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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
PICKED UP IN THE STREET.
A Blacksmith Finds His Tool to BE
Nugget of Pure Gold.

a Blacksmith Finds His Tool to BE q
Nugget Of Pure Gold.
Curious things sometimes happen in
the gold bearing regions Of the north
west. The Blackfoot Idaho) News tells
OF somewhat remarkable experience
which occurred to blacksmith at that
town lately.
The smith, whose name is Farmer, had
In his shop grindstonewhich he wished
to "taper off," For this purpose small
stone was requisite. So he went out of
doors and made search for stone of the
right size and shape.
He found one somewhat smaller than
a hens egg, and returning to his shop
began to smooth down the edge of the
grindstone with it. He had not
''smoothed" long before he thought that
the stone worked rather queerly, and
was, in fact, too soft to grind the stone.
He took 1t to his anvil and broke it in
half, and then he found that he had
picked up a nugget Of pure gold.
Unfortunately, it was a rather small
nugget. He sold it for $3.50 cents, and
though this was very good price for q
pebble picked up in the street. it was not
wealth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
THE FORMIDABLE UMBRELLA.
A French Tragedian Finds It Mightie1
Than the Sword.

A French Tragedian Finds It Mightier
Than the Sword.
The affection of the collector for the
objects of his zeal has been amusingly
illustrated by a story told of Melingue,
a French tragedian who had mania
for gathering together great quantities
of old vestments, arms and similar an
tique apparatus. Among his treasures
was beautiful and keen-edged sword
which had belonged to Philip IL, son OF
Emperor Charles v.
Having worn this sword In piece in
which he was performing, Melingue
was making his way homeward in Paris
one night. The weather was rainy, and
he carried an umbrella. Under his
cloak he bore the precious sword of
Philip II.
Coming around a corner, Melingue
was suddenly menaced by two sneak
thieves. He was an expert fencer, and
knew that with the sword he could
quickly beat the rascals off. But he
said to himself:
'What! Betray to these rascals that
l have such precious possession? No!
They might be too much for me, after
all, and then they would get it. 1 Twill
keep it out of sight"
So saying, he placed his left hand on
the hilt of the sword inside his cloak,
and with the other hand let down his
umbrella. With this as a weapon, he
assaulted the footpads with such force
and spirit that he put them to fight.
In this case the umbrella turned out
to be mightier than the sword.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22

There is more difference in apple
pickers than in almost any other kind
of farm work, says one who has had ex-
perience. One will pick twice as much
as another and pick cleaner and not
eeem to work any harder than the other.
One knows just where to set the ladder
to get all the apples and knows by
measuring with his eye the ones he can
not get, while the other does not know
except by trial, and thus time is lost
Each seems to use his brains, but one
brain is educated better than the other.
Ordinarily the young, light, active man
is the best picker, but last year my
best picker was middle-aged and
weighed 200 pounds. He got over a
tree quickly and got all the apples that
another picker would get.-Rural
World. .@
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
SOMETHING NEW.
How Some People Follow Every
New Fad.
But the Majority Prefer That E1PekA-
monts Should Be Tried Upon
Somebody Else.

