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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

The health of the children should be the first
consideration of every parent. Too many
children are allowed to drift into fatal decline
by neglect. If your little ones are pale, puny,
nervous, do not play with zest and do not de-
velop as they should, give them Immediately
this great restorer of health and strength, this
maker of good blood and strong nerves, DR..
Greenes Nervura blood and nerve remedy.
For st. Vitus dance, spasms, epilepsy, convul-
sions, DR.. Greenes Nervura is the only remedy
absolutely and unfailingly sure to cure. If
your infants are cross, irritable, and do not
sleep well, are restless in sleep, tossing about,
gritting the teeth and starting suddenly from
sleep, have twitching of the eyes, face, head or
limbs, you can be certain that one of the above
terrible diseases will be the inevitable result
unless taken in time and cured nor by the
use of DIR. Greene's Nervura. Get this Won
derful remedy at once, and YOU can be per-
fectly sure of a cure. You need not fear to
give it to infants or children of any age as it is
perfectly harmless, being made from pure
vegetable medicines marvellous in their cura-
tive and health-giving powers. Read what DR..
Greene Nervura did in restoring to health Mrs.
Mary Wonderley and her two children, at 1909
Buttonwood ST., Philadelphia, Pa. She says
81 had been suffering for two years with
nervousness and indigestion so that at night
could not sleep, and in the morning l felt
weak and tired and so badly that could not
do my homework. / thought could never
mch l2-tf' 1897
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
TALK BY WRESTLING.
Conversational Feats of the Shep
herd Boys of Te1erilfe.

Conversational FeatS of the Shep-
herd Boys of TenerifTe.
Have you ever heard of the so-called
"whistling language" of TeSeriffe? The
probabilities are that you never have.
Yet this curious method of speech-if
indeed one can so describe it-dates
from prehistoric times.
The shepherd folk of Teneriffe and
Gomera use the "whistling language"
and the first recorded notice of it was
made by French traveller as far back
as 1455. Since then stray wanderers
have called the worlds attention. at
long intervals, to the Language" Some
years ago, while roaming, with staff and
scrip, through ravines and over the
wild mountain ranges of Teneriffe, it
fell to the writer's lot to hear the shep-
herds thus conversing. By placing two
or three fingers in the mouth it is pos
sible to make the whistle carry to dis
lance of three miles, or Whereabouts.
The lonely hills seem silent and de-
serted, when suddenly out of the far dis
lance came long, drawn and very
shril whistle-the summons to a con-
versation. In reply, similar call strikes
piercingly on the ear from the opposite
direction. The whistles are widely sep
arated, but have no intention of being
lonely. Perhaps they are having some
difficulty with their flocks. Perhaps
they are merely resting awhile after the
dinner of black bread and onions. At
hear them in the thick of an earnest
chat, chat between friends three miles
or more separated.
Logeard, the well-known French
savant, has conclusively proved that the
whistling is in Spanish Easy words
are taken, and the sounds initiated by
the whistlers. Long practice and he
redity have given the shepherds ex-
traordinary skill in whistling and I'M
Outstanding the Spanish. Their voca-
bulary is quite long one, and, in addi-
ton, they have regular code of grad
uated notes, which convey telegraph
ically what they cannot satisfactorily
reproduce in the ordinary manner.
The writer heard three parties of
shepherds exchange their hopes and
fears regarding the weather by this
means. On another occasion he heard
an invitation to a dance sent in the
"whistling language" across a stretch
of country exceeding 81 kilometers.
The young boys, and even the girls, are
adopts at the Language" and the very
sheep appear to understand whistled
commands at considerable distance.
1t is no unusual thing to find two boys,
or a pair of the sturdy little mountain
lasses of Teneriffe. standing by the
parental cottages, and thus conversing
across wide ravine and rugged height,
without even catching glimpse of one
another all the time In fact the whist
ling language, dating as it does from
before 1850, makes one wonder whether
the telephone is such a modern marvel
after all.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

