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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Berlin, September lowing to the
unusually heavy westward passenger
traffic, as well as to the interruption
in sailings, owing to the Hoboken dis
aster and the chartering of passenger
steamers by the German government
for use in Chinese waters, many Amer
lean citizens have recently been com
PEELED to take steerage passage in re-
turning to the United States. The
physicians of the North German Lloyd
Steamship company have insisted
upon yaccinating all these Recently
an American filed strong objections
with Henry W. Deiderich, United
States consul at Bremen, who wrote
to Washington for Instructions, mean
while forbidding the physicians in
question to vaccinate Americans in
the Storage on the ground that the
law was intended to apply to immi-
grants only
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

London} September s.-It is reported
that Lord Roberts has issued a proc
lamation formally annexing the Trans
vaal to the dominions of the British
crown General Christian Dewet, ac-
cording II the Daily Nails Capetown
advices' reported to have appeared
again alohg the railway near Winburg
road
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

1t is said that Russia is about to
adopt new calendar. Each year
contains 10 months of twenty-eight
days each The main feature is its
apparent stability, and in this 1t re-
sembles the sovereign remedy, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Try it for
dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness
or insomnia. Be sure you get the
genuine
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

j. Wesley Hoffman, colored, profess
sor of agricultural biology in the State
College of South Carolina, recently
went to Paris, where he had been in
'vited to address the International So
ciety of the Advancement of Science.
Professor Hoffman has made a special
ty of the study of horticulture and the
art of scientific farming.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

An old Chicago detective says:
Don't take any stock in stories of
people being chloroformed in open
rooms by burglars. Chloroform in an
open room is no more effective than
it would be out of doors. Its unpleas-
ant odor usually awakens sleepers and
Keeps them awake"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

According to the Paris press, Ameri-
can women are the best dressed of any
who visit the exposition. Figaro says
that American women have even set
the fashion for their French sisters.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Tasteloss Chin Tonics Arc Unreliable.
Try Yucatan Chill Tonic CImproved.) No
shaking required. Each dose contains the
sane proportion Of medicine. Pleasant 70
take Price 80 cents.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Boston finds that Pingree plan of
growing potatoes in vacant lots is q
failure.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Compliments are the red fires that
light up life's dingy scenery.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
ECONOMICAL PROGRESS.

Eastern farmers develop an agricul
tural virtue from sheer force of cir
cumstances which, could it find foot
hold among those of the west, would
do much to add to the prosperity of
the western man. We refer to the prac-
tice Of economy in the matter of little
things the looking after the small
economies of the farm and the avoid
ance of minor wastes. An eastern
farmer once said that the wastes of a
western farm would easily constitute
the profits of an eastern one When
land is cheap and labor high, much of
this western waste is absolutely I'M
avoidable Then the soil was so rich
and productive that the very excess of
crops naturally fostered a wasteful
method of caring for them. Thus the
straw was burned in the field and the
cOrnstalks left to rot, while hay was
put up in poor, leaky ricks with GO
devil because this way required but
a minimum of hand labor Fifteen
and 20 cent corn makes men careless
in the matter of feeding it when one
man and team will raise 1900 bushels
of it with 40 days work. But as the
value of the western farm increases
the eastern virtue of saving can be
applied to the management of the
western farm with much advantage
In fact, it must be so applied If even
the good western farm is to be made
profitable. We notice a marked i'm,
prOvement along this line during the
past few years. There is but little
machinery now left to winter in the
field, barns are taking the place of old
sheds for stock and the storage of the
crops, wet spots are being drained and
waste corners Of the farms being util-
lied, more of the products of the farm
are being converted into finished prod
ucts on the farm, and year by year
western wastes become less and less
noticeable.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

