THE CITIZEN', FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1000.
GUILD'S BODY IN COTTON BALE
Baby Disappeared In Texas
Corpse Was Strangely
and
DIs-
Its
covered In Liverpool.
Galveston, Tex. The disappearance
of Alfred Hartnian, the two-year-old
son of George and Angelina Hartnian
of Gillespie county, Ave months ago,
has been solved by the finding of the
dead body of the Infant In a bale of
cotton opened at a gin In Liverpool,
England.
It was early in December that Hart
man, who Is a prosperous farmer, took
a load of cotton to a gin a few miles
from his homo and had It ginned. Ills j
little son. who was the youngest of
several children, accompanied him on ,
the trip to Fredericksburg and in '
some manner became separated from
his father. Search for the missing
boy proved unsuccessful, and it was
finally believed that the baby had I
fallen into a creek niul his body had i
been washed away In the current. ,
The finding of a body answering the ,
description Indicates that the child
crept into the press while it was open
and, falling asleep, was haled up In .
the cotton. The cotton was sold to a j
Texas concern, placed iu a warehouse i
for several weeks and finally export-1
cd to Liverpool. The bale was open-1
cd a few days ago and the flattened j
body of the child discovered. Through 1
the various channels the cotton was
traced back to the broker who bought j
it'ln Texas and the identity of the In- J
fant established. ,
The body will bo shipped back to j
this country for burial in the family j
lot. j
TURKEY'S MAN OF THE HOUR. i
MAHMUD SHEFKET PASHA.
The leader of the constitutional
troops In their advance on Constanti
nople to depose Sultan Abdul Hamid.
WOMAN'S BITE KILLS SURGEON.
Dies of Blood Poisoning After Saving
Would-Be Suicide.
London, England. Dr. Angus Bow
ley Wilson, nged 82, a house surgeon
at the London Hospital, is another of
the many martyrs of science.
Dr. Wilson was performing an
operation on a woman suffering from
laudanum poison, the result of an at
tempt to commit suicide, and in her
struggles she bit one of his thumbs.
The operation was entirely success
ful in the case cf the woman, whoso
life was saved, but in the case of the
doctor blood poisoning fitot in from
the bitten thumb, and Dr. Wilson died.
At the inquest concerning Dr. Wil
son's death another surgeon said that
it was necessary to gag the woman
while the operation was in progress.
She struggled all the time, and, seiz
ing Dr. Wilson's thumb between her
teeth, bit it.
The Coroner said that Dr. Wilson
lost his life owing to a woman whose
existence was certainly not worth It,
from the public point of view, she hav
ing attempted suicide on several oc
casions. "A great deal is heard," added the
Coroner, "of doctors' fees, but little
Is heard of their generous sacrifices."
The jury returned a verdict of death
from misadventure.
WILL WHIP MAN WHO KILLS HIM
Plttsburger Objects to Continued Pub
lication of Obituaries.
McKeesport, Pa. William A. Long,
of McKeesport, read in the Pittsburg
newspapers a neat obituary notice of
himself. A relative of Long's had
died In a Pittsburg hospital, and In
some way Information got to the news
papers that It was the McKeesport
man. As this was the sixth "mis
tako" of the kind In five years, Long
became angry and communicated with
some of the papers as follows:
"Once again I must prove an alibi. I
am neither dead nor near It. It be
comes monotonous, however, to be
kept busy asserting that one is alive
when the newspapers have you dead.
The man who wanted a glass coflln so
ho could see what was going on had
nothing on me. I am fairly well
equipped now to write a book on
'funerals I have missed.' I will whip
the next man who 'kills' me."
AVOID KI88INQ AND PYORRHOEA
Dentists Say Disease of Gums Goes
with Artificially Colored Hair.
Birmingham, Ala. Kissing and pyor
rhoea were discussed at tho annual
convention of the National Dentists'
Association here. Pyorrhoea is a dis
ease ot tho gums, and is held to be
communicated by kissing.
