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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
FASHIONS IN BEAUTY.

In Spain even the youngest girls paint
and powder absurdly, while in Venice
the celebrated Titan red hair is still
the rage and is obtained by chemical
means.
African beauties have very small
eyes, thick, pouting lips, large, per-
lectly fiat nose and jetty skin which,
from constant oiling, positively glis-
tens.
In Greenland the women color their
faces with green and yellow pigment
and the prettiest Muscovite maiden can
not hope for admiration until she has
covered her fair complexion with coarse
red and white paint.
In Persia an aquiline nose is a neces-
sity 10 either male or female beauty
and frequently out Of family of sons
the accession to the throne has been
decided by the shape of a nose. Red
hair is viewed with horror and always
dyed.
In China, where most eyes are mar
row and long. small, round eye is con-
sidered an extraordinary beauty.
Chinese girls pluck their eyebrows to
make them very fine. Turkish women
paint their eyebrows with gold and at
night the effect is very odd and not dis
pleaSin1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
A FEW FACTS.

There are in the United States 10000
deaf mutes.
At the first of the year the armies of
the world numbered 100000 men.
In the ~ books that Dickens wrote
there were 1,425 characters
If London streets were put end TO eud
they would reach TO st. Petersburg.
The greatest length of England and
Scotland. north and south. is about
sos miles.
The largest theatrical building is the
Grand opera of Paris. which covers
three acres.
The biggest bug in the world lives in
Venezuela, is called the elephant beetle
and weighs half pound.
The growth of nails on the left hand
requires eight or ten days longer than
those on the right
Artificial arms and legs were used in
Egypt as early as roo B. C. They were
made by the priests, who were the ply
sicians at those times.
More eyes must be damaged or lost
than people suppose, for 100000 glass
eyes are manufactured yearly in Ger
many and Switzerland.
The deepest gold mine in the world is
at Eureka, Cal, and is 1920 feet deep,
The deepest silver mine is at Carson
City and has depth of $500 feet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
SOME OLD BOOKS.

The first anthology was collection
of Greek poems, epigrams and other
small pieces by Archilochus, Sappho,
Somonides, Meleager, Plato and others,
between $50 and IS B. C.
In l471 French baron offered q
pledge of ten marks of silver that q
copy of Avincenna, which he desired to
read, would be returned, and even with
this security, equal in our money to
over $50, his request was refused.
II is asserted by typographical au-
thorities that the first Bible printed in
America was John Eliots Indian
Bible" in 1868. The language into
which this Bible was translated is ex-
tinct, and it is said only one or two per-
sons are able to read it.
The Book of Common Prayer" was
prepared by the command of Henry
VIII. in 1916. 1t underwent several re-
visions, but the second, made in the reign
of Edward VI, very nearly approached
the prayer book as used to-day in the
Church of England. The prayer for
the royal family was introduced by
James l.
Most of the chapters of Livy, as well
as some of the entire compositions of
Cicero and other ancient authors. have
been recovered from the palimpsests,
the original writing having been par
TALLY effaced in order that the monkish
transcribers might use the parchment
for their homilies.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
CYCLE NOVELTIES.

Five hundred francs ($1oo) is offered
by Paris newspaper for the lightest,
strongest and cheapest lamp.
cycle-cleaning brigade is proposed
IN London, the boys to be stationed at
street corners like bootblacks, and clean
the wheels while you wait
Although quite 100 kinds of toeclips
have been devised and patented, new
mes are constantly being put on the
market.
Jewellers are now trying their hands
1t bicycle trimmings. Wheels are fin
shed with silver and gold-plated fill
gree work, which is pretty to see, but a
great deal of trouble to keep clean.
A method of nickeling wood, which
nay eventually prove useful in finishing
wooden handle bars and rims, has been
devised by German chemist, the wood
being covered by a thin coating of
metal by either dry or wet process.
The latest bicycle support consists
of an arm, one end Of which clamps
Dnto the lower brace of the frame in
front of the cranks, the other end rest
Ing on the ground. When not in use it
lies parallel with the lower brace
A bicycle crate which folds up has
recently been patented. 1t is made of
wood and steel, and occupies a space
not over five inches high when folded.
It is claimed that it can be set up and a
wheel packed in it in five minutes.
nQyv hicvc1e tire hos ON itS iptari0r
q number of rubber rings fastened to
strip of metal running through their
center, the whole being surrounded by
flexible cover. Between the two thick
nesses on the running side of the tire
are placed short strips of metal, held
In place by textile strip cemented over
them. Another recent patent in tires
consists of filling the inside with cork,
as well as initiating it with air.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.
Lowell, Admired the Genius in 1t Nor
Than the Moral.

