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THE CITIZEN, FHIDAY, APIUL 21, 1011.
The Robber
By RUTH GRAHAM
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, 1911.
David Venables ninny years ago.
when Missouri was a wilder country
than It is now, riding on ono of the
dirt roads and coming to a blr or high
er ground where this road turned, beard
In tbo bushes on the rise a voice which
seemed to be that of n boy.
"Ilalt, thar!"
Venables drew rein. lie wns'arnied,
but, fcellug sure that he was covered
by an unseen enemy, thought It dan
gerous lo nttempt to draw a weapon.
"Wolh, what do you want?" he asked.
"Put yor vnlybles In the road."
Venables, though disliking to be
robbed by one whoso voice indicated
that be was little more than a child,
yet dreadiug a bullet In his brain, com
plied. Taking his watch from his .fob
and some silver money from his pocket,
he tossed both to tbo ground.
"Is that nil yo' got?" asked the voice.
"Yes."
"Well, go on."
Venables rode on and when he
reached a tavern a few miles distant
reported that he had been robbed by a
boy who could not have been more
than fourteen years old. for his voice
had not changed.
Within a week Edward Ormsbee.
when riding on the same road on which
this robbery had been committed, saw
walking ahead of him a youth who
might have been between sixteen and
nineteen years of age. He was dressed
in the costume of the country, buck
skin, and had a pistol nt one hip and a
kulfe at the other. Ormsbee, when he
reached him, called to him and asked
where he was going. Learning that
the traveler had some distance to go,
Ormsbee invited him to get up on his
horse behind him and be would give
him a lift on his way. The youth ac
cepted, put his foot on Ormsbee's. gave
him bis hand and was pulled up on to
the horse's back.
In n few minutes Ormsbee felt cold
Iron against bis head, and the boy be
hind him told him that be was about
to go through his pockets and If he
moved he would be shot. Ormsbeo
was not only paralyzed by surprise,
but unable to defend himself In .his po
sition. He made no resistance, and the
boy took his wallet from his pocket,
containing $10 In bills, the state bank
currency of the period. Then, they
being in a wood, the young robber
slid off the horse's rump aud disap
peared among the trees.
The next robbery was committed
on a peddler, who said that the robber
was a bearded man with a squeaky
voice. Then followed another robbery
by a man with a strip of cloth over
his face, with holes cut for bis eyes
and nose. All agreed that the voice of
the person who had robbed tbem was
either not that of a grown man or else
it was pitched In n very unusual key.
However, it was decided that the
youngster had been permitted to com
mit his depredations long enough, and
a posse was organized to hunt him
down. So one morning three men
the number was considered quite suf
ficientwere armed nnd started out for
the purpose. Just outside the settle
ment they stopped at the bouse of old
Hedges and his wife, a couple whose
poverty had been notorious, but who
now seemed to bo getting along very
well.
"Had a windfall, Mr. Hedges?" ask
ed one of the party.
"No: our Sallie's clerkln' for a man
over in Hudson county, and she's keep
In us up."
When the party left It was arranged
that they should proceed separately,
but keep In touch. They hunted all
the morning and part of the afternoon,
when two of them heard a couple of
shots and hurried In the direction of
the sound. They found Jim Turner
wounded In the hand. A masked man
had held him up: but. being ready for
the robber, Jim had fired at him. The
robber bad returned the shot and run.
All started In the direction the
masked man had taken, moving sev
eral hundred yards apart It was not
long before they heard some one break
ing through tbo bushes, ascending a
hillside in the bed of a dry creek. They
followed, but were soon stopped by a
bullet singing over their heads. One of
them, Hank Burke, a young hunter
used to Indian fighting, crawled for
ward and reported that there was a
little fort made of stones about four
feet broad and as many blgb, with a
loophole. They couldn't take the posi
tion without a likelihood of some of
tbem being killed. It was decided that
Hank should go forward for a parley.
He did so, taking a position behind a
tree.
"Say, you. thar, there's three of us
here, all nrmed. Tou'd better surren
der." Burko lis'tened for a reply, but none
came. Presently he heard a sob.
Leaving his tree, he went forward.
Neither shot nor word greeted him.
When he reached the miniature fort
there behind It sat the robber. Ho was
not masked', but his hands covered bis
face. Seizing the wrists. Hank expo'sed
the face,
"For heaven's sake. Salllo nedges,
what does this mean?"
