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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

This statement includes all bills that have
t neen contracted for during the year 1895 with
the e ception OF about seventy-five dollars that
nau not been presented to the Board. The
above statement also includes ali indebtedness
against the asylum to January |, 1897.
Expenses of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS O59 "a
Average number of Prisoners 10 l.6
Cost per meal, cents.
Number of meals served l6. Cos
Average number of inmates Monte
vue 26S.30-00.
Total number of meals served 325,474
Average number of boarders, 81 5l.OO
cash received from Same...,,.,,,,. 1880 q
Amount due and uncollec ed...... 1888 "a
NoTE.-Out of the regular fund appropriated
by the County Commissioners to the Commits.
sloners of Charities and Corrections for the wear
1895, the Board of Charities and Corrections
have appropriated S2,427 so toward the build.
ing for the coored inmates and have also
balance on hand of .$2,375.48. Which will en-
able the County Commissioners to reduce the
appropriation for MOntevue at least 5000 90
for the present year.
G. G. MAUGHT,
A. L. BorELER, President.
Treasurer. feb5.3t
For detailed statement see reports filed In
Commissioners office.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

pc cted newcomer.
If she will see that
the organs which
m a Ike motherhood
possible are healthy
and vigorous. and
will keep them so
during the period
preceding matern.
itv. she NAV be sure
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
Choice Salad.

Slice some cold new potatoes the
thickness of penny piece, and mix
them with quartered hard-boiled eggs
and sliced beetroot. Have ready u
dressing of one part tarragon vinegar
to two or three of salad oil, salt and
pepper; sprinkle the salad first with
flnely-chopped chives, parsley and
chervil, then add the dressing. and toss
all over and over lightly and lightly
careful to break the potato as little
as possible) till every morsel is satu-
rated with the mixture, and serve in
towl.-N. Y. Ledger.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
SHOE HOUSE.
FREDERICK, MD.
mo GOODS M1SREPRESENTED, !"
No. Is N. MARKET STREET.
No. Is N. MARKET STREET.
TO THE LADIES.

Now That winter is passed with all It's snow
and chilly blast, we begin to think of those hot
summer months which are sure to follow;
cut shoes we have been wearing to keep us
warm and think how we can keep ourselves
cool. Now If you want TO keep cool, which
those easy and "perfect flt" Oxford Ties that
we are offering at such low figures this season,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

Cutting up pranks with
baby is great fun for a young
mother. But before she can
cut pranks with the baby
she must have a healthy
baby. A puny, sickly. peev
ish baby has no use for
pranks. 1t lies in every
young mothers power to
insure the health of the ex-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
J. & r. COUSINS

handmade Oxfords which sell by their reputa-
ton. you will find after wearing to be the best
Oxford you ever had on your foOf, they are per-
feet beauties ON the feet and as soft as glove
II you are troubled with those uncomfortable
hts, which you are always complaining of slip
ping in the heel, or too tight here or there, try
pair of these which we recommend SO highly,
we guarantee satisfaction. Now we can give
you these styles in any color, Tans or Blacks
for Women. Misses and Children.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
5 s4,774 Is

lex, That we have examined the books and
accounts Of Lewis M. Nixdorff, Register and
Collector, for the year ending with January
3lst, 1897, and find the same correct with prop
er vouchers exhibited for all disbursements.
Passed February 3D., 1897
feb. 5-St. G. w. TYSON, P. b. A.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
OXFORD TIES.

Why we have them In every style that you
can think OF, square, opera, piccadilly, square
point, globe and that common sense toe, which
is SO easy and comfortable to those who suffer
with corns and buniOns.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
SINKING F1INn AncnI1n

Temporary Floating Debt. .............
Total Amount of City's Bonded In
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

The ancient monarchs of India
we're called Palibothri, from thu name
Of their capital city.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
SHOES FOR MEN.


