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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
COULDN'T FOOL HIM.
This Nun Knew n Steamboat When
lie Saw One.

The agent of one of the ocean steam
ship lines, says the Chicago Tribune,
told the following story of st. Louis
man who got into New York the day
after the maiden arrival Of Il great
liner:
After gazing Mt the vessel from the
pier the st. Louisan said to the man at
the gangplank;
"Purty good sized steamboat"
"Shes liner, ocean liner" was the
lefty reply.
"Shes purity high UP, amt she?"
Ocean liners have to be. But when
she is under way she doesn't look so
high"
Her chlmneys amt very high,
though"
"You mean her tunnels. No; they
never make them high for liners"
Hinges on emf
'Never heard of hinges on funnel"
How does she get under the
bridge
what BRIDGE"
"Why any bridge. Steamboats, out
our way have hinges on their chin
neys, and when they come to the
bridges over the river they lower the
chimncys. and she scoots under like
She was creased"
The man ut the ganEplank observed
the st. Louis man with lofty indiffer'
eEce.
"She amt got any warehouses. on
her sides nor none ut her stern" re.
marked the st. Louis man after he had
made further inspection.
Liners have propellers." said the
man Mt the gangplank, and his nose
turned up yiSibly.
We'll. I'll let she can't run. 1t takes
two wheels and bow like an arrow
head aud a scant hold to give steam
boat speed sonny, and don't you forget
it. If this steamboat was to get into
the Mississippi, she'd 20 hard aground
/ first clip"
81 have told you this is not a steam
boat"
"Shucls, You can't gimme that
saw a peter Of her in one Of our news
papers before left home. and the
printin under it said steamboat Do
you think st. Louis editor don't know
a steamboat when he sees one? You're
not ON TO your job yet
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
THE GREEN PEA LOUISE.
q New Insect Pest which Threatens
the Canning Industry.

One of the most remarkable insect
invasions on record for an entirely new
species is that of the green pea louise,
which last year appeared in countless
numbers and almost simultaneously
throughout the Atlantic coast plain,
the worst injury occurring that year
and also this in Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia and New Jersey.
In appearance the pea lice are much
like the common green fly Of green
houses, or the wheat aphis, but are
much larger than either of these and
are entirely Of light pea green color,
except the reddish eyes. Both winged
and wingless forms occur, the winged
forms being more common. In writing
Of this pest in Rural New Yorker Pro
fessor e. d. Sanderson says that late
in April of the present year crimson
> clover in the first three states named
above was found to be infected with
this species As the clover approached
maturity the winged lice flew from it
to the adjoining peas and in some in
stances were carried a considerable
distance by the wind, and it appears
that what was in all probability the
same species of aphld has been noticed
ON crimson clover for at least six or
seven years. 1t seems almost certain
that the insect is, first Of all. a clover
pest and very probable that originally
1t was pest Of crimson clover.
Professor Sanderson says it was most
interesting 10 observe the immunity of
early peas-mostly Alaska-when grow +
ing Immediately adjoining a badly in
Tested piece Of crimson clover, while
the late peas were becoming badly in
fected. Almost entirely in southern
Delaware peas are grown in rows 20
to 30 inches apart. Even early peas
were found infected when broadcasted
or sown In eight inch drills. There
seems to be no method Of combating
the pea louise except when the peas are
in rows. !
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
THEY GOT FRESH AIR.
The Door Remained Open After n
Very ForcibIe Argument.

me DDOE hemniueu open Aiter n
Nery ForcibIe Argument.
An old story is told of Joseph Robi-
douX, the founder of st. Joseph. that
had its origin in Holt county in the
early settlement of that section. The
trader who started the city was re
turning to st Joseph with number Of
red men. and they stopped with an ac-
quaintancc of RobidouX's close to
the house. and RobidouX went in to re-
main overnight as the guest of his
friend
The settler closed the front door aft
er they had retired and RobdouX who
was used to sleeping in the open air.
went softly to it and opened it, The
owner of the house waited until Robi-
douX was in bed again. and the settler
closed it, That was repeated dozen
times. THE next time that door is
closed there viii be trouble" said the
man who had founded st. Joseph. He
resumed his couch with that
The owner Of the house closed the
door and RohidouX met him as he was
returning to his bed They cinchcd
and fought by the light of the moon
that came in through the window. Ii
was n hard fight and lasted a long
time. but nj last Rob,douX had the set
tier on his back and sat astrde of him
He tangled his hands in bis hair and
bumped bis bead against the puncheor
floor. "Upeu OF shut hv asked. The
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
VIC ENnInnntinn

