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The daily sentinel., 1908-01-16
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One cannot judge what a Turkish
bath is by seeing a Turk. any more
than he can tell what is in a book by
the cover.
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Let us all go to the Alaska-Yukon
exposition. They are asking nothing
from the government. Evidently the
promoters are made of the right kind
of stuff and deserve the best the
country may give them.
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1t must be a curious idea that
some newspapers have that the Pa
cific ocean belongs to Japan. and that
as soon as the United States fleet
enters 1t there will be a fight. There
will be no fight-no not none.
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II some of the Denver papers
would cut out the self-praise of their
owners and editors, omit the abuse of
others, and leave out the yellow" of
their so-called news. they would be
greatly improved-the paper on
which they are printed would be left
white. and could be put to some good
use.
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"Kleptomania' is the polite word
for the act of appropriating without
warrant the property of others
plagiarism" is the polite name foi
appropriating without credit the pro
duct of the brains of another. Ii
both cases the acts are simple
downright thievery. and the latter i
the more reprehenslble of the two
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The Colorado Springs Gazett
printed an editorial the other da.
headed. "Time to Prepare for tn
Future" There is but one time t,
prepare for the future and that l
the presont--right now 1t canno
be done in time that is past. and on
can hardly jump into the future +
make any sort of preparation for any
thing.
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THE Saccharine Gazette" is Ger
tainly n sweet title, and Sugar Cit
must be a sweet place. We shoul
like to loaf around there for
while did we not fear that we woul
be 'pulverized" should we say tina
any business would beet sugar bus
ness, and our eyes become "grar
ulated" from gazing at the swee
things that must be there.
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An exchange asks, rs Sunday clos
ing beneficial?" Not attempting a
answer we will say much depend
on what you close and how tight
is closed. Much depends on cond
tions. 1t is beneficial to close a doc
on cold winter Sunday but it is nc
beneficial to close 1t on hot Sur
day in the summer. We might Civ
ton is hard one to answer, br
will not do so now.
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Barnum succeeded in putting cat
dogs. rats. mice. canary birds. owl
hawks, snakes. and other discordar
animal life into one cage and maxim
them live in peace and harmony, bt
the fact of two newspaper men doin
business in the same town withoi
wrangling and quarreling has nevs
been known to exist. Is 1t becaus
they have less good sense than tn
up.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-16

Cali and inspect our now show
tares Oh display. J. =. Mex ensie.
room. All kinds Of plumbing nz-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

when it is used with the intention of
hurting anybody or anything In the
hands of an expert the boomerang is
capable of furnishing considerable en-
tertainment. No ordinary mechanic
can construct it, and the trick of max
ing it return to the thrower is by no
means easy to learn. Not only must
the instrument be held at just the prop
er angle when thrown, but there must
be peculiar twist. and the direction of
the wind must be studied In making
the boomerang certain lateral twists
are given the wood. and it is pitted
with notches running laterally along
the surface. In throwing it one must
stand with the wind blowing toward
ones left front. Experts can throw the
boomerang as far as 270 yards and
make it return and flutter down about
the head like butterfly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
A chummx. Fearless Bird.

So unafraid are humming birds of
man that they will readily enter open
windows of houses il they see flowers
within. have even read of their visit
ing the artificial flowers on lady's
hat when she was walking out, and
other writer's speak of their taking
sugar from between persons lips.
In room they become confused and.
being so frs1l. are apt to iniure THIN
selves by striking against objects.
More than once or members Of my
family have caught the frightened lit
tie waits for their good and released
them in the open air. 1t is of no use
to try to keep them in captivity I'M
less possibly it were in greenhouse
where there were plenty Of flowers, for
no artificial food has ever been founG
which will nourish them. Yet even
there they would probably kill them
selves by flying against the glass.-H.
K. Job in Outing Magazine. "A
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Naval Nomenclature.