Gentlemen, when you think of purchasing
for yourself pair of those fashionable Tan
shoes which are all the go this season, why
give us call and you will find the largest
stock to select from in the "city." Styles, we
will give you an idea; there is the needle, pic
cadilly, opera, razor toes and many Others In
all colors OF Tan you can possibly think OF.
HATS.
tbs time TO lay aside that heavy felt or WOODEN
hat you have been bearing all winter and think
of getting yourself or child a stylish straw
hat. We have just received a large invoice Of
Hats for Men, Boys and Children; the STYLES are
very pretty this season. We can give YOU the
broad brim sailor for the three year old to the
man Of three score and ten, so nobody is over
looked.
SHOES.
We can't forget the children This summer
they are the best that have ever been on the
market; there is larger variety to- select from.
both In tan and black. Don't forget the "Ol3
Carlisle Shoe"
We also carry a very large assortment OF
Trunks, Satchels, Telescopes. Valises and
Umbrellas and most everything you can find
In firstclass shoe establishment.
GEO. A. GILBERT,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
ANNUAL STATEMENT
or THE
Receipts and Expenditures

OF FREDERICK CITY,
By LEWIS NJ. NIXDORFF, Register and
Collector, from January 3lst, 1896, to
January 3lst, 1897, as required by
Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed jan
uary, 1872.
RECEIPTS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

Invested as Follows:
Frederick Coupon Bonds. .........,
Premiums Paid on same.
Balance on Deposit at 81 per cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

can now offer houseful Of the latest i'm.
portations of China, consisting of Dinner, Tea
and Toilet Sets, in all the various grades Of
English and French China.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.
Amount of same as per report Jany
81, ...... 80. 3O,2l3 l6
interest Collected :..........."....... 325 on
coupons Collected; ;.... ......-....-...: S36 90
Additional for 1895, as reported
above MINIMUM. ..............- 300 IS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
STATEMENTS. ETC.
TREASURER'S REPORT
OR THE
Commissioners Of Charities & Correction

OF FREDERICK COUNTY,
From January l, 1896, to January l, 1897.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

dec. IS.tf. '96.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
Mercantile Tax Bill Vetoed.

The governors disapproval OF the Dill
surreptitiously pushed through the
legislature largely increasing the state
license tax upon merchants is not un-
expected The only considerable argu-
ment made for it was that 1t was an
emergency measure calculated to save
the commonwealth from deficit. The
governors resolute course in wedding
out of the appropriation bills eXtrav-
agant and indefensible items of eX-
pense has gone far to remove the
danger of a deficit; and the natural and
widespread opposition of the threaten
ed interests, which have with justice
pointed to the fact that the recent
depression in business called rather
for decreased than increased taxation,
suficed to decide the matter.
With the executive desk thus cleared
of it's burden of unscrutinized bills, it
becomes possible to estimate the la
bors of the legislative session of 1897
with some approximation to justice;
and about the only reassuring fact to
be noted in the review is the enactment
of a modernized libel law. OF the other
promising measures which attracted
attention during the early hours of the
session the majority fell by the wayside
ere the legislature adjourned or We're
so modified through amendment as to
lose their principal value. The reform
programme hattened out completely;
the scandals implied if not revealed
leave a legacy of mischief to the party,
and in the entire dreary retrospect the
one redeeming feature is the governor
stand for decency and fairness as ex-
hibited in his vetoes.
There is consolation, however, in
the fact that the people of Pennsyl-
vania have now an incentive to improve
the quality of their next lawmaking
assembly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
The Father of the Trolley Car.

