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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
A willing Victim,

"Well. Mr.. Bickers," said Lawyer
Breef, your wife sues for divorce and
asks $4,000 year alimony. OF course
we will defend it."
"No, Mr.. Breef. we will not Defend"
replied Mr.. Bickers
"But that is an enormous alimony."
That's all right, but | am for peace
At any price" detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
Frozen Butterflies,

1t is a common experience among
mountain climbers to find butterflies
lying frozen on the snow and so brittle
that they break unless they are very
carefully handled. Such frozen butter
flies on being taken to a warmer eli
mate recover themselves and fly away.
Six species of butterflies have been
found within a few hundred miles of
the north pole.-St. Louis PostDis-
patch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
A Two Edpeh Lnke.

Sometimes joke reacts, as the Ban
gor MeD Commercial proceeds to prove
by relating that a young man in Au-
burn, to play joke on barber, paid
him 80 old fashioned cents Later,
when he found that the barber had sold
one of the coins for $50. he did not feel
10 well satisfied with his Joke or at
least thought it had become misplaced.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
Dressed pouItrv mt sbows

Are show managers making arrange
ments for good displays of dressed
poultry and eggs during the coming
season? The market business is the
foundation of the poultry industry of
the country, and 1t is increasing in i'm
portance every year. This feature has
been neglected too long, and it should
be made prominent and breeders, not
dealers, be encouraged to compete.
Poultry Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

One day when calling upon Gambet-
t. | found him vastly amused over @
visit which he had received a few
minutes previously from the late Gen
eral Meredith Read, who for a number
of years was United States envoy at
Athens.
Then general, who until that time
had been a perfect stranger to the
great French statesman, had entered
the latter's presence, carrying in his
hand volume entitled Men of the
Time" or some work of the kind. This
he opened, without saying word, and
laid on Gambetta's desk before at
tempting to greet him or to explain the
purpose of his call
Then, pointing to a column which
contained a very eulogistic biograph-
zeal notice of himself, he exclaimed,
KINDLY read that" and when Gam
BETA, who read English with the ut
most facility. had, in compliance with
the request, cast his eye over the page
in question, General Read rose from
his chair, and with n bow to Gambetta
pointed to himself, eXclaiming in tones
of pardonable pride, "C'est MOL
Then, and not until then did he eX-
tend his hand to the great tribune,
who, having meanwhile risen from his
chair, expressed his pleasure at max
ing the acquaintance of so distinguish
ed an officer, who had rendered such
xrnl III
Gambetta informed me that in the
whole of his long experience of public
life he had never known a man to intro
duce himself in so delightfully."- original
q manner.-Critic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
A Melodious Spot.

There is more melody in Andreas-
burg, Prussia, in the Harz mountains,
than in any other town in the world.
There 250,000 canaries are annually
reared, and four-fifths of them are sent
to the United States professor birds. -
perfect singers, are placed among the
young birds, so that the latter may imi-
tate the trills of the experienced war
blers
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

When woman who asked Philip Of
Macedon to do her justice was Stabbed
by the petulant monarch. she cXclaim-
ed, Philip. shall appeal against this
judgment"
Appeal tSundercd the cnraged
king. And to whom will ven anpcal?"
ITO Philip sober" was her reply.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
An Awful Loss.

AT fire in Cambridge. Mass. an oc-
cupant Of the damaged house was be-
wailing the loss of her purse. Several
firemen joined in a search for the miss
ing pocketbook, but after spending
some time in their quest were still I'M
successful. Finally the chief said to
the woman:
How much was in the pocketbook ?"
As she answered, FIFTY cents" the
look of disgust on the chiefs face was
too evident to be mistaken.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

A little girl of years, having writ
ten letter consisting simply of wav-
ing lines, asked her father to post it.
what did you say?' asked papa.
81 don't know" said Rosamond.
'Why, you wrote itp' exclaimed papa.
eyes, but ! did not read it," was the
innocent reply.-Exchange.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

