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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
HIS SWEET INNOCENCE.
The Girls Didn't Know That He Was
an Old-Timer.


young man leaned up against the
counter of branch telegraph Office
where two pretty young ladies are en-
ployed as telegraphers, says an ex-
change. He had been chatting with
them for about an hour, but had forgot
ten to say that at one period of his life
he himself had been an operator. Dur
ing a lull in the conversation one of the
young ladies "opened" her key and said
to the other:
what do you think of his niibs at
the counter?"
Don't think much of him." was the
reply. "Why?"
"Oh, he makes me tired-he talks like
parrot"
''He makes me tired, too-wish he
would sneak"
The young man broke in at this juno
ture and said: Ladies', I thank you
for the compliments you have bestowed
upon me, and as you are tired of my
company I'll sneak"
The numerous colors of the rainbow
would not be sufficient to describe the
changes that took place in the young la
dies faces. There is moral attached
to this tale. and young ladies in branch
Offices and elsewhere would do we'll to
take heed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
GRAPES AND CREPoN.
Methods of Weaving to Secure Q
Much-Esteemed Surface


| The fabric most generally known a
Grape Is mourning Grape, but properl,
the name belongs to any fabric of silk
cotton or wool that has a wrinkled sur
face. Crepon is the French name for
thick Grape, but it has come to be ap
piled to any weave with an uneven fac
which gives Grape effect, whetha
, woven like Grape or in plaits throw
up by dropping certain weft threads
definite intervals and Tightening then
by twisting.
The wrinkle of Grape is produced by
making the weft, and sometimes til,
warp also, of twisted threads, every al
ternate group of threads being twisted
In the reverse direction. The threads
so arranged are loose, that is, will
space between them-and when the fab
ric is completed they untwist, each il
J its own direction, which gives a sur
face of uniform regularity. Twisting
warp and welt makes the most perfec,
Grape. If the weft only be twisted anc
the warp straight, the weft threads will
push up and down the warp, making
less durable fabric. When the twist i.
in the welt only there is elasticity acros.
the goods, and when twisted both way.
1t Is elastic both ways.
The result of this weave is q sur
face of broken lights and shadows, G
surface that reflects less light than il
smooth, and absorbs much. Such o
surface permits color to be seen to adj
vantage, and grapes are especially beau
tiful in rich colors suited to them, as
vivid red.
Oriental grapes, the most beautiful in
the world, are of silk, or mixed silk ana
cotton. When of part cotton they are
cheaper, but there is no vulgar attempt
to conceal the cotton, but it is KEEP,
frankly on the surface, and its own
good qualities are made to appear. Cot
ton has less power of reflection thar
silk, and, therefore, lends itself to in,
crease the. absorption of light, which is
an object in Grape weave. Also, the
,crimped surface enhances the beauty OF
cotton thread.
What is known as mourning Grape is
not Grape weave. Its wrinkled sur.
face is made by stiffening gauze and
pressing it on a matrix.-N. Y. Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
TREES AND FLOWERS.

Growers of hyacinths know what
sweetness is.
The Baldwin apple has lost many Of
Its friends of old.
The plants for next winters window
garden had better be now provided.
Why Is the famous "Jacque" rose a
past number for winter forcingP Be-
cause Meteor, at one-fourth the cost
30 we'll takes it's place.
Thousands have been bitten. The
peddler of rhododendrons, and blue
roses, and eyerbearing strawberries,
etc., had better be avoided.
Teach your children to plant trees.
What privilege it is, that any man
may plant tree that shall grow into
a noble specimen, to adorn and bless
this earth after the planter is gone.
Lilacs.-Not one or two plants of one
or two kinds, but we like to recommend
a mass of dozen or score Of plants,
in as many kinds. They never fail to
give satisfaction.
Date Seeds>-Do your readers know
tnat tneSe Start qulue readlly IN DrlSk
hotbed? Sow the seed, and presently
you have young palms, valuable for the
window.
Sometimes we forget the part that
plants play as useful medicines. AS
early as 1853 the faithful old diary
keeper, Evelyn, made this entry, June
10: 81 went to see ye medical garden
at Westminster, well stored with plants,
under Morgan, very skilled botanist."
Brooklyn, N. Y, has a tree-planting
and fountain society. 1t exists for a
purpose. 1t is faithful in the least as
well as in greater things, for it is taking
active steps against that common sin
against the trees, viz, using them for
bill-posting. There is law against the
practice in Brooklyn, as there is in
many places. The society referred to
Is enforcing the law, and thus places
that city ahead of most others ick's
Guide
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
IMPROVED FIREARMS.

