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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19

4 few weeks ago one of the most ex-
traordinary fish ever known came to
light in Devonshire. It was a club.
found in muddy pool. and certainly it
was as hideous thing as one could well
imagine. 1t was imprisoned in a sort
of cage formed of roots of an elm tree
that had projected under the water, and
it had evidently wormed its way into
this prison when quite small. Being
unable to find its way out. it had been
forced to grow in the shape of its cage.
instead of the natural form that all
clubs should take. With no room to
develop, the fish's tail had disappeared
altogether. save for a little deformed
stump that had wedged it's way be.
tween the roots of the tree. The back
fin had also vanished. for there was no
room for it to grow in. The whole
body of the luckless club was distort-
ed and had grown into the gnarled and
twisted form of the root cage The
scales were incrusted with mud and ar
ranged in layers. like roof states. II
is puzzle to imagine how the fish fed
and lived during its growing years in
that watery prison, and what il did
when times were hard and no food came
by. II seemed contented enough. and
was certainly healthy and strong. in
spite of its distorted shape. London
Rambler
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19

FLOUR-State and western barely
steady; city mills patents, $5.7596; win
ter patents. s5@5,25; city mills clears,
s5.45@56O1 winter straights. s4.55@47e.
WHEAT-No 2 red opened steady on
cables, but eased off under big north,
western receipts and fears of a heavy
world visible supply Increase; Deem
Der 969s@96%c.; January. 967s@s7c.
RYE-Quiet; No. 2 western, 50Ac., C.
1. f.. Buffalo.
CORN-No. 2 opened steady. but de-
clined under long selling; December,
31l5@S1 11-16c; May. S4s asa 15-16c.
OATS-No. , inactive; track white,
state. 27@91c.; track. white, western, q
@S1c
PORK-Dun; mess, $S25@9; family,
S11@12.
I4ARD-Steady; prime western steam
$3.50, nominal.
BUTTER Steady; state dairy, 129
20c.. state creamery. 14G2Sc.
CHEESE-Quiet; large. white, Sep.
TENDER, size; small, white, September
9hc.
Steady; state and Pennsylva-
mia. 20123c.; western, 22G22hc.
SUGAR = Raw firm; fair refining,
9 5-16c.; centrifugal, 96 test. 13-16c.;
refined steady; crushed. 55sc.; powder
cl SIC.
TURPENTINE-Fir at S1@31Ac.
LASSES-Steady; New Orleans, %
oslo.
RICE-Quiet; domestic, 4ss@6Ac; ia
n,aap, a. Q5l4e.
TALLoW-Q Quiet; city, BIC. country
| 3sk0sssc.
Hl1Y-Quiet; chipping. 40C45c.; good
o choice, .50Q70&',
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19

general characteristics are so similar
and clearly defined in themselves.
1t is this one difficulty more than
anything else that puzzles the amateur
and proves a bar to his experiment with
such breeds. when the result of such
mating brings him progeny unlike in
plumage and markings the sire and
dams. The cause remains mystery
until his own experience gives him the
Clew, or until he learns from the sugges-
tons of older practitioners. Then it oc-
ours to him that to produce in the
progeny from any variety of parti-
colored fowls, as the light and dark
Brahmas. Partridge Cochins. Plymouth
Rocks or Wyandottes noticeably, the
same even line of plumage and mark
ings that is possessed by certain chosen
sires and dams they must be judicious-
ly mated when he buys them, and the
same when he selects a breeding pen
from his own stock. Matching in
color of any of these varieties for the
showroom is not strictly what skillful
fanciers might consider iudicious mat
ing for the breeding pen, and if one
hopes for good results from such mat
ing he will be disappointed.-Country
Eou tlarDoD
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Hens lay larger eggs than pullets.
Eggs from fat hens do not hatch well.
The best layers are usually the worst
sitters.
Sand is not a good substitute for
gravel in the poultry yard.
The nest is the Matching place for
lice as well as for chickens.
Much fat-prod ucing food is not best
for laying or growing fowls.
The fowls are healthier when they
have to scratch for their food.
Give the hens all of the buttermilk
and skim milk they will drink.
Supply the laying hens with bones,
oyster shells and vegetables.
Too much wet or sloppy food given
young fowls often induces scours.
Keep variety of poultry. Geese
and ducks pay fully as well as chickens.
Unless hens lay well in winter they
will prove rather expensive to keep
over.
The eggs of hen will hatch for ten
days after she is separated from the
roosters.
The value of breed depends largely
upon what you want to do with it,
ST. Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
WORTH KNOWING.

