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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

On the seventh day of the month Of
Schawwal, in the year 1854 of the He
gira-which is the Arabian way of
writing Dec. 25, 1S39-the Sultan Of
Oman, whose name was Seyyid Saood,
Bin Sultan Bin Ahmed, addressed a
gracious letter to His Excellency,
Martin Van Buren,, President of the
United States of North America" in
which he informed the President that
he had sent MIN by the royal ship Sui
tanee few triiles as token of friend
ship and good feeling These trifles
consisted of two Arabian horses and
their groom, one bottle of altar of
roses, two pieces of gold, five demi-
johns of rose water, one Persian car
pet. one gold ornament with silk tas-
sci, four camel's hair shawls, one gold
mounted sword, two large pearls, a
string of $50 pearls, one gold plate, one
bottle Of diamonds, one gold snuff box
studded with precious stones, and one
box OF mixed pearls and diamonds.
Under the Constitution the Presi-
dent is prohibited from accepting a
personal gift from any foreign State
or power, and as the Sultan's gifts had
arrived in New York and the COM
mander OF the Sultanee would not
leave the country without presenting
his masters offerings, an embarrass-
ing complication was the outcome.
The matter was finally referred to
Congress, and after three months OF
correspondence, red tape, diplomacy
and legislation the Sultan's Christmas
presents were finally accepted; and
then the President was put to the
trouble of selling the horses, the
shawls, and the rose water, while I'm
Gle Sam was given the further trouble
Of finding a suitable place 10 store the
remaining gifts and was afterward put
to great expense in capturing the THE
who carried off the entire collection in
a bag and was only caught after a Ions
chase.-The Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

She was a very easy going person,
and the repose with which she told the
stcry Was beautiful, aggrlvating, ridic-
ulous.
The man came ard woke me up. 1t
was 2 o'clock, but he said that our
horse had got out of the barn, so we
got up and dressed and went out after
the horse, and we found the horse and
put Elm back in the stable. The next
morning we gave the man half dol
Jar.
And the next night the man came
and woke us up; and it was o'clock
again, Just like the night before. and
the man said our horse had got out Ct
the stable again. SO we got up aEd
dressed and we found the horse and put
hm back in the able. And my hus-
band gave the man SO cents again.
Then the third night the man came
and said that our horse had got out
Ngain. And it was about the same
time. o'clock. But We were very glad
the man came TO tell us. And when we
found the horse again we decided that
We would lock the stable this time so
that the horse couldn't get out, and SO
the man wouldn't have to come and get
us out of bed to go out and get the
horse back into tho stable again.
And we did lock the stable. But the
next night the men came and got US
up and told us the horse had got ont
of the stable again. And we had to
get up just like on the other nights TO
go and get our foIse again. And each
time we gave the man so csnts. But
this time We saw that the stable had
been broken open.
$50 my husband asked our neighhor,
and he said that his horse got out OF
his stable nights, only little earlier
than our horse did, and the same man
Jold him about his horse getting
away. And he paid the man so cents
every time. So my husband decided
that we would watch.
And we did watch that night, but
the horse did not get away. So we
never found out whether the man lei
the horse out to get the so cents OF
not, because the day before the man
had hung himself"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
Few Policemen'a widows Marry.

From an examination of the local
pens on records of Chicago one is fore
ed to believe that policemans widow
thinks $500 a year is better than a
husband, for of tho 200 women on the
pension list only two, during a period
dating back twenty-five years. have
embarked a second time on the sea Of
matrimony. This Is all the more re-
markable because most polcemen's
widows are pretty well fixed" finan-
cially, and are sought by bachelors or
widowers who have an eye to the main
chance. The two above mentioned,
who forfeited their pensions for hus-
bands both married policemen.
The amount of widows pension de-
ponds upon the raT X her husband held
in the department. A patrolman's wild.
ow receives $500 year. one-half his
salary; sergeant'f widow $500 a year.
a lieutenants widow $3.50 a year. and
so on.
Mrs. Weller, widow of Col. Weller,
receives $1,000 year. This is perhaps
the largest pension received by any
widow in Illinois. Next to Mrs. We'll
ter comes the WIDOW Of Inspector
Michael ]. Setback whose annual PEN
sion is Sl,409. TIE oldest pensioner
on the list is Mrs Nellie T. Mackey,
who has been widow nearly twenty
years
Heretofore only the widows OF po-
licemen dying while in office have re-
ceived pensions, hut in future widows
of officers who die after retiring will
benefit also. so It seems from all points
of view pretty desirable thing to be
a policeman's wife or widow, as they
draw good salaries living and good sal
aries dead.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