Small hayonets or knives for use with
revolvers have long round shank to
extend into the muzzle of the revolver
new design in repeating rifles has
. double chamber or magazine for
cartridges extending the length of the
barrel, each chamber being connected
in turn with the firing mechanism by
a lever in the stock.
Pneumatic recoil pads for firearms are
composed of a pneumatic pad which
is strapped on the shoulder in position
10 engage the end of the gun-stock,
one pad being sufficient for any number
Of guns.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

Never before in medical annals has any
medicine received such widespread praise and
endorsement from physicians, druggists and
all classes of the people as is bestowed upon
the great curer of disease, DR.. Greene's Nerv-
ura blood and nerve remedy. 1t purifes and
invigorates the blood, making pure, rich, red
blood, and it is therefore the grandest of blood
medicines. 1t gives life, strength, energy
power and vigor to the brain and nerves, and
hence is the greatest nerve tonic, brain invig-
GRANT and nerve restorative ever before known
in the worlds history. 1t banishes headache,
backache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and has thus
demonstrated itself to be the surest and quick
est pain reliever in existence. 1t cures stomach,
liver, kidney and female complaints with a
positive certainty which is unequaled and I'M
rivath, and which has caused weak, nervous,
tired out, sleepless, run down and debilitated
sufferers everywhere to recognize DIR. Greene
Nervura blood and nerve remedy as indeed
the King of Medicines.
DR.. Greene's Nervura is the best medicine
possible to take because it cures the people-it
mcn Eff 1897
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
MY Lady. Art.

Sweetly ran the tuneful measures,
Gliding DER the pearly keys,
AS the song birds happy treasures
Ger a summer-morning breeze.
First a whisper, gently swelling
Into music loud and clear,
Then a mighty chorus, dwelling
On the listeners raptured ear.
How / watched her nimble fingers
AS, with gracefulness and ease,
Here and there a note she fingers,
Filling me with ecstasies.
And the music. softly trilling
From the keyboard, seemed to rise
Like the glances deftly thrilling
In the sparkle of her eyes.
Fair enchantress," thought /, surely.
Gift of Heaven must be thine,
For the music, clearly, purely,
Seems of wondrous birth, divine"
Then / said-and who'll gainsay it,
"All the secret of her art
Is because she loves to play it
On the keyboard of the heart"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

is the giver of health and strength-it makes
the sick well.
Here is the advice to use DR.. Greene's Ner-
vura from Rev. d. c. Easton of Concord, N.
H., Chaplain of the New Hampshire State
Prison, and Past Chaplain 6. A. r. Depart
ments of n. IL. and II. L., who is the most
prominent clergyman and Christian worker in
New England. He says:
"Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy has been used in my family with sat-
isfactory results. | am now using it myself
and have also personal friends who have been
cured by it and assert that it is priceless
boon for suffering humanity"
Use DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy now and get well. DR.. Greene's Ca
thartic Pills are the perfect pills for bilious
ness and constipation. ". Greene, 35West 18th
St., New York City, the most successful ply
stefan in curing disease, can be consulted free,
in person or by letter. There is no charge
whatever for consultation, examination or adj
vice, and the price of the medicines is so low as
to place apositive cure within reach of all.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A Greek agitator in st. Louis Is
named Agathadoios A. Papageorgopou-
las.
A man, his wife and II children have
organized brass band in Wisconsin.
T. D. Hargis, of Marshall county, KY,
is dead, aged IS years. He was a magis-
trate for 60 years, and had married 1000
couples.
Denver, Col, is to have building 125
feet long by so feet deep, and two SO
ries high, to be devoted exclusively to
doctors offices. Twenty physicians can
be accommodated, and there will be a
common operating room fitted up in
the most approved manner.
At least one great man is in congress.
This is Representative Littauer, of the
Twenty-second New York district, who
records in his biography in the con-
gressional directory the facts that he
was educated at Harvard and had
achieved the double distinction of being
member of both the university crew
and the university football team.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
CHINESE LOVE LETTER.
The Celestial Youths Father Attends
to the COrrespOndence.