Lowell, Admired the Genius In 1t More
Than the Moral.
1t was the opinion of James Russell
Lowell, says Charles Dudley Warner.
in the Atlantic, that the anti-slavery
element in Uncle Tom and bred stood
in the way of full appreciation. at
least in her own country, of the re-
markable genius of Mrs. Stowe. Writ
ing in 1889, he said: From my hab-
its and the tendency of my studies
cannot help looking at things purely
from an aesthetic point of view. and
what l valued in Uncle Tom was the
genius, and not the moral" This had
been his impression when he read the
book in Paris, long after the whirl of
excitement produced by its publication
had subsidized, and far removed by dis
tance from local influences. Subse-
quently, in a review. he wrote: I'VE
felt then, and we believe now, that the
secret of Mrs. Stoves rcwer lay in that
same genius by which the great sue
cesses in creative literature have al
ways been achieved-the genius that
instinctively goes to the organic ele-
ments of human nature, whether under
a white skin or a black. and which dis
regards as trivial the conventions and
fictitious notions which make so large
a part both of our thinking and feel
ing. + The creative faculty of
Mrs. Stowe, like that of Cervantes in
Don Quixote,' and of Fielding in 'Jo-
seph Andrews. overpowered the narrow
speciality of her design. and expanded
local and temporary theme with the
cosmopolitanism of genius"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
AMUSING SEA DOG.
This Canine Chews Tobacco and Blow
Out . Match.

out Matcn.
Grip" is the name given remark
able dog that follows the fortunes of the
Neptune liner Ohio, on account of the
tenacious hold on life he has shown, he
having fallen from the ship into mid
ocean no less than three times, says the
New York journal. He is cross be-
tween Bedlington and Skye terrier,
and does many things that other dogs
do not do.
He will eat raw potatoes ravenously,
but will not touch meat. The sailors
have taught him to chew tobacco, and
he has developed a taste for whisky and
water, under the influence of which he
does many foolish things and shows a
bad temper.
He will blow out lighted matches.
He has one trick of standing on his
hind legs and by little twist throw.
ing into the air and thence into his
mouth any article placed on his nose.
His brightest accomplishment is to
select at word Of command given coin
out Of collection composed of half
penny, penny, sixpence, shilling and
half-crown. which are laid on the floor
OF the captains cabin. Grip being sent
below. with the command: Bring me
the shilling" or whatsoever II NAV be
that u asked for.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
SCHOOL NOTES.

IN the public schools of Germany the
bright pupils are separated from the
stupid ones. Medical men do the sort
ing.
in Sweden the education of journal
lists is treated as function of the STATE
Under this system the young journalist
gains knowledge of the world by trav-
cling at the expense of the taxpayer.
Rev. Daniel E. Jenkins. of New Lon
don. Pa. has been elected president of
Parsons college. at Fairfield, Ia. to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
ton of DIR. Ambrose C. Smith. Mr..
Jenkins is comparatively .voung man,
not 30 years of age.
The Academic de Paris will take Ger
tain of its pupils for an instructive tour
through Europe, the principal scene of
which will be Russia. The pupils are
to have everything of the best, the best
hotels will be patronized and the jour
ney made altogether as comfortable -
possible. The total cost of the; tour far
zach traveller viii be $500.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
HOW HIGH CAN MAN COP
Human Feet Will Probably Never Press
the Peak of Mount Everest.

