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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

In the army of Great Britain the
bands of cavalry are mounted, and the
honorary position in these musical
rayalcades is that Of the bearer of the
kettledrums. The horse selected Tor
this high position is often piebald' but
this particular coloring is not essen
tial to the office; the animal may be
pure white. At any rate his appear
ance must be consistent with the SLOW
niece he Is in the band. His educa-
ton is severe and persistent, bringing
him at last up to that point where MS
bride and intelligence makes MN
iignified and graceful bearer or the
handsome trappings that surround ms
high calling. His nerves are severely
fried by the booming of the enormous
Irums he is destined to bear, but ~
fine he becomes as Indifferent to the
disc MS do his brothers to the singing
hullets. In the parade his rider has
ie hands full in the use of the Sticks.
ne controls the steed by use OF the
Gins which ire fastened to the stirrup
s1ral, near the foot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS.

Some AwkwArdly wordsd Notices Found
In Newspapers.
mo person." wrote an imaginative
undertaken, lever having tried one Of
these alr-tight collins OF ours will ever
use any other"
This is supplemented by the truthful
but discouraging advertisement OF a
dentist; Teeth extracted with great
palms."
A western farmer advertises for a
woman to wash. iron and milk two
cows"
An advertisement once appeared In
a Washington paper for "a room for a
young man 10 by 12."
This is an advertisement from the
columns of an English court journal:
Blankets! Blankets! Blankets! For
domestic and charitable purposes Of
every description, quality, size and
weight"
The following advertisement is from
an Australian paper: Wanted, young
woman (the palmer the better) to help
a small genteel family in their domes-
tic matters; one without ringlets pre-
ferred."
An American paper published in Par
is recently contained the following
unique advertisement: "a young man
of agreeable presence, and DESTROYS Of
getting married, would like to make
the acquaintance of an aged and expe-
rienced gentleman who could dissuade
him from taking the fatal STEP"
Here is a specimen of domestic adj
vertising from the columns of the Lon
don Times: "Mrs. George Ashton, S
Victoria street, Westminster, takes this
opportunity Of thanking her numerous
friends for their kind letters Of sym
pathy on the dissolution Of her mar
riage."
The court OF Schleswig- Holstein once
issued the following curious notice:
"At the request Of Herr Peter Lehman
Of Altoona, the seaman Dietrich Lob
man, who was born in Kirchmoor in
November, 184S, and was drowned on
the journey from Stockton to Ham
burg while sailing in the ship Bertha
Jenny, is hereby called upon to appear
before this court and report himself
on or before Friday, January 20, 1893,
at II o'clock p. M. under pain of being
declared dead"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
NAPoLEoN's TROUBLES,
HIS Royal Physician Diagnosed His
Trouble As Scale Repercutes."

Trouble As scale Repercutes."
Napoleon Bonaparte, as First Con-
Sui and as Emperor, was the victim of
malady which caused him to seek the
ADVICE OF the most distinguished ply
slclans OF Paris. 1t is a little shocking
10 modern sensibllities to read that
tnese physicians, except Corvisart.
diagnosed the distinguished patients
nnalauy as gale Iepercutee"-that is
70 say, IN idiomatic English, the itch
STRUCK In" 1t is hardly necessary to
say that no physician of to-day would
make so inconsidsrate a diagnosis in
the case Of a roya. patient. If by any
cnance distinguished patient were
afflicted with the itch, the sagacious
physician would carefully hide the fact
behind circumlocutions, and proceed to
eradlcate the disease with all dispatch.
All OF which goes to show how easy
II may be for a masked pretender to
impose on credulous humanity; for
nothing is more clearly established in
modern knowledge than the fact that
gale repercutee" was simply a name
to hide profound ignorance; no such
disease exists, or ever did exist. Gale
itself is a sufficiently tangible reality,
to be sure; but it Is a purely local dis
ease Of the skin, due ITO a perfectly
definite cause, and the dire internal
conditions formerly ascribed to it have
really no cauSal connection with it
whatever. This definite cause, as
every one nowadays knows, is nothing
more nor less than microscopic insect
which has found lodgment on the skin,
and 1t has burrowed and made itself at
home there. Kill that insect, and the
disease is no more; hence it has come
to be an axiom with the modern physi-
clan that the itch is one of the three or
four diseases that he is positively able
to cure, and that very speedily. But
it was far otherwise with the physic-
ians Of the first third of our century,
because to them the cause of the dis
ease was an absolute mystery.-Har-
per's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
HIS SOLE INHERITNcE.
Rich Man Gives Back a Missile Which
Was Throw at Him.