The animal world has been exten-
sively drawn upon to furnish names
for various things on shipboard Such.
for example. are: "Flemish horse" a
short footrope under the yardarms:
lizard" a short rope with a ring in
the end for use in tripping one of
the lighter yards: hounds" part of
the mast: "bull rope" rope used in
hauling small spars into the rigging:
"cathead," p-otuberance from the
bow to which the anchor is hauled up;
scat" the tackle used to haul the an
Choir to the cathead: fish" another
tackle used in securing the anchor; the
"leech" is the side Of a square sail:
dolphin striker" short spar pcrpen
oIcular to and under the bo'gspslt:
dogs ear" a Piece OF Sill protecting
when sails are fur,asl: "sn lse = 70 iol
two ropes by zig7ag,~ing smaller rope
between them: a "Ja"kass" is Zig
stuffed ball used to plug up holes to
K The water out.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
d New City
They Obey the Uniform,
Not the individual. and 10
Them Plain Clothes cover
Undesirable Citizens. /: ::

policeman, in civilian dress. was as
signed to snatch away the dish of food
just as each dog began to eat with a
relish and to do other tantalizing
things. In this way the dogs were
taught to look upon men in police uni
forms as their friends and to regard
all others with downright distrust.
Every day at stated intervals the
dogs were taken out in the park for
exercise and training. Each dog was
muzzled, so that he could not bite, but
he was left free to do all the barking
he liked. While Observation-Disclosures
would hold dog in leash one of the
patrolmen in an old suit of citizen S
clothes would impersonate the bad
man to be captured. He would stink
around among the trees. When Lieu
tenant Wakefield released the dog, with
the order Attack" there was imme-
date trouble for the man in plain
clothes. The dog assailed him fiercely,
either tripping him up by twisting be-
tween his legs or bowling him over by
jumping against his back with the fif-
ty pounds avoirdupois of Mr.. Dog. The
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

w "A Hen JOnn sharp NlilamS.
HfAf who has been promoted to
W W the senate. takes his seat as
one of Mississippi's senator's.
the house viii lose one of its most en-.
tertaining story tellers. The other
day he said recently 81 was amused
by the remark of one of the messen.
gers at committee room door He
was disputing with another negro and
in the most heated part OF the argu.
ment said, That don't cut no signify.
] think that there never was more
ungrammatica expression than that
except one A man | knew went into
q restaurant in Mobile and asked the
waiter to bring him some underdone
roast beef The waiter came back with
a piece that was pretty well done, and
the man protested.
Best we got. mister said the
waiter, We amt got none that's no
underdoner.'
The new senator has to stand some
good natured rallying now and then
because of the name of the place from
which he halls, Yazoo 1t was the
Washington Star which recently print
ed under a cartoon of the genial mi.
nority leader the following stanza:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
WILD oUTBURST OF Joy.
Msfeking Night, When London Flung
Aside All Dignity.

Ms3cking NiGht, Waen London Flung
Aside All Dignity.
"Mafeking night gave a verb to the
English language. TO mafik," de-
fined in a phrase. means to turn every
thing upside down in wild outburst
of joy. /. Certainly we did turn every
thing upside down that night Friday.
May is, 1900-in London, and we had
Joy and TO spare to justify us 1t was
not merely that Mafehng WAS relieved
the town in which Baden-Towell and
his men, edgng close to starvation, had
sat tight so long and so pluc ~ II was
the far greater relief that came to all
England at the end Of that dark win
ter through which all England, silently,
doggedly. had taken its nasty punish
ment, with the winning at last of
substantial victory The tense strain
was relaxed suddenly, and London.
with good cause for it, mafIiked ex-
ultingly through all that glad night
long.
Tiddlers are peacock tail feathers.
Tiddling is tickling other peoples
noses with them With my own hap
by eyes that night saw two White
chapel girls, with proper Whitechapel
curls twirled on their temples. fiddle
the nose of Pail Mall policeman!
And that oliceman-imagine, if you
please all possible impossibilities fused
into one single ultra violet ray of in
credibility-fairly thrust forward his
law embodying nose to be tiddled by
those worsAthan regicides-he was
Pail Mall Yliceman. remember-and
benignly rewarded them with the
sneeze Of their desired
On the same lines l may cite another
example from that same evening.
saw on Piccadilly an intensely re-
spectacle looking Englshman-middl
aged, stout. gray whiskercd, dressed in
seemly black and wearing a seemly
top hat-who most obviously was
member of the conservative middle
class, well to do city man. | should
say, with a tidy villa at Shepherds
Bush or Hackney, who on Sundays
very likely handed the plate. And
this by rights typically phlegmatic
Briton was seated, with his chubby
iSSS very W tut OhlGliAteth bNAViN
on the roof Of four wheeler, and he
had the union jack In one hand and
the standard in the other, and he was
coming along the middle OF one Of the
great streets of London in the thick of
the roaring crowd filling 1t waving
those national banners with an incom-
parable fervor and hurrahing Just as
loud as he possibly could hurrahl
But saw no mote in the eye of my
phlegmatic English brother-we were
about of an age-1ag waving and hur-
raining up there on the roof of his
growler, possibly because at the mo-
ment had something of beam in
my own. Strictly speaking, the relief
of Mafeking was not my affair at all.
But, God bless me, there | was. too,
with my standard and my union jack
they cost me sixpence apiece, mount
ed on little bamboo poles, and as long
as live | shall cherish them. and l
went about London that night waving
those flags just as crafty as anybody
and roared away with the national
anthem and Soldiers of the Queen"
and the "Absentminded Beggar" just
as loudly as anybody. = Thomas A.
Janvier in Harpers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07


