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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
WEEDS THAT ARE EDIBLE.

What we call pigweed and scorn to
look at the Europeans cultivate. 1t
makes fine summer green and pot
herb and when properly boiled is ten
der and succulent. In California the
Chinese have begun to cultivate it.
The dandelon is now eaten by many
Americans in the spring. but we are
still behind Europeans in our consump-
ton of it. Around Paris the market
gardeners cultivate it on large scale.
While we consider wild chicory or
succory pestilential weed, in Europe
It is raised in the gardens and the
leaves blanched like celery.
The curled-leaved mallow is an annual
plant originally brought to this country
from Europe, where il is raised more
for garnishing dishes than for eating.
Our common pokeweed has been
taken TO France, where the gardeners
grow it as pot herb, but in this coun
try it would be pretty hard work to
make anyone eat it.
Purslain is another edible weed that
is abundant in nearly every old garden
or neglected field. In Europe there are
several cultivated kinds of purslain, but
they all originally came from the com
mon purslain of the fields. When
mixed in salads, eaten boiled as spinach,
or picked, the plants make excellent
summer diet.
Our common nettle, milkweed and
hound-leaf mallow are good food plants
They are edible weeds that thrive in
abundance in all parts of the country,
and often in places where few other
plants will live. In Scotland, Poland
and Germany the tender leaves of the
common nettle are gathered as pot
herbfor soups or for dishes like spinach.
The peculiar flavor of the weed is high
ly esteemed by the Germans, and il is
mixed with cabbage, spinach and sim
liar greens, to give pquant taste.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
SERGEANT WAS VERY TIRED.
Did Not Have Time to Spell Out the
Full Name of the Chief
of Police.

He was up before the trial board on
a charge of laziness. He was desk
sergeant from a west side police sta
ton and the charges and specifications
were that he was always exceedingly
tired, that he loafed over his desk, and,
indeed, that he was so grievously af-
fiicted with ennui that he would not
spell out in full the longer words in
making reports of daily occurrences to
the general superintendent of police,
duty which fell 10 his lot as desk SER
geant, but was much given to the habit
of abbreviation. This, it seems, says
Chicago exchange, had been
constant source of worry and an
noyance to the captain in command
of the station, and when repeated warn
ings were of no effect charges were pre-
ferred and he was brought before the
tribunal, composed of the chief and the
inspectors of police. The story of his
shortcomings and short spellings was
told in detail and as clincher his cap
tain said:
why, chief, this man is so lazy that
when he makes out a report instead of
addressing it to Joseph Ripley, Gener-
al uperintendent,' he writes Jos Kip,
Gen Supe.' If he came to the word phil
anthropy' in a report he would make it
phil and you couldn't tell whether 1t
was philanthropy or Phil Daily"
On this arraignment, it is needless to
say, the sergeant was found guilty and
promptly disciplined.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
CHINESE SIMPLICITY.
Even the Great Ii Hung Chang Dis
plays "a Lack of Proper
Understanding.

The Chinese are said to be very much
like children in their thought and &C.
ton. The commerce of one of their
principal rivers is greatly impeded by
ledge of rocks, on which myriads of
junks and other kinds of vessels have
been wrecked or badly damaged during
the years of many centuries. In fact
1t is almost impossible for any sort of
vessel TO pass this obstruction without
being hurt in some way. Recently sew
eral British men-of-war lay at anchor
for some weeks in the river and the
commanders offered to blow up the
rocks and create safe channel without
cost to the government if permission
were given. The matter was referred
to Ii Hung Chang, China's greatest
statesman. who, after mature delibera-
ton, declined the offer, on the ground
that If they took the rocks out of the
river it would deprive western China of
water and flood the eastern part of the
countryl This reminds us of the phi
losopher who opposed the building of
the Nicaragua canal because he
claimed that the Pacific ocean was sew
cal feet higher than the Atlantic, and
that if the canal should be opened the
western ocean would flow into the
eastern and produce another Noah's
food!
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

