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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
THEY WOULDN'T EAT 'EM.
Sad Experience of q Chicagoan Who Got
the Peanut Concession at Antwerp.

the Peanut Concession at Antwerp.
Americans eat good many things
unknown to Europeans and others
which the people on the other side
would not eat even if they had chance.
Bananas, sweet potatoes, popcorn and
peanuts are almost unknown in Europe.
A young Chicagoan did not know this,
and it cost him several thousand dollars
to find it out. He returned from the
Antwerp exposition, where he expert
mented with the sale of popcorn and
peanuts, and the stories he tells Of his
experiences are amusing.
Il knew the concessionnaires at the
worlds fair in Chicago earned money
out Of nickel bags Of popcorn and pea
nuts, he said. THE firm who had the
concession here made something like
one hundred thousand dollars. had
four or five thousand dollars saved up
for a good investment, and so when the
fair closed here made application for
the sole concession of the sale of pea
nuts at Antwerp. There were no COM
petitors and got the concession. Now
wish had not. bought up all the
popcorn and peanut roasters left over
from the fair and went down south and
purchased car load of peanuts and
made contracts for several other car
loads to be shipped later On. But did
not need them. The paraphernalia, to-
gether with several hundred bags of
old corn and peanuts, went over and 1
followed it.. After weeks of hard work
I was ready for business. But there
was none. Money is less plentiful in
Europe than in the United States.
Those people over there thought as
much OF five confines as all American
thinks Of half dollar. I saw had to
make low price for my stuff, so put
the popcorn and peanuts on sale at
fifteen confines bag, which is equal
to three cents in United Sta ties money.
Well, had my hopes built up and be-
fore started to sell dreamt of bags
full Of twentyfranc gold pieces and
what would do with them when got
back to Chicago. You can imagine my
surprise when l SOW what the first
woman did who had induced her COM
panion to buy bag of popcorn. She
bit piece in two. looked scared, and
then exclaimed in French: Why, it is
cork. The Americans want to poison
us
Her companion tasted the corn and
jabbered something in French, and
then took the whole bag and threw it
away. When saw this was ready to
faint. One after another the popcorn
bags found their way to the floor. My
hopes shattered, still had confidence
in the peanuts. But they did not like
them either. They broke the shells,
took out the nuts, hull and all, munched
them and then cried :b-r-r-r, and the
peanuts went the way Of the popcorn.
How did come out? I came out and
that is about all. I staid there six
weeks and after 1 lost all my money
started to see some of the continent.
Now, am glad am in Chicago, and
l don't want anything to do with pea
nuts or popcorn in Europe hereafter. 1t
has been lesson to me, and paid five
Thousand dollars for it, still guess it is
worth it's price"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
Long Litigation.

The first real estate entry of record
in Kanawha county, w. Va, was made
January 2, 1895, and is of one hundred
and fifty Thousand acres Of land to
Phineas Taylor, of Waterbury, Conn,
who was the grandfather Of Phineas T.
Barnum, the great Snowman. The
property has been in litigation almost
ever since.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
MASSAGE FOR BLACK EYES.

Better Than Paint and 8eefsteak Tor On-
literating Evidence of Fistic Encounter.
Those who make business Of obllt-
Grating evidence of fstic encounters In
the shape Of black eyes by painting the
damaged optics no longer enjoy mon
opoly of such business. This [ WAS
told by pugilistic acquaintance whose
experience entities him to be regarded
as an authority on the subject, says
writer in the New York Herald.
Massage treatment of the region af-
fected.'' he said, will beat paint and
raw beefsteak all hollow. But it should
be applied Immediately after the in
jury is received in order to prove
thoroughly etlicacious. 1t does not re-
quire an expert to do it. All that is
necessary is to move the fingers rapidly
and firmly over the bruised surface,
and to keep it up until the last vestige
of discoloration has disappeared. The
explanation is easy. Where the blow
has been received the blood becomes
congested 1t is the clots Of blood
showing through the transparent skin
that produces the black effect. The
pressure VI WIG AAAS etNOoAAy
loosens the clothed blood, which passes
off into the general current of circula-
ton, and fresh and properly colored
blood takes its place.
However, as rule, the professional
''pug" does not bother himself about
accelerating the disappearance of a
black eye. 1t is a sign which proclaims
the fact that it's proprietor has recently
filed an engagement, and as such he is
an object Of. envy to his less fortunate
brethren, 1t is the man about town,
whose overindu!gence occasionally
causes him to forget that discretion is
the better part of valor, who is apt to
profit most by the knowledge that mas
sage, promptly applied, will remove the
signs of mourning from an eye that has
been in violent contact with some other
fellows fist, and thus obviate the neces-
sity of inventing a story to account for
it, which, however ingenious, will be
sneered at by skeptical and incredulous
acquaintance, some of whom may have
"been there themselves"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
Rubbers for Dogs.

