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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20
Expense OF Road Improvement.

The expense of improving roads
should be taken from the place where
the benefit goes, namely, the land value.
Road improvement always increases
the price of land, but nothing else.
Crops are not higher in price, and wages
are not higher, but land value is in
creased. 1t is wrong that the specula-
tor should pocket what the farmer
earns. Tax land value only. H.
Wells, In Good Roads.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20
THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER
a Series Of Useful Hints to Be-
lated Buyers.
Wautions What Not to Give Presents
to Fit the Purse and FIJI the Pocket
-Chndren's Toys That
Will Please.
"Where are the dolls ?"
COPYRIGHT. 1893

COPYRIGHT. 1888
"Where are the dolls?"
care these stamp boxes sterling sill
ver?"
'Pll take two of those rolling blot
tiers. please"
This is Christmas shopping; you hear
IL: repeating itself year after year. Ev-
iery woman in Christendom begins at
least a month beforehand to worry
about the presents she is going TO give,
and each year she goes the rounds of
the stores fumbling over the usual ar
ray OF match boxes. paper cutters, man
icure sets. and the numerous other
things that by right of repetition have
become the conventional Christmas
presents. Yet. for all her good inten-
tons. she finds her list hardly half COM
Ileted hen the calendar warns her
that Gu tmas is only ten days off; and
in her desperation she HES herself 10
the shops 10 purchase at random the
first things that present themselves. 1t
is to help this woman that the following
suggestions are given:
Almost any sort of store. NOWADAYS.
has on exhibition a certain stock of hol-
iday goods which is very much alike.
whether one visits he dry goods dealer
or the jewelers. shop. There is always
some one thing that runs like an cpl
demic from store to store. and il is i'm
possible not 10 be affected by the con
tagion. This involves much danger OF
duplicating Overland over again. Fancy.
for instance. the perplexity OF d young
woman who finds herself with three or
four writing tablets or half a dozen pin
trays on Christmas morning. This year
she will be more likely to be embar-
raised with too much china than any
thing else. The dealers have gone
china mad, and have made everything
of it from parlor table to a knife and
fork.
Of these. the china lamps are the
most tempting, and can be bought for
any price from two dollars up into the
hundreds The most striking are those
in blue and white Delft ware. with
globes of the same material. decorated
with historic figures and scenes in
keeping with the style of the old-fash-
Toned plates that it is the fad to collect
just now. Some Of these stand three
feet high and are exceedingly decorat-
i've. but very expensive.
The smaller ones serve better for or
binary presents, and they can be had
IL other tints which are quite as fasci-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20

relief of darker cloth and garniture of
fur or velvet.
Past belief are the roughness and the
lairiness of winter gowning material.
Practically every woman one meets is
a fuzzy wuzzy." to use a word coined
for very different meaning by Mr.
kipling.
Wide, gauntlet cuffs, deeply slashed
and heavily buttoned, are common.
They have a military aspect wholly at
variance with puff sleeves and feather
boas.
The short cape is universal favorite
on account of the ease with which it
goes on over big sleeves.
y fluffy fur collar makes the outlines
of the face look softer.
Big buttons and enormous plaids
make little woman look smaller.
Figured stuffs, brocades, arabesaues,
stamped velvet and their like are very
popular.
And there is color everywhere.
ELLEN OSBORN.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20
COPYRIGHT. 1895

Gladly would l write of aught save
feathers. but how may one avoid the
fact?
Thrust upon us every day in new
and more extravagant form. not to be
ignored. catching the dullest eye, in
sisting, exhorting, commanding. the
fact is that feathers rule the roast-or
roost. They pop up where you least ex-
pect them. They nod from every coign
of vantage; they
What say you to long and heavy
cloak, huge and commanding, a gar
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20

Though some Of the roads of this
country are still in dangerous condi-
non, they are, on the whole, con-
'valescing. and every one rejoices that
they are really getting better.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
The Frolic Fee Gather In the Sc ason'e
Fashionable Frippery.