Gentleman-NIy wife has lost her wa
terproof, and she wished me to stop in
here and order another sent up at once.
us it looks like rain
Dealcr-Yes. sir. What sort. sir?
Gentleman Um-I've forgotten the
name. but its one of those that make
woman look better dressed in wet
weather than she is in dry weather.
New York Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

chateau of Chantilly. France, may be
translated thus:
Aelia Laelia Crispis
Neither man, nor woman, nor her,naphrodite,
Neither infant, young nor old,
Neither chaste, depravcd, nor modest,
But all these.
Removed neither by hunger, sword or poison,
But by all,
She lies neither in the sky nor in the water but
everywhere.
Luoius Agatha Crisps.
Neither husband lover nor friend,
But all these.
Neither weeping nor rejoicing,
But both
Has erected this, neither a mausoeum, a pyramid
nor a sepulcher
But all three,
Both knowing and not knowing to whom he hath
erected it.
This is a tomb that holds no body,
This is body held in no tomb,
But is its own body and its own tomb.
The answer is not known. and so ev-
cry nimble wit is invited to exercise it.
self on the tough old puzzle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
Feed nn Arsenic.

The practice of taking arsenic in
minute doses is very prevalent among
the peasantry of the mountainous dis
tricts of Austria-Hungary and France
They declare that the poison enables
them to ascend with ease heights
which they could not otherwise climb.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
WASTED Time.

early rising is commendable, but
can't afford it,"
Cant afford it,?
"When | get up early. | waste lot
of valuable time admiring myself for
it."-Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

Librarians say that people who read
novels and nothing but novels are about
40 per cent of readers in the public book
institutions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

"Ethel is the kind of girl who never
awakens envy in any other woman"
! 81 see. Brilliant, but homely." usI
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
Do Ants Plnnts

A mistake has been made somewhere
IL good cakcmaker doesn't finally be-
come the mother of large family of
boys.-Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

In Under Three Flags In Cuba" by
MuSgrave. the author tells how
scheme was Matched to capture the no.
torious General Weyler:
General Weyler walked nightly down
the Prado with only an aid and three
secret police sauntcring behind. Some
Cubans often debated with me the
feasibility Of Selling him there one
night, dragging him down the steps to
the Punta beach and shipping him
down the coast to Gomez. TO he held rs
hostage for all Cuban prisoners. This
would have been easy in the darkness
with launch and n tug in the otiing
that could race the obsolete boats in
the harbor.
We worked persiSently in planning
this. The guards were to be ovcrpow-
cred 10y sudden onslaught from the
rear, the general seized pinioned and
embarked Lack of funds DELAYED the
attempt. Finally we chartered a tug
in Key West, hut the owner drew back
at the last, ana just as another boat
was offered Wnvlor was recalled
Do Ants Plant!
Ants are very industrious seed col
lectorS, and may he seen toiling along
their paths laden with seeds. which
are stored up in granaries in the nest
In the clear space round the nest there
is frequently patch or patches of
peculiar kind of grass that produces
seeds that are much sought after by
the ants. 1t has been said that the
ants make the clearing, and SOW the
seed Of this grass on purpose to reap
the crop, but evidence is yet wanting
to show that the grass is intclligently
sown and not accidentally. The fact
remains however, that on or around
many nests there are crops of the
grass and that it is not destroyed like
other vegetation by Ia . 4.i.s
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
IRVING s. RIsER,

Fire Insurance,
Real Estate and Money to Loan On MuRne
oftice-No. IS West Church street, Frederick
feb. "A, 1S90-ly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
The Tax Books are now ready. and the
County Treasurer would call the attention ~
the taxpayers for 1900 TO section.46, Article "a
Revised Code of Maryland. All persons who
shall pay their State taxes on or before the
FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER.
of the year for which they were levied shan
be entitled to a deduction of 9-'''lA
PER CENTUM
on the amount of said taxes. all who shal,
pay the same on or before the first day Of ~.
to1er, OF the said year, shall be entitled 10 4
deduction of "
PER CENTUM
ana gu who shall pay the same on on NN..
the ilrst day of November, of said year e # r s
be entitled TO deduction of
PER CENTUM
Taxes on the income of mortgages 1.
due September /, 1900, for said year,
july20tf County Treosss
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

