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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06


tbe deep pollen baskets, made deeper
ha rim Of coarse hairs. These curious
dinner pals are an important adjunct
IN the bees structure furnishings, for
he Young of an bees live wholly or in
large part ON pollen, and thus these
busy cleaners need external dinner
pals in which to carry pollen no less
than internal ones in which to carry the
nectar. These hind legs also bear on
the inner face opposite the pollen bas-
kets rows OF bright yellow hairs, which
are fashioned to comb off the pollen
that so abundantly lodges in the
branched hairs. Another most curious
arrangement OF these hind legs is the
wax jaws, which remind us of a steel
trap, and are admirably adapted to
their function of removing the wax
scales from beneath the body where
they are formed to the mouth, where
they are fashioned to form the i'm
nacuate comb. The front pair of legs
have the curious antennae cleaners to
remove the pollen from the antennae.
Thus these autennae cleaners, with deli
cate brush and membrane, are really
The bees northumberland to be
wet 10 wipe the bees nose-the an
hllae. Thus the antennae are kept
clean and so the bees can smell the
scent of bloom from afar. The eyes
nj thn a. +hocn ~
queen; but the jaws and tongue are
greatly different from those of either
dFOne or queen. The jaws are gouge-
like, and, no doubt, admirably fitted to
fashion the comb, or to cut away dis
turbing cloth, paper or even wood.
The tongue is long, slender and very
complex. With it they can sip slowly
ron long tubular flowers, lap or wipe
thick honey from board or glass, and
take nectar rapidly from loaded flowers.
colony OF bees have been known to
take 20 pounds of honey in day, and
single colony in southern California
nave taken 600 pounds in season. The
worker bee do all the work of the hive.
Inc younger bees digest the food Tor
larvae queen and drones, fashion the
wax nurse the young, construct the
como-though in some respects all the
Oees are comb builders-in short, do
al the work of the hive. The older
Oees gather the nectar, pollen and
glue, and may aid to build comb and
secrete wax The worker bees are
reared in the small horizontal cells and
are Il days from eggs to maturity, in
stead OF lG, as in the case of the queen,
Vt "A as in the case of the drone. The
vanity of food fed to the larvae is
Shat controls the development OF
elIner queen or worker. If the food is
ABUNDANT and rich, the impregnated
egg produces queen; but if it is scant
Aau OF poor quality then a worker re-
suts. Here is a case where enforced
iack OF nutrition has become natural
Saa produces important structural
manages that modify greatly the life
functions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
sSyIs &GSSN|sz@ -
EARM|hgss;:!G GARDEN.
-sE1azcX2GA a. il21/ NEyS<1.-- -
S.SE s--f 800 ~ aas-,.1z <..e.1s o."
HOMEMADE CORN TIES.
They Cost But a Trife and Are Very Con
venient to Use.

They Cost But a Trifle and Are Very Con-
venient to Use.
Corn ties are lust what they are
cracked up TO be-" and are very handy
articles fol- tying corn shocks or bum
dies whGnever one has any need for
such thing They are needed when
ever the work cannot be done as we'll
and cheaper with something else.
Sometimes it can be, and then it cannot.
l have some ties that work perfectly,
cost me nothing but a few minutes
labor, and there is no patent on them.
: made the first one out of an old clothes
line and the chain from an old chain
pump that had gone out of use. l sep
arated she links of the chain by open
ing an end of each link enough so that
they would come apart easily. Each
link was then "a hook ready to attach
to the end of piece of cord. The clothes
line was cut into suitable lengths. I
tied knot in one end of q piece of the
cord, and then slipped a hook into it,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
Should Be Farming as Well 90
Commercial Firms.

