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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
GOSSIP FOR WHEEL RIDERS.

L. D. Cabanne expresses the opinion
that the professional riders are now
riding with their fists as well as their
legs.
It is said that Zimmerman will train
for the 1897 racing season, and if he can
get in good form ne will ride, but un-
less his work is of high order he will
not be seen on the track.
According to statements which have
not been contradicted some astute Brit
ish bicycle manufacturers have en-
ployed high-born but iinpecunious
danes to sell wheels on "the usual COM
mission"
movements of a riders feet while work.
ing bicycle, and has demonstrated
that it requires less exertion to travel
Is miles on bicycle than to walk three
miles.
A Menominee (Mich.) man is making
a good thing out of buying up old out
of-date bicycles in that vicinity and
sending them to Mississippi, where they
are sold to the colored people at good
profit on the price paid.
From England comes new gaiter for
bicyclists. 1t is knitted gaiter and
does not buckle under the shoe or fasten
with buttons at the side. Instead, il
slips on over the shoe 1nd clings to the
ankle like glove.
The bishop of Ripan, England, is now
numbered among the ecclesiastical cy-
clists. His lordship. totally ignoring
the TRADE which one of his fellow.pre
lates uttered against the universal
means of locomotion, prides himsel
upon the ease and ripidity with which
he has become a ''past master of :hr
cyclic art"
A new safety cushion for elevators
consists of al inflated bag upon the
top of which-are placed large number
of coiled springs. The idea is to break
the fall gradually, and to prevent its
rebounding by spring catches fastened
to the sides of the elevator well. which
engage flanges on the side of the ele-
vator and hold it.
A new fash-light device for taking
instantaneous pictures consists of pis-
tol with an abnormally large barrel, in
which the flashing powder is placed.
The action of pulling the trigger ignites
the powder and at the same time re-
moves cap from the muzzle of the
pistol, the cap holding the powder in
the chamber until the proper time of
exploding.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
ALL ABOUT SLEEVES.

Pretty sleeves of black satin fit close
from shoulder to wrist and have an over
draping of the material, lined with
light colored satin and edged with rich
lace. In velvet this is also very dressy.
To give the necessary breadth to an
ordinary tight-ftting sleeve or leg of
mutton design, tiny caps trimmed with
three or four deep ruffles are added.
These are edged with lace or ribbon,
or are piped with velvet.
Undersleeves of sheer fabric arranged
over silk or satin are very fashionable
in dressy bodices. Brocade and satin
are combined in the sleeves of reception
gowns, and the mandolin and accordion
designs are still in vogue for etamine,
cheviot and similar wooden materials.
The question of sleeves is at present
of paramount Importance. They are
changing in fashion so materially and
are so varied and diversified in design
that even gowns and bodices made n
month ago must be entirely "over-
hauled" if one wants to look up to date.
In some cases a mere change of trim
ming and a slight tightening above the
elbow win bring about the desired re-
suit, and description of the very new
est models will, perhaps, suggest few
welcome hints to the economical little
woman who must do her. own ripping
and revising.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
PuNs ABOUT WOMEN.

Shell see they have now 'woman's
dictionary Do you suppose that diff
fers from any other?" He-"Probably
has more words in it" Yonkers States.
man.
"Your fashionable woman seldom he $
a warm heart" well, it depends. If
she has plump shoulders she doesn't
mind much about her rt."-Detroit
Tribune.
When the wife of man whom you
like catches you in an old morning
gown why does she smile at you so
sweetly and seem to be so fond of you?
N. Y. Press.
She-"Talk about women talking! If
they are any worse than you men are
when there is caVpaign then don't
know a thing" he-"But you must
bear in mind that we only get that way
once in four years."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Mr.. Poeticus (who for the last half
hour has been reading his latest epic
poem): well, my dear, how do you
think it goes?" Mrs. Poeticus (who has
been gazing into the glass in an alb
stracted manner) -"Well, I'm afraid it's
a little loose on the shoulder. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26

