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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
HGNGNT INVENTIONS.

~ recently designed door lock the
,cy fits into the end of the doorknob
and there is no other keyhole.
A newly-patented penholder consists
Of small cap to slip over the end of
The forefnger, in the end of which
lie pen is fastened for use.
Te,keep the baby cool while riding in
ais coach i fan Is fastened to an upright
,od, which il geafed to the wheel below.
ID turn as the coach moves. 80 81 S
| ExtepsiAs sssee sds NJ Wing machines
are composed 81 fat piece Of metal
Is 81 1 wood, sslSL le. edges turned Under
the drop leaf, on which it slides.
For the prevention of dust on car WIN
dows v-shaped trough is placed up
tight in front of each window to catch
the dust and cinders, the opening be-
Ing toward the engine.
A neat thread-cutter for sewing ma
chimes that is always in it's place con-
sists of very small pair of scissors fas-
,ened to the push plate in the proper
position to cut both threads at once.
The newest design in paddle-wheels
for steamers can be fully submerged in
the water. as the blades are turned with
the fat side to the boat as they rise
and with the edge to the boat as they
| descend.
A new car seat which can be used as
berth has the back of each seat in
two sections, pivoted at the top and
swinging upward to form the upper
berth, the seat opening out below to
form the lower berth.
A fifth wheel for wagons which will
not run dry has its under section hol-
lowed out to hold the oil. the upper Sec
ton resting in it, and both being curved
on line with the center of the king
bolt.
Globular matches for use in an auto
matte cigaf-lighter are little balls of sui
phur and phosphorus, the lighter seiz-
ing one and igniting it when lever
Is pressed, an ejector removing the
waste portion after use.
A Russian has invented a riyet feeding
and driving machine. which is composed
of reservoir for the rivets. a feed chute
Ind plunger, run by power and con-
trolled by foot lever, to drive the tacks
or rivets and fasten them.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
The Famine in Indin.

Among the greatest sufferers from
the Indian famine are the jewelers. in
Delhi, whose business is ruined, as hard
y any marriages take place and every
oody wants to see ornaments instead
" buvinO
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Examination For School Director.

Albany, May 25.-On June IL the ciyi!
service Commission will hold an exami-
nation in this city for the position of
director Of schools in the Elmira State
Reformatory. The position pays be-
tween s., 200 and $500 per annum.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

An Unscientific Measure-Locat-
ing the Earthquake Observa-
to1es-The Rubber Plants-Ad-
hesion of Unsoftened Metals
Fever In PlanIs-Relative Econ
omy of Paving Materials-Peat-
q Coke : Breaking UP Violent
Storms.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28

means in the way of tightening
and labor only nurses can ade-
: realize. When not required for
ON purposes the bed makes an
able bed or lounge, as may be re-
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western quiet and
steady; city mills patents, $4.95@5. 80,
winter patents. s4.65Q4.95; city mills
clears. $4.75@490; winter straights,
t430Q4.40.
WHEAT-No. . red opened steady on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
A Weekly Price List of Article
Of Commerce, Revised and Cor
rected Just Before Going
to Press.
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE

Corrected for the CITIZEN every weel
by Mr.. w. H. Kline, No. 81 N. Marke
street.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28

Peat has been experimentally con-
verted into coke by placing in an ashes
tos-line retort with an electrically
heated spiral of wire. The process re.
qnlres but q few minutes, and the pro-
but three per cent.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
State Banks.

Jefferson City, Mo Jan. 27.-Sec
retary of State Lesueur. who has
charge of the State banks and bank
examinations. made his report to the
Legislature this afternoon. L elbows
that there are 4S4 State banks, 90
private banks and 6 trust companies
subject to State inspection. He
recommends that the directors of
State banks be required to meet a.
Least once each mouth: that borrow
ing money without the knowledge
OF the directors be not allowed; that
the statements Of banas be made are
comprehensive. He says it is impos
sible under the present Law to give a
complete and honest report.
CAGEoRIA.
s:-.!s {. -
Eg.4.--s/ (NN7- s-s:7
{. $1tZX -[<<E<Z T:ss7s..
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

There is more Ca;arrh in this s..,.
OF the country than all other d;se,s.
together, and until the last taw -
was supposed 10 be incnrable. F..
great manv years doctors pronon,e.
a local disease, and prescribed loe,,
edies, and by constantly failing IA
with local treatment, pronouneea, ~.
curable. Science has proven cs..r,,
be constitutional disease, and .h.
fore, requiies constitutional trea,m.s
Halls Catatrh ''ure, manufactured
F ! Cheney X Co, Toledo, Oh;o
the only con -tit"tional cure on the ~.
ket. II is taken internally in aa...
from 10 drops 10 q teaspoontul. r,s =.
directly or The blood aud mucuos
faces of the system They offer one -,
lars tor any case it fails to cure, So,
tor circulars and Testimonials. 4 s3,.
FL CHENEY & Co, Tolea, 4
tH Sold by druggists, -sc
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
IngersOit Quits Law.