"We was all starvin', and I took to
the road. Please don't tell paw and
maw,"
The party returned, statlug that
their search bad bpen a failure. But
there were' no more robberies. In a
few weeks Hank Burke, married the
robber and provided "for the old couple
until thev died.
HOP PILLOWS.
Their Efficacy as a Sleep Inducer as
Shown on An Elevated Train.
A man who suffered from sleepless
ness picked up In Austria recently
what seemed to him to be the best
omcdy he had ever found. It was
: o'.lilng more or less than a pillow
ouffetl with hops. An Austrian peas
nt woman recommended It not alone
"5 a sleep producer but as a beautl
''er as well.
Upturning to this country the man
I'T'iht some New York State hops,
oits for their beer making quail
'vt. but to his surprise they dirt not
r !-. lis well as the hops bo had tried
V.'oid. He found out by experiment
1:nt hops that made good beer didn't
tio-essarily produce good sleep.
After he had sampled a lot of dlf
.erent kinds of hops he found that by
mixing hops grown in Bohemia with
hops grown In California and Oregon
I'o got a combination which seemed
to answer all purpose's in the sleep
producing line.
He decided that he had hit It right
when he took a couple of pillows he
had Htuffed with this combination in
his omc.e downtown homo with him
on the elevated. Ho got In at Rector
street carrying the pillow and sat In
one of the double seats. Two men
and a messenger boy sat with him.
At Fifty-ninth street all three wero
In profound slumber. Several other
persops who bad been reading news
papers near him were In evident dis
tress in their efforts to keep awake.
Inquiry at different drug stores
seemed to Indicate that the hop pil
low idea was a new one, though hops
have long been known to have sleep
'nducing qualities, as shown particu
larly In the case of beer. According
o those who have tried hop pillows,
von get all the soporific qualities of
the hops In this way without break
's any temperance pledges or suffer
any harmful effects. New York
n.
Burned Out a Squirrel Family.
C. II. Brown of Maiden kindled a
'i.e in a parlor stove that had not
been used before this winter and as
i result a family of squirrels was
burned out of their home and the fire
department made a hurried visit to
the Brown residence. Near by there
is heavily wooded land where squir
rels abound. The squirrels' nest In
cluded a bushel of sticks, leaves and
moas and the chimney was effectual
ly blocked when Mr. Brown attempted
to start the fire. While the inmates
of the house were wondering at the
smoke that filled the rooms a passer
by was surprised to find fiames shooi
ng from the chimney and be rang an
Tlarm. No serious damage was oc
casioned and as no dead squirrels
were found It Is presumed that they
escaped. Boston Transcript.
Historic Engine Saved.
When fire destroyed a passenger
train and the train shed at tho Chat-tanooga-Naohvlllo
station it threaten
ed the old engine. General, of civil
war fame, which has stood In tho sta
tion shed for a number of years. Fire
men directed their principal efforts
to it and succeeded In saving the
relic. The story of the race through
Dixie between the General, manned
by Andrews's raiders, trying to get
out of tho Confederate lines, and the
Texas, and tho capture of the General
is one of the most stirring Incidents
of the war. For many years the Gen
'ral has been kept in good repair in
Lho Chattanooga station. Chattanoo
ga correspondence Cincinnati Enquir
er, Granite of the South.
When one speaks of granite the
mind naturally reverta to Vermont. It
is difficult to associate granite with
any section of North America outside
New England, yet it must now be ac
knowledged to the credit of the South
that Georgia, North Carolina, Mary
land and Virginia are producing large
quantities of stone of good quality
which insures the South a place in
the market at any rate. The annual
output is now worth about $3,500,000
and the industry is growing;. It may
be of comparative Interest to know
that New England's output is about
$9,000,000 worth of stone annually.
Chicago Tribuno.
Maine Clam Diggers.
Clam diggers in the vicinity of
Portland are now receiving more for
their clams than they ever have be
fore. The dealers themselves are not
getting any more for the shocked
varieties, but the diggers are making
a good thing out of the bivalves. Tho
price paid ranges from $1.75 to $2 a
barrel, an average of 25 cents better
than they have roceived before. The
diggers have declared that owing to
the scarcity of shell fish, and the
smallness of them they must receive
a greater price. Kennebec Journal.
Sir Reynard's MIsAdventure.
C. E. Shields at Roxbury, Franklin
County, Just ono year ago caught a
gray fox in a trap, keeping the animal
until the early summer of 1910, when
he let his foxshlp run at large. A
few days ago when looking over his
traps he was surprised to have the
same fox In his possession, caught at
tho very same spot as the former
time. Philadelphia Record.
