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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
PAPER RAILROAD RAILS.
Their Composition Includes Several
Kinds of PmIn Stock.

Kinds of Pulp stock.
American manufacturers, encouraged
by the fact that paper railroad rails
have been successfully introduced in
Germany and Russia, are experimenting
along the same lines. Paper car wheels
have given satisfaction for many years,
and results so far attained indicate that
rails made from the same material will
be equally desirable Metal rails are
always more or less affected by atmos-
pheric conditions, and accidents are fire.
quently due to varying. expansion or
contraction of rails. Heavy rolling
stock requires extraordinarily large and
heavy rails, and they cannot be made
very long, or their weight would be too
much Paper rails are less than one
half lighter for the same length and size,
hence the length can be twice that of an
iron or steel rail. This obviates the use
of so many bolts and connections, and
relieves the wheels of just so many
shocks.
The composition includes several va
rieties of paper pulp stock. Wood pulp
has not been tried with any marked
success as yet. Care is taken TO have
the stock uniform in preparation, and
the fibers we'll preserved. Quantities
of borax, parafiin wax, tanners grease,
waterproof fish glue, rosin and fine
cement are added, in necessary proper
tons, to the pulp, while warm, that the
rail may be tough and elastic. Mixing
follows. Next a quantity of shellac and
wood alcohol is stirred in and the mass
allowed to settle. The rails can be bent
for curves, are strong, elastic ana
lighter and longer and easier for the
wheels and cars than those made of
metal. Their cost is said to be 30 per
cent. less than that of steel.-Chicago
Inter Ocean
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

reach for effects. but take good floor
plan and design an exterior which is
the natural outgrowth of that arrange
ment, preserving simplicity of de-
tail and outline which is never often
sive, and nearly always beautiful. Arch
ftectural successes have always come
naturally, and the failures have all
come through straining for effect.
The floor plans of this building were
developed from the natural demands of
two clients, to which were applied the
conveniences and labor-saving devices
which were known to their architect.
The house is set three feet above the
grade. with lawn slightly graded to the
front line and nicely terraced. In this
plan we have succeeded in getting a
very satisfactory arrangement and at
the same time simple but pleasing ex-
terror. The house should face the east,
thus placing the sitting-room on the
most desirable side of the house.
The foundation should be OF good
quality stone, well laid and bonded.
The frame should be of good sound
pine or hemlock. Timbers-six by
eight stills: two by ten floor joist; two
by four studding and rafters. The
walls should be sheathed with shiplap
sheathing and building paper and
weatherboarded with clear pine half
inch siding. The front window in the
parlor is to have a polished plate glass,
with stained glass transom over it. All
windows, except the single sash, should
be hung with suitable weights. The
Height of the first story is ten feet and
lof the second story nine feet. Cellar,
seven and one-half feet.
4 We show two arrangements of floor
Iplan considerably different in DISPOSE
Ition of space and accommodation. A
Iglance at the floor plans will show the
advantages of each arrangement for the
different occupants. Each plan has
Ieight rooms beside hail. bathrooms.
lpantries and closets; front and back
stairs; well plumbed and heated by fur
mace. The interior trim of the hall,
parlor and stairway is of red oak; bal
ance of the house, pine; all finished nat
lural. A house can be built as shown
by these plans for from $4,000 to $500,
complete except furnace.
A little care given to the house and
grounds and little money spent on i'm
proving and adding to them, as it can
be spared from year to year, will soon
make as pretty and comfortable home
for small family of moderate means
as could be desired. 1t all depends on
the inmates of such house whether
It improves with age, or, ON the other
hand, from carelessness and indiffer-
ence II is allowed to go to rack and
ruin. e. ALLAN PAYNE.
White and black are commonly said
to be Complementary to each other and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
THE NEW CORK TIRE.

an will be seen by the sectional view,
an endless coil spring is inserted in the
continuous passage formed by the three
sections placed together. The tire may
thus be readily placed in position on the
rim, thf spring holding the sections to-
gether, or the sections may be readily
drawn apart sufficiently to allow of the
removal of the tire, as may be desired.
-.Scientific American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
The Way They Ride.


