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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
TARPoN TACTICS.
Wonderful Feats, Flights and Leaps of
the Silver Kino


In the big pass tarpon can best be
caught from near the bottom of the
channel and should be fished for with
fifty feet of line and heavy sinker
In shallow water the tarpon leaps
high in air the instant he feels the
hook. but in the pass he often fights
for a minute or two before coming to
the surface. More than once when |
had come to fear that my tarpon was
shark he has suddenly shot above
the surface like bullet from a gun
and in the first wild shake of his head
thrown hook and bait fifty feet in the
air. and one even sent four ounce
leaden sinker flying over my heaN from
nearly twice that distance. Other tar
pom when struck came straight up
from the bottom. one grazing our gun
vale as he rose and another leaping
over the stern of the canoe. AS soon
as a tarpon was tired enough to let us
pull the canoe beside him we removed
the hook from his mouth and let him
swim home to his family. 1t happened
once that a tarpon was less tired than
we had assumed. On that occasion we
swan home. and he had a good man
story to tell his friends.
1t had been counted poor year for
tarpon. yet in fifteen consecutive days
Of fishing we were fast to forty-four
tarpon, each of which had jumped for
US from one to twelve times. This
high water mark of twelve jumps was
made by a tarpon which was stimu-
lated to his later efforts by the pres
ence of pursuing shark. and the
twelfth jump was double number.
There was commotion In the crimsoned
water. new vigor at the other end Of
my line. and it was an hour later when
finally landed on a sand bar shark
with an adermanic stomach A knife
drawn across this distended organ dis
closed the tarpon in sections. with the
hook still fast in his jaw. and enabled
the camera man to photograph to-
gether the subjects he had recently
photographed separately. Although
this shark was only one-G.th the size
O. our liz hamn.erhead. yet he made
bit two lies of his ,i.tim
Our work ut Bocn Girande ended with
the rel lester tly Of the season of all
seasons. ! vas Erhing in the pass with
fifty fect cf Inc ana the bait was ii
rectly rnds~ 'te .Hnne when tarpon
struck fierce KY carried away u
hundred Aore 4ee5 of line and then
swan - swiftly toward MS that fear-
ed from the loosened line fiat be had
escaped. hen, fifty fee from ne "a.
noe. there hot into The NJ = ',.&n, tar
pom. meusUai.g. as we l2IyAel af,er-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
A WONsAN'S
WAY.
BY Gertrude James.


The Jim Grow mine had been shut
down for repairs. and its engineer,
Frank Burton, was free to take va
cation. His sister, Olive, had come on
from New York to join him in the out.
ing, and young Taylor and Williams
were to make up the quartet for q
mountain camp.
When supper had been eaten one
night at Andy's stage house, halfway
on the Journey to the site selected, and
while The night grew backer and the
rain fell steadily. all sat in the room
which was Office, bar and smoking
room combined
BY and by the girl was asked to
sing. There were the grim mountains
shutting them in. There were the black
night and the falling rain There was
the feeling at least on her part, that
she was shut out from the world.
These things sobered her. She felt the
awe of them, and after bit she softly
sang:
Nearer. my God. to thee, nearer to thee
Zen though it be cross that raiseth me-
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer. my God. to thee;
Nearer my God, to thee;
Nearer to thee"
No one sang with her. The hymn
was a surprise to all. even to herself
The last words were dying away when
from the veranda in front and through
the open door and window came the
second verse in rich. deep voice, OF
that hymn which has made more WON.
en- weep and more men reflect than
any other written by human hand
Every one looked up, but no one
moved hand or foot
When the singer had finished. they
heard light step on the veranda, the
creak of a saddle, and there was no
longer any one outside There were
only the darkness and the pouring
rain.
MY poor house is honored tonight"
said the landlord, with laugh First
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Submarine Cables.