0re Should Be Farming as Well 90
Commercial Firms.
Inc business of farming, when we
'"p TO think of it, is seen to be carried
W almost exclusively by individuals.
~ recognize this fact is sufficient to
1uuce more thinking-a good deal
uore Here is condition novel and
Suiar' In all other important lines
z .. = BUSINESS men combine together. But
NC urn Of Farmer & Co., is hardly ever
aiu OF. Why should there not be
ainuing firms as we'll as firms of manu-
. .Ss.Iufers, brokers', lawyers or mer-
-. n'Sf Farmers are modest and take
49, IN seats, although theirs is the Oldest
no s greatest industry, the most inn
a. Oant business of all. How much
sa.S might do that now falls short OF
bs0us%phshment, If they would join
1uS more and shun each other less.
has farmer owns large farm, but has
0s;alyy any working capital. His next
~ e1oor has very little land, but plen-
n.. VI money. There Is chance for
4 ,suership by which both may profit.
wal, Inner has good farm and knows
bnt W experience how to manage it,
Ano.-S unable to do the hard work. He
ho',s a man who has no practical
hes,.,e of farming, but he has
and ~ ana strength, is anxious to learn
,",l,ilng to labor. These two men
tOr" NJ De able to come to an agreement
mr. - 'ne farm together. A farmer has
bov ,and than he can take care of. His
abon. having reached his majority, il
Or ~. % ieave-he doesn't know when
tska :, what. Why doesn't the father
him :. vt' ! boy into partnership and keep
pod - nome? A farmer is growing old
"anot carry on his farm himself.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06

Then 1 tied knot in the other end of
the cord and the tie was done.
In tying the shock, the hook at one
end of the cord catches and holds the
knot at the other end One can tie more
knots in one end of the cord if neces-
Sary, or fasten it with half hitch if
he likes that better. The cord and the
hook must be proportional to each
other in size, SO that there will be no
danger of the knot slipping through
the hook. l had not enough of these
ties, SO / made some more of smaller di
mansions. l used No. IL galvanized
fence wire for the hooks. had in my
kit a little tool made for me by
blacksmith for a similar purpose. 1t
is only a fiat piece of steel to put in a
wise with one end made as shown in
cut, to turn the wire around. The wire
was cut into pieces of suitable length,
and then one end of piece of the wire
inserted between the jaws of and b of
the tool, and u loop formed by wind
ing the wire around it. It is then
slipped off the tool and the loop closed
up and Strengthened with hammer, if
need be. Then the other end of the
wire is bent around to form the hook.
1t is a handy way to have the wire cut
into lengths long enough for two hooks.
Turn a loop on each end of the piece be-
fore cutting them apart. About 60 such
hooks can be made from a pound Of
No. II wire, and they can be made very
rapidly when person "gets the hang
of it." Such ties cost but trihe, and
they are very handy to use. All these
hooks are shown in cut.-F. Hodgman.
il Rural New Yorker
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
DAINTY POWDER PUFFs.

Thousands of Cygnets Are Killed Each
Year to Supply Them.
A new count in the Indictment
against woman in the matter of her
craving for plumage ornamentation is
found in the way in which it is said the
needs of her dressingtable are sup
piled.
An English journal warns the Lon
don ladies that their powder-putfs,
those airy necessities of the toilet, are
heavy with the blood of slaughtered in
nocents.
1t is stated that as many as 10000
young swnns-cygnets, as they are
called-are killed every year to supply
this dainty fluff, to say nothing of in
Vulnerable. young birds of the elder
duck and wild goose variety. The bulk
of these are imported-the swan and
geese from the islands of the Baltic
and from Norway and Sweden, and the
elders from the northern and more Ice
bounds seas.
One cygnet will make nearly dozen
average-sized "puffs," which shows
how many women must be, to greater
or less extent, addicted to the use of
powder.
The puff trade is highly profitable, as
may be judged from the fact that the
down of cygnet costs little more than
% cents, the poor creature often being
plucked alive, so that it may bear an
other crop, while the puffs are sold at
from rs cents upward, nicely mounted
in bone and blue or pink satin, which
adjunctsamounttocomparatively moth
ing.
The ladies of arts and Vienna are
the largest consumers of puffs, owing
chiefly to their fastidiousness in cast
ing aside puffs as soon as they lose
their pristine delicacy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
WINTER POULTRY HoUsR.

one raised. By using high support
the windows may be raised TO the nese We,
~ the rear portion of the roof. lners -
= ~ ~ ether windows, the other END OF
Az Az house h. being used for the roosts ana
s 80 sncb q house is warm during
az . dav and the fowls are out OF the
. ..aa ~ drauchts at night. Being also
light, the fowls win prefer 70 . rsn'rs', =
inside. which is not the case wne Ia :
. ..,,, house is dark, gloomy ano
l 49,. The house may be OF any SIZE
- n ,e the roof being OF sarrsd d
prs. and the sides Of tongued ana
l prpsvs boards.-Farm and Firesioe'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
BUTCHERING DEVICE
~ MAKES the SHINING and Dressing of
Beef Comparatively Easy.

