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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
THE DEADLY HAND ARROW
An instrument of War Entirely PeqB
to the Chinese.

An Instrument of War Entirely Pecus
to the Chinese.
Now and then one encounters 80,
curious weapon unlike anything a
One of these, the hand arrow, is So
markable as to deserve special ment
1t is a bolt of iron from three TO i
inches in length and three-eighths u
inch in thickness, and from TWO toll
ounce in weight. The forward I'd
tapers to a point which is case.ae
ened, if not steeled. The rear thir
hollow, and is intended to hold thle
four feathers, which act like the
ering on an arrow. The bolt isar
sile and is thrown in two ways. III
method il is thrown underhand. n#
old style of pitching baseball. TIL
intended for close quarters Atlas
distance, with this style of deliver
will penetrate a human body thru
four inches and inflict a mortal won
even if it does not cause instant ds
The other way of delivering the h
arrow is by a full-arm throw. Tim
in this manner, it will 60 more thar
yards, and then Kill the areatm
strikes, if it hits a vital spot At
50 yards "a hand arrow man can bur
missile in the body of an enemy Ns
forate a two-inch plank A war;
carries a hundred of these inuaaI
and afterwards, if he is not dead
abIed, a fugitive Or a prisoner, sPl
an awful time recovering Us many4
can. Hand arrow men are very eg
with their weapon. AT SO PAGES
will strike target two feet in diam
five out of six times, aud each &
throw with such force and speed
it would be difficult to dodge ifoneT
the target. The hand arrow is
weapon, and so far as know pecu.G
China. 1t is far more deadly
sling, javeline, assegai, boomeral!
other throwing weapon.
In preserving these ancient weaP
the Chinese have preserved their
siness and miserable v0rkmal2
The Damascene blades and iDladE
axes, the jeweled weapons and arua
art of our own race are almost unEH
in China. Ninety-nine arms outl
hundred look what ther are The
genious attempts Of farmer and 1s
man, woodcutter and artisan, TO
vert the hcmely tools @. their GALL
into martial instruments Of deaii
destruction. - n. Y. Mai and LX-'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Assessors.

The Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Frederick County sent the
following names to the Governor, from
which he is to select one to act as as
SCISSOR. The Republican Committee has
forwarded a similar list. The assessors
are as follows: First Assessment Dis
trict-Arthur Potts. James Houck,
Jesse w. Starr. Second District
Charles A. Rice, Thomas Arnold,
Charles H. Coblentz. Third District
VIM. l.. Chiswell, r. Howard Magru-
der, Clayton Miller. Fourth District
John B. Barthlow, Henry A. Peddi-
cord, Elias H. Brown. Fifth District
Calvin p. Smith, Reuben Taylor
John Taylor. Sixth District = Geo.
w. Myers, j. Wesly Creager, Enoch
ID. Frizzel. Seventh Observation-Disclosures
L. Lakin, S. Theodore Stauffer, Har-
mon l.. Gaver. Eighth District-Geo.
r. Stottlemyer, George d. Gaver, Luz
ther f. Brown.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
The Special Jury System

The New York Times says that the
bill drawn by Justice Barrett Of the
Supreme Court, with the assistance of
some of the other Judges of the same
bench, providing for special juries in
important criminal cases in counties of
more than $780, 900 inhabitants, which
is to say in this city and Brooklyn,
has quietly become law, and without
exciting much attention it has estab-
lished the most important reform in
the jury system of modern times.
More discredit had been thrown upon
the system by the difficulty and delay
in obtaining juries, and the inferior
character of the juries obtained in ''sen-
sationaP' criminal cases, than by all
other causes combined. In fact, it was
Just here that the ancient trial by jury
seemed to have broken down. This
new law provides the means OF obtain
ing superior order of juries for these
very cases. 1t creates special Com
missioner of Jurors for each of these
two counties, to be appointed and to be
removable by the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court for the department
in which the county is situated This
Commissioner must keep a special list
OF 5000 selected names, taken from the
regular jury list after an examination
to ascertain qualifications of intelli-
gence, character ane freedom from bias
on general accounts, such as Directing
to capital punishment, circumstantial
evidence, &c. III short, this special
list is intended to contain the best
available material for really intelligent
and fair-minded jurymen, without re-
gard to any particular case From the
special list the special jury is to be
drawn for any trial that may require
it, that question being determined by
the Appellate Division on proper APP
plication by either the prosecution or
defense. 1t will depend upon the inn
portance or intricacy of the case, or
any exciting circumstances that may
make it difficult to get jury or to
have fair trial by jury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
The Maryland State Weather Re-
port.

