douglass. He then spelled his
lame with the double s." Something
in the youths appearance gave as
surance that he could cipher" The
impatient bystanders % lowed that he
might do" SO he was given trial.
Douglas provel equal to the task,
and in two days was in possession Of
five dollars for his work.
Through the goodwill of the viii
lage storekeeper, who also hailed
from Vermont, Douglas was present.
ed to several citizens who wished to
see school opened in town, and he
soon had subscription list of forty
scholars, each of whom paid three
dollars for three months tuition. He
found lodgings under the roof of this
same friendly compatriot, the village
storekeeper, who gave him the use
of small room adjoining the store
room. Here Douglas spent his even.
ings, devoting some hours to his law.
books and perhaps more to comfort.
able chats with his host and talkative
neighbors round the stove.
For diversion he had the weekly
meetings OF the Lyceum, which had
just been formed. He owed much tt
this institution, for the debates anc
discussions gave him chance to cont
vert the traditional leadership, which
fell to him as village schoolmaster
into real leadership of talent ans
ready wit.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
Getting Into Monte Carlo
BY ARTHUR HEWITT.

came to Monte Carlo at night; 1t
was as though some palace of fairer
land had greeted me. Monaco's giant
rocks rose heavenward, their lighted
headlands blending with a starry, yet
ink-black, sky. You leave the train
behind-there is an ascent of many
steps, marble steps, stairway of
splendor adorned with bronzes. At
the top, through a garden of great
palms, you get the first glimpse of
the Casino, building of gaudy splen-
dor, somewhat subdued at night; and
your thoughts are of satisfaction and
pleasure. But musings like these
came to an abrupt end; the crowd
swept on the Casino, and the reality
was before me.
Now came the formality of obtain
ing from the authorities the admis.
sion card. experienced difficulty,
and it was only after proving my
identity and professional standing
that the green card was handed to
me.
No one is wanted in the Casino
who is local resident; you have to
live far away and be an employer
rather than an employee; this rule
is made to lessen the chance of the
scandal often coincident with loss.
After traversing the splendid hall
ways the card was scrutinized, and
at last the doorkeepers, with pro-
found obeisance, ushered me into the
gambling salon.
You ask me for mpressions-first
impressions. Well, l will tell you
the neurotic perfumes of this south
err land, the noise as of raining gold.
the atmosphere or aura of the place,
unseen yet none the less forceful,
these impelled me to dive into my
pocket and test the goddess Fortune.
The Bohemian Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
Asbestos in Luzon.

Prospects are reported of asbestos
in Ilocos Norte, in the northern part
of the island of Luzon. There has
been no production, nor, indeed.
much definite prospecting. 1t is GER
tain, however, that there is large
mass of pyroxenite and serpentine in
that region, and it contains locally
some asbestos, part of which is fibrous
serpentine, but most of it is of the
amphibole type. 1t appears that the
asbestos is sufficiently abundant to
justify thorough prospecting with a
view to determining its workability.
Engineer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
NO SKIN WAS LEFT ON BODY.
Baby was Expected to Die with Ec-
zema-Blood Oozed Ont All Over
Her Rodv-Now Well-Doctor
Said to Use Cuticura

"Six months after birth my little girl
broke out with eczema and had two doc
tors in attendance. There was not particle
of skin left on er body. the blood oozed
out lust anywhere and we had to wrap her
in silk and carry her on pillow for ten
weeks. She was the most terrible sight 1
ever saw. and for six months | looked for
her to die. used every known remedy to
alleviate her suffering, for it was terrible
to witness. DR. c. gave her up. DIR.
B recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
She will soon be three years old and has
never had a sign of the dread trouble since
We used about eight cakes Of Cuticura
Soap and three boxes of Cuticura ONT
ment. James J. Smith, Dumid, Va, Oct.
II aud %, 1906"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
Giant sunfowers in Kansas.

AL Fiss was out on the Central
Branch last week and says he never
saw such sunflowers.
when the wind blows they lean
across the track Pushing them back
is what makes the trains lose so
much time. When the wind Is not
blowing they droop over the track
on both sides, and this also impedes
the trains. In some places 1t Is just
like going through tunnel. / have
been told that the engineer some
times has to light the headlight on
his engine to see his way through"
said Mr.. Fiss.-Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27

Mr. William F. Vahlberg, Oklahom.
City. Okla, writes:
Zone bottle of Peruna which I have
taken did more toward relieving me of an
aggravated case of catarrh Of the stOm-
dch than years of treatment with the
best physicians.
Il had giren up hopes of relief, and
only tried Peruna as a last resort.
II shall continue using it. as ] feel sat
sfed it will effect an entire aud per-
mdnc1tt cure.
Il most cheerfully recommend Peruna to
all who may read this"
Peruna is usually taken as last resort.
Doctors have been tried and failed. Other
remedies have been used Sanitariums
have been visited. Travel has been re-
sorted to.
At last Peruna is tried. Relief Is found
This history is repeated over and over
again, every day in the year 1t is such re-
suits as this this give Peruna its unas-
sailable hold upon the people We could
say nothing that would add force to such
testimonials as the above. That people
who have had catarrh and have tried
every other remedy available, find relief in
Peruna, constitutes the best argument that
could be made.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27

Even while lie was teaching school,
Douglas found time to practice law
in modest way before the justices
of the peace, and when the first OF
March came he closed the school,
house door on his career as a peda-
gogue. He at once repaired to jack
sonville and presented himself before
justice of the Supreme Court for
license to practice law. He was duly
admitted, although he then lacked a
month of twenty-one years of age.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-11-27
NEW LIFE <
Found in Change to Right Food.

After one suffers from acid dyspep-
STA, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is in getting
the right kind of food. 1t is something
to speak out about.
A N. Y. lady and her young SON
had such an experience, and she
wants others to know how to get re-
lief. She writes:
For about fifteen months my lit
tie boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We were unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
AFTER suffering in this way for SO
long l decided to consult a specialist
in stomach diseases. Instead of pre-
scribing drugs, he put us both on
Grape-Nuts, and we began to improve
Immediately.
1T was the key to new life. I
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not digest.
In few weeks after commencing
Grape-Nuts I was able to do my
homework. wake in the morning
with clear head and feel rested and
have no sour stomach. My.boy sleeps
well and wakes with laugh.
We have regained our lost weight
and continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
both the morning and evening meals.
We are well and happy and owe 1t to
Grape-Nuts." There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter., A
new one appears from time to time.