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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02

these items of fashion. The gown is a
white organdie with latticework de
sign in black lace insertion. \ flower
design in applique lace is added in the
front Of the skirt and bodice.
Another feature which is a natural
outcome of the low dressed hair is the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02

In Professor Bailey's monumental "Cy-
clopediR of American Horticulture" a
"prune" is defined as "any plum which
can he successfully dried without remov-
ing the pit" a correct definition which
should put a quietus OF some of the un-
learned discussions which occasionally
break out on that subject among prune
growers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
He Was ssIt."

81 don't believe you love me a bit"
sobbed his wife.
But | do, darling. r.
Don't tell me! It's unnatural you
should. No man could love a woman
who wears sueb old hats as do."-Phil-
adelphia Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
THE LAUNDRY SHAFT

rooms are located, to the laundry on
the first floor or i'm the basement Down
through this shoot can be sent the soil
ed bedding the soilcd towels and
clothing without the necessity OF
trip down stairs. The top Of this Shaft
can be located in tile back, upper hall
or wherever in the rear Of the house
the location Of the laundry below may
make it necessary. The illustrations
sufficiently explain themselves Where
the laundry is in the basement such a
shaft becomes almost an absolute ne
ccSSity in order to save running up and
down stairs. In this case an opening
into the shoot should be provided on
the first floor also that soiled table lin
en-, etc, may be thus sent down TO the
laundry from this floor. Such a de-
vice can be put into a house already
built very easily, as only the cutting of
one or two floors is required, says
Webb Donnell, who scribcs it in The
Ladies' World,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
THE HOME PIAZZA,
EASILY CONVERTED INTO AN OUT
DOOR SITTING ROOM.

Rugs or Mating For the Floor-At-
tractive Pieces of Furniture-LittIe
Living.
The woman with home Of her own,
built on modern plans, no longer is
obliged to endure the dt>comforts Of
hotel life in order to enjoy the summer
months. for the home piazza suggests
additional relaxation. With screens
drawn. there may be privacy ON the
main deck of the home craft. IN the
evening there are the same front seats
at the Moon as there are for Soiourners
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
S. M. KEFAUVER.

=. M. kEFAU V ErI,
July 2G-2t. Manager
The Church of Goo sunday
School has changed the date for
holding its picnic from August
2lth TO August 18th. 1t will be
held in the corporation woods
Several prominent speakers aIe
expected to be present. ON tle|
Sunday following, August 18TH,
there will be a mountaineering att
the same place.
The Rocky Springs Sunday
school is now ready for itspicnlr
on August 3rd. AS Of former
years the program will be inter,
esting. Prominent ministers VIII
be present and deliver addresses,
The Yellow Springs COrnet Banu
will furnish the music. twill DC
held i'll the corporation woods,
the same place as last year
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
JUDGES OF ELECTION.

