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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
HOW WOMEN MOUNT.
They Have Quite as Many Varieties Of
STYLE aa the Men,

They Have Quite as Many Varieties Of
style as the Men.
In the variety Of styles of mounting
the bicycle the girls are fast equaling
the men. There was time when only
one style of mounting was in general
use. But as the riders become more
expert and gain more confidence they
are branching out in this particular.
The old style of mounting for women
by standing out in the street with the
pedal raised is not so easy in going up
hill. AS consequence, the curbstone
mount became popular. This Is an easy
way Of mounting the wheel, and can
be learned by anyone. 1t saves the
strain to a large extent on the frame
Of the wheel. A drop-frame wheel, by
the way, is not as rigid as the diamond
frame of a mans bicycle.
Perhaps the most graceful mount Of
any, and likewise the most difficult, 10
the female pedal mount. The right
foot Is placed on the right pedal, which
Is raised to nearly its highest point.
A slight shove is given the wheel, and
before the right pedal reaches its low
est point in its revolution the left foot
catches the left pedal just as it is COM
ing up. It's pretty, but difficult.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
N0rl0A
NOTICE

The attention OF parents and teachers is call
ed TO the law which requires that all children
Shall have been duly vaccinated before being
received In any school.
The provisions Of the Act include all schools
whether public or private, and although it is
believed that 1t has been rather better OBJ.
served In this county than In many others OF
the State, yet in the considerable proportion
of instances 1t has been disregarded or evaded.
Although there does not exist at the present
time single known case of smallpox within
the limits of the State, yet It has prevailed in
the United States in q far greater number Of
localities than is usual at this season Of the
year, and may at any time make its appear.
ance in this county.
The law has made fair provision for the com.
pensation to physicians for vaccinating those
whose means render 1t difficult to nay the
usual fee for such services, and pure nd relia-
BILE vaccine matteecan egratuitOusly procured
from DR.. Yeackle, State Vaccine Agent, at Bal.
timore.
Under these circumstances it is hoped and
believed that the law will be more vigorously
observed without necessitating the enforce
ment Of the penalty attached to its disregard
WIN. H. BALTZELL, M. D.,
sep.2.tf County Health Ofilcer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
PAPER RAILROAD RAILS.
Their Composition Includes Several
Kinds of Pain 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 warping, 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 10 have
the stock uniform in preparation, and
the fibers well preserved. Quantities
of boraX, paraffin 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 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 AMI
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
/ In for Oceau
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 a simplicity of de-
tail and outline which is never often
sive, and nearly always beautiful. Arch
ttectural 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
oonveniences 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
very satisfactory arrangement and at
the same time a 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, we'll 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 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
Iof the second story nine feet. Cellar.
seven and one-half feet.
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 hall, bathrooms,
lpantries and closets; front and back
stairs; we'll pluufbed 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 50 900,
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
1t improves with age, or, ON the other
hand, from carelessness and indiffer-
ence II is allowed to go to rack and
ruin. 3. ALLAN PAYNE.
White and black are commonly said
to be complementary to each other and
to harmonic with all the other colors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27

value of the property may be very large
~ influenced by the character of the
floor plans. 1t is pleasant TO go into L
hall facing the light. There is anything
but domesticity in dark hall. When
one goes into a 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 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.
l.Ihe betteE, class of designers of do
nestle structures do not strain or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
The Way They Ride.

This Is the way the maiden rides
SUPERINTENDENT
When on rubber tires she glides-
Slip-slant-wobble!
Slip-left. Slant-right-
Criss-cross, hobble!
Holding on with all her might
Wobbler wibble. wobble.
This Is the way the fat man rides
Clang-clang-poufl
The jolt and jar they shake his sides
Clang-
Clang-he's comingI Watch him hopl
He's under the horses hoofl
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
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, the 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

a 162-inch papermaking machine is
under construction for the Rumforl
Falls Paper company of Rumford Falls,
Me-, which is undoubtedly the largest in
the world. having 6o-tvot wire, gun
metal breast-roll, 24-inch gun-metal
coucher, 24-inch press-roll, 90 4s-inch
dryers, besides prNss and receiving dry
ers, and a stack of ~ chilled calendar
rolls, reel and winding machine, the
speed being from 300 to 500 feet per min
VNHA
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: ~ = x.sss a ~'s.'s-
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
SULTAN GOES AT FULL SPEED
Ministers Have to Run to Keep Ur
with Him.

