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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
SOME PRACTICAL LAW.

An agreement by an attorney TO
prosecute suit entirely at his own ex-
pcase. in consideration Of oue-haif Of
the recovery, is held, in johnson vs.. Van
Wyck Cd. ~ Al l.. Il. a. 500, to be void
for champrrty.
Because the supplying of water TO
consumers is affected with public use,
It is held, in Griffin vs.. Goidsboro Water
company IN. CO. Il l.. r. a. 240, that
discrimination in rates between the
consumers * unlawful.
An attempt Of a person TO place his
property in trust, with remainder over,
reserving the beneficial interest to him
self for life. is held. in Schenck VS.
Barnes q. -. Il l.. Il. \. 395, to be in
valid as an attempt to place il beyond
the reach Of his creditors.
a sheriff who fails to collect taxes on
property which is mortgaged for moro
than il is worth, but accounts for them,
is held. in Alien VS.. Perrtue (ky.). Al l..
Il. \. 35l, to have no right to assert the
taA lien against the mortgagee to whom
the property has been conveyed in part
payment of the debt.
A statute making il an otfense to
have possession of prohibited articles
which are of no lawful use. such as
record Of numbers drawn in a lottery,
or of a lottery ticket, is held. in Ford
VS.. state (Md.). Al l.. r. A. 55l. to be con-
stitutionaL and ignorance of the char
arter Of the articles is held to consti-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
PROGRESSIVE SENTENCES.

Here are some curious sentences in
which each word contains one more letter
than the preceding word:l
do not care about garden partie. al
though receiving numberless invita-
tons periodically.
am not very sorry Walter tumbled
headlong, screaming alarmingly unut-
terable maledictions.
81 60" was that hero's answer, dash
ing forwards, Napoleon's battaEons
Immediately surrendering.
l go ten miles every Monday, through
pleasant woodlands, ottentimes judi
ciously accompanying excursonists
mountaineering
am sad when fancy brings mocking
memories returning; detestably impor-
tunate, occasionally disappointing un-
questionably disembarrassing, uarea-
sonaDleness, conscientiousness.
l do not feel alarm, having happily
overcome jaundiced prejudice's in
Vulnerable traducements, Discriminate
ly understandable, Notwithstanding un-
eXtinguishable misinterpretation, char
acteristically intercommunieations in
comprehensibleness-Golden Days.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

During lS97Ncbraska marketed $14o,-
772,4 worth of products.
A ferry for loaded cars is talked Of
between Tampa, Fla, and Havana.
The swallow has larger mouth in
proportion to its size. than any other
bird.
Mississippi, which few years ago
bought hay largely from other sta,es,
now has hay to sell.
Last year Boston expended $115.S02
for the support of drunkards in the
houses of correction in Suffolk county.
Spiders in vast numbers have taken
possession of house owned by Mrs.
Julia Pierce, in Southport, Me-, and
rendered it uninhabit
Two notable coronations occurred
on Christmas day; that of Charlie
magne, as emperor of the west, in the
year 500, and that of William the Con-
queror at Westminster Abbey. in 1906
Clovis, the first Christian king Of
France, was baptized on Christmas
day. 406.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
WHAT SCIENTISTS TELL US,

The average height of clouds is rath-
er over a mile.
Some of the stars move with a veloc-
ity Of 50 miles a second,
The horse has the smallest stomach
of any quadruped in proportion to size.
1t is stated that 90 per cent. of the
common contagious diseases are car
ried from house to house by the do
mestic pets of the world.
If needle is inserted into the side
of supposed corpse aud withdrawn,
the hole will remain open if the patient
be really dead. But if the patient lives
the SIKH VIII SiN'rN s-r -,
aMears.
K Viennese mcterologist has proved
by experiments that rainbows are CON
dtioned by the size of raindroPs and
that, while we ordinarily see only two
rainbows side by side, there are as
many 30.
a person who has totally lost the
sense of hearing in one ear, although he
may imagine that the defect is of little
consequence. can not locate the dircc-
ton of a sound, to save his life, even
when the center Of disturbance is quite
near him
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
ACTRESSES FAvORITE DISHES.
Rose Coghlan coufesses that she likes
oysters and quail and champagne.

Rose Coghlan confesses that she likes
oysters and quail and champagne.
Olga Nethersole likes a chop or
Dreaded outlet after the play, as well as
glass of ale.
Modieska has very small appetite
and biscuit and small glass of wine
is what She prefers.
May Irwin may be found after the
play usually devouring hot club sand
wich and a glass of fresh milk.
Virginia Harmed likes bowl of boul-
lion after the play, and sometimes a
broiled sweetbread with a glass of
beer.
Johnstone Benefits appetite matches
her mannish attire, for grilled bone
or deviled kidney with bitter beer is
her favorite midnight supper.
Nine. Janauschek, one of the old
school actresses, always has a good
hearty supper. She has been seen eat
ing pigs feet and cabbage with beer.
Maudc Adams isn't always hungry
after the performance, but there is al
ways prepared for her a dainty supper,
of which cold chicken always, and raw
oysters usually, form part.
Marie Dressler, being a healthy
young woman with normal appetite,
undecorated by frills of any kind, con-
fesses that she eats whatever she
wants, whenever she wants it.
Nella Bergen, unlike most prima
donnas, shuns the after-theater restau-
rant ard enjoys nothing more riotous
than a club sandwich and a cup of choc-
olate in her own rooms after the per-
formanee.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
MAJORS AND MINORS.

Alexander Siloti, the pianist, is q
Russian.
Antonin Dvorax was born in Bo-
hemia in 1871. He is still living.
"Say Au Revoir, but Not Good-by,'
was written by Harry Kennedy.
Mascagni's latest opera is named
"Iris." The scene is laid in Japan.
Hector Berlioz was born in France on
December II, 1903, and died on March
0, 1896.
Paderewslli, Slvinsky Essipotf and
Bloomfield-Zeisler are all pupils of
Theodore Leschetitzly.
Anton Greg% Rubenstein was born
on November 80, 1929, in Roumania.
He died at peterhoff. in Russia. in No.
vembcr. 1894.
Standard pitch has varied during re.
cent times between the limits 500 and
10 and 500 and 40 for the note Con the
third space of the treble clef.
Haydn is pronounced Hydn; Gluck,
Glerck; Beethoven, Bay-toe-ven; Men
delssohn, -dell-sone; Weber, Way
bur; Meyerbeer, My-cr-beer; Wagner.
Vok-nur; List, Leest; Paderewski,
Pah-ter-eff- Sky.
Wagner wrote the "siegfried" idyl as
birthday piece for his wife. 1t re.
ceived its name from his son, Siegfred
Wagner, who was born during the time
Wagner was composing the music
drama "Siegfried," after the hero of
which he named his child.
Two forms of minor scales are used
at present; the melodic and the har
monic. In the former the sixth and
seventh notes of the sc&ie are raised in
ascending and lowered again in dc.
scending. In the harmonic the seventh
only is raised both in ascending and
descending.
Johannes Brahms died at Vienna on
April 3, 1897. He was the son of Ham.
burg double-base player, and was born
May Z, 1898. His father gave him his
first instruction. He made his debut
in Hamburg in 1s47 as a pianist. He de.
voted his talents, however, to compo.
sition and the conducting of orchestras
He received many honors and amassed
large fortune. Brahms may certainly
be classed among the greatest of the
modern composers. - Ladies' Homo
Journal,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES.

Japan now makes its own electric
machinery.
Baby carriages propelled by electric
ity are in use in Paris.
A franchise for an electric road from
Santiago. Cuba, to the cemetery and
to El Caney has been granted by Geu.
Wood to prominent local business men.
Over 60,0o0 horsepower of Niagara
power is now in actual use, and the end
Is not yet. The demand is constantly
ahead of the supply of current for
power purposes.
A successful conversation over tele-
phone wires has been held between Lit
tie Rock, Ark, and Boston, circuit of
some 1000 miles. This surpasses the
recent achievement of telephone cor
nections between Kansas City and Bos-
ton
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
THE LATEST IN JEWELRY.

dragon of gold set with very small
brilliants is very pretty brooch,
Scent bottles of jade with gold stop
pers and set with birth-month stones
are in demand
Among the brooch novelties is one
representing a bunch of oak leaves
enameled in natural autumn colors.
A ladle of gold with a handle to rer-
resent vines set with leaves in delicate
green enamel is both pretty and useful.
The latest addition to the rapidly in.
creasing number of cut glass novelties
Is in bowls and pitchers. The bottoms
are of pure white crystal, while Sarthei
upward the tint becomes soft green
which at the top shades into dark
green.-Jewelers' Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
CARVING AS AN ART.
II should tie Taught - Every Child
Because III y NUw Considered
an Accomplishments.