This Is the way the maiden rides
Sllp-slant-wobblei
When on rubber tires she glides-
Slip-slant-wobble!
6lip-left. Slant-right-
Criss-cross, hobblel
Holding on with all her might
Wobble, wibble, wobble.
This Is the way the fat man rides
Clang-clang-poufl
The jolt and jar they shake his sides
Clang-clang-pouf!
Clang-he'S comingi Watch him flopl
He's under the horses hoofi
He's far too fat to try to stop.
Pouf. pouf. pouf!
This is the way the baby rides
Bounce-bcunce-bou
She doesn't need any wheel, besides
Bounce-bounce-bou
Knee for saddle, she'll ride II she likes.
Away she goes with flouncel
When she gets older she'll ride on bike
Bounce, bounce, bounce!
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
FLOOR PLAN NO. L

value of the property may be very large
~ influenced by the character of the
floor plans. 1t is pleasant to go into 4
hall facing the light. There is anything
but domesticity in a dark hall. When
one goes into long passage that is dark
at one end the effect is depressing. This
is against all home idea. One should
expect to meet exactly the opposite
Condition. This feature of the house
is architectural and has to do with the
arrangement of the house. 1t is always
true that persons who live in a house
that is too small for them afterwards
build, If at all, one that is too large.
Persons possessed of moderate means
frequently make the error of building
too large house at the sacrifice of the
details of both the exterior and in
terror finish of the building.
I4ghe bettey, class of designers of do
nestle structures do not strain or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

A 162-inch papermaking machine is
under construction for the Rumford
Falls Paper company of Rumford Falls,
Ne, which is undoubtedly the largest in
the world. having 6o-Not wire, gun
metal breast-roll, 24-inch gun-metal
coucher, 24-inch press-roll, % 4s-inch
dryers, besides Press and receiving dry
ers, and stack of 10 chilled calendar
rolls, reel and winding machine, the
speed being from 300 to 500 feet per min
ute.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
The Dead VILLAGE.

Here there is death. But even here, they
say
Here where the dull sun shines this after
noon
AS desolate as ever the dead moon
Did glimmer on dead Sardis-men were
gay;
And there were little children here to play,
With small. soft hands that once did keep
in tune
The strings that stretch from Heaven, TIL
too soon
The change came. and the music passed
away.
Now there is nothing but the ghosts Of
things.
No life, no love, no children, and no
men; - r. ~.sss-a syst
And over the forgotten place there clings
The strange and unrememberable light
That is in dreams- The music failed, and
then
God frowned. and shut the village from His
sight.
Edwin A Robinson. In N. 7. Observer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
idwin A. Robinson. In N. 7. Observer.
What Shall 1 Do with rhemP

w hAb SA6h O0 WIN 1nemI
What shall do with my baby's eyes7
With my baby's eyes so blue7
Teach them to see Gods wonderful gifts
In the world that baby goes through.
Teach them to see when word would hurt.
To see when a look would cheer;
To believing hands, and then know
They will ever be bright and clear.
What shall do with my baby's hands,
Hands so tiny and small?
Teach them to take, to hold, to give.
To be ready for one and all.
Ready to take their share of the load,
And work with a willing heart;
To be loving hands, and then know
They will always do their part.
But what shall do with my baby's heart,
The greatest Of mothers carer
I'll try to make 1t loving heart
And then know twill be fair.
4 heart that will weep with those who
weep,
And smile with the ones who smile;
7 only make a loving child,
Twill be surely worth my while.
MAUD L. Belts. In the kindergarten.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

The Largest heather temple in tn'
world is in Seringapatam, and it COM
prises a square, each side being On'
mile in length, inside of which are s'
other squares. The walls are twenty
five feet high and five feet thick, ana
the hall where pilgrims congregate y
supported by 1000 pillars, each cut from
a single block of stone.-San FTancls"
Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
The Ministry of Pain.
Texas Siftings.


Long time l walked with Pain, and con-
stantly
She was my close companion and my
guide.
Clad pilgrim-wise. forever at my side
I felt her touch and her stern ministry.
"Ah. leave mel have had my share Of
pain,
Leave me to peace and comfort and de-
light
Before my LIES day darken into night"
I oft implored-as oft implored in vain.
Till once upon slightly slope we stood
l felt her touch relax, and as she went
She pointed where two angel faces bent
With smiles, and then, at last. under
stood.
To these new guides Pain led my straying
feet,
Patience and Resignation. pure and
calm
Giving to all my hurts their healing
balm;
To Pain owe their gentle solace sweet.
Mrs McVean-Adams, in s. S. Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
TIRE MADE OF CORK.

Its Inventor, at Least, Thinks 1t IL .
Good Thing.
The illustration represents bicycle
tire made of three separable segmental
sections of cylindrical pieces of cork,
each having central opening, and the
pieces forming the sections being CO.
mented together with these openings in
alignment, forming a central tubular
passage through the sections entirely
around the tire. The improvement has
been patented by John A. Burton, and.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
Preserxa Their Color,

Roses discovered in tombs containing
Egyptian mumnies often have their
colors perfect, even though some Of
those found must be over 5000 years
cid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
When TeapOts Wer

When TeapOts Were Invented.
Teapots were the invention Of either
the Indians or the Chinese, and are Of
uncertain antiquity. They came to Eu-
rope with tea in 1910
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

To improve green peas put the pods
into q pot, cover and boil thoroughly;
then strain and put the peas into the
same water and boil tender. With the
butter, salt and pepper add small
pinch of sugar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
BABY'S RUBBER TUB.

Convenient Novelty for Taking Away
in the Summer.
There is a new bathtub, which will
amuse the baby immensely in its work
ings. It is made of rubber, and, to give
it shape, you blow it up with bicycle
pump, through tiny valve. 1t stands
on the floor, and holds water equal to
the strongest wooden tub.
They say that every tub must stand
upon it's own bottom. This tub can
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
After Sunae

oh. tranquil hour! Not silent as the mid
night,
But fraught with soothing sounds that
lull to rest!
When Gods hand draws the afterglow's
rich curtain
Athwart the west.
The prattling brook. the hum Of village
gossip,
The tuneful vesper Of the missel-thrush,
The homing rook-all own the soft en-
chantment
OF twilight hush.
The bare elm tops stand quiet as the
steeple,
Their tender tracery clear against the
blue;
The primrose on the greensward drinks
serenely
Deep draughts Of dew.
Oh. quiet hour! Oh. restful scenoi Oh.
maiden
In tranquil silence sitting by my side!
No sweeter peace than this that Gains my
spirit
At eventide!
IT. Bruce Dilks, in Leslie's Magazine.
Lesson of Gratitude.
I do not like a man who growls at every
thing and says: "Confound it,
Because he cannot own the earth and build
a high board fence around it.;
For life is never quite, 50 drear or every
thing so real distressing.
But Providence, in some kind way, our
sorry lot is ever blessing.
l know a good old lady who to me is such
an inspiration!
Though death has taken all her friends
and left her in obscure privation,
And rheumatism racks her bones while
sight and hearing both are failing,
She never speaks a single word her sorry
lot in life bewailing
And once asked her how 1t is she keeps
her tongue from dull complaining.
"Ah me-" said she, because you see,
though l have just two teeth remain
ing,
Ones right above the other so l still can
chew crust with pleasure.
And so I'm thankful am blessed in such
very happy measure"
Nixon Waterman. in L. A. W Bulletin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

White and black are commonly said
to be complementary to each other and
TO harmonic with all the other coIors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
MY Fathers House.