The plum and cherry require little
pruning.
Never allow misunderstanding birds
to be killed.
Never remove large limbs from trees
when it can be avoided.
Unleached ashes make a good fer
tilizer for strawberry plants.
Even continuous cropping of fruit
will gradually exhaust the fertility.
Where a branch is removed the cut
ling should be close, leaving no stub.
Apply plenty of well-rotted manure
in the garden during the winter.
Cut back slim wood before the buds
start; better fruit will be secured.
Save up the wood ashes to use as a
top dressing when planting in the
spring.
Pears budded on the ounce are said
to be dwarfed; they never make large
trees.
The apple, pear, ounce and thorn
can be grated on one another with
varying success.
In the garden plant or sow every.
thing in long rows, so that the cult
vator can be used
When it can be done it will be good
plan to top-dress the strawberry plants
with wood ashes.
The chief value of dwarf pears con-
sists in their early bearing which is
due to defective sap circulation.
Pears seem to thrive best if grown
in close proximity to stone; they draw
both moisture and richness from stone.
1t rarely pays TO fill up an old orchard
with young trees; better select a new
location. The old trees have exhausted
the old site, more or less.-St. Louis
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
WOMEN OUTLAWS.
Young AmazOns of Kurdistnn who
Take to the Road ms
DrigRnds.

The Kurdish women are also devoted
70 an outdoor life. Quite as enterpris-
ing and interchangeable as the men in
their race, they are ever on the alert,
ready to leap to the saddle, where.
though not graceful riders, they are at
home and able to keep up with the men
IN their adventurous wanderings, says
The New York Tribune.
"A recent traveller in Kurdistan tells
~ meeting girl of the Bulbassi tribe
Who had just killed with spear u Turk
who insulted her. This young Amazon
was dressed like man and served the
chief, Fazullah Effendi, as his faithful
nenchman, following him in all his wan
uerings. The women of this tribe are
~ particularly hardy and intrepid.
Frequently they take to the road by
themselves as brigands, and luckless
indeed is the traveller or trader who
&alls into their hands. Not content
With robbing him, they pinch, scourge
Ind scratch him.
When girl is born in Montenegro
&he mother says to her: 81 do not wish
Nhee beauty, but courage; heroism
slone gains the love of men," And
courage they possess in abundance.
While their husbands are away on ex-
Eursions the women in the intervals of
raring for the fields and flocks, take to
NE road and do little looting on their
Nwn account
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES.

Paul Villars, the correspondent in
London of the Paris Figaro, has re.
ceived the order of the Legion d'Hon-
neur.
Gerome, the French artist, is talk
ing of giving up signing his pictures.
He says: "Velasquez, Rubens, Zurba-
ran, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Law
renee and j. NJ. w. Turner rarely
signed. If an artist has style his worl;
is signed all over"
Isidore Lissner, member for Cairns
in the Queensland parliament, is only
four feet six inches tall Patrick
O'Brien. member of the British house
of commons, is four feet three inches
tall.
Eugene Toulouze, well-known
archaeologist and student of the an
tiquities of Paris, has just made res
toration Of a druggists shop of the
seventeenth century, with articles dis
covered recently in Paris. Some of
them are as old as the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries.
Capt. Wellby, a young cavalry Off
GER, recently spent.a furlough in trudg
ing 1000 miles through Thibet, from
Leb to Peking. For IA weeks he and
his party did not meet a single human
being and rarely saw any vegetation
higher than wild onion. They crossed
one pass which was 10000 feet in
height, and for loug time their food
consisted only Of yak fat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
THE MINES OF JAPAN.

Silver is found in As places in Japan,
and in 1896 afforded yield of 1900, 600
ounces, which is equal 10 an increase
of almost G50,000 ounces since 1893.
The gold production of Japan since
1893 has risen almost 5000 ounces,
and in 1896 reached the yield of 2S,300
ounces. The 10 existing gold mines are
partly in the emperor's possession,
partly in that of private parties.
Very considerable is the copper pro-
duction of Japan, there being at present
70 mines. During the fiscal year ended
June 80 last 100000 catties, or about
100000 centners, of copper, valued at
100000 yen (about 3,OOO,0O0), were
mined. Since 1875 the copper produc-
ton has increased almost ninefold.
Most copper is semitic ng-Kong, then
to China and to England, the total ex-
port amounting to $4,000 centners-i.
e., five-sevenths of the whole produc-
ton.
Coal mining has, since the war with
China, risen about 100000 tons, and
in 1897 more than 100000 tons of coal,
valued at about $6,000,O00 were export
ed. Altogether there are 100 coal
mines, of which, however, only about
so are of importance. A new coal field
was discovered in 1896 and work has
now been commenced on il. 1t is stu
ated in the province of Iburi, on the
River Mukawagawa, and is said to con-
tain 100000 tons above and 30,000,000
tons below The level of the sea.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
BRIDGING LL1RING SEA.
Results of the Deposit of Immense
Quantities of Debris by the
Mighty YukoH River.