4 recent invention in aluminium al
Toys is Wolframinium, discovered ny
William Berg, German contractor OF
aluminium military equipments, who
also invented the victoria alloy.
The production of aluminium has in
creased SO enormously in the past dec
ade that the development of working
it has also been great, and we ind re-
suits to-day which three years ago were
hardly believed to be possible.
At the Rock Island arsenal a few
meat cans have been made of stiffened
aluminium sheets. These weigh but
six ounces, while the regulation meat
can of timed iron for army uses weighs
IS ounces. The only fault found with
the aluminium meat can is that il
placed in a fire without food or soma
such material in it to conduct off the
heat it will melt
In this country the most promising
alloy is nickel aluminium which, like
the victoria alloy, seems to be remark'
ably well adapted Cor castings. In this
form (castings) it has tensile strength
of $4,000 to 30, 00opounds per square inch
with the rigidity of cast iron. It's specific
gravity is 80, while it's remarkable
tesilience and ductility fit it for use in
many articles of military equipment.
In the German and French armies
the application of aluminium and its
alloys to military purposes has passed
the experimental stage in several i'm
portant articles of equipment. Can
teens, cups, cooking utensils, ETC.. made
of aluminium alloys can by means OF
stamping and spinning be made en-
tirely without soldered joints, and how
ever crushed and dented in service can
readily be hammered back into shape.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
Orphans Court.

The will of Eliza Glen, deceased,
has been filed for probate.
The will of James Plunkard, deceas-
ed, was admitted to probate.
Inventory of current money and
debts due was filed in estate of As
bury Hartsock, deceased.
Inventory of personal property was
filed in estate of Henry working, de.
ceased, aud order to sell granted.
Inventories of personal PROPERTY, cur
rent money, debts due and stocks and
bonds were filed in estate of John H.
Williams, deceased.
Inventory of personal property was
filed in the estate of VIM. III. Lare,
deceased, and order to sell granted.
The will of James 7. Lawson was
filed for probate and letters granted
to Catharine E. Lawson, eXecutriX.
The will of Henry Working, deceas-
ed, was filed.
First aud final account of John H.
Nusbaum, surviving executor of Sam
uel Nusbaum, of j., filed and distribu-
ton made.
Letters testamentary were granted
on the estate of Mary A. Browning,
deceased.
Basil f. Buxton We appointed guar
dian over Brook Buxton, Ell al.
First and final account of Henry
Baer, deceased, filed and distribution
made.
Letters testamentary were granted
on estate of Henry Working, deceased,
to james G. Working.
The will of Thomas Martin Lee, de-
ceased, was filed, admitted to probate
and letters testamentary granted to
Eugene l.. Rowe, executor.
Inventory of personal property in
estate of NJ. j. Eichelberger, deceased,
and order To sell granted.
Will of Mary a. Browning, deceas-
ed and admitted to probate.
First and final account of Reuben
Shorer, executor of Christian LaDtz,
deceused, was filed and liquidation
made among creditors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26

THOSE WHO Toll.

Many bicycle firms have increased
their labor force, especially in the east,
and production for 1897 is rushing.
Over 10000 men are now involved In
the great shipping strike at Hamburg,
Germany, and dock work is at stand
still.
A deep-water harbor in south Califor-
MIA will cost $3,000,000 for labor aud
supplies. Work will be commenced at
once.
Because of a drought and bad sea.
son the South Australian government is
distributing seed wheat to impover-
ished farmers.
A society of workingmen has been or
ganized at Rochester, n. Y, for the pur'
pose of dealing with political-labor
questions.
The first eight-hour demonstration
ever held in West Australia took place
at Perth lately, all the unions CON-
bining for the occasion.
A federation of all the coal miners in
Australia is contemplated in the scheme
of reorganization of the New South
Wales Miners association.
Skilled men are lacking in the engine
rooms of the warships of the United
States navy, and the chief engineer has
made a request for more.
Wages of carpenters in Australia
have been increased IL cents day by
agreement between the union and the
bosses association. They are now $2.04
day.
A new clause permitting Jewish
workmen to toll on Sundays to make up
for lost time on Saturdays will be in
PRODUCED in the factories and work
shops bill of Australia.
During the last fiscal year the farm
ers of the United States were paid SSH
100000 by foreign countries for prod
uce. Next years crops promise to be
greater, and the benefits are felt in
many directions.
London cabmen are carrying on
guerrilla warfare against the railway
companies, which is conducted like Il
boycott. They refuse to enter any of
the stations with passengers or bag
gage and are otherwise disobliging.
Thirteen million persons will have to
be supported by the East Indian govern
ment because of the famine Thou
sands of square miles of crops have been
parched and destroyed by the suns heat.
This means large exports of wheatfrom
America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
Varied Vocabularies.