One morning the readers of a certain
newspaper were perplexed to see in
type the announcement that THE SEQ
tus handed down an important deci-
sion yesterday" The afternoon paper
of the town. with which the morning
paper for years had held bitter con-
troversy. interesting none but them
selves, laughed that day, as the poets
say, lin ghoulish glee," and it was up
to the morning paper the next day to
explain that 1.-THE types" made them
say that the ScotuS did SO and so when
the telegraph editor should have known
that that word was merely the abbre-
Walton of the telegrapher for supreme
court of the United States.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
Currant Julien.

Mash pint of currants. add a pint
Of water and rub through a sieve, then
strain through cheesecloth Set on ice
to chill. Take some tall. thin glasses
put crushed ice in the bottom of each
and three cubes of sugar. Line with
tender mint stalks just tall enough to
come well above the brIm all around
the edges. Place three ripe raspber.
ries crushed slightly on top of the sug-
ar, then fill the glasses to within an
inch of the top with the iced currant
water. Serve with straws tied with
narrow ribbons of green and pink
Boston Cooking School Magazine,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
Arrival and Departure Of Trains.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
Schedule in Effect May 20, 1860.
LEAVE FREDERICK

LEsAN u N.
4.S5 A. NJ, except Sunday for Washington
junction and way stations.
800 a. m, daily, for Washington, Cumberland
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York, and except Sunday for Hagerstown.
Due Washington S:3G a. IN.
$40 a M, daily, for Baltimore Philadelphia
and New York. Due Baltimore $50 a IN.
BIO a. M, except sunday for Baltimore and
principal way stations, Philadelphia and
New York. Due Baltimore 1925 a. m.
go n. m, except Sunday. for Harper's Ferry
Winchester, Harrisonburg and Lexington.
$40 a m, except Sunday, for Washington,
Philadelphia and New York, Hagerstown
and way stations, incinnati, Indianapo.
lis, Pittsburg and Chicago. Due Washing.
ton ll:55 a. m.
1876 p. m, except Sunday, for Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York
Due Baltimore 1910 p. m.
4.l0 p. m, due for Washington and way sta.
lions Philadelphia and New York, Cum
berand, Cincinnati and st. Louis. Due
Washington sos p. IN.
$50 p. m. daily, for Baltimore and way sta
tons, Philadelphia and New York. Due
Baltimore 40 p. m.
$40 p. m, except Sunday, for Washington,
Hagerstown, Winchester and way stations,
IlttSburg, Wheeling, Chicago, Philadel-
phia and New York. Due Washington $40
| m.
ARRIVE AT FREDERICK.
$50 a. m, except Sunday, from Mt. Airy and
way stations.
6.3S a. m. except Sunday from Cincinnati
! t1ttSDurS, washington junction and way
stations. Baltimore and Washington mail
/ arrives on this train
S.Sj a m, except Sunday from Winchester
HagerStown and way stations.
| 1918 a. m, except Sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York
1850 a. M. except Sunday, from Washington
and way stations.
ll.27 a. m, Sunday only from Washington
and way stations st. Louis, Chicago and
Wheeling.
1928 p. m, sunday only, from Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York
2O5 p. m, except Sunday, from 1t. Louis
Cincinnati and Chicago, New York, Phila-
delphia, Washington, Hagerstown, Lex.
tngton and way stations.
3i5 p; m, sunday only, from Washington
andway stations, St Louis and Cincinnati
400 p, m, except sunday, from Baltimore
ana way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
6:i5 p. M, except Sunday from Washington
and way stations, Philadelphia, New York
PIttSburg and Chicago.
600 p. m, except sunday from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
sos p. m, daily, from Baltimore and way
stations
$50 ?. M, except sunday from Washington
Cumberland, HagerStown, Brunswick and
way stations.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10