quitos in large numbers, and noticed
offensive odors emanating therefrom.
1t is wise thing Tin time of peace
to prepare for war; and no one can
tell when some epidemic might
unfold its deadly horrors among us di-
rectly traceable to this unsightly local
ity.
As a precautionary measure, it seems
the part Of wisdom to keep at this
thing until it is settled. We can say
here that DR.. Goodell, the City Health
Officer, has acted with judgment and
discretion in the premises although not
being able to have the case cleaned up.
Several obstacles have appeared in his
pathway, not the least Of which is the
hestancy Of the citizens in the imme-
date locality to put their names to a
petition which will place the matter in
the hands Of the state Board Of Health
and if this fails, then resort can he had
to the courts lit isa nuisance, then
those who have complained. should be
ready to reitcrate and stand by their
guns. This is public matter and per-
soual considerations should be lost
sight Of for the puhlc good.
"Au ounce OF prevention is worth a
pound Of cure and our City Health
officer should not rclnquish his ef-
q Z
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
German Minister Killed by
Chinese.

CHEFU, China, July 1.-Advices
received here today state that the
German Minister to Pekin, Baron
Won Ketteler, was attacked by
Chinese soldiers on June Is W hen
proceeding to the Chinese Foreign
Office, where he died.
His interpreter was also wound
ed, but saved himself by running
into legation. Only three lega.
lions have escaped destruction
prior to June %. Their national.
tiles are unknown. All the men
Of the naval brigade at Taku have
been recalled to their ships and
replaced by troops.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
MARYLAND DELEGATES.
Take the Smith Boom to Kan
sas City, But it Could Not
Trot Fast Enough.

The advance guard OF the
Maryland Delegates left Balti-
more on Saturday last, in a pri-
vate car over the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
The party was composed of
the Delegates at Large, Governor
John Walter Smith, State Treas
urer Murray Vandiver, Hon.
Joshua W. Miles and Colonel l..
V. Baughman, With the party
also were Messrs, Murray
Thomas, of Baltimore, and Sam.
uel NJ. Buck, of this county.
The district delegates followed
on Sunday. They were j. BENZ
Brown, jefferson ID. Stanton
First District: G L. Fedall. b.
F. Grouse, Second District; Harry
Rountree, +. j. NASTY, Third
District; A. Leo Knott, Martin
Lehmayer; Fourth District; DR..
George Wells, Jose h A. Wilson,
Fifth District; Blair Lee, John
Keat ng, Sixth District.
Onto Kansas City they took a
little boom for Governor Smith
as Vice President. They whoop.
ed it up lively for him, but could
not get better for him than can
also ram" Governor Smith made
many friends among the dele
gates and with his party was
right in the push all the time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
DOS HE OWN THE FISH

We re asked II farmer has not
better light to the fish in the river
which uns through his farm than the
man wo lives down the river in some
town. This will have to be answered
from illegal and not from an ethical
! btandpcnt. The law of the country
holds TIT he has only an equal right
to the fiji in the stream with his town
brother down the river. The law
broadly recognizes the rights OF the
general public In all streams Of run
hing wster and meandered lakes.
Though the fish may be in the river,
the bed Of which he owns, he still does
not own the water or the fish in it and
Is just rs strictly bound by the laws
governing the season and method of
taking the fish as though he lived
Somewhere else. He has a common
right, with al others living tributary
to the stream, to the use of the water,
and must neither divert its flow or in
jure its quality to the detriment of
his neighborS down stream. A pond
which is formed by the spring over
flow of river and which at all other
/ times is entirely Isolated from the
SIT am is III the same category as the
flowing river, ard though such pond be
! full # fish left there 10y the overflow
the owner of the pond possesses no ex-
clusi,. right to or ownership in such
fish. F., a man should sink flowing
well ana thereby create a fish pond
which nu stocked up with fish, he then
becomes the absolute owner of such
pond and all that it may contain, and
the public acquires no rights whatever
thereto. Owning such pond and its
Ssh, he may further catch them and
hll them whenever he wants to, re-
GadlcSS of close or open seasons. The
, rle.t TO enter upon mans land in
pursuit of fish in Il stream varies in
different states. In some states where
a man has stocked the stream he can
bar out the public, but he cannot dam
or ObStruct the stream so as to prevent
the run Of such fish to other portions
of the stream not controlled by him,
In most states the right to walk up
stream or run a boat thereon and
catch the fish therein is allowed, the
common law of treSpaSS not applying.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