The assertion was made in tho dis
cussion that nearly every woman
whose hair is artificially colored is a
Ylctlm of pyorrhoea.
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JUDGING THE AGE OF AN EGG,
If It Is Fresh It Will Sink, If Old
Float.
The age of an egg can be pretty
definitely estimated by use of the
simple method shown In the accom
panying cut. If the egg Is fresh it
Will Blnk In the water and rest" on
fresh
O MONTHS OLDK.
KOLIt STAGES IX AX EGG'S AGE.
Its side. If about 3 weeks old the
large end will be inclined slightly
upward At three months of ago It
will float with the large end more or
less out of the water according to
the stage at which it has arrived.
Where Poultry liaising Pays.
One of the most lucrative occupa
tions in southern California, when
It succeeds, Is poultry raising. But,
perhaps, more people fall at it than
In any other business, because so lit
tle capital is required to begin on a
small scale. Although the climate
Is balmy all the year chickens do
not thrive unless cared for In a
skilful and hygenlc manner. Roup,
which Is a kind of dlptherla for fowls
Is the most fatal and prevalent dis
ease, and once it breaks out the de
struction of all chickens in the cor
ral is almost certain. Then, too,
the cool nights are said to effect
them, and for this reason the coops
are made warm. It is the dream ot
many who go to southern California
to own a few acres and raise chick
ens and sell eggs. A small percent
age only of those who give it a prac-
; tlcal trial succeed. Thousands of
dollars are wasted annually In vain
I attempts, and in some sections ab
I andoned coops and incubators can
be seen frequently.
Hut those who presovere and sue
I ceed are richly rewarded. The most
successful egg farm that I know uf
is not far from Long Beach, off the
I coast. The owner now produces daily
an output of live hundred eggs from
one thousand five hundred chicken?,
besides getting a fair price for the
superfluous roosters. All of his
chickens are white leghorns, and he
asserts they are the best layers. His
income is about seventy-five dollars
per week, less a total expense of
three dollars a day for chicken food,
oil tor heating the Incubators, and
incidentals. He and his wife attend
to the chickens, ai d the outdoor life
has cured her of n,cipent pulmonary
troubles. He made a total failure
in the beginning, lest one thousand
dollars the first year, but he saw his
mistakes and courageously started
again. At first he took the advice of
neighbors, left his coops open at the
bottom, and the cold nights killed
tlie fowls by the .Tore, noun came
and finished all he had, and then he
plowed up his three-acre farm, sow-
ed It In barley, and did noting with
chickens for six months. His second
trial was successful, because, as ho
asserts, he relied upon his own judg
ment. His coops are closed, and a
small aperture, left for the chickens
to enter, Is the only ventilation for
the night. Each coop, each runway,
Is kept absolutely clean, and If
chicken shows the slightest symptoms
of illness it is, as a rule, killed, un
less he knows how to cure it. Fre
quently he cuts open the craw, takes
out the offending matter, and sews it
up again. Mites are great enemies
to chickens, but his system of clean
Hness keeps these pests away. All
of his chickens are wild and' the
sound of a human voice startles
them as it would an animal in the
forest. Neither he nor his wife
makes pets of the fowls, and at feed
Ing time they are called by hitting a
stick on a tin bucket. The theory
is that a petted chicken, too tame
lies around, waiting to be fed, and
does not wprk and scratch for a liv
ing. His neighbors, who vstartoil
wnen be did on a large scale, are
now following other occupations. He
says lawyers and doctors, have to
study for years to acquire their pro
fession, and It stands to reason that
a man cannot, at onco, raise chick
ens successfully. He has to learn
by experience and good judgment.
unicuens are so expensive to huy
in the market that every household
er, if possible, has a few in th
backyard in a wire corral, and often
leading an al fresco existence, 1. e
with no' coop whatever to keep them
warm at night And, strange to say
these few fowls aro often hardy. Try
lng to raise them on a largo scale
seems to be mora difficult Sorie of
the swell residential houses In Los
Angles, in West Adams Street, the
Fifth Avenue of the city, havo chick
en corrals in the backyard, aait tho
chorus of tho chanticleers makei mu
sic in the early morning. Cbjickoa
raising pays handsomely in d)uta
era California, if understood R,
E in .Leslie's Weekly.