The British bark Galgate, Captain
Gritfiths. big four master, made a
record breaking run on her voyage
from Shanghai to the mouth of the Co
lumbia, covering the distance from
buoy to buoy in 81 days. The nearest
approach to this record is said to have
been made by one of Renton. Holmes
~ Co.'S four maSted schooners, which
made the run from Shanghai to the
sound In 2S days. Vessels from Shang-
hal are less frequent visitors here than
those from Yokohama and other japan
ports, and the wonderful run Of the
Galgate can be better understood when
1t is stated that the voyage from
Shanghai to the Columbia is generally
conceded by shipmasters to be fully a
week or ten days longer than the run
from Yokohama. The record passage
from the latter port to the Columbia
river is fraction less than 30 days. the
Selkirk making the record run about
three years ago.
The Galgate's biggest days perform.
ance was 295 miles, but in a ten day
run she reeled off over 1900 miles, an
average of over II miles an hour and
speed which would bother most of
the tramp steamers to maintain.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
An Impudcnt Question.

The Home Magazine recalls a good
story which DR.. Newman Hall used to
tell on the lecture platform. An H.
hterate negro preacher said to his con
gregation:
My brethren, when de fust man
Adam was made he was made oh wet
clay and set up ag'in de palings to
dry"
DO you say" said one of the con-
EreSation, dat Adam was made oh
wet clay an set up agin de palings to
dry
yes. sar; | do"
"Who made the palings?"
"Sit down. sr," said the preacher
sternly; "such questions as dat would
upset any system oh theology"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
ARMOREO COFFINS.
They Were Once Used In Church
yard In Scotland.

In the earlier half of the nineteenth
century the practice of stealing bodies
from the churchyardS for the purpose
OF sale as subjects for dissection, which
was known rs body snatching," was
for time very rife.
Various plans were made to defeat
the nefarious and sacrilegious proceed.
ings of the body snatchers," or "resur-
rectionists," as they were sometimes
called, very common one being the
erection of two or more small watch
houses whose windows commanded
the whole burying ground, and in
which the friends of the deceased
mounted guard for number of nights
after the funeral.
A usual method of the grave robbers
was to dig down to the head of the
coffin and bore in it large round hole
by means of a specially constructed
center bit. 1t was TO counterfeit this
maneuver that the two curious coffin
like relics now lying on either side of
the door of the ruined church of Aber-
foyle, in Perthshire, were constructed.
They are solid masses of east iron Of
enormous weight.
When an interment took place one of
these massive slabs was lowered by
suitable derricks. tackles and chains
on to the top of the coffin, the grave
was filled in, and there it was left for
some considerable time. Later on the
grave was opened and the iron armor
plate was removed and laid aside
ready for another funeral.
These contrivances still lie on the
grass of the lonely little churchyard,
objects of curiosity to the passing cy-
cliSt and tourist -Scipntific American
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
A sLUMBER SONG.

Geep, my beloved. To sleep and dream is best.
The night to US is peace the day unrest.
For day. while parted brings to US but pain;
In dreams we live the dear past Ger again
We weep not in our sleep
Our tears are for the DAY,
Which smiles, while but weep.
For thou art far away.
flushed be the voices of the rarish day,
Its frets and cares and sorrows swept away;
Forgotten quite the interval Of years
Since last We met, with all their bitter tears
Sleep, love. To dream is best.
Our waking is but pain;
In sleep alone we rest
And live the past again.
Sleep, my dear ,c,e and be thy dreams Of mel
Waking or slet i,g. | still think Of thee,
But dreams m.k' present time Of all the past;
The night restores thee-would my dreams might
last!
Dream. dear, till the day breaks
And earthly shadows flee
Where morn to grief ne'tr wakes
And be one with thee.
Neil Macdonald in Harper's Bazaar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
Growing CInNcr Seed.

To grow good clover seed it should
not he left until all the seed has ripcn.
ed before cutting, as thus much of the
best seed that from the earliest and
largest blossoms, viii rattle out and he
lost Much Of that which seems to be
only partially ripcncd will germinate
quite rs well ana bring as vigorous
plants as the ripest seed. Handle and
cure the clover just ms if 1t was to be
made INTO hay excepting cutting il
later, and the straw will he a good hay
after it is thrashed, not quite as good
as the early cut hay. hut quite rs good
as any late cut hay for horses or cat
tie. II Is thought the best method Of
growing clover seed to cut tile first crop
or clover for hay as early as ii IS iii
anu let the second crop grow ana rlpen
seed. Some 40 So far rs To say THAT
good rs that IRON the second crop OF
roWen. but American CuItNator thinks
thc real advantage Is IN Getting th"
crops OF hay ana perhaps there may
De better weather Tor curing the seed
at the Ia'' MOVING than IN June.
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
SOWN BY GUNPOWDER.
A Curious Way of Covering IA Rock!
Crag With Plant Life.

