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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

awoke with ii start Henceforth his
one object in life was to destroy her.
"Chookie Chooiie, chOOkie!' he call
ed softly. Poor chookie! Come and
get some corn
He threw Il handful of dirt about his
feet, and the hen stood on one foot
and craned her neck. Poor man"
she chucklcd and recommended opera
tions on the tomatoes.
Her back was toward him, and Pap
Hildreth got down on his hands and
knees and crept toward her Nearer
and nearer he drew until the prize was
within his grasp. oh. glory of glories!
He reached out and. with the words
Dang you-now I've got you" made
grab at her. Alas that it should be
the part of man to simply propose!
The hen Sidestcpped again and sought
the other side of the row OF vines.
Pap Hildreth lay still and said
things to himself He made up his
mind now that when he caught the
hen he would pluck her feathers out
one by one and tie her down to a bed
of ants. And he would catch her. This
he vowed
"Chookic. chookie"' he cried, softly
extending one bare arm toward her
A yellow moth settled down and
alightcd on his arm. Glory. The hen
saw the moth and was creeping toward
it, Now he would have her sure. Just
let her within his reach, and
She came slowly, truStingly, the vel
low moth her loadstOne to destruction.
At last she was there. He would wait
for her to make a reach for the moth.
Then he would grab her by the neck;
he would jab one of her eyes out with
his finger Yes. he would take that
much revenge at once. She came,
and Pap IIiIdreth felt a sharp pain,
as though his arm was poked by a
redhot iron. and 10, she was away
again, the yellow moth futterlng in
her beak.
Human flesh can endure but so much,
and Pap IIildrcths stock Of patience
was exhausted.
The drab hen had pecked Pap Hill
drcth on the muscles of the forearm,
leaving Il puncture from which oOZcd
a little trickIc of blood. Noting this,
Pap Hildreth cast strategy to the
winds and sprang to his feet, with
growl.
Il might shoot her" he muttercd,
slipping his galluscs down and tying
them about his V dist, "only it 'ud be
too easy death for her. | wantcr
torture her. so I'll run her down, l
will, by gosh
Accordingly he made n dash for the
hen, and the hen made a dash for the
fence. She went through with flying
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

five days from the date of the decision com
planned of, and shall he heard and decided by
the Court of Appeals upon the original papers,
or otherwise, as the Court of Appeals may 10y
rule prescribe, aS soon as may toe practicable.
The General Assembly shall have power to
provide more fully by legislation not inconsist
cnt with this section OF this Article, for the
hearing and determination of all such cases.
SEC. ,. lnd BE- il tHrthcr endctcd by tie an
Horty aforesaid, That the atOregOing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this State shall be at the next
General Election for members of the Gencr
al Assembly to be held in this State, submit
ted to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection, i'll pursuance
of the directions contained III Article NV of
the Constitution of this State and at said
general election the vote on the SAID proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the words
For the Constitutional Amendment and
Against the Constitutional Amendment
as now prescribed by law, and Immediately
after said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed by the
said Article XIV of the Constitution.
Approved February 25 1908.
Now, THEREFORE, |, AUSTIN l.. CRoTHEEs,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the provisions of Section 1, of
Article / of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland, do hereby order and direct that a
copy of said Act proposing an amendment to
Section l of Article | of the Constitution of
said State, be published in at least two news
papers in each of the counties of the State
and in three newspapers i'll the City of Bal
timore one of shall be published in the Ger
man language, once a week for at least three
months preceding the next General Election,
which election will be held on November ID,
1909, at which election the said proposed
amendment shall be submitted, in the form
and manner prescribed by the General As
sembly, to the legal and qualified voters of
the State, for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
-, of the State of Maryland.
SEAL Done at the City of Annapolis.
- this lst day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and nine.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
by tie GOrerHOr:
n. WINSTON WILLIAMS,
Secretary of State. July 81
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
TO ABOLISH BILLBOARDS.
Detail of Practical Method Adopted by
Kansas City.

Detail of Practical Method Adopted by
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo, claims to be the
first city in the United States to pro-
vide a practical method Of aboishing
billboards BY the new city charter
the council is given authority to pro
hibit by ordinance the construction or
maintenance of billboarlS within any
district of the city which 1t may pre-
scribe, but must remuncrate property
owners for damages thereby caused
them. unless their consent be first OBJ
tanned. The damages paid and ether
costs are to be treated as Il public i'm
provement and assessed rs such
against the property in the prescribed
district The amount of damages Is
to be determined by Il jury. Advan-
tage of the above provision has already
been taken by the owners of one Of
the largest residence additions to the
city, who have filed their written con-
sent to the passage OF an ordinance
prohibiting bIlboardS in that district.
The charter provides for regulation
also, and an ordinance which has been
upheld by the circuit court, provides
that the height of billboards must not
exceed ten feet, that there shall be a
clear space underneath of at least
eighteen inches. that the ends must be
at least three feet distant from any
wall or fence or other obstruction
which will prevent a clear passage
from the street to the ground behind
and that no billboard shall be con-
structed within twelve feet of the
property line. 1t was held that this
could not be applied to billboards al
ready erected. but on Jan. 2S n storm
blew down 40 billboards, which great
ly assisted the reform.
Generally speaking, billboardS can
be taxed in the same way as other
property, but it has been held uncon-
stitutional to tax them out of eX-
iStence"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
Storminq the Winning Post.

William ". of England, who was
bred to the sea, had no particular pre-
dlectiOn for horse racing, but he so
far interested himself In the sport as
to take up his brothers stud to run
out the engagement of George ~.
Just previous to the first appearance
Of the royal stud in his name the train
er sought an interview to know what
was the royal pleasure-hoW many
horses the king would send down.
How the trainer must have stared
when he heard the sailor king, as If
giving a command for three decker
to fire a broadside, order the whole
stud, upward of 100 horses, to be let
off at one shot for a single race.
"Send down the whole squad!' said
the king. Some of them, suppose,
will win"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

colors. Through the fence she went,
and through the fence Pap Ilildreth
followed, putting like Il steam engine.
Across the potato patch they raced
and down the path to the barnyard.
The hen dashed around the straw
stack, and Pap Hildreth. with the sur
pcrior wisdom of mankind, circlcd the
stack in an opposite direction so as to
meet the drab hen on the other side
She came sailing around. her head
over her shoulder and her wings Sprca
wide. Pap IIildrcth made Il grab t. r
her and tumblcd pelmcll over fan
lily of little pigs half hidden i'm tn,
straw
He was too much out of breath To {,
any damage to the small pigs; 9th {"
wise it might have Jared badly with
them just ut this time. When he got
his wind back they had wisely tal,cl
themselves away, and the dra5 h"l
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
Why He Got Married.

A 5000 per annum clerk in one of
Uncle Sans departments at Washing
ton was recently approached by a CO.
worker who asked If it were true, as
rumor had it. that the 5000 person was
about to marry.
at Is" was the laconlc response.
surely, old man." said the other,
with that freedom permitted an intI-
mate friend, you don't think that
your present income would justify you
In ta-ing a wife"
"To be perfectly frank" said the
other, 81 do not"
"Then what on earth can be your
reason for taking this serious step"
81 have no reason" was the calm
response. II am in love."-Lippin-
colts.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
VALUE OF A LITTLE ENERGY.
Dumping Ground That Has Been
Transformed Into Sunken Garden.

Dumping Ground That Has Been
Transformed Into a Sunken Garden.
Some folk don't need orders for the
spring cleaning that Is going to make
Kansas City's vacant lots look 4 little
less like dumping grounds. What
little individual enterprise will do can
be seen on an empty space at the cor
ner of Lexington and Wabash avenues.
Neat little beds where vegetables will
presently flourish have taken the place
Of an unsightly graveyard for cats, tin
cans and other refuse.
The work began one morning last
year when Mrs. Il. ii. McDearmOn
who lives on the next lot. at 900 Wa
bash avenue, looked out Of her win
dow and determined to have better
view. A tramp came In opportunely,
and the first fruit of the idle land was
a meal for the idle man In the win
ter several unemployed earned occa-
sional food by clearing the rough de-
bris from the place. Beans, peas, to-
matoeS, lettuce, rhubarb, onions and
radishes will be cultivated there. A
few old fashioned flowers will be used
to brighten 1t up.
Mrs. McDearmon did not work long
alone w. NJ. Fenton and f. IL. Page,
both living near the same corner, soon
saw the advantages of the scheme to
the neighborhoOd and to themselves.
They are not rough workers, these
amateur gardeners. The soil looks as
II 1t had been dug deep and lies as
smooth as a fine sitter could make it.
Neat little pegs indicate where each
kind Of vegetable and flower has been
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
Humor of the Stump.

During warm political campaign
an "old timer took the stump. Wheth-
er he gathered many lost sheep Into
the fold of his party or not, he GER
tainly did not detract from the humor
of the situation. On one occasion a
crowd of people gathered to hear him
speak.
"FellOw citizens" he roarcd, "our op-
ponents are resortlng to every form Of
vileness. to dishonest and underhand
tricks, to inconccivabe meanness, to
the corruption of voters, but we warn
them his thunder shook the roof
1--WE warn them, fellow citizens that
that is a game that two can play att
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

from a long distance-two voices, in
fact-to which he heard his daughter,
his own flesh and blood, the darling of
his old age, reply:
Make him promise first, dear"
Pull me out" supplicated Pap Hill
dreth weakly. For heavens sake, pull
me out, Tommic"'
sponse.
Yes, you kin, on one condition."
family replied Pap Hildreth.
"Make him name it," said the other
voice
Name it," said Tom.
"If you'll catch me that old hem"
answered Pap IIildreth.
'I'll do it," said Tommie. And he
did
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
WiIIina to Please.

A large and elegant hotel furnished
on the most luxurious lines was erected
at fashionable resort. magnificent
orchestra performed every evening in
the hotel dining room, but on one oc
casion, out of season, the house was
so empty that the manager dispatched
the following telegraph message to the
head offices of the company: only
one guest, but orchestra of thirty.
What shall | dOT'
And the prompt reply came, IF guest
dissatisfied, engage six more musi-
cianS"'
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tried II. IL he
could but impalc her in its tines he
would have the shed torn down if nee
essary in order to get at her. No; the
fork was just Il trtlc short. He work
ed his head and shoulders under the
shed. IIa, ha. Now he could spear
her easily.
Just at this juncture a flock of sheep
came round the corner of the shed and
gazed wide eyed ut the strange sight
of a fat little man tanning the air with
his legs The proud leader of the
flock went forth to investigate. Reach
ing over to sniff at the waving feet OF
Pap Hildreth, this particular sheep
received Il kick under the jaw that
made him see all kinds of green and
blue balls and stirred deep resentment
within his breast.
Accordingly he backed away and
came against Pap IIidrcth's exposed
person with such force as to drive the
poor man under the shed, wcd%ing him
between the ground and the shed floor
so tightly that he could scarcely bulge,
let alone breathe.
"Oh. OH groanCd Pap IIildrcth and
kicked out Justify. only to receive
more violent shock from the old ram.
Pap Hildrcth lowered his legs and
lay still. He could feel the hot sun
on the calves of his legs, which We're
exposed owing to the fact that hi 1
trousers had slipped up on them. Then
the little PIGS came over to Investigate,
too and rubbed their moist noses on
those calves until poor Pap lIildreth
had to lift his legs again, which was
the signal for another onslaught from
the ram.
How long he lay there helpless he
never knew. 1t seemed hours to him,
Wedgcd in as he was so as to be scarce
ly able to breathe and receiving at reg
ular intervals 4 shock from the old
ram. lie gave himself up to fate. He
soon came. and there was little hope
of 1t, as he was on the south side Of
the shed, and even if anybody did by
chance happen to come into the barnA
yard he might never be seen. He
tried to shout. but he was too tightly
wcdgcd in. He could hardly breathe
let alone call. The old drab hen had
looked around Mt him and called him
some moro names, after which she had
said goodby and left him.
After what seemed hours to him
Pap IIildrcth heard a voice as coming
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L L
good enough Tommies the
best man | ever had on this
farm. 'Taint cause of that
er anything else, only he cant have
my Susan, an l told him so this
mornin'.'
Pap IIildrcth finished filling the old
brown basket with potatoes and arose
stiflly from his knees. There was Il
peaceful, satisfied look on his scanned
face as he wiped his dirty hands on
his freshly washed ovcralIs and let his
eyes roam about him.
I'm comfortable" he said, address
ing the old drab hen that was in
dustriously pecking holes in the mel
low red tomatoes just beyond. I'm
comfortable we'll fixed"
The hen turned her back upon him
and sent a spray of dust over the low
wire fence with the uncrring aim of
her kind directly in his face.
The dirt settled in his hair and
beard, and Pap IIildrcth set his basket
down and wiped his mouth ON his
sleeve.
Now, he. Pap IIildrcth, was Il mode
farmer not only to his family, but to
everything on the farm. 70 this par
ticular drab hen he had always been
kind and induIgcnt. Time out of num-
Der had he let her offcnscs go unpun.
iShcd only because his heart was hi.
and he could overlook little mistakes.
She was a nuisance, too; he confessed
it to himself now as he Spat the grit
out from beneath his teeth and watch
ed her destroy whole lunches of red
tomatoes. She had never acted like
other hens that he could remember.
and his acquaintance with hens was
large She had never laid an egg in
her life. She had simply stood around
with a proud, defiant air and waited
for the other hens to do their work.
Then she would proceed to clean up
on the fruits of their labor. She ate
the eggs. She was an ariStocrat-no
doubt of that. She was big and fat
and sleek. Her comb was red as
blood, and she fairly danced and
pranced about. she was so full of life
and spirits.
"You sure do seem to be enjOyin'
life" continued Pap Hildreth, coming
over to the fence and looking over.
He smiled ut the hen from his lips and
heart and one eye. The other had a
gravel chip in it and couldn't smile.
Pap IIildreth kept it closed.
The hen lifted her head and listened
without turning. Then she put her
head impudently on one side and said
something soto voce.
A red flush stole up across Pap Hill
dreth's already red neck and face.
IF she didn't say devil as plain as
er any man kin say it, then my hear
ms gcttn' bad" he told himself.
Now. as usual, Pap IIildreth, being
in an amiable mood, had addressed the
hen in a gcntlcmanly way. He had
simply said. I'm comfortable we'll
fixed" and that was all-nothing
about such a remark for a hen to take
objection to. and he knew it.
He didn't like it bit but he simply
grinncd fcoishly and turned to pick
up his basket
Then the drab hen said something
that fairly made his short hair briStle
something that even he could not let
go unchalcnged. He heard it distinct
ly and knew there was no miStaking.
He returned to the fence. his heavy
eyebrows knitted in a frown, and the
hen turned and faced him. For a mo-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
Liked the Treatment,

A slater who was engaged upon the
roof of a house In Glasgow fell from
the ladder and lay in an unconscious
state upon the pavement. One of the
pedestrians in the street who rushed
to the aid of the poor man CHANGED to
have n flask OF spirits in his pocket,
and, to revive him, began to pour a
little down his throat.
"Canny, mon, canny," said man
looking on, cor you'll choke him."
The unconscious" slater opened his
eyes and said quietly, Pour AVA,
mon, pour ava; ye're dom fine"
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trousers leg in helpless frenzy. Die
she must, and nOw-right now. She
should live to make his life a terror
not another minute longer than he
could help.
But how was he to accomplish his
end? Any hen is clever when it comes
to the last Lights OUT" call. This
particular hen he well knew would try
all his resourcefulneSs.
He would deceive her. Yes. that
was the only way. He would let her
think he considered her audacity clev-
er: he would go my lengths so that
her suspicious might not be ar 'used.
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ment I h @ I W o
looked into one
anOther's @ Y e $ !;
t Ii e II the h e II
turned her back
upon him again
with all a boss
disdain and sent
a II a n d full Of
graver into his
fac e at c los e
quarters.
III WdS Il teETl-
BILE insult, an un-
pardonable one.
Her life III u S t
pay the penalty.
SO decided Pap
Hildreth, stand
ing w it Ii lip s
dra wn back from
dust filed teeth
and eyes tig h t
closed and hands
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

Once n boy thought he would braid
a mules tail. Later, when his father
was trying to stralghten up his fea-
lures so that his mother wouldn't have
to get acquainted with him all over
again, he asked, Father, will I ever
be beautiful any more?"
'No, my child" said the father, as
he delicately pricd the bridge of the
lads nose into something like its old
time form, "no, my child, you will nev-
cr be beautiful, but you'll know
DANCED sight more"
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couIon- AtteII Bout Off.

