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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
Mirage On Lake Michigan.

Michigan City lGomed up in mirage
to the eyes of thousands of people
along the lake front in Chicago not
long ago. It's white buildings and its
long sandy beach could be so plainly
seen by the naked eye that the city,
which is some fifty miles from Chica-
go, seemed as II 1t were no more than
few miles away.
The sight lasted some hours and
was first noticed about o'clock in
the afternoon. Spectators walking
along Michigan avenue, who saw the
strange appearance on the lake, and
who cast their eyes southwark, first
thought that the far-eYay lake city
was some Of the outbuildings Of Hyde
Park or South Chicago. But their eyes
were deceived, and In looking steadily
through the smoke cast over the lake
about Chicago they were convinced
that it was q view of the Indiana oity
which met their gaze. Hundreds Of
people In the streets filled the win
dows in large buildings along Michi
gan avenue, to witness the spectacle
Guests of the different hotels fockeo
to the windows. A number of steam.
ers but few miles from Michigan
City coming from and making for the
harbor were also visible without the
aid of glasses. A pail OF smoke how.
cred about the outer harbor Of Chica.
go, but when gust of wind blew II
away the mirage was again SEEM
Chicago Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
Why He Was Nervous.

ee merchant uttered q sharp ex-
ciamation and sank back into his
chair a telegram fell from his shak.
ing hand. His eyes were wide, his
face white and beads Of Precipitation
stood on his brow. The men in the
outer Office whispered among them
selves.
Touch of heart dlsease?" asked
one
No; the old man can't take UP a
note" said another, We fellows will
have to be looking for another place."
Get to work--hes coming up
again"
The merchant wiped his brow.
fetched despairipg sigh, picked I'D
the paper from the floor, frowned and
stamped his foot, as if to summon all
his resolution, placed the telegram on
his desk, and forced himself to read
the bitter message. This was it:
Dearest James-Pleasa SEND the
waist for my gr0s grain suit at once.
You will remember the one, as it has
revers on the frontage and chain
stitched biases on the back. It is in
the lower trunk in the cupboard be-
size the back room, under your winter
oyercoat. If not there 1t must be in
the sealed box on the third shelf in
the front room cupboard II you don't
find 1t there it must be somewhere
else. The trunk keys are in the Sec
ond wardrobe drawer unless they
were put on the chiffonier; and /
think the keys are in a vase on one
of the mantels. Pack the waist 80 as
not to wrinkle it; and, oh, James,
plc0se do not swear" -Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
PASSING AWAY.
How Printers Are Being Surerceded
by Machinery.

It would appear, says the Kansas
City Star, that the sort OF printing az
It was first discovered and understood
is to disappear, that act not being the
making Of impressions on paper, but
the use Of movable type. That was
the process that Faust, Gutenberg and
the rest discovered, and when there
are no longer types to set. then there
will no longer be any printing in its
original sense, nor tor that matter any
printers.
The day draws near. The machines
as all Of the different contrivances
that do the work that printers former
ly did are called-increase in perfec-
ton. They do most OF the labor now
in what were compos ing looms, and
before long they will do it all. Then
we shall have a new art and a new
artisan.
1t will not be the first time some
thing of the kind has happened. Whole
trades and their implement have dis
appeared. How long Is it since you
have seen a man In a field Of grain,
with a sickle or even cradle? There
was such a man once. and he was
called reaper. He cut the grain be-
fore and after Boaz, for thousands Of
years, backward and forward; then he
disappeared When the word reaper
is used now 1t applies not to man.
but to a machine. So the word printer
will be applied some day. And then,
too, where IS Humphrey with his fail?
Gone to the goodly land Humphrey
no longer Yields a fail. He is now
a thrasher He is one of small party
who runs a thrashing machine The
printer viii go where the human reap
ers and thrashers have gone.
With the passing of the art Of print
ing and artist will disappear a very
ancient calling and one that retained
It's original features from antiquity till
yesterday. Scarcely any ether OF the
middle age arts has so kept its first
nomenclature. Caxtou, the first Eng
lish printer set UP his Office in
chapel Of Westminster abbey, and Ger.
tain meetings of printers is called to
this day = chapel Many other names
and customs are as old. Many things
in connection with the art OF printing,
for example, presses. changed through
the ages. but the Arrangement of NOV
able types are carried on exactly in
the same manner as at first until re-
cent period, when came the machine.
Now we shall have a new language,
for new art. and the talk OF printers
for 400 years will be heard no more
than the phraseology OF the old-time
alchemists and astToiogists whose uc
GU ation has gone.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19

