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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29

: branches. he was accounted prodigy
in photography.
HE feels that | have snubbed him,
and he is now going to have revenge on
me. wish he only knew how sorry
am
The schoolhouse was damned with
teachers, pupils and parents, and all
recognized the fact that it was No. 5
versus No. 6. The teacher of No. was
a young man, but he was there to win
If he could. and so were his best spell
ers. Queerly enough. it came about
that Miss Baker and Seth Thomas
headed the opposition lists. and they
We're opposite each other as Squire
jameson took the spelling book and
gave out the first word. Things went
easy ut first, but when he came to the
four syllable words the ranks began to
thin. Fifteen minutes later there We're
only five on side. Ten minutes more
and only six in all were standing, four
of whom were No 6's. Then the word
separate" knocked down two of the
latter, and the contest went on for q
few minutes with two on side. Then
came the word "impecuniosity," and
Miss Baker and Seth Thomas were
alone on the floor There were yelling
and cheering. followed by silence, as
the squire looked for the hardest
words.
al shall be beaten" sighed the school
ma'am. "and the whole district will be
humiliated. If it were anybody but
Seth. who thinks / meant to snub him,
wouldn't care so much. l wish-I
wish
1--WE will now resume" interrupted
the squire and with solemn delibera-
ton he gave out a score of big words
in succession. In time he must reach
the word archaeological" Miss Bak-
err knew it was there. and she knew
she always blundered over it, and If 1t
came to her the championship was
gone 1t came to Seth however, and
for the first time he raised his eyes
from the floor and looked into hers.
She did not read revenge there, but
self sacrifice. An instant later, with
the audience holding its breath, he be-
gan on the word and at the fifth divi-
sion of it put in an IA" for the 80" with
such emphasis as to give her the cue,
and as he sat down she spelled the
word right. at which the champions Of
No. almost lifted the roof with their
wells An hour later as he walked up
the road to the Carsons beside her she
asked:
But why did you do it? ] am sure
you misspelled the word on purpose"
II guess it was for love-" replied
Seth as he turned his head away and
stubbed his toes into the snow.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
Neither Fear Nor Favor.

A tactful refusal is sometimes hard
to compass yet mo- may contain a
Spicier SAVIOR than many an assent.
There is a story of Archbishop Whate-
ly. who was walking in London
city park one day with a curate and
Charles Lever, the novelist.
The archbishop was greatly inter
ested in mushrooms, and he picked one
and ate piece of it, at the same time
handing bit to the curate.
What do you think of that, Mr..
AZ" he asked.
The curate did not especially like it,
and moreover he was not sure whether
it could be safely eaten. Nevertheless,
this was his superior in Office, man
who must not be offended.
81 think. my lord" said he, obse-
quiously. "if it had little pepper and
salt it would be delicious"
Here, Lever" said the archbishop
you taste it and see what you think
of it."
Many thanks. your grace" said
Lever. calmly, but am not a clergy
man. 1t is true that have a brother
in holy orders. but he is not in your
grace's diocese"
The archbishop laughed, better
pleased with this cleverness Of evasion
than by dull acquiescence. aud ate
the mushroom himself.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
4 Spiny Monster.

For sheer ferocity of appearance, I'M
redeemed by any milder facial attri-
butes, a lizard called after "Moloch hor-
rid king" Moloch horridus is pre-emi-
nent among reptiles. The body of this
Australian reptile is so covered with
spines that, as it has been put, nature
seems to have endeavored to ascertain
now many spipes could be inserted on
q given area. But. unlike its tutelary
deity who seems really to have spelled
himself Molech, the lizard does not de-
mand the blood of children. 1t is, in
deed, vegetarian and only fiery in that
1t has a curious faculty of absorbing
and drying up water A specimen
placed in shallow dish was observed
to attract the water like a piece of
blotting paper.-Westminste Gazette.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
A Theory About Mans B.ara.