Ministers Have to Rum to Keep Up
with Him.
Abdul Hamid leads a life of retire.
ment, political necessity which does
not interfere with his amusementS
Once week his visit to the mosque, a
laborious journey of some 50 yards
provides the spectator with an admira-
BILE entertainment. The card Of the
British embassy admits you to pa.
vilion where, as the sultan's guest, you
are handsomely refreshed with tea, cot
fee, sweets and cigarettes-the eternal
cigarettes, without which the " hole ma
chinery of Turkish administrator
would cease to act. 1t Abdul Hand
knew that visitor had lacked cgar-
cite, believe he would take to his bed
and refuse to exercise that subtle hu.
manity for which his regime is so just
ly renowned.
Once upon a time the commando
Of the faithful used to ride a white horse
to the mosque. That became too ia
tiguing, and he took to carriage, which
was driven slowly back to the palace
while the ministers walked on either
side. Sometimes, however, such is The
impetuosity of the sultan's nature be
drives himself back in a park phaeton
at so fiery pace that the unfortunaN
ministers have to run, clutching one
another by the coattails, for it is thelf
duty to reach the palace steps in time
to receive their gracious master when
he alights. Should they be too lals
they would be, presume, very per
emptory redistribution of salaries %
the ministers have to engage in atH
letic exercise quite unsuited to ther
mode of life in order to preserve theH
hard-earned emoluments and perquS
ltes.-English Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
What Shall 1 Do with Them


What shall do with my babys eyes7
With my baby's eyes so blue2
Teach them to see Gods wonderful gifts
In the world that baby goes through.
Teach them to see when a word would hurt.
To see when look would cheer;
To believing hands, and then I know
They will ever be bright and CIGAR.
What shall do with my baby's banda
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 care?
I'll try to make 1t loving heart
And then l know twill be fair.
4 heart that will weep with those who
weep,
And smile with the ones who smile;
7 only make loving child,
Twill be surely worth my while.
MAUD L. Belts. in the Kindergarten.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
Biggest Heather Temple.

The Largest heather temple in tD'
world is in Seringapatam, and it cOn
prises a square, each side being Ol'
mile in length, inside of which are 81
other squares. The walls are twenV,,
five feet high and five feet thick ala
the hall where pilgrims congregate =
supported by 1000 pillars, each cut iron
single block of stone.-San FTancs~
Chronicle
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
TIRE MADE or 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 a 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
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
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 life's day darken into night"
oft implored-as oft implored In vain.
Till once upon slightly slope we stood
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

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
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. 1t 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

Roses discovered in tombs containing
Egyptian mummies often have their
colors perfect, even though some Of
those found must be over 5000 years
ala
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
Improving Flavor of Peas.

To improve green peas put the pods
into 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 a small
pinch of sugar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
A Lesson of Gratitude.

A 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 so 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
brrS OF CHOICE VERSE.

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 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 citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
After Sunset.

AfIer sunset
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 scenol 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.
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 an the other coIors
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-27
Mv Fnther,n Honse.