The attention now paid by Ameri-
cans to the agricultural possibilities
OF Mexico has brought into prominence
many sub-tropical civilizations. Among
these is the culture of the vanilla bean.
The vanilla plant is an orchid. Until
recent years 1t was cultivated only by
the Mexican Indians in the valleys Of
Mazantla and Papantla. The boss
oms at night give out an exquisite
perfume, dropping a honey-like mois-
ture, which is found on the leaves
in the morning. From each of
the blossoms spring small pods,
sometimes twenty or thirty in num-
Der. AS the plant natures many of
these pods drop off, and those remain
ing grow to be long beans, containing
the seeds, and are about the size of
the long yellow banana seen in the
markets.
The vanilla Is strictly a pollen bios
som, and the male and female flowers
grow on different plants. In former
times the Indians gave themselves lit
tie anxiety about pollination, depend
ing on the winds of heaven to inter-
change the pollen and fertilize the fe-
male blossoms. In recent years
the Italians and French, who have
largely displaced the Indians, are
growing vanilla in more scientific
manner. The plants are set nearer to-
gether, so that both insects and stray
breezes can be more instrumental in
interchanging the pollen, and the
growers themselves take a hand in
the pollination.
The two busy seasons of the year
are during the polliantion months,
March, April, and May, and the gather
ing months, November, December and
part of January. The Spanish method
OF curing Is slow and laborious. The
secret is to evaporate the water while
retaining the oil, prevent the bean
from moulding and retain the flavor
uninjured. Twenty beans to vine is
a good average. A green bean is worth
from 8 to IA cents in the American
market. In some years it will bring
as high as Is cents.
One interesting popularity of the
vine is that after three or four years
the stem will rot off at the roots and
continue to rot three or four feet up
the vine, says the Chicago Record,
while the top looks green and flourish
Ing. In the meantime from above the
part that is soon to decay shoot out
line thread-like rootlets, which grow
downward to the earth. So delicate
are these threads running along the
trunk of the tree that the vine seems 10
De living unsupported in air.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
Unapnreciated.

We never loved a tree or flower but
that the rolllngstone gathered no moss
Our jokes fall fat, stale and unprofit-
able, while our serious and sober
efforts evoke the most enthusiastic out
bursts Of merriment. When we expect
to split side we break a heart. and
when we would call up the tender tears
from the heart Of pathos wild and
woolly outbursts Of laughter smite up
on our delicate and sensitive ear.
When we try to preach a sermon we
are mistaken for a Jester. and when
we seek to rival Josh Billings, Talmage
grows jealous,-Dyersburg, Tenn, Her
aid
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
SOMETHING NEW IN STEEL
A Discovery That Is Expected To
Revolutionize a Great Industry.

RSNOAulAOhlLc a NEcdt lHuuslIS'
Just as Americans begin to feel that
they are upon the verge Of developing
superiority to Great Britain not only
in shipbuilding, but in the steel trade,
in which such a number of valuable
foreign contracts have lately been
taken by our manufacturers in the face
of British competition; and Just as ma
ture seems to encourage the American
aspiration by showing that the English
coal mines will be exhausted within
another fifty years, science seems to
be coming to the aid of the Britisher
and may be about to open new fields
OF competition in steel in which Amer.
lea must take part If she is to main
tain her hard-earned prestige.
The discovery has been demonstrated
in London. and is being made much
Of by the English press, that the abil-
ity to produce perfect steel by casting
II in a vacuum made by liquid hydro
gen with a process that it is not pro-
posed to make public. has at last at
tanned practicability. A company has
been formed with a capital OF thirty
thousand pounds TO experimentally de-
velop the process and If the plan is
as successful as Prot Dewar, the dis
coverer. presumes It will be, the air
bubbles that now cause flaws and
weakness in steel will be done away
with and a metal will result such as
the world has never seen. To say that
this means possible revolution in the
steel trade is to put it mildly, and If
the English government can control
the process. as it is now minated may
be the case. then American scientists
and those of other countries will be
put upon their mettIe TO get even with
the Britishers. says the Marine Jour
nal.
Liquid hydrogen. which is the great
agent now discovered. is described as
a clear, colorless, transparent and very
volatile fluid. no clearer than pure
water, out only one-fourteenth the
density OF water. Ia its lightness it is
out of all proportion TO any known IL
quid A piece of paper when placed
in it sinks. The difference between
liquid hydrogen and liquid air is as
great if not greater than the difference
between the ordinary temperature and
udud air. Liquid hydrogen places
temperature dL "llH4h '"SuVy uesi 60
of absolute zero. which is represented
by 494 degrees Fahrenheit and 273 de-
grees Centigrade below zero. The boil
ing point of liquid hydrogen is 252 de-
grees below zero, at which it is capa-
BILE of enormous pressure.
The discovery must affect every
problem of physics and chemistry. Its
posi- bilities are illimitable. 1t may
revolutionize the methods that have
been laboriously built up during the
last three hundred years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
ODD IDEA OF EXERCISE
Ameer Of Afghanistan Follows HIS
Doctors Orders Complacently.

