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PATENTS.

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IN RE BRITISH LETTERS PATENT
granted to Herbert John Haddan. OF me
firm OF Herbert & Co.. Patent Agents. or
- buckingham Street. Strand. w. G.. Lon
don. Ciyil Engineer "a communication from
abroad hy Allan Stirling. Of New YORK.
state Of New York. United States OF
America Mechanical Engineer. bearing
date the 10Th day OF July. 1892. No. 1884
FOR improvements in steam boilers
To the international Boiler Company OF
New YORK:
Take notice that Redpsth. Brown q Co.
Ltd. OF - South ST. Andrew Street E'in-
hurgh. In the United K,ngdom Of Great
Britain. have presented Petition 10 tho
High Court OF Justice in London. Eng
land. to Revoke tho above mentioned LIT
ters Patent and that Mr.. Justice Rome-
has nxed Tuesday. the 18th day Of Jan
uary 1898 FOR hearing the Petition. and
that copies 81 the Petition and all other
particulars may be obtained from the IN
designed Messrs. J. II. & J. 7. Johnson.
- ~ rincoln's Inn Fields. London. Eng
land. n" Solicitors for tho Petitioners. or
from Nessrs. Howson q Howson. of Potter
Building 30 Park Row. New York. their
Agents
J. II & J 7. JOHN SON,
~ Tincoln's Inn Fields.
London. ". G.
England.
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suRROGATE,s NOTICE.

~~~~~oNo.ocN~~ ~OoON~0NoO.>>o.~
THE PEOPLE or THE STATE or NEW
YoRk by ths grace OF God. free and
Send Greeting. You are hereby cited and
required pefsonally 10 be and appear
bel 20 our Surrogate or tho city and
County Of Sow York AZ the Surrogate's
Court - si9 city and County held at
me county court Hous- IN tia orty OF
New York. On the twenty eighth day Of
January ls.s. at hair past ten o'clock In
the forenoon ~ that day. then and there
70 attend u judicial settlement ~ the 40
count = pfocrodings of Hamilton Fish
and Hamilton Fish Webster. as trustees.
under the last VIII and tes'amen' ~
Hamilton Z 3d. deceased and such " you
a. are hereby cited. as ARE under The age
~ twenty Years. are required 10 ap-
pear hy your guardian. II yOu have one.
o. 4 YOU have none. 10 appear and apply
for one to be appointed. or In the event Of
your neglect or failure to do So guard
Ian Will be appointed nv the Surrogate 10
represent and act for you In thu proceed
ing.
the Seal u the Surrogate's Court Of The
city and County OF Few York to be- here
unto affixed. witness. Hon. Frank 7.
Fitzgerald Surrogate Of our said CITY and
County. a, the city Of New York the
tenth day OF December. IN the
I. s. ycnr Of our Lord ono thousand
eight hundred and ninety seven.
J FAIRFAX M'LATGHILN.
Clerk - ~" Surrogate's Court.
GEORGE g. AUSTIN.
Attorney for Trustees.
30 Broad street. New York.
FISH. HAMILTON. The People OF the
Stat" Of New York by the grace OF God
free and Independent. to Hugh II. 5.
Northcoie send greeting:
You ana Zach 81 yn are hereby cited
and required personally Ia bs and appear
before our Surrogate Of the city and coun-
= II New York, at the Surrogates Court
az said city and county. held At the Coun-
~ court House. I'm the city OF New York.
on ~, twenty eighth day OF January,
noon OF that day then and there to at
tend judicial settlement OF the account
ri proceedings ~ Hamilton Fish and Ham
Nton Fish Webster. as trustees under the
last viii nnd testament ~ Hamilton Fish.
deceased md such Of YOU ms are hereby
cited IS are under the az. Of twenfy-one
ears are required 10 appear by your
guardian. II you have one or II you have
none. 10 appear AMI Apply for one To be
appointed. or In the event OF your neglect
or failurc 10 40 so. guardian will he ap-
pointed by tho Surrogate TO represent ana
act for you In the proceeding.