There lived few years ago near the
village OF Bayside, Long Island, a very
rich man. His name was William G.
Burhman, and he kept the most mod
est little store in picturesque neigh
Dorhood, called '"The Alley" He left
Tour sons, and to rhree of them q large
fortune. To the fourth he left stone.
mat stone has history.
Mr.. Burhman was a man who be-
neved In economy, for all his riches.
Since the year 1923 the little general
store, feed emporium and the grist
mill beside it have fiourished. They
We're left Mr.. Buhrman by his father.
himself rich man. The son took nm
the thread Of business life where his
rather left it and continued famouslv.
lie loaned money TO the farmers ana
look mortgages on their farms. In
those days farming on Long Island
was paying enterprise.
Mr.. Buhrman never became am
bilious away from hime. He worked
nay. he slaved-at his business morn
ing and night, and brought I'D his sons
to do likewise. One of these, however.
rebelled against the vigorous regime
OF life set down by the father. There
was a bitter quarrel between Mr. Buhr-
man and his son one day. In the heat
OF 1t the young mar, 30 far forgot him
self as to pick up n big rock and heave
1t at the old gentlen ans head Then he
went away.
The man Of gray hairs said nothing.
He simply picked up the rock he had
skilfully lodged. tied it in bandanna
handkerchief and tucked it high in his
safe among the bonds, deeds, railroad
stock and mortgages. Once in a while
he would take it out and examine it.
saving to himself Il shall leave my
three sons a hundred thousand dollars
each. This son shall get what he in
tended for me-this chunk of granite"
He kept his word
The years rolled on The breach was
never healed between father and son,
and the stone still nestled there among
the hundreds of thousands One day
the man of riches died. His will was
read and his promise was kept. The
son who had rehelled against the paren-
tai dictum received the stone. the other
sons something like hundred thou
sand dollars each.
But within this last year, since the
old mans death. something has come
over the three sons. They have built
themselves beautiful villas, one Of
them within stones throw of the old
building where the father and grand
father made the Buhrman hundreds OF
thousands by the side of the beautiful
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
CLANS Travel.

They do, all the same, and I'll
show you,' he said, and backed water
with his oars, stopping the boat.
There's one now right under YOU
II looked down into the water, and
there, at the very end Of a furrow, was
a clam resting upright on one end,
head down, as l discovered by dipping
him up with my landing net. BY look
ing carefully we discovered other
clans. II they were moving, it was
too slowly for me to detect their pro-
gress, but in every case the clam was
at the end Of furrow, which he plain
ly had made, standing on end, head
down.
They allus travel on their heads,
the boy said. They can work along
tol'able fast when they've a mind to-.
I've known one to go the length of this
boat in a day.
What's their idea in all this bal
ancing about on their heads?' l asked.
Where are they going anyway"
Dunno. But guess they're brows-
in round for somethin' to eat the boy
answered, and so far as have an opin-
ion in the matter l think he guessed
right"
1T had always been my belief that
the clam, like the oyster. was a home
slayer, growing contentedly to matur-
ity in the place where he was born,
and never moving from the spot of his
own accord" said New York man,
fond Of sports with rod and gun, but
this belief was changed during my last
summers vacation in Maine | spent
several days at Sebec Lake, usually
starting on my days fishing excur-
sions from Greeley's Landing, on the
south shore. Here for long dis
lance out the water is shallow, with
sandy bottom. All over this bottom
extending out to where it was too
deep to be seen were queer little fur
rows, such as man might make in
sand with the tip Of a walking stick.
l knew that they could not have been
made by cells. which would have left
sinuous tracks, while these were
straight, and l was puzzled to explain
them. At last l asked my boatman, a
country boy, bred on the shores Of the
lake, what caused these burrows.
"'Clams, he answered, briefly, with a
slight tone of wonder in his voice at
my ignorance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
Pavement of Glass.