This week at Greenacre. Me-. the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers has been In session, for a
purpose which Is of general interest,
and nowhere more interesting than in
Scranton. On July 26, 1S47, in Dover
N, H., the first electric passenger car
was first publicly exhibited by its in
ventor and builder, Moses c.. Farmer
out of his ingenuity as an inventor
Mr. Farmer eventually acquired some
wealth, and after his death at Green
acre, his daughter, Miss Sarah j. Far
;ner established in memory OF him a
summer school where representative
men and women in the spheres Of
literature, science, art and religion
throughout the world congregate for
mutual instruction and Improvement
each year. At Greenaere, therefore.
the electrical engineers decided to meet
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
HAS GROWN STRONGER.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
President Mckinley has grown stronger
instead of weaker with his party in con-
gress. He is more and more clearly rec
ognized as the party leader, and now that
his leadership is getting the prestige of
success in administration and legislation,
it will be constantly easier, rather than
harder, for him to maintain 1t. There is
no longer any INSTRUMENTATION faction
among the Republicans of congress, or IL
there is, II does not show itself. BY tact
and courage President Mckinley has
managed to win the regard, or at least
the respect, of all the Republican ele-
ments. He has been Independent in many
ways and many things, insisting upon
having the best men he could get for ap-
pointments, appointing personal friends
and Mugwumps and Democrats, uphold
ing the civil service law and refusing TO
repeal President Cleveland's extensions
of the classified service, yet he has con-
suited all the party leaders and bosses
righteousness, even in the shape of the
most brutal spokesman, He has done
what no other president has done in the
first few months of his administration I'm
harmonizing his party and making friends
rather than enemies even while he was
working out the many dsappointments
to individuals which are inevitable.
President Mckinley, without sacrificing
| consciously his public or his private prn-
| cples, has accomplished more politically
than any of his predecessors in the same
| time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
The Benham Verdict.

Those who have followed the pro-
gress of the Renham murder trial will
he entirely satisfied with the jury's
verdict of murder in the first degree
and will wonder why it took the twelve
jurors twenty-four hours to agree upon
a finding whose justice should have
been clear the moment the jury retired
For Benham it is impossible to feel
the slightest sympathy. His worst
crime was not the ending of his wife's
life by the administration of poison.
Perhaps that in effect if not in intent
was an act of mercy. The mans mean
est crime was the long continued abuse
of the woman whom he had sworn to
cherish and protect; his calculated in
fidelties that fed the cruelty with
which he treated her and finally in
spired the eliminating sin of murder.
For this slow torture the law provides
no punishment and had Benham re-
Trained from the last act in the do
mestic tragedy it is possible that time
and his continued abuse would have
wrought the release which in his i'm
leaving him free to wed his paramour,
gain control of her wealth and by
means of it command the homage of the
community now ready to applaud his
execution in the electric chair.
There are Bcnhams in every COM
munity who, though they may not reach
his level as a convict condemned to
death. are morally his equals in guilt
1t is not clear that the law can reach
offenders of this class, prior to their
fulhlment of their criminal destiny by
the commission of an overt crime. The
nearest approach to justice yet meted
out TO them is administered in those
communities which retain the whipping
post for wife-beaters. But it is not the
physical blow which creates the deep
est pain, and the faithless husband
who stabs and murders by unkind
speech and ccntemptuous action can
continue on his fiendish way unchal-
lenged and immune so long as he re-
spects the inhbitions of the statutory
law. This is apparently the gap which
law-made justice cannot bridge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
THE MUGwUMPs PRAISE.

From the New York Evening Post.
President Mckinley deserves and will
receive the heartiest praise of good citi-
zens, without distinction of party, for
the amendments to the civil service rules
which he made before starting on his va
cation. 1t is not too much to say that,
under all the circumstances, they consti-
tute the greatest victory for the reform
since the passage of the original law on
the subject early in 1883. The spoilsmen
themselves will he the first to see that this
action by the president sounds the death
knell of the hopes which they have a.
ways cherished that the merit system
might be overthrown. 1t Is impos-
sible to praise the president too highly
for his action in this matter. lie has not
only successfully resisted tremendous
pressure" TO take a long step backwards,
but he has advanced further than the
most sanguine reformer dared to expect.
The executive orders Of July 2s, 1897, as
sure the stability of the merit system be-
yond possibility of further dispute, and
will reflect enduringt credit upon the
president who has thus rendered a public
service of signal advantage TO the nation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31