a successful Spectator in and out of
Wall street and has money and auto
mobiles to burn.
That DR.. Webb is born Spectator
is indicated by little story told of
him. Some years ago his daughter
conceived the idea of proving her bust
ness ability. She paid $50 for brood
SOW and made arrangements for hav-
ing the animal looked after on DR..
Webb's magnificent country estate of
5000 acres in Vermont The sow waXed
fat and multiplied. In three years Miss
Webb's profits had grown into hun
dreds of dollars. The fourth year the
litter sold for 500. DR.. Webb con-
cluded to go into the pig line himself.
so he bought his daughter out and es-
tablished one of the biggest and best
appointed piggeries in the country.
Some years ago DR.. Webb bought a
tract of country in the Adirondacks
and made it into splendid hunting
camp and preserve. There was big
lake on the land called Smiths lake.
The new owner rechristened it Lake
Lila, after his wife. A man with mon
ey enough to br IKE and change its
name, thus alte,ug the map of coun-
ty, may be considered fairly well to do.
Dr. Giuseppe Petacci, physician to
Pope Plus IN, is highly important
dignitary in the papal household.
While his official salary is only $50 a
month, there are certain compensa-
tons in the way of honors which make
the post one greatly to be desired by
physicians. The man who looks after
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Snapshots at People
Dr.. W. Seward Webb's Odd
Experience - Allan Ryan,
Who vii. Take Ills Fathers
Place = Suffers Marriage.

that was a decided chestnut When
the governor and his friend were in the
private office, the friend remarked:
Say, that was fearfully old one
you got off just now"
II know it," was the reply.
"Then why did you do it?" the puz
Zled friend asked.
Did you notice which of those fell
lows laughed Well, they are the ones
who have favors to ask
Congressman William Sulzer of New
York, who recently surprised his
friends by getting married, was at first
reported to have eloped with his bride,
Miss Rodelheim of Philadelphia. 1t
was also said that the legislator fell
in love with her while she was nursing
him through an illness in a hospital.
The congressman corrected these re.
ports, saying:
81 met her in hospital, but my only
ailment at that time was a case of love
at first sight. which | hardly believe
she will be able to cure in our lifetime.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

entered the Natlcan. Df. LappOnl De-
came famous as the physician of Pope
Leo XIII. during the latter years of
the aged pontiff's life.
The pope's physician wears uni
form prescribed by the regulations of
the papal residence. 1t may seem odd
to an American that one who CORE
spends to family doctor should go
about the premises with a sword dan
Cling at his heels. but it does not look
odd in the Vatican. where practically
everybody wears some sort OF uniform
Representative JOAN A. Keliher of
Massachusetts tells Of teacher in his
district who read THE Oh Oakeu
Bucket and then told the itSle one
to make three drawings that would i
lustrate what they had heard One @
the little chaps made Il circle taec'
rude pals and some dots
"What is the circle JOHNNY" III
teacher asked.
"Thats the WE'LL
"And what are the three pals?"
zone is the old oaken bucket ore
the iron bound bucket. ana one IS ii,
moss grown bucket that hung ii ia
we'll"
"And what are the dots:"
''Those," said Johnny, ARE the loved
spots which my infancy knew
Joseph W. Folk. governor of Mis-.
souri,, is just at present the proud pos
SCISSOR of two booms-one for the presi
dency and the other for the United
States senate. He is willing to sue
coed Theodore Roosevelt as president
or William j. Stone as senator He
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

lion dollar residence in Richmond. 1t
is said also that he will erect costly
skyscraper for his favorite city and
that he has political incrinations. Mr..
Ryan at present is a member of the
Democratic state central committee of
Virginia, having always maintained
his official residence in the state.
An Ohio representative has discov-
cred the Original Taft man." He de-
clares that at a banquet given in Gin
cinnati in 1897, when Secretary Taft
was then only judge on the federal
bench, Hiram Rulison made the pre-
diction in speech that Judge Taft
VIII some day be president of the
United States"
1t is related by persons in Washing
ton who attended that dinner and
heard this proclamation that Secretary
Taft turned the incident aside by say
ing, Why, Hiram, what have you
been dr;nking?" e'F'sr
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

POLICE DOG ATTACKING TRAMP.
dogs were taught to continue the at
tack if the captive attempted to arise,
but if he lay still they were merely to
sit and guard him until the arrival Of
man in uniform Each dog learned
that he was to cease attack instantly
when the officer cried Down." Thus,
in case the dog should attack an limo
cent bystander just because said by
stander was not in police uniform, the
policeman could protect the citizen. or.
in the case.of a guilty person. he could
preserve the prisoner, to be dealt with
by the courts.
1t is fully proved that the dogs re-
spect the uniform and not the man by
the fact that Patrolman Beekman. who
fed the animals twice day during
their college course, was the same man
who in civilian clothes acted as the
supposed crook. The dogs leaped at
him viciously when ordered to attack,
but when Beekman was in uniform
they appeared to both venerate and
fear him.
Lieutenant Wakefield found much
difficulty in procuring suitable police
dogs in Europe. That fact should en-
courage our ambitious American dogs
Since one of the five police dogs in
New York Is an American and has
proved that he can absorb police educa-
ton like Belgian there is excellent
prospect that many of our own deserv-
ing dogs now running around out of
jobs owing to the financial stringency
or other causes may be elected to the
police force. All they have to do is to
make good
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
"MovE ON, THERE

brought over from
the famed old city of Client, in Bel
GUM. where eight years ago the first
dog policeman in history became
full fledged member of the force. Now
Ghentshas a regular dog squad. while
Paris has u hundred dogs on her po-
lice force, and other European cities
use trained CANNES as thief catchers.
Some months ago the New York po-
lice department determined to investi-
gate the European dog police system
with view to adopting it in case it
should prove feasible. Many horrible
crimes had been committed by mis-
creants in lonely spots. the criminals
escaping. 1t was believed that dogs
might render valuable aid in catching
these villains. Accordingly Police Lieu
tenant Wakefield who was an expert
on dogs, was sent over to Belgium
Wakefield thoroughly studied the dog
division of the Client police force,
learning just how to educate the ca
mines for their duties in public life.
The American police officer several
tiHit9 tonHeu the ulllOTlH anu uelInel
of the Client patroman and walked a
beat. the regular patrolman being in
civilian clothing and serving as as
sistant in showing off the fine points
of the dog.
The chief thing that Lieutenant
Wakefield learned in dog education for
police duty was that the animal must
be taught to know and respect the po-
lice uniform rather than the man in
side it.
Wakefield bought five Belgian sheep
dogs six months old and brought them
across the sea. One died the day after
arrival. so to keep the force up to the
desired number an American canine
was added. The quintet of young
dogs was taken to an old residence in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

the physical welfare
of the spiritual fa-
Their of so large a
portion of human
ity is a person of
distinction.
DR.. Petacci, like
his predecessors in
this office. was cho-
sen because of his
demonstrated skill
and ability in his
profession. He sue
ceeded the late DR..
Giuseppe Lapponi,
who died shortly
after the new pope
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