Rubbers for dogs are the newest
products of civilization. The street car
companies strew salt to melt the snow
and this makes the feet Of dogs sore.
But these canine rubbers are high priced
and each dog needs two pair. In the
Arctic zone the toes Of dogs that are
used to pull sleds are protected by q
sort OF leather toe piece fastened with
thongs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
NICOTINE BLINDNESS.
A Disease Said to Prevail Among Tobacco
Smokers,

Disease said TO Prevail Among Tobacco
Smokers.
"Did you ever hear Of tobacco blind
ness?" said doctor. st is something
we meet with quite freely, yet not SO
much as one would suppose, when the
great consumption of tobacco is con-
sidered. Yet there are many who are
ON the threshold Of tobacco blindness
who have, or may not have, an expert
ence with the disease.
"For, In tobacco poisoning, like that
produced by other drugs, the system
can resist the influence of the invader
up to a certain point, when the small
est further dose of the poison will pro-
duce the same symptoms as the taking
Of a larger dose would. Thus, In the
case of many people, the mere smoking
Of pipe or two more day would pro-
duce in them all the advanced svmp-
toms of tobacco poisoning. So 1t is that
doctors make 1t imperative in such
cases that the smoking habit must be
dropped entirely. To smoke moder-
ately will not do, You cannot afford
to take the chances of giving the sys-
tenn that little bit more of nicotine
which would cause the case to be seri'
GUS.
"Tobacco blindness can, fortunately,
be cured. With the smoking habit
abolished, plenty of outdoor exercise, a
good nerve tonic which would assist in
the publication of the blood as well as
toning up the general system and alb
stention from alcoholic beverages,
there is no reason why tobacco blind
ness cannot be cured. Alcohol, drunk
in any of its forms, is liable to produce
tobacco blindness In fairly heavy
smoker
"But the strangest part of it all is
that person does not have to smoke
tobacco to become afflicted with to-
bacco blindness. In fact, one Of the
most obstinate cases ever had was
that of waiter in city cafe. He was
a nonsmoker and total abstainer, yet
he came to me with tobacco blindness
fully developed, ceused by being COM
PEELED to work all day In the atmos-
phere of tobacco smoke, breathing the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
EE ALMOST GIVE THEr1 AWAY,

monterey one day recently the thermom-
eter registered thirty degrees below
zero, yet the lake had not sufficiently
cooled to freeze over, for no snow water
has run into 1t this season. However, the
country tributary to the lake is now COW
cred with snow to depth of from two
to three feet, and If the cold should con-
tinue for some time yet and the heavy
body of snow go off In flood the lake
would undoubtedly freeze over.
In description Of Seneca lake APP
pleton's Cyclopedla states that 1t was
never known to be frozen over until
March %, 1866, but according to VIII
liam O. Coon, of Burdett, he and party
Of about twenty skated across the lake
from Glen Eldridge to Watkins and
back on the morning Of February 2s,
1855. The Ice was then five inches thick
In the middle of the lake and was clear
and solid. On March 8, 1868, the lake
again froze over, and in 1875, for Pc
Rod Of four weeks and two days prior
to March IA, 1t was frozen over SO that
persons could cross 1t many miles from
the head. On February 81, 1885, 10
froze over from shore to shore out as
far as the eye could reach, and four
days later grand carnival was held on
the Ice In the evening. About one thou
sand persons assembled, coming from
Elmira and other places by train and
from all the surrounding country In
sleighs. The moon, nearly full, rode
high In a cloudless sky, and the scene
was one of q most inspiring nature.
Chinese lanterns and torchlights lent
their charm to the surroundings, while
the glare of rockets and bombs lighted up
the sky. A band was present, and danc-
ing and skating were among the sports
s"Jjaan January 10, 1898, an unusually early
date, the head of the lake froze over
from shore to shore out distance OF
about twenty rods, but the Ice only
lasted few days. REPRESENTATION many
people have come to expect the lake to
freeze over once in every ten years, and
according to such o series 1t should
freeze this winter, for by reference to
the dates mentioned above 1t will be
seen that 1t froze over In 1855, In 1858,
N 1878 and in 1884,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
Splendid Occupation for Boys.