Prof. W. j. Melee, of Washington,
declares that two slow but interesting
changes are taking place in Behring
sea. The immense quantity of debris
that is borne down the Yukon from its
sources and sides is being deposited in
the sea beyond the mouth of that
mighty stream, and its weight causes
the bed of the sea 10 subside. A cor
responding rise in the earth's crust is
produced along the chain of the Aleu-
tian islands. Now. not only are the
Islands themselves increasing in size
in consequence of being lifted up out
OF the water, but new islands are being
formed in the gaps between the others
In some instances the new islands are
the result of the rise, and in others
they are the result of volcanic action.
Most of the Aleutians are of volcanic
origin, and they mark the position OF
a fold in the earth's crust that is pre-
disposed TO eruption. In time, Prof.
MCGEE says, there is likely TO be a nat
ural bridge from America TO Asia along
this route, but he admits that nobody
now living is going to see it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
ONLY A QUARTERBACK.
He Looked Like Dude. But When
He Lifted Something
Came Loose.

The old saying that appearances are
deceptive" was very tritely exempli-
fed one night recently, says the Phila-
delphia Times. Owing to the delay
caused by the snowfall, the cars of the
seventeenth street line that run down
Chestnut were blocked for some time
IN the northern part of the city. When
the first of line of ten appeared at the
junction, they again found progress
+ impeded. This time ii was the switch
4 ing rail which was frozen tight, and
. the united efforts of the motormen
n could not move it. There were not
many people in the cars, but those who
were each in turn applied his strength
to the switching iron. Even a burly
negro of Brobdignangian proportions
failed ignominiously. There remained
only one of the crowd who had not
made the attempt, and he was, in the
parance of the street, "a bloomin'
dude" He had spent his time in the
car attentively chewing the end of his
stick and reading the advertisements
+ with self-conscious air. He was like
unto the flowers, gorgeously appareled.
A long brown paddock coat surmount-
ed an unimpeachable dress suit and
q large bunch of violets dangled from
his buttonhole. He got off and gazed
dreamily at the proceedings. When
the negro failed, divesting himself of
THE long coat, he threw it to motor
Imam, and, grabbing the iron with APP
parent ease, he forced back the rail
land held it calmly in place while the
seven cars passed over it. Then for the
first time the people noticed an I'M
ookedfor breadth of shoulders and
depth of chest. SAY, mister, amt you
Eandow?" queried little gamin. Not
quite" laughed the dude. 81 only
played quarter for Yale couple of
years" which again goes to prove that
appearances are not only deceitful, but
hntruth ful
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
IN THE WORLD OF ART.

Lady Henry Somerset has modelled o
statuette about IS inches high of Miss
Frances E. Willard.
Emperor William has conferred on
Adolphe Mcneil the order of the black
eagle and has raised him to the nobility.
This is said to be the highest honor
ever given to a German artist. Mcneil
is 81 years old.
AT recent sale In London 81 $50 was
paid for fine impression of Bartoioz-
Ills engraving of Sir Thomas Law
rence's portrait of Miss Farren, the
famous actress, who became countess
of Derby. She is shown walking in a
park, away from the spectator. yet
turning her head back to him, one hand
holding her feathery hat and the other
lingering the boa about her neck, This
sum was nearly as large as that rail
to Lawrence for the original picture
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
IN THE BERMUDAS.
here Is "a Plague of Cats and SpaP-
rows and Too Many Worth.
less Ours.

People arriving in New York from Ber-
nuda say that the island is overrun
y cats and sparrows. The nuisance OF
Pc plague has even been discussed in
ee colonial legislature at Hamilton.
Asitors from the United States seek
rs the balmy climate of Bermuda are
pmplaining especially of the "cat
fngs" which nightly disturb their
Pep, says the New York Journal.
When the dog tax bill came up before
pe legislature. DR.. T. A. Outerbridge,
Pc of the members of the council, pro-
'psed an amendment. In doing so he
aid:
r. should like to see the bill recast
~ a heavier tax put upon dogs, be-
suse we have too many worthless ours
N Bermuda. | should also like to see
ak put upon cats. You may laugh,
p If there is any useless animal in
world it is cat. Cats may be of
*ne use in some countries, but they
u of no use here. They do not kill
e Is They do destroy our native birds.
a have not seen bluebird in six
ks, and there ought to be plenty
them here now from America. |
Re not seen one this year, and before
e all our native birds will be exter-
pated-between the cats and the
ARROWS"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
CYCLE AND CYCLIST.

