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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
THIS, THAT AND The orHsR.

A minister in England made $4,000
by inventing an odd toy that danced By
winding il with 3 string
Mrs. Sarah Flower Adams was ,he
sutboress Of the grand hymn ~Ns,rer
Ny God 10 Thee This lady was Soru
in Cambridge. Eng. February. 1906.
To impart a refreshing odor to an
invalid's room. pour some good cologne
into q soup plate and set fire to it with
8 lighted match.
The best quality Of ma pie strip comes
from the north side Of the tree, but the
flow is not so large a when the tree :
tapped on the south side.
II China the man who lives nearest
10 the scene Of a murder. 4 the perpe-
traitor IS unknown, is suspected OF the
crime. and is required 70 prove his IL
nocerce.
Domestic troubles caused the coro-
ner al Thenilworth. England. 10 close
his career with his own hand. and
coroner's inquest was held upon the
coroner.
Among the possessions Of F. Il.
Grover. blind justice OF the peace, Of
Topeka. are 100 razors- Although
sightless. be can identify each razor By
the touch. and distinguish the case 10
which q belongs.
Al ezasperari-C blurder was made
by q young LADY elocutionist II hide
pende1ce. Kan While reciting Cur
few shall Not Ring Tonight" she
mixed two words in the climax, thus:
Go. your liver loves, said Cromwell"
The crown Of Victoria consists Of
diamonds. pearls. rubies. sapphires
and emeralds. set n silver and gold. Its
gross weight IS % ounces 5 penny
weight troy. The number Of diamonds
are 2.452; pearls, 273; rubies, 9. sap
phires. -; emeralds. Il.
An abused wife IN Kansas City sought
legal redress against her husband. for
harsh. cruel, barbarous and unbear-
able treat meut." On the trial il was
shown that he came home mad ole
night and threw her sealskin into the
furnace.
\ celluloii comb adorned the hair Of
Miss Maud Parks. Of Lock Raven. Nd,
as she sat close 10 4 stove. The comb
suddenly burst into fame, and al ae-
quaintance prevented serious injury by
promptly emptying a bucket Of water
over her head
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
FOREIGN HAPPENINGS.

Gold quartz IN large quantities has
been discovered al Asmara in the part
Erythraea st;u held by Italy. accord
ing 10 the Rome TrIbuna.
french statue builders have now gone
hack 10 the Romance of the Rose" and
are trying 70 raise money for monu-
ment 70 Jehan de Meung. who was the
author Of part Of the poem.
Lady Foley, the last Of Queen Vic
toria's bridesmaids. save Lord Rose
berry's mother. the duchess Of Cleve-
land had just died. She was a How
ard, the daughter of - thirteenth
duke of Norfolk.
Hamburg steamship companies had
prosperous year in 1896. ten out of thir-
teen COMPARES paying not less than
four per cent. dividends, and six OF
them six per cent. or more. This comes
after many years Of small or DO earn
iugs.
Paris and Madrid will soon be con-
nected By telephone, the construction
Of a line from Paris TO Bayonne having
recently been determined upon. As
Madrid is already connected with San
Sebastian. il will Be only necessary then
70 join that place with Biarritz.
One Of the goat carts in which chill
dren drise the Champs Elysees IS now
isbel@1: Gift q The President" The
owners goat was killed some months
ago b. one OF u. Fzu-e's dogs. and 70
make Up for the loss Nine. Faure gave
The wom4o her little gr2odson's goat
ard cart
There VII u 10 war between Reuss
G7eiz and Prussia over the respect due
10 The late Eupero- William The
7eiglilg prince Of Reuss has dismissed
cDe ofc.zl abo obeyed orders Il rot
observing the recent anniversary, and
has hin~=.f drunk the present enpe--
or's health il public.
Newspapers may now be sold il the
streets in al parts OF Hungary, save
Pennsylvania, the prohibition. which
dates from 1875. having been repealed
Papers, however, must not Be sold By
cripples or persons likely 10 offend the
sight Of the public, nor by children IN
der II years Of age.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
"1UNTIE DOCTOR. Z"
She Gave Up princess" 10 Become Il
Plain Mrs