jffjort Jtemuin
For a
THEME:
iloval Courage
By WILLIAM M. GROSVENOR
IRrctor, Church of llie Incarnation, New YorltJ
And David said unto Saul, I cannot ,
go with these; for I havo not proved
them. And he took his staff In his ,
hand, and choso him live smooth
stones out of the brook, and put them I
In a shepherd's bag which he had, j
even in a scrip: and his sling was in i
Iii3 hand; and he drew near tho Philis
tine. 1. Samuel, xvll., 39. part 40. !
Thus early in his career did David j
the shepherd boy assort the dlstln-1
juio'.iing quality ot his life. He must
iu himself, lie was gracious, tactful, I
eady to try means which other peoplo
wanted him to use; ho was willing to
put on Saul's armor, but when it came 1
to the battle he must havo his own !
oft used weapom; lie must fight In I
his own way. j
All of us are sinners; all of us have I
our faults; but wo venture to say that i
for i ll of us to-day there is one clean i
cut dllutiuctlou that always remains in i
our moral and intellectual judgment
of man do they ring true? When we
saj, "That man Is square; he means ,
what, he says; you can trust him,"
how that covers a multitude of sins! I
He holds opinions with which we ut
terly disagree, but we say he is sin
cere, and we respect him. He Is per
haps Irritable and cursed with an un
fortunate manner; he is tactless and
blundering, but he Is as trustworthy
as time, and as straight as an arrow,
and we believe him.
And without U all the gifts of nature
and of grace are marred and value
less. Though ho speaks with the
tongues of men and angels, the mo
ment we find him out and know that
It is all honeyed words and glittering
unrealities the eloquence becomes as
sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.
Though he has faith, and goes to
church and sings hymns and utters
prayers, and all the while is doing
it for social recognition or political
influence or business success, the mo
ment we finnd him out we call him
hypocrite and (.isriss him. He may
feed tho voor nnd build hospitals and
colleges, and churches and libraries,
and yet when we know, or even Imag
ine that we know, that ho has op
pressed the poor, and been hard as
flint and stingy and unmerciful to all
those who workta for him or deal with
him, no amount of explanation will
ever redeem his one irreparable fault.
There is something very rcmnrkabk
about our Lord a discrimination be
tween men. He has compassion on
the multitude; lie is most sympathe
tic with physical suffering; He is most
merciful and tender with sinners and
social outcasts; lie is most tolerant
with honest doubters; Ho takes Into
the wide embrace of His arms, out
stretched upon tho cross, the whole
tragic life of the sin-sick world, but
He turnns with almost savage fury on
that mental and moral insincerity
which made many of tho leading
classes oi his own -ay children of the
devil. Ho seems to say, Bo true to
yourself, bring better Ideals into your
life. It is that kind of manhood, sim
ple, frank, open true to itself, that
nlona will save our politics and our
society from the demoralization of its
sins and unrealities.
What we need supremely to-day Is
moral courage. Thousands of young
men and women would be saved from
moral ruin If they were only bravo
enough to be true to themselves and
to tho real convictions of their hearts.
If we know that gambling, intemper
ance, sensuality, are dragging us
down, tho first step to victory is to
fling compromise and all excuses aside
and speak out frankly to our friends.
If we think a thing is wrong let us
boldly say so, and then there will
come to us the larger courage to go
on and win a greater victory.
Herald Blasts.
Some fools and their money won't
part until death takes the fool.
Education liberates a man from a
prison whose walls are ignorance.
The faster a man lives, tho easier
it is for the devil to keep up with
him.
The man who can't quit drinking
alcohol might try somo of the de
natured kind.
When a woman wears tho trousers.
she generally does It because her hus
band won't
Instead of thinking 'twice before
they speak, some people speak twice
before they think.
