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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
AN UNCOMFORTABLE MAN.
Hundreds Witness His Writings and
Show No Pity.

hundreds witness HIS winnings ana
Show No Pity.
On a narrow platform, close 10 tn,
glass roof OF Hammerstein's Olympus
roof garden. may nightly be seen, says
the New Y ork Herald. one of the most IN
comfortable men in New York. He is
the man who operates the calcium
lights which play upon the stage. He
has barely room TO stand up, so he
kneels most of the time and stares at the
stage before him.
Below are persons trying to look So
cool and comfortable that the sight OF
them must be perpetual aggravation
They sit and laugh and talk. and take
no notice of the uncomfortable fellow
perched high aloft and yet in full view
He is there for four hours every night
He shifts about and occasionally stands
up in his endeavor to get the kinks out
of his legs. He sits. kneels and some
times leans back against the big iron
Pirder behind him. He sees the show
over and over again. He listens 10 the
endless splash of the water on the crys-
tai roof and sees the same little come
dies nightly enacted around the round
tables beneath.
Sometimes a sign of human interest
is shown in a bending forward as some
woman with a more towering hat than
usual, or boy with more resplendent
hat band than common parades through
the garden
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
PAPER GARMENTS.
The Latest Fad for People Afraid Of
Lightning.

lightning
A glass house and feather bed used
to be considered the lightning-proof
mediums behind which timid persons
could seek refuge from the possibility
of being stricken by an electric bolt.
But these are old-fashioned ideas
now. compared with the lightning-proof
paper suit which a New York genius
las just invented, patented and invited
fearful and apprehensive people to try.
This suit is made of fiber pulp and can
be made to look exactly like any other
suit of clothes. Paper is a poor con
luctor. and man arrayed in such gar
ments might 60 forth and defy light
ming. even if 1t should show special
preference for him.
This is particularly the case if a hat
Is worn made of the same stuff. In
side Of this should be placed a piece of
newspaper. and inside the clothing
should also be laid folds of a news
paper. which would do as we'll as a
paper suit.
The paper suit is also good thing
for summer excursions. for if it is
ruined in the rain there won't be much
loss. Those whose nerves are upset by
atmospheric disturbances had better
wrap themselves up in paper during the
electric summer storms. even if they do
rot have suits made up a IA mode and
with seams and buttons 10 hold them
together
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
TWO INVENTIVE THIEVES.
They Took Bicycle from the Rider o
Bet.

They Took a Bicycle from the Rider on
Bet.
The bicycle thief is inventive this
cles in front of his house when two fell
lows stopped on the pavement to admire
him. One of them. says the New York
Herald. asked how much the wheel
weighed. and the young man said it
weighed % pounds.
The smaller of the two said that was
too light. and that he believed in wheels
weighing at least 80 pounds. Also, he
mentioned that he once came in first
in a ten-mile race and rode a wheel
weighing IS pounds. At this the larger
OF the strangers laughed derisively, and
said:
what do you know about wheels?"
"Why, I've ridden more wheels than
YOU ever saw" replied the other.
Il don't believe you can ride at ALL"
"rll bet you five dollars can. Let me
show him on your wheel. 1 won't hurt
it,
He could ride all right He wobbled
slowly on the wheel for short distance,
and then swished around the corner and
was away like the wind
You'd better run after that fellow"
said the stranger; Il don't know him."
The owner of the wheel set off, but
the short stranger must have been
mile away by that time. Then when the
owner came back the stranger also had
gone
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
SMALL PROFIT IN CIGARS.
Dealers Complain That They Make Very
Little Money.

There is not large percentage OF
profit in cigars said d. B. Talbert, OF
Baltimore. a cigar salesman, at the
Metropolitan, to a Washington Star re-
porter. And there is probably no line
of goods in which customers swindle
the dealers with so little conjunction
Of conscience. There are so cigars in
a box of ordinary goods, but the dealer
seldom gets paid for so, even though
he credits none and gives none away.
"A man buys cigar, taking it out of
the box with his thumb and forefnger,
at the same time closing his other fin
gers over another which rests in the
palm of his hands. He gives the dealer
a dime and almost invariably receives a
nickel in change. Or he may buy quar-
ter's worth and gets one too many in
the same way. This has caused some
dealers to ask how many are wanted
and to give out just what are called
for, but it is doubtful IL this is wise, as
a customer likes to help himself, and
goes where he can do sou
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
POWER OF ELOQUENCE.
A Young Lawyers OratoricaI shafts Fall
Pointless While the Judge Slumbers-