From the New York Evening journal
Robert G. Iugersoll has given up
the practice of law. Hereafter be
will devote his time entirely to the
lecture platform. He will deliver his
tirst lecture under the new plan in
Boston Sunday evening.
Colonel Ingersoll's law Offices ut
SO William street were vacated on
January 10. His name, however, has
not yet been removed from the Of
fee directory there.
Old clients and friends, who have
not learned of his change of plans,
have tried to find him at the William
street building in vain.
"He's gone, and he'll not be back, >
is the answer inquirers have received
from the man in charge there.
The noted iDfdel's law pratice
was an extremely profitable one,
gaug@d even by the most advanced
New York City standards.
It was said to yield him more than
100000 year.
Bat Colonel Ingersoll's greatest
reputation has been gained as g
lecturer He at one time PLAYED a
promiuent part in the national poll.
ties He was defeated for Congress
in 1860
after the war in which he rose to
the rank of colonel, he was attorney
general of Illinois under Governor
Dick Oglesby.
He placed the late j. G. Blaine in
nomination at the national conveu.
won in Cincinnati in 1876, when be
gave him the title Of the "PIumed
knight
His career on the lecture platform
began in 1880
Colonel Ingersoil was born in this
State in 1888. His father was &
Congregational minister.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
The Oldest Mason -

New York, Jan. 27.-Cyrus Gran.
dali, who is said to have been the
oldest Free Mason in the United
States, died on Monday nigh. in Jer.
sey City Mr. Craudall was 90 years
old, and he took his first degree III
Masonry when be was 20 years old
He started the first meat packing
establ,shm-nt in Chicago. Later be
returned East and established a
packing and shipping business, de
v-loping an extensive business 9Th
the West Indies Ha retired from
business fifteen years ago with q
large fortune.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
IL Was AN Expensive Wreck

Camden, n. J Jan 27.-Yhe rail
road accident which occurred on the
Atlantic City meadows last summer,
when Philadelphia aud Reading
flyer ran into West jersey tram
and resulted in the killing of forty
four people and the ipiuring of
about 100 more, has proven a very
costly one to the railroads. Since
the accident the companies have
been settling the claims for damages
outside Of courts 1t is estimated
that thus far they have paid out in
damages a sum amounting to nearly
Sl,000,0o0 One of the latest claims
to be settled is that of Mrs. Samuel
Mlta. She brought suit for SEQ 0OC
damages. for the death of her hus
band and one daughter, and the in
juriug of herself and a son. TIE
company, it is said, has given he,
$50 600 in settlement.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
NO GENERAL LEGISLATION.
Extra Session Will Pass Only Revenue Bill.
SO SAYS Chairman Dingley.

Extra Session Will Pass Only Revenue Bill.
SO Says Chairman Dingley.
Washington, d g., Jan 2S-
Chairman Dlngley of the Ways a. d
Means Committee has set Congress
buzz,ug by his latest statement. He
said to day:
"There will be no general l4gisla
tion during the extra session of
Congress President Mckinley will
Call Congress in extraordinary ses
sion for the specific purpose of pass
ing a revenue Dill. When we meet
in March the bill will be ready to
present to the House and it will be
passed within thirty days, and sent
to the Senate. Nothing else will be
done by the House. We will adjourn
from day to day. or take three day
adjournments, according to the pro-
visions of the Constitution.
"The eyes of the country will be
on the Senate alone The House will
not consider pension bills nor enter
into any general legislation. We will
simply remain nominally in session
until the Senate reaches a conclusion
on the revenue bill, and then the
measure will go into conference,
where it will be perfected to suit
both houses / do not believe that
the Senate will force a long session
when nothing is under consideration
except the tariff bill "
Members who have been expect.
ing to get Legislation through in
extra session when nothing under
consideration except the tariff bill
are inclined to wax indignant. But
what MIR. Dingley says is backed by
the Speaker, aud he holds the whip.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