German makers are said to be over
stocked to the extent of 10000 ma
chimes.
One English handle bar is provided
with a match-holding receptacle in the
center.
\ cyclst in New Zealand has been
awarded 81 coo for being run down by
holsgman.
The pcrpetuity of the cycle is assured
through its use by all ages, classes and
conditions Of men.
The police commissioner of Adelaide,
Australia. saves 6 940 year by mount
ing his men on cycles instead of horses.
Doubling up frame tubes seems TO be
increasing in popularity in England.
Front forks are made double, the ends
being connected at crown and tip; rear
forks are doubled on the chain side, and
in some cases on both sides, and the
lower frame tube (from crank hanger
to bottom ball race of head) is some
times made double part way and occa-
sionally all the way By such means
very great rigidity can be secured.
An odd method of determining the
amount to be allowed for n machine
to be taken in trade is used by an Eng
fish concern. They figure that three
shillings a week is fair allowance for
the use a person makes of a wheel.
They then ascertain how long the ma
chine has been used, multiply the num-
Der of weeks by three and deduct the
result, in shilings, from the original
cost of the wheel. Whatever is left is
the amount to be allowed for it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
AMONG RELIGIOUS BODIES.

Of the $4,000 German Baptists fully
one-fourth are said to be converts from
Romanism.
The Young Mems Hebrew association
of Savannah, Ga. recently celebrated
its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Catholicism is making progress in
China. 1t is computed that the num-
Der of Chinese Catholics is about $751;
IT'S.
Mrs. Eddy's mother church" Chris
tan Science), in Boston. has 10000
general members. Besides these
there are in the United States $4,000.
The Young Woman's Christian asso-
citation of New York city has 2O5 active
members and 315 associate members.
The Bible class has regular attend
ance of 500.
The smallest church in actual use by
an English-speaking congregation is in
Lullington, Sussex, England. 1t is
about 16 by 20 on the interior, with very
thick buttressed walls, and so much
spree is occupied by disproportionate
pulpit that only about 80 worshipers
can crowd into the room. II was built
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
The south Pole.

L'Eclair, of Paris recently published
an elaborate article, tires documents"
signed Dagoubert, and concerningitself
with the discovery of the south pole.
According to Dagoubert the region
about the pole is inhabited and organ
lied as kingdom, having the name
81 Etat d'Adelie." 1t is said 10 contain
100000 inha bitants. of whom Coo. eco are
French and 10000 Papuans, A trav-
eler who, Dagoubert says, happened TO
reach this country Of the south pole
has lately arrived in Paris. Ileris about
TO apply to the ministry and proposes
protectorate of the country and sub
sidy for it of 40,Oo0.0G0 francs a wear.
There is Said to be much gold in the
country, when is jealousy guarded by
the inhabitants. Some notice is being
paid NJ. Dagoubert by scientific men,
and he is Likely, it is said, to attract as
much attention in Paris as Louis de
Eougemont and his Australian tales did
in London
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24

WHAT STAGE FOLK TELL US.

1t is announced that Irving and Terry
will make five months tour of this
country next season.
Paris actresses wear paper lace,
which by night looks as beautiful and
delicate us the best of real lace, while
it costs but trifle,
Aside from the artists business and
personal staff and working force, there
are $50 people on the stage with Mr.
Mansfield in Cyrano.
Auguste Van Biene has appeared in
"The Broken Melody" nearly 1900 times
in England. The piece was a failure in
this country.
Rene Luguet. of the Gymnase com
pany, has withdrawn from the stage,
having reached the age of IS years. He
had part in the original cast of La
Dame aux Camelas." For some years
he had acted as stage manager.
An anti-Semitic theater has been
founded in Vienna. No plays by Jews
will be admitted, and the dramas given
will paint the Jews in black. The mu-
nicipal council of Vienna has given a
plot of ground and large subvention
to the theater.
Laurence Irving is said to be imita-
tive Of his father, Henry Irving. in play
ing the chief part in THE Crystal
Globe" a new London melodrama of the
bowling type. The character is mes
merist, so demonstratively weird and
figuring in scenes SO very sensational
that the reviewers poke fun at it. How
ever, the younger Irving is described as,
n clever antor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
ELECTRIC THAWING.
An Invention That Is Much In De.
mand Among the Mines of
the klOndike,