1t was not a personal friendship
which made the sparrow follow I'D the
robin as the latter was busy on our
lawn digging up the earthworms. Tbs
sparrow was a feathered tramp and
had in some way found out that ha
could live without work by keeping
about two feet from the robin, and as
the latter pulled out the long and Juicy
worm the sparrow would snatch 1t and
ny of before the robin knew what had
happened. The difference between the
robin and man was that the bird did
not seem bit put out by this sort of
high handed larceny.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
RESOLUTION COMMITTEE
ON A CLOSE VOTE so
DECIDE.
Platform Committee Make I'm.
perialism First Plank in
Platform. 1t Will be the
Paramount Issue. No Nom.
nations Yet Made. Mention
Of Dewey's Name Brings no
Cheers.
Special to the CIrrzFN.}

KANSAS CITY, July 5.--The
Resolution Committee has decided
for one explicit declaration for
silver coinage at lG to l, the vote
on same being twenty.siX to
twenty four.
Convention was called to order
by Chairman Richardson at 1l.01
a. III. IL is almost certain that
the platform will not be ready for
presentation to the convention
until p. m.
llogg, Dockery and others ad.
dressed the convention, and Dock
cry in a brilliant ctl'uSion men
toned Dewey's name 1t fell
fiat. and not a cheer was heard.
The Platform Committee has
made declaration on imperialism
first plank in plattorm thus max.
ing it paramount issue.
At l2.4j p. IN. convention ad-
iourued until $50 p. m.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
At Kansas City.

men AT this horr it is impossible to form
ingly ny definite conclusions a., to the result
especial the action of the Democratic Con.
ton ofention at Kansas City. 1t is all -pecu-
tendeIhtion Three sessions were held We'd
usuA,l4 sday, hut not much was done
hugs are not running along as
Emoothly a the extreme silver element
esred, and Mr. Bryan was nos nomi.
- ,ated on the It'll Of July a- was in
ca vinr4nded. A contest came up over the
waste solutions and the conservative dele
respecates from the East, North and other
IN pections had their say and stayed the
mes roceedings. Even as strong silver
plIlaa as Senator Daniels, of Virginia,
.,t.,n) unseled prudence and advised drop
n fng the ratio altogether. Ex-senator
cradle,il of New York, received a tremen-
a lid )us ovation when he came in the hall
ders I'D this showed great change of sen
cover ment, considering that he took no
iewrt III the campaign Of 1896 and
d qu'bposed free silver. The Maryland
.%Nen LEGATION are among the conservative
tbo i cIes and are doing everything possible
have r a reasonable amendment Of the
use. atform in regard to silver
AfteThis latter is the rock upon which
.movede convention is at present split.
over that it will do in the next few hours
much ay be the salvation Of the party or
Goals UGH to its detriment. There may
ise man and an opportunity to lead
faltering footsteps into the right
r,, oannels and make the chances Of
appeagau'S eieo''o" cer'"'h'y'
in Irwin silver as All Issue and forced
] execuon an unwilling people, Mr.. Bryan
and ay win, but we feel confident that
consithout it, distractng as it must the
in thention of the voters Of the country
anu q graver questions and the real
on' ,minant ISSUES, his election is as sure
othelIaVe'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

The summer boarding houses
in Frederick county are "getting
busy" so to speak. Already there
are many persons summering here
with engagements for many more.
No where can be found more ad-
vantsgeous and healthy condi.
tions for summer vacation than
in our surrounding county, and
each year more people realize it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

If the Grout bill, which compels oleo
to be sold for just what it is and de-
nies 1t the right to find market under
the guise of genuine butter, should
nhaliy become law, 1t will prove to
be the greatest victory which the farm
ers of America have ever won In the
nails of congress. Against the passage
OF this fair and wholesome legislation
there is pitted one of the most IN
scrupulous Hobbies ever organized in
the interest of fraud and monopoly.
The farmers Of the country can well
AFFORD to look into this and see who
their friends are among the congress-
men who will come up for reelection
this fall
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

1t Is hard problem which presents
itself to many farmers in the eastern
states how TO use their land with
profit in competition with the cheaply
produced farm products of western
lands, The dairy, the poultry yard and
the orchard are about all that are left.
1t is fortunate that the east is still able
TO retain its hold on manufacturing,
which insures a ready and profitable
market for milk, cream, eggs, vege
tables and fruits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