II was recently reported by catge
that Prof. Dr.. Won Esmarch and his
wife had celebrated their silver wed
dug. Before she married the doctor
plain Airs. Won Esmarch was Princess
Henrietta von SchleSwig-Hols tein-Son-
derbrg- Augustenburg. The present
empress Of Germany comes from the
same family as is her niece. DR.. Won
Esmarch had for - years past been
director of the surgical clinic OF the
Kiel university, and his prominence in
the scientific world is explained by the
fact that he is one Of the most sue
cessful surgeons of Germany to-day.
In his clinical department alone he has
performed more than 10000 operations.
which do not include his beneficent la
bors as consulting surgeon and chief
OF the military hospitals at Berlin dur
ing the wars Of 1866 and 1s7O-71 His
immense popularity throughout Ger
many is not only due to his ability as
L surgeon. but TO his thoroughly or
gsnizing the Society Of the Red Cross
in Germany.
Although - years old, he is physical
ly in perfect health, and his almost
youthful elasticity is quite surprising.
He is a passionate hunter, and for sew
eral weeks every summer goes into the
hunting reserves of the Bavarian from
tier hunting for chamois and other
mountain game.
AS the wife OF Prof. von Esmarch
Princess Henrietta has understood
most admirably how to maintain her
relations 70 the highest circles, and at,
the same time to make for herself
an honored position among the friends
and associates of her husband at Kiel.
The empress of Germany calls her at
fectionately "Auntie Doctor"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
a REMARKABLE Cal.
It Picks the Strings of a Banjo and
Plays the Piano.

Randolph Blancl, of Mount Vernon.
was seated in his library one evening
several weeks ago when he heard a Gu
rious sound in the parlor below. The
rest of the family had gone to bed.
The sound was rather musical. being a
humming in various notes, broken by
little twangs. MIR. Blanel went down
stairs softly and peered into the parlor.
There in the moonlight which shoLe
on the piano top he saw the house cat,
4 big black tom, called Steal.
Steal was sitting on his launches be-
side the banjo which Mr.. Blanel's boy
Rob usually plays. Steal had learned
that by touching the strings with his
paws he could make them sound. 1t
was remembered afterward that the
cat always came into the room when
Rob played. but that was supposed 10
have been because the boy made great
pet of him.
Blanel watched the cat. and says he
saw Steal pick the strings. first touch
ing the fourth. then the third, the sec
end and the first. Blanel tip-toed his
way Odch upstairs anu AsteHSu 10 Ihe
cats playing for over an hour, when
it ceased. Soon afterward Steal came
running upstairs, lay down before the
CRATE fire, and went to sleep.
Since that night the cat has gone reg
ularly to the banjo every night at about
II or 1850 o'clock and picked away
at the strings. manifesting his delight
10y purriEg loudly. The cat has been
seen also picking at a guitars strings,
the instrument having been left in the
banjo's place purposely. The cat does
what many other cats do. running
mp ard down the keys OF the piano.
Roo Blanel says. however. that Steal
has a more delicate piano touch than
other cats.-N Y. Sun,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
CoURslNG COYOTES
They Gave the Dogs All the Run They
Wanted.


"Coursing used to be one of our great
sports in Nevada in flush times" said
an old newspaper man in the San Fran
cisco Post, but instead of using jack
rabbits we had good. able-bodied coy
otes. and they can give dog the race
of his life. There was another advan-
tage. We could use one coyote until he
got so old and rheumatic that he
couldn't run and then make rug of
his hide. 1t was this way:
I'VE would catch a good, big coyote
in box trap, take him out on the alkali
desert, which was as smooth as table
for 20 miles in every direction. turn him
loose and sick the dogs on him. It
didn't take long for the coyote to real
lie that his chances of getting away
were very small unless he could find
a hole. and he had sense enough to
know that holes were scarce In the des-
ert. Then he would recollect tie good,
safe hole he had just left and commence
circling toward 1t. All we had to do
was to sit down and watch the race
for about half an hour, till the coyote
completed the circle and ran back to
the box. Then we closed 1t. carried him
back to town and kept him for another
race the next week"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
STARVING MONKEYS KILL MEN.
Hordes of Simians Working Havoc
In China and Japan.