February. 1866, was in one way the
most wonderful month in the worlds
history. 1t had no full moon. January
had had two full moons and so had
March; but February had none. This
remarkable state of things had never
happened before since the creation.
A doctor, who has been collecting in
formation about the habits of long-llyed
persons, finds that a majority of those
who attained old age INDUCED in late
hours. Eight out of ten persons over
so never went to bed till well into the
small hours and did not get up again I'LL
late in the day.
English dairy authorities state thas
the English cows produce 1,400, 0OO'OOV
gallons of milk annually, of which 4OO,
100000 are used for making butter anu
cheese, 6O0,00O,000 as milk for the table
at an average of 16 gallons per inhaO'
itont, and 4OO.OOO,OOO in fattenlng
calves.
When a vessel is launched by Japan
ese they do not "christen" it as we uo
but instead they hang over the snip
PROV large pasteboard cage fun u
birds. Directly the ship is afioat a fias
pulls a string and the cage opens anu
the birds fly off and make the air ail,0
with their songs and the whirr OF tnei'
wings. The idea is that the birds wer
come the vessel as she begins n''
career as a thing of life,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Unbleached canton flannel makes the
best dish cloths.
Washing the hands in bran water
will Written and soften the skin.
Flannel should be ironed as little as
possible. and with a moderately hot
iron.
Vegetable soups are nourishing and
not as heating as those made from meat
stock,
Pantain leaves applied to bee stinga
or mosquito bites viii remove the in.
llammation.
Nothing will improve the complexion
aud give grace to movement better than
housswork.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
MACADAM ROADS.
Depth of Twelve Inches Makes an
Excellent ROadbed.


Many so-called macadam roads con-
sist of few inches of broken stone laid
on the surface of the ground without
any provision for preventing the stone
from spreading under the pressure of
loads. There should be made trench
of the width and depth intended for the
roadbed. For light traffic, six inches
of stone on a good foundation will an
swer, but for heavy traffic this is not
sufficient. The pressure of load pass
ing over compact road spreads out
through the body beneath in cone-like
form. the apex being at the load on the
surface. With a depth g but six inches.
the weight al the bottom will be
spread out over So square inches; if it
is nine inches deep. the weight on the
foundation will be spread over 81
square inches. and if l2 inches deep il
spreads over IA square inches. Depth
of road-bed means strength The area
of The base sustaining the weight OF
the road increases as the square of the
iepth A road ~ inches deep is fou'
times as strong as one six inches deer
- - ,l.-ll=.:-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19

so that l deemed my first attempt at
entering a lions den success.
But my assurance of success was a
little premature, and fortunate was it
for me that beneath the cage was fur
mace in which glowed red-hot iron rods
and trusty attendants at hand to effect
lively WELD them upon the lion if neces-
isity demanded, else another page would
have been added to the bloody history
of the king of the forest and another
name of his list of victims. After a
three minutes stay in the lions den
made parting salute to the breathless
audience and prepared to leave the
cage. AS backed toward the door OBJ
served to my horror that the lion was al
most imperceptibly rising from the
floor. preparatory to springing upon
ime. Almost overcome by the grave
danger of my situation | contrived to
signal the attendants to thrust the
heated rods between me and the blood
thirsty brute. Scarcely had | done so
when the great tawny creature hurled
HiiiiSNAA bPCh hiN, anu Jul ing ibs
claws in my shoulders. bore me to the
floor.
81 felt the hot breath of the lion in
my face as he opened his huge jaws
preparatory to sinking his fangs in my
throat and a horrible death was but a
brief second distant when the red-hot
irons were brought into play and used
so effectively that the brute was forced
to retreat to the far end of the cage
without intlcting further injury upon
me. | was hurriedly drawn from the
cage, none the worse for my thrilling
experience save badly shaken nerves,
iacerated shoulders, and a tattered
tinsel jacket. AS | hurried behind the
curtain the band triumphantly played
See the Conquering Hero Comes and |
noticed that panic in the audience had
been narrowly averted. And what be
came of Richard Ill? Oh, he lived to
kill Franconelli few months later
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
CHILOREN'S JESTS.