pOTC.
The MARYLAND State Weather Report
for the week ending Monday, April
the 9th, contains the following in ref
erence to Frederick County:
NesO Market. The seasonable weather
is forcing vegetation. Early potat es
are beginning to come up. The wheat
is growing very rapidly, though IL is
thin on the ground, with many bare
spots. Farmers are busy planting corn;
some few are done. Old clover fields
are quite bare. The clover of last springs
sowing il looking very nice and prom
ises good yield. Fruit promises to be
abundant. The slight freeze on the
22nd did not iDjure the fruit as L can
see. M. u. HOPKINS.
AdGmstOa0n.--W improved this
week. Bad reports from being frozen
out. Grass in the same condition. Some
corn up, but most of corn not planted.
Gardens looking well for season. Trees
are blooming very well. No peaches
of any account in some orchards.
r. CLAUDE DUTROw.
Buckeystown. The great heat has
abated, but we have still fine growing
weather, and the dryness of the sur
face, which was doing some harm to
the growing grain ana grass ana 10
small seeds, has been relieved by gentle
rains on the oath ult. The early-sown
wheat and rye are still very promising,
but many other fields look thin and
dscouraging. A great deal of corn is
already planted and some is coming
up, as well as very early potatoes.
II. S. BACON.
LibertytoaOsa. The early part very
warm; light frost Thursday morning;
Friday and Saturday showery and very
cloudy. Wheat improving, but full
crop cannot be expected. Early pOta-
toes are coming up fine. Early vege-
tables are looking well. Spring work
has advanced rapidly. A great deal of
corn already planted. Fruit trees are
blooming, but very spariDgly. Cherry
crop promises to be good.
J. III. ALBAUGH.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

Miss Jane Eyre, who has iust ,
calculated from a Pennsylvania NJ ~ Oe
school. is full-blooded Pawneo' q =
dian. L
Rev. John Watson, of Iivo,
England. who has written ove. % =
nom de plume of Ian MacLaron %
been chosen to deliver the %
Beecher course of lectures at YAH 4'
From the time of the death -
late Irish Protestant primate and a.S
bishop of Armagh till his buri.l y
bells of the Roman Catholic CATH
at Armagh were tolled.
Odds against horses were SET g..
and candidates asked how they oas
win a certain amount in anv evors
a problem of recent London m y
sity examination paper. The relic.
newspapers have protested since aa9.
the question, as improper.
Prof. Stickel, of Jena, the A,,a
scholar, has died, at the age of o. y
had taught continually at Jena -
1927 till last year. He was the lss,I
the pupils of Silvestre de Sacy Ana
the band of young scholars in v4.1
Goethe was interested in duringbisl 4
years.
Mime. Jules Favre, widow of /
French statesman who in 1871 decl..
that France would not yield an inog
her territory, recently died at ser@
For the last 20 years she had been
the head of the normal training scb'
for women in that town, and had Il,
very successful as a teacher and !
ecutive.
Great regret is felt in theolos.
and university circles of German
the death in Jena of Rev. DR.. JoF..
Gustav Stickel, privy councillor !,
one of the most famous orientalis,..
the empire. He was the oldest does
in Germany, having reached the 4
age of 81 years. Until a few nom
ago he was actively engaged in his },
feSSiOn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Sealing Bottles by rlcctricity

The loss and deterioration OF CD
payne due to the eScaf cement o-
has long made some process Of .
feet air-tight sealing desirable. W.
lon accomplishes this lv covering
cork and part of the neck win d :
layer of copper electrically depS1
For this purpose the neck OF laso
tie is coated with a conducting
stance such as blacklead. zinc orr
per powder, and plunged IN s4-
bath. This bath has cover
ai1ined wood with coniral holes "
are lined with copper rings AZ h
rings are connected among theIS
and with the negative pole OF tasgl
mo, while a copper sheet ~ ing /
is connected with the posltl" y
The bottles are simply inserted /
holes, neck down, and when ".l
two-tenths to three-tenths OF u
meter has been deposited the e.
is stopped. The deposit may o[
silvered, or given any desired s'-
special baths. The process, OIL a."
can be employed to seal bottIeSlC
eral waters, preserves and vans
products.-Current Literature
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Burglary on East Patrick Street