| IuDllShed IN compliance with the lOth
Section of Art. So of the Code of Public
/ General Laws of Maryland, title Flee
tions," as enacted by Chapter 46l of the
Acts of the General Assembly Of Maryland,
| 1900.
1t shall be the duty of the said board to
examine promptly into any complaint
which may he preferred to them in writing
against the fitness or qualifications of any
person 50 appointed Judge or Clerk. and TO
remove every such Judge or Clerk, whom
upon inquiry, they shall find to be unfit or
incapable.
Judges Of Election who are to act as Off
GERS of Registration in the several Districts
and Precincts of Frederick County for the
year 1901. The first named in each Dis
trict or Precinct to represent the Demo
cratic party, and the second, the Republic
can party.
I District No. /, Buckeystown-J Joseph
p,d. o,''9' a. p"e>el $40" Il Joii'i =
"use''' Ao"inslo"h'
District No. ;, Frederick, Precinct ~
Allen L. Kline, Frederick City, Win
field Scott Van Fossen, Frederick City.
District NO. ;, Frederick, Precinct p
George l. Wilson, Frederick City;
Frank &. Wagaman, Frederick City
District NO. :, Frederick, Precinct s.
trancls l.. Nnodes, Frederick City;
Milton a. " ood"ard' Frederick CITY.
District 40. >, Frederick, Precinot4-
La"aId i\Iee, frederick City Roger
L. y Dung frederick CITY.
District No. 5, Aiddlctown-Stephen
B; CobIen'l, lIiddletown, Eugene ~.
ALEXANDER N'IodIeto"n.
District No. 4, Creagerstown-Ce George
9'o'ucmyer' Oreasefsto"n; John W.
10y 10y s.
District 80. ;, l.mmitsburg. Precinct
Tlh'fies X. lioke' Emmtsbu8;
oI'"' 'e9 j. 2i'uII' I,nhi'sDur@
Dlsuct NO. ), Lmmitsburg, Precinct
Jesse T. Nussedr' imml,shuIs,
''e''l II Maxwell Io0f FONTS
District M. o Catoctin John f..
amer, MlodIepohV Luther w. Wise,
''''' ''e'l'
District 80. Z 'rbana -Ebcrly II.
DIXON Lhurston' Charles r. Lod-
'cI"'' Io"n"'
District No. s, Liberty Maurice +.
9'''F Liberty; MarceII"s BcaII Liberty.
District NO. y, New Market. {.
Nasruder Fountain Mills; Charles Ill.
District No. 10, IIauvers Samuel p
bqssard' Lani<, Ida II. Buhman, Fox
m;...... s..
NJ IIoIbrunncr Woodsbnrn,. ,.corae
W. Hull, Woodsboro'.
District No. -, Petersyillc, Precinct
John ". Page Ietersvillc Daniel
VI. Miller, Knoxville.
District No. IL, Petcrsyille, Precinct
2-frederick T. Snapp, Brunswick;
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-02
Plantation Cake Walk and
Fire Works.

Rsa Excursion Rates on Steam and Flee
trie Railroads
5See Posters for fuller details
BY order of Committee,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

Professor TriggS professor of Eng
liSh literature in tn University Vc Chi
cago, arises to announce that the
hymns customarily png by orthodox
Christians are doggfel and that as
literature they are hrpassed by the
dime novel. AS Prof Bsor Triggs is the
professor who placesfoh D. Rockefel-
Ter on a par with shakespeare as
contributor to the worlds progress,
says the Chicago NWs, his point of
view will be generallI accepted as con-
sistent. Of the Bible Professor Triggs
admits that people rgard it as litera-
ture, but he notes tlat "the work Of
our own Professor Mutton illustrates
the way the Bible ha| been popularized
and made more literIry." 1t appears,
therefore, that the respect is not so
bad as might seem 1t a first glance.
Heretofore the world has put up con-
tentedly with Shakespeare and dog
gerel, knowing nothing better, but with
John D. Rockefeller hd "Our own Pro-
fessor Moulton" at hand a superior
grade Of literary proqct should be at
tanned at an early day
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07
Sympathy For Kruger.

The sympathies of the world 60 out
to Paul Kruger upon the recent death
of his wife at Pretoria. Mr. Kruger is
an old man. His peculiar wisdom and
stolid persistence have been a great
sustaining force In the brave struggle
his people have made, and, as he is
also very domestic man and by all
accounts greatly attached to his wife,
he may well be somewhat broken by
the loss. Mrs. Kruger was we'll known
to be the very pattern of a faithful
South African spouse. The simplest
stories Of the welded life of this pair
the pictures of their economies and
humble ways In the little house at Pre-
tcria, the very photographs of them on
their stoop, looking thoroughly the
Dutch peasant pair that essentially
they were-have made them interest
Ing to everybody. What, if any, effect
the death of President Kruger's faith
full companion and helpmeet will have
upon the struggling Beers, who are
very much like one great family, can
only be inferred, but it must be
Sruehin5 hivv Uo,--eiiv- ttsvOI -vAtaV~--'
finds asylum among his kindred in
Holland, far from his beloved Trans
vaal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