Crag With Plant Life.
In tie grounds Of the Duke of Athol
and near Blair castle. England, stands
a high, rocky crag named Craigiebarns.
1t looked grim and bare in the midst of
beauty, and its owner thought how
much prettier it would look if only
trees, shrubs, etc, could be planted in
its hooks and crannies. 1t was consid-
cred impossible for any one to scale its
steep and dangerous activities, and no
other way was thought of to get seed
sown.
One day Alexander Nasmyth, father
Of the celebrated engineer, paid visit
to the dukes grounds. The crag was
pointed out to him, and he was told of
the desire of the duke regarding it.
After some thought he conceived how
1t could be accomplished. In passing
the castle he noticed two old cannon.
He got few small tin canisters made
to fit the bore Of the cannon and filled
them with a variety of tree, shrub and
grass seeds. The cannon was loaded
In the usual way and fired at the rock
from all sides.
The little cansters oh striking the
rock burst, scattering the seeds in all
directions. Many seeds were lost, but
many more fell into the lodges or
cracks where there was little moss or
earth. These soon showed signs of
life, and in few years graceful trees
and pretty climbing plants all sown by
gunpowder were growing and flourish
Ing in nearly every recess Of the for
merly bare, gray crag, clothing it with
verdant beauty.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10

On the Petition of H. Dorsey Etchison, Ex-
ecutor OF William johnson, late of Frederick
county, Maryland, deceased, setting forth
that inasmuch as some of the persons
claiming distributive shares in the estate
Of said deceased are non-residents OF
the State of Maryland he, the said Exec
utor, desiring to have n day appointed
when distribution and payment of distrbu-
1--WE shares might be made under the direc-
ton and control of this court, in accordance
with the Act of Assembly of 1885, chapter 255,
so as to protect himself and his bond from
any unknown person who might hereafter
present himself
It is ordered by the Orphans Court of Fred.
erlek County and by authority thereof this
25th day of July, 1900, that Tuesday, Septem.
Der the 18th, 1900 be anu the same Is hereby
appointed for meeting ofthe persons entitled
to distributiVe shares in SAID estate: the hour
and place of meeting at 10 o'clock A. NJ, in
the Office of the Register of Wills for FreGer.
lex County, Maryland, subject to such adj
Jourhment as the Orphans Court shall deem
proper TO order. when distribution and paw
ment of diStributive shares will then and
mere be made under the Courts direction and
control Al d 1t is further ordered nv tho an
thorty aforesaid that notice be given 10 ali
persons who are non-residentS of the State of
maryland and who claim an interest in the
eSl S e Oh the said william Johnson deceased,
anu 10 all persons interested as distributeps or
0tnefWlse whose places of residence arc nm.
known, whether residents or nou-resjdents of
o one S t OF Maryland of the time and place
anu OBJECT oil said meeting and warning tbeIyI
10 appear IN the Office OF the Register OF Wills
as aforesaid, in person, by guardian, soliciiop
OF age u on or before the said 2jth dav ~
september, 1900 ""S VI
ana us further ordered that such noticehe
given by the publication of this order in some
a mgW,sp ap printed and published in Fred.
cIlck county, once week for four ,ncceSsiya
weeks prior to the 18th day of August i9o1
G; BLANCHARD PHILpOT
RUSSELL l.. LIGHTER
ROGER NJ. NEIGHBOIJRS
True copy test, " pn"nS court.
CHAs. Z. SAYLOR,
iiS y5zl5t OF Wills for Frederick County.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
LIVING OUT OF DOORS.
4 Few Suggestions For Hot Weather
Comfort and Pleasure.

July is the seventh month of the
year according to our modern compu-
tation of times and seasons, and 1t
was the fifteenth day of the seventh
month that the children of Israel were
commanded to live for seven days in
booths made of green boughs and will
low branches. Though their seventh
month may not have correspondent in
time to our seventh month, yet is the
example they set a most excellent one.
To be sure. it would be quite out of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
Majuba Hill.