The very first suggestion that was
ever made about a submarine cable
was that made in the year 1875 by the
Spaniard Saliva before the Academy of
Sciences at Barcelona. Two years later
Saliva proposed TO connect Barcelona
and the island of Majorca by sub
marine telegraph line In 1903 Aldini,
nephew of the celebrated Calvin, made
some interesting experiments in the
transmission of electric signals under
the sea near Calais, France. In 1872
Schilling ignited powder by electricity
transmitted through a submarine wire
under the Neva. near st. Petersburg.
John Sharpe in 1913 transmitted cleo
trio signals through seven miles of in
sulated subaqueous wire. 1t was not
till 1898 that it was demonstrated that
submarine telegraphy was practicable.
In 1913 Samuel Colt was operating sub
marine cables between New York city,
Coney Island and Fire island. In 1851
the first important submarine telegraph
was opened for business by company
of French and English capitalists
New York American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

the lady from New York; second, Hap
Ply Harry. If had champagne I'd
open a bottle"
"Happy Harry. the road agent"
shouted all the men in chorus
1.-THE same. He meant to turn il
here, but the sight of the young lady
scared him. A modest and retiring
young man is Harry. | didn't know
before that he could sing. He'll have
to shelter in a gulch somewhere to
night"
The notes seemed to be echoing
about the room yet and floating out of
door and window to lose themselves
among the crags and peaks and storm
clouds, and the girl sang in a voice
scarcely above a whisper:
"Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee;
Nearer, my God. to thee;
| Nearer to thee
''He has held up more stagecoaches
than any other three men combined"
resumed the landlord as he looked
around with something like pride in
his face. "Reg'lar daredevil. but not
bad at heart Got the birth and breed
ing of straight out toff. Guess he
amt in the business for money. but
out of recklessness. You can gamble
that he's got history back in the
east somewhere"
''Then you don't call him a real bad
MANI" asked the girl somewhat anx-
iously.
BLESS your heart, miss, but could
real bad man sing that there hymn
with the feeling he did? There was
almost sob in his throat as he fin
ished, and wild horses couldn't have
dragged him in here to show his feel
ings. They'll catch or kill him sooner
or later, and l for one shall be sorry
for it."
For an hour the talk ran on about
the man who had come and gone so
mysteriously, and the girl was a silent
and sober listener. The wind had
risen to gale, and the door and win
TOW had to be closed against the driv-
ing rain.
She was thinking of the loneliness
and discomfort of him they talked Of
of what he was and what he might
have been. Then when some one re-
marked the lateness of the hour Miss
Olive walked to the window and
peered out INTO the night and sang
again.
mere leb the way appear steps unto
' '''a' 'lou sendest me in mercy givn;
Ahses to beckon me
nearer my God, to thee:
Searer' my God, to thee;
Nearer to thee
Next day the camp was pitched in
long, narrow valley, with the grim
mountains coming close down on each
side and the ends lost in the hazv dis
lance. A colored man followed them
from Virginia City to do the cook inc
and after things were running smooth.
" the engineer and his companions be-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
GOMPOUNDtNG
A FELONY.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
by Colin s. CoIlins.
Copyrighted. 1905, by Homer sprague


81 don't see why your father objects
to me-" cried Dick Rand. I'm sure he
cannot object to my character. my
business position o. my social stand
ing. and he admits that he liked me I'M
til | asked his permission to marry
you
'He still likes you" explained Rho
da earnestly. ITS simply that he
does not want me to get married, Dick
You see, he wants me home with him. 8
"Thats just what want" said Dick
viciously. I've some rights in this
matter OF course don't blame him
for wanting you. too, but you can't be
expected to become an old maid just
because your father wants you to re-
main single.
Il should not marry without his con
sent" she said softly.
you'll marry and with his full con
sent if have to waylay him with a
gun some dark night and cry Your
QduSuleE VI YOUR me 1T uLlI, ue-
clared Dick. with a chucke.
Rhoda did not share his mirth. Hor-
ace Hartsell, her father, was a stub
born man. not easily moved from a de
cision. When she was seventeen, he
had declared that Rhoda was far too
young to marry, and to that declara-
ton he had chung. though Rhoda was
now twenty-five.
More than one aspiring sutton had
been warned off by the gruff old man,
whose tenderness exhibited itself only
in an engrossing affection for his
daughter
Long before an interest had really
developed into love Ether eligible
young men had been Scared off, but
with Richard Rand these tactics were
unavailing. He loved Rhoda, and he
was as determined to win her as was
her father that she should not be won
Mr.. Hartsell had exhausted all of
his customary expedients long since,
and for the first time young man had
been able to gain Rhoda's love and
her consent TO marriage.
Hartsel had taken grim satisfac-
ton III refusing his sanction. He knew
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
When "Drammersy Come Easv