for the week begun on Monday so as
fittingly to commemorate the semi
centennial of electric transit and to
honor the memory of the man VINO
made such transit possible.
The career of Moses G. Farmer is
peculiarly interesting. A New Hamp-
shire boy, the son of well-to-do
Boscawan farmer and lumber merch-
ant, his first impulse while of school
going age was toward music. At
twenty while studying at yarmouth,
he taught music, but an attack of
slight remembrance of a single tune,
a condition thereafter permanent. out
of school, he married and located as
teacher at Dover N. H., but an Unborn
knack for inventing things now dis
played itself in a novel type of window
shade, which he started to manufact-
ure and which yielded an encouraging
profit. 1t was in 1916, while on train
for Boston, that he first saw book on
telegraphy and became interested In
electricity. Instantly the thought
came to him that If electricity could
send a message over miles of wire 1t
ought to be made to propel a vehicle.
Very soon he was at work on the prob
lem, and in n year had car track
built and train of two cars running
one a trailer and the other containing
the motor and battery. Despite the
novelty of the idea, this invention at
tracted little attention at the time, and
arterward lay dormant for several
years. In fact Mr.. Farmer personally
never derived benefit from it,
Afterward he invented an electrical
striking device for a fire alarm service
which is the basis of the present fire
alarm systems: later he developed and
brought to higher degree of efficiency
the business of electrotyping; and
shortly before his death in 1898 he eX-
hibited at the Worlds fair a system of
printing telegraphy of which large re-
suits are yet expected. In 1852 he in
vented an electric cooking stove which
afterward served all the purposes of a
cooking stove in his households; and
as early as 1859 he had rigged up a
plant that lighted his house by means
of incandescent lamps. Such a record
in the line of achievement in applied
electricity clearly entities Mr. Farmer
to recognition as a pioneer in this field
| of inquiry, and in deciding to meet
near the scene of his interesting labors
fifty years after the achievement OF
what significantly if not commercially
was his greatest work, the electrica
engineers of America have paid a fit
ting tribute to his memory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31

currency is no worse, but rather better,
because of the suspension of compulsory
purchases of silver, than II was during
the last EZRA of prosperity" The thiig
now TO do is to go to work with confd-
ence in the future, for the conditions
are all favorable to a PROMPT revival.
Stocks were greatly reduced during the
depression, but are now on the rise; the
crops are good and high prices are being
obtained for wheat. With the farmers
well paid for tteir toll there will be a
good home market secured to American
manufactures by tariff that is distinctly
protective in its rate OF duties.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
SCRANTON, JULY 81, 1897.
That was an interesting case tri'

That was an interesting case tried
before Mayor Bailey on Thursday
morning when George Carroll, for
striking a man on the head with
heavy instrument, presumably sand
bag, was fined SO and released. The as
sault was committed on Lackawanna
avenue, in the very heart of the busi-
ness portion of the city. If 1T costs
but SO to sand bag a man in the chief
business thoroughfare of the city of
Scranton. what would it cost to get a
permanent license to steal?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
A MAN OF HIS WORD.
From the Philadelphia Ledger,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
That which will appear as the most
striking, and as probably the most graft
flying, characteristic o. this administra.
ton Is the consistency of the president;
official acts with his previous declarations
of principles and policies. From the time
that Mr. Mckinley accepted the nomlna'
tion Of his party he has stood resolutely
upon the Republican platform. In respect
of the tariff, of the currency and of civi
service reform his position has been stead
fast, public spirited and sagacious.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
ne problem of LawIessness.

