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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
DUSTY CARPETS.
How They May Be Cleaned In q Conven-
lent Manner.

How They May Be Cleaned In q COnven-
lent Manner.
To those who know the true inward
ness of things the sight of housemaid
brushing a dusty carpet is suggestive. a
medical contemporary says, of many
evils. The death of Pasteur has re-
minded the world of what is constantly
present in the minds of medical men,
namely that, while heterogeneous
are the great producers of disease, dust
is the great carrier of heterogeneous.
Now that we know these things, now
that we understand that in the quiet
hours of the night the germ-laden dust
settles down upon the floor, it is dis
tressing to find how little our knowl-
edge is put to practical use, and to see
old customs still unchanged, old habits.
which we know to be destructive, car
ried on, and to find the housemaid on
her knees, with her brush and dustpan,
stirring up the dust to the detriment of
every one, and breathing germ-laden
particles to her own possible destrnc-
tion.
Tt needs but small amount of COM
mon sense to see that, if the carpets
must continues thing greatly to be
deprecated-they should be rubbed
with damp cloth rather than brushed;
and that, if, in Difference to prejudice,
they must be brushed, this should he
done by a covered American sweeper,
with plenty of damp tea leaves or all
ways of removing dirt from carpet,
the worst is by the use of the ordinary
short brush, which involves the house
maid kneeling down in the midst OF the
dust, which she SO needlessly creates,
and drawing it into her lungs with
everv breath. For ordinary household
use something like linoleum-some-
thing which can be washed with a wet
cloth every morning would seem TO De
the best covering for floors. But, II car
pets must be, and if IL is impossible 70
teach the present generation the evils
of seeking present comfort at tne ex-
pense of future risks, at least let US re-
member that carpets may be washed
even where they lie-that, till the day
OF washing comes, g closed sweeper p
far better than brush, and that the
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04

A laborer once wrote to Lord Charles
Beresford saying that his wife had just
had twins-a boy and a girl--and he
wanted to call one Lord Charles Beres-
ford Brown and the other princess of
Wales Brown" Lord Charles gave his
permission, and obtained that of the
princess. Four months later the man
wrote again: 81 am happy to inform
YOU that Lord Charles Beresford
Brown is we'll and strong, but that
Princess of Wales Brown died this
morning." Lord Charles is man of
few words, and those very much to the
point. Speaking in the house of COM
mons one day, in reference to the Arab
slave leaders, he said, with great en-
phasis: "Mr. Speaker, we ought to
catch these men, give 'em a fair trial,
and then hang 'em." Unconventional
Lord Charles has always been. Receiv-
ing an invitation to dinner at MARI
borough house one evening, he replied
by wire: "Sorry can't come. Lie fol-
lows by STRAND Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
MUSCLE VS.. MACHINERY.
Facts Showing the Man Power q Modern
Prime Mover Represents.

Facts Showing the Man Power q Modern
Prime Mover Represents.
What puny thing is muscular power.
whether animal or human, when COM
pared with the vast efforts eXerted now
adays by machinery, was we'll illus
trated some Ulme ago by an English
scientist, Sir Frederick Bramwell.
Contrasting a galley, for example,
vessel propelled by oars-with mod
ern Atlantic liner, and assuming that
prime movers were non-eXistent, and
that this vessel was to be propelled
after galley fashion, he proceeded thus:
Take the length of the vessel as GOO
feet, AID assume that place could be
found for as many as 400 oars on each
side, each oar worked by three men, or
2,4O0 men, and allow that six men under
these conditions could develop work
equal to one horsepower. We should
then have 400 horsepower. Double tha
number of men and we should have 500
horsepower, with 1890 men at work,
and at least the same number in re-
serve if the journey is to be carried our
continuously.
Contrast the puny result thus OBJ.
tainod with 1880 horsepower given
forth by large prime mover of the
present day, such power requiring on
the above mode of calculation $4,000
men at work and 117,00O in reserve, and
these to be carried in a vessel less than
600 feet in length. Even if it were pos
sible to carry this number of men in
such vessel, by no conceivable means
could their power be utilized so as to
impart to it a speed of 20 knots an hour.
This illustrates how prime mover
may not only be a mere substitute for
muscular work, but may afford the
means of attaining an end that could
not by any possibility be attained by
muscular exertion, no matter what
money was expended or what galley
slave suffering was inflicted.
Take, again, the case of a railway
locomotive, in which from 400 to 600
horsepower is developed in an imple-
ment which, even including its tender,
does not occupy an area of more than
80 square yards, and that can attain a
speed of more than 60 miles an hour.
Here again the prime mover succeeds in
doing that which no expenditure OF
money or of life could draw from mus.
cular effort.-N. Y. Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
saved from tho Guillotine.