The breeding and rearing Of fine
fowls is business which, if carried on
successfully, must be attended to in de-
tail. Success In all kinds Of business
is secured by attention to details. The
man who succeeds acquires his impress
sions and habits in youth, and where
is there branch of industry SO well
calculated to stimulate a boy, and
which will impress him with the i'm
portance of attending to every particu-
lar department of the business, more
than raising fine poultry?-Farmers
Voica
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

There is but one way to get anything
worth having, and that is the right
way, and until the people are willing
to adopt some plan whereby the whole
length of road can be worked in har-
mony with the laws of nature as APP
piled to proper drainage and moving
loads we shall be obliged to wallow
through mud and sand, while expend-
ing money enough each year to have
our ways in a great deal better condi-
ton.
Had Her Reasons.
Mrs. Update-I'd like to have new
dress, John.
Mr.. Update-Why, you said only yes,
terday that you didn't need any moro
dresses this season.
Mrs. Update-I know, but I have Just
heard that that hateful Mrs. stucirur
would return to town next week.-Phiil
adalnhin Rannnd
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

80 TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. By
Chas. Lamb. First Series
40. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. By
Chas. Lamb. (Second Series.)
Al SESAME AND LILIES. By John
Ruskin, LII. D.
AZ. QUEEN OF THE AIR. By John
Ruskin.
43. PREMIUM Cook Book. By Mar
ion Harland and Others.
A. THE MILL ON THE Floss. Part
~ By George Eliot.
As. THE MILL ON THE Floss. part
2.) By George Eliot.
46. RoMoLA. part ~ By George
Eliot.
AZ. RoMoLA. part 2.) By George
Eliot.
48. LowELL's POEMS. By Jas. Rus
sell Lowell.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
MUSCULAR WONDER.
A Frenchman Who Can Control His Whole
Anatomy at VIII.

A Frenchman Who Can Control His Whole
Anatomy at VIII.
M. de Quatrefages, the French nat
uralist, reports the scientific examine
ton Of one of the most remarkable
human curiosities or monstrosities ever
known. The person In question is Sim
con Acquire, who lives In one of the
French provincial towns, and who has
control over his body to such remark
able degree that reports concerning his
doings were all discredited up to the
time of the Quatrefages investigation.
1t was found, as had been reported,
that Aiguire was not only an adept In
the arts Of the contortionist, but that
he could, through his peculiar system
of muscles and nerves, instantly cause
his flesh to appear as II 1t had been
transformed into solid stone. When in
this peculiar condition his flesh could
be struck with cane or with metal
instrument, whereupon 1t would give
off a ringing sound as though the blows
had fallen on a marble statue. Assum-
ing different attitude he would throw
his intestines forward and appear as
one hideously deformed, and the next
moment he could draw them up into
the thorax and appear as living skele-
ton. His statue pose and contortions
were wonderful indeed, but what most
astonished the investigators was
Aiguire's ability to control the circula-
ton of his blood. This he did to the
satisfaction Of all present by first stop
ping all circulation on one side Of his
body and then on the other. This he
effected by muscular contraction.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

wood that will not split when the hoop
Is nailed to the tops. The tops of the
legs are beveled from the side next the
hoop in order to give spread at the bot
tom. The legs may be of any length
that will suit the fancy, but should be
little shorter than the sacks It Is
not necessary that the hoop be so small
as the diameter of the smallest sack,
because II the sack Is small 1t need not
be hooked onto all the small nails that
are driven from the inside of the hoop.
The materials cost almost nothing and
the holder can be made in half an hour.
Bag-holders can be bought on the mar
ket, but have failed to see any that
were more convenient or that would do
any better work than this one.
When huslxing corn in the field last
fall we had two or three dozen
cleansed phosphate sacks and by using
the holder threw the corn right into
the sacks 80 that when we wanted 70
haul, our corn was all picked up, and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
A QUEER LAKE.
Feezes in Warm Weather AND
Thaws When It Is Gold.
nistory of Seneca Lake In New York
Eate and It's Singular Revels-
lonesome Notable Events
on the Ice.