A Chicago street railway company
owning 210 miles Of track offers to
pave every street it occupies from curb
to curb with the best material If the
city will renew it's franchise, which ex-
pires in 1903. This is a hopeful indica,
ton that the custom Of giving away
public franchises is going out Of fash
ion. 1t seems incredible that American
cities have so long been content to give
up their streets to traction companies
without compensation therefor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07
MAJOR GENERAL s. B. M. YOUNG, q. S. A.
[Captain of volunteer cavalry Sent e. 1851 I

MAJOR GENERAL s. B. M. YOUNG, Q. S. A..
captain of volunteer cavalry, Sept g. 1851
army today. They fought the fight,
furled their battlefags and laid by the
sword when the work to which Father
Abraham called them was done.
There was nothing stingy nor half
hearted about the patriotism which fill
ed the recruiting camps of the fall Of
1861. The president had asked for
100000 men, and over 100000 rushed
to arms. Yet going to the front was
not junketing trip nor soldering in
camps a picnic in 1861. The three
months men had brought home their
stories of sour bread, of spoiled meat
and stale soup, of the evils of the con-
tract kitchen and the robbery of po-
litical favOriteS eager to get rich,
though the troops starved and wore
shoddy. Every rendezvous had it's
barrack rebellion, when tables were
smashed and contractors roughly ham
died. But regiment after regiment
went through the same performance,
rejected the stuff set before them and
bought their own food or went with
out. Then they passed on to the front,
shouting as loudly as before their
greeting to Father Abraham, and the
hardships became such an old story
that the "kickers" were the most I'M
popular fellows in the army.
In it's moral results the three months
campaign of 1861 was about on a par
with Skaters expedition to Cuba in
1898. There was the same hue and
cry over the hardships of the soldiers,
over official arrogance and negligence,
over rotten rations and the treatment
of sick and wounded. Generals and
colonies were pilloried and chaos
seemed about to come upon the nation.
But any talk of abandoning the cause
on this account would have led up to a
new rebellion. If the trifes couldn't
be cured, they would be heroically en-
dured, for the war must go on. That
was the patriots view, and stalwart
half million of the best blood of the
country, including thousands who will
march at Cleveland, bridged the crisis
and saved the republic.
The civil war lasted long enough to
teach the volunteers Of 1861 that there
are worse things in soldering than
barrack fare or shoddy uniforms. The
time came when the troops on the fir
ing line would have been glad to get
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

The buffalo having become almost
extinct, the government has seen fit to
issue fine steel engraving of the ami
NAL, copies Of which can be had for
$40 each. This may be regarded as a
rather high price for single steel en-
craving about 3 by 7 inches in size,
but it has a decided advantage over
other works of art. When its possess
or becomes tired Of looking at the pic
ture, he can readily exchange it for
groceries, dry goods, car fare or any
other commodity to the full amount he
paid for it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07
VERMONT NEWS.
Bradstreers Vermont Trade Report.


Inquiry in Vermont tLroug h Brad
streets Burlington representative, re-
veals the following conditions:
The general business situation through
out the state is favorable. The hay
crop which is staple product is practl-
cally secured, and is very large. Al
though the season is late the weather
has been good for agricultural interests
and farmers are encouraged with the
outlook. At Burlington the lumber
business and prospects are good and
prices are firm. General business both
in jobbing and retail lines is active and
collections are reported fair. At Barre
a serious difficulty between the granite
manufacturers and stone cutters which
threatened to close the stone sheds,
Thursday, August 1, was arrested by an
agreement which was reached Wednes-
day night. Business at that point is ac.
tive. stone cutters are in demand and
there is an opening for more stone cut
tiers. At st. Adams about 100 mechan-
les in the shops of the Central Vermont
Railway are out of employment owing
to strike. The strike has unfavorably
effected the retail business which has
been further restricted in consequence of
haying operations. Conditions other.
wise are favorable. St. Johnsbury re-
ports labor we'll employed, retail bust
ness is good and collections fair. The
same may be said of Randolph. At
White River Junction ordinary condi
tons prevail except in timber and tim
Der lands where there is strong move
ment on account of purchases made by
large manufacturing interests. Manu-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07
British Losses In South AFRICA.

