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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
Real Property for Sale.

Having more business to look after than
can properly attend to, have decided to sell
portion of my holdings, and now offer for
sale.
500 ACRES OF FINE, WELI-IMPRoVED
LAND.
l will sell it all in one body, as it is, or will
divide ii in tracts to suit purchasers. This
land is all in high state of cultivation, and
crops equal to any in the County or State.
EVERY ACRE HAD FROM 50 TO 1OOBUSH-
ELS OF LIME,
and the most of it been heavily manured in
the last 10 or l. years.
ALL UNDER GOOD FENCING-THE MOST
OF IT POST AND RAIL,
divided into convenient fields. with pure run
ming water in every field. Improved with
several good dwellings, couple of good
barns, with all other outbuidings necessary,
and about 1000 choice apple and peach trees
on the farm, all in full bearing.
l also desire to sell my
MILL PROPERTY, KNOWN AS GREEN
VALLEY MILLS,
consisting of one flour and griSt mill one saw
mill, one good dwelling house one barn and
other outbuildings, with all the privelegesper-
tanning thereto. This is one of the best built
mills in Frederick county, built in 1890, 36x44
feet, stories high, one of stone and three
frame, weatherboarded with cypress and
wainscoated from top to bottom with yellow
pine; two ~ l412 foot water wheels, run of
burrS, with water-power and mill capacity
of producing from
25 To 50 BARRELS OF. FLOUR PER DAY,
and in one of the best wheat growing sections
in the County or State and with a country
custom of radius of from 10 to 20 miles,
makes this desirable property for industrious
ana enterprlSlng people. | Will sell all of the
above-named property at low prices and on
easy terms. | will also sell my blacksmith
shop property, adjoining the mill property
and farm, consisting of dwelling blacksmith
shop, wheewright shop and other outbuild-
ings, on one or two acres of choice land, to
suit the purchaser.
LEVI PRICE.
mch-l6'00-lyr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

Murderers uncaught suffer awful
agonles Of fear when alone with their
conscienccs. but when apprehended,
tried, convicted. sentenced and incar-
ccratcd they become callous to fear.
Jallcrs tell me this Is the general rule.
There Is an acquitted murderer In this
city. once leading politician who has
not been able To sleep alone in a dark
room these 20 years. \ light must be
kept burning and an attendant is CON
stantly on guard, \ Wall street bro
ker. who has done every one OF his
most faithful friends. dares not 90 to
bed In the dark. He keeps a light
burning In his room and one in the
hall. leaving the door open. In the
small hours Of the morning he awak-
ems his family with pitiful cries. The
city man who is not afraid of the dark
est alleys. who viii brave thugs and
stable gangs at any hour of the night,
Is in panic when alone In forest
New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

This is how a Spanish senorita bar
gains for her fan, according to Miss
Katharine Leo Bates. who spent some
time in Spain studying the people and
customs Of that sunny cline:
There IS nothing sordid about it.
Her haSgIiu@ is a social condesccnsion
that at once puts the black eyed young
salesman at her mercy.
But the fan seems to me the least
bit dear, >enor.,
II" >hrug, his shoulders and filings
out his arm i'm protest.
All, Senorita, You do not see how
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

well. goodby. Mr. Green. II was SO
nice Of you to come II does father
such a lot OF good 10 have some one to
talk to-"
II was delighted TO come. Miss
Brown, but I'm afraid I'm not much
of a converSatonallst."
my dear Mr.. Green. don't let that
trouble You. Fathers ideal listener is
an absolute idiot. with no conversation
whatever, and know he has enjoyed
himself tremendously tonightw-Lon.
don Punch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
Mistakes In Christening.