In testimony whereof. W. have caused
the seal Of the Surrogate's Court ~ the
said cry and County OF New York to lie
i. Fitzgerald. Surrogate of our said city
and county. at th" city OF New York. the
tenth dey OF December n the
L.. =. year " our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven
j. FAIRFAX MCLAUGHLIN,
cIcX OF the Surrogate's Court.
GEORGE c. AUSTIN.
Attorney for Trustees,
30 Broad Street. New York
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FOR SALE.

ANTIQUE c.awfoot sofa, anfirons. &c.
A. REASONABLE" price. DEMON ~ West
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School Asenties.

A MEXICAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AGEN'f
~ supplies Professoe. Teacher Tutors Gov'Tncs'e'
&c to colleges. Schools Families Apply
Mrs NJ J. YOUNG FULTON % Union Square
I UNIVERSITY AND CONTINENTAL ASSOCIATION
degrees and certificates Only those holding satisfactory
test nonias placed the register Also nursery COVER
Professors and teachers OF various subjects
Large connection In England and on the Cont nent For
terms apply SECRETARY H. Buckingham Palace Road.
London. England
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pnblic Notices.


NOTICE To OoN w. 7. o''. ' -. D.n,r,-
ment a pbllc Charities: Proposals for materials anS
vo,l FOR stone brick buildings, together win
49,, the destruction Of garbage. Blackwell
Island Pr ,posals Cor materials and work reqnea o'
fnrr,st, ana erecting tables Aims House Bariae
P,acLwefs Island Prop sails for materials ana woTn
y, wing new floor o: nreproof material IN maj
Li.rhan pandals Island Proposals for materials anu
~ort ,eou,red for erecting Central stables on East
Stree between second and Third Avenues FRO.
nosaIs Tor materials and work required FOR addons anu
10 buildings reception % insane beeN We
Iosni.ai Proposals for materials and work required "
r.nairs and alterations to Harlem Hospital
.a-th her CitY Ncc0rC
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HARDWOOD MANTuLs & TILES

HNND"VVV WNN U .sI'N Al IIEFN.
ELEbAN' hardwood mantels fi2 up.
nrcplaces. gas .ogs Showrooms and fa>-
'sft 90 From - rea- Fulton Ferry.
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Danrina 91bocls.
A !.ISXANDER MACGREGOR. los Vest Both r-Prt-
~ va's classes daily. waltz thoroughly and
practically GIT send Tor circular
W GEORGE DODWORTH.
l.. IL IL EAST 9th ST.
classes and private .~sons Nens class oonrnen"s
Dec 9Th. Iodvorihs Ninuet
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GTOR RAGE.

RTORAGE-
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FTRoFpL!rAS storage war.hou'e an'
Nsrs ~ and 2os Mercer ~. branch OF
nc- J 20 Brf sdvay cOfns. tffh - 'nr-
ri'urs rerr we'd boxed and shipped Tele-
phor- spring tss
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-Th foIlow

ing proposals. are for work TO be done in the Depart
Inent of PUBL Charities Proposals for material and
az City Hospital landing Backwe's Island Propossls
for materials and work required flooring ana steel
ceilings al City Hospital Backwes Island Proposals
for materials and work required fer addition 10 Generai
Hos
For further particulars see City Record
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eafhrrs.

As SECRETARY. COMPANION. OR TRAVELLING
n TUTOR Highly recommended Barr.ser ana T. A.
Ballot Fluent French and German scholar, inu
sports. boating farse connection in England
and on Contireni Address SECRETARY, II. Buckins
ham Palace Road London, England
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NOTICE Estimates for extending Piers new

20 and Il. N. r near foot Of Chambers and Duane
streets Contract 81 will be received by Department Of
Docks. iier Battery Place until II 80 4. N. DE-
cernbo - 1897 For particulars see City Record.
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NEW YEAR ,RDs.