The monthly list of casualties in the
South African war for June has just
come to hand and indicates something
of the cost to Great Britain Of Lord
Kitchener's process of wearing down"
the Beers by sheer force of numbers.
According to this statement, the war
cost the British 1919 soldiers during
that month. OF this number ia were
officers and 3,745 enlisted men. AS has
been the case during the entire cam
paign, an enormously large proportion
of this aggregate is made up Of the vic
tins of disease. Of the total loss for
June only 1877 were killed in action, &c
died of wounds, and no less than $40
died Of disease, while 81 deaths were
accidental. This brings the actual death
roll for the month up to 634, to which
must be added 141 officers and 3,066
men sent home as invalids in order
that the whole story of what the June
CdmpdlSu COSI Iu6 DT1LlSu III SOuIQ Al
RIGA may be told. . rs.e .. ~..
From the commencement of the cam
paign the war has cost on the British
side 69,921 men, and of these 2O,419 are
an absolute loss. The deaths in South
Africa have amounted to 100 officers
and 1858 men. The missing and pris-
oners include 10 officers and 609 men.
Five officers and 1855 men sent home as
invalids have died, while 1888 men
have left the service as unfit for fur
Their duty. Of the number of men and
officers thus lost only 1856 were killed
in action 1,470 died of wounds, 81 died
in captivity, while 9,937 died of disease.
Considering the terrible cost in both
men and money and the slight advance
the British have made in the last three
months it is not surprising that Eng
land is getting tired of South Africa.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

featuring interests at BrattIeboro o..
fairly good, concerns running IN are are
time. Retail trade is good for the s ,uli
son, collections fair. Late weather has
tended to retard business somewb mas
At Bellows Falls manufacturer " b ma:'
ness is fair and this condition applies s' o.
other lines there. In Essex COUNT b,,e "
ness in general is good, labor well ' ena
ployed and well paid. Collections good
"Bradstreets Journal" reports leu
failures in the United States for the n rUt
week as against 1919 the previous w p.S.
and 40 for the same period year ag eTA
Failures for July of this year for Eas+ssr U'
states were 1877 against IT'S for 1900 "
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

The assurance is now given that eF'
cry sovereign state on the western
hemisphere will be represented at the
pan-American congress which upon
President Diaz's invitation Will meet
at the City of Mexico in October next
This is gratifying, as the gathering VIII
undoubtedly strengthen the 1nterna-
tional comfy between the nations OF
North and South America and bring
them into closer political and CONNER
cial relations. 1t will undoubtedly be
potential Of much good for the peace OF
this hemisphere.
1t has taken the exercise Of not lit
tie diplomacy to bring about an agree
ment of all the nations to send dele
gates to the conference, but 1t was
finally accomplished, mainly through
the activity Of our state department.
The principal obstacle in the way of
getting q full representation was the
attitude of Chile, Peru and Bolivia,
growing out of their long continued bit
ter boundary disputes. Peru and Bo-
livia on the one hand and Chile on the
other sought to make such conditions
of attendance at the congress that 'the
party Of the other part" would have
nothing to do VITA the meeting. Peru
and Bolivia, still smarting under a
sense Of the wrong which they hold
that they suffered years ago in the en-
forced settlement Of "the Tacna and
africa DISPUTE" insisted that in the list
of questions to be discussed at the pro-
jected congress arbitration must be in
cluded and that the arbitration must
be retroactive as we'll as prospective
that Is to say, that disputed questions
of the past must be brought up for dis
cussion and lotion as well as questions
relating to arbitration in the future.
To this contntion Chile offered an I'M
compromising opposition, and for
time it seemed impossible to bring
them togethf. Finally, however, the
states which threatened to be refrac-
tory were induced to recede from their
interested demands, and the conse-
quence Is thf every American state
without exception will be represented
at the congress, which will especially
therefore deseNe the name it will bear
the pan-Ameican congress. The Of
fetal programme has been arranged
and embraces he following subjects:
First.-ArbitratiQ.
Second-lnternapnal court Of claims.
Third.-Measuresb r the protection of industry.
agriculture and cqmerce. DEVELOPMENT of the
means Of communication between the countries
composing the Unh. Consular port and Gus.
toms regulations. Satistics
Fourth-Reorganati Of the international
bureau of American epublics.
So far as thiscountry is concerned.
it is the purposdhat the congress shall
be absolutely IMPARTIAL in it's view of
all existing inteaational disputes, but
it is hoped by digestion and other
wise to help settlsthem amicably.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