give me your name and address, IN
case anything more comes of this.
Il gave him my address as soon as
| could get away from the carriage,
and at the same time | gave him
surreptitious five shillings and asked
him not give my name to Mrs. Scoble.
II saw Scoble on the platform as
the train drew up at Greencroft but
he did not see me, for had concealed
myself behind the curtains OF the car
riage. | watched him until his back
was turned and then sprang out and
bolted into the cloakroom. which was
close at hand. hoped to remain there
until Scoble had left the station, but
| was disappointed. The porter in at
tendance, finding that | had no parti-
cular business with him. Immediately
suspected me of designs upon the pro
perry under his charge and told me
must not stay in the cloakroom. |
tried bribery, but the action only con-
firmed his suspicious. and he roughly
ordered me to so about my business
or he would have me arrested. Just
then Scoble spied me.
Why, here you are, after ALL he
he exclaimed. Where on earth have
you been?'
The niece had returned, and was
standing looking in bewilderment,
first at me, and then at her uncle.
Suddenly she took in the full meaning
Of the situation and. after saying to
me. Is this Mr.. .ohnston?' burst into
uncomfortable laughter.
There never was anything so con
tagious and irresistible as that laugh
since the world began, and the fash
of the girls mischievous eyes would
have made John Calvin smile even in
the act of burning a hereto. | could
not help it, but in another moment
found myself joining in the girls
laughter, while Scoble stood and gazed
at us with an almost frightend ex
preston.
The niece was the first to speak
Uncle she said there has been mis-
take that would have been perfectly
awful if Mr. Johnston had not been a
real humorist and seen the funny side
of it, Auntie has driven home for she
could not wait any longer and We all
three walk home together, and you
shall know all about it,
81 hesitatod a second and then said
TO myself that l would meet fifty aIG.s
sooner than say good--y ta t7e .i'gt
before ! had convinced her tla. .e
not always stupid, and 4a, 81 ..
sometimes be other than
l not only walked Gone 3
faced the dismavad ami
aunt, but | stad MS Ia.
Greencroft When j caa
was engaged TO be married r-s II
already begun to call aLI5. .H1.
Q Hr--. Tar frH4
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
A MOTHERS OFFER.
Ten Thousand Dollars to Doctors Try.
to Save Her chlld's Life.

With a distracted mother urging
them to their best efforts with the Of
fe of a reward of $4,000, five Brook
ly! doctors labored in vain to save
h. hid from death by strangulation.
e mother is Mrs. Vincent Geralde,
OF ~ State street, Brooklyn, n. Y,
and the child was her two-yearold
daughter Annie. The physicians who
strove vainly to save the child's life
were doctors OF the neighborhood,
summoned one after the other.
The child was fretful, and Mrs. Ger
aide gave her button bag to amuse
herself with. When Mrs. Geralde went
into another room for a few minutes
the child opened the bag and took
from it a big bone button. She placed
it in her mouth and it slipped down
her throat, lodging in the windpipe.
Mrs. Geralde heard the child gasping
for breath and hurried into the room.
The mother frantically tired to dis
lodge the button. Finding her efforts
unayailing she sent for a physician.
The doctor came at once but tried in
vain to get the button from the child s
throat. Mrs. Geralde almost beside
herself with fear, hurriedlv summoned
two other physicians of the neighbor-
hood The continued efforts of the
three physicians, however, failed to
dislodge the button, and they dis
paired of saving the childs life. Mrs.
Geralde would not give up hope, and
thinking they might know of some
method of dislodging the button which
the physicians in attendance had not
tried she called in two more doctors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
LEFT A FORTUNE.
1t Comes To Prodical Turned Out In.
to the World Many Years Ago.


After more than twelve years of
dire poverty Douglas Wilhelm is
walking from New York to his home
In eastern Tennessee to claim a for
tune of 100000. which his father left
to him. Wilhelm started from New
York on Saturday morning. and in
tends to walk oil the way to Memphis.
He says that he has managed to live
twelve years in want without asking
charity and that he does not intend to
ask for it now.
He has enough money to pay for his
lodging and food on the trip, and does
not intend TO ask for transportation.
Wilhelm was at the Twenty-fifth Dis
trict Police Station, and was there
seen by a reporter for the Times, to
whom he told his story.
His father, he said, owned a large
cotton plantation about forty miles
from Memphis. and he and his son
lived together until twelve years ago,
when the son fell in love with the
plantation oYerseer's daughter Sew
eral months later they ran away and
were married. The boys father
would not be reconciled to the mar
rage and turned the son Cut on the
world. He and his wife wandered
and he and his young wife wandered
from place to place, making a living
as best they could. They finally drift
ted to New York where the wife died.
Wilhelm made q living by selling pa.
pers, and continued to struggle on
alone until few weeks ago, when he
saw in Southern paper that his faith
er had died leaving him his entire for.
tune.
Wilhelm wrote to the administrator
OF the estate. but received no answer,
and is now on his way to his home r.
claim the estate. He looks worn and
haggard, but seems confident that he
will be able to make the trip.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
LirTLE-KNoWN FACTS.
They Show What We Know of Each
Other and of Our Country.

But eighteen per cent. OF all the fam
flies ia America employ domestic help
leaving eighty-two per cent without
even one servant.
Ii all the dressmakers known TO ex.
list in America worked tWentyIom
hours of eacn day for whole yea,
without stopping for sleep or meals,
they would slil be able TO make only
one dress apiece iCe less tnan seven.
eishths of the women OF America.
Not SIX per cent, OF all the women
in America spend IS mach money as
fifty dollars per year on their clothes.
Out OF twelve million American
families the income OF four million OF
the families is less than $500 each
per year, and the incomes OF nearly
eighty per cent OF Jne entire number
are less than $1,000 each per year.
There are scores OF places in this
country where only one mail comes
every fourteen days.
Ask the average person where the
central point of area is in the United
States and he viii Xix ii somewhere in
Illinois Tell him it is nearer san
Francisco and he will be incredulous
until he remembers that Alaska il
within the boundaries of Uncle Sam
Edward Box in the November Ladies'
Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
A TITLED SURGEON.
His Services and Wealth Have Been
Devoted to the Poor.


The sixtieth anniversary Of a very
notable man was recently celebrated In
Germany. 1t is that Of Duke Charles
Theodore Of Bavaria, who has acquired
high distinction by his work as a phil
9nthropist and by his skill as a sur
geon. For many years he has been
treating persons afflicted with dlseas-
es of the eyes, and he has up to date
performed operations on 81 900 persons
suffering from cataracts. The removal
of cataracts is indeed the work to
which he now devotes almost his entire
time.
At first he declined to accept any fees
from patients. Physicians throughout
the country, however, seeing that he
nao practically a monopoly as Lizards
the removal of cataracts, addressed a
petition to him some time ago in which
they requested him TO charge the GUS
tomary fee. on the ground that 9TH
erwise he would be doing an uinten-
tional injustice to other physicians, and
the Duke at once promised to comply
with their request.
lie planned, therefore. to c'' .-,o h,s
wealthy patients, Sc ro',,,a s,,r,
anu - spo"u me money, when ii
~ MIN, in establishing three hos
pitfalls, where the poor afflicted with eye
diseases could be treated-one in Mu-
Mich. another in Meran and a third in
Tegernsee. AS the money however, did
not come in as quickly as ne expected,
he began to build the hospitals at his
own expense, and the cost OF their
maintenance to-day comes almost
wholly out of his own pocket This
amounts to about $4,000 year OF his
many wealthy patients few pay him for
his services, and they know well that
. he will never press for payment.
Such ineratitude would deter many
men from continuing in their philan-
thropic work. but the Duke is not la
boring in order to earn gratitude or
money. AS a matter of fact. he and his
family, in order to maintain the hospi-
tails, have been obliged to reduce their
Iliving expenses Almost to minimum.
Hike most Germans, the Duke loves a
Egood horse but to-day almost all the
Lstalls in his stable are empty. His wife,
lwho was the Princess De Braganza.
and his children have also given up
many luxuries in order to be able to
continue the good work.
The Tegernsee Hospital occupies an
entire wing of the castle in which the
Duke and his family reside. Poor pa
tients on their arrival receive at once
hearty meal and bath. Then the
young ladies examine them and report
to their father in regard to the condi-
ton of each.
If there is imperative necessity the
operation is performed without delay,
but otherwise not for several days, or
until the patient has regained strength
by d comfortable rest at the hospital
During these days Of rest the patients
receive the best possible food and care,
50 that. as has been well said. the Duke
does not only keep free hospital, but
also free restaurant and free home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
@ERa
A DUMMY pEcA.
cards Rung In On Four Poker Play.
ers ir Camp.

ers ir Camp.
"a rather amusing thing happened
It fishing camp at whio | was last
summer" said R. R. Reynolds, OF
Hartford, at the Hotel Manhattan.
New York. One of our party, while
otherwise thorough good fellow was
IN interminable talker, and, as such,
IN awful bore. The description, once
applied to a certain statesman. that
he used to set his mouth going and
go away and leave it talking, fitted
him to I. We stood it for a couple
OF days, and then we put up a game
on him. After supper, when we start
ed in on his regular Conversations, we
got up in body and decamped He
saw the point and gracefully yielded
to the inevitable, although he swore
revenge. About this time we found
that we had no playing cards with us,
and telegraphed back to the club for
20 packs, which arrived in due time,
and that night we had a game. After
we had played some time the CONVEX
sationalist dealt the cards. | held the
age, and when | picked up my hand /
held four tens.
The next man simply stayed, so
did the next, but the other two whoop.
ed her for the limit. The dealer
dropping out, / raised again, and so
did every one else in turn. This went
on until we all got tired, and then
came the draw. Some stood pat, aud
the balance drew one card each. At
ter the draw we went il fast and furi-
Gus. All the chips had gone up long
since, and the falling of o US look
ed like snowstorm. 1t finally result.
ed in a show down, and every blessed
man present laid down four tens.
When we recovered from the trance
we We're at first thrown into we look
ed for the dealer. Wise in his day and
generation. he had disappeared and
returned no more that night 1t took
about an hour and halfs hard work
to get that pot Strengthened out. 1t
seemed that the dealer had been alone
in camp when the cards arrived, and
all the 20 packs happening to have the
same backs suggested the idea to him,
and he put up the dummy pack, which
he held in his lap. The substitution
was easy, and We did the rest. New
York Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
A Cure For Dyspepsia.

A young Austrian physician has dis
covered that hypnotism may be used
with success in cases of dyspepsia
He had a dyspeptic woman patient
who could not retain any sort of nour.
ishment. When She had been hyp-
Noticed he ordered her to eat and
keep down a hearty meal This
worked all right while the hypnotic
state lasted, but when 1t ended the
patient had the same pain and sick.
ness as usual. Then the doctor tried
ordering her to forget she had eaten,
and after few experiments the WON.
an was entirely cured.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
Reality.
Reality.
He sought for Fame
And found a shining nut
Without a kernel.

hGAttAys
He sought for Fame
And found a shining nut
Without a kernel.
He sought for Wealth
And found a brilliant heap,
Which blinded him and weighed him
down,
So that he could walk straight no more,
And went erraticaliy
Where Right and Wrong held sway.
He sought for Power
And found a hard. high chair.
Wherein he sat
And cursed his awful luck
While men, like puppets.
Bowed and fawned beneath h m
But slid their troubles to his as ing
back.
lie sought for Love
And found a full-grown flower.
Fragrant and sweet and pure.
And every petal held grain Of honey
on which he feasted-
And the JOY OF simple life then held
him low,
And lost him in oblivion.
James Oppenheim.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
Our Formulation Is 5000. 600.