A Young Lawyers OratoricaI Shafts Fall
Pointless While the Judge Slumbers-
Onaof Detroit's ablest and most sue
cessfu1 lawyers recalls this from one Of
his earlier experiences: Il began the
practice of my profession in PennSyi-
vania, and in a county where the prin-
cipal justice OF the peace was a port:y
old German. with jovial face that did
not belle his character. In my first inn
portant case l was employed to defend
a young man charged with the enormi-
ty of numbering his own brother. and
the preliminary hearing was before this
same rotund representative of justice.
He had taken a noontime dinner with
him before he opened the court. and he
not only dined we'll. but drank well.
With the natural impulses of his ma
ture warmed by liberal rotations of
wine and beer. was in high hopes that
my youthful client would be dismissed.
for the evidence against him was of
circumstantial nature. by no means con-
v:ncing. and his previous good charac-
ter was all in his favor.
THE prosecution showed its hand
only as far as it thought necessary TO
have the accused bound over. I put in
what / thought the most effective evil
dence, and we were soon making our
arguments. Like all young lawyers un-
der like circumstances. made the eff
fort of my life. I had prepared one pa
thetic passage on which I especially
prided myself. 1 had anticipated that
IT would bring tears to the ewes of the
squire and the audience. to say nothing
of a hope that several of the women
would faint. When l was in the midst
of it, weeping in sympathy with M
own overweight feelings, 1 heard til
tering from several parts of the room.
I stopped angrily and the laughter
ceased. 1 started in again. and again
that tittering. turned Indignantly to
the squire to ask the protection of the
court, when my ears were assaulted by
a remarkable series of snores. each end
ing in prolonged p-i-s-h. Justice
slept. 1 gently shook he squire He
awoke with a chcrubic. smile parting
his round. red face. He looked wonder
ingly around and then gathered him.
self
'Shentlemens und ladies: l hat
bought aloud dod case und l hat
schleeped ofer him. Mine verdict vos
got guilty
"The prosecuting attorney stormed
and fumed in vain, and have had plain
sailing ever nce."-Detroit Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
DoeIInF IN Hungary.

The criminal court at Buda-Pesth
aad to deal with case of cffense
against the dueling laws on the part
of two young engineers, Ignaz Reiner
and Leo Lichtblau, who were each SEN
fenced to three days. Imprisonment
allowance being made for "extenuatine
circumstances" The couple had come
to blows, and, following the fashion IF
the times, they determined to wipe out
the insult in blood. Reiner sent LIGHT
blau challenge and the seconds ar
ranged for a duel with pistols ON the
most stringent terms. The affair did
not come off, however, for Lichtblau
waited couple of hours before the APP
pointed time on the police superintend-
emit of eighth division and gave him
notice of the impending duel. The SUI
perintendent calmly listened to the
''brave champions" detailed report,
and then quietly observed that he al
ready knew all about the matter. How
is that?" ''Why. simply because your
opponent was here only an hour ago
witha similar statement Pest Naplo
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
common Foofinr

A pretty story of the young empress
of Russia is going the round. Before
leaving Tzarsko-Selo her imperial mai
esty gave a reception at the palace to
some ladies who had taken part in
charitable bazar in which she was so
much interested. One of the ladies, it
seems, was mother to baby exactly
the same age as the empress lovely liz
tie daughter. When it came her turn
to speak to the empress, although
hitherto a stranger, this motherIy
young woman inquired suddenly, with
irrepressible interest: "How's your
baby?" The empress smiled, and was,
1t is said, delighted at the naivete. She
told the woman all about the royal tot
ApropOs of the Russian baby, her little
highness when dressed for an outing is
held up at the window every morning
by her nurse for all the world to see.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
IL Was Trna.