Human Feet Will Probably Never Press
the Peak of Mount Everest.
Prof. Ugolino Mosso, of Turin, has
made some interesting experiments on
the effects experienced in ascending to
high attitudes. All climbers of lofty
mountains are aware that at great
heights, such as the summit of Mont
Blanc, respiration becomes more or less
troublesome, the heart beats rapidly and
sometimes irregularly, and a feeling of
exhaustion, often accompanied by
nausea, is experienced. These effects
arise largely from the rarity of the air,
and since the atmosphere becomes less
dense the higher one goes, it is evident
that limit must soon be reached above
which man cannot ascend. Prof. Mosso
made his first experiments on Monte
Rosa, next to Mont Blanc, the highest
peak of the Alps, where he assembled to
an elevation exceeding $4,000 feet with
out serious inconvenience. Returning
to Turin he made his next ascent. so TO
speak, without ascending at all. In
other words, he produced an imitation
of the rare atmosphere of very lofty
mountain top by partially exhausting
the air from large pneumatic chamber
in which he had shut himself. When the
air in the chamber corresponded in den
sity with that which would be found at
height of 24,272 feet above sea level,
he suffered such i'll effects that he could
not carry the experiment further. The
height to which Prof. Mosso thus simu-
lated an ascent is almost mile less
than that of Mount Everest, so that it
seems improbable that man will ever be
able to set his foot on the loftiest peak
of the earth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
SCIENTIFIC SELECTIONS.

The tide of the Bay of Fundy is the
most remarkable in the world. 1t rises
at the rate of foot every five minutes.
the water sometimes attaining the
height of rs feet.
A French scientist has enunciated the
remarkable theory that the germ in the
hens egg is not destroyed by an cleo
trio current that would kill an adult
fowl, but that the germ is so modified
IN most cases that monstrosity will
be Matched.
Nearly all of the large natural water
falls of the United States are now being
utilized for manufacturing purposes
and a plan is on foot to convert the
rapids OH the St. Lawrence into mo.
tive power for the generation of cleo
tricity, to be distributed to nearby
cities for lighting and manufacturing
purposes.
DIR. Burton Ward declares that there
sis one infallible symptom indica ting
whether one is sane or not. Let a per-
son speak ever so nationally and act ever
so sedately. if his or her thumbs re-
main inactive there is no doubt of in
sanity Lunatics seldom make use of
their thumbs when writing, drawing or
saluting."
An instrument has been invented by
Frenchman by means of which he can
accurately determine the nutritive
properties of vegetables, especially po-
tatoes. The same apparatus may be
used for determining the density of
other farm products, such as beets and
grain, special scale being provided fo-
zach kind.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
PURELY PERSONAL.

Sixteen United States presidents had
one.
w. S. Witham, of Atlanta, is president
of 81 Georgia banks located in the small
towns of that state.
President James B. Angel, of the
University of Michigan, in addition to
his prestige as an able college president,
has wide reputation as an authority
on international law.
DIR. John Saadi, who recently de-
livered lecture on Northumberland in
ST. Paul'S Episcopal church in Boston,
is a Syrian. He is studying for the
Episcopal ministry and is engaged in
translating the prayer book into Arabic.
Alfred Greenebaum, of San Francisco,
has recently given library consisting
of 1000 volumes on the Semitic Ian
guage and history to the University of
California. The books formed part OF
the library of his father, who was chief
rabbi at Landau, Germany.
Cardinal Svampa, archbishop of Bo-
logna, is looked upon by the supersti-
tious as Pope Leo's successor. His name
means FLAMES up" and the next pope is
designated in the book of prophecies
as Ignis ardens. Moreover, he was pre-
viously bishop of Forle, whose patron
is the Madonna of the Fire.
Ex-Gov. Morrill,, of Kansas, has an
American flag that will be used as a
winding sheet at his burial. twas given
to him by Is old soldiers from the
Leavenworth home. He said the other
day that he priced the flag more highly
than all the official honors which had
been bestowed uDon him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
DIET AS A MORAL AGENT.
Experiment Introduced in . New York
Reformatory.