Elton G kimmel, on petition.
July TERM, 1900
In the matter Of the Auditors Report al
the Srd day of August. 1900.
ORDERED, That on the 18th day of Septemb
lNO, the Court will proceed TO act upon T.
Report of the Auditor, filed as aforesaid,
the above cause, 10 finally ratify and confir
the same, unless cause to the contrary there
be shown before said day provided copyl
thiS order he inserted in some newspaper pu
ished IN Frederick County, for two successi
weeks prior to said day.
Dated this Ord day Of August, 1900.
DOUGLASS II. HARGETT,'
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick g
True copy-TcSt:
DOUGLASS II. HARGETT,
Clerk.
f. NJ Faubel, Solicitor.
aug 2lS}.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
nRDER NISI ON AUDIT
No. 7226 Equity

In the Circuit Court for Frederick County,
ting i'm Equity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

An ancient epitaph in Latin in the
chateau Of Chantilly, France. may be
translated thus:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07
Umbrellas.

If you've numbrella bought, de.
pend upoDIlt that here you will find
its naturalization.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-07

GENERAL OFFICE.
$50 Light St, BALTIMORE, M
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-25

them and in seizing the first opportu-
nifty that presented itself for rendering
his good offices in the interests Of
peace, he feels that, in the present cir
cumstances, no course is open to him,
except to persist in the policy of i'm
partial neutrality. To deviate from
this would be contrary to all our ira
ditions and all our national interests
BOERS
and would lead to consequences which
neither the president nor the people
of the United States could regard with
favor"
Lord Pauncefote called at the state
department while the Beers were con-
sulting with Secretary Hay. He was
shown into the diplomatic room and
there displaced General O'Bierne. who
also had been waiting to see Secretary
hay. The ambassador was not kent
long, Tor in the course of five minutes
the Beers left and he was admitted to
see the secretary.
The Boer representatives will be re-
celVed Dy the president at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning. Their visit to the
executive mansion was arranged for
them by Secretary Hay during their
cali at the state department this after
noon The call, it is understood. will
De entirely unofficial in character. as
the ENJOYS have not yet presented to
the of1cials here the credentials with
Wnlch they are accredited Nor do
they state positively just when these
credentials are to be laid before this
government
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-25

prohibit interstate traffic in prison
made goods by bringing them under
the Jurisdiction Of the police powers Of
the state. The former bill Is designed to
carry the law Of 1892 to its logical con-
clusion- The convict labor bill caused
some sharp inquiries from members
from southern states where prison Ia
Dor is employed in the fields and in
the mines, but upon assurances that
it would not interfere with the produc-
tion Of coal. cotton or lumber. the op-
position was not pressed.
Mr. Payne, OF New York. floor leader
of the majority. offered a joint reso-
luton for an adjournment sine die of
congress on Wednesday, June 9Th. 1t
war referred to the ways and means
committee
When the eight-hour bill came up,
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, questioned the
power of congress to deny an Ameri-
can citizen the right to contract to sell
ten hours a day labor il he choose.
Mr.. Gardner replied that to get a
decision on that point, the laborer must
object. Objection, however, will never
come from that source" said he.
After others had expressed their
views, the bill was passed-151 to "a.
Mr.. Gardner then moved the passage
convict labor bill
Mr.. Maddox, of Georgia, said the bill
was very important to his state and
demanded an explanation Of its pur-
pose.
Mr.. Bailey asked why the committee
had not included in it's bill a provision
against trust goods.
Mr.. Gardner explained his committee
had no Jurisdiction over them, and
later refused to accept an amendment
including them.
Mr.. Lentz, democrat, arraigned the
other side for this refusal.
The bill was passed without division
The remainder of the day was devoted
to District of Columbia business. The
| conference reports on the agricultural
and the Notifications appropriation
| bill were adopted and that on the army
appropriat ton bill returned to confer
ence on objection to $1,000 appropri-
ated for a library at Manila.
At o'clock p. m. the house ad
| journed
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-25
BLOODY RIOTING IN ST. LOUIS.
Fighting Between Strikers and Police
A boy Killed-A Girl and Three Mer
wounded-Women Chased by Wo
men.