The dead tree which stands through
the storm, but after the clouds have
rolled away and the sun smiles upon
it, falls to the earth with a crash, is
like the man who withstands a storm
of criticisms anr then falls under the
calm of compliments.
Perfection.
Michael Angolo, the famous sculp
tor, was showing a visitor over his
studio and pointed out how, on the
great work Jn which ho was engaged,
he had polished this part, softened
that, retouched this since his last vis
it "Yes, I see," answered the visi
tor, "but these things are such trifles."
"So they may be," replied tho great
master, "but remember that trifle?
make perfeclon, and perfection Is nn
trifle." 0. & M. Alliance
WORTHY OF THEIR STEEL.
Militiaman Asuaged His Thirst and
Then Told His Rank.
During a strike in the coal mines of
West Virginia some years ago, appre
hension on the part of the State au
thorities led to the calling out of the
Militia. There was really no troublo,
but the situation was tense and blood
shed was looked for at any moment.
One day a soldier in uniform, off
duty, was strolling through the main
streot of the town wherein the great
est violence was feared, when he was
surrounded by a crowd of strikers.
"Honest, now, Bill," asked one o!
tho men of the militiaman, "would you
fire at your fellow men?"
"No, I wouldn't," promptly replied
the man in uniform. "I never shot at
any one in my life, an' I ain't goln' to
do It now."
The crowd cheered, and some one
Invited the militiaman to have a
drink, an invitation which he accepted
with alacrity. When he had satisfied
his thirst the question was put:
"If you are In sympathy with the
strikers, why did you answer the call
to come hero?"
"1 ain't said I was in sympathy with
the strikers," was the unexpected re
joinder of the man In uniform,
"But you said you wouldn't shoot at
a miner; that's the same thing," pro
tested one of the men.
"Well, fellers," said the uniformed
one, after a moment's hesitation, "to
toll you the truth. 1 never carried a
gun in my life. The fact is I play tho
cornet in the band."
His Tears Had Been Shed.
President Hadley of Yale is apt in
story telling, and all his tales have
an application that those for whom
they are intended cannot fall to per
ceive. At a reception given for him
by an old friend some 500 miles from
New Haven one individual with a
better memory than tact asked him
what he thought of the recent base
ball game. As Yale had met with a
disastrous defeat, the subject might
be called unpleasant. Without hesita
tion President Hadley said: "There
was a boy who lived In a village whose
uncle died. The next day a man
driving along the road was surprised
to find the boy working in a field.
Thinking this did not show proper re
spect for the dead uncle, he called
the lad to him and said, 'Johnny, didn't
you know your uncle was dead?' John
ny slowly approached and drawled
out: 'Yes, I know it I have cried.'"
His Deficiency.
A certain Chicago merchant died,
leaving to his only son the conduct of
an extensive business, and great
doubt was expressed in some quarters
whether the young man possessed the
ability to carry out tho father's poli
cies. "Well," said one kindly disposed
friend, "for my part, I think Henry
is very bright and capable. I'm sure
he will succeed."
."Perhaps you're right," said another
friend. "Henry is undoubtedly a clev
er fellow; but tako it from me, old
man, he hasn't got the head to fill his
father's shoes."
Eggs Boiled to Music.
A well-known evangelist tells a
story of a visit to a small town in one
of the Southern States, where he " as
awakened one morning by a soprano
voice which came from the kitchen
singing a famous hymn. As the bishop
was dressing, he meditated on the pie
ty of the servant. Speaking to her
after breakfast of the pleasure It had
given him, he was met with an unex
pected answer. "Oh, thank you, sir,"
she replied, "but that's the hymn I
boil the eggs by three verses for
soft and five verses for hard."
INSINUATING.
Madge I never eat such things be
cause they spoil the complexion.
Marjorle But you used to eat them,
didn't you?
A Fair Offer.
"No," snapped the sharp faced wom
an at the door, "I ain't got no food
fur you, an' I ain't got no old clo'es.