About Ospreys and Ostriches-Queer Uses
of Plumage In Boas and Bodices-Evsn.
Ing Gowns, Hats and Wraps-Short
Fashion Gossip.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20

ment for duchess OF the days of the
empire, in novelty velvet, wherein big
figures are outlined in dahlia tones. its
sleeves huge and dark and fierce. its
yoke brave with the CLEAN of gold and
the glitter OF jet, thrown boldly across
both front and back, and its collar
edged with big ostrich plumes, upright?
For fine figure of woman" con
fess / find this bold and thea trio cloak
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-12-20

This Il Not Dream, Either.
The longest road In the one with the
toughest surface.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
THE raKss ANn THE rrnllc,

The Star of the 2lst gives tongue to ''the duty of newspapers ln every con- munity to expose every attempt at pub lic. .Erong-Goiag, and devotes chapter to the obligations of editors to expose offenders, but signhlly fails to mention what community owes to newspa- per for exerting itself in the eommuni- tvs behalf The work, an unenviable one, suggosta a quid pro quo, which the Star seems to have overlooked, as it also has the probabilities of the edi- tor being interviewed by persons who may feel themselves Rggrieved by baing pilloried in type, sued for slan- der, or given black eye, and the least that is to be expected is simply to pocket the cost of composition and re- eeiye neither cash nor thanks for space in that behalf.
 The jaundiced opinion that news paper is stalking horse for commit nity to bear it's burdens without remu- neration is altogether to prevalent. Our courts of law are created for the arraignment of malefsctors; the clergy, too, are paid and expected to raise a warning voice in condemnation of the glAring inconsistencies of wicked age.
 An editor is free lance, not to be ensnAred by what others may point out as a duty. He should paddle his own canoe, and have learned that when he is taken to task for sn alleged false step in his endea7or to awaken an it. ward monitor to sense of right, he must bear the brunt, and like defeated race horse, have no sympathy,
 The Press Association, which meets in Prescott July 4, should announce a system of ethics for the guidance and protection of the fraternity to placa itself upon e platform where it would be above the tides of struggling cir cumstances, assert itself, turn Q deaf ear to mutterers of stifed reason whose constant cry, like the daughter of the horse leech is give give The press has hitherto been too responsive to the can, until the hollow eye and hueless cheek of the brotherhood of Arizona denote that it has become the shadow of shade, stalking ghost. What is wanted in the apparition Is tenart possessing vitality. The Association can and should provide it at the pres ent session,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
FOR AN UNsPoKEN SPEECH.
The Irish Patriot Jailed for Words He
 nIdn't Say.

The Irish Patriot Jailed for Words He
 Didn't Say
 A member of the Land league was sent from Dublin to certain district to get up meeting and make speech, says foreign exchange,
 On reaching tue town where the meeting was to be held, the speech maker met friend. and, both being genial fellows. thry retired Co public house and had something. Then they began talking over old-time rem iniscences, and the first thing the land leagucr knew was that the attendant had comet in to light the lamp.
 Great goodncss!" he said, "I was sent down from Dublin to get up a meeting here, and now it is too late"
 ''oh. well, it doesn't matter, said the other.
 "ycs. but it does matter" said the organizer, "I have to report to my SUI pcrior that the meeting was hehl.
 "Oh, that's all right said his friend Here, you write ont speech and will send it to thclocal papers, who will print it just as if the meeting was held, then the folks in Dublin won't know ihc difference"
 This was quickly done, and the speech that was never delivered ap- pcarcd tho next day in the papers.
 The fun of the thing comes in over the fact that the lcagucr was arrested and was sentenced to four months in jail for speech that he neverdcliyercd, at a meeting that was never held.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
Lake states.

It is usual to class as the lake states of the union only those that border upon one or more of the great lakes, but there are many other states that nay be property SO called Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have wcll-dc- vIopcd lake systems. and even Massa- chusetts and Connecticut have few small natural lakes. Northwestern New Jersey has sort of lake system; so has northwestern Iowa. North Da- kota lake system is part of tho larger system embracing northern Minnesota and ncighboring parts of British Amer ica. South Dakota, cust of the Mis- souri, has Q lake system that extends into tho edgc of Nebraska. Washing ton Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho Wyoming and Montana have lake systcrl8 more or less intcrrelated Eastern North Carolina has lake sys- ten, including several considerable bodies Of water, Southern Georgia shares the extensive Florida lake sys- tenn, or rather systems, ns the Florida lakes have more than one watershed. Mississippi and Louisiana have lake system dependent upon the Mississippi river. Something of the llnd is true also of eastern Arkansas.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