Only persistent practice and definite
knowledge make carving pleasure
and "a success Neither illustration nor
diagrams are Of much assistance in
learning Ills art As Il distinguished
authority on carving says in his mon
o2raph on the subject: illustrations
cannot prove hopeful because the ac-
tual thing before us bears fain, re-
St mblauce TO pictures. these being able
TO give us orly surfaces With no hints
OF what may be inside"
by righ! OF precedence the carver's
chair belongs to the head of ihe house,
either father or mother. but weariuess.
rreoccuratiou, or. more often. a pa
rents pleasure in contemplating he in
creaSinS deftuese Of clever son or
daughtrr in presiding over and prop
erly distributing a joint. fowl or fish,
leads the elders to resign in favor Of
the youth when guests are not present
Carving at the table it is said, is now
considered not only a useful art, but a
social Accomplishment as well \ prac-
tical knowledge Of its process should
b" part of the education of all young
people,
Children should know how to carve
by the time they are Is years old. In
France . boy is required to take his
turn in cutting and serving meats at
table as soon as he is strong enough 10
handle the knife and tall enough TO
READILY rCnch the mint mr. fnXvl Same.
times he stands upon a broad stool
made for the purpose, and he is proud
when he is successful, ana ashamed
when found imPertect.-Chicago Times.
Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
THE PRACTICAL CHEMIST.

He must inform the miner how much
metal is in certain ore.
He must be able to tell how much
phosphate a specimen contains.
To the prospector he must be able to
say what per cent. of metal a sample Of
ore will produce.
An analytical chemist must be able
TO discover if articles of food contain
adulterations of any sort.
He must be able to tell the manufac.
turers of baking powder or of soap, etc,
what his competitors articles contain.
He must ascertain how much GER
tain fertilizer will enrich the plant and
how free from injurious substances
IL is.
To those using boilers he must be
able to tell how much boiler scale the
water will produce, while health com
missioners and others will have water
tested for its purity from a sanitary
standpoint.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
NOTED BY THE TRAVELLER.

Sherry cobblers are not blooming
success as shoemakers.
Some men are born great and some
have to be elected,
The girl who poses for artists al.
ways leads a model life.
Some men are like dice-easily rat
tied, but hard TO shake.
Men and watches are judged hy their
works; both have wheels.
All is fair in love except flirtation--
that is only half fair.
Men always bow TO fate, but not as
matter of courtesy.
Some marriages are like jug handles
-one-sded affairs.
Men who preach by the yard usually
practice by the inch.
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
GREAT THOUGHTS.

Great souls are always loyal, submis-
sive, reverent to what is over them
Carlyle.
There is only one real failure in life
possible, and that is, not TO be true to
the best one knows.-Canon Farrar.
The progress of man is movement to-
ward God, and movement toward God
will insure the gradual unfolding of all
Chat exalts and adorns mau.- Mark
Hopkins.
4 A humble man is a joyous man.
There is no worship where there is no
Joy. For worship is something more
than either the fear of God or the love
of Him. 1t is delight in Him.-F. w.
Faber.
n 1t is always safe to take it for grant
ed that, as yourself, so others are try
Ing to do their best. Shortcoming is no
sigr of shortwilling. Sweetness is never
whipped in.--J. L. w. Ware.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
WHERE ARE THEY?

A few years ago 4,5OO,OOO bronze two.
cent pieces were set afoat. Three
million of them are still outstanding.
Twenty million three-cent silver
pieces are scattered over the United
States, but it is very rarely that one is
seen.
OF 100000 half-cent pieces, which
correspond in value to English far.
things. not one has been returned to
the government for coinage, or is held
by the treasury.
1t is a standing question to ask what
becomes of all the pins made every
year. But pins are very small, and
when bent or rusty are worthless, and
so il makes no difference.
What becomes of all the old coins /?
There are 109,9Oo,OOO old copper ren.
nies somewhere. Nobody knows what
has become of them. except that once
in awhile a single specimen turns up
In change.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
Condition ul thc Cars Army.