During the reign of terror, David had
Houdon, the sculptor, arrested, and
wished to have him guillotined, as he
had declared war against all the artists,
his colleagues. Nine. Houdon went to
Barrere and urged him to save her hus-
band. 81 see no way" Barrere said,
'but tell me, for which of his works
has he been imprisoned?" 'For statue
of ST. Scolastica," said Nine. Houdon.
"What does she look like?' "a fine
woman. with a scrap of paper in her
hand" At that moment entered Collot-
d'Herbois. Barrere said to him: "Hou-
don has made statue of philosophy
nleditating on the revolution; you must
have it bought by the assembly ana
1,loced in the room in front of the as
sembly-room, and declare that Houdon
has deserved well of the country" This
was done and Houdon was saved.-Chi-
caro Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04

to hair and eyes, and wears a short,
stubby black beard. He believes Greek
will always hold it's own in the educa-
tional system, both for culture and
mental discipline.
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Gen. o.
o. Howard, and Rev. A. A. Myers, presi-
dent of the Harrow school at Cumber-
land Gap, Tenn, nave inaugurated a
movement to erect large military and
educational Institution at Harrogate,
Tenn, on the site of the late Four Sea-
SONS hotel. The name proposed for the
institution is the "Lineoln academy"
"A society for promoting the higher
education of the clergy has been estab-
lished in Paris, to help young priests
who show aptitude for scientific or his
torical study. A similar society, called
the "Collegium Sapientiae," exists in
the Catholic university at Freiburg
in Breisgau, and arrangements have
German societies may exchange stu
dents from time to time.
Archbishop Falconio, the successor
of Cardinal Satolli as the pope's
ablegate to this country, speaks English
fluently, and has already spent Is years
on this continent. He was at one time
president of the Bonaventure college
at Allegheny, Pa, then he was sent as
vicar-ge1eral 70 Newfoundland, and
fc9 n there he was transferred to Rome,
where he has neld high executive offices
in the Franc scan order.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
EiS FAMILY Vas I1GRE.
In Their Graves Which He Had Come u
Long Ways to See.

Az AneAr OraVeS w nlch He Had Come
Long Ways to See.
just across the way from the depot
was the town graveyard and sitting on
baggage truck on the platform was
ragged, lonesome-looking man, whom
anyone would have spotted at once for
tramp. There were a dozen of us
walking up and down as we waited for
the train, but for quarter of an hour
the tramp sat with his head in his hands
and had nothing to say to anyone.
Then passenger, who was evidently on
good terms with himself, walked up to
the man and said:
dead broke, of course, old man?"
eyes, dead broke" replied the man on
the truck, as he looked up.
Haven't had anything to eat in two
or three days, eh?"
"Not since yesterday morning."
willing to work, but your health
won't permit, 1 take it, as is the case
with all the rest of 'em?''
''My health amt overly good" replied
the tramp after bit.
mo, of course not" laughed the man.
Perhaps you are also worrying about
SOui Idhlliy DOH you WANT 10 raise
dollar to get home in time to see your
wife dep
Come along, you-come along,
gents" said the tramp as he rose up and
climbed back to the graveyard fence.
Half a dozen of us followed him and
as we reached the fence and looked over
he pointed to three graves which were
SO new that the grass had not yet taken
root and said:
"There's the family-wife and two
children A week ago I was 100 miles
away, but I got to thinking about these
graves and I couldn't stay away. This
morning | finished my walk and I was
waiting for the train to go before I
came up here. Yes, I'm dead broke and
hungry and in poor health and a tramp,
and there's the reason of 1t. When they
died it broke me up"
One by one we went back to the plat
form. The tramp came last of all and
he was going away without looking at
us when the man who had chaffe6 him
put the money we had raised in his
hand, added five dollar bill from his
own pocket and kindly said:
"Take it. old man, and better luck go
with you. I'm sorry spoke as did,
Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
Primitive Beer.