At Ramsbury Manor. England, there
once resided poultcrer's family of the
name Of Duck. The third son was to
be christcned and the mother wanted
the name 10 Ice William. Just before
starting for church the nurse ran up
stairs To the father. who was laid up
with govt, to tell him they were off.
"What be- going To call un. nurse"
"Missus says lis Ia he William" was
the reply. William Ice bowed" said
the invalid. call I'M plain Billw In
accordance with these laconic instruc-
tions the nurse gave the name of Plain
bin 10 the clergyman. and the infant
was christened accordingly.
In an even funnicr way is the queer
Christian name of Air. ono Tichincr of
Peckham accounted for. When his
parents aud sponsors arrived at the
church. his name had not been settled
upon. and when the clergyman said
"Name this child" one Of the friends
said John" aud another said oh.
no. meaning not John. and, as no one
else spoke. the clergyman thought that
was to be his name and baptized him
Ono. The fun account Of the baptism
Is contained IN Blanck's History Of
Camberwcll"
\ clergyman'S son voucheS for the
following: My father was haptizing a
boy of 6 years OF age. The names Civ
en- were benjamin Joseph. After the
ceremony he said To- the boy. You have
two very good names, and YOU ought
to be a good boy. How did you come
by themT Please. sir said the boy,
we was twins. and the other dicd!"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
Yucatan Ruins.

"Apropos of the wonderful ancient
ruins in Yucatan." said New Orleans
college professor. there is one very
fortunate circumstance which has pro-
tected them almost entirely from spo-
liation by the Indians. II is currently
believed by the natives all through
that part of the country that the ruins
are haunted and that devils will carry
away anybody who attempts 10 modest
them This superstition has been en-
couraged by explorers and Is better
safeguard than a picket Of soldiers"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

One II tie most curious sights to he
seen IN a cavalry charge is the various
ridcrlcsS horses galloping in the line in
perfect order. At the charge of Bala-
klava the front rank of one regiment
was composed to a great extent of rid
erless animals their masters having
dropped one by one 1t would seem
that in the excitement Of the moment
the horses lose all conception of what
IS happening around them and.proba-
bly, fail to notice the fall of their rid
ers.
The return Of riderless horses to
camp is an almost certain sign Of de-
feat. When cavalry charge is sue
cessful, the horses will. as | have said,
all keep up together, even though they
have lost their riders but when a force
Is routed the first news Of i'll omen to
those in the rear will be the return Of
the horses with empty saddles and
stirrups dangling free. No more sorry
sight can lac imagined. TO Illustrate
the callnus feeling these animals have
under lire a ease which happened at
Ladysmith during the siege may be
cited. \ farrier sergeant was engaged
in shooting an officers horse in the open
ground behind the stables of hotel
and had already put one or two nails
into the Shoe when shell came scream
Ing through the air. The next mo-
mcnt the missile burst five or six yards
away from where the sergeant and the
horse were standing. ana the splinters
flew around both. but failed to touch
either. When the smoke had cleared,
the horse was to be seen with its foot
still in the mans apron, quite undis-
turbed by the incident. - Parsons
Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
curious African Customs.

Among the human sacrifices OF the
delta Of the Niger, says Count de
Cardi. young girls occupy the most
honored place. They are at regular
periods offered up to the gods, and in
stead Of shrinking from this horrible
doom they accept it with pride and
gratitude Nothing is refused to these
girls while they are alive If one Of
them sees a handsome dress or orna-
ment on woman and expresses n de
sire to have it, the woman must give il
10 her. Men are also sacrificed. though
not for religious reasons, and they
welcome death as eagerly as the girls.
Count de Cardl once tried to save one
of these victims, but Instead of thank
Ing him. the man reviled him so bitter
ly for interfering ana scollrd the by
ISLANDERS So heartily for delaying 70
carry ont thc sentence that they
promptly stopped his mouth by killing
him.
The worst insult which one woman
can offer to another q, g. hold out the
right hand u front of her with the in
dex aud middle finger forming the let
ter V. This means. You will become
the mother NJ twins" when twins are
born In this region. tbry aud their
mothers are h.Iird. ~ rule. aud when
a mother I.e. 100 giving birth to child
the latter Is Also killed and buried with
her N is upt superstition which Inn
pels the negroes O, dispose az mother
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

you understand. of course" pursued
the lawyer what is meant by pre-
ponderance Of cyidcnceT"
"Yes. sir" replied the man whom h.
was examining with reference to his
qualifications as juror
LET me have your idea of It, If you
please"
81 understand II. | tell YOU"
"Well, what Is liz"
why, anybody can understand
that"
81 would like to have your definition
of It,"
Il know what 1t Is. all right When
tell you l know what thing is, |
know 1t. That's all there Is about
that"
swell. what was the question asked
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