Yet another street pavement! Not
satisfied with cobblestones and wood,
the city of Lyon has been experiment
ing with glass as a substitute. This
new product is obtained from broken
glass heated to a temperature of 1.250
degrees, and compressed in matrices
by hydraulic force. The glass pavement
is laid in the form of blocks, eighteen
inches square. says the London News,
each block containing sixteen parts in
the form of checkers. These blocks are
so closely fitted together that water
cannot pass between them, and the
whole pavement looks like one gigntic
draught board. AS pavement 1t is
said to have greater resistance than
stone; it is a poor conductor of cold
and ice will not form on it readily, dirt
does not accumulate upon it as easily
as upon stone and it will not retain
microbes. 1t is more durable than
stone and just as cheap.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
NOT MUCH OF AN EATER
He Ate But Little, Bat You Ought
To See the Welsh Eat,

Captain B. w. Morgan, every inch a
Welshman himself, likes to tell this
story when there is another Welshman
IN hearing, says the Pittsburg News.
He went home to dinner one day and
found a paperhanger at work in the
house. He asked th time, and Captain
Morgan told him it was noon.
Il guess I'll knock off and 90 home
to dinner then" the paperhanger re-
marked.
Stay and eat wi h u.s." the captain
said, and the vitation was accept
ed.
Captain Morgan was attentive to his
guest during the meal He had pro-
dieious appetite The captain helped
him to roast beef several times, until
at last be had some curiosity to see
just how much the fellow would eat
without crying enough. The game was
growing quite inter sting when the fell
low began to show signs OF quitting
will you have some of the plum
pudding?" the cap ain asked him to
revive his failing opetite.
mo. thanks" he replied, I've had
enough. think"
oh, take small piece OF the pud.
ding, the captain Urged; cts genuine
English plum-pudding, and homemade
at that"
Well, l don't mind trying it," he
said
The captain helped him to a section
of the pudding weighing about pound
and he ate it with much relish. Then
he showed his chair away from the ia
bic and leaned back for an after-dinner
chat.
I'm not much OF an eater" he said,
not noticing the sm lie on the captains
face; 1T takes ve'y little to satisfy
me. Say, you ought to see the Welsh
eat"
Are they hearty eaters?" asked the
captain.
Hearty eaters?" repeated the fell
low. Say, they eat like lot OF
hogs"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
THE Pc ACH CROP
Why 1t Was Small in the East This
Year.

The peach crop was lighter this sea
son than for many years, according TO
New York fruit dealers. In Delaware,
and what is known as the eastern
shore in Maryland, the crop has suf-
fered most In New Castle and Kent
counties, Del, the peach industry is al
most run out, owing to the yellows, n
most contagious disease of the peach
tree. On the eastern shore Of Mary
land. in Cecil county also in Kent
county and upper Queen Anne coun-
ties, the crop was damaged and the
trees permanently injured. In these
three counties n few orchards may
have good crops, but the lower coun-
ties are tolerably clear of yellows up
to this time There was not more than
an eighth of the usual crop in all the
territory named, and consequently the
farmers got more than the usual price
for the fruit The crop in New Jersey
was light, partly because Of the severe
winter. The spring drought caused
the fruit to drop badly.
The disease called the yellows has
been known to peach growers for one
hundred years, first appearing in this
country in Pennsylvania and then
travelling southwark. at has only
Travelled 100 miles in as many years."
said well-known peach grower
"The only proper way to deal with
the trees affected by 1t Is to take them
I'D and burn them root and branch.
This all enterprising AMI intelligent
farmers do as soon as the disease de-
roIonc Rv ucinp this method manV
farmers have not lost more than one
Or two trees to the one thousand In
ten years. In addition to be damaged
uy the yellows the crop has been d.
minished by the multiplication of the
eurculio. The farmers, since peach
growing has been less profitable, have
been turning their attention more to
oear-raisng and to smaller fruits. In
/ few years pears will largely super
.ede peaches.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
A New Umbrella idea.