JHlLDREN B1 ORs OhEENE NEW OhA'
get cured. l would have to get up at night
and walk up and down, had pains all over my
body, and when | got to sleep would wake
with pain around my heart so that would
he afraid to lie down again. | had pains in
the top of my head and my hands would
tremble if tried to sew, and the least noise
would brighten me. My husband was told to
get DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, which he did, and when had started
on the second bottle l was surprised to find
myself improving rapidly. Had known of
DR.. Greene's Nervura when was first sick it
would have saved me many dollars paid to
doctors. My little children were also helped
through this great medicine. They would
wake up at night frightened by horrible dreams,
and their appetite was failing and my little
girl had dark circles under her eyes and was
puny, pale and sallow. My little baby only
weighed 10 pounds. After taking DR.. Greenes
Nervura she weighs % pounds and my little
girl is as fat and rosy as peach. We owe all
this to DIR. Greene's wonderful remedy"
Do not delay, but give your child this grand
medicine, DR.. Greene S Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, now, and watch tgain in health every
day and every hour. DR.. Greene, 80 West 18th
ST., New York City, the most successful ply
sician in curing diseases of children, can be con
suited free, in person or by letter. No fees to
pay for consultation, examination or advice,
and the low prices of his health giving medicines
place sure cure in reach of everybody.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

The rain fell sullenly. Truck horses
plodded along the sodden street. pa
tiently, heavily.
Gladys De We're stood at the window
looking out on a sloppy and dismal
world. The loneliness of the dav
weighed on her soul.
81 am heart hungry" she sighed.
"Aye, heart hungry"
But what was the use? There would
be liver for breakfast just the same
Indianapolis journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
A Man of standing.

Dismal Dawson-When | think how
good ! useC to be it makes me SEX.
Everett Weston the dead, was you
ever any good?
We'll, was so good at one time dat
not only bought booze on credit, but
bought her so often dat &c barkeeper
had a rubber stamp to put me name
down wit indianapolis Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
NOTICE.
NOTICE

The attention of parents and teachers is call
ed TO the law which requires that all children
shall have been duly vaccinated before being
received in any school.
The provisions of the Act include all schools,
whether public or private, and although 1t Is
believed that 1t has been rather better OBJ
served In this county than in many others OF
the State, yet in the considerable proportion
of instances II has been disregarded or evaded.
Although there does not exist at the present
time single known case of smallpox within
the limits OF the state, yet 1T has prevailed in
the United States in q far greater number OF
localities than is usual at this season of the
year, and may at any time make its appear
ance in this county.
The law has made fair provision for the COM
pensation to physicians for vaccinating those
whose means render 1t difficult TO pay the
usual fee for such services, and pure md relia-
Bile vaccine matteecan be gratuitously procured
frm DIR. Yeackle, State Vaccine Agent, at Bal.
timOre.
Under these circumstances 1t is hoped and
believed that the law will be more vigorously
observed without necessitating the enforce
ment of the penalty attached to its disregard
VIM. II BALTZELL, Nj. D.,
seD.2-1 County Health officer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

Anxious Mother-I don't understand
how it is, BERTHE. that you are at the
bottom of your class.
Bertie-I don't understand it myself;
burt I know it's dreadful easy.-Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
Maud Miller.

Maud Miller.
Maud Miller, in the summers heat,
Raked the meadows thick with wheat.
The Judge rode slowly down the lane,
Smoothing his horses chestnut name.
with wheat at dollar per-" said he
This maid is about the size for me-
Then he smiled at her and she blushed at
him,
And over the meadow fence he elm.
will you marry me. sweet maid?" he
said,
And she told him yes, and they were wed.
Alas for maiden, alas for Judge,
For old designer and wheatfield drudge
Lord pity them both and pity us all,
For Maud didn't own the wheat at all.
And the Judge remarked when he learned
the cheat:
Don't talk to me about dollar wheatl'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

From The Traveller, Sottthold. NJ Y, Feb. II, 1896.
Agents ofthe CHAPMAN PUBLISHING Co. have
been in Southold this week delivering copies
OF the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of suffolk County to its subscribers II is a
very handsome volume of over 1000 pages,
printed on fine paper, gilt edged. and elegantly
bound in morocco. 1t is embelished with
many fine portraits OF representative citizens
OF the county. 1t is mine of valuable infor-
nation, and will grow more and more valuable
as the years go by: The publishers have kept
every promise to their subscribers
oct l5-4t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