Necessary to a choice .,.5Oo25 5lS1s 5l2 6l2 5lII5
Before the result of the fifth bal
lot could be announced Mr.. John
r., Mclean changed Ohio's 46
votes to Bryan; then ex Governor
Stone changed Missouri's "a votes,
and other States following, the
nomination was declared unani-
nous, amid much confusion and
the greatest enthusiasm.
On Saturday, July IL, Arthur
Sewall, of Maine, was nominated
for Vice President, and the con
yentiOn adjourned.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

Yes, the world owes you living pro-
Hded you are willing to get down and
work for 1t, but under no other con-
ditions. You may play tramp and
beg hand outs" or live of your father.
in-law or convert public office into a
private snap or, worse, steal your liv-
Ing by beating your way through life,
and the world owes you nothing but q
hole In the ground and the reconver-
sion Of the elements of which your
worthless carcass Is composed into
some more useful form Of animal or
vegetable life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
A CONTRAST WITH 'o6.
How Bryan, a Ozark Horse,
Won Nomination by a
Speech.


The near approach of the Dem
ocratic National Convention of
1900 calls attention to the marked
contrast between the situation in
reference to the Presidential nom
ination now and at the cores
pOnding period in 1896, says a
writer in the Baltimore San a few
days ago.
The nomination of Bryan at
Kansas City, is, and has been for
weeks, a foregOne conclusion. But
it would have been a bold politi
cal prophet who, on the day before
the Chicago Convention assembled
four years ago, would have dared
to forecast the selection of Mr..
Bryan for the Presidency.
The convention met in the great
Auditorium at Chicago July Z,
1896. The silver men were in a
decided majority, but were by no
means agreed on candidates. As
it was desired that the PreSiden
tial nomination should be a shin
ING exponent Of the silver idea. a
plurality of the delegates advo.
Gated the nomination Of Richard
Parks Bland Silver Dick >
Bland, Of MissOuri-who had won
a national reputation in Congress
by championing free coinage.
I'm the contesting delegation from
Nebraska was young man who,
during two terms in Congress, had
become noted as an orator and as
a careful, painstakiug public ser.
want. He had dropped out of
Congress in 1895, and when the
convention met was editor Of the
Omaha Worid Herald This
young man was William Jennings
Bryan. then SO years old.
The National Committee decid.
ed in favor of seating the gold
delegation from Nebraska. but The
convention reversed this and seat
ed the silver delegation, headed
by Mr.. Bryan.
On July 9 the platform, declar,
ing for the free coinage of silver
and gold at the ratio of 1G to /,
was adopted by vote of CPS to
3Ol. The adoption of the plat
form was preceded by a debate of
marked brilliancy, in which David
b. Hill, Of New York, made the
principal speech for the gold side.
Bryan spoke for silver, and his
speech won the nomination for
President. 1t set the convention
and the immense crowd in the
galleries almost wild
The speech was delivered in
mastery style and was full of
rhetorical passages. Extracts
from it which have been widely
quoted are as follows:
"You shall not press down upon
the brow Of labor this crown of
thOrns. You shall not cruelty
mankind upon a cross of gold.
You come to us and tell us that
the cities are in favor of the gold
standard. | tell you that these
great cities rest upon the broad
and fertile prairies. Burn down
your cities and leave our farms and
your cities will spring up again as
if by magic. But destroy our
farms and the grass will grow in
the streets of every city in this
country.
We have petitioned and our pc
titions have been scOrned. We
have entreated and our petitions
have been dlsregarded. They
have Knocked at our calamity. We
beg no longer; we petition no
more. We defy them"
The story of the five ballots for
the Presidency may be told in the
following table:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

Thousands of bronchos have this sea-
son found purchasers all through the
central west wherever the raising Of
the draft horse has become general
thing. If these bronchos are used for
the work for which they are well fitted
and not bred, it will be all right, but if
they are used for breeding purposes
they will degrade the horsedesh of the
west where introduced.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

could get the nomination, it is be.
lieved, if he would accept, but he
says firmly that he will not do so.
The boOms of Charles A. Towne
and William Sulzer seem to be
declining.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