In China and Japan.
Recent advices state that great dew
astation is being wrought in both
Japan and China by immense bands of
monkeys, which have been driven down
from the forests and ravines by the
unusually cold weather and heavy
SHOWS. Being deprived Of the usual
means of subsisting on berries and
roots the starving monkeys are ravag-
ing outlying mountain districts and de-
touring crops. Everything green is
quickly eaten and then the hordes of
apes press farther into the settlements.
Around Tukua, asan, in Ibaraki Ken
province, the greatest damage had been
done.
When the monkeys first came down
two woodcutters were attacked and
killed by the hunger madened Great
ures. Since then numerous cases of the
killing of people living in isolated
places have been reported, being
caused apparently by their efforts to
subdue the intruders or protect their
property. In such cases monkeys by
dozens would attack men and kill them.
Such devastation wrought by
monkeys was unknown to japanese.
though their legends hint at such &C.
currences centuries ago. Villagers
have been preparing for revenge and
by this time organized monkey hunts
are in progress in both empires. The
local governments are also rendering
o;1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

Harrisburg. July 14-Judge Simon
con has oyerrul=d the motion tor q new
trial in the case q D.. : c swallow.
convicted q lioeling Captain John C.
Delaney. superintendent q public
buildings and grounds. in the P=1zsy.-
yania Methodist. q which Il Is -h= e.
ttor. SwalI1w was convicted some -i--e
ago. The court thinks TIE rezs1-s t3-
n new trial were ins1@ znt AID no.
weighty enough. The motion for Al
arrest Of judgment vas also 5verrule5
The case wll b taken . The superior
cnurt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
THE sUSPENDER SIGN.
One Way of Telling That q Man Is
Getting Old.

OIu.
There are many signs indicating
that old age is coming on man." re-
marked an aged gentleman TO Wash
ington Star reporter, but one Of the
surest is when he finds that his sus-
penders have a way OF slipping of the
shoulders At first he thinks there Is
something wrong with the suspenders,
and be tries 70 remedy it by tighten
ing them up. For awhile this cures
the trouble. but m little while there
IS more slipping and he gets new pair
OF s1spenders. Even they slip of and
make him feel uncomfortable. After
awhile ne discovers the trouble Is not
with the suspenders but with himself.
AS years roll or nan he gets more
ard more round shouldered, and unless
he has his suspenders braced up by
connecting them with a band behind
the shoulders he cannot keep them up.
remember. some years ago, hearing
two very prominent mel speaking OF
the fact that they were getting ole.
Oue Of them was al the line vice presi-
dent Of the United States and the other
was Z leading senator. What makes
you think you are growing old| one
OF them asked Of the other. I found
II out was the reply, as soon as dis
covered that NY suspenders would not
stay up That has been ny experience
also came from the euestioner. Meth
er Of the gentlemen referred 10 had yet
reached his seventeen year, but they
had both discovered they were growing
old by the same incident in their lives
l have never known il 70 fail. After
O man reaches sixty his shoulders grow
round steadily. and by the time he is
seventy-fve his shoulders have lost all
their original size and formation"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western quiet. but
nrmly held; city mills patents. $4702
ass; winter patents, SA30aAe5: city
mills clears. s46O0475; winter straights.
k395G410.
WHEAT-No. 2 red opened higher on
strong cables and was sustained all the
morning by a demand from shorts: July
Hh9 1855; September. 71% a724c.
RYE-Steady: No. 2 western. &c. C. l.
C., Buffalo.
CORN-No. ? quiet. but steady: Sep
TENDER 3lhQS1sc.
oATS-No. inactive; track. white.
state, 24G3Oc.; track. white, western. "a
GSOc.
PoRK-Easy; mess. sSGs.5O; family.
t9Qq.75
LARD-Easier; prime western steam,
81 nominal.
RCTTER--Steady; state dairy, 100
1sc.: state creamery, 11G15e.
CHEESE Quiet; state, large, 7lz9
I%c.; small. 74Q712c.
EGGS-Steady; state and PennsyI-
vania. l2hQ i3c.; western, 11A@l2c.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining.
DAc.: centrifugal. 90 test, 35sc.: refined
firm: crushed, Size; powdered SIC.
TURPENTINE-Qui at 26d261kc.
MoLASSES-Quiet; New Orlanes, 229
&c.
RIcE--ouiet; domestic. 41sa6c.: ia
pan ik@4wsc.
TALLoW-Quiet; city. SIC; country.
BLMSsko
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
One Guardsman Killed and Several In
jured at the New York state Camp.

One Guardsman Killed and Several In
jured at the New York state Camp.
Peekssiu. y. 7. July 13-C0ns-=rna-
tion r=iEued al the state camp late yes
terdsy afternoon when 2 terrific bolt o.
lightning. followed by a crash OF thun-
der which seemed 70 shake every crag
OF the Highlands 70 lis foundation.
struckthe Y ". c. A tent Corporal Nc
Donneu Of company a Twenty
regiment was killed instantly. Eleven
other guar6suen we're knocked uncon-
scious. Some q them may no; recover
The greatest excitement prevailed in the
camp. but al the Injured were removed
~ once 70 the hospital.
Colonel Franklin Bartlett arrived
promptly al the tent with the hospital
corps and personally supsrlntsr6ed the
removal q the stricken men He was
almost overcome with GRE
!. II is said that Corporal Mcdonnell
vas writing 70 his sweetheart. whom he
INTENDED 70 marry upon his return 10
New York when the bolt KILLED hin.
Many nervous men in tb= camp we're
prostrated By The calamity. Ths state
camp was never 50 shattered before.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
THE CAMEL'S EXPERIENCE.
This Ship of the Desert Looked Woe
fHl for a Time.

This Ship of the Desert Looked Woe.
fal for a Time.
a large camel which was landed at
Hoboken a few days ago from the Bre-
men line steamer Dresden had AN ex-
perience which probably never before
fell to the lot of a ship of the desert, -
says the New York Press.
He made the voyage in large box,
and as there wasn't room enough in it
for any self-respecting animal the
camel sat down in sheer disgust. He
sat that way for days and days while
the ship rolled and made all sorts of
heavy weather. When the detected ami
NAL was finally landed and tried to
stand up he couldn't use his rear props
at all. They had become paralyzed with
their long stay in a cramped position.
The camel wasn't any good, it seemed,
and, as big price had been paid for
him, there was general lamentation.
Such a picture of woe was never seen
in Hoboken.
At last a genius suggested radical
cure. The camel, by his advice, was
placed in a sling and hoisted up until
his toes touched the ground. He pad
died the air for a spell with his fore
legs, and finally the rear props came to
life and Joined in the exercise. They
lowered him to the floor and. after he
had tested his rear legs somewhat gin
gerly, he was as good as new. But he
doesn't sit down any more. Once was
enough for him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
THE RAT-CATCHER OF PARIS.
An Official Who Has Caught Over
100000 Rats in His Time.

~ w hO mas NauGnT over
100000 Rats In His Time.
The French are essentially a prac-
tical people. They leave little to
chance, and this is probably why they
are so successful in business, saws the
Sketch. Paris boasts of an official rat.
catcher, certain IT. Henri Dayve. who
is, in his way, quite a character. He
has served the town in his capacity Of
chief rat executioner for IS years, and
he tells with pride that during that
time he has caught, unaided by the use
of trap, over 100000 rats with his
own hands. He is extremely proud of
his profession, and on his card is en-
blazoned crest formed by two rats
rampant.
Nowadays NJ. Dawes labors are com
paratively uninteresting, but during
the siege the official rat-catcher made
a small fortune, for not only the COM
mon folk but the purveyors of the great
restaurants were only too glad to pay
20 cents each for well-fed rodent. In
deed, in time a plump rat ran up to
as much as 60 cents. NJ. Dayve and
bis assistants-for his post is by no
means sinecure-searched out their
victims in the famous sewers. NJ. Dayye
often turns an honest penny by selling
live rats to those who delight in what
may be styled rat battue, for there
is very little sport about rat-catching
conducted on the prepared rodent plan.
An amateur will often pay as much as
S13 for 100 live rats.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
RIVALRY OF TWO TOWNS.
Duluth and Superior mt War Over q
Bridge.

Bridge.
A ten years fight between Duluth.
Mimi. and Superior. Wis, two rival
towns at the western end of Lake Su-
perior, has found its way into the SEN
ate.
just now, says the Washington Post,
these towns are distinct and separate.
Between them flows a little arm OF
Lake Superior called by courtesy the
St. Louis river, and it is as famous in
the annals Af the northwest as was
the RubicSh in the time of Caesar. AS
long as that stream of water remains
unbridged, just so long will Duluth
remain Duluth and Superior be known
as Superior. But in the dreadful days
to come, when bridge shall span the
river, it is likely that Superior will
be nothing but a suburb of Duluth.
This makes the doughty residents of
Superior lie awake at night, distressed
with fearful dreams, while they stand
On the shore of the dividing stream and
hurl defiance to their all-encroaching
rival.
The bill authorizing the bill passed
congress some time ago. but now more
time is asked, and some changes in
the charter are suggested. The ma
terial furnished by Pennsylvania steel
men is lying at the site of the bridge,
and Senator Quay daily presses the
enactment of the additional legislation,
tut Senator Villas. representing the
Superiorites. stands guard and objects,
so that the bridge is literally suspended
in midair
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
WooED BUT NOT WON.
How Young LOchinvar Shattered His
Fondest Dream.