Commenting upon the growing fire.
quency OF highway robberies and stab
bing affrays reported from mining
towns of this region, as an example of
which it cites Duryea, the Wilkes
Barre Record suggests as one neces-
sary step in the direction of checking
this expensive and disgraceful tend
ency toward lawlessness that the courts
stop licensing so many saloons in these
towns. 1t says:
Those who have taken note of the tor
rent of crime committed in these Hun
garan, Polish and Italian settlements
have not failed to notice that nearly all
of them nave their origin in saloons. First
comes excessive drinking, then quarrols,
followed by brutal fights, and finally end
ing i'm murder The licenses of such places
should be promptly revoked, as they are
in Philadelphia our present license law
is in large measure responsible for the
species of crime that afflicts this county,
and is becoming such frightfu! burden
upon the taxpayers. Mere drinking dens
should not be licensed at ALL Retail
dealers should not be permitted to sell
liquor to be carried away from the prem
iseS, and wholesale dealers and brewers
should be restricted in their sales 90 reg
ularly licensed retailers. Under such a
system the drunken rows. fights and MUIR
ders would speedily diminish in counties
like Luzerne.
Our contemporaries suggestion is
good so far as feasible; but it overlooks
the fact that under present conditions
for the courts to shut down in the mat
ter of licenses would simply have the
! lnefa 10 h. -.
| easies, and to this extent deprive the
community of revenue. The turbulent
| citizen who makes it q practice every
time he has a months pay in his pocket
to load up with bad liquor and dis
tribute his evil propensities throughout
the neighborhood would just as soon
procure his Srog in a hole-in-the- e-wall
as in a licensed bar room. He never
stops to ask the dealer whether the lat
ter has a license. and it is our impress
sion that the bulk of the mischief con-
cerning which our contemporary is
moved to remark as quoted above has
its origin rather in the unlicensed than
in the licensed places. Nor can the
speak-easy be suppressed by nominal
restriction of the market of the brew
ers. No law can keep the speak-easy
from getting supplies so long as it is
a profitable patron of the breweries
and wholesalers.
Apart from missionary work having
for its purpose the civilization of the
individual law-breaker or his children
the only way to work reform in law
observance in thess parts is to go al
the task Systematically and with de,
termination, all along the line. 81
long as speak-easies are permitted tc
flourish openly alongside licensed sa
looms and their owners honored with
political perferment it will be useless
to expect betterment to follow the re-
stliction of licenses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
SCIENCE LED THE WAY.

From the Washington Post.
The wonderful gold discoveries which
have rendered Uncle Sans" extreme
northern possessions the New Eldorado"
of the present day suggest some interest
ing data of the origin ii incentive which
prompted negotiations for the purchase of
the frozen domain of Alaska. Due credit
should be given to a faithful corps Of
scientists. who braved the rigors OF win
ter ir the silent march of investigation
and exploration in the interest of man
kind. In the interest of science" was
the incidental remark of Robert kenni-
colt, an enthusiastic young naturalist of
Chicago, who had been recommended by
the Smithsonian institution in 1865 to head
an exploring expedition, then being
formed by the Russo-American Telegraph
company, to connect two great cable lines
then in operation in Europe and the
United States.
Previous to this time Mr.. Kennicott
had made journeys to the far north into
| the Yukon Valley, where he saw the yell
| low flood of the great river surging ty
| the most remote outpost of civilization,
and the first specimens of his labors in
| that inhospitable region can be seen to-
| day in the Smithsonian Museum in the
| form of chronological wonders and collec-
| tions gathered from that virgin territory,
l
| effort to buy it from the emperor of Rus
| sia. At the close of, the year 1856 Pro-
| fessor Joseph Henry, secretary of the
| Smithsonian institution, said in his re-
| port: when the question of the acouisi-
| ton of Alaska by the United States came
| under discussion 1t was to the institution
| that reference was chiefly made by the
state department and the senate for in
| formation in regard to the country. Two
| OF our collaborators, then on a visit to
the institution, Henry Bannister, who had
spent a year in Norton Sound, and Mr..
Bishoff, who had passed the same length
of time at Sitka, were called upon to
give evidence before the committee on
foreign relations, and were in effect the
| only persons examined who were ac-
quainted with the region from personal
observations"
For obtaining additional information
relative to the new territory of Alaska,
an expedition was sent out by the treas
ury department in charge of Captain
Howard. of the revenue service, during
the summer of 1867. 1t was accompanied
by a coast survey party, in charge OF
George B. Davidson. w. II. Dali succeed
ed Mr.. Kennicott as chief of the natural
history corps If the Russian telegraph
| expedition, and after the abandonment OF
| that enterprise in consequence OF the
successful laying of the Atlantic ca,.e
continued his explorations along the Yu'
kon river, where so much gold Is now
being found. It can be justly said that
the contributions and efforts of the Smith
sonian institution and the Chicago Acad
emy of Science, with the primary inten
ton of the advancement of science, frs
gave impetus to Mr. Stewards policy Of
| aGl 10 lie