Late in the evening a report spread
through the train that we had as fell
low passenger a man worth 100000
600, who had got on at Buffalo. made
inquiry of the porter of my car. and he
replied:
Oats what dey say, sab. but yo'
can't allus tell. He's n de next cab,
out 1 can't dun say if he's rich till
mawnin'"
Next morning the porter beckoned
me into the smoking compartment AMI
said:
dat story was all true. sah.'
''Then he's worth 100000. eh?"
"All of dat, sab, an mebbe mo-"
How did you find out?"
From de odder po'tah, sab. Dc
gemlan has jest gin him ten cents,
while everybody else has cum down wild
a quarter."-N. Y World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
THE Willy SEAL.
How He Manages to Catch Sea GuIls
UnawaTes.


UnawaTes. ~
The seal is probably the clumsiest an
imal in the world, says the New York
Recorder He likes to bask in the sun
all day and when he moves he is exceed
'ngly sluggish and awkward. 1t has
often been wondered how this animal
manages to secure its favorite food,
wild sea fowl.
Sea gulls are so wild that it is diff
cult even for man TO get within gunshot
of one. The seal seems to realize that
ii would be a waste of time TO attempt
TO crawl up on the gulls as they rest
upon the water and catch them una
wares. So he watches until che gulls
are soaring slowly through the air and
close to the waves. Then the seal dives
into the sea and swims underneath the
w alter for some distance. BY the time
lie has managed to swim about 100 feet
the gull has forgotten the presence of
It's enemy. This gives the seal his OPP
portunity. He cautiously rises TO the
surface of the water at some distance
from the point at which he dived. and
allows merely the tip of his great nose
% appear above the water.
Remaining in this position. he gives
lis enormous body a rotary motion. so
that his nose describes circle on the
surface of the ocean. He does this so
skillfully that to the gull his nose looks
like fish at play. This catches the
gull's eve. and it at once darts down
with the speed of an arrow. aiming
rtraight for the little dot. The seal
sees it coming and sinks a few inches,
and as the gull strikes the water with
tremendous force the seals jaws close
upward and the gull disappears.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
LIS OPPOSITION TO WAR.
China's Greatest General Is Preemineni
Iy Man of Peace.

China's Greatest General Is Preeminent>
ly a Man of Peace.
Ex-Secretary John W. Foster con-
tributes sketch of "The Viceroy Ii
Hung Chang to the Century Mr.. Fos-
ter says:
Although the greatest general his
country has produced in this century,
he is prominently man of peace. Con-
fucius, whose disciple he is proud to call
himself, taught the folly of war, and the
practice of the government and Chinese
society in this respect is inspired by
his teachings. While Japan has exalted
the warlike spirit. and there the soldier
IL the idol of the people, in China the
soldier is lightly esteemed, and always
takes rank below the literary class. But
notwithstanding this peaceful spirit.
there is often a war party in China, and
on two or three memorable occasions
1t has fallen to the lot of Viceroy Ii to
be placed in antagonism to it.
The Kuldja question, about 1880.
brought the country to the brink of war
with Russia, and it was only by his most
ective resistance to the war party at
Picking that peaceful settlement was
! reached. It is now well known that he
opposed the late hostilities with Japan.
The government of the latter during the
progress of the war obtained possession
Of and published certain memorials to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
g.. ( PEsTeR EDISON.
One of Then, Walked from Montana T.
Orange.

One of Them Walked from Montana to
Orange.
W ny. you talk about cranks," said
Edison recently at Orange to a New
York World reporter; Il have more of
them come around here than any man
in the country. They come out with all
sorts of schemes which they want me
to puzzle through. These long-haired
fellows. with dandruff on the shoulders
of their coats. meander around here in
shoals. One of them got in here the
other day. and he was a walker, TOO.
he belonged out in Montana and got
the idea that he was the first man who
ever invented an electric light, and that
[ had robbed him of il. So he came on
here 10 make me give up half the pro-
eeeds. and he walked every foot of the
way. You ought to have seen him when
he got here.
Some of the boys saw his trail down
stairs and followed him up and told him
[ wasn't here but out at the mines, and
I'll be hanged if he didn't walk there.
When he got out there the foreman
we'd posted him-asked him if he hadn't
invented the arc light. The man from
Montana said he had. Then the fore
nan told him that I had not invented
The arc light. but that it had been in
rented by Thompson. The Montana
nan wanted to know where Thompson
vas right away. and the foreman told
him Thompson was downen Lynn. Mass.
How do you get to Lynn asked
the man from Montana The foreman
told him the road and he started to
tramp down there. I expect any day to
hear of his raising the deuce there some
aow. We have 'em here all the time
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
FOSSIL MEAL.
\ New German Product Which Has Many
Uses.