On Friday night last burglars entered
the residence of Mr.. Henry Tyson on
East Patrick street. Traces of their
presence in the parlor, drawing and
dining rooms were apparent from the
disarrangenent of the furniture, etc.
The sifverware In the dining room
was overlooked. After being disap-
pointed in finding valuables, they went
to the cellar and helped themselves to
a quantity of milk, pies and other del
icacies placed there for safe keeping.
Several doors were found open to make
sure of escape in case of detection. The
burglars finally departed without dis
turbing the family, who knew moth
ing of the robbery until next morning.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Keedysville Elopement.

A sensational elopement took place
at Parterstown, one and a half miles
southwest of Keedysville, about one
week ago. The parties to the affair
were John Carter, who leaves wife
aud seven or eight children, and An
ME Fasnacht, who deserted her hus-
band and one child, taking the other
1.-THE youngast) child, with her. Their
whereabouts are unknown, bnt it is be-
lleved they went to Pennsylvania.
William K. Fasnacht, who always did
the best he could for his family, says
he will never permit his unfaithfnI
wife to return to his home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

THE Democratic State Convention Of
Pennsylvania. which met ct Allen
town 81 Wednesday last, amidst great
enthusiasm, named Hon. Robert E.
Pattison as the choice Of the party for
President. The platform has the true
Democratic ring, and we trust the good
example as enunciated BY its unmis-
takahle Language. may be followed
by other States. The platform reads as
follows:
1--WE are In favor Of firm, unwaver-
ing maintenance Of the gold standard.
While we favor the most liberal use Of
silver, consistent with the enforcement
Of gold standard, we are absolutely
opposed to the free coinage OF silver and
to the compulsory purchase of silver
bullion by the government.
I'VE believe that the interests of the
people demand that the earnings of
trade, agriculture, manufactures and
commerce, and especially the wages of
labor, should be paid in money of the
greatest intrinsic value and of the high
est standard adopted by the civilized
nations of the world. We are, there
fore, unalterably opposed to all devices
and schemes for the debasement of our
currency and TO all evasiOns and com
promises of question so closely affect
ing individual and national credit and
honor.
1--WE heartily indorse the administraI
ton of President Cleveland and con-
graduate the country upon the firm
ness, wisdom and ability shown by him
in all matters affecting the interests o.
the country. We especially commend
his vie, determined and successful eff
forts to maintain the national debt, I'd
avert financial and business disturbi
ance and to protect the country's
honor.
''The Democracy of Pennsylvania
presents to the National Convention as
it's unanimous choice for the presidency
the name of Robert E. PattisOn. Know
ing him to be honest, able, unassuming,
fearless, a consistent Democrat and in
harmony with the highest purposes of
his party, we present him for this NOM
ination to the Democracy of the nation.
Confident that this declaration of prin-
ciples and of our choice for the presi-
dency express the sentiments of the
united Democracy of the State and to
the end that the vote and influence of
Pennsylvania may be most effectively
heard and felt, the delegates this day
chosen are directed to vote as a unit in
all matters intrusted to their charge,
said action to be determined by the
vote of the majority of the delegates y
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
How to Treat a Wife.
(From Pacific Health Journal.)

First, get wife; second, be patient.
You may have great trials and perplex-
tiles in your business, but do not, there
fore, carry to your home a cloudy or
contracted brow. Your wife may have
trials, which, though of less magni-
tude, may be hard for her to bear. A
kind word, a tender look, will do won
ders in chasing from her brow all
clouds of gloom. To this we would
add always keep bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy in the house. 1t
sooner or later. Your wife will then
know that you really care for her and
by A. l.. Pearre, Druggist, Frederick.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Advertised Letters.

The following is list of the adver-
tised letters remaining in the Fred
erick city pOst-office. To obtain any of
these letters, the applicants must call
for advertised letters. If not called for
within two weeks they will be sent
to the dead letter office.
Gentlemen's List.-Samuel r. Barr,
James A. Bruner, William Cummings,
Jr., Andrea CasertenO, w. Dyer, J, +.
Eichelberger, James Harrison (2), DIR.
Thomas Mitchell, Gordon n. Perry,
Richard Thomas, F. S. Zimmerman,
ID. F. Zfwel
Ladies' List.-Mrs. Alice Anderson.
Fanny Burkett, Mrs. Edward Harris.
Miss Lizzie Miller, Miss Sarah Wolf.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
IngersoIl and Satan.