When shall join the blessed company
OF those this barren world to me de-
MES?
When shall 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 1 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 l fam would
reach
Even now / hear the swift, incoming
tide,
Whose slow. eternal ebb my bark sholl
bear.
Louise Chandler Moulton. In Youths
Companion.
The herald., 1897-02-18
REGULAT 1T

The facts presented by The Herald
with regard to the damage caused by
the oil wells seem to be conceded by
everybody, including even fair minded
oil men themselves. It's a bad kettle
of fish, and calls for immediate and Wig
orous action by the city government.
The council, which has the welfare of
the city in its keeping, can no doubt be
relied upon to meet the emergency
Let it regulate this oil business so as to
take away so far as possible the odous
and nalodorous features of it, and let
them impose rigid restrictions on the
boring of new wells. An ordinance can
be drawn through which the plungers
cannot drive a drill especially if the
law is sustained by public opinion, as it
certainly will be
The herald., 1897-02-18
THREE WISE MEN AND ALEMON

The San Francisco Examiner of the
10Th instant contains one of it's "high-
falutin" double column pictures pretend
ing to represent a lemon afflicted with
that terrible Southern California blight
1t looks like the cut of conch shell COW
cred with the eggs of a colony of lady
bugs. The descriptive text beneath
this astounding chrome sets forth that
three professors at Berkeley are en-
deavoring to ascertain the nature of the
peculiar fungus. 1t takes considera bic
time to make a complete study of new
growth such as this, the Examiner OBJ
serves, ITO capture the spores of a new
fungus and set them at work reproduce
ing themselves requires patience and
hard work, and this is what the Berke-
ley scientists are doing"
Possibly The Herald can assist the
learned trio in this arduous laboratory
task. Let the experimenter take an
ordinary Southern California lemon
The herald., 1897-02-18
FEBRUARY L. 1897.

lantic and Pacific grant was for its bene-
fit and not for the benefit OF the govern
ment.
The Mingus case was considered of
such Importance to the government and
the public, that, by direction Of the at
torney general, Mr.. Joseph H. Call, of
this city, who has charge of the Southern
Pacific cases, interviewed In the supreme
court on behalf of the government, and
filed printed argument to sustain the
forfeiture of the Atlantic and Pacific
grant. The supreme court decided that
the title of Mingus, derived under gov
eminent patent, was good as against the
grant to the Atlantic and Pacific rail
road, ard that the forfeiture of that
grant by congress was a valid exercise
of power The claims of the Southern
Pacific company to the lands have been
pretty we'll disposed of by the United
states supreme court, the circuit court
of appeals and the circuit court in the
cases between the United States and
that company, but the rights of bona
fde purchasers from the Southern Paci-
ifc company are protected by subse-
quent acts.
The herald., 1897-02-18
TITLE TO MILLIONS OF ACRES

The decision of the supreme court of
the United States last Monday in the
case of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
company VS.. Robert Mingus is of more
than ordinary interest to the people of
Southern California.
The case was one brought by the rail-
road company in New Mexico against
Mingus for certain land, and the cues
ton presented was whether congress
had the constitutional power to forfeit
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad grant
for non-construction of the road, as was
attempted by the act of congress of
July 6, 1886. The supreme court of New
Mexico was divided in opinion upon the
question.
The Atlantic and Pacific railroad,
claiming that congress had no power
to forfeit the grant, laid claim to the
unearned lands in California, New Mex
lea and Indian Territory amounting to
about thirty millions of acres. The lands
in California claimed are those involved
in the litigations between the United
States and the Southern Pacific Raj
road company The Southern Pacific
company, having overlapping grants,
commended that the forfeiture of the At
The herald., 1897-02-18

one of medium size will do-and place
it beneath an ordinary hat. Let him
place alongside the ordinary lemon un-
der the ordinary hat a receptacle con-
tanning small quantity of cyanide of
potassium. into which has been poured
a modicum of sulphuric acid. This
chemical combination will generate
gas, and there is little doubt that, if the
smudge is kept going long enough, a
whole colony of fungi will be developed
on the rind of the lemon. After all 1t
may not be so hard to breed these little
animalcula as the Berkeley professors
imagine; and if anything herein con-
tanned serves to tighten their task The
Herald will feel that it has been more
than repaid.