IL Makes the SHINING and Dressing of
Beef Comparatively Easy.
The illustration represents an appa-
ratus which makes the skinning and
dressing OF beef on the farm a compare
lively easy matter in the crotch or
fork OF good-sized tree place one
end of stout pole. Rest the other end
On fork formed by fastening together
two four by four inch scantlings or other
similar timbers by means of a rope or
stay chain and spreading apart at the
bottom. TO the POLE or cross piece at
tach two strong ropes. long enough to
reach the &roul.t. Tie to the ends of
these ropes ? - ; ;nch oak or other
hard wood scartiir~ four feet long
with two pins ir.citrd in either end at
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
MRS. SARAH MALLoY.

band. She is a model housewife, and
her tastes are thoroughly domestic.
Her married life has been ideal. No
better commentary on the excellent
conjugal relations that exist between
her husband and herself can be made
than the fact that Mr.. Malloy has al
ways been a stanch democrat, while
Mrs. Malloy has invariably worked for
the republican party. Mr.. Malloy is
the superintendent of the Wyoming
division of the Union Pacific railroad.
His headquarters are at Cheyenne. The
couple have lived in Wyoming since
1870 Mrs. Malloy's native state is
Ohio
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
Oxsfers Fried in Butter.

Oysters, three eggs, well beaten,
three tablespoonsful of milk, one table,
spoonful of -four, one tablespoonful OF
butter, salt. Make a batter of eggs,
milk and -four, season with salt and
Juice of oysters. Put the butter into
the chatting dish. and when hot, drop
che oysters, one at time, into the bat
ter, then into butter. and fry rich
brown. St. Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
X raw. Proved ais sanity.

A Hamburg young man has just had
his sanity proved by the Roentgen rays.
He declared ten years ago that he had
q bullet In his head, which he had fired
into it in trying to commit suicide. He
complained of pain, and, as he attacked
his keepers and the doctors could fino
no trace of q. wound, was locked up as
= dangerous lunatic. The Roentgen
ravs have now shown the exact place Of
the bullet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
WHEAT CROP FIGURES.

Number of Bushels Grown Each Season
Since 1870.
The Farmers Review has carefully
compiled from official reports of the
wheat crop in the United States for the
last &c years the following table:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
coLD-WEATHER HOUSE.

structure That Ii Said to Combine
Light, Warmth and Ventilation.
The poultry house illustrated is IN
tended to show how to combine hgnt,
warmth and ventilation. By raising
tho windows the house can be convert
ed into an open, well-ventilated sneo,
without draughts. On very cold DAYS
the windows may be down and only
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
ABOUT ROYALTY.

Henceforth the ameer of Afghanistan
is to be known as the Light of the
World" His majesty is having gold
coin struck to commemorate his new
dignity.
1t is stated that the will of ex-Em-
press Eugene, drawn recently, favors
her namesake, Eugene, the daughter
of the late Prince Henry of Batten-
berg and Princess Beatrice.
Kaiser Wilhelm offers a silver cup de-
signed by himself as the prize for a
Yacht race from Dover to Heligoland
next year, after the celebration of the
sixtieth anniversary of his grandmoth-
er's accession to the throne.
Miss Ella Collins, daughter of New
York tailor, will be the first woman of
the United States raised to a throne by
marriage. She will shortly become the
wife of Col. John F. Hobbs, who, under
the name of Oumalea, reigns over the
serni-barbarous people of the Jilka
islands. in the New Hebrides group
Whom We Dwell In Dreamland.
Prof. Pheltshu says that lively dreams
are in general a sign of nervous action.
Soft dreams a sign of slight irritation
of the brain, often in nervous fever an
nouncing the approach of favorable
crisis. Frightful dreams are a deter
mination of blood to the head. Dreams
about blood and red objects are signs OF
of infammatory conditions. Dreams
about rain and water are often signs OF
diseased mucous membranes and drop
sv. Dreams of distorted forms are fire.
quently sign of abdominal obstruction
and disorder of the liver. Dreams in
which the patient sees any part OF the
BODY, especially suffering, indicates dis
ease in that part. The nightmare, with
great sensitiveness, is sign OF deter
mination of blood to the chest.-Popu-
lar Science News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
TTNHE OLD AND RELIABLE j
SHOE HOUSE.
FREDERICK, MD.
mo GOODS M1SREPRESENTED."
No. l6 N. MARKET STREET.
TO THE LADIES.