He had no time at his command to take
review and understand
He hadn't done a thing.
Chicago Journal.
o The Sagcbrush.
When Colorado morning the purple mists
unfold,
And phantom mirage picture is on noun
tain wall enscrolled,
Then the air from distant foothills is like
odor of new wine,
And the breath from scrubby sagebrush is
more fragrant than the pine.
The eastern birding HES him to forest
deep and wide:
On tree-top's highest branches he wooes
his feathered bride;
But the western songster MARBLES of 1.-The
land that is mine aim
From clump of pale-green sagebrush on
the gently-billowed plain.
The gaunt and long-eared rabbits their
longest gallops gauge.
To rest at home securely in their hutches
meath the sage;
And the coyote calls together all his gray
and willy train,
Swift shadows in the shadow of the sage
brush on the plain.
Its brave and woody armor the winters
frost defies,
And it clothes the lonely sand-world with
a bonny sweet surprise.
Summer smiles upon its prowess. guarding
fields of golden grain.
1t is forest, grass and hedge-row-to the
wild and sturdy plain.
Mary Amelia Roberts, in Overland
Monthly.
In the Snow Long Ago.
Do you mind that Christmas, Phyllis,
Long ago,
When l washed your lovely features
In the snow,
And you pelted me so soundly,
And berated me so roundly,
That my boyish spirit rose in grim de-
fiance. don't you know.
And kissed you while you struggled
In the snow?
Your face was red as scarlet
Then, my dear,
And your flashing eyes betrayed an
Angry tear;
And we parted at the turning,
While your face was deeply burning
Burning with indignant bushes. filling me
with horrid fear
That you never would forgive me,
Phyllis, dear.
But called to you far up the
Winding lane.
And you waited till reached your
Side again,
And your eyes grew soft and tender
AS told you, / remember,
Told you of a love I swore to you could
never, never wane,
And you halted, and held you,
What to Eat
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
Together with Portraits and
Biographies of all the Presi-
dents of the United States.

Mr. f. f. Gillen. of fillmore is in this city
at present repre- enting the above company;
he will call upon the citiz"ns of the county and
inent families o. Frederick county. The work
is highly spoken of by the pres throughout
the country and will be valuable reference in
years to come The company has Deen in ex
istence eighteen years and from the blowing
notice appears TO have kept faith with all of its
subscribers TIL work is only Id by sub
scripiion, no charge being made for personal
sketches
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

nlch. l2-tf 1897
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
FALLING AUTUMN LEAVES.


"once over, please, and make it quick. I'm
rushed to death. my boy"
Twas so, at morn. the busy man his daily
strife with time began,
Much TO the BARRIERS grave annoy.
1t mattered not TO him that he. when he had
left the shop.
For thirty minutes idly staid attacking to
a passing maid
As long indeed, as she would stop
"Some rolls and coffee. and a steak" he
shouted as he hung
His hat with others in a row where hasty
lunchers come and go.
And hash is very wildly flung
The lock upon his office desk he broke In
frantic haste,
And scattered so his mail around two let
ters yet remain unbound.
Yet had no thought of waste.
The telephone he fiercely seized and roared
in "centrals" ear
To get a move" and bear in mind a mod
ern fellow couldn't find
The time to stand and wait year.
Excuse me if l interrupt he said to
those engaged.
And so, unwelcome, breaking in with noisy
energy and din,
Was snubbed and felt enraged.
So, plungng through fretful day. with
rush, and surge, and swing.
He had no time at his command to take
review and understand
He hadn't done a thing.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
HOUSTON CARNIVAL OPENS.
Display of Excellent Products of
Field, Garden and Orchard.

Houston, Tex, Dec. with warm
sun and a balmy breeze to temper it, the
carnival of fruits, flowers and vegetables
has opened with a parade of the products
of the country tributary to Houston, and
there We're excellent specimens of each
field, garden and orchard. There were
several thousand visitors here, many Of
them from the north. and from all parts
of Texas. After the parade the exhibits
were returned to the auditorium, where
Mayor Rice delivered an address of well
come. formally opening the festivities.
The great auditorium is filled with exhib-
it's of Horticulture, agriculture, horticul-
ture and art in various forms. 1t the
big auditorium of the city hall is a trades
display by the various firms and fac
tories of Houston. Governor Culberson
made a short address, saying that all
Texas was proud of the display, and
wished a happy time to all visitors and
residents.
Last evening there was a concert and
reception to the Nebraska, delegates to
the Deep Water Utilization conference,
which assemblies here today. The grand
Masonic lodge and the grand Royal Arch
chapter of Texas also began their annual
session today, while the National Associ-
alton Of Spiritualists is scheduled to meet
Band concerts. = parade of illuminated BIZ
cycles and other features are on the pro-
syramme for the festival
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
HIS GRIEVANCE.