to the Correspondence.
Here is a good sample of love-mak-
ing missive from the Flowery kingdom.
1t is from a man who desired the daugh.
ter of a neighbor as wife for his son:
ION my knees | beg you not to de
spise this cold and common request.
but listen to the words of the mat
rimonial agent, and give your daugh-
ter to the slave of a son, so that the
pair, bound by the sillien threads,
may have the greatest joy. In the beau
tiful springtime | shall offer we'd
ding presents and give a couple of
geese. And let us hope for long and
continuous fortune and look forward
through endless generations to the,ful-
fillment of genuine love. May they
sing of plenty and nave every joy. On
my knees l beg you to consider my
proposal favorably, and throw the
mirror-like glance of your eyes upon
these lines"
To this letter the father of the bride
replied that he would attend to the por
ton of his poor and poverty-stricken
daughter, that she might not be with
out bedclothes. cotton clothing, hair
pins and earrings. Therefore it was
to be hoped that the couple " ould have
constant fortupav
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
THE BUREAU TRUNK.

the wall before being opened, SO that
both the wall and the carpet are saved
much scraping and tearing. These adj
vantages are possessed by no other
trunk. Everything can be packed the
same as if N ones own bureau IA.
home.
Nothing is ever disturbed, everything
is in place on arrival at destination, and
in the small quarters usually at the dis
posal of traveller in hotel room it
certainly is a great relief not to be
obliged to unpack and pack up again
to save the dresses from being mussed
and crushed and wrinkled.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
NEW PORTABLE BUREAU.
Trunk with Drawers and COmpart.
ments of a Dressing Case.

Trunk with Drawers and Compare.
ments of a Dressing Case.
The most convenient trunk in the
world is an English trunk which com.
bines ali the advantages of dressing.
case and bureau with that of trunk
in fact, a portable dressing-case. 1t /;
fitted with sliding drawers, and so the
bottom of the trunk is as accessible as
the top This arrangement entirely
avoids tumbling over the contents of
the whole trunk, and also from crush.
ing whatever is in the bottom of the
trunk. This has been for long time
the chief attraction of a tray trunk for
dresses, etc., but this new arrangement,
opening the trunk from the front up.
ward, does away with the necessity of
taking out all the trays to get at the
lower one.
Nothing need be removed. TIE trunk
does not need to be moved away from
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
ROSA BONHEUR'S LIFE.
a interesting "Reminiscences
NaofIy Told by HerseIf


Neatly Told by Herself.
n Rosa Bonheur has just published her
,tobiography in Paris. 1t appears
fsot bi fore she took to painting she
20. apprenticed to dressmal1er. Then
Va began coloring Kaleidoscope views.
IT, first picture was bunch of cher
les Later on she made copies in the
Eouyre, where her strange costume and
Iirdependent airs won for her the nick.
anne of "The Little Hussar."
4 DThe Little Hussar" grew rapidly.
h. 1853 Rosa Bonheur exhibited the
(Horse Fair" which was bought by NJ.
'|csmbard for 10000 francs. 1t was ex.
Knitted in the United States, and
Thought in 100000 francs.
"In 1885," she says, 81 bought the
broperty of By in the heart of the for.
.st of Fontainebleau, where l still live
to-day. l gave $4,000 francs for it, and
built big studio. The emperor gave
|me permission to hunt in the forest
Iround my own park. 1 lived there
happily, receiving the visits of few
intimate friends, and working as well
Ia | could. In 1865 I was busy one after.
noon with my pictures. had upon nv
basel the Stays in the Long Rocher,
when heard the cracking of a postil
ion's whip and the rolling of carriage
hfy little maid, Olive, rushed into the
apartment in a state of excitement.
Lademoisellel Mademoisellei' she
Exclaimed, her majesty, the EN-
'bressl'
4 81 just had time enough to put a pet.
kicoat over my trousers and to take of
hy long blue blouse and replace it with
! velvet jacket
az have here said the empress, q
little jewel which 1 bring to you on the
bart of the emperor. He authorizes
be to announce to you your enrolment
b the Legion of Honor
The empress kissed the new knight
Ind pinned the cross upon the black
belyet jacket. A few days afterward
Received an invitation to dine at the i'm.
.berial court in Fontainebleau. On the
appointed day they sent a gala carriage
Ior me. l went to the wrong door when
4 arrived, and came near losing my way
when NJ. Mocquard came to my relief
by giving me his arm. was seated be.
Hide the emperor, and during the entire
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
slBS FOR THE BABY.