International bimetallism is the Will o'-the-wisp which the monometalhsts are using with good effect to deceive the people of the United States They advecs!e an international agreement with the full knowledge of the insu- persble obstacles to it's adoption. While the bimetallic theory of finance has made considerable headway in En- gland and Germany, yet that fac, does not signify that either country is ready to adopt me double standard In fact it is safe to say that England will ad- here to gold, and Count yon Mirbacn ayers that ''the circles in Germany with whom the power of ultimate deei- sion rests would under no cireainstan- ces declare for bimetallic union with out England The Philadelphia Rec. ord declares that, since nearly all the German States have declared against disturbing tn he existing gold standard of the Empire the hope of bimetallism in Europe is at an end,
 Tn the United States the outlook i more favorable to bimetaliism. There is no doubt but tkat majority of the people favor the restoration of silver, but the National administration and the Congress elect are anti silver, and even though an international confer snce were called, the delegates from the United States could not be expect sd to act in unison, and the chances are majority of them would favor in pressing the ratio between gold and silver. A majority of the people of the United States want free silver coin ags at the ratio of lG to l, and the only way to get it is to elect Presi- dent and Congress who vill carry out their wishes.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
Natural impulse.

A curious story comes from Vienna. A young man, the representative of a famous firm. who carried large sum of money with him, spent the night at a hotel at Prcsburg. According to his usual custom, ho remained some time smoking in bed, Suddenly the burn ing cigar fell to the floor. He bent over to cxtinguish it, when he saw a hand project from under the bed and put out the fire. It made him very un- comfortable, and he lay for fifteen min utcs thinking. Then he said, aloud: How very cold it isl must get my fur coat. Jumping out of bed, he ran to the door, opened it and screamed for help, and the robbcr was caught. He confessed his crime, and then added that he had been fireman formerly, and could not resist the impulse to ex- tinguish the burning cigar.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

Mr J. D. Monihon returned by iasi nights tram from attending the trial of the Peralta grant case before the CenrE of Private Land Claims at Santa Fo, in which he was m important wlt- ness. He says Reavis fought with the desperation of man ct bay and in many ways WAS match for the legal talent that confronted bim. He, how ever, perjured himself repeatedly, He succeeded in making bis case very un- popular among the people at Santa Fe and his antics in court, together with his reckless swearing, lost him ell re- specs of that body. Mir. Monihon says Roysi.S, Johnson did splendid work for the government in the cese.--Pho. min Herald, June 24
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
IN A REAL GRAVE.
Booths Experience on Stage In . Noun
 tain Side Town.

Fl opee produced Yorick's skull from a real grave remarked Chicago thea tor manwecently. "It was years ago, in Virgiria City, New, when that was a great mining camp and stock com pauy was maintained Rt Piper's opera Aause on B street. The theater was bnilt the whole town was on the steep side of Mount Davidson A street was thirty or forty feet higher than B street, so they had to blast out rock to make a level for the theater The stage rested square on rock We got along very well until Booth came there and Ham let was to be produced. Of course, we could not get along without grave, so section of the stage was sawed out and some worlmen with crowbars and picks dug down about three feet.
 "Booth knew nothing about this until the grave diggcr's scene was on. was the nrst grave digger, and as Hamlet Approached lifted my pick and began digging for keeps. You know we usually lift the pick aloft and do busi' ness of digging, letting the pick fall lightly on a box of earth, which is on the trap platform where we stand But pitched in and picked like good fel- lov and when Booth heard the steel ring out from my hard knocks against the honest rock he was the most sur prised-lool5ing Hamlet ] ever say, He got between the grave and the foot lights, facing up-stagc, and looked down into my real grave with puzzled smile. and whispered:
 What have we here, grave digger?
 We're going in for Shallespearean realism, whispered back, throwing out a shovelful of rock had loosened.
 Boot went on with the scene all right, but whenever he faced up-stage he would look down into that real grave and smile curiously After the show he examined it more carefully and got down into the grave"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
VANITY GREO IN THE ZONE
4 woman Prinps Ip frr Talk with the
 InyB.hI- Caller.