Now, git!"
"Lady," replied Harvard Hasben, "I
could repay you well. Give me a
square meal and I'll give you a few
lessons in grammar."
Not the Way.
"Why have we stopped, captain?"
"On account of the fog, madam."
"Oh! but, my dear captain surely
not! Look!, It's perfectly clear up
above."
"Aye, ma'am but we're not goln'
that way, unless the boiler busts!"
Unusual.
"Yes; we were disappointed in the
peasantry."
"As to how?"
"They always seemed to be work
ing. We never found them dancing or
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Book Work.
Frank Lincoln, who used to be well
known in Chicago as an entertainer
and humorist, Lad been appearing in
London for a time In a monologue.
One afternoon he had Just made his
bow and was about to begin when a
cat walked in and sat down on the
stage.
"You get out!" said Mr Lincoln,
severely. "This Is a monologue, not
a catalogue!"
Quiet All Right.
A little chap In Philadelphia whose
father Is a prominent merchant, and,
as such, never loses an opportunity to
descant upon the virtues of adver
tising, one day asked his mother:
"May Lucy and I play keeping
store in the front room?"
"Yes," assented tho mother; "hut
you must be very, very quiet."
"All right," said tho youngster;
"we'll pretend wo don't advertise."
THE KIND THAT FIGURES.
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Vnn cav Vio'c n prnnt rpfnrnipr!
what's his specialty?"
"Corsets."
Domestic Economy.
They had automobiled in twenty-five
miles to see Mr. Highflyer's pet ocu
list, and on the return trip three tires,
one after another, had blown up.
Whereupon Mrs. Highflyer remarked
plaintively and with intense convic
tion: "My dear Alfred, it would have
been so much cheaper to have kept
you at home and bought you a glass
eye!" New York Times.
Evidence Lacking.
Master What part of speech Is the
word egg?
Boy Noun, sir.
Master Is it masculine, feminine,
or neuter?
Boy (perplexed) Can't tell, sir.
Master Is it masculine, feminine
or neuter?
Boy (looking sharp) Can't tell, sir,
till it's hatched.
A Home Trader.
A surgeon in a Western town, en
gaged to perform an operation of
minor character upon a somewhat un
sophisticated patient, asked him if he
wore willing to havo only a local
anaesthetic.
"Sure," replied the other; "I be
lieve In patronizing home Industry
when you can."
And ho meant it.
The American Habit.
BrlErcs I suiinose if I accept your
invitation to ko to that dinner you
will want me to make a speech.
Griggs No, my dear teuow, you see
It's this wav. Everybody we have in
vited so far wants to make a speech,
and what I am trying to do now Is to
get together a few listeners.
A Rising Fall.
A certain member of the British
government, who was admittedly
great failure, was being discussed by
two of his colleagues.
"And now," concluded one, "they
want to make him a peer!"
"No," said the other, with greater
acumen, "they want to make him dls
appear."
Poor Child!
"When 1 grow up and marry, moth
er, will I have . husband like papa?"
asked Mary.
"I hope so, dear," said mother.
"And if I don't marry, will I bo
like Aunt Sue?"
"I hope so."
"Gracious," said Mary, as she turn
ed away, "what a fix I'm in!"
Half Awake.
There had been a railroad accident
and the absent-minded tourist awoke
to find himself with a mouthful of
sDlinters. Turning uneasily in his
shatered berth, he remarked:
"Maria, this breakfast food wouldn'
be so bad If It had a little more cream
on It"
His Job.
Tnwne He's emnloved. by tho P.
n. O. Railroad now. I believe.
Browne Yes; he has charge of the
puzzle department
Towne The nuzzle department?
Browne Yes; he" makes out the
time tables.
Not StoDoed by Trifles.
Mistress (who had detected' her
mlnrod ook in theft) Why. Dinah I
Youv been to communion after
rnkln the chicken?
Dinah -Sho re, mum. Ye don't think
I'm going back on my churoh Jea' fot
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