Ct. S. Perkins, an artist of BROOKLYN.
New York, is engaged in transferring
to canvass his own ideas of the appear.
ance and surroundings of the entrance
to the Internal regions. The picture
will contain 100 figures. The two
which will stand out most prominent-
~ will be Col. Robert G. Ingersoll and
the prince of Darkness otherwise
Satan. The artist proposes to put his
production before the public under the
suggestive title of "1ngersoll in the
Drawing-Room of Hell.u 1t is said
that letter has been received from
Colonel IngersolI saying he had no OBJ
lection to the use of the title.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Buckeystown improvements.

The store of Mess. A. j. McKenna &,
Son, of Buckeystown, this county,
which was recently DESTROYED by fire.
is to be rebuilt at once. 1t will be a
reproduction of the former structure.
with the exception of a few slight
changes. A new Methodist Protestant
Church of the same place is to be built
at cost of $4,000, and will be one of
the finest church edifices in the coun-
ty. Messrs. w. l.. Duvall & Son.
builders and contractors of this citv'
nave been awarded the contracts for
both of the buildings.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
The New York Exhibit Adds
81, 200 to the Key Monument.

AT the colonial, revolutionary and
historical loan exhibit held under the
auspices of the New York Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution,
for the benefit of the Francis Scott
Key Monument Association, of Fred
erick, which closed last Saturday, the
success was far beyond the hopes or ex-
pectations of those in charge. An
added attraction was recitation from
Countess Caravachto. An exhibit of
old silverware, portraits and family
Jewelry by Mrs. Ellen Goldsborough,
of Baltimore, was much admired.
The receipts of the exhibit are estimat-
ed to amount to about S.. 200.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
CHURCH SERVICES.
Partial List of Important Ones
About the County.

The regular service in Utica Church,
will he held in the afternoon, at 2.30
o'clock.
The Reformed choir of Utica is MAX
ing arrangements to hold their annual
musical jubilee OH Whit Monday in
the same grove in which it was held
last year.
Holy communion service will be
held in Zion Reformed Church,
Charlesville, next Sunday, May 3rd, at
10 a. M, by the pastor, Rev. S. NJ.
Hench.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

The old man who looks out at the
world with clear and healthy eyes can
not help feeling great qualification at
the thought that his children have in
herited from him no weakness or ten
dency to disease. The healthy old man
is the man who has throughout his life
kept his digestion good and his blood
pure. Not one in a thousand does do
it. Germs go through the healthy
body without effect. Let them once
find Judgment or let them find weak
spot, they will develop by the million
and the blood will be full of them. In
stead of giving strength to the tissues,
it Will force upon them lnnutritious
matter, and the man will lose flesh
and the more susceptible he is to dis
ease. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covevy is the only medicine that abso-
lutely and infallably cures all blood
diseases, and almost all diseases are
blood diseases. 1t isn't medicine for
some one particular so-called disease.
1t is medicine for the aOhoLe body. It
forces out all the germs of disease, and
replaces impurities With rich, red
blood.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

Police Judge-lou are ae'us-
having snatched a handful Oh .
change from the till of grocer
on Austin avenue. =,
Jim Webster-Yes, yer honor IT,
| did; but when a man is huns'@
hain't had muffin ter eat for ho'.
two days, he am desPerIt aD
and he doan keer what he does
"Bnt it appears that at the '.s
stole a handful of small chaI5s
had a five-dOllar bill in your PO''
Dat am so, but did not Wa''~
a fve-dollar bin. As soon as ~
a five-dollar bill. hit melts rlgn.
Jim Webster melted away 'Oi
- 60 days Texas Sitter,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Light Weight Gold to be Recoined.

Light weight gold coin TO the
amount OF $4,000 was shipped from
the sub-treasury in Baltimore to the
Philadelphia mint last week for re-
coinage. In redeeming such coins a
deduction of four cents for each grain
under weight is made by the govern
ment. The loss in weight is generally
due to the handling of the coins in cir
culation. W
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

The peach farms of the South Noun
tain contain about 418,65O trees. In
1896 over 145, 900 crates of peaches were
shipped from franklin County. The
largest growers are III. Rinehart and
Slower, who have 10000 trees, and
Nichodemus Bros. have $4,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Penalty for False Alarms.