Dowra, or doro, is the primitive beer
brewed in many parts of Africa in
Nubia and Abyssinia, in Mashonaland
and among the Kafirs. The method of
brewing is much the same in all coun-
tries, and is thus described by Mr.. Bent:
"Corn is soaked in water and left until
it sprouts little; then it is spread in
the sun to dry and mixed with I'M
sprouted grains; and then the women
pound il in wooden mortars, and the
malt obtained from this is boiled and
left to stand for two days, and over
night little malt that has been kept for
the purpose is throwh over the liquid to
excite fermentation" In Mashonaland
the women are the chief brewers; in
fact. to be good wife one must also be
a rood brewer. The beer is always
made in the fields, and is often very in
toxicating It must be drunk as soon
as it is brewed, otherwise it quickly be-
comes disagreeable and worthless. A
similar charley beer" was used by the
old Egyptians both as beverage and
IN Iibations to their gods. Xenophone
speaks of "bowls of barley beer in which
the grains were floating. "-Chambe1 8
Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
a k!CTAKE.

,,,oIa sat on cool, gray stonos
t@gp LII thought of his life;
Ana 9" ,et live all alone!' said he,
"Al as shaIl 1 espouse me a wife?'
o,d frog on the brink of the stream,
AW WIS., over and said, with sigh:
Leo" ,,ait till you're older, my dear young
III INA have better taste by and by!
Girls change you Ai1o"' anu the pony
NV W. axes your fancy to-day,
Inc N~' Ne the polly at all you'd choose,
Ma! ~ The summer has passed away!'
.no tadaole rash thought he better
Al married. n pollywog fair;
afc-e the summer was over he sat
AN mo L-iul of that stream in despair.
r.,,,id you believe it? His fair, young
1-t3t
- I'd ia te but a stupid frog,
,,...,, rlyer IL trace of beauty and grace
W." NJ vounz Miss Pollywog.
..5 oitaaugn the tadpole himself had
grown
s,.rt aoa stupid, too!
- all, srw the faults of his wife,
"a othals sonetimes do.
~ al Young tadpoles, my moral is this:
800 vlr ecttle in life,
~ s,,re ven now, without any doubt,
y what You want in the way of a wife!
Mar H. Olmstead, in Golden Days
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. Stopford Brooke has given up
regular preaching in London.
AT the very moment when Sig.
Nathan. a Hebrew, was elected to sue
coed Sig. Lemmi as supreme chief OF
the Italian Freemasons, histhree nieces
were embracing the Catholic faith
Rev. c. C. McCabe, the new Meth
odist bishop, and Gen. Neal Dow, OF
Portland, were messmates together
while confined in Libby prison during
the war.
Prof. ~Olin A. Curtis, formerly OF
the Boston University School OF The
ologv.. has been chosen to succeed the
late Prof. John Miley. as professor OF
systematic theology in Drew theolog-
ical seminary
The noted Greek scholar, Prof. =.
I. Timayenis, who holds the chair q
that LANGUAGE at Harvard unlversakYs
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
Ouaker Cats Eat oysters.

Philadelphia cats are peculiar. AS a
class thev show great versatility and
good deal of gastronomic enthusiasm l.
There are cats in Philadelphia when
realize that the only way for an epicnre
to really enjoy an oyster is to ear II
raw and off the half shell. They haunt
q certain fish market and seem to pass
their lives in an endeavor to proVlue
themselves with well-opened bivalVes.
They are no more enthusiastic IN tIelr
devotion to oysters than another flii-
adelphia cat. a pretty Maltese, that has
learned iust what hour oysters are oe-
livered weekly at its masters house. rs
The oyster-eating Maltese stands IN the
rood graces of the FISHERMAN ana que
eoolx IL is enabled once week to IN NJ
dulge its fancy for bivalves. IL win
eat q. half dozen raw oysters with an
enthusiasm worthy Of the very pest cy-
STEERS in the market
Woofng I'm CUMBERLAND
ss6artha. dost thou love meY'' salu q
younk Quaker.
"Whv. Seth, we are commanded %
love one another"
aAh. Martha, but dost thou feei Wna'
the world calls love?''
~ hardly know what to tel pnee'
Seth. have tried to bestow my ioss
.,,,,og, al. but / have sometimes thouen1
81 S. g. 4.z .x1....s sxsazk uetfdnQ mo-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
NEW BICYCLE RECORDS.

Thirty-One Miles an Hour and 534 Miles
in Twenty-Four Hours.
Not all, and perhaps not the most, of
the breaking of bicycle records for this
year has been accomplished by the
many well-trained athletes who have
turned their attention to bicycle riding;
but it must have occurred to the general
public that the last year records have
been pretty well shattered already.
Leaving out of consideration a few rec
ords which have been made upon
straightaway courses under unfair con-
ditions, the records made upon regula-
ton tracks are remarkable.
Only few years ago there was won
der expressed whether the time would
come when a man would be able to ride
a mile behind trotter or PAGER in two
minutes, "even time;" but in these days
a cyclist who cannot himself distance
trotter or PAGER is not in the first
rank. The quarter-mile record has been
cut down from :22 As to :22 35 for
flying start, paced performance. The
half-mile record has been reduced to
Al is, and the mile competition with
flying start has gone down to 1850 rs,
while the paced mile record has gone
down to 1889 Is.
About two years ago it was thought
.Gonderful when Flying Jib, with a run
ming mate, paced the mile in 15SA, but
the bicycle rider of first rank considers
ouch time rather slow. The so miles
Il 1T, even with running horses changed
az will, has not been accomplished in
less than 1:50:03H, has been done this
year on the bicycle in 1:42:42h. The
100-mile run has been made in
3:47:47 3-5 on bicycle, while with re-
lays of II horses the best record is
4:19:40, while for a trotter the best
record is 8:56:01, a record that was con-
sidered phenomenal, when made.
The long-distance records for bicy-
cles are important because of the ten
dency to use the bicycle in military af-
fairs. What courier could cover n
miles, when mounted on horseback, in
less than an hour? Yet the distance
has been covered in that time on a bicy-
Gle; and in "a hours distance of 534
miles has been accomplished. When
such long distances can be covered so
quickly the formation of bicycle hat
teries" may eventually revolutiorize
the science Of military tactics, as hat
talon which can travel hundreds of
miles in day is likely to be formidable
in actual war.-Boston Advertiser.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
The Peppermint Betrayed Him.

Burglars make mistake when they
tackle a physicians office. One broke
into a London doctors consulting
room, and the doctor, who happened to
be taking a nap, awoke, and threw at
the intruder the first thing he could
lay his hands on. 1t happened to be
bottle of peppermint, which struck
the thief on the neck and broke. The
thief got away, but the next day the
police shifted at every suspicious char
acter they met, and soon bagged their
man. Twenty-four hours later, when
he was arraigned in court, he still
reeked of nepnerTrint-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
NOTICE.

The County Commissioners of Frederick
County hereby give notice to the taxpayers
and taxables of Frederick County, that they
will sit as the Board Of Control and Review for
Frederick County, at their office in the Court
House, in Frederick, on
TUESDAY, THE SrH DAY OF SEPTEMBER
mex t., as provided by Chapter 40, of the Laws
of Maryland, Acts of 1896, and will continue in
session as such Board OF Control and Review
for Frederick County for go days thereafter,
from a. m to 4 p. m, each day, except sun
day, or until they shall have completed their
work as such Board OF Control and Review.
All persons having appeals from their assess
ments by the assessors of Frederick under said
act and all errors in their assessments under
the said act, are notified to be and appear be-
fore the said Board of Control and Review for
Frederick County during the said time.
VIM. MORRISON,
CEPHAS NJ. THOMAS,
MELVILLE CROMWELL,
FRANK q. HOUSE,
JAMES H. DELAUTER,
County Commissioners for Frederick
County. acting as the Board of Con
troll ana Review for Frederick
County.
Each Election District will be taken up sep
arately and notified of the time.
A. l.. EADER,
Clerk of County Commissioners.
august.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
GOLDEN
>~rIEDICAL~
DISCOVERY.

The invention of DR.. R. v. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y,
has, during the past thirty years, made a
record in the cure of bronchial, throat and
lung diseases that fairly entities it to out
rank all other advertised remedies for these
affections. Especially has it manifested its
potency in curing consumption of the lungs.
Not every case, but we believe
Fully % Per Cent.
of all cases of consumption, in all its earlier
stages, are cured by DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has progressed SO far as to induce repeated
bleedings from the lungs severe lingering
cough with copious expectoration (includ-
Ing tubercular matter), great loss of flesh
and extreme efnaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it. They have, i'll nearly every
instance, been SO pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever i'll mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who have been forced to confess that
1t SurpaSSes. in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
IIveT OIL ana us nltny enulSlOnS ana
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit, or had only seemed to benefit little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypophos-
phites had also been faithfully tried in vain.
The photographs of large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies have been
ski11fully reproduced in a book of 1000 pages
whichwi1 be mailed to you, on receipt of adj
dress and 81 cents in stamps to cover post
age and wrapping only. You can then write
those cured and learn their experience.
Address for Book, WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04

q A $ = A r D
Out Of a Producing Dam and by
SEA KING.
FARMERS having fine large mares, solid
colors should breed to this magnificently
bred young horse Fine large coach horses with
good breeding will always command the bes
prices for carriage, coupe or heavy harnes
horses.
GASPARD can be seen at the owners sta,
bles, near this city.
TERMs-Fifteen dollars for the season, pa
able Within the season. Mares proven not
be in foal will have return privilege if horse
owned by present owner next season.
MICHAEL KNILL, Manager for
l.. VICTOR BAUGHMAN.
auI.6-tf.
EIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF
IL MARYLAND
CAPITAL $4,000
Becomes Security on FIDELITY and JUDI.
CIAL Bonds-Corporation Security is the
best.
Because lit relieves business men and per
sons possessing property from the
necessity OF saying No."
2-It enables heirs and next of kin to
become trustees executors and
administrators.
Sit relieves persons required to give
bonds from mourning obligations
by asking friends to become Sc
cur1ty for them, and which they
would feel bound to reciprocate
when the opportunity came.
Alt presents undue influence over
employees.
bit lnsures supervision over the
bonded.
Sit guarantees prompt payment OF
losses.
lit affords persons OF no property or
friends of financial standing to
obtain positions of trust and emo
lument.
S.-When once adopted 1t is never
abandoned.
Sit has for Its directors some OF the
best known and most substantial
men Ofthe State, and for Its officers
the following gentlemen:
Lloyd l.. jackson, Pres; w. Crawford Black,
Edwin Warheld, Vice-Presidents; Herman
E. Bosler, Secretary and Treasurer; WilliamA
Hammond, General Counsel N. Winnslow
Williams, Assistant Counsel.
Ifyou have bond ofany description to give
call at my Office and get rates before going to
friends VII might for reasons best known to
themselves Se compelled to say 'No."
w. IRVING PARSONS,
Real Estate & Loan Agent.
Mutual Insurance Building,
FIR derrick. Md
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-05-15
Odd EenceA.

The present age seems to be one in
which people vie with each other 'to
devise curious work" One might make
a unique and interesting collection by
gathering views of freaks in fence
building, in which nothing should be
SO commonplace as worm" fence.
Not many miles from New Bedford is a
solid fence, with a curiously curved
upper line, and here and there number
painted upon it in white. On examin-
alton it proves to be built of the pew
doors from a dismantled church. The
Bath (Me.) Times gives an account of
a man attached to the life-saving station
at Small Point who has amassed enough
swords of the sword-fish to build a
picket-fence 40 feet in length. In the
ancient town of New Castle, N. H., there
is house whose yard is inclosed with a
fence constructed of the pew doors of
the old Brattle Street church. of Bos-
ton. This fence once felt the jar of the
solid cannon-ball that struck the old
church full in the face in the revolution
airy days.-Youth's Companion.