There is theory favored by the dis
ciples of Darwin that the beard is
merely the survival of primitive dec
Grafton. Man. according to this view,
was originally as hairy as the opossum
Itself, but rs he rolled down the ages
he wore the hair off in patches by
sleeping on his sides and sitting against
tree. OF course the hair of the dog
Is not worn Off in this way. but a great
theory is not to be set aside by an OBJ
lection so trifiing. By and by our an
cestors ''awoke to the consciousness
that they were patchy and spotty,"
and resolving to live down" all hair
that was not ornamental they with re-
markabie unanimity seem to have fixed
on the eyebrows, the mustache and
unfortunately, as the self scrapers
mostly think-the beard as being all
that was worth preserving of the prim-
tive covering. English Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
The...
SPELLING
SCHOOL
BY c. 3. Lewis
Copyright, 1902. by the
S. S. Mcclure Company

When the school board of district
No. 5, which included the hamlet of
Bebee's Corners, announced that they
had engaged a schoolma'am for the
winter term instead of a schoolmaster,
there was much wondering among the
farmhouses as to how she would man
age things. For three successive win
tiers the schoolmaster had been thrash
ed by gang of bad boys, led by hulk
Ing Joe Whitman. and folks predicted
that the new teacher would be picked
up. carried out and dropped into
snowdrft the first day.
Seth Thomas, a young farmer, drove
over TO the railroad station to meet
Miss Baker when her school was ready
to open, and his surprise was reflected
on all sides. She was a slip of a girl,
less than twenty years old and shy,
and this was her first school. She had
taken it because her mother was an
invalid and her father had failed in
business, but that came out afterward.
That a good looking. refined young wo-
man like Miss Baker should take n
country school at S25 a month instead
of getting married was mystery no
one could solve.
Seth Thomas was twcnty-three years
old, and he also was shy. During the
three mile drive the pair did not ex-
change a hundred words. Seth was
awed and scared by the girls good
looks, and She was frightened at COM
ing among strangers. She was driven
to the Carsons'. where she was to
board, and she saw no more of Seth
for fortnight. Her only remem-
brance of him was that he had plain,
good natured face and a pleasant
voice.
During this fortnight Bob Graham
walked home with her from school on
several occasions. Jim Taylor made
two calls at the Carsons', Tom Lane
drove her to school one stormy morn
ing, and Charley Saunders, acknowl-
edged the most stylish young farmer
for five miles around, escorted her to
evening church services and home
again. Her school had started off
bravely, and she had no idea that it
was all owing to the bashful Seth He
had been afraid to call on her but he
wasn't afraid to meet Joe Whitman
and his crowd the day before school
opened and to say to them:
Look here. now. You boys have
got TO behave yourselves this winter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29

WITH HER IN HIS ARMS.
If you give that little schoolma'am one
bit of trouble, III thrash every one
of you till you can't crawl homer
There was difference of opinion I'M
til Seth had picked each up separately,
shaken most Of the deviltry out Of him
and then driven him head first into a
snowdrift. That settled the question
OF mutiny. Later on. when he had
worked up the courage TO call on the
new teacher. she was lying down with
q headache and asked to be excused.
Two weeks later, when he called
again, she happened to be out. Seth
did not try again. He got the idea
that she didn't care to see him. and
though willing TO acknowledge TO him.
self that he was homely. angular and
awkward. it hurt him that she should
think so. She must think so. of course
as she was always ''at home" TO other
young men, and they lost no opportuni
~ of boasting of how fatteringly they
were received.
Six weeks after school opened Seth
was driving past the schoohouse one
day when the sounds of a disturbance
reached his ears. Joe Whitman had
forgotten his shaking up and decided
to break loose. That meant carrying
Miss Baker outdoors and ducking her
in a snowdrft. but there was a loose
wheel in the programme He had Just
started for the door with her in his
arms when Seth Thomas walked in.
Presto, it was Joe who found the
snowdrift,
The schoOlma'am would have taken
Seth by the hand and thanked him, but
when he had concluded the perform
ance he drove away without look to-
ward the schoohouse Then the girls
intuition told her that the awkward
Seth was an admirer who felt himself
snubbed. and for the next four weeks
she hoped he might call on her or that
they might meet elsewhere and hav'
an explanation. He avoided her. how
ever. though, if he had but known it,
she gave more thought to him than
all the others.
There was always a midwinter SPELL
ing school at the Corners. Teachers
and pupils of other schools were invit-
ed, and the victor of the contest was
regarded as the smartest thing on
earth. At the spelling school the year
before the championship had been
wrested from No. by No. 6, and the
schoolmaster Of the latter district had
his salary raised So per month. This
fact invested the coming contest with
more than usual excitement
A day or two before the contest Miss
Baker learned that Seth lived just over
the line In district No. 6. He would
therefore be an opponent, and, no mat
ter how deficient he was in other
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
Ancient Trades Unious