Now That winter is passed with all its snow
and chilly blast, we begin to think of those hot
summer months which are sure to follow;
cut shoes we have been wearing to keep m
warm and think how we can keep ourselves
cool. Now If you want to keep cool, which
everybody does, why just purchase pair OF
those easy and "perfect fit" Oxford Ties that
we are offering at such low IL ures this season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
Depression
of&x1xzs

SO conrnon in summer
time, accompanied by
loss of energy, lack Of
thought-power, means
a deficient supply of
nourishment. The
vital force is lost. It
isn'ta question Of MUS
Gle and sinew, but Of
resistance and endur-
ance. At any age but
especially IN youth, it
involves the risk Of
lung disease. Loss Of
flesh and a cough are
threatening signs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
j. & r. COUSINS'

handmade Oxfords which sell by their reputar
ton. you will find after wearing to be the best
Oxford you ever had on your foO4, they are per-
feet beauties ON the feet and as soft as q glove.
If you are troubled with those uncomfortable
ping in the heel. or TOO tight here or there try
pair of these which we recommend so highly,
we guarantee satisfaction. Now we can give
you these styles in any color, Tans or Blacks,
for Women. Misses and Childran.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
SHOES.

We can't forget the children. This summer
they are the best that have ever been on the
market; there is q larger variety to select nom,
both in tan and black. Don't forget the "Old
Carlisle Shoe"
We also carry a very large assortment OF
Trunks, Satchels, Telescopes. Va1bses and
Umbrellas and most everything you can find
In flrstclass shoe establishment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06

Gentlemen, when you think OF purchasing
for yourself a pair of those fashionable Tan
shoes which are all the go this season, why
give US a call and you will find the largest
stock to select from in the 'city." Styles, we
will give you an idea; there is the needle, pic
cadilly, opera, razor toes and many others, In
all colOrs of Tan you can possibly think of.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
HATS.

tits time to lay aside that heavy felt or wooden
hat you have been bearing all winter and think
of getting yourself or child stylish straw
hat. We have just received a large invoice Of
Hats for Men, Boys and Children; the styles are
very pretty this season. We can give you the
broad brim sailor for the three year old to the
man of three score and ten, so nobody Is over
looked
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-06
OXFORD TIES.

Why we have them In every style that yon
can think OF, square, opera, piccadilly, square
point, globe and that common sense toe, which
Is so easy and comfortable to those whoYsuffeP
with cOrns and buniOns.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-19
See Gossett's new refrigera-
tors, 1914 End avenue. 4-2-F
A PLACE TO SLEEP

Weary Passenger Intrudes Upon Bevy of
Beautiful Girls.
A certain officer. high in authority in
the ranks of the Fourth battalion, tells
a very good story on himself in relation
to an experience which actually befell
him while travelling some time ago on
the Queen and Crescent road. His bus
mess called him to Alabama, and, ar
rived at his destination, found it neces-
sary to go into the interior in order to at
tend to matters requiring his attention.
He returned to the station very late, and
It was fully IL o'clock before the train
bound for the city pulled in. Tired out,
was told by the porter that there were
no berths. Knowing the conductor, he
aroused that individual, but was met by
the same reply to his demands.
But l must have one," said the mill
tary man. II am tired out and have got
to bunk somewhere. See what you can do,
old man, there's good fellow"
WELL" replied the conductor, I'll tell
you what can do. In section B there
is q gentleman and his wife who are
seriously i'll, but the left upper berth Is
empty Now, If you will slip into the
berth without making any noise and get
out before they awake, why you may
have the chance. But whatever you do,
don't make a Noise"
The military man Jumped at the
chance. and, leaving his shoes In the
passage. got into the berth successfully
eep. He awoke and saw
ng between the curtains
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-19
Beware of 0mtments for Catarrh That Contain
Mercury

As mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians. as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury and is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall s
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
Tt is taken internally and is made in
Toledo, o., by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by druggists price Toe per bottle.
4-1-1m-sun&wky
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-19
HOME OF THE CANARlES.
Canary Breeding Home Industry of Poor
Classes in Germany-A Breeding
Place.
New York Mercury.