An exchange, answering query as
to how many words of the English
language does an ordinary laborer or
illiterate mechanic use or need to trans
act his business, says: Estimates of the
number of words employed by people
in different grades of lite have often
been made and show wide difference
in the numbers, after all being merely
the c"njectures of men, who probably
had go ID opportunities for estimating,
anu yet could make 10 more than a
tolerably fair guess ut the truth. An
English authority estimates that an il
llterate day laborer, in the rural dis
tricts of Great Baitain, will use only
300 10 500 words; that farmer and
mechanic, able to read and write, will
employ about 5000; that a skilled
workman, of more than average read
ing aud information, will use 5000;
that an orator will employ from 5000
to 1900. 1t is estimated that Shakes
peare uses about 10000 words The
scientific publications contain from 35.-
900 TO $4,000. That people can transact
all the business of life with very few
words is shown by the fact that the
latest dictionaries are estimated to con-
tain 100000 words, while in social life
the number employed, even by the
most highly educated people, rarely
exceeds 10000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


The proposition to increase the pay
Of the officers in the German army will
give the colonies 5000 marks, the ma
jors 5000, the captains 5000 and the
lieutenants 1900 marks per annum.
The German mark is equivalent to 1913
cents.
According to the estimates of German
and French statisticians the wars of the
last 40 years have cost the nations en-
gagged in them, in money alone, the al
most uncomfortable sum of 100000
600. OF this amount France has paid
nearly $3,500,0O0,000 as the cost of her
war with Prussia.
In order to provide the proper compile
ments of crews for the new war ships
that will soon be ready for service it
will be necessary to add not less than
1000 men to the present naval force.
In OF Ter to secure them congress must
pass a suitable law, as the limit allowed
has already been reached, and the man.
ming of the Puritan will exhaust all the
available material.
Frances Foreign Legion is the last
refuge for adventures of all nations.
In one company there were serving re-
Gently a Roumanan prince, who was
suspected of having murdered his
brother; German count, who had been
lieutenant of the guards on the en-
peror's staff; an Italian lieutenant
colonel of cavalry, dismissed for cheat
ing at cards; Russian nihilist escaped
from Siberia; former captain in the
English rifle brigade, and an ex-canon
of Notre Dame, suspended for immoral
ifv
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
GATHERED ABROAD.

BruX, in northern Bohemia, which
was partly wrecked by the moving of a
guicksand under the town last year, is
collapsing again.
Barmaids were discussed in the
1'ransvaal Second Rad recently while
the liquor law was being revised. Some
reformers wished TO have them abol-
ished as being dangerous persons, but
the Raad decided TO let them alone.
Prussia's rescript of 1859, forbidding
emigration to the three southern prof.
iaces Of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sui, Santa
Catharina and Parona, has been with
drawn. 1t was of little effect, as these
provinces contain many German settle
ruents.
Vesuvius is an interesting sight Just
now. One stream of lava flowing down
from the center is 100 feet wide and from
20 IA feet deep, while 100 other smaller
streams are running down the cave, and
a big black column Of smoke rises into
the sky
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
AMMONIA For CLEANSING.

A little ammonia in tepid water will
soften and cleanse the skin.
Door plates should be cleaned by rub
bing with cloth, dipped in ammoniS
and water.
To brighten carpets wipe them aftel
sweeping with warm water, into which
has been poured few drops of am
monia.
To wash your brushes and combs put
one tablespoonful of ammonia in one
quart of water, rinse, shake and dry In
the sun.
tablespoonful of ammonia in a gal
lon of warm water will often restore
colors in carpets and will also remove
whitewash from carpets.
Yellow oil stains left by the sewing
machine may be removed by rubbing
the spot with cloth wet with ammonia
before washing with soap.
By rubbing nickel and silver orna-
ments with a wooden cloth, saturated
with spirits of ammonia, they may be
kept very bright with but little trouble.
If those who perspire freely would
use little ammonia in their bath daily,
1t would keep their flesh clean and
sweet. doing away with all disagreeable
odor.
Spirits of ammonia will often remove
severe headache. but should be careful
ly used, as the constant use of salts
ammonia and other strong scents mi
jures and infiames the nose.
Equal parts of ammonia and turpen-
tine will take the paint out Of CLOTH
Ing, even if it has become hard ant
dry. Wet the spot as often as necessary
and wash out in soapsuds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