An American traveller who has spent
much time in Russia says the cars
peace proposals are unlikely to be
heard of on the frontier for several
months to come, consequently the
Russian army will not be seriously afz.
fccted. OF The army he says: "It Is
better whipped than fed. The rations
to each soldier are two pounds OF
suchary, a small quantity Of salt and
pint of barley soup, made without
meat. On national holidays, such as
the birthdays Of the emperor and en-
press, they have what they call high
living which consists of potatoes.
corned beef and pork. They are re-
quired to accompany their officers to
the cathedral, but before leaving the
guardhouse pass in line in front of
great tub of vodka, each with cup in
hand. This he fills to the brim, cry
Ing out as he swallows It: Long live
our emperor and his familvi'H
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
A QUEER CROP.

There is a 25-acre field of carnations
~ Redondo, Cal.
Wheat ripens in Chill and Argentine
p January; in Peru in November.
PeacL stones find ready market in
New York City, where perfume, flavor
ms extracts and prussic acid are dis
Nlled from the kernels
4 turnip seed increases its own
Weight IS times in minute On peat
ground turnips have been found to
'ncrease by growth 16,999 times the
Feight Of their seed ea1h day they
Nlood upon the soil.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17

graceful flare in the hang of the skirt
The sides and oack of the waist fit close
ly while the front falls loose. A cord
to match the yoke finished with a large
round bail confines the robe at
the waist.
The brilliantine yoke is almost round
and the neck is finished with band Of
the same material or ribbon. The
sleeves are very long and flowing,
slightly smaller than angel sleeves, and
like the foot of Tie skirt are bordered
with a three-inch band of the briIian-
tine,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
INTERESTING LONDON NOTES.

Single eyeglasses worn by women Is
the form taken by the latest London
fashionable insanity
Manx is the best tongue for court
ing, as it has 81 ways in which to say
MY dear" This is the opinion of ths
London Manx society.
King Charles is pale blue silk up-
dershirt, worn by him on the scaffold
and stained with his blood, brougf.
sl,o22 at auction in London recently,
Underground London contains "a 900
niles OF telegraph.wires, 3,OO3 miles of
sewers, 4,530 miles of water mains. s.acn
niles OF gaspipe. all definitely fixed
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
BraYerx His Buainess.

"Did you tell that young man that
there are microbes in kissP" said
Maud.
"Yes," answered Mamie. But he has
q reputation to sustain as a hero. He
doesn't dare be afraid of any nything."-
Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
No Resemblance.

Creston-Barnes doesn't look like an
actor, does he?
Clarke-No, doesn't act like one,
either.-Town Topics.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17

Dauber--I confess that have no ul-
terror interests live for my art.
Friend-You'd find ii much less
agreeable to live by it.-Town Topics
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
Tcmrernnce Stnhr

She-They say that cold hands are
sign of warm heart.
He--Yes; and cold bottle Is sign OF
9 hot time.-Indianapolis Jonrnal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-05

,;,or,s annual exhibit Of the finances
Audi'J. an county, State of Washing
Of Gan sam July /, 1897 to January !, 1899
'0 "a. statement, rolls OF 1885, iAAA''e
oroDerty, year 1885,
p1OPN roy .7QA o.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-05
TO cuRE A COLD IN oNH DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money II It falls
TO Cure, Is cents. The genuine has Il.
Il q. ON each Tablet.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-05
Stair OF WASHINGTON, =

S'H coes Tr OF ~s SAN JUAN toS
I, A. H. Sitter, Auditor in and for San Juan
County. Warrington, hereby certify that the
foregoing statement contains a trae and correct
account ofthe finances of San Juan Coudty from
July I, 1897, to January I, 1892
Witness my hand and Official seal this and day
of January, 1900. A. H. Sitter
isEAL1 Coanty Auditor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-05
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Friday Harb0r postomce for the
month ending December 81, 1858:
Mr.. John Shea.
Persons calling for any Of the above
letters pleased say " advertised
J. e. TUCKER, r. d.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-05
AUDITOHS FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
COUNTY rKsrrrurK FUND.