1t Is not so very long ago that some
congressman got congress to seriously
consider the expediency of appropriate
Ing the sum of S1.50O,OO0 for the ex.
termination Of the Russian thistle then
a new pest which It was claimed was
going to overrun the west and make
the raising Of crops an impossibility.
fortunately the bill did not pass. It
proved that while the weed might be
troublesome to some extent on the bor-
DER line Of settlement and agriculture
touching the desert 1t still could gain
no foothold In the settled portions Of
the west. We see no mention Of It
now even In the territory where 1t was
thought 1t would monopolize the earth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

The publication of the formula by
which cleo is made has been surprise
to the country and to congress, which
compelled such publicity. 1t is proved
that 1t can be produced so very cheap
ly that more emphatically than ever is
the demand being made that it shall
not be allowed to pass itself off as but
ter. 1t is also shown that the people
who are knowing users Of 1t are en-
titled to very much lower prices on 1t.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

Every summer statement gets afioat
In the papers to the effect that punches
of red clover blossoms hung up in a
room will keep the flies away. This
is one of the harmless fakes which an
intelligent people are wont to pass
around. Western flies grow fat on red
clover bloom, just as do western hogs
and western beeves. Good screens at
doors and windows and fly poison are
the only remedies which count.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

A farmer in central Iowa recently
drove four horse team of draft horses
into a country town and was offered
an even $1,000 for them by a local
horse buyer. These were high grade
Percherons and the sort of horses
wanted by the breweries and whole
sale houses of the large cities. For
this grade of horses there will always
be a good demand at good prices.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

We notice with regret that weeds of
all sorts are almost entirely exempt
from the ravages of insects. 1t is prob
ably this thing which does something
to make them weeds. Here Is, for
instance, a wild rose, proof against
mildew, slug, green worm and red
spider, all of which beset a Jacquemi-
not rose growing within two feet Of
It In the writer's garden.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
rhe Tan Yard Nuisance Again.


IL connection with the statement
al.. 4, de in last weeks CITIZEN by City
40 alth Officer Goodrll, might be shed
IL iitional light by saying that al
t., )ugh many complaints have come
Z. ect to the above party about the
h'.' yard nuisance, it is a difficult mat
az to get things into shape to abolish
/, same. Unless "A further analysis
a,,Lhe stagnant water reveals disease
ton. ms or epidemic bacteria which the
half ult of the first examination Of the
and ter in the watts leaves open to ques-
the n, the health officials cannot pro-
mas against it. Then, too, Dr. Goodell
nople he has not been able to secure
.uerrje signatures to a petition among
tion{ residents of West Patrick street,
gouen whom majority of the COM
soIicints have come.
for t is. not commendable to make COM
whoint and then, when it comes to a
OF tIstion of personal effort and respon-
1hallity, shirk the duty.
nUd Whether or not the tan yard is dau-
che ,ous to the health of the community,
Aues an offensive eye-sore to the public,
hayl, with the stone fence along the al.
upo broken down, so that any person,
oppye or small, can gain easy access, a
Una 3gerous place. The city authorities
-, make the owner, Mr.. Bantz, fix up
fence at least, and with little
slble compel him to fill up the watts
tint put the place in sanitary condi-
in /.
mohe State Health Officer, who was
ian on the matter recently, found the
: to be a breeding place for mos
dis
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

One pleasant evening lately every
body was out driving, and as horse aft
er horse passed by we noticed that
hardly one horse in 20 was physically
Sound, of attractive appearance or pos
sessed of a smooth and easy gait. The
most graceful moving horse in the lot
was fast walker. Few men realize
how much is lost by the failure to
properly break in horse
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06

There are still any quantity of pretty
good dairymen who believe that the
food of a COW affects the quality of her
milk. On the first thought it seems
perfectly natural to assume that this
would be the case, but careful expert
ments prove that it is not so; the ra-
tion does determine the quantity, but
does not to any appreciable extent af-,
feet the quality of the milk.