neea differs from nearly all of its
sister lakes in this section Of the
athe matter of its seldom freez-
III writes a correspondent of the
Ster Democrat and Chronicle
watkins, N. Y. This is due to
reat depth of the lake and the
mat 1t is fed largely by springs
~ shores and, as many believe,
potion During the summer sea-
lake absorbs vast amount of
pu' owing to the non-conducting
'ies OF water 1t is slow In throw
IN the winter.
'nis reason on many cold winter
vs. The lakes surface is covered
,apor' which indicates that the
: warmer than the atmosphere.
apor is always densest over the
portions of the lake, showing
y water along the shores in the
e, parts has to some extent be-
OOiuer. AS the surface of the
H. Oois the water gradually COM
with that below, and finally
VIZ BODY Of the lake becomes
hail.. ~ addition a heavy body OF
II t Jung in the spring and flowing
axe especially in case of a
Ienus to cool the water and
.iie lake liable to freezing II
,sce is not too much disturbed
n.y. For these reasons the lake
o,,. ireezes over very late in the
A. en When the temperature is
Sh ,een degrees to twenty-five de.
ic S'e zeroi as for instance a thin
MI NY covered the lakes surface on
law a ,o. OF May s, 1861, May is
any, y 1873, and April 20, 1884.
o MY mornings the mercury ha,
WI TO zero or below, and a,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

Better roads often mean better church
attendance. 1t is not without sig.
nificance that the jews were COM
manded to prepare the way of the
Lord" To gather out the stones"
and to stake up the stumbling blocks"
may be u duty In literal Us well as a
figurative sense. The invitation: Let
us go up to the house of the Lord"
would be often more effectual IL IL
were not so difficult thing to get there.
Rev. ID. f. Lamson, Manchester, Mass.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
ONE COUPON AND 10 CENTS.

when we wanted to unload. the corn
was all ready to carry into the gram
airy, For this purpose one leg was left
longer than the others 10 as to facili-
tate throwing into the sack In trans
ferring grain from one sack to another,
shoulder the sack to be emptied and
with the other sack on the holder the
rest is as simple as pouring water OUT
of a Jug. +. Bogue, In Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

40. EMMERsoN's ESSAYS. (lst Sc
ries.) By Ralph Waldo EN-
merSOn.
so. EMMERsoN's ESSAYS. (2nd Sc
ries.) By Ralph Waldo EN-
merson.
81. ETHICeoF THE DUST. By John
Ruskin.
So. Poems. By Edgar Allen Poe
SO. LORNA DooNE. part ~ By
r. B. Blackmore.
"a. LORNA DooNE. part 2.) By
r. B. Blackmore.
So. THE LIGHT OF ASIA. By Sir
Edwin Arnold.
Sc. LAST ESSAYS OF ELLA. By
Charles Lamb.
81. VANITY FAIR. part ~ By
w. M. Thackeray.
So. VANITY FAIR. part 81 By
w. NJ. Thackeray.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

poisoned air pointed by thirty or forty
smokers. 1t is a wonder why more of
the disease does not develop when this
Is considered, But, fortunately, nature
is more kind to us than we are to our
selves, so she gives us strength to throw
off many evils. to which we are care.
lessly exposed. "-Boston Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

80. The GREATEST THING IN THE
WORLD, and Other Addresses.
By Prof. Henry Drummond.
30. LALLA RooKH. By Thos. Moore.
81. LoNGFELLow's POEMS.
32. In MEMoRIAM. By Alfred Lord
Tennyson.
33. THE Princess. By Alfred Lord
Tennyson.
"a. RAssELAs. By Saml. Johnson,
LII. ID.
35. SELECTIONS FROM RoBT. Brown
ING.
Sc. PAST AND PRESENT. By Thomas
Carlyle.
81. MEDITATIoNs OF MARCUS AZURE
Illus ANToNIUs.
SO. HEROES AND HERO WORSHIP. By
Thomas Carlyle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
HOLDER FOR BAGS.
With It's Aid the Filling OF Grain Sacks IL
Pleasure.

The accompanying illustration shows
a cheap and efficient continuance t.
take the place Of man or boy in The
work Of putting grain into sacks. Il
is made by taking good sound wood
en- barrel hoop and closing it to the de
sired diameter. To the hoop attacl
three legs which should be of light
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
Ills ReyenRe.

