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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
CYCLING NOVELTIES.

The latest design in bicycle shoes has
leather extension to cover the pants
leg, which is held in place by straps and
buckles.
The latest merry-go-round has BIZ
cycle saddles, handle-bars and pedals
fastened to circular frame, the riders
propelling it themselves.
To transform ordinary trousers into
l;nickerbockers, cuffs are placed inside
the legs, the bottom of the legs being
folded fat inside the cuffs and held in
place by straps and buckles.
Pneumatic hubs for bicycle wheels
are composed of a heavy rubber casing
surrounding the hub, to which the
spoke heads are fastened, thus making
a spring tire without the danger of
punctures.
A slot bicycle is in use in Glasgow for
hiring purposes. The cost is a penny
for every five miles Travelled, and if the
wheelman neglects to drop in a penny
at the end of each five miles the wheels
refuse to turn.
To strengthen the forks of bicycle
an oscillating spring plug is attached
to the under side of the bottom brace
near the head, steel wire yoke at
tached to the forks sliding through a
SLOT or groove in the plug as the front
wheel turns from one side to the other
to steer the wheel
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
THIS AND THAT.

The three Bristol IN. H. churches
had a combined attendance of GA on a
recent Sunday.
Insurance companies in Wyoming
must hereafter pay tax of 21s per
cent. upon their gross premiums.
China imported 100000 square feet
of American lumber last year, most Of
it from the states of Oregon and Wash
ington.
Women in Burmah propose to men
whom they seek in marriage, and when
they tire of them a divorce can be had
for the asking.
A pair of gloves passes through about
200 hands from the moment that the
skin leaves the dressers until the gloves
are purchased by the intending wearer.
According to the statistics of the
weather bureau the property loss from
tornadoes during the last ten years has
been five times as great in Missouri as
in any other state.
Under the chaperonage of their teach
ers the schoolchildren of Concord make
daily visits to the New Hampshire leg
islature and watch the proceedings of
the lawmakers
The bronze doors designed by F. Mac
monnies for the central doorway of the
west entrance to the Congressional IL
brary are now in Washington and will
shortly be placed in position.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
LITERARY POINTS.

Lady Austin one evening told Cowper
the story of John Gilpin" and presented
Iit in so entertaining fashion that
Cowper was most amused by the recital
and insisted upon turning it into o
ballad.
Once upon time man who needed
the aid of Fontenelle went to the great
philosopher and began an apology for
pamphlet which he had written
against him. Fontenelle's whitening
answer was: "Sir, this is the first time
have heard of it,"
Referring to the recent question Of
the right of quotation from published
works, it has been found that the
privilege" of book printed in Paris
in 1879 prohibiting not only the unau-
thorized printing, sale or distribution
Of the book, but also the making from
it of any extracts or abridgements."
Critics in those daysgenerally published
their reviews in books or pamphlet
form, at their own expense.
When Fielding finished the novel, "Tom
JONES'" he. being much distressed for
money, considered himself fortunate
when an obscure bookseller offered him
$l25 for 1t. In the meantime the poet
Thomson saw the manuscript and was so
delighted with it that he urged Field
ing to free himself from his first
bargain; the publisher was willing to
release the author, and Thomson rec
commended the work to Andrew Miller,
who delighted Fielding by paying him
| S1.0O1 for Il.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Deer Park on the Crest of the
Alleghanies.

To those contemplating a trip to the
mountains in search of health or pleas
ure, Deer Park, on the AlIeghany
Mountains, 5000 feet above sea level.
offers such varied attractions as a de-
m"htful atmosphere during both day
and night, pure %%2ater, smooth, wind
ing roads through the mountains and
valleys, Cricket grounds, Ball grounds,
Golf links, Tennis courts, and the most
picturesque scenery in the Allegheny
range. The hotel is equipped with all
adjuncts conducive to tie entertain
ment, pleasure aud comfort of guests.
There are also number of furnished
cottages with facilities for housekeep-
ing.
The houses and grounds are supplied
with absolutely pure water, piped from
the celebrated "Boiling Spring." and
are lighted with electricity. Deer Park
is on the main line of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and has the advan-
tage of its splendid Vestibuled Limited
Express trains between the east and
west. Season excursion tickets, good
for return passage until October 3lst,
will be placed on sale at greatly re-
duced rates at all principal ticket orr
ces throughout the country.
The season at Deer Park commences
June 2lst, 1897.
For full information as to rates,
rooms, ETC., address ID. &. Jones, Man.
ager, Camden Station, Baltimore, Md.
may At.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
MRS ACkLAN FREE.
The Delaware House of Representativ
Grants Her Divorce.