"Here Is what l believe to be the
only umbrella Of its kind in Ner Or
leans" says lawyer who has an office
in the shopping district. 81 bought 1t
In Germany year before last. and no.
body can open 1t except myself. DO
YOU notice that little keyhole in the
slide? Here's the key on the other
end Of my watch chain, and until 1t 10
Inserted and turned the thing is abso.
lutely immovabls. Anybody else would
find it harder to raise than a Kansas
mortgage On at least dozen diner
ent occasions the umbrella has been
stolen, or taken by accident, If you
prefer the term. but 1t always found
the way home. You see, my name Is
cut on the handle, and the umbrella
itself is well known to all the attaches
of the building. When they see
stranger struggling with 1t on rainy
day they promptly confiscate the prop
erty and bring 1t back. 1t Is such
good scheme. I'm surprised the idea
hasn't been generally adopted IN TINS
rountry."-New Orleanss Times-Demo'
nrat
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

TER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
lake They spend the winters in New
York and the summers at home, but
they were not happy. Blood is thicker
than water, and the stone which the
old man treasured in his just and right
eous rage was nothing to them.
They sent for the erring brother. He
did not come. Finally they went to
him. finding him in poverty. but de-
fiant and selfrcliant still. He had
served a very hard penance for the one
rash deed of his life, and the brothers
realized it.
They offered to divide equally with
him-tO make him a co-legatee with
themselves. Lawyers were brought into
the matter, and quietly, without any
blowing of trumpets, the three big
hearted, manly fellows opened their
purses and put their flesh and blood OH
his feet for life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
Minus White.

Minus White of Twenty-second
street and Lehigh avenue. Philadel-
ohia, IA gayly dressed colored man.
,reated quite a sensation in North
Penn village by displaying a roll of
'otes, which appeared to amount to
early $1,000, and frequently pulling a
or S. note from the bunch and
citing his cigar with it. At the Le-
gh avenue station it was found that
With the exception of IS in genuine 81
bills, the supposed money was Con-
iederate notes, viii n White had found
n an old house in the netghborhood
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
Rats at War.

4 white rat" said a man recently
= Is supposed to know, sis the NOR
enemy Of the common or brown
IL three white rats are placed In
lWelling infested with the rodents
Y VIII drive the latter away with
. week. A white rat will fight a
WIN rat and kill it almost as quick
~ a ferret. In fact, I think white
! belong to the ferret family
'umore (Md.) Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
CLOCKS without Hands and Faces.

In Switzerland they are making
clocks which do not need hands and
faces. The clock merely stands in the
hall and you press n button in Its
stomach, when, by means of the phono-
graphic internal arrangements, it calls
out "half-past six" or twenty-three
minutes to eleven" as the case may be.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

FOR past
OF horses farmers breeding
cult to find yearlng colts
always brought The
farmers bred to inferior horses being unwilling pay
in order improve their stock the result
and after reaching three four
How many fine carriage teams be
now many stylish hands
eleven to twelve hundred pounds with style and speed
In your Oneyet these
demand and bring from two to three hundred dollars
great demand for in the
good SIZE style and action TO these horses
have by breed better than you already possess
farmers to examine the of CURRTO beautiful
SIZE ana royalty bred lie has record, the fOuhheat
OF 24 His colts from small
very stylish and have lots speed This grand young
number of colts, all of whom speak for themselves.
10 give the farmers no
stand CURRlTO for $40 for the season.
RlTO has proven a foa getter.
GASPARD, by Sea King, and q producing is
grand having number of the finest colts
size, style and action.
Mr. Cha Hargett, President Frederick County Agricu
ura Society, has by GASPAD that hard beat;
Arthur Potts, Mr. John Weller besides
kind of colts you horse He full
sixteen hands high and weighs poundsu
morse TO get carriage and coach horses
GASPARD will stand the for $l5
ow III hopes OF being able 20 buy of the
mares only solicit ne goodze and
Here Is chance for the farmers breed the
colt from either these
be proud OF rid
it costs much to raise poor good one
MICHAEL KNILL,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
DELIGHTFUL TRIP ON THE
- CHE sAPEAKE BAY
FROM
Baltimore to Queenstown.

Handsome steamer 'Favorite." commencing
Sunday, May l, 1898. Will leave Pier 81 Light
Street Wharf, atH A. NJ every Sunday until
further notice. Returning, arrive at Balti-
more at 6:45 D. IN. Boat remains at Queens
town four and one-half hours Meals on boat,
so cents. Round trip, SO cents,
I..W. .TRoXEIt,
General Manager
N B.-For any change In schedule see Bal
timyre papers Queen Anne's Railroad)..
my. I306n
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
ADpallin1 a Poet.