NEW YEARS and Christmas card. and
Novelties - Fng ~ nnf German. 10
SETH kOi-iiLFt sRleuOoU ana factory.
lsS 10 Para Row New York.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

OFFICE or SALES MAN with few IN ~
sand dollars In profitable established
metal manufacturing business: best refer
erce ME'HANICAL. Box II. Tribune
Once
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lNDliESTION. conF'ipatiJn. rheumatism.
spinal cur AZURE. neN uusn~ss. paralysis.
r'dtrd with mechanical massage. SWEDISH
movements. - machinery. srtlfiClal horse
bhok. siat' nary b.rfele. I.NDER IN
: rfT'|N - WrV Mr 81
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NOT1CE.-Estimates for repairing and extend
ins pier foot Of West 10th Street North River Con-
tract Ola VIII be received ny Department Docks Pier
"a. Battery Place. until 1880 A M January 4 1898
For particulars City Record. =
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slf r f|I. .. E'll. lrNrf So
s~nt c-fUa.d check iNr ful value tN.-c
a. Park references Established 1922
GFOPIF y Joyce ~ Fulton 81
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s ENGINEER OFFICE. Newport. r. l..

- D.c Il le97-A public hearing will De given mere
a, 10 A. NJ January H. 1895. to all parties nterese1 ,
h. established by the nisau
E,stcs in hnrbor Of Newport. r. /. A. NJ MlLh'hh'
Meto- Fnrrs President Board.
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ALL FLORIDA POINTS THE SOUTH AND SOUTH
STEAMSHIP LINES

TEXAS. SO CAROLINA, GA. AND FLA
STRAIGHT and ROUND TRIP Tickets issued IN .r
points Te1's Colorado. Utah. Arizona California Me-,
Ice. Ac.. Georgia Foride 81 FIX client accommodated
Write Tor ou- co page Pocket Guide maIlrd free,
c. n. MALLORY CO.. Gen Agts. Pier 20 r. r. Y
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OLD DOMINION LINE
DAILY TO NnPrOI ~

For Old Point comioIi Nor,o!k '.port News Peters
burg, PSrtsmouth Pinners Point. Richmond. Virginia
ger sail from Pier 20, North River eyery week
W. /. GUILLAUDEU. vice-Irest and Try fie Mgr
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MIRRORS AND FRAMES,

-N~>~>~~-0~~-~~~~~->~-~>~s
john g.. SKAtL. l3i Vest .Si 81. old
e. ana ia .,st stor~ Of It's kind in
Greater New York
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FURNISHED II. ms TO LET.
TYPEWRITERs.

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RANK BOOK No 3I<.@ n me Union
Dime savings Institution Il missing Any
person having claim To II 10 hereby called
upon 20 present fhe sam~ within ten days.
or submit to having said passhook can
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LOST. Handbook. No 1898. <o+o +2ll.
on American Savings Bank. Paymsnt
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LOST -Bankhooks Nos. 30.0,c. SO.ai<.
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IB. srRoNG's sAYlTAslUM,

y2. sTRT@c's sAYlTARlUM,
SARATOGA STriS.. N. 7.
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made the roof. Suites. with baths Massage Eso-
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the send for illustrated circular.
JOBKIHK I'M. Est 1852 CAMDEN s {.
crate charges Circulars p W Ef.DRE DDE. Prop
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~ MID climate Excellent board. Moderate terms
T MOORE
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bic. Yino shooting aupeflr solf lnks on grounds
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DESKS OFFICE FrRvIrVRE
TT ItkISIf BATHS

PEOPLE II culture ard refinement take
Turkish. Electric ana Roman BATHS at
MiLI.EHS. Il Wet 2dthst
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MACHINERY.

VA
AT REDUCED PRICES. 3OO second nti =
wood and lion working machines. fully
guaranteed, machinery pought and ex-
charg-i GEORGE EDDY 39s Mall
son-st
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-, p,pr, M ROOK. \ Collection q Col
iere Verse Chosen by Joseph L Roy p iiatr,
Oh Duodecmo PIP. 1852 Prov'denee' f'eS'o'
& Rounds Company
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BANANA RAILROAD.

THE SEA ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO
Connecting at the Ishmus for all West Coast Port. nj,
Mexico Central and South America -
Steamers sail from pier foot West 27th-st n
FINANCE. Dee. 80. noon ALLIANCE. Jan 10 MON
For rates apply at Companys ONCE 20 Broaiway
II. L. WALKER. Traffic Manar.r
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BOARD AND ROOMS.

nth ST. 237 EAST. Stuyvesant square.