Experiment introduced in New York
Reformatory.
A queer food experiment is being
tried at the Elmira reformatory, in New
York state, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. All civilized nations hold out
some infucement to the criminal in
confinement to sooner secure his release
from legal restraint. A certain amount
% time is always taken of for good be-
havior. The criminal has often been
exhorted to this end by father, mother,
brother, sister and by others who had
his interest at heart. His manhood, his
future, his ambition and his hope of
ruick release from confinement have
been appealed to, and in many cases in
vain. Now it is to the mans stomach
that the appeal is to be made.
The proposed experiment contem-
plates somewhat enlarged scale of die
tary privileges, increasing from grade
to grade, from lowest to highest. so
that within due and proper limits Of
indulgence of the appetite by prisoner RS
IN prison reformatory for crime they
can Oub(I LuelT own dCCuIu uldCIOus nave
the privilege to select meal by meal at
their pleasure, provided always that
they keep their expenditure within the
limits OF indulgence allowed by the
government of the refornsatory. The
prisoners, under the wage-earning sys-
tenn of the reformatory, us it is at pres
cnt, must earn their living and keep
n credit balance to their account, re-
spectively, in order to progress toward
their release by parole. A prisoner. to
maintain credit balance. must needs
restrain, regulate and exert himself in
manner which accomplishes and
shows his improvements; but hitherto
the diet rate has been inflexible. 1t is
believed that if more latitude is allowed
and the prisoner has chance of tick
Ing his palate occasionally with mince
pie. juicy roast or other homelike
dainties, he will be more likely to make
an extra effort to reform. In other
words, + he has an inviting menu to
choose from for breakfast, dinner and
supper, he will get up and hustle and
be man
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
STRANGEST OF FISHES.
A Marine Wonder at the Columbia Uns
versity.


A Marine Wonder at the Columbia UnA
versity.
There is an animal at Columbia UNI
versity which has neither ears. eyes.
head nor heart.
The absence of the head and heart -
naturally the odd feature of this strange
creature. which biologists call a lance
let. One of them is now being expert
mented on in Columbia university's
biological laboratory. says the San
Francisco Examiner.
Although this wonder looks a good
deal like a fish, it is really an animal,
for there is just as much difference be-
tween the lancelet and a salmon, for
instance. as there is between a man and
an ordinary bird.
Epicureans with a sweet tooth for
fish will hail with delight the prospect
OF having all the lakes and rivers of the
country stocked with the lancelet, fol
in their entire body there is not a bone,
True. there is kind of backbone rum
ming the length of the body. but as this
bone is not bone at all, but only a
strip of what ordinary mortals would
call gristle, no trouble with fishboncs
can follow from the attempt to eat the
animal when a man is in hurry to
catch an az" express.
Still another advantage exists to
man who wants to eat the lancelet in
jifry. This advantage is, perhaps, zone
better than the absence of bones.
Every mans eyes perform the function
of an X-ray machine in good working
order, for the lancelet is absolutely
transparent in every section of its ex
traoriinary corpus.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
NOTICE.
NoTIcE

The attention OF parents and teachers is cal
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 SCHOOL,
whether public or private, and although 1t y
believed that II has been rather better Oh
served in this county than In many Others q
the State, yet in the considerable proportion
of instances it 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 1t has prevailed ~
the United States In a far greater number q
localities than is usual at this season of The
year, and may at any time make its appear
Rnce in this county.
The law has made fair provision for the com
pensation to physicians for vaccinating thoa
whose means render 1t difficult to pay ~
usual fee for such services, and pure and relis
bic vaccine mattee can be gratuitously procurea
IN m DR.. Yeackle, State Vaccine Agent, al bas
timore.
Under these circumstances IL Is hoped ana
believed that the law will be more vigorousq
observed without necessitating the enforce
ment Of the penalty attached to its disregard
WIN. II. BALTZELL, NJ. D.,
sep.2-tf County Health Oficer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Policemen in Vienna must be able to
swim, row a boat, and understand tele-
grsphy.
No person under 16 years of age is
permitted to enter a theater or tavern
IN Heligoland.
A two-headed calf which eats with
both mouths was lately on exhibition
at Holton, Kan.
In Franco 100000 tons of potatoes
Gre annually used in the manufacture
Of starch and alcohol.
The income of a teacher in private
school of China is very small; about one
cent day for each pupil.
Some of the Chinese think that wom-
On who wear short hair will be trans
formed into men in the future world.
At the funeral of popular wheel
man in Lewiston. Me-, the chief attrac-
ton was large bicycle made of flowers.
A huge pumpkin, measuring 65 inches
IN diameter, was grown this season by
Mrs. William Berry, of Bluff City, Tenn.
A healthy babe should cry three or
four times day, to give its lungs needed
exercise. So asserts a medical au
thority.
The flesh of the forequarters of the
beaver has something of the flavor of
beef, while that of the headquarters has
. hshy taste.
Some of the brewers in Germany bot
lie beer in siphons which contain from
Is to 40 glasses. The beer continues
fresh for two days.
An eating house made entirely of COM
pressed paper has been erected in Ham
burg. The dining-room is large enough
70 accommodate $50 persons.
A couple of comic papers in Cairo,
Egypt, published rude caricatures of
Queen Victoria, and the two editors
have been sentenced to is months inn
prisonment.
The emperor of Russia is allowed a
salary of $4,000 day; Queen Victoria's
amounts to $4,000 day, and that of the
president of the United States, $l36.9S
0ay.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05