New York Mercury.
Canary breeding is almost exclusively
a house industry of the very poorest class
in Germany. Fifty years ago the bust
ness had already grown to such dlmen-
sions that 1t became necessary to seek a
foreign outlet for the trade. Statesmen
We're accordingly sent out, first through
the Rhine districts, then to Belgium ana
Holland, and soon afterward to this coun-
try.
Soon the German canary bird dealers
succeeded in establishing a brisk trade
with ST. Petersburg, and a prohtaole
business is now done with many foreign
countries, and especially with Britain,
the United States and South America.
An Industry of Poor People.
Canary raising in Germany has from
the commencement been house indus
try of poor and needy people. Their proht
Is very small; but to the poorer Germans,
who can with difficulty earn their daily
bread, their bird cages are like little
savings banks, from which they can draw
at regular intervals trif1e, which, when
added to their other earnings enables
them to make both ends meet.
correspondent quotes an instance OF
a village tailor at Fuhrberg, who WORKS
from house to house, and receives 1or
his services 40 cents a day. IL he laDorS
300 days in the year he earns $12O. From
this amount 500 must be deducted Tor
rent. This leaves him $500 with which TO
support and clothe his family OF SIX per-
sons for a year. 1t Is not difficult after
this to appreciate the benevolent charac-
ter of the canary industry, which, with
out making any serious claim on the
peasants time or care, adds to his modest
income.
A Breeding Place.
The peasant, who in the summer has
raised brood of young birds, awaits
rtNk,~ H. tctt Of fIA
the autumn, which will place in his
hands money to help him through the
winter. The principal seat of the indus
try was formerly in the Hartz mountains,
where the poor mountaineers, engaged
chiefly in mining and wood cutting, were
in great need. Almost every family had
in the sitting room, in the bed room, or
in the garnet breeding place for their
birds.
In the summer the food necessary for
the birds was easily obtainable, and be-
fore the winter came the dealer had pur-
chased them. After the Hartz mountains
became much frequented by visitors de-
sirous of improving their health IN the
pure Hartz air, the poverty of the noun
taineers was diminished, and the canary
bird industry fell off.
Only Good Singers Sell Well.
At present only fine singers. fetching
high prices, are bred. The industry has
been transferred to Eichsfelde, where
there are many poor weavers, to the
poorer districts of Hesse, to parts OF
Westphala, and to the Sudetic noun
tains.
A quarter of a million of canaries are
annually raised in Germany. The United
States takes 100000 per annum, England
$4,000, then comes Brazil, Chill, Argen-
tine Republic and Australia. The aver
age price for ordinary birds is 81 for
males.
While very beautiful birds are raised
In England, which are known as the
Norwich canary, in their song they are
assed by those made in Germany
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-19
An Invitation
To Merchants.
3-10-tu sun fri-6m
3-S-sun-52t

We extend to our friends scattered
throughout the state an invitation to call
on us at our sample rooms, where we
show complete line of Dry Goods, Hats,
Caps, Shoes, Groceries, etc. Our connec-
lions are H. T. Smon-Gregory Dry
Goods company, st. Louis; Scott, Force
&, Goodbar Hat company, st. Louis; F.
Smith & Sons Grocery company, ST.
Louis; Desnoyer Shoe company, ST.
Louis
We are in position to give inside fig
ures and respectfully solicit the trade of
merchants, who, when they visit the city,
will find a cordial welcome If they call
on us.
POUNCEY Bros,
Phone 218 1874 N. Nineteenth ST.
4-2-3m
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-19
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD, SUNDAY APRIL - 1896

and was astonished to hear the chatter
he was still more astonished to find the
section occupied by a trio of young dam
sells, who, unconscious of the presence of
a horried man, were making hurried
toilet.
Being a bashful man, he hid his head
under pillow, when he was Mortified to
hear the porter knock at the door and
pass in his shoes.
you made a mistake" said one of the
girls; there is no man in here"
Eyes, deere is miss" the factotum an
swered; "he's in the top BERTH"
There was silence for a moment, then
a chorus of Mortified shrieks and a stam-
pede on the part of the young ladies for
the toilet room in the other end of the
car Selling the opportunity. he slipped
from the section and made his escape
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-19
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Alabama State Land Company will
be held at the office of the company, over
the First National Bank, Birmingham
Ala, on
MONDAY, APRIL 90 1896
at 70 o'clock M, for the election of directors
and other corporate business.
CHARLES SCHIFF, President.
w. OHIO BEALL, Secretary.
2-12-22t s