1t was Margie who said when she first
saw white duck suit: "Dwacious!
zere's man Eat isn't up yet"
Papa, wish you'd whip me-" Whip
you, my son! Why should whip you?"
Because when you whip me. mamma
gives me some JAM"
What are you doing, James," said
teacher to one of a group of urchins
who was hanging by his toes from the
fence of the schoolyard, about the time
that the rage for calisthenics was per-
meating our country. only doing &C.
clesiastics," replied one of his compan-
ions, glibly.
Sister-There! you have candy all
over your new suit. What will mamma
say?
Little Brother-Well, mamma won't
let me have any fun in these clothes till
l get 'em spoiled.
Papa-You saw that big boy whip
ping the little one and you didn't inter
fere? Suppose you had been that little
boy?"
Bobby did think of that, an was
going to part 'em, but then happened
to think, s'pose I was the big boyG So
l left 'em Chicago Record.
A little boy spent the day in the coun-
try at his grandmother's not long ago.
Such good time as he had, running
and racing and shouting for all he was
worth! At last night came and, tired
and sleepy, the little boy sought repose
"Oh, grandmamma!" he cried as he
kissed her good night, "now ! know
what hollerday really and truly is for
I've hollered all day long"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
A SONG oE HOME.

The harmonious hum OF the household
flies;
The cat with its keen, greeE-shuttered
eyes;
The rose in the cup, on the table set:
The rose In the window. growing yet;
And the red as of rose in the lips Of my
love-
All, this is home and the JOY thereof!
The buzz Of the flies through the sunny
day,
away;
From the hush of a bush wee birds thrill.
And the sunshine, prone on the window
sill:
4 lingering wind In the folds of lace
Where the daybeams lie. and the radiant
face
And welcoming eyes of my own dear love-
All. this Is home and the JOY thereof!
The song Of the files in the cottage room.
And the faint perfume of the roses bloom;
The song of the lace as II sways In the air.
And the song OF the wind In my dear loves
hair
As It ripples in waves on her pallid brows.
Or strays TO her breast and nestles there;
The song of the shadows-half browse;
The song Of her voice with its tender
vows
And the song in my soul for my own dear
love
All. this is home and the Joy thereof
The drone Of the flies and the days work
done.
The shadows frightening, one by one,
And the heart content with the tolls re-
ward
OF nearer goal and hope assured;
A clear mark set and a purpose sure
To strive and If need be, to endure;
Then. the cheer and trust OF my own dear
love
All, this is home and the joy thereof
The harmonious hum OF the household flies;
The cat with its quaint. queer-shuttered
eyes.
The rose in the cup and the rose outside;
The red as OF rose In the lips OF my bride;
A cottage that shelters my own dear love
All. this IS home ans the joy thereof!
Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
A PROMINENT SUICIDE.
Ex-Mayor Wilson of Ocean City Kills
Himself In MARYLAND.

SNOW HILL. Md, Nov. 16.-William
Sidney Wilson committed suicide at his
home, in Snow Hill. by shooting him
self with a revolver. For some time he
had been in bad health and is supposed
20 have taken his life while suffering
under temporary alteration Of mind.
He died instantly after firing the shot.
Mr.. Wilson was one of the best known
men on the peninsula. He was the eld-
est son of the late United States SEN
ator Ephraim King Wilson of Worces-
ter and was born in that county near
Snow Hill. He was As years old and
graduate of st. Johns college, Annapo-
lis. Mr.. Wilson studied law under his
father and was admitted to the bar in
early manhood. He had practiced con-
tinuously since in the first circuit and
before the court of appeals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
TWO MARROW ESCAPES.
Col. Dan Rice's Experience with an
Elephant and a Lion.