The penalty for raising false alarm
OF nre, in Pennsylvania, is a fine not
exceeding 500 or imprisonment not
over one year, or both, at the discretion
- 49, SONAO' s,...-,-- sis
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

Hartford, April 29.-Gov. Coffin has
appointed James A. Jones of Deep
River state auditor, in place of Oscar
Leach of Durham, deceased.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Knew Herself

Stranger tat the door, az !, !.
to find a lady whose marrlFu ID
have forgotten, but know sig q,
this neighborhood. She IS . i
easily described, and perhaps w. w..
her-a singularly beautiful ~
with pink and white complex
shell ears, lovely eyes, and hal'
a goddess might envy. 4. N.
Really, sir, | doh 1,a
Voice (from head of stairs !. y
the gentleman I'll be down =
ute.-N. Y. Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

Badness is found to affect about II
per cent. of the male population. ac-
cording to an English physician. The
same observer has made the singular
discovery that, while musical compos-
ers belong to the general average, pian-
lists and violinists have fine heads of
hair until late in life, but performers
on brass nstruments-especially the
trom-become bald very early.
So
The snout of the walrus is provided
with stiff whiskers three or four inches
long. Natives of Alaska collect the
hairs, dry them, and export them in
neat packages to China, where the
wealthy prize them highly as tooth
picks.
Unbreakable mirrors are made in
Germany from transparent celluloid.
The silvering is backed by a second
celuloid plate, giving thus mirror
surface on both sides-or forming a
double mirror.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

For every quarter in mans pocket
here are dozen uses; and to use each
one in such q way as to derive the
greatest benefit is question every one
must solve for himself. We believe,
however, that no better use could be
made of one of these quarters than to
exchange it for bottle of Chamber
lain,s Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, medicine that every family
should be provided with. For sale by
A. L. Pearre, Druggist, Frederick. -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Baltimore Cyclers on Century
Run.

Twenty-six wheelmen of the Har-
lem CLUB, of Baltimore, in charge of
Captain Samuel E. Philpott, arrived in
Frederick on last Sunday morning
few minutes before ii O'clock. The
wheelmen were on century ruiz from
Baltimore, and in order to complete so
miles one way they were obliged to
run a few miles in the country after
arriving in Frederick. The cyclers left
Baltimore at $40 and arrived here five
and half hours later. Owing to acct
dents to machines, several of the party
had to return to Baltimore from point
near Ellicott City. The visitors were
ushered into the city by the Frederick
Bicycle Club, but remained here but
few minutes. They took dinner at
Ridgeville. In speaking of the coming
meet of the Maryland Division Of the
League of American Wheelmen, Capt.
Philpott said the sentiment of the Har-
lem Club was in favor Of Cambridge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

Corrected for the CITIZEN every week
by Mr.. w. HI. Kline, No. 81 N. Market
street.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01

support cOuSlUefaDl0 IOaQ when full
of water.
A pet theory of the day is that war
fare in the future would be attended
by such an appalling lose of life that all
nations will refrain from it. Capt. f.
n. Maude, British military engineer,
declares, how ever, that the records OF
the last three centuries prove such an
idea to be utterly unjustified. The
losses in battle have depended primar-
lily on the quality of the troops and
have been small until-as at Waterloo
or in the closing engagements of the
great Rebellion-the men have become
thoroughly trained in war. The worlds
armies have to-day no war seasoned
veterans to spread destruction greater
than has hitherto been known. I'M
provement in weapons, moreover, has
actually tended to diminish the risk,
as fighting must now be done at
greatly increased range, and the per-
lection of the modern rifle makes nee
essary great precision of aim, whereas
the inaccuracy of the old musket-at
200 yards instead of 500 or ,O00-cOr-
rected the error 10 aim in large pro-
portion of the shots fired Mathemat-
zeal calculation shows, in fact, that
1000 times as many rounds would be
necessary now to produce the effect of
the leaden storm that devastated the
old British line in Peninsular days.
while our guns fire only five times as
fast. Still another factor that would
tend to reduce bloodshed in modern
conflict is the lack of excitement at
long range, and the consequent greater
nervous strain this would induce. So