Ameer Of Afshanistan FOLLOWS Ills
Doctors Orders Complacently.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has been
ordered by his doctors to take exercise.
and he has probably discovered the
easiest way of taking 1t that was ever
thought of 1t. The Ameer is getting rat,
and has been suffering from indiges-
ton, and that is why he has got to take
exercise.
He has ordered from a famous car
riage-making firm of Oxford street
peculiar vehicle, for exercising pur-
poses. The carriage has a light BODY,
and is propelled by an arrangement
Of bicycle wheels from the rear. Two
stalwart Afghans sit on saddles over
these wheels and pedal with all their
might to drive the fat king over the
terrible roads of Afghanistan. When
the Ameer feels inclined to take exer-
else little more violent than merely
sitting down in the carriage. he does
so by pushing two pedals, arranged
In front Of him. In this way he can
add about half 4 small boys power to
the efforts of the stalwart Afghans ped
aling away behind him. The carriage
Is a handsome one, and the BODY IS
patterned like an old English Geor-
gian phaeton. 1t is fitted with silk
cushions. rather luxuriously.
Besides the carriage for his personal
use. the Ameer has had another built
for the use OF members of his harem.
The carriages have cost $1,000 each,
and are capable of maintaining a speed
of twelve miles an hour.
1t will be relief to everybody at Ca
bull. the capital of Afghanistan, II the
Ameer's health should improve. In his
present state of ill-temper he is very
apt to cut off peoples heads. He was
a great soldier in his day, and is
very capable monarch, but his temper
has lately been very uncertain. Some
time ago he had bad toothache, and
the English dentist who accepted an in
vitation to go TO Cabul and pull 1t out
felt very nervous until he had secured
the tooth and got out OF the country.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
intermediate
Registration
Frederick County, Maryland.

The Board of Supervisors of Elections here
by give notice, That the Boards of Registry for
the several Precincts and Districts of the
County, will be in session at the times and
places hereinafter described, for the purpose
of revising the lists of Registered Voters. At
these sittings all persons whose names have
not been heretofore Registered, and all per-
sons who will be q years of age on the 9TH of
November next may have their names entered
on the list All who have removed from the
District in which they resided in 1898, must
obtain (by applying in person. a Removal
Certificate to enable them TO Register in the
Precinct or District in which they now reside,
and application must be made in person to
the Board of Registry on the third of October
or on the 10th of October, 1899 The sessions
will be continuous opening at eight o'clock
A. M, and closing at seven O'Clock, P NJ.
FIRST SITTING-October 3rd, 1890.
SECOND SITTING-October 10th, 1900.
FOR REVISION ONLY October 18th, 1900
District No l, Buckeystown-AtA damstown.
District No. 2, Frederick, Precinct lat No. "a
RI West Patrick street
District No. 9, Frederick, Precinct PAT IS
East Patrick street
District No. 2, Frederick, Precinct 3-At No 81
West Patrick street.
District No 2, Frederick, Precinct No. IFS
North Market street.
District No. 3, Middletown-At Middletown
District No. I, Creagerstown-At.Cr egearstown
District No. 5, Emmitsburg, Precinct lat
Charles ]. ShCff's Room, Emmitsburg.
District No. 5, Emmitsburg, Precinct 2-At
Kerrigan's Coach Shop, Emmitsburg. So.
District No & CatOntin Mt VAUDEVILLE
District NOT, Urbana-At Urbana. 49,
District No s, Liberty-At Libertytown
District No. g. New Market-At New Market.
District No. 10, Hauvers-At Kinna's Mill.
District No. IL, Woodsboro-At Woodsboro.
[ District No. u, Petersville, Precinct l-At Pc
tersville.
District No. u, Petersville, Precinct 2-At
Westall Building, Brunswick.
District No. 10, Mount Pleasant-At Mount
Pleasant.
District No. IA, Jefferson-At jefferson.
District No. Is, Northumberland Thurmont.
District No. 10, Jackson-At Myersvile.
District No. II, Johnsville-At townsville
District No. Is, Woodville-At Woodvlle.
District No. 10, Linganore-At Unionville
District No. %, Lewistown-At Lewistown.
District No, 81, Tuscarora-At Yellow Springs
(BrookhilD.
District No. q, Burkittsville-At Burkittsville.
District No. %, Ballenger-At Feagaville.
District No. "a, Braddock--At Braddock.
Removal Certificates will be granted by the
Supervisors prior to the sitting of the Boards
of Registry, and-the Board of Supervisors of
Elections will be in session on Monday, Sep
TENDER 25th, Tuesday, September 26th, and
Wednesday, September27th, for the purpose of
granting Removal Certificates. Foreign-born
citizens should produce their Naturalization
papers when applying to register; and voters
will bear in mind that only ttOo days are fixed
by law for registering this year.
| SAMUEL v. DOLL,
ARTHUR d. WILLARD,
JACOB ROSENSTOCR.
The Board of Supervisors of Elections
of Frederick County, Maryland.
PHILIP L. HITEsHEw, Clerk
sep.l5-5t.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
The Pope's Health and Habits.