With board. handsome rooms. facing
park. southern exposure. other rooms: ref
erencrs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

already filled with water can taAe up no
wax. But you'll find a hard matter to
soak the combs full of water unless they
are broken up fine, and if the combs are
not made brittle with cold it will be
impossible to break them up. So it will
be seen that cold weather is to an ex-
tent needed If you want to melt up old
combs. After the combs are broken up
fine they may be saved till hot weather
by the solar extractor, or they may be
melted up at once, of course after
soaking.
! One good way to melt combs in win
ter is easily accomplished with only the
ordinary appliances to hand in every
household. Take an old dripping pan
of course an entirely new one will do as
well-split open one corner clear to the
bottom, and you have one of the best
wax extractors. Lay in the material
from which the wax is to be extracted
and put the pan in the oven of the cook
stove with the door left open, and the
split corner of the pan projecting out.
Put something under the inside of the
pan, so as to raise it up, then as the wax
melts it will run out of the split corner
of the pan. To catch the dropping wax
set any vessel convenient, and it may be
well to have in this vessel little water.
so the wax will not stick to the bottom.
-HnmoSfoad
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Clean up the fence rows.
Grub out that thicket in the field.
Be the best farmer in your county.
Roll the corn stubble after blowing
It next spring.
Making good seed bed for corn Ia
half the battle.
, Drain that wet place. 1t is the rich.
est land you have.
Trim up the hedge or cut it down and
grub out the roots.
Use straw in the stable as absorbent
for the liquid manure.
Talk farm with the boys. Make con-
fidants of the youngsters.
Use the best seed of the best varieties
and breed the hest stock.
J Keep everything looking neat, har-
ness, carriages, horses and-yourself.
Think for yourself. What will do on
one farm will not do on another.
! Make the fields as long as you can.
Every turn that is saved is economy.
A COW that kicks is nice and agree
able as compared to q man who is O
chronic kicker.
The farmers garden is the most
profitable piece of ground on the farm,
If it only produces all kinds of garden
crops for the family.-Western Plow-
man.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19

man that every cabbage he sold was
shipped in from Chicago!
We talk of competition and the crowd
ing of population. What will we do if
we pursue present methods, when the
population is numbered by the hun
dreds of millions? Let us learn now the
lessons of intensive and economic farm.
,ing-scientific farming-as practiced in
the old world. Take the island of Jer-
sey for example. There are As square
miles, something more than an Illinois
township, and there are 10000 people.
What of it's agriculture? The island
contains $4,000 head of Aattle, or 62
head to every 100 cultivated acres. The
island of Guernsey is but rs square
miles in extent, sustains population of
10000, and &C head of cattle to every
100 cultivated acres is the rule. And
these little islands are the richest and
best farming lands to be found any
where.
The greatest reform the farmer can
ever secure will be of his own making
When American farmers adopt scien-
tif1c methods there will be no hard
times for them, and the American farm
,ers who do practice this method now
prove it. Intelligent, economical man.
agement of the farm, careful reading Of
the market reports and study of the
principles which underlie the business
of farming, will make the American
farmers the most prosperous in the
world.-Farmers' Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
NEW WESTERN CROP.
Authentic Information Concerning the
Value of Kafir Corn.

Authentic Information Concerning the
Value of Kaflr Corn.
"Wheat and corn may not be grown
after this in Kansas" The words arc
, reported to have been uttered by u
Kansas minister, who praises the meal
of the comparatively new cereal, Kafir
corn, as more nutritious than wheat
-four and of unsurpassed flavor"
According to the best information OBJ.
tanned by the Kansas department of
agriculture, the Kansas agricultural
college and the United States depart
ment of agriculture, these claims can
not be sustained. Kafir corn, an
Egyptian millet, is most useful plant,
but it is never likely TO supersede either
wheat or Indian corn.
The plant is sorghum. There are
several varieties; the best is known as
the red Kafr corn.
As a crop it has these striking advan-
tages: the yield is larger, by from 20 to
30 per cent, than Indian corn; it will
grow and yield crop-not large one
on very poor soil; it is injured much
less than Indian corn by drought, and
even when withered by the hot, dry
winds of the prairies, it will recover I'M
der moisture.