But the Majority Prefer That Expert
monts Should BE Tried Upon
Somebody Else.
Some persons are always 10 anxious
for something new that it is astonish-
ing they still continue to eat plain
bread and butter. They have always
thrived well on beef, eggs, and pota-
toes; but somebody writes an article
for a scientific journal, and attempts
TO show that these foods are neither
a. cheap nor as nutritious as some
other kind of food. Therefore, some
persons drop this standard diet and
take up whatever some young sclentisG
directs. We cannot understand this.
When anything has been thoroughly
tried and tested, and found in every way
satisfactory, why do some people per-
sist in running after some new-fangled
notion2 Take cod-liver oil for IN
stance. It has been used for two
hundred years with most marvellous
success, and in large variety OF
complaints. Its success has been no
greater in the past than it is to-day.
More skillful methods of preparing it,
and emulsifying it (for it is generally
acknowledged that it should always be
given in the form of an emulsion),
gives assurance that it's future use is
bound to be even far greater than
ever.
And yet some people talk about
"substitute for cod-liver oil''l Sub
stitute Why, it is almost laugha-
BILE. 1t certainly would be so, were
the question not such a serious one.
There can be no substitute for cod
liver oil, for there is nothing at all like
it known to medical science. When
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with
the Hypophosphites has been used for
over twenty years, and when thou
sands have testified to its curative
properties, is it not strange that any
one would think of trying an expert
ment with some new preparation of
cod-liver oil? When you know you are
safe in taking Scott's Emulsion, is 1t
not too risky business to try something
new2 Do you think Scott's Emulsion
could have stood these twenty years,
and have larger sale to-day than ever
before, unless it had true, genuine merit.
Where do you suppose these substi-
tutes, which do not contain a particle
of oil, win be twenty years from nowP
And where will all the fancy prepare
tions, as the various wines of cod-liver
oil, be at that time? It is perfectly
safe to predict that before they are
half as old as Scott's Emulsion is, they
viii be forgotten. Do not allow your
selves to be experimental upon; be
satisfied with the best; and take adj
vantage Of twenty years Of ever IN
oreasing prosperity.
SCOTS Emulsion contains more pure
Norwegian Cod-liver OIL than any other
emulsion In the world, that win stand
che test Of time a being perfect In
asperAble emulSieA. Ask your doctOe.
marh 6-tf-'96
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
BARRIERS IN AUSTRIA.
They Must Servo In All Cases q Three
Years Apprenticeship

They Must Serve In All Cases q Three
Years. Apprenticeship.
The Austrians take no chances with
their BARRIERS, says the New York World.
They must be good, and the BARRIERS
and Wigmakers' union of Vienna sees
to it tLat they are. Provision is also
made in their code for women BARRIERS
who desire to carry on the business Of
of their husbands in case of the latter's
death or illness.
But in order to do this the wife must
have been enrolled in the union as an ap-
prentice for three gears. Apprentices,
by the rules of the union, must appear
in Vienna in the presence of judges of
the union and show their skill before
they are allowed to open shops of their
own.
A properly certified barber must have
knowledge Of and pass an examination
in shaving, hair-cutting, hair-curling
and wig-making, and during the period
before the issuance Of certificate the
poor and others who are frugal serve
as subjects for experiment.
At the examination the young men
have their razors duiled by four strokes
in a pine plank, and they must then
sharpen them. A subject is assigned to
each. who must be tonsorially perfect,
IN the opinion Of the judges, when the
apprentice has released him.
After this certificate Is issued and
the apprentice serves two years as
journeyman before he may open a shop
as an employer. The average age of APP
prentices when they begin to learn their
trade is 13 years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
AN HONORABLE VEGETABLE.

Tho Onion Has It's Admirers-The Ana
conda MONTY Onion Society.
The nutritious and wholesome onion
occasionally finds it's indicators. At
the thriving Montana city of Anaconda
there is dining club called the Ana
conda Onion society. Its first feast was
recently given with distinguished sue
cess.
Down the center of the hall, says the
Anaconda Standard, was set a long
table, with cover for all the guests. AT
each plate was large and juicy onion;
in the middle of the table was an array
of meats, bread, fruit-crackers, cheese
and other things.
At one end of the hall foated the
standard of the club in proud conspic-
uousness. It consisted of pole sur
mounted by string Of the vegetables
from which the socity takes it's name.
On the wall hung this motto, beautifully
wrought:
IN ONION THERE is STRENGTH.
Each member wore pretty bouton-
nier of little onions. The occasion was
greatly enjoyed by all the participants
and the society hopes to do much to re-
store the onion to the honor and esteem
CT the world.
In Montana, as well as on the whole
of the Pacific slope, the onion attains q
deliciousness of quality which Is COM
paratively unknown on the eastern side
Of the continent. If the people of the
east could have onions as good as those
of Montana and California, it is possible
that the Anaconda Onion society might
find imitators in the east.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
AN OLD PLOT.
But in This Case q New HerOins Wa
9t15 gud Worked In. tfn