The Delaware House of Representatives
Grants Her a Divorce.
Dover. Del, May 25-The house of
representatives by a vote of to pass
ed the bill divorcing Mrs Laura Crock
er Acklan from her husband; William
H. Acklan of Washington. The bill
recently passed the senate. The Divorce
is daughter of ex-Judge Crocker, the
Cleveland millionaire.
she ~as married to Mr.. Acklan last
= une, and after the marriage accompa-
MED her husband to Europe. Soon aft
erward they separated, and in March
of this year Mrs Acklan came to Della
ing up a residence here in order to APP
ply for a divorce.
1t was not long before the application
was made, and out of It grew many
sensational charges against the men,
bers of the legislature in their failure
to pass the resolution. 1t was charged
that 1t could have been passed had
those interested put up sufficient money.
Mrs. Acklan appeared before the COM
mittee and said it was her intention to
make Wilmington her permanent home.
She testified that while in Europe her
husband treated her with cruelty and
brutality. at one time throwing her over
chair. She further said that, owing
to the publicity given the case, she
could not possibly return to Cleveland
or Washington to face former friends.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
FOREIGN CHAT.

Ibsen's "Wild Duck" has proved dis
NAL failure with the Viennese public
Trinidad celebrated the centenary
of its subsection to England by SIX
days of festivities, beginning February
IA.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson is furious with
Ibsen for writing his last play, John
Gabriel Borkmann." which he asserts
is full of bitter attacks on his own fam
lily life. Ibsen's son is married 70
Biornson's daughter, and the relations
between the fathers-in-law have been
strained for some time. Bjornson pro-
poses to show Ibsen up soon in BOOK
Queen Elizabeth's prose translation.
made when she was II years of age 0,
poem of Margaret of Navarro called
THE Mirrour OF Sinful Souls" To-
gether with o prayer composed BY the
Virgin Queen and one of her letters u
her stemother, Catherine Parr' nas
been published in London from tne
original autograph in the Bodlelan II
brary.
French royalistssand Catholics nave
generally worked together in polltlcs.'
but at recent election for a deputy ~
Brest they divided and bitterly fougn
each other. the Catholic candidate IAN
ing the ground that the republic mus
be recognized owing to the position Wv
pope has taken in regard to it. bre '',
which has always been a conserVa" ~
stronghold, gave the preference 10 w
church over the king.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
LIKE MCIHEn MADE.

Sugar Pie.-Beat two cups of brown
sugar with one-half cup of butter, three
eggs and one-half cup of cream. Flavor
With nutmeg. Bake in rich crust.
Cocoanut Pie.-Beat one-fourth of a
pound of butter and one-half pound of
sugar together, add three eggs and one
half pound of grated cocoanut. Beat
all together. Bake in delicate puff
paste.
Rice Custard Pie.-Boil teacupful of
rice, take from the fire, drain off the
water, add ~ pints of milk. three
beaten eggs, a teacupful of sugar and a
tablespoonful of butter. Flavor with
lemon. Line deep pie pans, pour in the
custard and bake in hot oven.
Marlborough Pie.-Roll six maca-
rooms fine, add one cup of chopped
apples, three eggs, a teacupful of cream,
two tablespoonfuls of chopped citron
and one-half teacupful Of sugar. Mix
well together. Line deep pans with
puff paste, fill with the mixture and
bake in hot oven.
Jelly Pie.-Beat the yolks of three
eggs with cupful of cream, two table
spoonfuls of sugar, cupful of tart
jelly and a tablespoonful of butter.
Line pie pans with rich paste, fill with
the mixture and bake in hot oven.
When done, cover the top with mer-
ingue and set in the oven for one min
ute. e
Almond Cheese Cakes.-Mix one cup
full of cream. one cupful of milk curds,
the yolks of five eggs and one cupful of
sugar, stir over the fire until thick,
favor with the pure extract of al
mond. Pour the mixture into tart tins
lined with puff paste, and bake ten min
utes in very hot oven.-Housewife.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
ACCIDENT A BLAST + URNGCE
Workmen Terribly Injured and Crushed
by an Explosion.