1t forms an excellent food for cattle
and pigs. All the experiments, of which
many have been made by scientific
agriculturists, show that it is inferior
in fattening power to either wheat or
corn. Nevertheless, as surer and
larger crop than corn, it promises most
important results for regions like Kan
eas and Nebraska, where scorching
winds frequently wither the corn and
destroy the crop.
AS food for man, it is nourishing,
wholesome and palatable. But the lat
est conclusions of the national depart
ment of agriculture, communicated to
us, are that its use will probably be
somewhat like that of buckwheat-it
will form an occasional rather than a
staple article of diet. In nourishing
power it stands at 81, where bolted corn
meal stands at 81, wheat flour at As, and
oatmeal at GO.
heretofore it has been difficult to
grind Kafir corn fine enough for use as
human food. 1t is said that this diff
guilty has been overcome lately. If so,
there will soon be an opportunity to test
1ts food value on an extensive scale
Youths Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Picking ducks are good market fowls.
For large, heavy fowls have the roosts
low.
Dampness causes leg weakness in
ducks.
The good layers are active and gener-
ally on the move.
Dry earth is a good material to scat
ter under the roosts.
When thrifty bird is fully matured
it is easily fattened.
Early Matched, well developed pullets
make good winter layers.
Stale bread, soaked in milk, is good
feed for young poultry.
Thrifty, vigorous one-year-old hens
make reliable winter layers.
Cleanliness and good feeding are the
secrets of success with poultry.
On the average it will cost one dol
lar to keep laying hen one year.
Leghorns and black Spanish lay eggs
with the whitest shells of any breed.
Scald and allow them to stand over
night in a place where they will not
freeze; this is one of the best ways of
feeding oats to poultry.
1t is natural for some breeds of poul-
try to moult lighter each year, and
hence what are often taken for defects
are only natural to the breed.-St. Louis
Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
THE AMERICAN FARMER.
He Can Secure No Reforms Save Those of
His Own Making.

he Can Secure No Reforms Save Those of
His Own Making.
There are good many discouraging
things for the American farmer to con-
template at this time. Some of them
are political, some economic, some So
cial. Some are due to the selflshness
and greed of man, some to corrupt in
fiuences in public places, some to ig-
norance as to remedies to be applied.
Most of these discouragements are the
outgrowth of years and can be correct
ed only by time and experience. Mean
time the farmer suffers.
But the farmer cannot escape re-
eponsibility if he permits untoward
conditions which are within his own
control to continue. The other day a
representative of the Farmers Voice
discovered large farmer in the corn
belt" of Illinois who had stored up in
his granaries three crops of corn-1S94,
'sS, '96-and who would not sell bush
lel because the price he had himself
nxed three years ago had not been
reached. That man will doubtless grow
another corn crop in 1s97-and may
have to build granary to accommo-
date it. The leading grocer in one of
the towns in the belt" told the Voice
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-19
SCRAMBLE FOR BRIDAL FAvoRs.
An Ancient and Curious German Wedding
Custom.

An Ancient and Curious German Wedding
Custom.
In the February Ladies' Home Jour-
nal Mox Won Binzer writes of his ex-
perience as "a Page at the Berlin
Court" upon the occasion of double
royal wedding, and of the preceding
and succeeding festivities. Describing
an ancient and curious custom, he
writes: "And now (after the wedding
dinner and balD came the 'Fackeltanz.'
Several of the highest officials entered
the hall with flaming torches. A pro-
cession was formed with the bride in
the midst. A number of complicated
polonaise figures were then executed,
after which the line closed about the
bride and groom and marched out as es-
cort to the bridal chambers.
"As the doors of the bridal apart
ments closed upon the happy pair we
found ourselves Immediately next the
entrance. We waited expectantly for
the next feature, holding our advan-
tageous position with some difficulty.
In few moments the door flew open
and half thousand silken carriers with
the monograms embossed on the gold
buckles were thrown out by the ladies
of honor. Court etiquette was for the
once forgotten-generals, courtiers,
cHamberlains and state ministers
scrambled and fought with one an
others for these pementos. But we
pages, rest assured, got the lions share.
1 have several of these souvenirs now,
although many were given away by me
that night to beseeching dignitaries.