The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About
People and Things.

Mr.. B. i. Hammaker, of Liber.
ty, has erected for the heirs of Mr..
E. T. Getzendanner one of the
handSOmest monuments in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery. The monument
weighs about fifteen tons.
A beautiful monument has been
erected in Mt. Olivet Cemetery to
the memory of J. Knight McDan-
mold, who died in Savannah, Ca,
on February 9Th, 1899, whilst en-
route with a friend to Cuba.
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy held a regular meet
lug at their rooms in the Frede-
erick College building, On Thurs
day afternoon at 8 o'clock. Sew
eral important business matters
Mr.. Francis I. Slifer, a son of
Mr.. Charles r. Slifer, of Burkitts-
vile, Middletown Valley, has
been appointed a storekeeper
gauger by Mr.. B. F. Bartlett, col
lector of internal revenue at Bal
timOre.
The young sporting men of
Mt. Airy have organized a gun
club, with 25 active members.
DR.. William d. Hopkins was
elected president, George Clay,
captain; Marion Runkles, secre.
tary; Poole Jones, treasurer.
A count has been made of the
number of illiterate voters regis.
tered in Frederick county. The
total number of registered voters
of the county is 1880, of whom
IL, 742 are white, and 1,6OS col
Ored. The total number of illit-
crate voters is 1921, of whom 819
are white, and 772 cOlored.
The Ways and Means Republi-
can members learned at the party
caucus on the Puerto Rican tariff
bill that the committe cannot
rule the House. A subcommittee
to amend the bill was appointed
and was in session nearly a day.
1t now seems certain the bill in
its present form cannot pass.
Miss Viola Whitmore, an ac-
complished daughter of Mr.. Eman-
uel Whitmore, a well-knOwn mer-
chant, of Westminster, Carroll
county, who has been slightly in.
disposed, is again we'll, we are
much pleased TO state. For sew.
eral months, in Mt. Airy, Miss
WhitmOre has been teaching
school, in which profession she
has achieved great success, and
is loved and adored by her many
4 1.-THE American Soldier in the
Philippines" a notable article,
at once an appreciation and a
vivid, stirring picture of our boys
in the field, has been written ex-
clusively for the Saturday Euen
ing Post (of Philadelphia), by
Senator Albert j. Beveridge.
Senator Beveridge writes as force
fully and as brilliantly as he
speaks. A keen observer, with
the faculty of grasping the thing
of vital and human interest, what
he has to say will interest every
American. This great article,
the first and only one that Sena-
tor Beveridge has written for any
magazine or periodical since his
return from the Philippines, ap-
pears exclusively in the March
18th number of the Saturday
EUeaiag Post.
Between the ages of fifteen and forty
five, the time when womanhood begins
and motherhood ends, it is estimated
that the aggregate term of wOman's
suffering is ten years. Ten years out
OF thirty! One third of the best part Of
a woman's life sacrificed! Think Of
the enormous loss Of time! But time
is not all that is lost. Those years Of
suffering steal the bloom from the
cheek, the brightness from the eyes,
the fairness from the form. They
write their record in many a crease aud
wrinkle. What boon then to women
Is DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t promotes perfect regularity, dries up
facilitating drains, heals liberation,
cures female weakness, and establishes
the delicate wonanly organs in vigor-
Gus and permanent health. No other
medicine can do for women what is
none by DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription.