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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
THE 0UTCAS7 GYPSY
Now the Modern lshmaeI Among
Civilized Nations.
England and the United States Now
Turned Against Them-Efforts
to Induce Them to Settle
Down Unavaling.

Washington.-Every through.
out the civilized world the hand of
mankind seems to be raised against
the gypsies. The last two refugees to
which they betook themselves-the
United States and England-have set
their faces against them. Hereafter
in England they are to be treated
like common Migrants, without visible
means of support, while in the United
States the immigration laws serve to
debar them as idle and dangerous
nomads
France decided some years ago
that the gypsy was a public menace
and, in the summary fashion OF the
republic when it makes up its mind
to thing, expelled him as relentless
ly as it has expelled the monks.
Germany, which is a grim manufac-
turing establishment. after all. sim
ply ordered its thousands of sentinels
along its bayoneted border to turn
back every gypsy who showed his
nose at the line.
Wrathful and perpleXed. the Rom
any moved on TO Belgium; but hostile
bayonets met them there. Desperate,
for they hate water like so many
wildcats, they took to the canals of
placid Holland. But the phlegmatic
Dutchmen, every tradition of their
plodding industry outraged at sight
of the gay wanderers. drove them cut
again.
Meanwhile the Balkans, where the
gypsy has ever roamed as free as any
other bird of prey, have begun to feel
the call of settled prosperity-if Bal
kan politics will ever give agriculture
its chance-that attends the lowing
kline and the Importation of Ameri-
can reapers and binders. Sheep steal
ers and horse swindlers are impress
sing the fiery-souled mountaineers
less than they used to. and the bars
are being steadily raised against
the gypsy, on the ground that he is
common tramp, who contributes
nothing to the country and deserves
nothing from it.
Pennsylvania, time out of mind, has
been the gypsy's native heath. The
hills and caves let him live the life of
the early troglodyte, and the industri-
GUS among the population afforded
him sustenance. But all Romany
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
What Alaskan Indians Smoke.

Seattle, Wash.-How would you en-
Joy pipeful of wood shavings satur-
ated with strong solution of pepper
as an after dinner smoke? This is
the strange substitute used for tobac-
co by Indians along the Alaska coast.
Their mouths are often made raw by
the practise, and the eyesight of many
is affected by the strong fumes.
It is no uncommon practise among
farmers to smoke the leaves of the to-
mato and potato plants. While both
these plants contain a narcotic poison,
the smoking of leaves in moderation
is harmless. Excessive use, though.
produces heavy stupor, from which
the smoker awakes with terrific
headache and feeling of utter ex-
haustion. Insanity and suicide have
often been caused by the immoderate
use Of these two weed Rhubarb.
beet and even garden sage leaves are
all smoked by farmers, but are per
haps the least harmful of substitutes
for tobacco
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

can't subsist on the loot of Transyl-
vania, and Hungary and Austria re-
ceived the first overflow.
Maria Theresa a hundred and fifty
years ago had brilliant idea for
squelching the dangerous nomads.
She provided doweries for all gypsy
maidens who would marry her Aus
trian subjects. 1t was the most popu-
lar move any empress ever made. es-
pecially with the gypsy maidens.
They applied for the dowries in
beautiful, bridal droves; got them:
and ran off with their gypsy hus-
bands and lovers day after day. until
Maria Theresa concluded that gypsy
maidens were likely to prove unprolit-
able investments
Emperor Joseph II. thought he had
them fixed forever when he gave them
houses and lands, seed. grain and
farming implements. The seeds were
promptly eaten the houses became
horse stables; the implements were
sold, and the owners moved on.
There are believed to be 100000 of
them in Austria and Hungary still;
100000 in Turkey; 10000 in Russia.
100000 in Spain and Portugal: 1000
in Italy; 10000 in the United States.
and several thousand in South Amer.
lea. to whose broad pampas and rich
plantations their nomad fancy has
been turning for some years past. In
all, the whole race of gypsies. MS
known to the white nations. numbers
fewer than million; and the whole
mass of them Is forever moving on.
The great traveller and ethnoIosist
Sir Richard Burton, whose translation
of the Arabian Nights has immortal.
lied him, is one Of the few genuinely
scientific men who have studied the
origins of the gypsies in a genuinely
scientific manner. He does not con.
denim them utterly. and is at pains To
note that the race has, at times. pro.
dIced men of real distinction. He
quotes the families of the Hungarian
Hunyadis, the Russian Tolstoys. tho
Scotch Melvilles, the Cassilis and he
Contis in France under Louis XIV
and the famous gypsy chief. Thomas
Pulgar, who. in 1896. gave Bishop Sigis.
mund the help he needed to beat back
the Turkish invader from Europe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Remnant Of French Panama
Canal Goes to Melting Pots.
Costly Machinery Brought Over by
5ackers of Ferdinand de Lesseps
Being Sent 10 Furnaces to
Be Made Over.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The ghost of old
Ferdinand de Lesseps. the French en-
gineer, would stand aghast were 1t to
visit the yards of the Harrisburg Iron
and Steel company and see what is be-
Ing done with the costly machinery
and equipment which he shipped from
France to the Isthmus of Panama in
the '70s, to aid in the construction of
the big ditch that was to be dug solely
by French labor, conducted by French
skill and paid for By French cash from
the strong box CT the banker and the
humble wooden sock Of the French
peasant.
AS all the world knows, after De Les
seps had made such great success in
building the Suez canal, he was urged
to greater efforts to build a canal
across the Isthmus OF Panama to con-
meet the Atlantic and Pacific oceans;
and he set about the task with fer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Miss Zoe Boyle Explains Workings OF
Fer Nomenclature Systen--
Net Fortune Telling.

New York-What's in a name?
Nearly everything from a sure threat
to a steady job, in the opinion of Miss
Zoe j, Boyle Of this city, who calls
herself "a name analysist" She main
tains that when enc writes ones self
"E.D-Y-T-HE," instead of edith =
one actually makes ones self wholly
different person. For. she says, as
"Edythe" one may be more unluclly
than when It's spelled with an a."
1T isn't fortune-telling," said Miss
Boyle. 1T is the working Of natural,
ordinary law. It means a lot of acct
rate, careful work. Every letter OF
the child's two or three names-Chris-
tan, middle and surname-stands for
something. Then each letter is equiva.
lent to number in several mathe-
NAUTICAL tables which | use. The sim
plest is like this" and she showed the
following diagram:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
10N Ssa@e@S9 6 sssa-5@ 0575z=SS-YSno--
ELDER BLOOM
By MARTHA McCULLOCH.WILLIAMS
aSS 9e<eg9 Sc 500 SO 0Q1~=a0@ee-

Won say elder bloom is sickish
,root9 I love tit minds me SO of
tbings-things, maybe, l had better
Iforget
rs hard loving and losing just
+brough pure pride. If had known
lint at twenty you think everything
Of your own way. John said l was
kventy only by the book-the big
'Pib,e. where all our ages were set
f5owp He would have 1t, outside Of
That was just about seven. But he
Ebonght was old enough to marry
him.
Somebody else thought so. too-Al-
hen Waite. the squire's lame son.
Nc had gone to school together, all
kbree-John had always helped Allan
IN and of his pony, and in class it
bad often come my way to make
Ebinrs a little easier for him A good
bsd he was, in spite of being so sadly
Spoiled.
It hurt his people terrible to have
Aheir only child q cripple. He had
Zbeen born straight anu iuSLy as any
'hody's child-it was a fever that gave
hin the withered leg and twisted
Mo-. Except for them. he was fine
'Rrd well made, with q face like a
.picture. But some way, when
looked at him. Johns face always
eamo between-a good ugly, honest
face with the kindeSt brown eyes to
hight it.
h l loved John all the way up from
Smelling books-yet he never cared
for ne, except as little lonesome
kirl until was rising nineteen All
III cnce it came to him that he
Couldn't live without me. He told
he so right away-if Joy ever killed
] shouldn't be living now But here
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
FIND YOUR NAME BY NUMBER

vibrations of that number in two ways.
as the compound number. 81. and as
the sum CT the two component parts,
plus l, or 8. have many books tell.
ing what qualities and tendencies
every number stands for. away up into
the hundreds.
Using this simple table, analyze
each of the names borne by the person
I am studying. ] then add the sum
Of the letters of the three names to-
gether, coupled with the mothers
maiden name. Only with all this data
do l attempt TO make a reading"
But people don't name themselves. +"
the reporter ventured, "and isn't it
rather unfair that their characters and
their luck should be determined in
spite Of themselves, at their christen-
irg?"
Science is seldom fair" she an.
swered, and people have only to
change their names. OF course, fire.
quently it would be rather inconve-
nient to disturb the surname. But even
if that is an unlucky one, the Chris.
tian name can nearly always be
manipulated to- neutralize the bad
qualities of the other"
That's why some women are so
different after they are married?" was
suggested.
Yes, indeed" said Miss Boyle, land
you know many unhappy marriages
are simply the result of an unlucky
combination of names"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

Denmark's Ancient FLAG.

Copenhagen. 1.-The flag of Denmark.
a plain red banner bearing on 1t a
white cross. is the Oldest flag now in
existence. For 300 years both Nor.
way and Sweden were united with
Denmark under this flag.
In the year 1919 King waldemar Of
Denmark. when leading his troops to
battle against the Livonians. saw or
thought he saw bright light in the
form of cross in the sky. He held
this appearance to be a promise of
divine aid and pressed forward to vic.
tory. From this time Ne had the
cross placed on the Gag Of his co,,n.
try and called 1t the Dannebrog. thar
is. the strength OF Denmark.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
President of Wabash Railroad, Daugh-
ter and Companions Forced to
Sleep in Open.

Chicago.-Lost In the pine woods OF
northern Michigan and forced to sleep
In the open, with only the towering
pines above them, was the experience
of Frederic A. Delano, president of
the Wabash railroad. who was accom-
panied by hts daughter, Miss Gather
inc Delano; Frank H. Scott and the
latter's daughter.
One night was spent this way. and
late on the afternoon Of the second
day, when the little party had recon
ciled themselves to the situation and
were preparing to make more perma-
pent> camp, they were found by a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Oldest American Rrina.

Phoenix, Ariz.-The very Oldest
American ruins are to be found in
either Arizona or New Mexico These
are the cliff dwellings along the Colo
ra6o river and the Rio Grande. which
wore built centuries before Columbus;
ard approaching them in antiquity
are the mysterious adobe compounds.
whose walls, labyrinths. subterranean
chambers end battlements we're lately
dug ort of an Arizona desert sur.
roundlrg tie ruin Of Casa Grande, now
believed to have been the temple OF
TIE chief priest OF sect Of sun wor-
CLIPPERS once inhabiting this region.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Paris,s PolyaIot Policemen.

The polyglot policemen Of Paris, who
made their appearance about two
years ago, are not an unqualified sue,
cess, and only two members Of the
corps now patrol the boulevards. Their
failure is to be ascribed to the colos
sal ignorance of the tourist.
1T is a dreary and monotonous oc
cupation to have to supply informa
ton TO foreigners who have never
before been to Paris" said one of the
force, "and we decided that we would
move to have ourselves abolished
Nearly every hotel nowadays has Its
interpreter, and the need for our ex
istence struck us as more than doubt
full"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

hme in the foolishness-l tormented
pyself wondering if he had not
sensed how loved him and had
pine to me out of pity? So l hung
lack
B He was patient enough with me
Pc patient for our good-until Allen
Waite began haunting me, and say
Pc everywhere / was the beauty of
Pc country.
1t was truth, though all along until
was full grown I'd been called
most ugly, tearing tomboy, all
foWsy and freckled, who cared no
lore for frocks than to have them
Mole and clean, and had rather play
Pp-scotch and ride races bareback
the colts than sit and sew patch
#ork' or make buildings. or darn
Bookings.
Aunt Jane had changed all that
was my mothers sister, and let
see she cared to have me look
e lady My stepmother had not
red-nobody had until Aunt Jane
me. She made me pretty dresses.
ID brushed my hair till it was like
un gold, and took off my freckles
IN buttermilk, and kept me in
pVes till my hands were baby soft.
Pc was to blame for the boys both
Rlng me. But they never held it
falnst her-and certainly l don't.
right down pitiful to think of a
growing up and never knowing
PAT 1t is to play the great game.
Ve Is the great game. l had my
OF 1t that summer twenty years
ck.
IN the early June the elders all
2wered, the richest, heaviest bloom
ver saw on them. And there were
En- clumps of them all up and
wn our lane, with wild roses In
tween and wild buclIwheat climbing
tangling everywhere. l loved
walk there. stopping whites to
ry my face in the elder bloom. |
Yer liked to pick the clusters-it
med sort of sacrilege The
pom fulled as they were in prime.
John walked with me through
shining. He lived a little way
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
$40 For 1893 Coin.

New York.-Henry Chapman, a mn.
mismatist, paid 1910 for 1-cent piece
at an auction the other day. The price
according to dealers. is the largest
ever paid for penny. Two hundred
and seventy-five dollars is the biggest
previous price which could be remem.
bered. The coin was struck In the
year 1923. 1t is of the liberty cap
variety and was formerly owned by
Peter Mongey. the grocery-numisma.
list Of Cincinnati.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

New York.-A pet alligator owned
by the family of Jesse Irving Taylor,
249 Broad street, Bloomfield, N. j.,
disappeared and had been given up as
lost.
Miss Jeanette Taylor, while gather
ing eggs from the nests in the chicken
coop was startled to see the head of
the alligator sticking from under the
wing of an old black hen sitting in
one of the nests. The gator, Ted, was
removed from its comfortable quar-
tiers and placed in an aquarium. The
alligator had grown considerably, and
judging from the number of shells
found, had been subsisting On fresh
eggs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
TURTLE ASPAYXIATES CHICKS
Pigs Also Die When Gas Pipe Is Bit
ten in TWO by Connecticut
Snapper.

south Norwalk. Conn.-Funeral
services for 100 chickens and three
pigs were conducted behind the barn
of Herman Jacobs and a swapping
turtle that endeavored to qualify as a
gas meter inspector is being fattdIed
for slaughter as the result.
Jacobs caught the turtle some time
ago and tied it to stake in the back
yard. The turtle broke loose and
mede for the gas meter in the barn.
In his Investigations he bit OF the
gas pipe close TO the meter ard the
chickens and pigs were asphyxia.ed.
Two farmhands who endeavored to
rescue the unfcrtunates were made i'll
by The fumes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
ITS GLoRIES ARE NOW DEAOi
Samarkand, in Russian Turkistan, Once
the Worlds Most Splendid City,
Now Ruin.

Bokhara, Asia.--At one time Samar-
kand in Russian Turkestan was as
much the source Of power and infiu-
ence in the affairs of the world as
London is today; its architecture was
as much admired as that of Paris or
Vienna; its scholarship was as famous
as that of Athens and its ecclesiastical
prominence as great as that of Rome.
Its universities were sought by stu
dents from every corner of the earth.
like those of Germany are today, and
pilgrims came from every part of the
Mohammedan world to worship at its
shrine.
The empire of Tamerlane, of which
Samarkand was the capital, at the end
of the fourteenth century extended
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

when De Lessep3 and his merry men
began to dig the ditch that failed
There was only enc thing to do with
this old stuff, and that was to gather
1t, ship it north and sell it for junk.
to be remelted in the Yankee smelling
pot. to make useful things. Tons upon
tons OF it were sent to New York and
sold, and among those who got share
was the Harrisburg Iron and Steel
company. Thus far Harrisburg has
handled 1900 tons Of this scrap. AS
none of it can be used for its original
purpose, as fast as it is received here
1t is cleaned of the rust of years and
the mud of Panama and sent to fur
races, for there is always a demand
for it, because of it's quality.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
ENGLISH TELL FREAK TALES
Gre Village Reports Cow MIXED by
Snake-Frogs "Cricd Like
Rabbits"

London.-Winsted. Litchfield coun-
ty, Connecticut. seat of SO many mar
wells, will do well to keep an eye on its
laurels. British emulators are enter
ing the field. The little Glouchester-
shire village Of Coddington made the
first bid by promulgatlng the report
that the cows Of the countryside were
being MIXED by snakes. This report
hourished so by travelling that yards
ibf articles published In rural news
bapers related how farm laborer had
pad a desperate struggle with boa
constructor which no caught In the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Trua Indcnendencn.

You will always find those who
think they know what Is your duty
better than you know It, 1t is easy IN
the world to live after the worlds
opinion; 1t is easy in solitude to live
after our own; but the great man 10
he who, In the midst of the crowd.
keeps, with perfect sweetness the In.
dependence Of solitude.-Emerson-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
A Brick Carrying Record.