New Use for a Crypt.
The Rev. C. H. Chard, rector of
Spltalilelds, has converted the crypt
of his church into a store where poor
people whoso homes are broken up
may deposit their furniture free' of
charge until they are in a position to
set up bouse again. At present the
crypt Is full of furniture. London
Evening Standard.
Points
For
Mothers
IPS
Truth In Children.
Little by little children must bo cd
ucated In lho mnttor of truthfulness,
nnd In no way can they bo taught
more convincingly thin through tho
lives of their parents. If the mother 1
herself truthful, If she never promise
her children nnythlng that she cannot
or does not fulfill, If she Is accurate In
every detail of speech nnd they learn
to see through her what truth Is. aud
tho vilencss nnd sin of a lie, they will
come into a very clear and permanent
understanding of the truth.
They must understand truth. if they
are to reap any spiritual benefit from
speaking it. To nvold falsehood
through fear of detection and subse
quent punishment is far more credit
able. If n child is to understand tho truth
he must be taught It, and who Is them
better fitted to teach him than hit
mother?
An Amusing Gams.
Most mothers are sometimes at a
loss for new ways of amusing the lit
tle ones. The game of "hold fast" Is
one that they will appreciate. Tho
only requisite is a number of length?
of tape, all of the same number oi
inches, or if the tape is not at hand
cut silcsla or any cotton goods intn
narrow strips and use this. The per
son who leads the game holds ono end
of each of the tapes. The opposlto end
of each strip Is held by some other
player, and all players other than tha
leader form a semicircle, which tho
leader himself must stand facing.
When the leader says "hold fast," all
players must let go their tapes, and
when he says "Let go!" they must, on
the contrary, hold them fast. Any ono
obeying the commands literally, as
some are sure to do, must pay forfeits.
Develcmg the Muscles.
Prevention Is better than cure, and
it is generally easier than cure too.
The prevention of ungraceful figures
and of deformities which lead to dls.
ens? rests chiefly upon simple exer
cise, which, without fatiguing tho
child, will develop and strengthen Ita
muscles, expand Its chest, straighten
its figure and Interest its mind.
This last Is most necessary. Thero
are few things children hate more than
the old fashioned dready "calisthenlc
exercises," which are almost as peni
tential as the exercise of the prison
yard. The mind affects the body. Tho
dull routine of calisthenics will not
prodnce the same beneficial effect tit
games which have for their object the
interesting of the mind ns well as thn
development of the body.
Tho Terroro of the Tub.
Many an infant cherub has been
known to set up n loud wall when put
in its tub for a bath, and its people
have grown to dread tho hour of tho
dally bath.
A writer declares that many babies!
are frightened nt the tub because they
fool insecure and slip around in it
and that this fright does not wear oft
until the little one Is well grown.
She suggests that a thick towel bu
placed in the bottom of the tub. Baby
will be delighted, she says, and even
the most timid will lose all fear when
he finds he does not slip about.
Round Backs.
A child compelled to sit still for a
long time in one position during les
son hours, for Instance Is very npt to
contort its body into injurious pos
tures, and if this goes on unheeded,
especially If the child is at all weakly,
some kind of permanent nnd mischiev
ous result Is almost sure to follow.
It is in this way that round backs,
which contract the lungs nnd often
lead to consumption, curvature of the
spine, pigeon chests and such verj
common deformities, frequently nrlse
Sunshine For Childhood.
Every mother should give due
thought' to tho situation of the room'
she la t use for the children. The daj
nursery should aJways be on the south
side of tho house, where part of tut
day )i Is flooded in sunshine, nnd
where the north winds do not rench it,
The night nursery should always be
the quietest room in the house, and
should face north, for babies should
have absolute quiet to sleep in and
plenty of cold fresh air.
Pulling the First Teeth.
A child's first tooth should not ba
pulled until it fairly drops at tun
touch. If it is pulled from tho Jaw be
foro tho permanent tooth Is well
formed the jaw shrinks. When the
permanent tooth appears, being largej
than Its predecessor, it docs not find
tho proper room which growth of the
Jaw would otherwise give, and the re
sult is ugly, overlapping- teeth, so dis
figuring, so painful and so costly U
remedy.
Emergency Night Light.
If you run short of niftht lights try
this: Tako a wax candle, cover tbi
top, which has been burnt lovel, wIU
a thin layer of salt, leaving only thi
blackened end of tho wick exposed
Light the candle, nnd it will give 9
faint tmt steady light all night.