Inc Beauty-Pye had lots Of poems
'uen to me, but l have only kept
SUse that were humorous.
Tue Poet (tenderly)-And why did
II not keep the serious ones?
IN because they were ridiculous.
Fooklyn Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

am told that he is her fifth hus-
.Say' It must be awful to a man to
mat his wife looks upon him as
--VIe 1abit. '-Ini ,Annnnlis journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

eral the standard medicine is DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
1t is recommended by physicians who
have tested its efficacy and wondered
at its cures 1t not only destroys the
disease, but it purifies the blood and
strengthens the stomach and organs of
digestion and nutrition.
" For twelve years was a sufferer from catarrh
and was treated by one OF the best physicians in
the state of North Carolina who said the trouble
had reached my lungs" writes Mr.. ], NJ. Patton,
of Clotho, Pennsylvania Co., N. {. ~ grew
worse every day until tried DIR. Pierce's medi-
ciues. Will say, one bottle Of Dr. Pierees
Golden Medical Discovery with DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy cured me and to-day am well
and hearty and will say further that my former
physician, DR.. w. NJ Lyday, recommends DR..
Pierce's medicine to me and to others. ana
sure your medicines will cure any case of ca
tarrh that exists recommend them to all"
A Gift. The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, 1908 pages, is sent free
on receipt of stamps to cover expense Of
mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the paper covered edition, or 81
stamps for the cloth bound. Address
DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
dec ia n 'Q6
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
Getting Particulars.

"Yes, your honor; this is the lady
who claims that the dog bit her"
"Well. where is the dog who claims
m have bitten the ladyT-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
As to Eating and Cooking.

A Saue3 oAaNA OOO-0-
man never fully realizes the joys
nome until he sits at his own Ia
:, ana criticises his wife's cooking.
a aue greatest offense you can give the
s'y hospitable woman is to fail to
heartily Of the food set before you.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
The Chameleon.

When a chameleon is blindfolded
II loses all power of changing its color,
and its entire body remains Of q uni
form tint.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
nid Not Sound,

Hotel Proprletor-why didn't you
ring I'D the office if you wanted money
Guest-I touched the bellpoy' Dut
without success.-Sy'acuse Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

"Oh T! every
body has
more or less
catarrh.
That's moth
ing" he says.
But lie is mis-
taken. What
begins in ca
tarr h may
end in con-
sumption. It
is a foul dis
ease at its
best and a ia
tai disease at
it's VIC st
W en- it in
wolves the
lung tissues.
For catarrh
and for dis
eases of the
throat a n d
lungs in gem
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08

The hearty looking man who thumps
his chest and says he's sound as dollar
noes not take into consideration the ca
Iarrh which bothers him occasionally.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
BALTIMORE x CUMBERLAND VALLEY
BRANCH.

BALTIMORE Il CUMBERLAND VALLEY
BRANCH.
Trains leave Hagerstown, for WayneSboro
ChamberSburg and Intermediate Stations
$50 a. m, and for Shippensburg and Interme-
diate Stations at II 10 a. m. and 700 p. IN.
Leave Waynesboro for Chambersburg at
900 D. m.
Leave Shippensburg for Hagerstown and
intermediate Stations at 800 a. m. and 800 D.
m, and leave Chambersburg for Hagerstown
and intermediate Stations at 10 u. IN.
Leave ChamberSburg for WayneSbOro at
SIS p m.
TRAINS VIA ALTENWALD CUTOFF.
intermediate Stations at g. 10 a. m. and $40 D.
m, and leave Chambcrsburg for Hagerstown
and intermediate Stations at6.l2 and BIZ p. m
Additional trains leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge and intermediate Stations at 10. II a. IN
and d, 10 p. IN. and leave Union Bridge for Bal
timore at 8 % II. m, and 1850 p. M. daily, ex-
cept Sunday.
Sundays only-leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge and intermediate Stations at $50 q. IN,
and 2.35 p IN. and leave Union Bridge A. a IN
at % p. m. for Baltimore and Intermediate
Stations.
Trains for Frederick leave Bruceville Mt S3S,
935 and 1910 Il m. and IS, and $50 p. m.
Trains for Littestown and Taneytown leave
Bruceville at 9F a. m. and 30 y. m
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at s 20
and 1910 a. m. and 3.3l and q. "a. p. m Leave
Emmitsburg for Rocky Ridge at 80 and 1000
a. m. and So and 80 p. m.
*Daily. All Others daily except Sunday
tStops only to land passengers from Balti-
more