His Name Was Xerxes, and It Had Been
BaseIy Tempered with
"Mad, sir-madl I'm mad clear
throughi''
It was evident to the lawyer that he was
on the verge of securing a good slander or
personal damage suit, and he invited the
stranger to be seated.
"MadP repeated the stranger. I'm
mad enough to cat bessemcr steel. I'm
mad enough to put this case through if it
costs me all of SIS
q infer" said the lawyer, ''that some
one has wronged you"
"Wronged mcl' roarcd the stranger.
"He's made monkey of mel tell you,
sir, he's made me look like a blooming
idiot. He's given the public wrong i'm
preston of my mental strength and the
educational advantages Of my youth, and
1 want to make him sweat for it. "
"Tell mo about it, 3" said the lawyer,
land we will see what can be done
1t all hinges on my middle name, " ex-
planned the stranger, land that name is
Xerxes. Now, I am not prepared to deny
that that is more or less of a fool name for
any one to carry around at this period of
the world history but I can't see that
I'm to blame for it..
Certainly not, " asserted the lawyer.
"Just because my parents were foolish
enough to give ire that kind of a name is
no reason why every one I meet should
think he has a license to have fun with
me, and I am entitled to the protection Of
the law, as I figure it..
"Most assuredly"
''Then it's a cinch I'll get big dam
ages, said the stranger with every evi-
denoe of satisfaction at the prospect. You
see, ny full name is John Xerxos Jones,
but, Of course, 1 don't use the middle
name
'Of course not
81 just write it John X Tones, and
thdt's the way I put it on Il big petition
that is being circulated. "
"What has that to do with your suit for
damages?'
"Why, the big. numbering idiot I want
to sue came along and wrote his above
the X and mark below it, and I'm
either going to have him arrested or he's
going to have case Of assault and battery
against me. Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

equivalent to very nearly per cent
on the adjustment bonds. If we as
sumo that the extraordinary expendi-
lures for maintenance" and improve
ment charged to maintenance" last
year amounted to ST. SOC, ,OOO it would
seem that on a basis of normal expeIl-
ses and gross earnings of a little over
thirty and a half millions the company
should earn the full 4 per cent on the
adjustment bonds with a million dol
lars over, or thereabouts.
Interest on the general mortgage As
and prior liens of all kinds amounts to
about 10 per cent of last years gross
earnings and the full interest on the
adjustment bonds amounts to about z
per cent more.
This leaves for operating expenses,
taxes and rentals IS per cent of gross
earnings, which ought surely be enough
under ordinary circumstances, year in
and year out.
In other words, Atchison ought to be
able to earn full interest on the ad-
justment bonds in future except in
very poorest of years. From this point
of view it looks as if the adjustment
bonds might be a very fair speculative
investment Certainly the general 4
per cent bonds seem secure beyond all
question.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
LIKE AN EXPLOSION.
Curious Accident to a Trolley
Car on West Sixth Street.

The usual quiet of the neighborhood
in the vicinity of the First Methodist
church at the corner of Sixth and Har-
r.son streets was broken about O'Clock
this afternoon by a noise as loud and
terrifying in it's sound as the explosion
of a charge of dynamite.
People rushed from their houses, and
those who gained the street a few mo-
ments after the supposed explosion saw
an electric car come to a stop with one
curbstone while a dozen people, men
and women. scrambled excitedly from
and in the direction of the nearest
the interior to the pavement.
For a brief space of time the group
of passengers was in the greatest ex-
element 1T was a charge of dyna-
mite on the track" said one of the men,
4 know from the sound of the explo-
sion Heavens, it s a wonder 1t dldn
blow up the whole car and everybody
in it, gasped an old lady in shaking
voice.
But it wasn't dynamite that wrecked
the car and caused the terrifying noise,
as was proven by the Investigations Of
the mOtorman- Instead, short piece
of guard rail at the end of the switch
connecting the double track between
Harrison and Topeka avenues had been
Jared loose by the front wheel of the
car and springing up had torn its way
through the machinery underneath the
car with noise that resembled an ex-
pioSiOn. The current of electricity was
thrown off by the rail Wrecking the ma
chinery, and as the forward end of the
car left the track the car came to
sudden stop
No one was injured by the sudden
stoppage of the car. but the passengers
were thrown together and the greatest
CONSERVATION prevailed until everyone
was safe on the pavement. A pecu-
liar thing about the accident was that
inside of Is minutes after 1t occurred
the widest rumOrS were current in the
business portion of the city. President
Baker of the railway company heard in
his Office on Eighth street that one car
had been blown from the track by a
charge of dynamite, and that a great
hole had been torn in the Sixth street
pavement. Other rumOrS were to the
effect that pieces of the car had shat
tered windows in that vicinity, and
that several people had been killed and
others injured. Stories of the accident
placed the number killed and injured
from three to Il dozen.
The car was westbOund for the asy-
lum, and was in charge of MOtOneer
Majors and Conductor Tircher. The
accident tied up traffic on the West
Sixth street line for so minutes. at the
end OF which time the track had been
temporarily repaired and the wrecked
car hauled into the station.
Scores of people We're attracted to the
spot by the noise of the rail tearing
through the machinery of the car.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
sANTA FE IrEMs.
Notes of Interest to Employees of the
Road