When shall join the blessed company
OF those this barren world to me de-
MES?
When shall I wake to the new days sur
prise,
Beyond the murmur of deaths moaning
sea,
In that glad home where my best loved
ones be;
And know that I have found my Para
disc,
Finding again the love that never dies
The hearts dear welcome. biding there
for me?
wait alone upon life's wind -swept beach,
The waves are high-the sea is wild and
wide
Yet Death, bold pilot, all their wrath
shall dare.
And guide me to the shore fain would
reach
Even now l hear the swift, incoming
tide,
Whose slow. eternal ebb my bark shall
bear.
Louise Chandler Moulton. in Youths
Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
BtrS OF CHOICE VERSE.
Ny shadow.

Ny Shadow.
/ nave {. little shadow that goes in and out
with me.
And what can be the use of him Is more
than can see.
He is very, very like me, from the heels up
to the head;
And 1 see him jump before me when jump
into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he
likes to grow
Not at all like proper children. which Is
always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller. like an
India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's
none of him at all.
One morning very early. before the sun
was up,
rose and found the shining dew on every
buttercup:
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant
sleepyhead,
Had stayed at home behind me, and was
fast asleep in bed.
Robert Louis Stevenson, In Housewife.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-06

A good advertisement is a good
thing. but good advertisement in a
good medium is jewei for the adver-
tiser.
That advertising is a profession
which. To be successful In. requires as
deep study and as close application as
any other has been thoroughly proven
in recent years, as has been attested
by the success of several large adyer-
Using journals, now being regularly
published In the United States. Twenty
years ago If any one had suggested the
publication OF a weekly or monthly
journal devoted exclusively TO art, to
ways and means and 10 success in adj
yertising, he would have been looked
upon az demented But newspapers
grew, calculations increased, and the
American public became the greatest
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN SPEAK WORDS OF PRAISE
All Good Advertising Results Show How Successfully the Special MOnk
Edition of the Post-heligencer Was Circulated.