YOU
You ought to know what that was.
If you've forgot your own questions,
don't try to get me to remember them
for YOU
Il don't want to hear any more of
that kind of talk" interposed the court.
ANSWER the questions addressed to
you by the counsel"
Judge, | did. He asked me If l
knew what it was and said did"
Are you sure you understand what
is meant by the term 'preponderance of
evidenceT"
"Of course | am, Judge"
well, let us hear your idea of It."
Its evidence previously pondered."
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

Old world privilege and restriction
reign supreme in Spain. where there IL
law that no subject shall touch the
person Of the king or queen
Alfonso NH nearly suffered Sc
we're fall from this rule in his child
hood An aunt Of his made him pres.
ent of a swing When he used II for
the first time, The motion frightened
him, and he began TO cry. whcreupon a
lackey lifted him quietly out Of fl and
so, no doubt, preserved him from fall
ing.
The breach of etiquette, however.
was fragrant ana dreadful. The queen
was obliged to punish it by dlslnissins
the man from his post. At the same
time she showed her real feelings on
the subject by appointing him lmme.
diately to another ana better place in
the royal household.
In another case a queen of Spain
nearly lost her life in dreadful way
owing to this peculiar rule. She had
been thrown when out riding. and. her
foot catching in the stirrup. she was
dragged. Her escort would not risk
Interference, and She would have been
dashed to pieces but for the heroic in.
terposition of young man who stop
ped the horse and released her from
her dangerous position
As soon as they saw she was safe
her escort turned to arrest the traitor
who had dared to touch the queens
foot, but he was not to be seen. Know
Ing well the penalty he had incurred.
he made Off Al once, lied for his life
and did not stop until he had crossed
the frontier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

iug on the top Of the parapet wall at
Fort Rieasoli First his lat blew over,
ana then, leaning over To look for il.
he lost his balance and fell after it-a
sheer drop Of 30 feet or more. The
surgeon on duty was landed with a
party 10 bring off the remains for
identification. They found them crawl
Ing about on hands and knees and in
quircd if he was seriously hurt Hurt
be bowed" was his reply, Where's
my hat?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

1t has been suggested that suicides
were buried ut crossroads because it
was usual to erect cross at such
places. Those who were excluded from
holy rites We're buried there as the
place next in Sauctity to conSccrated
ground. 1t was an old superstition
that the devil danced at crossroads
and that the erection of a cross thcrcat
would prevent such unsccmly prac-
tees. From this or some other super
stition such as the fear that his ghost
might walk the earth, arose the Gus
tom Of driving a stake through the sui.
cide'S body.
These plausible theories have gained
many advocates but it is more likely
that burial at crossroads was intended
as mark of indignity The temples.
or rather altarS, of the heather leu
tons were mostly at the junction Of
crossroads. The place of execution
was there, and criminals were sacri-
feed to the gods; hence suicides were
buried at the crossroads to give as
strong an impression as possible of
heather burial. Probably too, the pub
LEFTY of such spot. which insured the
fact that a great number of people
would become directly aware of the
degrading consequences of the crime,
had good deal to do with its sclec-
ton
\ curious fact in this connection is
to he found in Plato's Laws (book tx,
chapter ~. The murderer of any Of
his near kin. after being put to death,
was east out of the city, Naked in an
appointed place where three roads
meet, and let all the magistrates, in be-
half of the whole state, carry each
stone and hurl it at the head of the
dead body"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
nny,22,' 96yl.
MORTGAGEE's PUBLIC SALE
REAL EsTATEIN LEwIsTowN DISTRICT