At the Players club in New York
one evening there was guest from
out of town, a playwright well known
for his extraordinary facility in turn
ing out the alleged "drammers" that
do the "ten-twenty-thirt' circuits. 1t
Is no uncommon thing for this pro-
Queer to grind out five or six of his
plays annually.
Some one innocently asked the play
wright if it was rather difficult to find
new ideas for his plays.
"Really don't know" was the frank
answer of the man who has made
thousands of dollars from his dram
mers." II have never tried it."-New
York Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Commercial Printing.

For years we have paid much
attention to the wants OF the
business firms in this city and
county and feel that we can offer
them our experience for their
money. sit will be fair trade.
Our line Of Office stationery is
i'll style and finish the best that
can be had. This embraces
everything used in correspon-
dence or in the office or store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
How He Kept Faith.


He is a very small boy, but he ha!
very much smaller sister. wee
baby, who arrived only few week:
ago The small boy was delighted
Never had he seen anything so LITTLE
or so interesting
Could the baby see, could she hear
could she eat, did she have teeth, an(
why didn't she talk and walk? Thos'
were Il few of the questions lie asked
| Answers not being altogether salts
factory, he began personal investiga
ton. He opened the baby's eyes wher
she was asleep to see where her eyes
had gone to anyway; he opened hel
mouth in search of teeth, and it was
here that the family came to the res
cue, and the small boy was told that
he could never visit his baby sister
without clasping his hands closely be-
hind him.
"He loves the baby so that he stands
by the half hour just looking at her.
said the proud mother of both young
sters TO a visitor. And he is so hon
orable that he never thinks of taking
his hands from behind his back. Just
come and see him now" But as the
two entered the nursery mamma gave
a wild scream as she rushed for her
baby.
There was the small boy his hands
clasped tightly behind his back. to be
sure, but the baby not having respond
ed to mis- challenge to play he had
taken her silence for consent and was
humping heads with her.-New York
Times.
Revenge Is Sweet.
In ordinary life he was very .mpor-
tant person, for he was a judge; but,
alas, his liver got out of order Just the
same as if he had been an ordinary
mortal, assd a brother luminary had ad-
vised him to take Turkish bath. II
was luxury he had not previously in.
dulged in, and he noticed that the rub
Der was terribly rough. However. ha
patiently endured being punched, slap
ped and pokel until he could stand
the torture no longer.
lS-lu-Qul-t -HeceS-Sary-t0-ma-
--me-black = and - blue-a all over?"
/ painted his lordsh1p.
'Never You mind; you're all right"
responded the rubber, redoubling his
energy and grinnlng diabolically.
"Who slap, groan) are (thud, groan,
your" gasped the judge, horrible sus-
picion dawning in his mind. Your
(whack, groan) face does (whack,
groan) look fa-(groan) look fa--(groan)
miliar" (swish, groanN.
"Oh. you remember me, do your"
growled the rubber sarcasticalIy.
"Well, mebbe you'd like to have the
chance to send me up for six months
again for prize fighting-whoosh."--
Pearson's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF BnAcKMA1n. :"