It is said that Prof Henry Drummond
continues to improve in health.
William Potter, ex-minister from the
United States to Italy, has been elected
president of Jefferson medical college
and hospital, Philadelphia.
A reception in honor of Prof. Will
helm Dorpfeld was given by the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania the other evening
in the reading-room of the university
library.
The heredity of genius is Illustrated
by the Harvard senior class elections, in
which the son of Carl Schurz was chosen
as ivy orator and the son of Joseph Fl.
Choate as class poet.
Rev. D. S. Barrows, editor of the
Christian Register of Boston, who has
been elected to congress, speaks modern
Greek, and at a recent meeting of Greeks
in Boston spoke to them in their own
tongue.
Sven Hedin, the Swedish traveller,
laughs at the idea that China could
ever be persuaded to attack Europe or
America. The Chinese are convinced
that the soldiers FALLING is low and
brutal, and do not care to be conquer
ors.
Mr.. Kato, the secretary of the jap
anese legation in Paris, has just been
appointed commissioner-general of
Japan at the exposition of 1900. His
government, which has already voted
$4,000 for the occasion, will undoubted-
ly vie with European nations in the
extent and magnificence of the exhibits.
Miss Margaret La Fargo has been
selected by Mayor Boyle, of Newport,
to name the gunboat Newport, which
is to be launched at Bath, Me-, late in
the present month. Miss La Fargo is
the oldest unmarried great-grand-
daughter of Commodore Oliver Hazard
Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake
Erie. Her mother was the daughter of
Christopher Perry, the eldest son of
Commodore Perry, prominent citizen
of Newport, who commanded the an
Gent Newport artillery as colonel from
1s45 until his death, in 1854. Her ia
Their is John La FARCE the artist
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26

The variations in the force of gravity
have been studied by Herr Kelmert, a
Prussian physicist, from observations
at % stations along line from Kol-
berg to the Schneekoppe. The results
show that an abnormal increase in the
gravity can be traced to the presence
Of dense rock masses below the surface,
and an abnormal decrease to the sub
stitution of lighter materials. Certain
assumptions make it possible to esti-
mate the thickness of these subterra-
mean strata. On the Pomeranian lake
plateau a layer about go yards thick
gives increased intensity, while near
the Schneekoppe decrease where the
surface density is not lower is probably
due to subterranean layers more than
200 yards thick. The disturbing ele-
ments are probably not deeper than 20
or 25 miles.
1t is claimed that crows have not less
than q distinct cries, each associated
with different action.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
FLoTsAM AND JETsAM.

Twenty-six American women ha''
matriculated for the new term OF tn'
Berlin university.
About $1O,OO0,O0O in gold is now con-
cealed in the teeth of people in tn'
world.
Food is served in one of the LondoII
restaurants on electrically hea'eI
plates, so that the guests can eat lsl
urely and still have the viands contnu
warm until the close of the meal.
Prince Hilkoff, the Russian minist
of ways and commerce, has recenl
placed an order for $4,000 American re-
road watches, to be used by employees
Russian railroads.
A French experimenter, Camil
Dareste, says that the germ in the nen
egg is not destroyed by an electric
rent that would kill an adult fowl
that the germ is so modified in ID
bases that a monstrosity will be hatcD'
The horrors of the Black Hole OF
cutta were repeated at Manila recens
A hundred prisoners were crowded y
a small, unyentilated dungeon by
Spanish authorities, and the next mOi
ing 81 were found dead from suh0'
ton.
Circus rings always are uniform
size. Circus horses are trained toP
form in a standard ring AZ feet IN u,a
eter. In a larger or smaller ring ~
pace becomes uneven, irregular
unreliable, and the riders in tulI
somersaults are liable to miscai'u'
the curve and miss their footing
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26

Baltimore and Ohio trains east and
west from Baltimore and Washington
had trying time of it for the past
three days. Freight traffic to and from
the west was practically abandoned
on account of the high water of the
Potomac, which has heen out of bank
and is still raging. Adjacent streams
have al felt the influence of the high
water and are backed up over mead
ows and lowlands. The Monocacy is
very high and Carroll Creek resembled
a huge lake, near its mouth. The
waters are receding. This is the first
good rain we have had in nearly three
years. and farmers hope it will give re.
newed life to springs and wells, which
have been dry the past winter
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
OUR CROPS IN 1896.