Elephant and a Lion.
Speaking of escapes from death re-
calls my experience with the murderous
Elephant, Romeo. Had l been a little
slower in my movements | would have
been his eighth victim" said Col. Rice.
rehectively. One day was directing
the arrangement of some canvasmen.
and unwittingly ventured a couple of
steps backward and within reach of the
death-dealing elephant, which at once
raised his trunk slowly with the pur-
pose of giving me a settler. He would
have succeeded in killing me had not
young elephant near by trumpeted an
alarm, and, like lightning, | at once
sprang forward and out OF danger from
the murderous blow of the trunk by
such a small distance that on the back
by its descent. After that experience
Romeo was always kept chained by all
four legs. The young elephant who had
saved me was rewarded with candy.
1T is not surprising that eventually
1 essayed the role of lion tanner" con-
IN uNd the lpSdhNls anu uhhNi tiC ANY
tutelage of Franconelli, the best lion
trainer | ever saw, and who, by the way.
subsequently met his death in a lions
den in the city of Havana. After having
twice accompanied the fearless Fran
conelli into the den of Richard H., the
largest and fercest African lion ever
exhibited in this country, it was at Vim
cennes, Ind, that | at length deter
mined to enter the den of the beast
alone. Clad in tinsel and spanges, at
the afternoon performance, amid an
outburst of music by The band, boldly
approached the lion's cage, opened the
barred door and entered unarmed
The great brute. which was lying upon
the floor at the further end of the cage.
seemed to not heed my presence, other
than by glance of sullen indifference,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
JOHN M. LANGsToN DEAD.
The Well Known Colored ex-Congress-
man Expires In Washington.


WASHINGTON, Nov. lex Con-
gresham John NJ. Langston Of Virgin
la, one of the most prominent colored
men of the country, died here at $3.50
last evening He was 6S years of age,
having been born a slave in 1929. He
was emancipated at the age of and
was educated at Oberlin where he was
graduated from the theological depart
ment in 1854, He afterward studied law
and practiced his profession unit! 1869
during which time he held severalt town
ship offices in Ohio. being the first col
ored man elected to office in the United
States by popular vote
In 1869 he was given the professorship
of law at Howard university, remain
ing with that institution for seven
years. From 1877 to 1885 he was United
States minister and consul general to
Haiti. Upon his return to this country
he became president of the Virginia
Normal and Collegiate Institute at
Petersburg, where he remained for
three years. when he was elected to the
Fifty-f1rst congress and was given his
seat on a contest Since 1891 Mr.. Lang
ston had been prominent in politics, but
did not hold office.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
The Woman of
~ the Moon.
By William Lightfoot Visscher.
lTTfrrSTTTTTrrT~TTrTsTTTT'

There's a portrait of a woman on the moon,
It is craven on the shining silver disc;
It's a face that has the tint of lily room,
And the bas&reliefs as cameo or bisque.
She's as handsome as a rose in early June,
This fair and lovely woman Of the moon.
A mystery's this portrait on the moon,
That was craven by the Master hand
above:
'Tis a mystery as deep as ancient rune,
And perpleXing as the woman that we
love.
She is fairest in the autumn nights high
noon
This pure and lovely woman of the moon.
1t was erst a man we pictured in the moon;
1t is better that woman should be there,
With the roses and the lilies round her
strewn,
And the light of heaven. shining on her
l.. hair
When the one we love is absent we may
Groom
To the lovely woman craven on the moon.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
A Desperate Fatally Shot.

GIBSON, Ca, Nov. 16.-The dead
body of Josh Ruff was found yesterday
morning in the road near here. Ruff
was a negro desperate and, being well
armed, held up negroes and took money
and provisions at will. 1t is thought
his victims shot him. Ruff must have
fought for his life, as trails of blood
were visible for two miles along the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
Inheritance.

-Visitor-Mrs. Mixem. see that you
nephew has quite knowledge OF tlle
art preservative. wonder where !"
could have acquired-it?
Mrs. Mixem-Oh. naturally enougv
His ma knew more about preserves ina,
n'ost anyone | ever knowed.-Bos'''
Courier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
THE OHIO ELECTION.
Figures Adduced From the official Count
of the Recent Balloting.


COLUMBUS. o., Nov. 16.-The official
count shows these results: The senate
has II known Republican members, IS
known Democrats and l fusion Repub-
llcan elected on the Democratic ticket
in Cincinnati; total, SO. The house has
So known Republican members. AZ
known Democrats and fusion Repub-
leans elected on the Democratic ticket
in Cincinnati; total. 109.
On joint ballot the Republicans have
majority. If they get the fusion Re-
publicans. the majority will be II. OF
the known Republicans three have de-
clined to say how they will vote for
United States senator.
The Hanna men claim all Of the 9TH
er known Republicans. and if the claim
is well founded this would give Mr..
Hanna a majority of on joint ballot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
Must Keep OF the Gridiron.