Gerald Massingham, like young Loeb
invar, had come out of the west, says the
Cleveland Leader. His father had made
S11, 100000 in the shingle business and
the family moved in the best circles.
But Priscilla Boylston did not look
upon wealth as the only earthly bless
Ing. Early in life she had acquired
fine case of compound astigmatism and
now, in the flush of glorious woman
hood. her friends could point with pride
to the fact that nothing less than 49,
horse power lenses would do her bit
OF good.
The young man held her little hand in
his and sighed seven times in rapid sue
cession.
They we're lovers.
At last in trembling tones he said:
Priscilla, do you realize how happy
you make me? Your very presence is
a species Of intoxication. Your smiles
lift me above the earth and its sordid
affairs. Your voice is as the sweetest
music in my ears. Each and every word
that you utter"
But she suddenly drew back as if he
had struck her with baseball bat. She
seemd dazed for an instant. She passed
her hands across her brow as if to brush
away some binding substance. Then
she cried out:
"Am l dreaming, or is this horrible
reality? Gerald, have you been talking
to me?"
why. yes, darling" he replied. look
ing at her in wild-eyed amazement.
Then begin again where ! interrupt
ed you" she said.
Each and every VOID that you"
Bat with a wild yell of terror she fed
and the tender romance was ended.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
FOR THE PARENT.

Correction does much. but encourage
ment after censure is as the sun after
shower.
Blessed be the hand that prepares
pleasure for child. for there is no say
ing when and where it may bloom forth.
In the man whose childhood has
known caresses there is always iber
Of memory that can be touched 10 gen.
tie issues.
When a child returns from neigh
boris house don't question him as TO
what was said or done there by the
members of the family. unless you wish
to SOW seeds of gossip and mischief
Housewife.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16

sound. Suppose you want to play Two
Little Girls in Blue" You sing the first
word. IAN" and drive the first pin in
until it keys exactly with it, then the
second word odd and tune with the
second pin, and so on to the end, plac-
ing the pins about quarter of an inch
apart or closer.
Holding the box firmly in your left
hand, or better, placing it on table,
you take long pin in your right hand
and ran the point along the middle of
the pins in the box as they stand up
right. You should run the pin in your
hand according to the time the piece is
written in.
The pinnetta can be made in perfect
tune. played in perfect time and has
clear, sweet sound like water running
over stones. If you possess any musical
talent you can make the accompaniment
Of chords on another box and have a
very pretty duet.
Anyone can make and play pin
netta.-Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-16
MET IN MIDOCEAN.
Strange Meeting of a Long-Separnted
Uncle and Nephew.

Strange Meeting of a LOng-Separnted
Uncle and Nephew.
The story of a meeting in midocean
between an uncle and nephew who had
not seen each other for years was told
by Capt Coombs. of the American bark
Essex, which arrived in this port the
other day, says the Philadelphia Press.
The Essex had on board the captain and
crew of the British ship Aeronaut. from
Santa Fe, an Argentine Republic port,
about 600 miles up the Rio de la Plata.
The Aeronaut was lumber laden. and
shortly after leaving the mouth of the
river encountered a storm. during which
she was dismasted. The helpless vessel
shortly afterward sprung leak. and
1t was not long before she became wa
ter logged. While in this condition the
ship Annie Burrill. from Buenos Ayres
to New Orleans, fell in with the help
less hulk, and took off her crew. A few
days later the Essex was met and the
Aeronaut's people were transferred to
her. When he stepped on the deck of
the Essex Capt. Henry Fancy, Of the
Aeronaut. thought he recognized the
skipper. A closer look convinced him
that he was not at fault, and, stepping
forward, he said:
How are you, uncle?"
Capt. Coombs was much surprised, as
he had no recollection of ever having
seen the speaker. He asked his name
and when told that the man he was
taking into port was Henry Fancy. his
sisters son, he was overjoyed. He had
not seen Capt. Fancy since the latter
was small boy.