Describing the habits of Pope Leo
XIII, the "Domenica del Corriere," of
Milan, says that he is so DESTROYS of
being considered robust that. though
he always maBes use of a thick stick
while walking, he no sooner observes
some stranger approaching than he
swings his stick from hand to hand.
scarcely using it. lie has excellent
sight and can read without glasses. He
is quite delighted when he has shown
that he can support all the fatigue of
religour functions, official visits and
the not light weight of pontificial robes
during some ceremony. He is rather
careless of his health during his rest
less nights. He wears when in bed
warm stockings and garments of the
finest flannel. and when he is seized
with n poetical inspiration he rises
from his he'd, and, without waking his
faithful attendant. Pic Contra. who
sleeps IN the anteroom. goes 10 his
desk and writes down 4 Latin 1istich
by the light Of the night lamp. and will
sometimes linger to compose more
verses. In this way he has frequently
taken one Of those colds that have been
reported real Illnesses. Formerly the
Pope would nor hear Of other means Of
warming his apartments than the old
fashioned blazier, but lately he has
yielded to the remembrance Of his ply
sicians. and the rooms are made COM
Portable by proper stoves.-Eondon
Telegraph.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
Those Eleven Obstinate Men Agai

Those Eleven Obstinate Men Again.
A correspondent writing from Vir-
ginia to Law Notes, gives us the fol-
lowing jury story: In a prosecution
for horse stealing tried in Bedford
County, Virginia, just after the war,
the evidence was conflicting and, as
usual, the attorney for the prisoner
obtained from the Court an instruction
hat the prisoner was entitled to the
ben eft Of every reasonable doubt. The
jury retired, and after they had been
out about two hours the dinner hour
arrived The judge sent the sheriff to
ask II the jury were likely to agree.
The answer came, Yes" The court
waited until o'clock in the afternoon,
and again sent word to know If the
jury were likely to agree. Again an
affirmative answer came back. Supper
time came, and no jury. Once more
the sheriff made his pilgrimage to the
jury room and returned with the same
answer. Lights were procured, and
about 3 o'clock tho jury filed in with
their verdict, which the Court read
solemnly we, the jury, find the de-
PENDANT not guilty by d-n tight
squeeze" Upon the first ballot the
jury had agreed to mot guilty." but
one juror hung the jury nearly twelve
hours on the "d-n tight squeeze" add
endum.-Law Note 5.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

Il am sorry to have to say it. but l
have good reason tu believe that young
man who is paying attentions to your
daughter is not person of steady hab-
it's.
"And have good reason to believe TO
the contrary, my friend, for he has
been calling on h.r steadily for the
last nine years. Boston Pilot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
MANY MastodOns,

The skeleton Of the mastodon Just
dug up near Newburg. N. Y, is the
eleventh example of such remains
which Orange County has furnished,
the first having been discovered In 1894
the the succeeding ones at intervals
during the present century. The one
found in 1915, now at the Boston
Museum. is known as the finest speci-
men in existence, the bones being near.
" perfect. 1t was eleven feet tall and
It's length was seventeen feet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
Canucks Ride Yankee T,;cvc,o,

According to the manufacturers own
returns, the total number of bicycles
sold in Canada last year was $4,000. oil
these 27,90S were imported from the
United States complete. In addition
the separate parts imported from thit
country Represented at least 1900
omplete wheels, making the proper
ion Of American-made bicycles sold In
'anada last year about so per cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

Oregon Girl Kills y .,nnr.