Summary receipts and disbursements, inciud-
ing transfers In ali funds. from July T. 1897, to
January l. 1899:
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AUDITORS EXHIBIT.
.xcrrnEsr FINANCIAL SHOWING

sliter's Exhibit OF the
A's Finance. of San Juan s County s s.s,'
.,,,gton, from July i. 1877
% January /. lsss'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29
see the Pekln through the Matches over

see the PekIn through the matches over
head.
Colonel James $. Petit. commander
of the Thirty-first volunteers. ordered
the ManauenSe TO proceed to Guam
and await relief. but the captain of
the Manauense demurred. the officers
say. because the government was
renting the ship for $500 per day.
Throughout the remainder of the voy-
age the engines of the ManauenSe
failed frequently. and the ship would
roll for 4 few hours while the en-
gineS were repairing. Then the steam
er would proceed again for a few
hours. The meat and vegetables rot
ted because of the failure of the re-
frigerators. and We're thrown over
board. After the storm the water sup
piled TO the ship at Honolulu had TO be
used for the boilers and there was
little or none for drinking. In fact. ii
is asserted that during the last week
OF the voyage the men lived almost en-
tiYely on whisky. beer and bareback.
The officers and soldiers We're utter
ly exhausted when they reached Ma
Mia. They declare the engineers were
grossly Incompetent. The officers also
say that the behavior of the troops
was beyond praise. For days they
worked in the dark. Suffocating hold
with water sometimes up to their
shoulders, and planks washing about
i'll IA manner dangerous to life and
limb. The officers took the lead in bail
ing. and encouraged the men. The
captain of the ship promised the men
- cents a day for bailing, but he now.
proposes ~ pay unem :,I.oU. Inc SOL
dieTs talk of attaching the ship.
San Francisco. Nov. 29.-TranSport
officials at this port are at n loss to ex-
plain the alleged unseawOrthy condi-
ton of the transport ManauenSe.
whose arrival at Manila was reported
yesterday. y representative of the AS
sociated Press interviewed II number
of officials. and in every instance the
alleged unSeaworthineSS. under
manned and under-provisioned condi-
ton of the vessel was ridiculed and de-
clared absurd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29

To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use of atomizers in apply
ing liquids into the nasal passages fol
catarrhal troubles, the proprietors
prepare Cream Balm in liquid form,
which will be known as EIy's Liquid
Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is as cents. Druggists
or by mail. The liquid form embod-
les the medicinal properties of the
solid preparation. Cream Balm is
quickly absorbed by the mem brane
and does not dry up the secretions
but changes them 10 2 natural and
healthy character. Ely Brothers, sc
Warren street, New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29
TWO HORSES WILD FLIGHT
Farmers Team Runs Away and Gives an
Exhibition of Fence Jumping.

Farmers Team Runs Away and Gives an
Exhibition of Fence Jumping.
A team of horses hitched to a spring
wagon loaded with turkeys belonging
to Fred Mellow, a Taylor Ridge farmer,
broke a strap to which they were
tied in front of Hsrtz & Ullemeyer's
drug store and dashed up Twentieth
street this morning. At Sixth avenue
they ran into a post and left the
wagon. The infuriated animals ran
across the street, jumped the iron
fence surrounding the residence of j.
F. Robinson, cleared a second picket
fence in the east part of the premises
and were nabbed by James Edgar lust
as they were attempting to climb over
a third fence in the extreme end of the
yard. Neither horse was seriously
hurt, one escaping without a scratch,
while the other sustained a cash in
the leg. The wagon was slightly
damaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29
HAD A LITTLE GOLD MINE.
But 1t Was Illicit, and Now He Is Under
$1,000 Bail.

New York. Nov. 22.-David d..
Badeau. ~ years old. who has con-
Quoted stamp store ut II Broadway
for the past sixteen months. was ar
rested 10y federal officials yesterday,
charged with buying and selling
washed internal revenue stamps. He
was held ia 5000 bail.
Internal revenue officials allege that
he had been buying and selling washed
stamps ut the rate of $4,000 to 5000 a
day; that he has cleared about S30.OGU
by his transactions. and that the gov
eminent has lost twice that amount
hPcnuSp of them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29
Licensed to Wed.
Hindoo Confectionery,

Like the American girls. HindoO
girls are passionately fond of sweet
things. One of their candies. sadu. is
very much like our plain sugar candy.
1t is made of sugar AID milk and fla
vored with altar of roses. Buddhika-
bal, or hair of Buddha. is one of their
most popular sweetmeats. 1t is so
called because it is in ane. long strings
like vermicelli. This is made of sugar
and cream from buffalo's milk, which
is exceedingly rich. The women pass
most of their time eating candy and
gossiping- Baltimore News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29

NOR RENT-SEvEN-ROO HOUSE. ALL
ldern cOuvcuiences. Apply 1903 Sew
enth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-29

NOR RENT-FU FINISHED ROOM. WITH
Il hath. down town: gentleman preferred
1923 Third avenue.