hut In This Case q New HerOins Was
ofs I'D Worked In.
Young story-writers are apt to begin
q literary career by telling, in some form
or other, the story which follows. But
it must have taken o real genius to make
q COW the heroine. This particular story
is attributed by the Philadelphia Times.
in which we find it, to Texas locomo-
tive engineer.
The engineer was running his train
at full speed, when, he says, his atten-
ton was attracted by COW which
seemed to be coming straight down the
track to meet the train. He put his
hand on the valve and pulled out three
sharp whistles.
Still the cow came on, believing at
every step, and acting altogether In an
unusual manner. AS much from Curl
osity as anything else, the engineer
slowed up and sent the fireman ahead to
see what was the matter with the cow
No sooner did the cow see that the
speed of the train was slackening. and
that the fireman wHs going to invest
gate, than she turned and IAN straight
back down the track, stopping now and
then, looking over her shoulder and
switching her tail as much as to say:
"Come onl"
The man followed, and by and by saw
the COW stop short at high trestle.
Going up, he discovered another cow
which had got herself fastened in the
trestlework squarely across the rail-
AS soon as the animal was released,
the two cows lost no time in scamperine
ayVaV
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
MONKEY LIGHTS MATCHES.
But Has Not the Intelligence to KIndIe 9
Fire with Them.

But Has Not the Intelligence to KIndIe q
Fire with Thorn.
No creature but man has ever made
use of fire. An African traveller, indeed.
has told story of apes making thiev-
ing raid on camp of natives, and car
rying torches to light their way; but
this story lacks proof, and is not &C
cepted as true by biologists.
There is, however, says the Youths
Companion, in the Philadelphia zoologi-
cal garden monkey who has learned to
scratch matches perfectly well. This
accomplishment he is willing to exhibit
on any occasion. He has learned to hold
the match by it's middle part, SO that
his fingers are not burned by being too
near the flame, and so that the match
will not break by being held too near the
other end.
This fact involves another, that he is
aware which end has the sulphur, and
does not attempt t. scratch the unsul-
phured end. He has furthermore
learned that a rough surface is better to
scratch the match ON than a smooth one.
and his care in looking for the rough
places is very diverting. ~ "
But with all these intelligences. the
monkey has no notion of kindling an
other fire with the one that he has
caused by the friction of the match. He
simply let's the match burn out, and If
he lights another, does it for the pleas
ure of seeing it burn
This monkeys keepers, and the men
OF 'csrfJwho are experimenting with
his in. .agence, hope to communicate
to him eventually an idea of ire making
and using; but from the moment they
succeed in doing so they ever do sue
ceed-it will be necessary to keep
matches out of his reach.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
AUSTRALIAN BEE HUNT.
New the Natives Find the Well-F ruled
Hives.

New the Natives Find the Well-Fnled
An Australian savage comes up to
IN Irishman's idea of human skill, for
che bates the bees" A native seldom
1Ails to get honey when he discovers
chs bee he has been wathching for. The
hunt Is given In Mr.. Arthur's kangaroo
and Ksuri:"
Warruyallah, tho chief Of q tribe,
went with two little nets to a small pool,
flled his mouth with water, and then
lying down, his head hanging over the
pool, he remained quiet for an hour,
apparently looking at his own reflection
In the water. Then the hum of q bee
was heard. Buzz-z-z it went over the
pool, round the blacks head, now on one
side, now on the other, and now close
70 his ear; but not q motion betrayed
The bee hunter.
But when the bee, dropping close to
tho water, gave notice by the change OF
its tune that 1t was about to sip, the
chief, with g. snort, squirted the water
from his mouth over the little "buzzer."
Before it had time to recover from the
unexpected douche, he seized 1t dex-
teriously by the wings.
Then he prepared it for the chase by
fastening to 1t bunch of wild cotton
with some gum. The bee was let go; 1t
made for its hive, slowly at first on ac-
count of it's novel burden, which i'm
Peded its progress and showed a sign in
the air for the chief to follow. Over
bramble and brake went the chief, ac-
companied by the men of his tribe, and
In half an hour halted at the foot of an
immense gum tree, into whose top the
bee had gone.
The chief mounted quickly, by cutting
notches into the bark with his stone
tomahawk. In a short time he brought
down quantity of honeycomb, small
piece only of which contained honey.
The Australian bees are stingless.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
BATTLEFIELDs OF THE cRIMEA
Scenes of tho BlOOdiest War ChrouIcIet
in Modern History.