80. SUI tnat would
prepare themselves for the duties of mott:
erhood. If a woman will take the right cav.
of the organs that make motherhood nos.;
Bile, approaching maternity will have ~
fears for her. Nature intended that ali W. ~
men should bear children, and did not ma ~
that this duty should be a cruel tortur.
Woman's own ignorance and neglect hav.
made it so.
All weakness and disease of woman's RI.
productive organism are cured by Docto,
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. II acts Al
rectly upon these organs. 1t makes then
strong and healthy. 1t prepares them Fl,
approaching maternity. 1t allays the d;.
comforts of the expectant period. It MAKE,
baby's coming easy and comparatively main
less, and insures the health of the Child
All good druggists sell it.
at have had three miscarriages," writes NJ.
J. L. Shaffer, of Ney, Sully Co., S. Dakota Las
Spring received one of your Memoranda
Books in which I found your Favorite Prescr;oaa
ton recommended to prevent it. took elev.r
bottles of Il and have bright boy five month.
old. which owe to God and your medicine"
What woman does not wish to make he,
family cares as light as possible, consistent
with her family's well-being? The Creates
care of all is the fear of sickness. It Il,
common saying amongst conscientiou,
motherS: AS long as the cnllQren are well
! don't mind anything else" For these
mothers DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Med.
ical Adviser would prove The shadow Of
q great rock in a weary land" This boob
of 1908 pages, profusely illustrated, giys
plain talks and kindly sensible medical ad.
vice. 1t is peculiarly valuable for mothen
of young daughters. More than a half
million copies of this book have been sold
for 81. so each. Now there is an enormous
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The best kind of bedding for stock
san be provided with leaves. They pre-
rent draughts along the floor and are
sasily handled. Rake them as soon as
they begin to fall and store them under
shelter for winter use.
DR.. Galen Wilson says: "All sheep
men will admit in due time that feed and
lot breed gives quality tomutton. Mutt
ton is little wanted for local consump-
ZION. The demand is for lamb. Lambs
1nd wool occupy the arena, and who
iares say that a 12-pound fleece is not
worth more than six-pounder?"
Let any farmer who keeps sheep for
The wool they produce estimate it's annu-
Al value and then compare such value
with that which he derives from mutton
and lamb, so as to determine in which
direction the sheep give the largest
profit, and he will not hesitate to in.
crease the size of the sheep by improv-
Ing with mutton breeds.
The object in pruning grapes is to
get well-formed vine and large yield
u Tie DS'Sl lull. lNO-tllTuS Oh ellS
years growth should be cut away. If
hot severely pruned more fruit will be
grown than can be matured. We must
remember that grapes grow upon the
new wood only, and this years branches
bear next years fruit. Let the vines be
trimmed in the autumn.
When little pigs begin to eat they
sometimes have scours. Toprevent this
the food should be cooked until they get
past the danger stagW; No sow having
pigs should be given Stop that is sour or
ilthy Clean, wholesome food, not too
concentrated, and not too much at a
time, is better than feeding a surfeit of
any and all kinds, that serve no purpose
han TO do harm or to be wasted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-05
SAID OF WOMEN

A fan is indispensable TO woman
who can no longer blush.-Anonymous.
Men say knowledge is power; women
think dress is power.-Frederick Shell
don.
Mothers are the only goddesses in
whom the whole world believes
Anonymous.
Women, cats and birds are the crea-
lures that waste most time on their
toileta.-Charles Nodier.
The woman who throws herself at .
mans head win soon find her place at
his feet.-Louis Claude Joseph Des-
noyers.