NIPPED IN
THE BUD
Thf Story ol a Msxican Rcvblut.on
By JOHN GALLAGHER, JR.
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation. 1911.
The .Mexican army was uss(mbltd
on the plain outside the capital for
maneuvers. Captain I-'ernaud Cardozu
had Just come Into his tent from
battalion drill when u messenger sum
moned him to the president's tent
Cardoza obeyed the order lminedlntely
"Captaln." said his excellency, hav
ing satisfied himself that there was no
one about to hear him. "1 have re
ceived Information of n plot to carry
these troops over to General Jose Fur
tado, depose me and make hlni presi
dent In my stead. 1 have another
force, loyal to me, thirty miles from
here, which If" present would turn the
scales in my favor. 1 havo ordered
these troops to march at once, but, It
will bo impossible for them to get here
before tomorrow night. 1 am desirous
not only of delny, but of concealing
my knowledge of the plot from my
enemies. You 1 know I can trust to
aid me, and 1 have an especial matter
for you to attend to."
Cardoza stood without reply. He
was bound In honor to the president,
but one thing stood In his way he
loved the daughter of the man who
was plotting to control Mexico.
"Are you heart aud soul for mo?"
asked the president, eying tho captain.
"1 am."
"Very well. Just before daybreak a
signal will be given for tho troops en
camped here for certain brigades hos
tile to me to rise. A force will be sent
to my tent to dispatch me, while oth
ers proclaim Furtado president. I wish
you to prevent the signal being given.
A cannon is to be left loaded without
the guard lino of the Third brlgail'
with a primer in the vent. Some one
at the first gray light of dawn will pull
the lanyard. I wish you to prevent
that signal gun being fired. Conceal
yourself near by aud dispatch silently
whoever attempts It"
"Your excellency's order shall bp
obeyed."
Captain Cardoza that night emerged
from his tent, passed beyond the
guards and, making a detour, catne
upon the roar of the Third brigade.
Thero on n small natural mound a
cannon mingled with the gloom. Car
doza lay down In some bushes beside
the piece and waited. It was with
difficulty that ho could keep awake
Indeed, shortly after midnight be fell
asleep, but be slept lightly, so that n
slight stirring of bushes on the other
side of the gun awakened him and he
started up.
The moon had risen and shone on
the cannon and a figure standing by
It. No man stood there, but n woman
raid, though the moon was waning, it
gave enough light to enable Cardoza
to see her face distinctly. He recog
nized Marina Furtado, the daughter
of the man who was conspiring to be
president.
"Marina!" he gasped.
She started.
"Fernand! Is that you?"
"You are not going to fire that gun?"
"I am."
"One moment. 1 wish to speak with
you."
He sprang toward her, and she seized
the lanyard. He stood holding n knife
above her head.
"For heaven's sake, don't pull that
cord. At the slightest movement I
shall bring the knife down upon you."
"You, Fernand! You would kill the
girl you love nnd who loves you!"
"Honor compels me. I am pledged
to prevent you."
"And my pledge to my father obliges
me. He would trust no other."
"Fire nt your peril!"
She looked into his face and saw by
the light of the moon that his resolu
tion was taken.
"I thought you loved me?" she said.
"I do, but I love my honor more."
The two stood gazing at ono nnoth
er. Slowly the arm that held the lan
yard sank, and the cord dropped
from her band. Then her lover took
her in his arms, nnd she fainted on
his breast
When she recovered they formed a
plan. He was to roturn to tho presi
dent and report that no man bad at
tempted to fire the signal guu. She
was to return to her father and tell
him what had occurred.
At 0 o'clock in the morning Captain
Cardoza entered the president's tent.
He found the bead of the republic
pale and anxious. He bnd not slept
during the night
"Well?" asked his excellency.
"You are, of course, aware that the
gun was not fired. Perhaps the In
formation you received was false
perhaps was Intended to injure Gen
eral Furtado."
"I cannot think so."
At this moment General Furtado
rodo up to the president's tent, dis
mounted and entered.
"I have understood, your excellen
cy," he said, "that I am accused of
conspiracy against the government."
"I have been informed to that ef
fect." "I will not deny that there Is dis
satisfaction as to some of your recent
nets. If you will satisfy your people
In this respect I can control the army
in your favor and will do so."
"State them."