A few years ago o. D. Garrison's six
year-old boy succeeded in killing
deer, and now comes the news that a
200-pound bear was killed a few days
ago by his 1S-year-old daughter, Mabel,
says the st. Helens Mist. Mr.. Garri-
son lives on Scappoose Creek. There
are good many bears there. Mr.. Gar
rson and family, accompanied by Ed
Gore and Paul Bonser, left for little
hunting excursion to Bald Mountain,
and it was agreed that if bear was
sighted Mabel was TO have the first
chance at his life. AS luck would have
it, they had not proceeded far when
one was seen $50 yards ahead, and a
rifle was Immediately handed the little
girl by her father, and she was told to
take good aim. At the first shot old
Bruin fell over dead, with a bullet in
his head.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
QUEEN ANNE'S RAILROAD COMPANY.
GENERAL NOTICE.
MARa.u Lat lSQQ

MARCH LIST, 1899
Commencing April Sth. 1898. the Queen
Anne's Railroad Company will transfer it,
business from Pier ~ 10 Pier 91a Light street
baltimore, Md, and will put IN service the
Steamer ''Favorite" between Baltimore and
Queenstown
On the same date the Office of General Freight
and Passenger Agent will be moved from
Queenstown, Md, to Pier w Light street, Bal
timore, Md.
Beginning Wednesday, March 4, 81, steamers
Of the Queen Anne's Railroad Company will
leave Baltimore at 3:25 F. M, instead OF 5:3o
as heretofore.
/. w. TROXEL,
apl.22, 9s-ti General Mapager
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

"She is two-faced, that is what she
u.s."
swell, she does enough talking to
keep six ordinary faces busy."-Indian.
apoIis Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

Afternoon and Sunday trips to Queenstown.
Boat remains at Queenstown about two
hours. Round trip, so cents. Steamer leaves
Pier 915 Light street: Daily, $40 p. NJ. Sun
days, 7 A. NJ. and $40 p NJ. Returning, steamer
arrives at Baltimore at 1890 p. II. daily
Meals at Hotel Bolingly, or on steamer, so
cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
GENERAL ORDER.

EMr. c. c. Waller General Freight and Pas.
senSer Agent, having resigned, all commune
cations re alive 10 that department. until
further notice, VIII be referred TO this Office.
l. W. TROXELL,
General Manager.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
It was intended as a gentle hint

II was intended as gentle hint.
Our rule here" he said, is to pay
Is you CO."
Quite right" renied the other pleas
antly, "but am not going yet.' ~,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
(RDER NIsI ON AUDIT.

4 (RDER NISI ON AUDIT.
No. 6S35 Equity.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick County. sit
ting in Equity.
Frank l.. Stoner, guardian of Charles T.,
Shields and Henry Shields, VS. Annie nj
Shields, widow. and Charles l. Shields and
Henry Shields, infants.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1899.
-, In the matter of the Auditors Report filed
the 10th day of September, 1850.
ORDERED, That on the 18th day of October
1893, the Court will proceed to act upon the
Report of the Auditor, filed as aforesaid. in
the above cause, to finally ratify and confirm
the same, unless cause to the contrary thereon
be shown before said day; provided a copv Of
this order be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Frederick County, for two successive
weeks prior to said day.
Dated this 10th day of September, 1899.
DOUGLASS II. HARGETT.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Frederick Co
sept. 2l-}t s'N'' w.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

Sunday excursions to Rehoboth Beach.
Six hours at the seaside. Excellent bathing.
Round trip, Sl.50. Steamer leaves Pier 81
with special train at Queenstown for Reho-
both Beach. Returning, steamer arrives at
Baltimore at 1880 p. NJ Season ticket, So 90.
Saturday until Monday, 500.
For further information, apply at Pier.
l. w. TROXEL, w. UHLER,
Gen. Manager. Gen. Frt. and Pass. Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

TNRY OUR FAMILY RYE wHlsKEY nj
! $40 per gallon. This brand of Liquor we
have been selling for the past thirteen yeare
with only the best of satisfaction
sep'lou +. V. STAUB