In June of next year the people of
the United States will be counted for
the twelfth time since the establish
ment OF our government 1T will re-
quire about fifty thousand enumera-
tors writes Clifford Howard in the
November Ladies Home Journal, ito
take the census, and their work must
be finished in one months time, or
by the first week of July, 1900. That
means that about seventy-five million
people must be recorded in thirty
days, or at the rate of two and half
million a day. The rate will be even
greater than this, however, for in
towns and cities of eight thousand
inhabitants the enumeration must be
completed within two weeks. The
enumerators will not be permitted to
have any assistance in the work; it
must be done by them In person, ex-
cept in such sections of the country
as contain a great many foreigners
where the employment OF interpreters |
will be allowed, as otherwise it would |
be next to impossible to secure the
necessary data. The enumerators will |
be paid for their services in accord
ance with the amount of work they
are called upon to do
Wasted Energy.
DO you know q man who twiddIes
his thumbs all the time he talks to
you, or his fingers, or possibly the
watch chain which he wears? Or, il
he does not do any OF these things, ne
does something equally annoying.
II may be that you yourself, when
you sit thinking what you will gay
next to your shorthand clerk, beat
time with the tips of your finger nails
while she taps her foot.
All these little idosyncrasies the
neurologist classes as physical auto.
matisms and regards az energy vast.
ers.
Probably you will find yourself
avoiding or stepping on cracks, or
counting figures in patterns or the
posts flying past the windows, group.
Ing uniformly recurring shapes in wall
paper or bisecting lines and rows of
figures. The great Napoleon counted
windows as he walked abroad, and il
he happened to lose count his temper
was completely upDet for the rest of
his walk. Everybody knows the story
OF poor old DR.. Johnson, who counted
posts, and many sad, insane men are
4 SSag the same to-day. One should
avoid as much as possible this ten.
| 1ency OF mind and body to dissipate
valuable energy.
Threaten 80 Lynch Murderer.
jamestown. n. r., Sept. 2I.-Excite-
| ment caused by the murder of Emily
| Adolphson has not abated and the au-
thorities have feas that an attempt
will be made 10 lynch the man locked
I'M charged with The murder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19
ARRIVE AT FREDERrcL
640,a. m, except Sunday, from MI. Airy
way stations AiiS d

641a M, except Sunday, from MI Air,, ON,
way stations. anu
6.55 a. m. except Sunday from t,incir,a.,
Pittsburg, Washington Junction ana i r.
stations. Baltimore and Washingto,, va, -" az
arrives on this train va man
goo m, except Sunday from Wincbestor
HagerStoWn and way stations
lG.l1 a IN, except Sunday from Ralti,,,o
and way stations, PHILADELPHIA aud n ew
York. "i' anu new
1850 a. m, except Sunday, from Washingtor
and way stations 'on
ll27 a: m, Sunday only from WASHINGTON
ana way stations, st, Louis, Chicago and
Wheeling. ''so anu
l22S p. m, sunday only, from Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York
10 p. m, except Sunday, from - ouis
Cincinnati and Chicago, New York Pbiia
delphia, Washington, Hagerst0wn 10y.
lngton and way stations
ol) p. m. sunday only, from WASHINGTON
ana way stations, 81, Louis and Cincinnati
4'JU p m. except sunday. from BaItimore
and way stations PHILADELPHIA and New
York 90" w"
500 p m. except sunday from Washington
ana way stations Philadelphia New York
Fttisburg and Chicago
o'5" ?; m, except sunday, from Baltimore
York. NO on" -''"
500 p m, daily, from Baltimore and way
SOL m, except sunday from Washington
Culhperland, HascTstown, Brunswick and
way stations.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-19

Fires on autocars are said to be be-
coming numerous In France with the
increase of automobiles. Many of
these fires are due 10 inexperience, as,
for instance, In rsceat case, whore
the attendant f0ei!shly tried to I'll
the reservoir WITH petroleum without
extinguishing the turner's.
A Happy Thought.
Hide the top of your misit skirt by
wearing wit 1t belt with deep fringe
attached. These wide fringes are ex-
tremely modish, made of beads, silk
and chenille.
Pretty and effective are belts fringed
with ribbon loops. When ribbons are
narrow, two rows Of loops are required.
The length of the front fringe may ex-
coed the back, of the reverse. Jet belts
and black satin ribbons go well to-
gether, and conveniently accord with
various frocks. After the loops are
sewed on they need to be pressed fiat
on the ends.