Scenes of tho BloOdiest War ChrouicIed
In Modern History.
The country for many miles below
Sebastopol is lone vast, dread, drear.
burnt-Sut plain" but very impressive
through the memories of that bloodiest
war of which it was the theater. On
the hillsides are some enormous nat
ural caves, one of which, it is said, can
contain whole regiment of soldiers,
and which, l believe, was utilized b..
the English. One catches glimpse
OF the valleys or gorges of Balaklava,
and passes within sight of the English,
French and Italian cemeteries. From
Sebastopol itself we were rowed across
the bay to the great Russian cemetery,
where 100000 soldiers are said to be
buried. At the top of the elevation on
which the cemetery lies is memorial
chapel, the interior of which is one OF
the most beautiful things in Russia.
The walls are almost completely lined
with mosaics in delicate light colors,
representing largely scenes from the
passion, and solemn angels in white
garments. The other ornamentation
is OF silver or gold on white ground.
On the walls are tablets commemor-
alive of the Russian regiments which
took part and the soldiers who fell in
the Crimean war. Shady avenues
radiate from the chapel through tho
grounds, where beside the monument
OF the heroes of 1S54-55 are those of the,
numerous army and navy officers WIN
have died of late years, and great
mounds, covered with enormous
granite slabs, beneath each of which
200 soldiers are said to lie. Certain
restrictions and prohibitions have late.
~ been removed from the town o4
Sebastopol, considerable building and
renovation have been engaged in and
the place is assuming more prosper.
Gus aspect than it is said to have worn
Ior many long year. Here, too. we are
close upon classical ground. Only y
lew yersts south, upon the coast. is the
ancient Tapris. where Ipheeenia was
Tor SO long the priest of Artemus
springfield Republican.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
PIcTURINo A SEA FIGHT.
How instantaneous Photography FigurEl
In the Modern PainteFea Art.

How instantaneous Photography FigurNs
In the Modern Painters Art.
Instantaneous photography has made
II easy to-day for men with little knowl-
edge Of seamanship to place ships and
boats under sail in a picture, but in
early days, says Temple Bar, the power
of doing SO correctly was limited to a
few men like Stanfield and Capt. 8eechy.
r. N.
The difficulty Of obtaining anything
like a reliable description of a sea fight,
even from those who had taken part in
it, was, according to Stanfield, very
great, and he told us how, when plan
ming his picture Of 1.-THE Battle Of Ira
falgar." he applied to Capt. Hardy for
advice as to the position of the Victory,
Hardy's answer being that, owing to
the smoke, it was impossible Diving
the height of the action to see beyond
the ships alongside, adding: 81 am
about the worst man you could come to,
for some time before that which your
picture represents the victory's tiller
ropes had been shot away, and was be-
low in the Storage attending to them
and the helm, and down there we knew
so little Of what was going on that we
continued to load and fire one of her
stern guns until ordered from the deck
to stop because we were firing into one
of our own ships"
Like Loutherbourg, Stanfeld had
been at sea as q young man, while both
owed much of their facility and power
of composing a subject to their early
training in the scene loft. But think
Loutherbourg greatly surpassed Stan
field as draughtsman and in knowl-
edge of naval archiEectnlra
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
KISSING OF HANDS rAsooED.

Hygienic Reasons Lead to Abandonment
of an Austrian Custom.
It has hitherto, says the New Orleans
Picayune, been the custom Of the chill
dren attending the public schools In
Austria and Hungary to kiss the hands
OF the teacher on arrival and departure.
This has now been forbidden by an
order from the imperial board of edu-
cation, which bases it's action on tho
fact that sanitary investigation has
shown that kissing is unhealthful and
should not be practiced, except when
absolutely necessary. This brings up
a very nice point of law to establish
when kissing IN absolutely necessary.
If the public school teachers of Aus
tria and Hungary are old and ugly It
IL likely that the scholars will acquiesce
In the new ruling without murmur.
If, on the other hand, the schoolmarms
are pretty young women, like most Of
the New Orleans teachers, then the big
boys in Austrian schools may keep up
the good old custom of kissing tho
teacher, and plead that it was . case
when kissing was absolutely necessary.
Science Ia going too far, anyway, when
1t finds microbes In kisses and tries
to establish quarantine against them.
kissing goes by favor, and not by law.
When the kisser ~ In love and the kissee
ls pretty, It IL always q case Of abbo-
lutte necessity, not amenable to Austrian
or any other kind of laws. 49, lsl
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22

Where orchards have been kept in
grass a few years large proportion OF
their feeding roots may be near the
surface. To pillow these orchards when
in full leaf is very injurious, as the
trees are growing then, and the lessen
ing of the plant food gives them check.
Flowing while the buds are dormant
gives little harm. for though it destroys
the feeding roots, others start lower
in the soil from the main roots by the
time the leaves IRE ont. It is some
times advisable to plow young, thrifty
orchards in summerto check excessive
production Of leaf and wood and In
duce fruit bearing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
DISEASE scouRoINo AUSTRALIA
Typhoid Fever and Diphtherla Epidemic
ON the Island Continent.