The Santa Fe division superintendent,
who came to Topeka to arrange the new
time card, have returned to their homes.
Mrs. w. W. Frisbie the wife of the
Santa F'e engineer killed in the Lang
wreck, yesterday received $500 insurance
from the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. J. Shakeshaft are the
parents of a daughter, born this morn
ing. Mr.. Shakeshaft is chief clerk in the
general passenger department of the
Santa Fe in this city.
General Passenger Agent w ] Black
and Travelling Passenger Agent c. L
Seagraves of the Santa Fe went to Chi
cago yesterday afternoon to attend the
annual traffic meeting in Chicago today
President Ripley and party of Santa Fe
officials and directors will arrive in this
city tomorrow evening to attend the an
nual meeting of the road at the general
office building Thursday at noon.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
DEER oUrRAN THE TRAIN.
Splendid Buck Raced for His Life
With an Erie Engine.

Splendid Buck Raced for His Life
With an Erie Engine.
Port Jervis. Dec. There was mighty
exciting race on the Delaware division OF
the Erie railroad yesterday afternoon. 1t
was between a splendid buck and pas
senge1 train. 1t was for four miles and
the buck won.
Engineer Charles Hulshizer was in the
cab of engine No. III, drawing passenger
train No. 80 As the train, rounding d
curve entered Shimmer's cut on the Haw>
ley branch of the Delaware division, Hull
shizer saw before him on the track a
magnificent buck. The fine poise of his
head, his alert attitude, plainly showed he
feared danger, for the sides of the cut
shut him in and his only safety was in
flight.
The instant he saw the locomotive he
turned, tossing his head as if in challenge,
and sped away. Hulshizer accepted the
race with a shrek of his whistle and put
on more steam.
For half a mile the buck held his own.
Hulshizer. excited, pulled the throttle
wide open and the train plunged forward,
rocking and shaking up the passengers,
who at the risk of breaking their necks
stuck their heads out of the windows.
They knew from the trains speed that
something unusual was happening, but in
the narrow cut they could not see the
buck.
He flying with great leaps, was strain~
ing every muscle. He sprang over 20
foot cuIvert, he took a 10 foot bridge in a
stride.
Hulshizer declares his engine was run
ming at the rate of 40 miles an hour, but
for four miles the buck led it.
There was a side cut, and into it the
buck ran and stood there, legs wide apart,
head hanging. painting, exhausted. while
the train rushed by.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
CELLULOID COMB ABLAZE.
Serious Accident to Miss BERTHE Viii
son, in Kentucky.

Vanceburg, Ky. Dec Miss BERTHE
Wilson, OF South Manchester, this
county, 16 years of age. cousin of Hon.
r. D. Wilson, of this city, met with
novel and fearful accident yesterday
afternoon.
She was sitting IN front of a coal
stove writing, her head bent low, when
quick as a lightning flash. her celluloid
comb caught fire. The blaze at once
cnveIoped her head. She ran scream
ing into the dining room. Her father
happened to be in and, keeping his
presence of mind, seized q bucket of
water and poured it over the girls
head.
The flames were stopped. but not be
fore all her hair was burned off ard a
large section of the scalp injured. Her
clothing also ignited and her arms,
back and shoulders were badly burned.