Morton-Is Miss Casey imp
Butler-No sir She has gone ouA
walking with young man.
Morton-Ali right. Just tell her Is
came around with four-in-hand 70
take her for drive-Truth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

Mark down the number Of eggs laid,
consumed in the family, or sold. Know
exactly what the food costs, the kind,
and the seasons the hens laid the great
est number of eggs. Weigh all fowls
sold, SO as to arrive at knowledge Of
how many pounds of poultry were pro-
duced instead of how many carcasses
Keep an account of all losses, by death
or accident, the prices of eggs for each
week, and SO inform yourself in order
to be guided in your operations an
other season.-Prairie Farmer.
The Value of Clean Milking.
The value of clean milking is shown
by the experiment below. Five cows
were MIXED four weeks by two per-
sons, each mixer serving two weeks,
both being competent, one doing his
average milking and not aware OF q
test, the other knowing of it and or
dered to milk the cows thoroughly dry.
In the case of the man unaware of the
test, the yield from five cows for two
weeks was s64 pounds; the other man,
knowing of the test, got l, 13l pounds
of milk or an excess Of 267 pounds
Farm and Home.
An Evident Triumph.
"Was little Tommy Bunker's Fourth
of July celebration a successP"
81 guess so. l see the Bunkers have
called three doctors In already."--Chi
cago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

-Bulwer-Lytton knew all the odes
and other poems of Horace by heart
He translated large portions Of Hor.
aces poems into English versa
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

10. DREAMS. By Olive Schreiner.
20. BLACK BEAUTY. By Anna Sewell.
81. ONE OF THE PROFESSION. A
Charming Theatrical Novel.
%. SARToR REsARTUs. By Thomas
Carlyle.
%. THE IDYLLs OF THE KING. By
the late Lord Tennyson.
"a. THE PLEASURES OF LIFE. By
Sir John Lubbock, BIT.
25. The LADY OF THE LAKE. By
Sir Walter Scott.
&c. MORNINGS IN FLORENCE. By
John Ruskin, LII. d.
q. RAB AND HIS FRIENDS. By DR..
John Brown.
20. WHITTIER's Poems. By John
Greenleaf Whittier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19
CLIP CLASSIC COUPONS.

SO. CHILDE HARoLD's PILGRIMAGE
By Lord Byron.
69. THE SKETCH Book, by Wash
ington Irving.
SO. REPRESENTATIVE MEN, by r.
w. EMERSON.
20. NATURAL Law IN THE SPIRITUAL
WORLD, by Rev. Henry
Drummond.
IS. ST. Marks REST, by John
Ruskin.
rs. ABBE CoNsTANTIN, by Ludlow
Heleavy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

Do you read : ESQ. read the CITIZEN
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

10. MOSES FROM AN OLD MANsE. By
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
II. THE SCARLET LETTER. By Ma
thaniel Hawthorne.
II. ESSAYS OF ELLA. By Charles
Lamb.
ID. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. By Oil
yer Goldsmith.
IA. TWICE TOLD TALES. By Ma
thaniel Hawthorne.
Is. PAUL AND VIRGINIA. By Ber-
hardin de Saint Pierre.
16. STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM. By
(Ralph Irony Olive Schreiner.
II. LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAvA-
LIBRs. By William Edmon-
stoune Aytoun.
10. LUCILLE. By Owen Meredith
Robert Lord Lytton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

'THE REvERIEs OF A BACHELOR,
OR, A Book OF THE HEART. By
TX. Marvel donald G. Nit
chell.)
LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. By
Lord Macaulay. beautifully
lllustrated.)
TlLLYLoss SCANDAL. By J. NJ.
Barrie.
HE House OF THE SEVEN GABLES.
By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
MSFoRD. By Mrs. Gaskell.
n COMING RACE. By Lord
lynon.
BEAM LIFE. By Tx. Marvel
Donald G. Mitchell.)
sANKENsTEIN OR, The MODERN
PRoMETHEUs. By Mrs. Shelly.
Book OF GOLDEN DEEDS. By
G. NJ. Yonge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Cheap Living.

One half the world does not know
how the other half lives, nor do the
well fed thousands in this prosper
Gus city, who daily consult their
menu of many expensive and rare
courses, comprehend that many 9th
er thousands of Woodworking, ac-
tive, healthy, energetic, bustling
people live for a whole day upon the
price of plate of oysters in fash
ionable restaurant. Let one mana
letter carrier-speak for himself: Il
have three meals a day--coffee,
cakes and either ham or beans OF
corned beef and beans at each meal,
at cost of not more than 30 cents a
meal. They give you bread and but
ter with the meat, and fellow has
plenty to eat in three such meals II
a fellow is hard pushed, he can get
along on 80 cents day with two
meals, with meat, beans, bread and
coffee Mt each. have known chaps,
who have been idle for long time,
to live upon 20 cents day--corned
beef, beans, bread and butter. and
water for one meal, and pie and cof-
fee at the other in the evening. A
fellow could live all winter on those
two meals if he didn't have to Jug
gle cases and barrels and bales of
cotton or do heavy work. Thus it
may be seen that man needn {
starve who has 40 a week to
spend on food New York Record
er.