Typh01d Fever ana Dlphthorl0 Epidemic
ON the Island Continent.
Australia's scourging by no means
ceased with the passing of the terrible
heat wave and the subsiding of the cleo
trio storms and cyclones which followed
close on the heels of the heat. The last
mail advices from the sorely-affiicted
continent tell of widespread epidemic
of typhoid fever, direct consequence
of the heat. Almost all the wells in
many districts dried up and many creeks
and rivers ceased to flow. A water
famine resulted, and the inhabitants
were compelled to use impure water.
AS result typhoid fever broke out,
and the mortality from the disease was,
at last accounts, even greater than that
caused by the terrible heat. Melbourne
was badly afflicted. The fever wards
In the hospitals soon flied up and very
many patients had to be turned away.
The same conditions obtained In Alex
ander, Wagga and Waterloo, and out
breaks of typhoid were reported from
very many parts of the continent. Diph-
iberia, too, broke out in many places
md caused many deaths oaa 8r
The storms that followed the heat
interrupted communication, blowing
down telegraph wires and washing away
bridges and roads, and when the last
mail advices left Australia but meauer
reports were obtainable of the death
and destruction caused throughout the
continent and in Tasmania and New
Zealand by the extraordinary climatic
conditions. After the heat and the
storms came earthquakes. They were
not serious, and no considerable damage
had been reported at last accounts.
They were most felt in Queensland.
The earth trembled and windows rat
tied and crockery was shaken from
shelves. Half dozen towns in the col
ony reported having experienced the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
NOT THE SAME.
Beranger's Terso and Clover Character
ization of Victor Hugo.

Ber0nger's Terso and Clover Character
izatiOn of Victor Hugo.
A terse and clever characterization
was that by which Beranger, the poet,
summed up Victor Hugo's relation to
the great republican spirit of France.
Hugo, although it is said that he was not
arepublican at the very beginning Of his
career, became most enthusiastic and
outspoken one. He represented the pic
torial, dramatic side Of popular feeling
and became SO picturesque figure in
French politics that he could not have
failed to serve as a popular idol.
Beranger, who was republican of the
simplest type, notwithstanding his
share in establishing Louis Philippe on
the throne. denied the poets attitude in
one line.
One day, says the Contemporary Re-
view, shortly after the revolution which
overtoppled that throne, an acquaint-
ance OF Beranger met him coming out
of the Palais-Bourbon. 81 shall feel
obliged" said the poet, eff you will see
me home, for l do not feel at all we'll
Those violent scenes inside there are not
to my taste. | am not at all WE'LL" he
Continued, with wistful smile; 81 have
been accused of having held the plank
over which Louis Philippe went to the
Tuileries. l wish could be the bridge
across the Channel ON which he would
return. Certainly would have liked
republic, but not such as we are having
In there"
He pointed to the homo Of the Con.
stituent assembly. "You ought to be
pleased" said his friend. "Victor Hugo
IL in the same regiment with you.''
''Victor Hugo is not in the regiment"
was the quiet reply. "He is in the
band"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
SHOES FOR MEL

Gentlemen, when you think Of q
for yourself a pair Of those asl1
shoes which are all the 90 this q
give US a call and you will ma 4
stock to select from in the city.
will give you an idea; there is The 2
cadilly, opera, razor toes and mall
all colors of Tan you can possibly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22
J. & T. COUSINS

handmade Oxfords which sell byts
ton. you will find after wearing tol
Oxford you ever had on your foot, q
feet beauties on the feet and as soft I
II you are troubled with those u1at
fits, which you are always cOmpa-
ping in the heel, or too tight hereG-
pair of these which we TecOmme1.
we guarantee satisfaction Now
you these styles in any color, Tan
for Women. Misses and children
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-22

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