Workmen Terribly Injured and Crushed
by an Explosion.
Newcastle, Pa, May 24-The big Ro-
sena furnace in this city, owned by
Sena 10, Mark Hanna and ex-senator
Cameron. let go, and a great volume of
coke, iron ore and coal came crashing
through the roof of the casting house,
burying 80 men under the debris. Man
ager Refs was taken out with the skin
hanging in shreds from his hands and
arms and his legs terribly burned and
bruised
The others injured are Samuel Moo
dy, burned and bruised; Mike Petro,
head cut in half a dozen places and
bruises and burns about the hands and
arms; William Hanna, head cut and
arms almost severed by falling sheet
iron; Joseph Love, head mass Of cuts,
laying the skull bare in three places
Frank Sheard, head badly cut, legs
badly bruised and back and arms ter
ribly burned. may result in death,
Half dozen other men were also nc. lore
or less injured, but the above are the
worst cases.
About 20 minutes after the accident
at the Rosena furnace a cave in occurred
at the big 70 foot cut of the Newcastle
Traction company. which is engaged in
making a track to the Newcastle park
Michael Curdy was buried under rs
feet Of sand, gravel, clay and rocks and
was dead when taken out. Peter He
rinsk was terribly bruised about the
shoulders and hips. while his chest was
crtished
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
PERSONAL POINTS.

The citizens of New hampshire have
raised $500, with which they will erect
u statue of President Pierce in some APP
propriate place.
S. S. Mcclure is trying hard to cor
rect the statement which somehow got
abroad that he is not the real editor of
the magazine that bears his name.
Twelve veterans of the war of 1912
are yet living, with ages running from
90 to 1O4 years. The government is
about to increase their pensions from
S12 to $50 a month each.
1t is said that the publisher of a smart
New York magazine wrote to Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps Ward asking her to
write "snappy" life of Jesus. She OBJ
iected to the adjective, so the story goes,
and declined.
Bismarck's Boswell, Herr Moritz
Busch, studied theology, but in 1S4S
went into politics as violent democrat,
came to the United States about the
same time as Carl Schurz, and for a
short time filed the pulpit of a German
church.
John Cooper Van Tassell, who died
the other day in Greensburg, N. Y,
at the age of 95 years, was the son Of
William C. Van Tassell, who fought
in the war of 1912, and the grandson of
Van Tassell who fought in the rev.
olutionary war.
In letter to one of his children Guizot
tells how on his first visit to Windsor
he lost his way and opened wrong door
and beheld for moment a lady having
her hair brushed. The next day the
queen (for it was she) ioked him about
it. and Il he says: 81 ended by asking her
leave, if ever 1 wrote my memoirs, like
Sully or St. Simon, to mention how, at
midnight, l opened the door of the
queen of England. She laughingly gave
me the desired permission"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
THE LOSS OF SLEEP.
Ises Lassitude and a Depress-
ing Interest in Life.


ing Interest in Life.
paper by Prof. II. c. Warren, of
ton university, there are accu-
described some experiments on
fects produced by loss of sleep,
cted by Prof. Patrick and DR.. Gill
# the University of Iowa. These
men tested three normal subjects.
sed of instructors, men not
susceptible to influences. They
ept awake 90 hours without slim
During this time they were en-
as far as possible, in their usual
itions. After the second night the
lbject complained that the floor
erred with a greasy-looking molec-
yer of rapidly moving particles.
rendered him nearly desperate.
mes the layer seemed IL foot
1he floor. and parallel with it. AS
ID to step upon it he staggered
could not obtain sure
/. Later the air became full of
ing particles, which developed
!, purple and black gnats. He fire.
Y climbed into a chair to brush
way from the gas jet. The APP
Re of all these men was the same
overdose of liquor had been adj
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
The FUNNY MEN.