REAL ESTATE IN LEWISTOWN DISTRICT.
By virtue of the power of sale contained in
the mortgage executed by Annie NJ. Rams
burg and Thomas G. Harrisburg, her husband
dated Feb. 18th, 1896, and recorded in Liber T.
l.. j., No. IL. foioS g, etc. one of the Land Rec
ords of Frederick County Maryland, |. the
undersigned assignee, will offer at public sale
AT the COURT HOUSE door, in Frederick City,
Maryland, on
MONDAY, AUGUST 9th, 1900,
at the hour of II o'clock n m,
the real estate described i'm and conveyed Inv
said mortgage and consisting of that lot OF
ground With the Improvements thereon sit
uated in Lewistown district, in Frederick
county, Maryland, being the same real estate
and wife TO Annie NJ. Harrisburg, dated Feb.
ruary 18th, 1896, and recorded in Liber ]. l.. T..
No. II, folio 6l0, one of the Land Records OF
Frederick County, Maryland, being the same
real estate described in the deeds from Jacob
W GLENN and wife to David NJ. King, dated
January 10Th, 1895, and recorded in Liber J. l..
j., No. I, folio 557, and in Liber W l. p. No. l3
ioiio "a, Land Records of Frederick County
Maryland containing in the aggregate szssss,
ACRES AND 20 PERCHES OF LAND.
more or less. This land is located on the road
leading from the Emmitsburg turnnil1e fO
Weddle's saw mill and is about one-half mile
west from Mountaindale school-house, and is
improved by a oneand-a-half story weather.
boarded house and stable, lately occupied by
Thomas G. Harrisburg and wife -
BB- Terms of sale as prescribed by the mort
gage-Cash.
a deposit of $50 will be required Of the pur
chaser AT time of sale.
EDWARD b. MEASFLI.
Assignee OF Mortgage
Jacob Rohrback, Solicitor.
fly lS-4t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

In discussing the want Of compre-
hension Of one branch of art for anoth.
er Mr.. Sutherland Edwards says that
when Gustave Dore began to Illustrate
the "IdyIls Of the King Tennyson did
not even know him by name.
Il wonder what they are going to do
with my Idylls' next" he said to n
friend. They have now got a man
called 'Dore' without the accenD to II
lustrate them"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

There Is basis for the claim of the
epicure that he can distinguish be-
tween American made and French or
Italian made macaroni. spaghetti, YER
micelli. nouilles etc. The Italian and
French makers employ in their manu-
tacture special hard wheat grown
only In Tagunrog. Russia.
Her Prospects Good.
DO you think he can support you in
good style after you are married, DEAR
hear he Is worth nothing"
Il know Harold isn't rich. mamma
but he has his life insured for $40, 1000
and could get along quite comforta.
BY on that Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

neutrality-suspicious.
NEVER FAIL 10 PLEASE AND LAST
LIFE TINE AS A
PLEASANT AND SUBSTANTIAL REM.
DER on THE GIVEu.
WATCHES IN GOLD AND SILVER
AT PRICES WITHIN REACH Or EVERY
ONE. EVERYTHING IN
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, STERLING Sill
YER NOVELTIES,
SILVERWARE, RICH CIT GLASS AMI
CLOCKS OH EVERY DESCRIPTION.
YOU ARE WELCOME
TO VISIT MY STORE AND LOOK WHEN
TOU PLEASE.
PRICES WILL BE REASONABLE AND Nc
TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
J. w. MORRIS,
FIRST National Bank Building, corner Nortl
Market aud East Church Streets,
dec'2O-t. FREDERICK, MI
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
3" 70 THINK Of FURNTTURE4S
You Prefer Iron Bedsteads.

Everybody does. Nothing half 50 nea
so durable. You should see our new stock o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-25

From the Trades Cnionst.
The Evening Star chapel Of printers are
the best-housed Of any chapel In the United
States. II not in the world. They have every
convenience that the heart could wish for,
from the latest improved machinery with
which to perform their daily labor to a
shower bath. that they may refresh them
selves at the close Of the day.
Members Of the chapel adopted unique
means by which to testify their apprecia-
ton for the consideration shown them by
The Star management by reproducing the
first page of The Star. full size, of July T.
on elegant calendared paper. containing
half-tone portraits Of the managers and ed
itors of the paper. and the different homes
it has occupied from Its birth until the pres
ent. the magnificent building it now occu-
pies today contrasting wildly with the
building formerly occupied by 1t. AS a
souvenir the page is unique, and as a piece
of workmanship It is first-class.
The following resolutions adopted by the
chapel are also printed on the page:
ITO The Evening Star Newspaper Conf
pany: After being installed in the new Star
Columbia Typographical Union. No. 1Ol. de-
string to make open expression of their
sense Of enjoyment Of the new quarters
provided for their occupancy. this 4th day
of July, 1900, passed the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved. That. being located in the new
and beautiful composing room. with It's
modern and complete mechanical equipment
and conveniences to facilitate and make
pleasant the discharge of duties. we express
TO The Evening Star Newspaper Company
through this resolution, full appreciation Of
our surroundings and also convey to the
company our sincere thanks for the liberal
spirit and interest manifested In the well
fare Of its employees by its attention to de-
tails for their personal comfort and con-
venience: and that copies of this resolution
be suitably printed and transmitted to the
individual members of The Evening Star
Newspaper Company"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-25
Mr.. ConEer's Message of July 4.