Miners who have returned from the
Kiondike say that in that region, as in
others where the winter temperature
runs down to well below zero, the bug
bear of the miner is the frozen soil in
which he has 10 work. Under the in
fiuence of the frost the ground turns
as hard as rock for several feet down.
and until this obdurate stratum is cut
through mining operations are at a
standstill. The way in which the soil
is softened has, so far, been to build
a bonfire, and simply thaw things out.
This, however, besides being tedious,
is a great waste of heat, IS per cent.
OF which is lost in the atmosphere A
patent for thawing the ground electric
ally has just been sold for large sum.
The invention is intended to be used
for winter mining in countries where
the cold is severe. Specially-construct-
ed dynamos and electrodes are placed
against the walls of the shaft. with
space OF from five to six feet of ground
intervening; so that when the current
is turned on it has to cross the face of
this space to complete the circuit. As
the ground contained therein forms
resistance to the motion of the cleo
tricity, heat is generated, and the
ground is thawed. The heat thus gen.
Grated can be so controlled that it can
be applied in any manner that will
utilize its full force and effect. By the
old bonfire system it took "a hours to
freeze out foot of soil; by the cleo
trical system it is claimed that it is
possible to thaw out the same depth Of
frozen earth in one hour, or "a feet per
day
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24

You mus go In on yoh muscle,
In dis rushin' world Of ours.
You mus stir yohse'f an hustle
Std O. waitin' to pick flowers
Folks ain lookin' fob you. no air,
Less dey knows jes' whah yOl H.
whut folks asks fob fun de grocer
Is de fling OATS advertiz
Dishere life's a long puhcessIon;
Mos OF us jes' mahch in line;
Hut de leaders, by puhfession,
Ia de band, wifi music fine.
An It ain de sof', sweet player
Dat marks time fob 'em to come.
It's dat noisy. solid slayer
Who keeps hammerin on de drum.
Washington Star
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24

side.
A physician declares that people who
sleep with their mouths shut live
longest.
High cheek bones always Indicate
great force of character in some direc-
tion.
Want of air kills man in five min
utes, want of sleep in ten days, want of
water in a week.
An European statistician has discov-
cred that only SIS per cent of the blends
marry, while 70 per cent. OF their bru-
nette sisters engage in matrimony.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24
OF INTEREST TO THE RACE.

If eyelashes are cut the eyes are
weakened.
From 1888 to 1887, inclusive, 1000 per-
sons were killed by lightning.
AS a rule, tears do not accompany a
baby's cries until it is three months old.
Eighty-five per cent. Of the people
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24

n eminent medical man, whose
Rtises on human hair have attracted
eh notice, among many other strik-
statements as to woman's chief
PITY, remarked that "bristling," when
VI IN speaking of the human hair, is
n figure. The hair is subject to and
enced by almost every passion of
human mind, and emotional hair,
inch he has treated especially, he
rs is quite common. Hair looks,
and falls differently when a per
as in sorrow. joy, surprise or de-
en- After day or two Of deep
'al study or violent bodily exercise.
PSI visible difference may be de-
a by a practiced observer. The day
a'ed to come, he maintains, when
eoloring in the hair will be a valua-
20 in Identification.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24

"f' Stops only on notice to conductor or
agent, or on signal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-24

Additional trains leave Frederick for Bruce
vile 100 go a. m. and 800 y. M week days
returning leave BruceVille for Frederick S.}S.
0.i0 IN. and $50 p. IN.
Trains leave Hanover for Gettysburg at 9. 80
a. m, 1879 and ~ p. M week DAYS: retur-
ing arrive AT Hanover from Gettysburll 9.l9a.
M, and l,2S p, M, week days.
TRAINS LEAVE YORK FOR THE NORTH.
Pacific and Northern Express, daily l.I9 a. m.
News Express, daily ..........., ..,,..G5i n. m.
Chicago ENp. and Fast Line daily, Los p. IN.
Chicago and st. Louis Express daily, G.l7 p. IN.
Westn and Southwestern Exp daily 1880 p. IN
For time tables and furth or information APP
ply To ticket agent at the station.
J. b. HUTCHINSON.
General Manager.
J. r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent.