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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
CAT IS DRUG FIEND.
Savannah Tabby Sent to New
York for Treatment.
Animal, Owned by Druggist, Contracts
Morphine Habit In Store and
Seeks Bottle Where opiate
Is Kept.

New York.-When the Savannah
Line steamship City of Montgomery
arrived here the other day from Sa-
vannah, Ga, she brought a most re-
markabe passenger to New York in
the shape of a valuable Persian cat
that has been credited in the dis
patches from Savannah as being a
confirmed morphine fiend.
The Persian cat is the property of a
druggist in Savannah named Rollin-
sky, man prominent in the southern
city, and he sent his pet Persian TO
New York for treatment by specialists
in the hope that the cat may be cured
OF the morphine habit.
Some months ago the cat smiled at
some morphine, powdered, that was
being used in prescription in Mr..
Rollinsky's pharmacy. The animal
acted peculiarly after that, and was
constantly on the shelf on which the
brownish bottle containing the drug
stood Several times Mr.. Rollinsky
found the morphine bottle open with
the powder scattered about, and each
time the cat acted in the same manner
that a human being acts when under
the influence of the opiate.
The morphine-stricken feline was
taken on board the Savannah liner by
Mr.. Heaton, the druggists assistant,
and placed in a room on the City of
Montgomery. There were many per-
sons on the pier at Savannah to see
the cat leave for New York, for tab
by's fame had spread throughout the
southern city, and it was considered
very much of local celebrity.
No provision had been made for
morphine on board the the steamship,
and the cat, frenzied because of the
absence of the drug, made its escape
from the cabin in which it had been
placed and leaped overheard into the
Savannah river. There was thrilling
rescue, and the Persian tabby was
placed again in the room that had
been reserved for it and for Mr.. Hea-
ton after much correspondence with
the Savannah line officials, and Sc
curely locked up
1t was placed under a small allow
ance of the drug, and this was con-
firmed upon the arrival of the City
of Montgomery, when the cat was
taken, in fairly good shape, to cat
hospital in West Fifty-third street.
So we'll known is the cat in Savan.
nah that there was much opposition
to its being taken away.
Mr. Heaton watched tendery over
the four-footed passenger and super
intended the transfer to the cat hos
pital
While Mr.. Heaton would not com.
NIT himself without first having con.
suited the veterinaries, he said he
thought the treatment of the cat
would be about the same as that
given a human being under similar
circumstances. BY degrees the allow.
ance of morphine will be discontinued
and remedies administered that will
cause the unnatural craving for the
drug to disappear.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
CEMENT COTTAGES FOR POOR
to the upper story of three bedrooms.

to the upper story of three bedrooms.
AS Mr.. Strachey points out, this ex-
traordinarily low cost of $500 for a
pair of cottages-S2,250 is the figure
usually accepted-has been reached
not only by the employment of cheap
material but by rigid exclusion Of
snowy and unnecessary ornament. by
dipensing with an architect and by
leaving only small margin for build
er's profit. At the same time he main
tains that his experiment has shown
that 1t would be possible for any coun-
try landlord to house his people at the
same cost by employing the labor and
material of his estate. Further, Mr..
Strachey. asserts, the addition of $50
to the sale value of the cottages would
turn them into a profitable venture
for the commercial builder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
PESSIMlST RAISES A Wall
Incidentally Gives a Hard Jolt to
Time-Honored Conception of New
England Thanksgiving.

{ "Oh, yes; the New Englanders make
a great time of Thanksgiving" said
the insurance man as the subject was
under discussion. Eyes, they are great
on Thanksgiving.
"All the relatives gather for big
dinner, don't they?" was asked.
Eyes. My Uncle Ben, up in Yer
mont, gathered thirty of us at his
house last Thanksgiving"
what a visit you must have had!"
"Oh, yes"
"And the banquet. can picture It. !"
"Can you?"
There was turkey, goose, duck,
chicken, roast pig and sparerib.
There was mince pie, pumpkin pie
and cider. There was big cottage
pudding and cranberry sauce. All, it
must have been a royal feast"
Eyes, it was" dryly replied the in
surance man. my Uncle Ben killed
off four old roosters, his wife made
four or five apple pies, and stewed
mpp peck of prunes, and we sat
aawn to the feast"
"But-but it was Thanksgiving"
Sure. Mike. If 1t hadn't been we
wouldn't have got the prunes."
"And-and that was all?"
"All except that after dinner my
Uncle Ben took up a collection for
the heather, and we Clipped in so
cents apiece. My Uncle Ben was the
heather, you know. Oh, yes-New
England Thanksgiving. I've been
there"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Old Pete's Little Joke,

Foolish questions and funny an
swers were under discussion in the
Trenton avenue and Dauphin street
police station the other day, and after
listening for a while to some amusing
instances, Sergeant McCay told the
following:
"Old Pete Flood was the attendant
in the Franklin cemetery some years
ago, and it became the custom to ask
him how business was, just to hear
his reply. 1t came in a heavy bass
voice:
"Ain't buried living soul today"
Philadelphia Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
PUTTING In the Time.

A gentleman was engaging a gen.
eral man and telling him what he
wanted him to do. You will have to
clean the windows and the boots and
the knives and go messages, chop
wood, cut short grass, mind the horse
and pony, look after the garden and
keep the house supplied with vege-
tables and do any odd job that is re-
Quired and If suitable you will get
ten shillings a week."
is there any clay in the garden?"
asked the man.
What makes you ask that?" asked
the gentleman.
Il was thinking could make bricks
In my spare time," said the man.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Bought His Bride.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-When Susie
Biakesley and Frank Lizark presented
themselves at the marriage license bu-
reau, the other day, for certificate. the
girls apparent youth aroused the sus-
picion of the clerk.
When questioned, the girl admitted
that she was under 81, and declared
her mother sold her to her husband.
When asked how much he paid for
his bride, LEAK replied:
"A months pay, amounting to $72."
The mother gave her consent, and
as the girl was willing, the license was
granted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Saw Only Physical Idea.

One of his friends once asked Mr..
Darwin's gardener about his masters
health, and how he had been lately.
Obi" he said, my poor master has
been very sadly. often wish he
had something to do He moons about
in the garden, and l have seen him
stand doing nothing before a flower
for ten minutes at time. If he only
had something to do | really believe
he would be better"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
ss Years Old: m But ones

Harrisburg, Pa.-At khe celebration
of the ninety-fifth anniversary Of her
birth. Mrs. Esther Confer of this place
said she was never Ill a day in her
long life save when as child she
had scarlet fever. She has lived half
a century In the same house, and has
been blessed with eight children, six
OF whom survive. She has twenty.
nine grandchildren, twenty-four great.
grandchildren and seven great-great.
grandchildren
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
output Of Alaskan Gold.

Seattle, Wash.-More than $4,000
600 worth of gold has been received
by the United States assay Office here
since the first of the year, according
to a statement by the assayer. The
receipts from January 1 to November
8 from Alaska and British-American
mines is given as S10,507, 62194.. OF
this $4,000, 1O9.75 came from Alaska,
s1,036,2S603 from British Columbia
and $9f,O21.75 from the Yukon terri
tory. other sources in Canada con-
tributed $64,994.41.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
HICKORY TREES DYING, TOO

bats the parasite as best It can, some
times with success for more than one
season. indicating only by an earlier
failure of its foliage that something
hidden is feeding on its vitality The
final act is the fading of the leaves or
the utter denuding OF the branches OF
foliage.
Experts are of the opinion that on
examination 1t win be found that a
fungus. similar to the one lately dis
covered as the enemy Of the chestnut.
is attacking the hickory trees. At the
present state of the attack only mi
croscopical test by experts would re-
veal the facts and the existence of
the blight is SO new that such an ex-
animation has not been made. That
the fungus, If it turns out to be such,
will eventually prove as fatal to the
hickory as to the chestnut is greatly
feared. The future may find New Jer-
sey bare entirely of either free.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Worlds Dat Crop,

Washington.-The world crop of
oats is nearly 3,7OO,OOO,OOO bushels an.
nually, according to bulletin issued
by the Department of Agriculture to.
day. The United States annual crop
for 19Os-19O9 was about 100000, 900
bushels.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Actress Goes 10000 Miles.

London.-Vesta Victoria is back in
England after five months tour in
the United States. She has travelled
10000 miles, and on the way has pur-
chased fruit farm of so acres near
Los Angeles.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
None In Stock,

A well-dressed woman paused in
front of the chestnut vender's stand.
Are they wormy?" she asked
NO, ma'am," he answered blandly.
did you want them with worms?'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Decreased Crane Crop.

Rome.-According to the last Off
cial reports the vines in Italy will
give about 54,OOO,OO0 quintals of
grapes this year. as against 100000
ine1909.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09

Thousands of country people know that
in time of sudden mishap or accident
Hamlns Wizard Oil is the best substi-
it is 80 often found upon the shelf
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
The Way to Find Him.

My wife and / are going to spend
few months with her people at
Strong's Corners" said the meek lit
tie man, "and l want you to mail your
paper to me"
YES" said the clerk, whats your
name?
"Well-er-to make sure, l guess
you'd better address it: Mary Strong's
Husband, Strong's Corners"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09

Some women jump at conclusions.
because they want to see how the
story is going to end.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09

For HEADACHE-Hicks CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's liquid-pleasant TO take-acts immedi-
ately. Try It, 10c., Csc, and 80 cents at drug
stores.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Thorough.

you are an optimist?"
81 am" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. II
not only hope for the best, but l make
practical arrangements to get it,"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09

True men and women are all physi-
clans to make us well.-C. A. Bartol.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09

The coldblooded are hotheaded
when you hit their pride.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09

He that lives upon horfs win die
fasting. Franklin.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
ITEMS FROM SAxTER.
The Doings In the Village and That
Vicinity.

Mr.. G.. Z. DeHaven is drilling a well
for Mr.. IS. H. Butts near here.
Mr.. Otterbein Stuckey has gone to
Bismark, N. D., where he expects to
make his future home. We wish him
success.
The stork visited the home of Mr.
Joe Kaufman and left a ten-pound
boy.
Mr.. Lockard Stuckey killed a cop
per snake that measured Z feet
inches.
Mr.. Bern Albright has resigned his
position as grub master for Mr.. J.. F,
Hesse.
Rev. A. S. Hammock will preach at
Providence, II a. M. on Sunday. May
Is.
Mr.. Ramie Wilson has taken a con
tract to furnish 200, 900 mine props "a
the United Mine Prop Company "i
Cherry Run.
The wrestling bout between Mr.
Kaufman and Tom Plotner resulted
in a defat for Mr.. Plotner.
Inc ram uClt ouuudy was hClCOuuC
ly received.
Mr.. Tom Plotner and Mr.. Ben Ed
wards will box a 25-round bout fol
the Baxter m~iddleweight champion
ship. Plotner is picked to win in thi:
bout. IL will ONE off May IA.
The boxing between Mr.. Heck Wi
son, heavyweight champion and Mr.
John Murphy resulted in a bad de
feat for Murphy. Bout only going
rounds.
Mr.. r. S. Miller, of SINNERS Gar
was at Baxter Monday on business.
Mr.. Golf Chase has gone to AM
'Harbor, Mich, where he expects t
study for a physician.
Mr.. Brady Murphy has opened
| school for all who wish to learn type
writing.
Mr.. H. r. Shriver is home on a two
weeks vacation. He has been work
ing in the shoe business in Brockton
Mass.
Mr.. James Fl. Fonestalk was at BaS
ter Monday on business.
Mr.. James Wintermoyer was bite,
by a rattle snake. His condition |
very serious.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
REPUTABLE MEN
OF MARYLAND
Detectives In Jail For Carrying Revo..
vers Are Well Known Citizens
of Baltimore.
From The World Of Tuesday:

From The World of Tuesday:
The four men from the Smart d..
tectiye agency in Baltimore who were
arrested here yesterday morning for
carrying reyolvers without a licens.
and who were placed in Jail to await
a hearing before Justice Felker, are
still in confinement. They were to
have had a trial this afternoon but
the time did not suit Prosecuting At.
torney Nol1, so their trial may come
up some time tomorrow.
The Baltimore American this morn.
ing published the following concern.
ing the men arrested here yesterday
morning for carrying concealed weap-
ons:
David G. Smart, manager of the
Maryland Detective Agency employ
ers of the men arrested in Martins
burg, said that Berry, Scanloa and
Wilson were regular employees of the
firm, but that the others were not. Mr..
Smart said: Saturday night l re-
ceived a telephone message from j.
w. Stewart, of the Citizens party, of
Martinsburg, asking me to send five
men to that place to watch the polls.
He said that the Citizens party had
requested the party in power to fur
nish men to watch the polls, and that
the party in power had agreed 10 COM
ply with the request, provided the
Citizens party would pay all the ex-
penses. This they decided not to do.
and ~telephoned me to send some meu.
| accordingly sem Berry, Scanlcn and
Wilson, and told Scanlon, who had
charge, to get a couple more men and
to take them with him. This morning
/ received word from Martinsburg
that the men had been arrested and
that the Citizens party had retained
lawyers to defend them when they
will be presented for hearing or Tues
day morning.
"All my regular men are citizens of
Baltimore, and are well thought of n
their respective communities. I can
answer for them. The other men /
DON'T know, but | am sure they are
respectable citizens of the city"
Mr.. Smart thinks it improbable
that the men will be sentenced 20
serve a term in the p~enitentiary for
carrying the revolvers, as the men
we're doing their duty in trying to dis
close crime, and were not engaged in
the commission of wrongdoing. The
men arrested are E. A. Scanlon. 3447
Cedar avenue; Frank B. Berry, 6
South Caroline street; George K. Will
son. of Howard county; George I.
Frederick, whose address is unknown,
and another man by the name Of
Snyder, whose first name and ad-
dress are also unknown.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
STOLE HORSE AND
BUGGY LAST NIGHT
County Clerk Hobbs the Victim vt
Some Fellows Nerve-RecoVered
Team Below ~Bedington.
m The World OF Tuesday:

From The World OF Tuesday:
Some fellow took the horse and
buggy of County Clerk E. A. Hobbs
from in front of the court house last
night etween IL and II o'clock and
drove off. Mr.. Hobbs instituted a
search for it last night around town
and this morning he renewed the
search, calling to his aid the police :
the s~upposition that the team had
been stolen. Later he learned that
there was a strange team down at
Hainesyille, along the Williamsport
pike, so he went down with a party
in an automobile to see about it. He
found his team in Mr.. Bud knipe's
barn and then drove home.
Mr.. Knipe said he found the team
standing along the pike early this
morning and kindly put the horse in
the stable. A color ed fellow was seen
to board the C. V. train for Hagers-
town this morning and it is believed
that he is the person who took Mr.
Hobbs team. The only thing missing
from the buggy was a bottle of fur
niture polish.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
40 MILLION FOR 3. & o.
Will Spend it All For Equipment and
Improvement of the Road.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company officially that it
has arranged through it's bankers.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co, and Speyer & Co.,
for the sale of forty million out of a
total issue of fifty million dollars of
it's three year, four and one-half per
cent gold notes. An officer of the
; he notes sold will be used for the
purchase of additional equipment need
ed to take care of the business offer
ed as well as to provide for such
reasonable increase as may be expecrr
ed in the immediate future, and also
for providing additional second and
third tracks where needed, and other
Improvements necessary for the next
three years.
The ten million notes not offered
for sale o will be reserved to take
up ZEN million dollars of one year
notes which the company sold in
March and which are the only out
standing obligations of short matur-
ity, the B. & o. not having issued
any car trusts, or floating Indebted
ness OF any kind. The company has
in its treasury $2S, 900 900 four per
cent B. & o. Chicago terminal bonds.
representing the cost to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company. of the
Chicago Terminal Company. These
securities have been paid for and rep.
resent a clean treasury asset and
could have been sold If desired. at the
present time but it was no thought
advisable to sell such a security at
this time at existing rates.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
3. & o. MAY LEAVE TOWN.
Charles Town Hears Gates Requested
Will Cause Chanue.