Senator Joseph f Johnston of Ala
bama, who succeeded the late venera.
BILE Senator PettuS. has a sense of hui
NOR il nowise duled by mature age
and white hairs Until Senator Will
liam j. Bryan Of Florida. aged thirty,
entered the august body few weeks
ago Johnston claimed to be a baby
senator" because he was one OF the
newest He is considerably more than
twice the age of Bryan.
One of the stories which Senator
Johnston tells in the senate cloakroom
is a joke partly on himself and partly
on n society woman of Birmingham.
where the senator lives in handsome
residence One day Johnston was out
in his garden hoeing some geraniums
Being clothed to suit the occasion, he
did not present dignilied figure The
society lady. who was newcomer and
did not know the distinguished citizen
by sight, sought to pay Mrs. Johnston
a call. Her ring at the door not being
answered, she walked into the garden
to talk to the gardener.
How long have you worked for the
Johnstons?" she inquired.
"a good many years. madam"
ado they pay you well?"
"About all get out of it is my
clothes and keep
"Why, come and work for me-" she
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
whose shoulders

the financier's man.
tie of responsibility
will fall, is already
a member of the
New York Stock
Excha e, having
received his fathers
seat il 1905. He is
married and is in
business with one
of his four brothers
under the firm name
of Allan A. Ryan &
Bro. He is also
president of a type
writer company.
Thomas f. Ryan
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07


Rev. Herbert Gessner to allow him to
marry me should ever wed. We were
boys together in Elizabeth. n. J., and
later, while we were classmates at Co
lumbia, | promised TO let him marry
me when l had picked out WIFE He
acknowledges that he had about given
up hope of ever fastening me with the
shackles of matrimony when myself
and my intended bride descended upon
him and asked to have the knot tied"
Martin W. Littleton, chief counsel for
Harry X. Thaw. is always in great de-
mand as an after dinner speaker and is
noted for his stories. zone day." the
lawyer said recently, 81 misbehaved
at the table, and my father told me to
go upstairs. I knew that meant he
would be around after awhile with a
paddle. So got busy as soon as
reached the bedroom.
"When he came up he dumfounded
me by saying briefly. Take off youi
pantsp I began to whimper 4 don't
want to- said l. He inspected me mar
rowly. Strikes me you look rather
stout said he.
Executing flank movement, he
caught me over his knee and stripped
down my trousers. Under the first pair
he found another. Under the second
pair he found another Under the
third pair he found another When he
got to the fourth pair he stopped and
said gravely:
allow many pairs of pants did you
put on?'
az dunno; put on all Of mine and
all of Jim's,' said weakly.
"He burst out laughing, and from
that day on never got licking. But
he used to talk to me when | was bad.
and it wasn't long before | would have
taken half dozen lickings thankfully
rather than one of those grave. earnest
lectures that made me feel ashamed
of myself for hours and hours after
ward
1t is announced that Thomas F.
Ryan, the noted New York financier,
is shortly to retire from active bust
ness and that he is coaching his third
son. Allan A. Ryan. to succeed him in
the commercial world. The elder
Ryan proposes to retire to his native
state, Virginia. with winter home in
Richmond and summer home in Mel
son county.
Allan A. RYAN. ON whose shoulders
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

Representative Theodore Il. Burton
of Ohio whose work in the interest of
rivers and harbors has made him a
national figure. is quite different from
the average congress. an. He spends
his spare time. it is said, reading
French classics and English poetry.
His bachelor apartments are strewn
bookworm. though to excellent pur-
pose When Mckinley was preparing
to write his famous tariff bill, Burton
supplied many OF the important facts
upon which the measure was based
Mckinley appealed to Burton because
he knew that Burton knew.
But despite Burtons bookishness
and studiousness the man possesses
truly human qualities like the average
person. For one thing. he never for
gets Jim Jones or Sam Simpkins In
Washington 1t is told of Burton that
once an apparent stranger called to
see him
How do you do. Mr.. SmithY' was
Burton's greeting You are-let m,
see-you are Mr.. William Smith. =
believe. Back in wait a minute now
back in 1892 you sat with me on
platform at a meeting in the Twenty
third ward"
And Mr.. William Smith gasped. 70
that was so. he ana Burton had M
met since nor before. but Burton "ha
nm spotted 1t may be that Mr. Bul
ton = systematic study has resulted Il
swing his memory such thoroug
{ralning thar 1t retains even trivia
mpressions like this.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

When he was ask
ed If he had anything to say or plead
ed guilty or not guilty, he gasped out:
well. yo' honor, eff de whole state of
Missourah is agin dis one pore niggah.
rs gwine to give up right now"
The governor is shrewd judge Of
men. as the following story shows: One
day upon reaching his Office at the
capitol in company with friend Gov
ernor Folk found number of men
waiting in the anteroom. He paused
as he passed through and made joke