tie Articles Attractive.
baby's bib should always be made
the softest materials, with little or
Face and embroidery to scratch or
fe the tender little neck.
r acceptable present to young
lher is half dozen bibs made in the
owing manner:
Pt from fine linen large triangle;
make slit ga inches long from
middle Of the base of the triangle
Rrds the center. Fold down the cut
rs, as in the illustration. A ruffle
pen sewed about all the edges of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
For Baby,s PiIIow-lip.

Auy EHAOWEAlRs
,retty arrangement for baby pill
p Is to have the two sides entirely
'''e' the edges embroidered in
2allops. the lower edge extend
nd the upper edge about twice
v the upper edge extends be-
lspillow. The way to fasten
or1 the little pillow is to have
eeaoles in both pieces of linen
match each other and fol-.
srSct shape of the pillow, and
"a narrow pink or blue ribbon
Sty bow at each corner Of the
The pillow itself may be COW
d apink or blue sateen to match
ION. These pillows are the dam
lade for the wee cherubs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
PRETTY BIB FOR BABY.

end ribbon strings at the back to
.ue delicate little affair in place,
p all that is necessary. although a
p ieather-stitching, and the baby's
\ IS outlined in front of the bib, may
r. the serviceable little article
aftractive.-Edith Chester, in
'fry Gentleman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

The trains leaving Baltimore at go p. NJ.
daily, carries Pullman Buffet Sleeper New
York to Nashville, and the train leaving Bal.
Buffet Sleeper New York to Salisbury, uniting
with Pullman Sleeper from Norfolk) to Nash.
vile, Tenn, through 1.-THE Land of the Sky,D
without change.
For full particulars, descriptive matter, etc..
call on or address
]. c. HORTON, Pass. Agent,
s---. LOG East German St., Baltimore, Nd.
L. s. BROWN, Genr Agent Pass. Dept.
W. A. TURK, General Passenger Agent
]. Nj. CULP. Traffic Manager.
w. II. GREEN, General Superintendent.
1900 Penna. Ave-, Washington, d. O.
june l1.4ms.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
NATURAL HISTORY.

taneously. The eyelids are first affect
ed, and shut out sight; next follows
the sense of taste, then smelling, hear
ing and touch, the last-named being the
lightest sleeper, and most easily
aroused.
A chameleon from the Cape of Good
Hope was seen by Mr.. Blaliston to
turn white with fear, having been saved
from the attacks of cat. The NEST
extraordinary thing about this lizard
is the wonderful way in which the two
eyes work quite Independently of each
other, and "enable it to survey COM
fortably objects in quite opposite di-
rections."
A chalk is composed of fossils. If
you take the tiniest bit and place it
under a powerful microscope you will
see an infinite number of extremely di-
minutiye shells, and no spectacle on a
large scale is more beautiful than the
varied forms of these tiny homes of ami
NAL life which are disclosed by power
full glasses.
The most remarkable gold beetles in
the world are found in Central America.
The head and wing cases are brilliant
ly polished with luster as of gold it
self. To sight and touch they have
all the seeming of that metal Oddly
enough, another species from the same
region has the appearance of being
wrought in solid silver, freshly bur-
nished. These gold and silver beetles
have a market value. They are worth
from S25 TO $50 each.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

THE NATIONWIDE COLLECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. G.
jy30-4t.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-13

of six posts firmly set in the ground
with two pieces of two by eight lumber
about two feet longer than the hay rack.
The crosspieces of the rack must bo
fastened very firmly to hold tho
weight of the body as the pieces slip on
the longitudinal bars. When the con-
trivance is to be used, the top of the
bars should be CREASED. When the rack
is to be taken off, team is driven
through the roadway at a a. The posts
are just high enough to catch the cross
pieces of the rack and, as the team pro-
ceeds the rack will be lifted until it is all
safely landed on the frame. Provision
must be made not to have the body of
the rack fit the bolsters of the wagon too
tightly, so that there may be no danger
of breaking in taking it off. In putting
the rack on again, the wagon is backed
into the roadway from b until the end
of the wagon is under the back end of
the rack, then tie the rack to the bolster,
back again and the rack is on.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-13
UNCLE OATCAkE EXPLAINS.