 InyHiIs Caller.
 Once agar, 0 woman, hast thou proven hy name is Vanity And here l, tha evidence on which indictment and conviction are founded;
 Mrs Yolugbride wa calling on one of her sghonlday chU'ns. Conversation flowed and flowed win mary an cbb-- and sorrets galore were bciug iulpartcd wltlIcgerY uaurnt, when "tirg-a-ling- lIHg went the telephone bell Mad ume Hostess answered the summons. "Tps this is Gretchen"
 "Nhy, bow did you know she wns bgrc3 Watt a minute and m call her 2 Thcreupon Mrs. Youughrijc was i'm formed that "Jack Hale you rcmcm. h,r hla don't you was ut Che Priests of pagas ball, you know--wanls to spaal; l3 yor
 Just halfway between the divan and the phone was 8 mirror. It proved as fatal as that applc in the garden Of EJen Before it halted Mrs Young bride Then anu there she fixed her hair, %itla delft touch arranged bow or two pulled out the big big sleeves, and EitS a Gual switch of her gown walked up to the telephone to talk-to a man
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
WOMEN AND WATERLOO.
What One of the ralr Sex Remembered

What One of tho falr Sex Remembered of
 the World Famous Battle.
 ''In my early days knew lady who happened to be in Brussels that memor- able June" said Mrs. Newton Cross land to the New York Commercial Ad- yertiser man. 'She was then newly married and only twenty-three years of age. So little certain of victory did the English on the spot feel that her hus- band insisted on her dressing like a Normandy peasant, thinking such a costume would be protection.
 "Vividly have l heard her describe the partings she witnessed at the door of the hotel where she was staying and the despair of wives who were left be- hind--wives soon to be widows.
 Very graphically, too, did she de- scribe the next days events, when women--many of whom, too aQitated to change their attire, were still ele- gantly dressed--made their way some how to the field of battle. returning in the army wagons, supporting the heads of the wounded on their knees, bathing their brows and binding up their wounds, while steady rain poured down on the faces begrimcd by powder. which yet allowed their pallor to be seen.
 II once met at dinner the widow of an oiiicer-I forget the name-who fought at Waterloo, and the lady narrated her experience of the after battle scene. For some reason she had to cross the field of Waterloo, which was still strewn with the dead, and for this purpose she was blindfolded and placed on horseback, the stecd being led by q trooper.
 "Shc held a handlle-C hief to her nose --steeped, l think she said, with vinegar --and not until she had reached an acclivity nearly mile from the scene of caruage was the bandage removed from her eyes Then she looked back The field of Waterloo appeared like . field of tombstoues, for the bodies were all stripped of clothing and shone white in the sunshine like stones. The camp-followiug ghouls had done their work effectually"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
WITHOUT A NAVY.
Kingdom of Belgium Has Water Front
 Hut No ships of War.

Kingdom of Belgium Has Water Front,
 Hut No ships of War.
 No invitation has been extended tc the uaval'authoritieS of one nCighbor ing country to participate in the festiy- ities at the opening of the ship canal between the North sea and the Baltic which are to attract the armed ships of various European and American governments. That country, says the New York sun, is Belgium, and it is peculiar among European countries having water front from the fact that it has no navy.
 This k the more remarkable when it is considered that Belgium includes within it's borders one of the oldest harbors in Europe Antwerp which. nt the zenith of its commercial success. had as many as 2,OgO ships The com, merce of Antwerp is still considerable, aud fair stare of it is done with the United States
 When the war Of 1880 culminated in the independence of Belgium from the rule of the Netherlands, the two countries were SO divided tliat Holland had the larger share of the seacoast line and Belgium had a larger measure of the inland country Hollnud re- taiued all the colonial possessions of the two countries and, in order to keep up connection with them and protect them from hostile assaults, the navy was maintained by Holland
 Belgium having no foreign colonies to protect, was under.uo obligations to maintain navy Holland has now Q considerable navy. having 100 ships and 7.5nU sailors, hut Belgium Is able to get along without any navy Rt all, thnugh the lielgiuru army, on a peace foqtiil9 is 20U0 men stronger thuu tie Butch army, and, on a war footing, has 100000
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