The City Council of Charlec Town
has passed an ordinance requiring the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany to put gates at three crossings
between the town and the property
opened several years ago by the
Charles Town Improvement Company.
The public school is located on the
property, and upon request of sew
eral citizens who appeared before
Council at its last meeting the action
was taken, claiming the lives Of the
school children were endangered.
1t is said the railroad company has
had engineers here with a view of
moving out of the corporate limits
and building a new station in the sec
ton where the belt line connects the
Norfolk and Western and Baltimore
and Ohio railroads. claiming the cost
of maintaining the gates will be SO
costly it will be cheaper to get out
of the corporate limits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
LIBRARIANS MEET
IN HAGERSTOWN
Noighborhood Gathering Held a
Washington County Library
Today.
From The World OF Tuesday:

A neighborhood meeting of librar-
ians was held at the Washington
County Free Library, at Hagerstown,
this morning at 1890 O'Clock.
Representatives from a number of
places along the Cumberland Valley
Railroad arrived at 1918 and went to
the library where they made an in
spection of the books, wagons and
other departments OF the library.
The meeting was called at 1880
o'clock and discussions of an informal
nature was held, including work with
schools, the relation Of the school SUI
p~erintendent to the library, the story
hour, and a question box.
Members from Harrisburg. Cham
bersburg, Carlisle, Martinsburg, Cash
town, Shippensburg, Farmville, Va,
president of the library board and
members of the Civic League, Of Han
over, and representatives OF the
State Library at Harrisburg attended.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
CASKEY HAS 814
:. RUTLEDGE, GIG
MATTHEWS, 1876
Mun;c;nal Election Shows a Vote of
1925 For Mayoralty Candidates.
Democratic Majority, 1873
From The World of Tuesday;

From The World OF Tuesday;
The fight is over, the battle won ana
Mr.. Rufus w. Caskey win be the next
Mayor of Martinsburg. The Demo
crats won in a voting contest which
was the largest in the history of nu'
uicipal politics. Not only did they
elect their Mayor but also three OF
yneir candidates for City Council,
smith in the First, Trammell in the
Second and Wellinger in the Fourth.
The majorities were all good as Will
be seen be the detailed account be-
low.
The Citizens party candidate MI
Rutledge. came In second with q total
vote which surprised the politicians.
Ii was nearly double the figure that
any OF the party workers were willing
20 concede him before the vote was
eounted. All four Councilmen tndors-
ed by the Citizens party were elected,
smith in the First, Trammell in the
Second. Bert In the Third and Oliver
in the Fifth.
The Republicans carried the Third
and Fifth Wards for Council electing
Bert and Oliver.
The detailed statement OF the votes
cast at the various voting precincts
given below together with a summary
of the vote viii tell to the satisfaction
of all just how the result came about.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
ROOSEVELT SPECIAL ENVOY.
Former President to Represent Amer
lea at Kings Funeral.

Passaic, n. j., May 10.-President
Taft in all probability will designate
Theodore Roosevelt as a special am
bassador to represent the United
States government at the funeral OF
King Edward. He said last night that
he would take the matter up with
Secretary Knox soon after he returns
to Washington.
He said he was anxious to appoint
Col. Roosevelt to represent this gov
eminent. President Taft is not con.
versant with the p~recedents IS IL
such occasions, but if a special repre-
sentative be called for by the proprie-
ties and Mr.. Roosevelt will accept the
designation, he will be named by the
President.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
WATER FOR sHEPHER0sToWN.
Town Council Takes UP Matter of
Municipal Water System.
word 81 IuesdaN.

From The World or Tuesday.
The Town Council OF Shepherds
town took up the matter. last night,
of installing a municipal water sys-
TEN. A committee was appointed to
secure an engineer to make prelimi-
nary plans and estimates looking to
the carrying out of the proposition.
Both gravity and pumping systems
are proposed according to the source
OF the water supply. Springs are
available at a distance Of a mile or
more from town, while the Potomac
river water has been suggested. The
estimated cost of the system is from
s12. 900 TO $4,000, requiring a bond
issue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-14
GOVERNOR NAMES MEN.
To Fill Places on Various Boards Of
the State.

Charleston, w. Va, May Clover
nor Glasscock announced the follow.
ing appointments; State Board of Re-
gents, four years, George S. Laidley
OF Charleston; reappointed. Board Of
Pharmacy, five years, Walter c. Price,
Of Charleston; reappointed Board Of
Enbalmers, three years, o. c. Ogdin.
of st. Marys, to succeed George D..
Gilfallen, of Parkersburg; Walter H..
Terrell, of Huntington; reappcinted.
Director West Virginia Humane So
ciety, Rev. C. p. Graham, of Wheel
ing, to succeed II. C. %Franzheim. re-
signed.