Uses.
A new product, called fossil meal, is
being introduced from Germany for pre-
venting the loss of heat from radiation
which takes place TO SO large an extent
from the uncovered surfaces OF boilers,
steam pipes. cylinders. and steam plant
generally. It consists of infusor ial
earth. obtained from certain mines in
Hanover. combined with other sub
stances TO secure greater strength and
cohesiveness This infusorial earth is
composed of millions of minute organ
isms. whose hollow form gives TO the
fossil meal its high porosity, and con,
sequently its non-conducting power.
The use of this material. however, is
not confined to the manufacture of non
conducting composition for steam pipes
and engine and boiler surfaces. 1t is
used in safe making as fre-resisting
compound. and by explosive manu-
facturers in the production of dynamite.
1t is in demand for cold storage pur-
poses. for covering cold pipes from con-
tact with the warmer external air. 1t
is also employed in chemical manu-
facture. as a preventive against damp:
for cleaning glass and metal: as a tooth
paste: it is made up into blotting paper,
and 1t is employed in the manufacture
of sealing wax. 1t makes up into
1irebrick OF one-ffth the ordinary
weight. with a ire-resisting quality
equal TO that of quartz. 1t has many
other uses. one of which is filtration
and it is being utilized for the domestic
publication of water.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
LAY PREACHERS.
English Lords Who Deliver Sunday Dis
courses.

English Lords Who Deliver Sunday Dis
courses.
Emperor Williams taste for preach
ing, even where there is a duty quail
fed ecclesiastic within reach. is far
might be willing TO imagine. Under the
circumstances it is difficult to under
stand the surprise which has been
caused by his insistence in delivering
the Sunday discourse during the recent
yachting trip in the Mediterranean. al
though he had on board with him the
chief of the court chaplains.
Thus in England there are at least
a dozen secular members of the house
Of lords who, not content with preaching
to their own households and tenants.
actually travel about in England and on
the continent preaching wherever they
can find either congregation or pull
Pit at their disposal.
Several of them, such as. for instance
Lord Radstock. have incurred the wrath
of foreign governments in consequence
of their religious zeal.
The young Earl Beauchamp is an
other OF these lay preachers, Dut ne con-
fines his ministrations to the East end
Of London. Then there is Lord Bennett
married to an American wife and heir
TO the earl of Tankerville, who has been
arrested for street preaching on several
occasions.
The present duke of Hamilton does a
little in the preaching line, chiefly
among the poorer classes of London.
But none of these peers come anywhere
near the late earl of Shaftesbury so far
as pulpit oratory is concerned, the earl
being known by the nickname of ''the
lay bishop
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
DAINTY CornmeaI Muftins.

Beat together, in the order named.
two eggs. two tablespoonful of white
sugar. IL cupfuls of sweet milk. one
half teaspoonful of salt, a cupful of In
dian meal white preferred), two cup
fuls of sifted -four with two heaping
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. aui one
teaspoonful of melted butter. Bake il,
hot gem pans fo- 90 minutes in he:
oven. Water may be used instead OF
milk.-Gocd Housekaeping
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14

the throne, dated in 1882. and forwarded
by the viceroy, which looked to the ul-
innate invasion of Japan; but at best
It was merely an inchoate scheme and
probably encouraged by the viceroy to
aid his projects for the defense of the
approaches to Picking. He had a better
knowledge of the military strength of
Japan and of the weakness of China
than any other of the emperor's adj
yisers, and he feared the consequences
10 his country of a conflict"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14

him. and being a wagg1sh lot OF fellows,
they did even more than was expected.
The old Negroes pipe was filled with par
ings, horse hair and other things that
made the vilest smell imaginable when
8 match was touched 10 them. One of
the helpers inhaled the smoke from a
cigarette, which act the old negro i'm
itated with his pipe. 1t was mo-
mentarily expected that he would col
lapse, but he didn't He walked away,
saying: Young gentlemen. I'm done
cured; when yer get de toofache. jes
smoke boss hoof."
A story is told that gypsies tole away
valuable dogs by occasionally dropping
a small pairing which the dog finds and
cats. The animal continues to follow
the gypsy until he is caught and carried
away.
Horse hoof parings are not the only
thing in demand at blacksmith shop.
The scales which the smith hammers
from the glowing metal are considered
a valuable ingredient for medicines
which negroes make. Iron scales and
molasses boiled together are admins
tered for dropsy and liver complaint.
Housewives also mix the scales with the
soil in which geraniums are planted.
This is said to cause the blossoms TO
take on a much darker hue.-Kansas
CITY Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
SPOILED THE SPEECHES.
Disastrous Effect of Foolish Question
Upon Congressional Oratory.