PHILADELPHIA Nov. 17.-President
Fetterolf of Girard college has issued
an edict against football, and hence
forth the students of that institution
must keep off the gridiron. There are
nearly l.500 students in the college, and
the stoppage of the game has caused
great disappointment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
Poultry and Bees.
HINTS ABOUT MATING.
Some Points which Are Apt to Puzzl'


Some Points which Are Apt to Puzzle
the Poultry Amateur
would advise those who are hesltat'
ing on making selections for their
breeding pens meanwhile to spenu more
time in their poultry houses STUDYING
and contriving how to mate thein' anu
the result will be more certain ana
satisfactory in the end
The question of mating your breed
ing fowls for the best average results
will soon engage the attention of breed
.rs who have not been timely in this re-
spect. The delight of the amateur is to
get possession of trio or pen OF well
matched parti-colored birds. with which
he starts brood or two of chicks that
he anticipates must come like the pa
rents, because the old fowls possess
the same even hue in plumage and
markings. accurately formed, and their
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
4 Kind Husband.

Mrs Kwiver-.Iohn. hear baby cry
ing.
Mr. Ewiver twho is not inclined TO
iake the hinD -Awfully glad. Mary
that yonr hearing is not becoming de
ec;vc. In fact. I'd rather be little
hard Of hearing myself than that You
,bo,lld become deaf.-St Louis Repub
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
murdered with a Fiatiron.

LEIPSIC, O., Nov. 16.-John Fire
stone. living two miles east of Leipsic.
killed his 6-year-od daughter Effie with
a flatiron while in a delirium from ty-
phoid fever. He struck the little one
twice. He then made an unsuccessful
attempt upon his own life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19

PARIS. Nov 16.-Dr. Thomas w.
Evans. famous American dentist, who
facilitated the flight of the former En-
press Eugene from Paris in 1870, died
suddenly here.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19
A ne-encrate.

Mr.. Hockfelder-Did you hear aoo"
it? Tkey has disgraced der family
Mr.. Steinstein-Vat did he do!
Joined der fire department. -OpS
Date.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-19

hNATHY. that's good, Jim, how did
w you come to do it? Are you
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-07

but that she had often tried to thrust
herself upon him.
Miss Brewster regained conscious
ness in the hospital Saturday evening
and appeared quite bright. She ex-
pressed no sorrow for what she had
done but said she wanted ito die and
was sorry that she had not. In her
statements she completely exonerat-
ed John Wheeler from any blame in
the affair. The doctors say that she
may live, although they cannot tell
for certain for some time. The bullet
has not been found.
The case is sad one; the girl ap
peared to be actuated by an insane
jealousy, and in a fit of this un-
controlled jealousy took the life of
this innocent girl who had never
harmed her in any way.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-07
THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.

The trouble brewing between Ha-
waii an Japan brings another case up
for the United States to look after.
The difficulty which now disturbs
these two countries may arise be-
tween Hawaii and any other country
of Europe, and whenever it does
co me is sure to imbroil this country,
and it would be detrimental to the
welfare of the U. S. to have Hawaii in
the hands of any foreign power, and
left to herself that is what she would
be sure to come to. Japan is anxious
to get the island into her power and
easily found a pretext for causing
trouble, and it would be just as easy
for Germany to find something over
whi she might claim indemnity.
The present government on the island
has kept up in spite of troubles from
all sides and they have hoped that
when the Republican party was once
more in power in this country that
they would be able to secure the an
nexation they have waited SO long
and patiently for. The island should
not under any conditions be allowed
to go into the hands of any foreign
power, and unless they are annexed
to the U. S. there must be continual
implicated to certain extent, and
perhaps might bring US to the verge
of war. Now if the island was a part
of the U. S. these things would cease,
for Japan nor any other power would
not dare lay pretensions to them then
and thus these petty quarrels would
be stopped. Besides this there is the
naval advantages the islands would
give us in time of war which is per-
haps worth more to us than anything
else. On the other hand there are
many disadvantages to be brought up
in case we were to annex the islands.
The population is a mixed class of
people and it is claimed that they
would be fighting among themselves
after annexation. 1t would also cost
us a great deal to hold the island in
time of war. At present the work
there is all done by imported help,
and this would have to be stoppee.
The present administration appears
to be favorable to the annexation
plan and when some other things are
off President McKinley's hands he
may take this matter up. Until then
we smay be sure he will not allow
Japan or any other power to over
come the islands.