Information was received in this city to-day that the Secretary of the Inte- rior has indefinitely postponed cousid- eration of the charges brought against Governor Hughes, till Secretary Smith shall have returned from his summer outing and President Cleveland shall ugain be in Washington, which means that Grover Cleveland does not care to consider tbscass at present. 1t is well known that Secretary Smith has been ready to bounce Hughes at any time but that Mir. Cleveland is satisfied to leave Mir. Hughes where he is. Fhe- nix Herald, June 24
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
ne Knew some English.

A Frenchman was boasting that he had thoroughly mastered the English language, when he was asked Co write from dictation the following choice specimen of our choice eccentric yer nacular: "As Hugh Hughes was hew- ing yule log from ycw tree man dressed in garments of dark hue came upto Hugh and said: Have you seen my ewcs? To which he replied: If you will wait until hew this yew will go with you to look for your ewes !" After an attempt the Frenchman ad- mitted his mistake He used to imagine he was used to English speaking, but he would be more careful how he used the language in future.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

The Jury in the libel suit of '. s. Marshal William Kidder Meade ys. the Star Publishing Go. for S25, ,O0O award ed the plaintiff one dollar as balm to his wounded honor, and as the court instructed She jury to find for the plaintiff, one dollar must be taken as the jury's estimate of 5he value of Mir. Meade's reputation.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

The experience of some Of our ship pers of fresh fruit by express from the Sat river valley, is worth narratiug, says the Phoenix Herald One of them mas heen shipping to an important eastern market. He got SITS gross per crate for fresh spricots; ont of this the middleman took l7 cents, the Ex- press company took SIPS cents per crate, and the man that owns the orch ard bonghf boxes and picked and packed the fruit got 30 cents per crate. He should put m a bill for salary to the Express company.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
THE AUTHORS.

MIR. RUDYARD KIPLING, it is an- nounced, is on th6poiut of returning to India-.-not Co 1.-Two there however
 Mss NJ. E. BRANDON will write two r1orc novels to complete contract, and thcu retire from literary work.
 MARK TWAIN has lost almost his en- tire fortune through unfortunate in- vcstnents He lost over two hundred thousand dollars through the failure of one American company.
 MAA4 F. WILKISs, the story writer, is very reserved and quiet woman, who conyerses little aud is more com fortable when allowed to shyly sit and listen to others talking.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

The quarrel engondered by timo serving politicians over the appoint ment of L. c. Hughes has merged into a squabble at the expense of the tax payers which, if contestants were called upon to foot court fees the tumult woul6 long since have dwindled to n calm but us it is, the ire of the con tending parties IS at white heat, as will be seen by tho following clippings from the Citizen of the 2l, and the Star of the 26 inst
 "A complaint entitled the Territory of Arizona vs. the Star Publishing Go. was filed in Judge Meyers court on Saturday last. The parties to the com plaint are Lewis Wolaey, Royal A. Johnson, John A, Black, wm. H, Barnes, Joseph B. Scott, Michael Nu- gent and John M, Barnett. The charge is criminal libel Citizen.
 When the grand jury comes to in- vestigate the latest alleged criminal libel, the Star will wager that Sitting Bull and the little bronco will be hunt ing a place to crawl into, and some of the chaps who think they have been libe!ed will wonder how the Star found out the facts in their case It is bold bluff Louis the lst is attempting, but he will be mighty glad to lay down his hand before the Ster has played half the cards it has in safe keeping "- Star
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29

A Santa Fe special of the 25th con yeya the gratifying intelligence that the U. s. Land Court declared James Addison Reavis' claim to major part of Southern Arizona and a generous slice of Southeastern New Mexico a traud and its claimant perjurer. Reavis was arrested to answer for the offence. Forgery is also hid to his charge, and 50 akillIuIly was it done Shat in order to detect the crime, ex- perts were employed to critically exam inc records in Spain, Mexico, New Mexico and California, and uotwith- standing the damnable facts those arch ives presented, and after hs attorneys had deserted him, he appeared in court as his own lawyer and played the part of a buffer.