ITS NOTHING SHORT OF BLACKMAIL."
that Rhoda would never marry with
out his permission. and Dick had just
come from the library. still smartine
under the injustice of his dismissal
Rand did not linger long with Rhoda
He was afraid that he might be led
into some injudicious speech, and pres
emily he left the house and made his
way downtown. He dropped into the
Frivolity, the vaudeville theater. Ben
\ Graham. the manager. was an old
Nhum. and Dick frequently dropped
into carry him off to supper after the
performance.
Tonight he found Graham busy at a
typewriter. "Just minute" called
the manager as he looked up from
his work. I'm writing the home of
fee Go inside and look at the pic
lures"
I'm tired of pictures" declared
Dick, but he stepped through the door
leading to the auditorium and leaned
against the rail at the rear of the seats
watching the motion pictures.
He became so engrossed that he did
not realize Grahams approach until
the lights went up and the audience
began to stream up the aisles. Gra-
ham waited for the house to be closed
and then led the way across the street
to their favorite haunt
Dicks gloominess had disappeared,
and for an hour or more he sat at the
table laughing and joking in a manner
far from suggestive Of a lover who
has just been told that he must not
wed the girl of his heart.
Horace Hartsell was far more wor-
rled than was Rand. When business
took him to New York he sent Rhoda
to visit relatives until his return and
then hurried home because a friend
wrote him that Dick had left town.
But Rhoda was safe at her aunts.
and Dick did not return for ten days.
When he did come, he was more jaHhty
than ever, and there was something
positively gleeful in his manner when
he dropped into Horace HartselPs law
Office the day following his arrival.
He found the lawyer just about to
leave for home, and together they de-
scended to the street in the tiny ele-
yator
"Come over to the Frivolity," plead
ed Dick as they reached the sidewalk.
There is something l want you t.
see"
NO hanks" was the brusque reply.
I don'tslike those speciality shows.
It's a WASH Of time"
This IS sonething very special IN
sisted Dick
Nothing to interest me- declared
Mr.. Hartsell. "Ihave some papers to
read over for Blatchfosa ! promised to
give him an opinion IL he morning
"You won't conner osnaas a. nicn
Spouse. '''a'So
"On your own head be IT, .s,a n,ck
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
DcmoraIizcd, but Net Scattered.

y soldier of Bates division of the
Confederate army, after the command
had run two days from Nashville, had
thrown away his gun and accouter-
ments and. alone in the woods. sat
Gown and commenced thinking the
first chanc" he had for such a thing.
Rolling up his sleeves and looking at
his legs and general physique. he thus
gave vent to his feelings: Il am whip
ped, badly whipped. and somewhat de-
moraized but no man can say am
scattered"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Wooden AImanscs.

An antiquary in Chicago took Curl
ously engraved block of wood from a
case.
Here is an original almanac a Sax
on one he said. THE engraved fig
ures Oh il all concern the moon. They
ana lunar changes for the year: hence.
being devoted to lunar matters. the
Saxon block was called an 'al-mon-
heed or observation of all the moons
prom al-mon-heed our word alma
nac comes"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
JOB PRINTING.

In general we can do anything
in this line, at prices that will
command your attention and
your orders. We have tasty and
attractive ideas that we will be
happy to show you if you call
or write.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
BOOK PUBLISHING.

We make a specially of Book
and Pamphlet Printing and can
show samples of our work in
this line that must interest you.
We also do newspaper and mag
azine work and general compo-
sition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

''That artist is real genius" re-
marked the admirer.
"No," answered Miss Cayenne; "he
can't be real genius, or people
wouldn't be saying so many compli-
mentary things about him before he is
d"-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Usual Result.

SWELL" asked the motorman, ibid
you manage to collect your little bill
from that CONDUCTOR
mo" answered the Disguised pas
senger. Il got tired trying to collect
it at his house, and the other day
caught him on his car"
"What did he do?"
"The same thing as usual-put me
ofFo
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
superstitious Golfers.

The two chief goling superstitions
are that two up and five to play never
won match and that it is unlucky to
win the first hole. 1t is hard to say
which is the sillier of the two.-London
Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
REMEMBER.

If you have any printing of
any kind to do, il it is only one
copy or million, come to US and
talk it over. We will be glad
to see you even if we do not get
the work, and that will not be
likely, if price and quality cuts
any figure. Call to see us with
or without an order.
BAUGHMAN BROS,
Frederick. Md.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

One lie must be matched with an
other or 1t will soon rain through
Owen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
DARK MYSTERY
IS CLEARED Up
Practice of the Signal Corps
Cause of Weird
Lights.

Many residents of Kaimuki have
been watching with a good deal of
mystification and not a little trepida-
ton during the past few evenings q
mysterious light doing some funny
stunts off in the direction of Barber s
Point. Apparently it was some dis
tance out at sea. The light appeared
as a brilliant star, remaining motion
less for a short space, then wigwagging
back and forth, then suddenly going
out, the operation being repeated many
times Visions of japanese scout boats
exchanging messages with the shore
and other alarming things were sug-
gested.
Inquiry yesterday reveals the fact
that the mysterious lights are the sig
nal flashes of the Signal Corps, n. g.
H.. the members of which are at work
on their signaling at night in prepara-
tion for the review and inspection next
Sunday. On former occasions this corps
has been complimented very highly by
the inspecting officer of the regulars
and it is not the intention of the men
to show any falling off from previous
years if practise will help any.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
MOVING PICTURE
MACHINE NOTES
B0nine Tells About Flicker and
the Regulation of
Speed.