st. Louis, May 21.-One boy was kill
ed and three men and a girl were
wounded today as a result of the
strike.
The dead is: Martin Zika, IS years
Of age, struck in the left breast by bull
let fired from a street car. The woun-
ded are: Clearance E. Mullen, motor
man, shot in upper portion of left arm
Home in Jacksonville ILL.,; wound not
serious. Minnie Kruger, 1S years of
age, struck in the thigh by glancing
bullet; not serious. Two unknown
rioters, carried away by friends.
Zika was standing in the door of his
home. A mob of several hundred men
had surrounded and stoned a car of
the Tower Grove line, when a shot was
fired striking Zika. Conductor Owen
Farley and Motorman Drake were ar
rested. Farley admitted firing the
shot. The riot was lively. fully one
hundred shots being fired. The streets
were crowded.
Four cars of the Bell Fountain line
were running close together and the
first one at a corner plunged into a
crowd of over 200 men and women.
The next car was stoned and fired on.
The four police officers aboard return
ed the fire and the crew of the first
car, hearing the shots, reversed and
ran back to reinforce their comrades.
Two other cars, each carrying four
officers, were close behind, Police Cap
tain Joyce being on the third car. For
nearly minute a rapid fire went on
from both sides and then, led by Cap
tain Joyce, the police made a rush on
the mob which broke and scattered in
all directions. MotOrman Mullen of
the second car was wounded Two
rioters also fell, and were carried off.
The passengers made wild scrambles
for the open air when the trouble be-
gan. Among them We're three women
and the horde Of female sympathizers
with the strikers at once attacted
them, pelting them with stones and
sticks and chasing them for their lives
a third of a mile.
At o'clock a mob of several hun
sdred men and women attacked the last
car on the Park Avenue line. A riot
call was turned in and the police dis
persed the mob.
Later, a Tower Grove car was block
ed so it could not move while 100 men
on a house roof rained a shower Of
stones on the car.
On a riot call, Policeman Hageman,
arrested AL Brooks, whereupon the
mob assaulted Hageman, but were fl
nally beaten off and Pete Helfish, an
other Of the mob, arrested.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-25

mode prescribed by the statutes of
that state and without appointing q
board OF contest composed OF Its own
members. had by joint resolution SIM
ply declared Goebei to be governor
and especially IL such action had been
held by the highest court Of the state
to be conclusive. this court. as we are
informed by the decision Just rendered.
would be without publication to pro-
tct the incumbent. for the reason as
Is now adjudged. that the Office In dis
pute is not property within the mean
ing OF the fourteenth amendment
when the fourteenth amendment
forbade any state from depriyinS any
person % life, liberty or property with
out due process Of law. I had supposed
that the purpose was to guard citizens
against being deprived of any legal
right in violation Of the fundamental
guarantees that fnhere in due process
OF law.
But IL seems that under the sys-
tenn OF government the right OF a citi-
zen to exercise q state office To which
he has been lawfully elected by the
people may. 50 far as the constitution
OF the United States Is concerned. be
taken from him by the arbitrary ac-
ton Of state Legislature In utter disre-
gard OF the principle that Anglo-Saxon
freemen have for centuries deemed to
oc tSScIilAI the FS<lutFcfutnt duC
process Of law. / cannot assent TO this
Interpretation Of the fourteenth amend
ment"
He quoted from Wilson versus North
Carolina a contest about a local office.
in support OF his view and said:
1T is TO be regretted that case like
this should be the occasion Of a de-
parture from principles heretofore an
nounced and acted upon by this court.
Looking into the record 81 this case.
/ find such action 10 have been taken
as was discreditable to the body claim
ing TO be the Legislature OF Kentucky
and which assumed 20 oe acting In
accordance with law. IL openly and
defiantly trampled upon the will OF the
people expressed at the ballot box. II
struck at the very foundation OF lib
erty regulated by law
He says the Kentucky legislatures s
| action was purely arbitrary. because
| made without looking at all into the
evidence. That action" he continued
ought not to be respected in any
court as a judgment upon a question
/ involving important rights submitted
| to Ii for its decision. but as taken
wholly outside of all law and in con-
tempt OF the constitutional rights or
| free men to select their rulers. The
record justifies the belief that there
was a fixed purpose on its part to put
Goebel into office and oust Taylor. re-
| gardless OF the proof in the case. II
| any regard whatever had been paid TO
| the evidence no conclusion favorable
| to Goebel could have been reached on
| any ground upon which the board OF
| contest or the body calling itself the
legislature had jurisdiction to deter
| mine the contest. In my opinion the
/ judgment should be reversed.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-25
Finley Arrested and Released.