Boer raids into Naal have made it
necessary for the British authorities to
order all white farmers to abandon
the country between the Tugela and
the Sunday rivers. Ills is practically
the territory which tie Beers domi-
mated before the relief of Ladysmith.
The significant feature of the news is
that it Is the first Initiation the Off
cial dispatches have contained Of any
recent Boer activity in hat region.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07
The BOYA of 1861.

With scarcely an exception the young
soldiers who were around army head
quarters 40 years ago have disappeared
from the stage. The average ages of
commissioned officers at that time were
about ten years above those of enlisted
men. But thousands of those who are
to march In the Grand Army parade at
Cleveland on the 10th of September
were among the boys who rallied in the
army camps in September, 1861. Their
leaders then were their leaders after
ward and some Of them are still lead
ers in the active army. Sickles, How
ard, Schofield, Wilson and Wallace of
the senior line had been in the field at
the time of Bull Run. Miles received
his first commission on Sept. 8, 1861
and although so youthful that Gov
ernor Andrew asked him to return II
and give way to an older head he
was man enough to have recruited g
company and get elected captain tC
lead 1t to the front. General Chaffee
enlisted as private the day after Bull
Run and 40 years ago was learning the
a b of the cavalry routine. Shaftel
had just mustered his company OF
Michigan volunteers and was putting
the men through the facings, perhaps
taking instructions himself. General
Young, the hero Of the cavalry fight al
Guasimas, Cuba, completed the three
months term in the Pennsylvania mi
litia on Sept 6, 1861; got his commits
sion as captain Of a company of caval
ry he raised under Lincoln's call fol
100000 three year men. Macarthur
the youngest of all the veteran generals
now on the roster, being then under
military age, took up the role of school
master in the camps Of the recruits al
Milwaukee. The veterans at Cleveland
had the same spirit and were moved
with the same courage as these five
comrades who stand at the head of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07

sudden awakening to the real task in
its enormity. The government took
the cue, increased the navy and called
the veteran Farragut from his rose
garden on the Hudson to pillow torpe-
does at New Orleans and Mobile Nc
Clellan's good and weak points have
long been settled to the satisfaction Of
popular history, but there is one fact
no one disputes, and that is that he was
the ideal for the head Of the army
when it was organizing for the job. that
lay ahead of it in September, 1861.
War demands in soldiers something be-
sides enthusiasm for cause. Little
Mac" turned the three hundred thou
sand recruits of Father Abraham into
corps, divisions and brigades of sol
diers, eager to win, but at the same
time willing to learn the rules of the
game by slow stages in the midst of
toll and drudgery.
On the military side that was the be-
ginning of real war. The impulse to
hang on and win out at all cost which
was then set going did not end until
Appomattox. The temper Of the hour
in the camps at the front has been
graphically depicted by Comte de Paris
in his historical chapter on
Mcclellan Organizing the Grand
Army.
Writing Of September, 1861, the count
says:
Every veteran will be able to recall that extraor
binary time when the people Of the north devoted
all their native energy and spirit of initiative to
the raising of enormous leyies of future com
bata1ts and their military equipment and when
infantry battaons, squadrons of cavalry and bat.
teries Of artillery sprang, as it were, from the