He-"I love you better than life"
6he-"Considering the life you lead,
cannot say that I am surprised. I'm
dianapolis journal.
10 you think opals are unlucky?"
inquired the superstitious man. Yes"
was the reply. MY wife wants one,
and it's going to cost me $5o."-Wash-
mgton Star.
Behold" exclaimed the good fairy,
Il touch thee with my wand and trans
form thee from beggar to prince"
Subsequently, however, his beloved
touched him without any wand and
made him a beggar again. = Detroit
Journal.
Chumley-"You're mighty poor
talker, especially to ladies. How did
you raise the nerve to propose to Miss
Sweet?" Dumley-"O-aw; didnt|
say much of anything; handed my|
ring to her and she slipped it on her
left finger, and said: All right, it
fits!' Truth.
Does it really improve whisky to
send it across the water and back"
asked the person with a passion for
knowledge. II don't know, sab, about
the direct benefit" said the colonel,
but it suttinly does give it chance
to age, sub, that it might not othuwise
have had."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
mo, daughter, just tell the young
man that he can never take you sleigh
riding with sleepy-looking old horse
like that" why, mamma. that's false
pride" Nothing of the sort. It's just
common sense. 1t is plain that the
horse was chosen simply because he
can be driven with one hand."-Detroit
Free Press
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
SOME LATE NEW THINGS.

A newly-designed hanger for shade
rollers is made of metal, in sections,
slida'bly connected with each other, SO
that the holder will take any length
roller and the curtain can be held out
ward from the wall any desired dis
lance. ...-
A current water wheel recently pat
ented is composed of two floats fastened
together and holding horizontal shaft,
to which Vshaped buckets are attached
in spiral lines, portion of the buckets
being always in position to receive the
water.
A new medicine timer consists of
metal frame to clasp tumbler or neck
of bottle and an upright portion,
holding a number of dials, which can
be set at any desired time, also indicat
ing the size of the dose and lapse of
time between doses.
An apparatus to operate torpedoes
for the blowing up of ships recently pat
ented consists of trolley line running
on the river or ocean bed, on which a
torpedo rs fastened, sliding along on the
wire until it strikes the bottom of the
vessel.
To keep a coat from Crinkling and
getting cut Of shape a new hanger is
made of two spring wires crossed x
shaped, two upright wire bows con-
Meeting the ends of the springs, the
shoulders of the coat resting on the
bows to keep them in shape.
The combination of a curtain pole and
bracket recently patented is formed by
ball to which two rods are fastened at
right angles, the shorter rod ending
in wall bracket and the longer one
running to the other side of the window
to hold the curtain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
A mans health is the rope by which

A mans health is the rope by which
he climbs to success. If he can keep
his health, he will go on to success.
Yet his health is the very thing he neg
lects more than anything else. 1t is
easier to keep health than 1t is to re-
gain it. When man feels himself
running down, when he realizes loss
of vitality and energy, he must call a
halt. The strands of his rope are part
ing rapidly. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery has helped thousands of
men in just this condition. 1t makes
health, it make pure, rich blood, 1t
forces out impurities and kills germs.
1t doesn't make any difference what
name you call your trouble by-dys-
epsia-kidney disease, rheumatism,
consumption, skin disease-the "Gold-
en- Medical Discovery" will cure it alb
solutely. None Of these diseases can
retain hold on the body when it is full
of rich, pure blood.
Send q one-ceut stamps to cover cost
of mailing only and receive free a copy
OF DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser. Ad-
dress, Worlds Dispensary Medical AS
ISOLATION, Buffalo, New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
TRY.

For bleeding at the nose. powdered
alum, as snuff.
For burn, prepared chalk, made
into thick paste with lard.
For toothache, oil Of cloves, applied
In the tooth with cotton.
Fer a cough, a small piece OF resin
IN vessel Oh TIE back of tAe stove.
For sore threat, sage tea. with vine
gar to make it acid and sugar to make it
sweet.
For bad breath, six to ten drops of
chloride of ime in wineglass of water
each morning.
For WHO'D mo couch. two ounces of
olive oil. one our:ce Of az: her ard one
aracbm of oil Of cloves, rubEed on the
ahest az l>~.lt;--a-.. Crrd T-ou -elieepipr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Restored to Citlzenship.