WV SUI yTFIJ TtCIOTUs
EDWARD Ashbee, an employee of the
gn Broom Brick company, near Tun-
dge Wells, holds the record of hav-
carried considerably over 100000
bricks on a wheelbarrow in the
Pt 30 years.
ne weight OF the bricks Is esti-
ped at nearly 10000 tons, and in
course of his work he has walked
Priy $4,000 miles, or more than
r. the distance round the world.
nDee is man of fine physique and
ks much younger than his fifty
rs.-London Daily Graphic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

act Of kidnapping valuable Aldernev
COW
Meanwhile, spurred to action by all
the attention showered upon Cod.
dington, the village OF Temple Bottom.
near Cruwys- MorchGrd, in Devonshire
took a hand in the game. Jack Ayre
awoke his neighbors one a.ght with
the report that, having just travelled
on foot over a long stretch of road
from an adjacent village he had found
the ground covered with thousands OF
frogs that cried like rabbits"
1t was midnight when the adventur.
er made the discovery. and he
opined that the frogs had been show
cred down from the clouds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
No Scratchinu,

The suffragettes had gone to wa.
and their army had been repulsed.
And what have you done with the
suffragette prisoners?" asked the COM
mander of the mere man forces.
I'VE are disarming Them" replied
his captain.
"Ah. relieving them of their weap-
ons.. eh?"
Yes, we are filing their finger
nails"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Precoclty.

Kitty had found stray section Of
gas pipe and was trying to crowd her
doll into 1t, feet foremost
What are you doing to dolly, pet?"
asked her mother.
I'm putin hobble skirt on her,
mamma" said Kitty.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Filed Bill for Divorce.

Fannie c. Himmel, through her att
neys. Stoner and Weinberg, has flee
bill for a-divorce, vinculo matrimo
from her husband, Charles Himmel. I
parties were married in Baltimore, \
Ia, 1910, by Rev. d. H. Steffens. {
plaintiff resides at Rocky Ridge, and
defendant in Anne Arundel county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
1 2 3 4 5 6 Z s 8
a b C d e f 6 h |
] k ! m Il o p q r
6 I IL Y w Y V Y

Il add up all the numbers to which
the respective letters of the name be.
long. For instance. the name Mary
would be 4-plus /, plus o. plus Z. The
sum Of these is q. and ! consider the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

NURING his recent stay os day
y and night in Omaha, Col Roose-
welt was initiated into the order
OF Ak-Ser-Ben, an organization of MID,
die West boosters" Such details as
have leaked out give the idea that
the ceremonies were of a peculiarly
lively character, and the distinguished
initiate is said to have enjoyed them
hugely. The character of the doings
may be judged from the illustrations
representing stunts" through which
the ex-president was put. From the
expression on his face it may be
judged that the fun in no way dis
pleased Col. Roosevelt.
Last year President Taft was in
itiated into the society, which is chief
" made up Of business men who have
banded themselves in cooperative
movement, having for :ts object the
development Of the trancmissouri
country.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
Another Victim

Here is a news dispatch that may
styled the pipe dream Of a pipe.
What's It about?"
plumber thinks he has solved the
Poiem of perpetual motion"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
PROGRESS.

~ politician that man was dis
&c to the city,"
wen, he has risen in the political
y since then. Now he's a disgrace
me state."-Puck.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23

Finds $50; Gets 25 Cents Reward.
London.-A little girl at Portmadoc
who picked up silver watch and gold
chain and purse containing $50. was
rewarded with 25 cents by the owner
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-23
DELANO LOSES WAYIN WOODS

Spouse, so camp was made of pine
boughs and a fire was started with the
last match Mr.. Delano had. Berries
alone constituted the food Of the party
until rescuers came
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-15
Plan Bio WOLF Hunt.

Fairview, Okla. Nov. 12.-One of
the biggest wolf hunts ever attempt
ed in this part of the country will
be puller of in the Glass Mountain
country, twelve miles west of here,
Tuesday. Nov. %. A territory twelve
miles square will be surrounded by
men and boys armed with shotguus
and all the coyotes in the enclosed
space will be driven into a basin at
the south end of the mountains where
a natural amphitheater allows the
the finish from points OF vantage sew
enty-flve to a hundred feet above the
scene.
A poorly organized hunt over a
quarter of this same territory last
year resulted in the death Of over
a dozen wolves and between twenty
FIVE and thirty wolves were known
to have been in the circle. Profitins
by the experience of last year, a far