Indianapolis. Ind, May 21.-Charles
Finley, ex-secretary of state of Ken
lucky, has been arrested mere for al
legged completely in the Goebel murder
conspiracy.
Later-Governor Mount has refused
to honor the requisition for Finley and
Finley was subsequently released.
When Governor Mount was handed
the requisition he asked to be shown
the indictment. What was the COM
plexion politically, of the grand jury
that found this indictment? Were moi
all the members democrats except
two?" The governor said next:
THE charge that 1 am protecting re-
publican refugees of Kentucky is moi
true. 1 am acting on my own indi-
vidual opinion in the matter"
do you recognize Mr.. Beckham a.
governor of Kentucky? he was ther
asked.
Yes, 1 do since the supreme cour:
decision today, but I acted on this re-
QUESTION on it's merits alone. as think
When the time comes 1 will give my
reasons for doing it,
w. S. Taylor, of Kentucky arrived
here this afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-25
THE BUREAU OF LABOR.
Annual Report Just Issued = The
Deaf-Mute and Blind institutions.
Especial to The Messenger }


Raleigh. n. c.. May 2l.-The thir-
teenth annual report Of the bureau OF
labor and printing was issued today. II
covers last year. 1t says that twenty
five cotton mills are in course OF con-
struction- Great satisfaction is express
ed at the immense decrease in child
labor in the factories. The report
shows there are 293 newspapers.
Sentiment in favor Of compulsory
education has grown, Commissioner
Lacy says. and is now a live issue in
North Carolina Out of $50 farmers
who were asked IL they favored it all
save Sc said yes" and out 331 persons
engaged in factories all save Al said
yes.
The report says the fact that North
Carolina has more illiterate whites
than any other state than New Mexico
is sufficient argument TO guarantee
compulsory school law.
Average farm wages per month are:
Men 1891, women $527. children 1855.
The cost of production of crops Is:
A 500 O-pound bale of cotton $24.56. a
bushel of wheat 81 cents. of corn IL
cents. of oats % cents, 100 pounds OF to-
bacco $6.91. The number Of tobacco
factories has largely decreased during
the past few years. Over half the
blanks sent out were returned with the
report that the factory has shut down
or gone oft ou business
j. III. Pratt, Of the state geological
survey, prepared a chapter on mining
| industry in North Carolina 1t says
the past year was one of considerable
| activity, mainly in the copper and iron
| districts. Sales of mines. known to be
| of little value, to persons outside the
! state have in past years greatly in
| jured the mining business here.
E. w. Myers, of the geological sur
| vey, furnishes a very valuable chap
| ter on water powers.
| There are 10.9s7 railway employees In
| the state.
| The report on fisheries shows that
they equal in importance and In money
| value those of all other south Atlantic
| states combined.
The session Of the institution for the
| negro deaf-mutes and blind ended to-
| day. Its pupils and those OF the inStf-
| tuition for the white blind will be sch,
| home tomorrow. There are ITO whites
| and 160 colored. Not a death or a case
| Of serious sickness occurred during the
| entire session
Tie supreme court will not adjourn
before June 18th. There are about sew
enty-five cases in which opinions are
| yet to be filed.
Robert Worth Bingham. son OF Colo.
| mel Robert Bingham, of Asheyille. ID
| an aspirant for the position of com
| mander-in-chief of the Sons of Con.
| federate Veterans. He Is a lawyer OF
| Louisville and is well known In North
Carolina. Georgia and Virginia