Johnny Coulon, 105 pound champion
of America. has called off his bantam
weight championship match with
Monte Attell scheduled for June - at
Colma, Cal Coulon's reason for can
ceiling the go is i'll health. He doesn't
want to meet Attell until he rs at his
best
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
Courage.

Courage is a virtue that the young
cannot spare; to lose it is to grow old
before the time. 1t is better to make
a thousand mistakes and suffer thou
sand reverscs than run away from bat
tle.-IIenry Van Dyke.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

he saw quietly
disappearing be
meath the drive
shed. Armed with
a two tined fork,
Pap III il d re t h
made his way la
boriouSly to the
shed and pccrcd
underneath h it.
All, ia tc W Il $
kind indeed, for
the d Ira b h e n
was there, sure
enough. She had
settled down, as
she thought. So
cure from all dan
ger beneath the
shed floor. Pap
Hildreth Judged
that he coul Il
easily reach her
with a fork. He
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02

He couldn't see the hen, but he knew
she had pi ked up her head to listen.
SO he with great difficulty Syrapcl
away at his left eye until he had it
clean enough to see Il little. He still
kept whiStling, although every note
gave him pain, and the dusty pcrSpira-
tion running down his face was all
that furnished the necessary moisture
for his whistle
He stopped whiStlinS ard began to
hum There Were Ninety and Nine"
as he squeezed himself through the
fence, keeping his eye on the hen.
Poor man. she said, Sidcstcpping a
yard or two and smiling at him.
"Cuss YOU" whispered Pap IIildrcth.
Jest you waltz
The hen, which had been scratching
in time to his whistle, said something
softly to herself and looked so pleased
that all the dormant evil in Pap Hill
dreth's nature that had Slumbcrcd on
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-10-02
A Farm ldyl
By FRANK II. SWEET

Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso-
citation
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Then when she least expected II he
would seize her AMI pluck Err neck
feathers out one by one and with hi
own fingers force small pnrti les Of
sharp gravel stones into her eyes. lie
would laugh at her hclplcSSncSS and
glOat--yes, that's what he'd do. gloat-
over her hcIplcSSncsS. And he would
take her life slowly. torturing her all
the While. He might burn her to
death, but slowly, or ScHld her in the
big copper Caldron, a little piece ut n
time.
SO far his mind was fully made w
Now he must proceed to at. SO he
whiStlcd softly whiStlcd in Il dusty
whcczy treblc-"Ole Zip Coon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08
ROOSEVELT HUNT
ING IN A ZOO.

Fresh from the field in which former
President Roosevelt is hunting. Maj.
Louis L. Seaman, a surgeon. arrived in
New York recently. He went to Africa
to study the dread sleeping sickness. In
addition, Maj. Seaman has brought about
$50 specimens of game. shot where Mr..
Roosevelt and his party are now shoot
ing.
The trip was Maj. Seaman's second.
While it was a professional one, Mai.
Seaman said he with DR.. Guiteras. who
accompanied him. could not resist TAX
ing something like six weeks off after
reaching Nairobi. because the game was
SO plentiful.
1T is the greatest shooting in the
world" said the major. Its just a ZOO
logical garden without a fence around
it. 1t is the place where old Noah land
ed the ark and shooed the animals OF
and their descendants are still there.
killing lions is tame sport The king
of beasts is a whelp. Wound a lion
and go after him and he will give you
some trouble. But he is a coward and
the natives treat him with contempt.
When q lioness and a lion are together
rhe thing to do is to shoot the loness.
She is the gamer of the two. If you kill
her the lion will take to the jungle.
Kill him and you have got to kill her."