Wednesday WAS 1929 920,3 ,399, and of
this amount no less than Sl43, ,SSa,-
$50 was IN free gold availah for
| current expenses or TO act as re
serve to red-em Outstanding paper
money.
This leaves in the Treasury as a
fcnd tn b. us Il for ordinary pur-
poses onl, SS6,03l 0l9 This is fa,
! from beng an euurm"us SUN when
| the extensive OPERATIONS OF the Gov
ernment are taken into COT sidera,ion.
Th- Treasury is running behind
still, aud with oils three days 10
hear from III the first moth of th,
Year the excess ni Expenditures over
receipts l. 81, ,293, SIC. and the deficit
for the fiscal year thus far, a period
of nearly seven months, is over
S45, 100000.
II the gold in the Treasury i not
To- b. paid out for ordi"ary expenses,
there ls available Si2,84O SU6 IL rli-
Yer, not covered by c-rtitirat-s !;
Si9,516.S2O IN green back; S35 5S2,-
SIS In Treasury notes, and SIT ,339,-
9J5 III natIouaI bank notes aud ffac-
tional silver deposits III national
bank funds. outstanding checks ond
drails, disbuis,ns officers' balances,
Post ofice accounts aud other nis,
cel!aue 'us items.
1t will thus be seen that, althous h
the TIeisu Is IN the possession OF
the large nominal cash balance OF
S23O,O00 900 III round numbers, II
has only S5,00O,O00 with which to
conduct ordinary transactions, and
if the deposits Of gold should con-
tlnue this sum wsnld be still further
reduced.
Since the November election the
gold reserve hae, without any bond
sales or other unusual assistance.
grad mounted up to the high
water mark for this administration
NO GFNFRAl LEGISLATION.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Democratic Leader Of Tariff COMMITTEE
Washington Post

Democratic Leader Of Tariff Committee
Washington Post
Benton McMillin, of Tennessee,
takes the head of the Democratic
membership, now that the much
loved Crisp has passed away Nc
Millin is the best questioner on the
committee. He knows the tariff like
a book. Reed does not like him,
but was compelled to put him on
the committee, else there would
have been a chorus of objection from
the Democratic side McM.llin,
therefore injects into the record the
points that are to be made out of
the witnesses to the credit of the
Democratic party. Parenthetically.
they are not many
McMillin's locks are growing
sparse. but he is young in spirit.
Many years ago he was supposed to
be doomed to an early grave, but by
a strict regime of diet and exercise
brought himself to state of health
which defies all ordinary exertion
aud knows not fatigue Ia the prep
aration OF the Wilson bill he turned
night into day and day into night.
and suffered not. He has a grast
capacity for detail and a remarkably
reteut've memory. He can quote
pages of Pollok's Course of Time
or any other book that he has read,
and side by side with tariff figures
IN his brain are verses of poetry.
Beth are On tap. The tariff figures
are for the busy day. but the poetry
is for the leisurely night, when, in
the midst of copgeniaI company,
! MIR. McAillin Is an entertainer and
elocutionist OF no small degree.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Jail Prisoners Sentenced tO Dor

Section 1864 The county courts
in this State Missouri are hereby
authorized and empowered to cause
al persons who have been cnnvictel
AID sentenced by a court of compe
tent jurisdiction for crime, the pun
ishnent of which is defined by law
TO be fine. or by imprisonment in
the county jill for any length OF
time. nr by both such tiues and i'm
prisonmeut until such fiue be paid,
to be put TO work and perform labor
on the public roads and highways,
'urnpikes or other public works or
buildings of said county, or of any
town or city therein, for such pur
poses as tn-y may deem necessary
And the county courts are aurtbor
'zed. in their discretion, to procure
u lot of ground by purchase or rent
'ng st such place an! of such size a.
they NAV select, and may authoriz-
the sheriff or marshal to buy perch
rock to be delivered on said lot: aud
the sheriff or marshal shall have
power aud is hereby required, to
have or cause all such prisoners as
nay be directed by the county coun
" court to work the full number OF
lays, for which they may have been
sentenced, Il. breaking rock or work
ing upon such public roads and
mig ways. turnplkes, or other public
works or buildings as may have been
designated. Aud if The punishment
is by fne, and the fine be not paid.
then for every dollar of said indg
ment the prisoner shall work one
day. And it shall oe deemed part
of the judgement and sentence of
the court tha. such prisoner may b.
worked as herein provided.-Laws
1888. p. 50, amended
If the bill creating the HIGHWAYS
Commission becomes a law at this
session of the Legislature. the above
Statute can be enforce to good I'D
vantage We desire to ask why they
are not operative now'-The States
Duty.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Work of th. Plague

Boston, Mass, January 26.-Miss
Abbia Child. Sec'y. of the Woman g
, Board of Missions, has ust received
the following letter from the wife of
Rev. f S. Hume of Bombay:
This terrible bubouic plague is
working fearful havoc in nearly all
branches of the native community
Some 100000 persons have left
town The Baroda Railway alone
has put on six extra trains a day to
provide accommodations for those
leaving by their line. La the rail
way station here at Byculia there sit
hundreds waiting for an opportunity
to leave by the great Indian PENN
-uIa trains.
1.-The people are dszed and terri
ded. In the Hindoo burying grounds
down on the Q u-en's road DR. Jeddn,
the assistant coroner, says that the
papers give not fractional part of
the facts as to the plague; that in
one burying ground the day before
there had been 13O bodies brought
and they could not dispose OF them
fast enough. In the Mohammedan
burying grounds they are laying
four aud five bodies in a grave. And
yet with all of this about US, not q
native Christian has had an attack.
Eight Europeans, if not more, have
died If it. At first it was thought
that about 80 per cent recovered,
but later facts from various sources
prove the fatality to be even great
er"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
THE HOUSE,
Resolution Passed Asking the Recognition
of Cuba.

of Cuba.
Jtfferson City, No, Jan. 27.-A
very important resolution was adopt
ed in the House this morning: it is
the joint and concurren. resolution
asking the recognition of Cuban
Independence.
Tue bill prohibiting the shipping
of game outside of the State. which
was sent TO engrossment yesterday,
WAS reconsidered on motion of Rep
re-euta,ive Regan of ST. Louis and
was lard over until to morrow. Mr..
Regain made the point that the eff ct
of such law would be TO 10 make
ST Louis a dumping ground for all
the game shipped IN flom other
States It would make it impossible
for the game dealers in the city to
compete with dealers outside Of the
State.
The resolution of Representative
Aydelotte declaring that the sense
of the House is that the State cease
supporting the Normal schools was
again discussed at length. It was
tinal', referred to the Committee Oh
E lucatIou.
Representative Ehrman of ST.
L 'uis introduced bill to appropri
ate 5000 for a statue of Senator
Thomas Hart Benton in Bellefon
taine Cemetery in st Louis
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
RAILROAD FATE BILLS ENDORSED.
Favorable Report BY The Committee in
Charge. Farris' Liberal Speech
Railroad Interests Strongly Repre-
sentedbut the Committee Voted

sented.but the Committee Voted
Relief for the Farmers.
Jefferson CITY. Mo, Jau. 2S.-The
House Committee Oh Int-rual I'm.
provements decided late last night
to make favorable report on the
Farris Avery bills providing for a
reduction of freight and passenger
charges on all railroads in the State
The committee heard arguments
on the question at a session held il,
he hall of the House of R-presen
tatives last night The session wa-
prolonged until nearly midnight, aud
numerous speeches were made. That
the railroad managers are emphatic
il their opposition to the billie to re
duce the rates is clearly denmstrat
ed by the fact that a delegation of
prominent railway men APPEARED be-
before tue committee last night t.
plead their cause. The deleg alton
consisted of Howard Elliott, General
Manager of the Burlington lines it.
Missouri; p S Eust.e, General Pas
s-uger Agent of tte Burlin . ton.
system, with headquarters in Chi
cago; Fl G. Townsend. General Pas
-enger Agent of th- Missouri Pacific,
George Charlton, Genera Passenger
Agent Of the Chicago & Alton;L "
Wakely, General Passenger Agent of
the Burlington lines in Missouri, and
Col. John Il Carroll of the Burl,sg.
Ton legal department. In addition
TO this delee alton, Col W H Phelps
waa there also.
The fact that such prominent rail
way men as the foregoing list took
he trouble to come to the State
capital to lobby against the passage
If the reduction bill shows beyond
any doubt that the railroad people
are uneasy.
1t is now foregone conclusion
that strong effort will be made to
bring about the defeat of the bills
The attitude of the House appear 8
to be IN favor of passing the reduc
ion measures, and it is believed that
they will go through the House.
The principal argument used against
the reduction of charges is that it
will result in cut of wages for the
employees Of the roads.
The bills discussed before the
committee last night were drawn by
Speaker Farris. He having been
CHOSEN speaker, the bills were given
to Representative Avery for intro
duction. The proceedings in the
committee meeting last night were
commenced by Speaker Farria, who
made clear cut and forcible speech
in support of the bills.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
elocutionist OF no small degree