but His Explanation Puzzles His Little
Nephew from the City.
Say, Uncle Oatcake," said the little
BOY who was staying at the farm,
what makes you go to bed now?''
The time was a quarter past eight on
winters evening, and Farmer Oat-
cake, according to his lifelong custom,
having wound up the kitchen clock,
thrown the cat into a snowdrift and
read a chapter from Hezekiah, was
preparing to go to bed.
What makes me go to bed now?" re-
peated the agriculturisti in blank amaze
ment, ''Why, so I can get up early
But, uncle, now that there is no
work on the farm, what is there to do
so early?''
GOD bless the boy!' said Farmer
oatcalze. do? Why, light the fires,
to be sure.''
but what do you want the fire for
so early?"
'Har, har!" laughed the farmer.
well. now, don't that beat all? Eft
you don't have no fire, how are you
going to git breakfast?''
But, uncle" persisted the boy,
''what is the good of having breakfast
so early?'
THE good of it!'' cried Uncle Dat.
cake. ''By gosh, sonny, eff you was tc
get up at four on winters morning
you wouldn't want to be kept waiting
round for breakfast! No, siree!'
'But you said you only got up tt
light the fire.
'That's it," assented the farmer.
"And you only light the fire 50 as tt
get breakfasts"
THAT'S right.''
"And you only have to get breakfast
because you're up so early? Aren'
you arguing in circle?"
| Aren't l which?''
Arguing in circle-a vicious cir
cle?"
''See here, bub,' said Uncle Oatcake
sternly. 1--WE been working hard OF
this place for nigh on 40 years, and, b,
gum, amt going to have voun|
whippersnapper like you telling me m.
LIES vicious. I get up because Nv
got to get up, and don't let me hear n
more dummed fool questions!''
Saying which, Farmer Oatcake too
down his bootjack from it's hook an
retired.-Stephen Leacoclz, in Truth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-13

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con
SANITY failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
:atarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
md mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address r. j. Cheney & Co., To-
edo, Q. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-13
THE FARMING WORLD.
ORCHARD PARASITES.
Valuable Discovery to Fruit Growers
Reported from Missouri.

Valuable Discovery to Fruit Growers
Reported from Missouri.
The Missouri experiment station has
made extensive experiments with differ
ent methods of killing the wooliy aphis
or epple root plant louise, regarded as
one of the worst, if not the worst, enemy
to the apple orchards of the southern
half of Missouri.
The following is a brief summary of
the discoveries made:
The limb form of this insect can be
readily killed by one or two thorough
sprayings with strong kerosene emul-
sion. Apple seedlings, buds, and gratis
should be planted in a small trench
filed with finely-powdered tobacco or
tobacco dust and lightly covered with
earth. This will keep the woolly aphis
away. Apple nursery stock should have
liberal supply of tobacco dust applied
to the roots every spring, in order to
kill the woolly aphis and prevent it
from establishing itself there, 1t should
be applied by removing some of the
earth from around the roots, filling the
excavation with tobacco dust, and light
ly covering it with earth. Newly cleared
timber land should be cultivated in corn
or other crop for two years before the
apple trees are set out, in order to kill
the woolly aphs that may be on the
roots of the wild crab and allied trees.
Apple nursery stock should have the
roots cleaned and dipped for minute
in strong kerosene emulsion, in order to
kill the woolly aphis that may be there.
In planting apple trees tobacco dust
should be freely used among and over
all the roots, and close around the
trunk, in order to kill and prevent the
woolly aphis from establishing itself
there. Every spring, as soon as settled
warm weather appears, each tree should
have liberal supply of tobacco dust
applied TO it's roots by removing the
earth from around the trunk for dis.
tance of two feet and four inches in
depth, evenly filing this with the tobac-
co dust and covering it with earth. The
root form of the woolly aphis may be
cheaply and easily killed and kept away
from all apple tree by the liberal use OF
tobacco dust. About five or six pounds
of this substance should be applied as
above directed to the roots of every in
tested tree, and one-half this amount
should be applied in a similar manner
each succeeding spring, costing approx
imately two cents per tree per year.