Geueral Furtado left the president
his ardent supporter, nnd the revolu
tion had been nipped in tho bud. But
it was the lovers who had made the
Change. Captain Cardoza bad pre
vented the signal from being given,
and Marina had won her father over
to the plan of action be bad adopted,
I All About a Cruleer.
j "What sort of a boat is this?" in
l quired the inquisitive man at the
docks.
"A cruiser," replied a smart lad.
"And where is she going?"
"A cruise, sir."
"What makes it go?"
"It's screw, sir."
"Who nro on board?"
"It's crew, sir."
"It looks pretty smart."
"Wo have to keep it clean, or rub
bish nnd dust would accrue, sir."
"Oh, you're too smart! Where do
you como from?"
"From Crewe, sir." London Tit
Bits. Manhattan Scallop.
A delicious breakfast or luncheon
dish is Manhattan scallop. Shred suf
ficient cold cooked fish to measure a
good half pint. It must bo free from
skin and bone. Add to it ono cupful
of fine stale breadcrumbs, a good sea
soning of salt and pepper, two well
beaten eggs mixed with a half cupful
of stowed tomatoes. Turn all into n
buttered dish, sprinkle tho top with
buttered breadcrumbs, dot with bits of
butter and brown in a hot oven. Sub
urbanite. Sizes of the Planets.
An Ingenious way of comparing the
sizes of planets with the sun is sug
gested by a French scientific writer.
Let tho earth, he says, be represented
by n twenty franc piece; then Venus is
1G francs; Mars, 2; Mercury, 7; Uranus,
280; Neptune, 320; Saturn, 1,840; Ju
piter, 0,800. and the sun 0,780,000.
A Time For Blindness.
There is sometimes a greater charity
in seeming not to see our neighbor's
trouble than in trying to relieve it.
"Let me alone!" is the prayer of many
a tortured heart when the curious, the
officious and the tactless force the door
of its place of desolation, albeit they
bring wine nnd oil.
Looked Like a Big Dose.
Tho man in bed had never been sick
before. The doctor, wishing to ascer
tain his temperature, pointed tho ther
mometer at him and commanded:
"Open your mouth, Jim."
"Wait a minute, doc," objected tire
patient. "I don't b'lleve I can swaller
that."-Judge.
I 5
6.
Tho Kind Ton Havo Always Bought, and which has been
in uso for over 30 years, has borno tho signature of
0 and has been mado under his pcr-
yVjKjy-z- sonal supervision sinco its infancy.
fcafyt -eUcAWZ Allow no ono to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good " aro but
Experiments that trillo with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
is
Castoria is a "harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Fcverishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE
Bears the
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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IjljgTfie Smithsonian!
FOR
C. C J A
CRAWLiNG STONE LAKE.
Its Floating Rock Once the Throne of
the Great Spirit.
In the northern part of Wisconsin
Is a largo lake whose waters abound
In fish. In this lake there is also a
groat rock which floats about In Its
waters. This rock, Bays a writer In
The Red Man Is held by the Chip
pewa Indians as a sacred monument
to the great Manlto.
Stories nro told generation after
generation that this great rock
was at one time the throne of tho
Great Spirit. Here he sat and ruled '
the people, the animals of the forest
around nnd tho Hshe3 of the waters of
this lake.
Every stlmmer tho Indians hold
dances near the place where the rock
Btands. They brit.tj food and tobacco
and place them on the rock so If the
Great Spirit does not get enough to
eat in the other world ho comes down
and gets the food that Is placed by Ma
former subjects.
Where Pumpkin Came From.
Despite the fact that the pumpkin
In all Its forms has found Its fullest
meed of popular appreciation In tho
United States, It Is by no means cer
tain that the plant had Its first homa
on this continent. Some authorities
claim that It did. and produce evi
dence to show that the aborigines of
North America planted It among
their maize. Others contend that It Is
of Asiatic origin and still others point
out that pumpkins have been culti
vated either as a curiosity or as an
article of food in England since tho
year 1570. Tho orange-hued orbs of
Joy are grown In various European
countries, notably In Franco, where
the market gardeners In the vicinity
of Paris go to the trouble of sowing
their pumpkin seeds in April In a hot
bed under glass and nurture them
carefully until they are transplanted
in May. Christian Herald
Liquor selling was prohibited i
England as early ns tbo reign of tha
Saxon King Edgar, who closed hun
dreds of ale-houses.
Only ono person was killed In Ens
land Inst year in every 70,000,000
railway journeys, and one Injured is
every 2,300.000.
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