Unlike most proprietary medicines
the formuzI Of DR.. J c Ayers Sar
saparilia AID other preparations are
ceeerfnilv sent to any physician who
applies for them. Hence the special
E4Tor accorded these well known
standard remedies bv the World
Fair commissioners.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

bright disease - more dreaded hy f-.yss-
clans than any Of the serious disorders with IN,
and malignant character. If prompt arr5op
y SFe taken y HhS2 Geadackas- urinary disorders
and digestive troubles first appear plrle1, sr,fFar-
llS and saTcoF would be 2yertei- Pr.cklv Ash
AitltsTS VIII quickly stop the spread Of the dis
ease. QUEet the inflammation. heal the kidneys
and ota3igr. siren -then sId regulate the. liver
and QEeve ps9.sons and impurities out CE the svs-
tenn by cleansing the bowels Sold tYv Ms.t-5er4-
eli i CO,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
MORE GOLD, LESS MONEY.
W
That is,N eessIor Ordinary Expenses. The
Deficit G0Fsinuss to- Grow While the
Gold in the Vaults kGjles up.

Washington Jan 2s1 just a. the
present time ss4se treasury CT the
Unisedh States is enjoying the novel
experience OF being in possession Of
more gold than it knows what to do
withs
,uhe total cash balance in the
Treasury at the close OF business
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-11

The report of the committee of the
council which was instructed by the last
legislature to make inquiry as to the
needs of the State college and the obliga-
lions of the State to the institution Was
treated with scant courtesy in the debate
1.-The House on Tuesday. One speaker
declared in effect that its allegations
were not true. but failed to point out
wherein the errors consisted. Thefe
was little attempt made to answer it OF to
oonfuts its arguments and conclusions.
The general method by which the bill
was pushed was to shout that a refusal
of the Legislature to make large nppro-
priation for the college would be blow
to edunRtion,' and to Undue the farm
ersIwith the idea that an institution
specially for their benefit was teihz dis
eliminated against by the opposition to
the appropriation. The bill as passed by
the Houss if it becomes law binds the
for ten years to come $4,000 year, and
constitutes a contract which mo subse-
quent legislature in that time can break
or alter. 1t would seem to. be very bad
policy, to thus bind future legislatures,
even If it can be legally done. If one
legislature can make appropriations for
the State college beyond the period of it's
existence it can do the same for other
institutions and objects; and thus
practically dictate the expenditures Of
the State for an indefinite period.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-11

The story that Congress is to attempt
to make the new tariff bill take effect
from the date of its introduction instead
of that of It's passage, In order to prevent
importers stocking IMPENDING an increase
of duties, is mnnifestly absurd. Such an
act would constitute the supersedure of
existing law by an act before 1t became
law, and would be clearly unconstitu-
tionaI. The stocking up OF importers and
manufacturers undoubtedly works hard
ship to many producers since it practical
ly destroys the sale of their products for
long time, and postpones the beneficial
action of the proposed protective duties.
But it is hardship which there appears
to be no rem edy for.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-11

Protest against the "new Journalism
as exe,nplified by the New York World
and Journal, has taken. the form of bill
to eppoint press censors in every county
of that state whose duty it shall be to ex-
anime all matter before it 10 published
and eliminate such as seems to them i'm
proper; and to make.it aEpenal offence to
publish matter that they have oon-
dsmned. OF course no such bill as that
could have any chance of passage. 1t
would be remedy far worse than the
disease it is intended to cure, but it Is a
good indication of the feeling that the
new Journalism" which consists large
Iy OF falsehoods and sensations, is arous-
ing in the community.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-11

Bran was convicted by jury ufter a
careful trial in which he had the benefit
of able counsel who conducted his de-
fence with. zeal and skill. His convic-
tion was subsequently, le7iewcd by two
of the ablest and most experienced jurists
Of the United States court who over
ruled the exceptions and declared that in
their opiuion the verdict was right.
Public opinion, tco, whioh ct first was
inclined to doubt tbs justice of the YER
dict, has through fuller knowledge of the
evidence in the case, generally come
around to the opinion OF tie jury and the
judges