Here's the story of Majuba Hill in a
nutshell: Sir George Colley had be-
tween GOO and 700 men: the Beers
numbered about $50 men. under Gen,
eral SHIFTS. The British camped in a
natural bowl at the top of the hill, and
set no sentries; the Beers clambered
up the hill by night and attacked in
the early morning, taking the British
completely by surprise.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
Municipal Ownership

Municipal ownership long ago passed
out of the stage of theory and expert.
ment, if, in fact, it ever belonged there.
Centuries before America was discov-
cred public ownership of public utili.
ties was highly developed. The city
of Rome 1000 years ago possessed it
splendid public baths. it's superl
aquedqcts and other utilities owned
and managed by the government.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
LILIES.
Lilies. whit. Mes, We calm nv soul,

Lilies, white HES, We calm my soul,
Fer the waters are wild and the pillows ron,
And love and trust have Griited away
Like the distant sail on the breast Of the bay.
In a moment more twill have drifted from sight
And be hidden away in the waste Of night!
And then We came with Your pure, sweet gaze,
With your dainty, winsamc, loving ways,
And Crept like a dear dream into my heart.
| could not bear TO send thee apart,
Sor the fragrance that floats on your balmy
breath
To me whispers peace" though the world call!
II death.
Rose Van B. Specie in Scranton Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
EXECUTORS PUBLIC SALE
Ia Oh
FREDERICK REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue of the Order of the Orphans Court
for Frederick County, Maryland, passed on
the da'e, July 3lst, in the year 1901, and by the
the terms of the last viii and Testament Of
Daniel Scherer, late of Frederick County,
Maryland, deceased, as found recorded in
Liber j. X. w, No. l. folio 424, one Of the Rec
ordS of Wills in the Orphans Court for Fred
erick County, Maryland, l. the undersigned
Executor in said viii named, will offer at
public sale at the Court House door, in Fred
erick City, in Frederick County, Maryland, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1900,
at the hour of O'Clock, p. m the real estate
which Daniel Scherer died sliced and possess
ed, and consisting of,
First That house and lot of ground situated
on the south side of West Patrick street, in
FredericK city, Maryland, east of, and adjoin-
ing the property of j. w. Starr, in which the
said Daniel Scherer and wife resided in their
lifetime, and being the same real estate de-
scribed in the deed from Solomon J. Getzen-
danner and wife to Daniel Scherer dated May
Zird: in the year 1868, and recorded in Liber
{, NJ. No 2, tolioS IS, etc, che of the Land
Records of Frederick County, Maryland.
This lot fronts on West Patrick street 81 and
one-half feet, more or less, and is improved by
A TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
WITH BACK BUILDING.
Second. That lot of ground in the rear6f the
above described lot, and running back to Cat
alley, and being the same real estate as de-
scrlbed in the deed from George G. Derr and
and recored in Liber A. f., No 8, folio 46. one
Of the Land Records of Frederick County,
Maryland.
Third. That lot of ground contiguous to the
two above-described lots, and running "a and
one half feet more or less, on Cat alley, and
| being the same real estate as described in the
deed from Jesse W. Starr and wife to Daniel
Scherer dated A pri 18th, 1885, and recorded in
Liber A. F., No. il, folio 80, one of the Land
Records of Frederick County, Maryland.
Fourth That lot of ground located on the
| south side of East Sixth street, in Frederick,
| Maryland, improved by
A TWO.STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
| known as No. &c, and now occupied by Will
liam w. Lease, as tenant, and being the same
| real estate as described in the deed from Cath
| crime Darner and husband to Daniel Scherer
! dated October l3th 1890 und recorded in Liber
| w. |. p, No. II, folio SIS. one of the Land
! Records of Frederick County, Maryland
| Terms of Sale-One-third cash on day of sale
| or ratification thereof by the Orphans Court,
| the balance in equal payments in and II
| months each, the purchaser or purchasers CIV
| Ing his, her or their notes, bearing interest
! from day OF sale, with good and sufficient Sc
| curty, to be approved by the said executor
! for the deferred payments, or all cash at the
| option of the purchaser.
All conVeyancing costs at expense of the
! purchaser.
A deposit of one-tenth of the purchase
money will be required of each purchaser at
! the time of sale.
JACOB ROHRBACK.
! aug Sat Executor of Daniel Scherer.