Moving pictures do not move at
all, is the way that r. K. Bonine
began, when asked recently to tell
something about the manner of prepara-
tion of the films of Hawaii, which
were shown ON Saturday night at the
Opera House. The individual pictures
are stationary on the screen for an ap-
preeiable time, appreciable that is in
Photographic sense, where time is
measured in fractions of a second. The
time the picture stands there is many
times longer than the time there is no
picture on the screen, while the next
one is being brought into place before
the projecting light. 1t is the dark
space between pictures that gives the
ficke-
'0n the machine / use / ehave in
trodnced one thing, little idea of my
own, that reduces the flicker by putting
more on. That sounds paradoxical, but
it is brought about in this way. In
all machines there is a shutter that
comes between the light and the screen
while the picture is being jerked down
into position. This shadow comes flick
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
MIDNIGHT ACCIDENT
On WA|ALAE ROAD

H. NJ. Ayres and w F. Sabin, re-
porters on the Advertiser and Star re-
spectiveIy, ran across a case of acci-
dent last midnight while going home.
Sixth avenue and found on the Kai-
muh side of the road wagon lying
upset close to the stone wall of the
Catholic Mission lot. The hind axle
was bent close to the lefthand wheel.
A horse lay between the shafts per-
fectly still, with the harness wrecked.
Next was seen Japanese lying in
an unconscious state on the roadside.
The newspaper men cut the horse
out, finding it alive, and revived the
man. His left temple was badly con-
fused and bleeding. At first he could
not tell where he had come from Or
where he was going, but after a while
it was got out of him that his name
was Nakahara and his destination
Waialae.
Nakahara was too dazed TO remem-
Der how his mishap had occurred and
he appeared to have been under the
influence of liquor Messrs. Ayres and
Sabin traced the >heeI tracks TO the
street car line, and their inference was
that the wagon had got foul of car
and the horse run away. They re-
hitched the nag to the wagon come
old. way and helped the driver back
upon his seat. He was in no hurry TO
start though, and his helpers left him,
believing that he would manage to-
get home all right.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
CROWDED TO DANGER POINT.

During the stay in port of the U. ,.
transport Buford, attention was called
by some of the regimental officers
aboard her to the fact that her very
much overcrowded condition was not
only discomfort to the travellers but
a danger. The ordinary aecommoda-
tions of the troop carrier is not above
six hundred men, but in their places on
the present trip were over one thou
sand. In the event Of anything happen
ing to the vessel to make it neees-
sarv to take to she boats, there were
not enough of these to carry with any
degree of safety over one-half of them
The complaining officers pointed out
that the strict regulations regarding
small boat accommodation, number OF
life preservers aboard and other con-
ditions enforced against private steam
ers and passenger carriers were over
looked in the case Of the government s
own vessel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-17
STABBED DRIVER
THIRTEEN TIMES

The reported assault on a Chinese
hackdriver by the Filipino cook of the
barkentine Irmgard turns out to be a
much more serious offense than was at
first thought. When the Chinaman first
appeared, early on Saturday morning.
at the police station to make his COM
plant, it was thought that the one
cut in the face was the only injury
received. When he was taken to the
hospital, however, it was discovered
that his coat had been literally slashed
TO ribbons by the knife wieIder, and no
fewer than twelve stabs were found on
his body, principally about the breast
and shoulders.
On Saturday morning, Police Officer
Reeves arrested Frank Brilliante as the
knifer. The man made little attempt
to deny the charge, but explained that
it was piece of glass he had used
to do the stabbing, an absurd claim.
The row arose over hack fare, the
Filipino refusing to pay the amount
demanded. The Chinaman wanted TO
drive to the police station to settle
it, but as soon as he turned his horse
he was set upon and stabbed. In at
tempting to defend himself he plaster
ed beautiful black eye on the Fill
pino's face.