newspaper Itself. but comprise the
class of citizens that all good adyer-
tisers desire TO reach. Hence, an adj
yertisement in one newspaper with
circulation and character is worth an
advertisement in a dozen newspapers
without character, for there is an I'M
desirable class of readers as there is OF
citizens and the oharacterless paper
appeals to these.
The Post-Intelligencer is entitled to
say that no other advertising medium
in the Northwest will compare with
this newspaper. II is entitled to say
this because it has the evidence to
prove its words Some of the most
prominent and best advertisers in the
Northwest reside in Seattle. Their
title 10 most prominent and best" has
been earned by them and their great
success proves il. They have for years
been identified with Seattle and are
responsible in a large degree for the
terms Seattle VIM" Seattle push"
and Seattle spirit" words which are
synonymous. as we'll as familiar to ev-
cry resident of the Pacific Northwest.
These men speak words of warmest
praise for the Post-Intelligencer and
its special klondike edition; they
speak from the position of results"
and the Post-Intelligencer is pleased TO
reproduce here a few OF the letters it
has received from its advertising pat
rons:
The Alaska Grubstake & Trading
Co, Offices, 80 and SO Halter Building.
Seattle. Wash, Nov. 3, 1S97.-Post
lntelligencer Pub. Co., Seattle, Wash.
Gentlemen: This company desires
at this time TO express their sincere
appreciation of the great advantage
they have received from their ad. in
you valuable 'klondike edition"
Since the ad. was first published, We
have received numerous communica-
tions from every state in these United
States, and many from foreign coun-
tries, which must be credited solely to
the publication of our card in your col
umns, the cost of which has been re-
paid us many times by the business ar
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The Post-Inteliigencer has always
been newspaper that has urged its
advertising patrons to adopt modern
methods; 1t has an honest desire TO
benefit its patrons and IL it cannot
benefit them il does not ask their Gus
tom. II realizes that results count, -
and when the advertiser paws his
money he is entitled to receive those
results. Ii favors no shoddy mediums,
will recommend none. and If Ii cannot
offer good ones will keep silent.
The special Klondike edition of the
Post-lnteiligencer was a fine medium
for the advertiser. This was true:
First-Because the Post-Intelli-
gencer is a newspaper well known in
all parts OF the United States and Cam
ada. II is a favorite In newspaper
Offices as well, and of late has become
particularly popular on account Of the
klo'>dike news it contained, which has
always been reliable and honest.
Second-People DESTROYS of going to
the Klondike have learned the high
character of Seattles big newspaper
and they believe in it. That regard
and confidence this newspaper will at
all times protect. The high character
of the Post-Intelligencer has been
equally beneficial TO the city OF Seattle
and TO the business men of the city,
which benefit has been shown in re-
suits, and results count" The bust
ness men have here had practical IL
lustration of the wise advertisers saw:
ITO get good results patronize a good
medium"
Third-Charaeter in a newspaper, TO
be a good advertising medium, is as
important as character in a public citi-
zen, and that character can only be OBJ
tanned through the reliability, truth
and honesty of its statements, editorial
and news, and the vigor and upright
ness of its policy. A well-conducted
brings to it as readers and
patrons well-conducted. upright, hon.
orable and enterprising citizens. These
not only become the bulwark of the
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race of newspaper readers the world
has ever known
As circulations increased the cost of
advertising also increased and poor ad-
Yertisers-that is. men who used the
wrong mecium, or who used the right
medium az the wrong time, or who
failed to study the advertising question
from point of results. or who thought
a big ad.' was as good in one news
paper as in another, failing TO consider
character, circulation or class of read
ers-found themselves wasting money
without results, while their neighbors.
who had more advanced ideas. pros
pered. The result has been study
study of advertising. of advertising
methods and of advertising mediums
and study rightly applied has always
been followed by success.
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PEBLISHER's NoTICE-The only au-
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Y White. Postma sters everywhere are
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and towns OF the Northwest.
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Information leading 10 the conviction of
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TACOMA BUREAU -- No. 1aa Pacific
avenue
EXERETT-P. X Lewis.
PORT OWNSEND-Wro TsesSe-
BEELlNEHAM RAY NV yyhssroro
Parker Ea4ts. Manager
OILY Mp IA-4lsl1 Main street. C. c. WIN
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TIE. follSwing letters await asver.3<ara
80 this Office:
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Seattle Wooden Manufacturing Co.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in Wooden
Goods; Office, 1119 First Avenue
Seattle, Wash, Nov. t. 1S97.-Post-
Intelligencer Pub. Co., Seattle, Wash.
Gentlemen: We have a very per-
sonal reason for considering your
Klondike edition success. Since its is
sue we have received letters from par
ties living as far east as Boston, Mass,
asking us about our Seattle manufac-
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Washington Wooden Mill Co., Manu-
facturers of Blankets. Mackinaws, Cas-
simeres; Telephone Black Il44.-Seat-
tie, Wash. Nov. 5. 1s97.-Post-Intell
gencer Pub. Co., Seattle, Wash.-Gen-
tlemen: / am pleased TO state that we
have had better returns from the ad.
in the special Klondike edition of the
Post-Intelligencer than from any adj.
ever inserted by us. We have had let
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Births. Marriages. Deaths.
BIRTHS.

PURVIs-In Seattle. Friday. November s.
1897. 10 Mr.. ard Mrs. +. $. Purvis, a
daughter
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tured wooden goods. In addition 10
personal benefit. We believe the edi-
ton presented all the essential facts in
regard TO Alaska, and was also a good
advertising medium for our city.
SEATTLE WOOLEN MFG. co.
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The Seattle Trading Co., wholsn,
and Retail Grocers. Seattle, w,r
Nov. s, 1S97.--To the post.Intls
gencer Pub. Co. -Gentlens.
Replying TO your request for our al.
ion of the klondike edition Of n,
paper, we believe that 1t has prusa
pronounced success for itself, The d,
of Seattle and its advertising paisaa
Yours respectfully,
THE SEATTLE TRADING CO.
BY +. s. Sylvester, Presidem