Disastrous Effect of Foolish Questions
Upon Congressional Oratory.
There are times when the question or
remark of persistent interrupter will
destroy the effect of a speech and dis
courage the orator almost to the point
of breaking down. says the Troy Times
When Bryan, OF Nebraska, in the Fifty
third congress. was in the midst of
rhetorical climax and with arms up
lifted was gushing very familiar line,
the house was convulsed by the ques-
ton OF Walker, of Massachusetts,:
"Who wrote that?' The whole thing
was so ridiculous that it was five min
utes before Bryan could go on. Here is
another: Thomas Bartlett of Vermont.
was renowned for his flights of elab-
crate rhetorical oratory, and a seat in
congress was the special goal of his
ambition. When he was elected story
of how he had lneen silenced by an audi
ence of college boys got around. and on
the occasion of the new members first
appearance the house was prepared to
receive him in anything but serious
spirit. Rising to indorse a proposition
which had just been vigorously at
tackled he began to declaim impressive
ly: "Sir, were it not for the rules of the
house l would pour upon the opponents
of this measure the walls Of my wrath"
He got no farther. Mr.. Polk, of Ten
nessee, was upon his feet in moment,
moving. with every appearance of eager
interest. that the rules be suspended
and the gentleman allowed to pour."
Such a disconcerting burst of laughter
followed that the unfortunate orator
could only subside wrathfully into 81
lence and his seat
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
HOOP PARINGs A PANAcEA.
BlacFsmith Tells Queer Tales of Super
st4tiOus Persons and Dogs.

oAAcbsmitn TELLS queer Tales of Super
st4tious Persons and Dogs.
What becomes of the parings from
the hoofs of horses in blacksmith
shops? A horseshoer who was asked
this question let his hammer fall on his
anvil and told reporter some queer
things - that dogs make away with
most of the parings, which are esteemed
a great delicacy in canine households;
that choice pairing is fancy tidbit
which can be secured by the commonest
dog if he be watchful and Industrious.
The glue in the pairing is probably the
part relished, the smith said.
Negroes have a superstitious fondness
for hoof parings. Some are said to
carry piece for good luck Others use
the parings to make decoctions for va
rious diseases. An old white-haired ne
gro, suffering with toothache, went into
a Grant avenue shop not long ago and
said that If he could get some horse
hoOf parings to smoke in his pipe he
could cure his toothache. The black
smiths helpers were ready to assist
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
No. I6 \. MARKET STREET.


Now that winter is passed with all It's snow
and chilly blast, We begin TO think Of those hot
summer months which are sure to follow:
therefore want to do away with those high
cut SHOES we have been wearing to keep US
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 1T" Oxford Ties that
we are offering at such low f. ures this season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
Oniona for ChiIdren.

A prominent physician claims that
there will be no diphtheria, scarlet
fever nor worms for children if they
cat plentifnlly of onions every day, es-
pecially when there is a scarcity of
fresh fruit. He buys onions for his
young folks, and they are served in
every imaginable form.-St. Louis Re
public.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
j. at. COUSINS,

handmade Oxfords which sell by their reputa-
ton. you will find after wearing to be the best
Oxford you ever had on your foOt, they are per.
feet beauties on the feet and as soft as q glove.
If you are troubled with those uncomfortable
fits, which you are always complaining of slip
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 Children.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
SHOES.

We can't forget the children. This summer
they are the best that have ever been on the
market; there is larger variety to select from,
both in tan and black. Don't forget the "Olc
Carlisle Shoe"
We also carry very large assortment OF
Trunks, Satchels, Telescopes. Valises and
Umbrellas and most everything you can find
in first-class shoe establishment.