Minister Conger's message of July 4. lust
forwarded through the Navy Department
cannot be regarded as bearing in any man
ner upon the reliability of the cipher mes
sage secured through Minister WI, gener-
ally accredited to July Is. The circum-
stances of its receipt are not yet known.
much less the manner of Its dispatch from
Pekin- Incidentally it may be a suggestive
fact that it corresponds exactly in date
with a dispatch reported as having been
received in London from the British min
lister at Pekin. who described the same
conditions as those outlined in the Conger
dispatch and stated that there were pro-
visions in the British compound for two
weeks That period would bring the le-
CATION. II unmassacred. up to July IS. the
date OF the Conger message secured by
Minister WI.
Minister WI states today, in comment
ing on this message Of July 4, that the
situation is known to have been steadily
improving since that date. the imperial
government gaining ground. He has evil
IDENTIFY, therefore. had advices directly from
receipt by him of the edict which he laid
before the State Department July IL and
Of the appeal for mediation sufficiently dis
closes the fact that the wires are open as
far as the Pekin governments necessities
are concerned.
II is a reasonable assumption that the
Secretary of State has not neglected since
the receipt Of the cipher dispatch on the
10Th to adopt measures calculated to elicit
the fullest possible information from Pekfn
regarding both the status of the ministers
and the position OF the government. The
Presidents reply to the request for media
ton Is in this same direction and the
Chinese answer can hardly fall to throw
additional light on the case. Yet other ex-
pedients are believed to have been essayed
designed to resolve all doubt and to esta-
blish either the authenticity or the spur
iousness of the dispatch of July Is and to
bring the knowledge of this government as
to conditions in Pekin up to date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-25

The state campaign in North Carolina is
approachin a close with demonstrations or
force on the part of the democrats. and
threats of personal violence directed at
both populists and republicans. Terror
izing methods which prevailed in Louisiana
and South Carolina twenty and more years
ago are in use, and promise to repeat the
successes of those days. Clubs of armed
men wearing flaming red shirts ride the
country roads and endeavor to impress
upon the opposition in this truculent way
the ACCESSIBILITY of standing back on cleo
ton day. 1.-THE democratic party is going
to control this state" they declare. land
it prefers to do so without a bloody clash.
But If bloody clash should be necessary
to that end. we take occasion to show you
that we are ready to go that far
There has been little discussion. The
proposition is the wholesale disfranchise-
ment of the negro vote In violation of the
federal Constitution, and maybe that calls
for little discussion. The Constitution de-
clares that the thing shall not be done. and
the democrats of the state declare that it
shall be, and there you are. 1t Is revolu-
ton. and probably the open display of force
Is entirely appropriate. The party which
openly defes the law of the land cannot
reasonably be expected to deal much in
mere argument 1t will disfranchise the
negroes first. and. If required to do so. will
argue the matter later.
Let us hope that this necessity will arise.
Let hope that if this defiance of the
Constitution is carried through the matter
will be presented before a tribunal whose
decisions are not influenced by mounted
men wearing red shirts and carrying loaded
guns on their shoulders. There will be sew
eral cases In point. and the United States
Supreme Court should be asked to settle a
question of so much moment not only to
those southern states which have brought
1t into existence. but to all the other states
well. Why should any state be permit
ted In dealing with question which it in
sists Is purely local to set itself above the
Constitution?
No intelligent person in this country
wants negro domination in any form. and
particularly not in matters of government
Nor does any intelligent person really fear
such thing. The roar on the subject IS
a partisan cry intended for partisan ends
But If the negro is to be counted out at
home let him be counted out in Congress-
After being deprived of all power himself,
he should not be used to increase the
power of those who have despoled him.