Seven thousand years ago there were
trades unions in Nineveh and Babylon,
and so strict were their rules that in
some cases the penalty of death was
inflicted for infringing them. Each
mans work was strictly defined, and
even the number Of hours that he was
allowed to work was stated in the
charter of his guild or union. Later
exactly the same state of affairs ex-
listed in Pompeii, and Inscriptions have
been discovered stating specific ap-
pointments of officials to trades unions.
The most powerful of these appears
TO have been that of the Fishermen's
guild.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
PLACEBO PRESCRIPTIONS.
An Old Doctor Tells "A Secret of His
Profession.


"Never tell a patient that there is
nothing the matter with him." said the
old doctor, who was revealing the Sc
crets of his profession. IF you do, you
make lifelong enemy and lose your
patient, who sends for another doctor.
Give him something, if it is only flavor
ed water. If the disease is only imagi-
nary. cure the Imagination with a
harmless dose, and your patient gets
well. In the profession we call such
prescriptions 'placebos,' and more Won
derful cures are effected by placebos
than the world wots of. So, also. when
you run across a patient who an
nounces the first thing that he cannot
take certain sorts of medicine, don't
tell him he must. Agree with him and
give him the medicine, if he needs it,
in n disguised form.
There are thousands of people who
labor under the conviction that they
cannot take quinine and will tell you
that they have never taken it in their
lives, while at the same time they may
Nv A'ihiIiS idl SO dpSto vi II. ilN huStC
of quinine is hard to disguise, but if
administered in pill the patient can
be made to take it and never suspect
what he has swallowed. The trouble
is the patient is apt to recognize a
quinine pill by its appearance, TO sus-
pect, bite into the pill and thus dis
cover your ruse. To obviate this diff
Guilty druggists now have pills of qui-
nine made in odd shapes and colors.
Pink pills, containing nothing but qui-
nine and a little harmless coloring mat
ter, are Il favorite form for use in cases
where an tiquinine crank has to be
medicated. In giving placebo it is not
wise to have it taste too we'll The pa
tient is apt to suspect if you do. And
be sure that you gravely impress upon
the patient that only teaspoonful is
to be taken at a time and that ut stated
intervals. The whole virtue of a place
DO exists in the solemnity and impor-
lance with which you surround it,
New York Press
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
An Anecdote of Rennn.

Renan while travelling alighted at Ma
pies One morning a servant of the
hotel came to him and said that as she
had heard the preacher at the cathedral
make use of his name many times she
would be thankful if he would choose
for her number in the lottery about to
be drawn. IF you are a saint" said
she, ''the number is sure to be good
one; If you are a devil, it will be still
better" Renan smiled and chose a
number, but he never knew If the serv-
ant was lucky.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29

Poverty has been the common lot of
the gold pioneers. Marshall and SUIT.
ter, who found the precious metal in
california; Fairweather, the prospector
OF Alder gulch: Russell and Gregory,
the pioneers of Colorado-all died poor.
Comstock. who unearthed the Com
stock lode. the richest silver vein, COM
mitted suicide because of his hard
luek.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29


sc" stops to take on passengers Tor Columbia
and points east. "h" stops to let off passen.
gers from west of Columbia.
Additional trains leave Frederick for Bruce
Vile us, 9,45 a. m and 4.55 p. m. weekdays
returning, leave Bruceville for Frederick SIS,
1910 a. M, and $50 p. m.
Trains leave Hanover for Gettysburg at 9.4S
a. M, l245 and 5.42 p m weekdays; return
ing, arrive at Hanover from Gettysburg, III
a. m. and AS p. m weekdays.
TRAINS LEAVE YORK FOR THE NORTH.
Pacific and Northern Express, daily.l IS a. m.
News Express daily $40 q. M
Buffalo and Pitlsburg Elk, daily 10 80 a. m.
Chicago and St Louis Exp. daily. g. 10 p. m.
Buffalo st. Louis EX daily. .l0C2 D m.
Western & s. Western Elk. daily. 1914 p. M
For time tables and further information ap-
ply to Ticket gent at the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, r. WOOD,
General Manager. General Pass Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
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Nothing Wasted.