Sweet Potatoes.-The average yield Is
1913 bushels per acre, while it was 70
bushels in 1895, and 92.4 in 1894.
Buckwheat.-This crop has the high
average yield of 1877 bushels per acre,
which has been exceeded only in 1896
since 1890.
Tobacco.-Preliminary returns OF
yield per acre of tobacco make an aver
a;c of 67s.9 pounds for the country. In
1889 the returns showed yield of Gas
pounds only, but the lowest figures since
that year, excepting those of the pres
cnt, were 6s2 pounds in 1892 and 695.3
in 1858.
Irish MISUNDERSTANDING returns
for this crop Indicate an average yield
of sG.S bushels per acre, which, al
though far below the phenomenal aver
age of 1895, is nevertheless considerably
above the average for the past ten years.
III the New England and middle western
states there are numerous complaints
of potato rot, and none of the large
producing states indicate an average
yield approaching 100 bushels per acre.
American Gardening.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

What We DON'T Know About Bac-
teria-Blood Dust-A National De-
parlment of Science-Air Electrl-
fed by x Rays-A Balloon Rail
way-Groping After the Will-o-
the Wisp Mystery-Weighing Hid
den Rock Strata.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
Yale Literary Magazine Officers.

annual election of officers for the Yale
Ii crary Magazine. the oldest maya
zine in the world. took place last night.
Itresulted as follows: Gouvernor Nor
ris, New York city; Frank A. Lord,
Moorhead, Mimi; David DeForrest
Burrill, New York city; L. c. Streeter,
Chicago. and A. d. Baldwin, Naval,
Hawaii
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26

Charlotte, N. c., Feb. PA co''
mill company, to be operated emu
by colored labor. has been organ u
at Concord in this state. Warren
man, the originator of the idea =.
wealthy colored man, is secretary \
treasurer. All the officers are co.,
and the capital was subscribe
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
Sentenced To Life Imprisonment.

Fonda, n Y, Feb. 24.-Justice Sto
yer has sentenced "Tubby' Glynn &c
Dannemora prison for life for the muir
der of Lewis Erkenbrack. When tho
court asked Glynn if there was an
reason why sentence should not be pr
nounced he replied: Il ana as innoce
of the crime as you are"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
BOARDED CAT THIRTEEN YEARS.
Two Cents q Week Charged and Sass ID
Due on tho Contract.


Thirteen years ago well-to-do fam
lily of Athens moved to farm west Of
Union City, Mich. On leaving, the two
younger children disliked to leave be-
hind family of kittens with which
they had become acquainted, and on
q subsequent visit to the old home sue
ceeded in smuggling to the new home
their old friends.
The father discovered the cats after
awhile and began a process of execu-
ton. The younger of the children did
not like the performance and picked
up the "Old White" and went to the
neighbors, where he contracted board
for it at two cents per week.
The matter was forgotten until just
recently, when the person who boarded
the cat contracted with the boy for
some pigs, and on delivery was pre-
scented with statement of board for a
cat for IS years at two cents per week.
The pigs were allowed at ten dollars,
and the boy still owes the man $4.57,
and the cat is still alive.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
PEARRE.

The seven-months-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Pearre, of this
city, died at an early hour on Tues
day morning last. The little one suf-
fered from complication of diseases.
Funeral took place yesterday.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26

DIR. Bernand e. Steiner, who had
been In Frederick during the Y. M. G.
A. Convention, returned to Baltimore
Monday afternoon.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
OBITUARY.
Some of Those Who Have Fallen
Before the Silent Reaper.
EADER.

Mrs. Elmira e. Eader, wife of
Charles w. Eader, formerly of this
city, died after a lingering illness at
ST. Joseph, Mo-, on the l4th of this
month.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-26
M'KINLEY AND CUBA.

senior CanoVas says the new fresluent
Will Not Aid the Insurgents.
London. Feb. PA dispatch to the
Central News from Madrid says that
Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo
states that he has received official in
formation that Mr.. Mckinley, when
he assumes the office of president of
the United States. will do nothing to
aid the insurgents in Cuba, or to effect
the independence of the Island.