Washington. May 25.-The president
has pardoned, In order to restore citi-
zenship. Harry H. Kennedy, sentenced
in Pennsylvania to ten years imprison-
ment for misapplication Of national
bank funds. Kennedy was sentenced in
1891, and President Cleveland COM
muted his sentence to seven years i'm
prisonment. with deductions for good
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28

of ash-is claimed to he equal to coal
in heating value, and to cost but $500
ton.
A vine-grower in Syria, with the
theory that hail may be prevented by
the use of explosives, claims greater
success than has fallen TO the lot of the
rain-makers. About his extensive Vine
yard he constructed six iron towers,
each holding ten mortars, and on six
occasions last summer the firing of the
sixty mortars was followed by the break
ing up of the threatening clouds with
out rain or hail over the protected re-
gion of square mile.
A new magnetic lathe-chuck enables
the operator to put small work in place
without slackening speed, the gripping
power being controlled at full speed
by foot lever switch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28

Jefferson City, Mo-, May 25.-Elmer
C. Sattley, who last year began four
years sentence in the state penitentiary
for illegal banking as cashier of the
Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings
bank, which failed in 1898 owing depos-
itors over $2,OOO.OO0. was pardoned by
Governor Stephens and left for Chica-
go in company With his brother. He
will go to S4os Angeles, where his wife
is said to be dying. -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Found Dead In Bed.

Syracuse, May 25.-A man who regis.
tered on Sunday night at the Globe no.
tel in this city as o. Miller, Buffalo,
N. Y, was discovered dead in his bed.
A derby hat, in which was stuffed a
towel soaked in chloroform, rested on
his face. He wore a black coat bearing
the trademark of N. Peters & Co., SYRIA
cuse. In his pockets were $60,66 in
money, a gold watch, knife, ring and
jewelry. He measures feet inches,
has a sandy mustache and is thick set.
The coroner Is investigating.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Ingulfed In Quicksand.

Fort Wayne, May 25.-Four workmen
employed by the city were ingulfed in
quicksand. Three of them were killed.
The dead are A. Dennis, A. Brown and
James Christie. Michael Shoohey was
fatally injured. The men were dig
ging a trench for water mains. When
about six feet below the surface, vein
of quicksand was broken. and all four
5ere ingulfed in a mass Of sand and
rock. Shoohey was rescued, but will
,roho - die,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28

San Francisco, May 25.-The new gun.
boat Wheeling was given an unofficial
trial by the trial board over the one
mile course to test her machinery. Four
runs wa"c maze over the course each
way. The first run developed a speed
of 8 knots per hour, the second IA knots,
the third 11.3 and the fourth Is knots,
with current of about knots per hour
setting southeast.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Important to Farmers.

The season is near at hand whe
people should see that their meat
properly protected from the "Skipper
fly, and the safest, simplest, surest an
the most economical method of pre-
serving meat is by the use of the "Peel
less" Paper Meat Sack, and you ca
then rest assured that you will not =
bothered with worms in your meal
The sacks are made in three sizes an
sell, at 8, 10 aud IL cents apiece. accord
ing to size. If your merchant doe
not keep them they can be had fror
the Great Southern Printing Compan,
Frederick, Maryland.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
Governor Morton,s Acts of clemeno

Albany, May 25.-The statement of
pardons and communications granted dur
ing the year 1896 by Governor Levi P.
Morton shows that 20 pardons were
granted as compared with "a in 1895.
He. however, granted 50 combinations
as compared with SO granted in 1895, an
increase of go. OF the pardons granted
none was of those convicted of murder
or manSlaughter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-28
suicide OF q Student.

North Brookfield. Mass. May ~.
Charles F. Ashby, 10 years old ana :
member of the graduating class OIL -. .ss
high school. committed suicide near ~
Boston and Albany tracks by shootlns
himself through the head with -,
volver. Young Ashby was the son -
Fred M. Ashby. one of the selectnea
and 1t has been noticed that for SOM
time he has been acting sire rgely'