A Scottish farmer when going to
market, it was observed, always took
a hen with him in his trap. The reason
was never known until one day he took
a friend with him on a drive. Every
place the farmer stopped he put the
nosebag on his horse, and then the hen
was so trained that what dropped from
the horses bag the hen would pick up.
so there was nothing wasted.-Pear-
sons Weekly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
Good Intentions.

Don't trust too far to yoh good in
tentions." said Uncle Eben. unless
yoh has skill back of 'em. Good in
tentions satisfies de man what has
'em, but dey is de ruination of heap
of choir music. Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
r,@Ifa 60 ls||It,, BALTIMORE Ono
RAILROAD.
Departure and Arrival Of Trains.
Schedule in Effect May Is. 1902.
LEAVE FREDERICK.

LEAVE FREDERICK.
$50 A. NJ, except Sunday for Washington
junction ana way stations, Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
Due at W. shington 30 a. IN.
500 a. m, except sunday, for Washington and
way stations, Philadelphia and New YORK.
Due at Washinston $50 a. m.
6.l0 a. m, daily, for Baltimore and way sta
lions, Philadelphia, New York, except
sunday for Cumberland and Hagerstown.
Due at Baltimore 50 "A. m.
7.05 a. m, Sunday only, for Washington and
way stations Due at Washington 10 a. IN.
$40 n. m, except Sunday, Tor b ltim re aud
PRINCIPAL way stations, Philadelphia a. d
New York. Due at Ba timore 1925 a. IN.
go a. m, except Sunday, for Harper's Ferry.
Winchester, Harrisonburg, Lexington and
Staunt II.
0.45 a. M, except Sunday, for Washington,
Philadelphia and New York, Hagerstown
and way stations, incinnati, Indianapo-
lis. Due at Washing ton IL 81 p. m.
IL 10 Il. m, except Sunday, for Washington
Junction and way stations, Pittsburg and
Chicago.
15O p. m, except Sunday. for Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York.
Due at Baltimore 500 y. m
4 10 p. m, daily for Washington and way sta
tions, Philadelphia and New York, Cum
berand, Cincinnati and st. Louis and eX-
cept Sunday for Winchester and Strasburg
Junction. Due at Washington 6.5Jp m
4.30 p. M, daily, for Baltimore and way sta
lions, Philadelphia and New York. Due
at Baltimore 40 p m.
oAO p H., except sunday, 1Or washington,
Hagerstown, Winchester and way stations,
Pittsburg, wheeling, Chicago, Philade.
phia and New York. Due at Washington
$40 p. m.
ARRIVE AT FREDERICK
63S a. m, except Sunday, from Cincinnati
Pittsburg, Washington Junction and way
stations S, Mt Airy and way stations. Bal
tlmore and Washington mail arrives on
this train.
s.35 a. m, except Sunday from Winchester,
Hagerstown and way stations.
lU.25 a. m, except Sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
1850 a. m, except Sunday from Washington
and way stations.
ll.S2 a. m Sunday only from Washington
and way stations, Chicago and Wheeling.
way stations, Philadelphia and New York.
1910 p. m, except Sunday, from st. Louis,
Cincinnati, Chicago, New York Phiadel
phia. Washington, Hagerstown, LeXlug.
ton and way stations.
2.25 ?. m, except Sunday, from Martinsburg,
Washington junction and way stations.
3.45 p. m, Sunday only, from Washington
and way stations st, Louis and Cincinnati.
4.O5 p. m except Sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
$50 p. m, except Sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
700 p. M, except Sunday, from Washington
and way stations, Philadelphia, New York
Pittsburg and Chicago.
S.l7 p; m, daily, from Baltimore and way
stations.
6.40p. M, except Sunday, from Washington
Cumberland, LeXingto ton, Hagerstown and
Brunswick a1d way stations.
W. r. Nj ULL1NIX,
Ticket Agent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29

Patriotism is not the mere holding
of great flag unfurled. but making it
the goodliest in the world.-W. j. Lin.
TON
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
A ButtOnIess Cont.

rs there any kind of coat that never
has any buttons on it," asked a mis-
sion teacher of a class of newsboys.
Yes SRA coat of paint" was the
instantaneous reply.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
CURRI7O and CASPIAN
Two of the Best and Handson
Sires in Frederick COUNTY

GASPARD. This grand sire of style, speed and .o,
horse by the farmers of the county who have
mares and who wish improve their stock by the hoS %
the best strains of registered stock in this country some
Gaspard a foa geer and has number of snlon,
ing colts from farm To get size and handsome I
YOU must breed stylish horses of good size and action
Gaspard is bright bay, sixteen hands high and weior
hundred pounds be has splendid carriage, fine action @
very produce large carriage horses which are in
mand, as well as fine road horses SUN
Gaspad is a of Sea King, bred at the celebrated
Stock Farm, in Kentucky Gaspards sire by Lord Ps
brother to Maud S. 2.0Sa. muse
The dam of Gaspard Gold Pen, standard and reyt.
Mambrino Abdalah (great brood mare sire.) el
end dam was by Harold, sire of Maud ST. and sixty otb
$50 list.
3rd dam by Mambrno Pachen, sire of the dams of 10O
80 list.
Gaspard will stand for the of 1902 at Walkersv
fifteen dollars the money to be paid when the mare il Known
with oa He will also be at the owners stables near F
information about Gaspard apply to Edward Fink W
vile, or to Michael Knill, Frederick, Md.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Schedule in Effect June 22nd, 1902

FREDERICK BRANCH
'f" Stops only on notice to conductor or
agent, or on signal.
FOR PHILADELPIIIA AND THE EAST
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29

CURRITO is of the best known troters in MARYLAND II
took his record of 2173 in the fourth heat in his races
Park, Philadelphia gamer horse never faced n
starter CurritO is beautiful brown stands fifteen tr
splendid appearance and has number of grand colts from
nary His colts large and handsome all show
Currito sired by Idol Gift 224, he by Akers Idol
MambrnO Chief
Curritos dam Star Maid dam of Clayton l9 by J
Abdaah
End dam Lady Mason by American Star.
3rd dam by Hunts Commodore.
Currito stands his owners stable Frederick at s
Should not prove to be with o return piyM
is given Liberal terms always assured.
MICHAEL KNILL, !.
Manager for L. VICTOR BAUGHMAy
Poplar Terrace Frederick Nd
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-20
Dangerous as Ever.

The people should remember that
Democratic tariff views, if carried into
practice, will be just as dangerous now
if not more so than in 1898. Let bust
ness men, workingmen and everybody
else remember the Democratic tariff
campaign of 1892 and the hard times
that began in 1898 as result of Dem
ocratic success and which did not end
until the Republicans were successful
in 1896, when they re-enaeted the pro.
tective tariff law, which to-day is CIV
ing US the great blessings of prosper.
ity which we all enjoy.-Schenectad
Union.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-20
Times for Tariff chanoes.


The New York Times, commenting
on the reasons given by the American
Economist for opposing tariff revision.
says:
And SO it goes Any time is suit
able to increase the tariff There il
none suitable to reduce it or to cor.
rect its absurdities and wrongs
A reversal of the above would iii
the Democratic attitude any time in
the last hundred years. AS a matter
of fact the statement as quoted is not
true of the Republicans. They reduc-
ed the tariff in 1867, in 1888, and in
details at other times. Indeed, from
1867 onward all the tendencies were
toward reduction. Even the much
maligned Mckinley act of 1890 did
some reducing, while other things
were advanced because experience
had shown that the reductions of 1883
had been injurious to the country.
The Dingley act was forced upon
the country by the Democrats, for 1t
was the necessary follower of the VIII
son-Gorman act, as necessary as re
construction after a disastrous con.
Migration.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-20
Keeping Up With the Times.

I'VE stand by the historic policy OF
the Republican party" declares the
Iowa Republican platform of this year
sin giving protection to home indus
tries" At the same time, declares
this platform, I'VE favor such changes
in the tariff from time to time as be
comes advisable through the progress
of our industries and their changing
relations to the commerce of the
world" The platform is consistent
The Republican party of the country
will be wise in accepting it's counsel
Sioux City Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-20
What Went With 1t.

Yes, the tariff did 'go!" With i,
went the prosperity of the American
people. Panicky and hard times came
upon the country. Factories were
closed. Farmers fell into debt and dis
tress. Exchange and money became
dear. Sheep and wool were ruinousIy
deprecated. Business of all kinds be.
came paralyzed. The poor suffered in
body and spirit. The government was
obliged to borrow money of foreign
peoples, at high rate of interest; and
this, too, in times of profound peace!
What an impeachment of so-called
Democratic principles!" - Napa
(Ca1) Reflector.