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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
Arrival and Departure Of Trains.
BALTIMORE 4 ONO RAILROAD.
Schedule in Effect May lith, 1889
LEAVE FREDERICK.
BALTIMORE Il

4.35 \. NJ, except SUNDAY for Washington.
philadelphia and New York Due at
Washington G51 a. m.
6OOa m, daily, for Washington. Cumberland
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York, ana except sunday for Hag,rStoWn.
Due Washington $50 "a. in.
go a, m. daily. Tor Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York. Due Baltimore $50 a. IN.
10 a. m. except sunday for Baltimore and
principal way stations, Philadelphia and
New York. puc Baltimore 1923 a. m.
40 a. m, except sunday, for llarpcr'S Ferry,
Winchester, Harrisonburg and Lexington
$40 a M. except sunday, for Washington,
Philadelphia and New York, Hagerstown
and way stations, tincinnati, lndianapo-
ton ll:51 a. IN.
10 p. m, except sunday, for Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York
Due Baltimore 1910 p. m.
$40 p. m, due for Washington and way sta
tons, Philadelphia and New York, Cum
nerland, Cincinnati and st. Louis. Due
Washington COS p m.
40 p. m, daily, for Baltimore and way sta
tons, Philadelphia and New York Due
Baltimore 40 p. IN.
gu p. m, except Sunday, for Washington,
HagerStown, Winchester and way stations,
Pittsburg, Wheeling, Chicago, Philadel-
phia and New York Due Washington $40
m.
ARRIVE AT FREDERICK.
SO a. m, except sunday from Cincinnati,
flttsburg, Washington junction and way
arrives on this train
$50 a m, except sunday, from Mt. Airy.
S.Sl a. m, except Sunday from Winchester,
Hagerstown and way stations
l0.l5 q. m, except Sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
1850 a. m. except Sunday, from Washington
and way stations.
liz a. m, Sunday only from Washington
and way stations, St Louis, Chicago and
Wheeling.
1928 p. m, sunday only, from Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York.
l55 p. m, except sunday, from It. Louis,
Cincinnati and Chicago, New York. Phila-
delphia, Washington, HagerstOwn, Lex
lngtOn and way stations.
3i3 p. m, sunday only, from Washington
and way stations, st. Louis and Cincinnati.
400 p. m, except sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
$40 p m, except Sunday. from Washington
and way stations, Philadelphia, New York,
Fhttsburg and Chicago
$50 p. m, except sunday, from Baltimore
ana way stations, Philadelphia and New
York.
sos p m daily, from Baltimore and way
stations.
SS5p. m, except sunday, from Washington
Cumberland, Ilagerstnwn, brunswick and
way stations
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

iOl'N'rrANlRS On Pixies PEAK.
for coasrug down the track. the aver
age descent ol which is S44S feet per
mile. The tohogEaE is supposed to be
used only for pleasure purposes, no
employe being authorized to use it
while in discharge .. his duties.
The device consists essentially of
plank II inches wide and 3 feet in
length, along the middle of the under
side of which there is cleat which
runs between the rack bars ana holds
the toboggan thereon. On either side
of the middle cleat there are brake
shoes bolted to the plank at one end
and bearing against the outside sur
faces of the rack bars or cog teeth.
These brake shoes are applied by
clamps bent over the sides of the plank
and operated by lever which, as ap-
pears in the Illustration, the rider holds
within his grasp.
The plank bears upon the upper
edges of the cog teeth by steel runners,
which consist of two straps bent over
the ends of the plank. To hold the
device in balance bar or pole is
bolted to the top of the plank, cross
wise, extending over the track rail on
either side. Across the front end Of
the plank there is bolted a rest for the
r.der's feet.
The method of operating the device
Is simply to place the tOboggan on the
track, sit down and attend to the
brake.
The speed attainable with this tobog-
gan depends upon the pleasure of the
rider. A record of a fraction under a
mile a minute has been made on the
particular tOboggan shown in this H.
lustration, there being many of them
In use on the road.
The entire stretch of track from the
top of the peak, down to Manitou, nine
miles, is used, except at four points
where the track rails diverge at sid
ings. AT these points the rider must
come to stop and carry his toboggan
about 40 feet. 1t is officially stated
that on one occasion an employe of the
company made the entire trip over the
nine miles In II minutes.
The high friction created by the con-
tact of the runners with the rack rails
causes the former to heat, ana on the
ghter grades Of 8 to IL per cent the
heated runners have been known to
adhere to the rack rail and stop the
toboggan.
For the purpose of fabrication and to
prevent the runners from unduly heat
ing, the rider carries bar of soap
which he applies to the top of the rack
teeth by reaching over in front of the
toboggan. Even then the friction is so
great that at very high speed on the
long grades streams of fire follow the
toboggan.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

Do you want something new in the
way of entertainments. Then give a
poster party Don't get lot of pos
ters to ornament your rooms. but re-
uuest your friends to come represent
ing some familiar poster character.
The assembled party of poster persons
will certainly have very jolly time
together.
Costume parties are pretty generally
approved by those who enter into the
spirit of the thing. And the popular
posters of the last few years furnish
many inviting opportunities for weird
dressing and posing. Such costumes
are not hard to get up, and no expen-
sive material need be used. If the in
vited friends are well acquainted and
unconstrained no other entertainment
need ue provided than informal music
and dancing and light refreshments.
for each guest win bring his or her
share to the amusement of all.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
WHICH FOOT WALKS FASTER
One Log VIII Invariably Take . Longer
Stride Than the Other.


You may think this 10 a very silly
question to ask, but is III There is NO
catch about it. 1t Is a simple, demon
strable fact, which you can prove to
your own satisfaction in q very few
minutes.
II you will take any pavement that
10 clear OF other pedestrians, so that
there shall be no interference, and walk
briskly In the centre, you will find that
before you have gone a hundred yards
you will have veered very much to one
side. You must not make any con-
Scious effort, Of course, to keep In the
centre, or you may do It, but II you
will think Of something and endeavor
to walk naturally it Is hundred to
one you cannot keep direct line.
The explanation Of this lies in the Pc
culiarity of one foot to walk faster
than the other. Or, to be more correct.
perhaps 1t should be said that one leg
takes a longer stride than the other,
and this, combined with the quicker
movement, causes enc to walk more to
one side than the other.
1t is well known, for instance, that II
one be lost in the woods the tendency
Is to walk in circle and eventually
to return about to the starting point.
This demonstrates the fact also that
one foot walks faster than the other.
You can try an interesting expert
ment in this way if you will place two
stakes in the lawn, about eight feet
apart, and then stand off about sixty
feet from them, allow yourself to be
hlindfolded, and endeavor to walk be-
tween them. You will find it an al
most impossible task, because one foot
will go bit faster than the other,
either to the right or left. Now, which
one of your feet walks faster than the
other?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
DOES FARMING PAYf
p,vends Largely Upon Management and
Economy in All Things.

UenGh1H
Economy in All Things.
II is very natural for the prosperous
larson In any vocation to tell the IN
tortrnate one that his failures are due
IA lack of judgment and energy. Let
NJ examine the profit of farming from
a business standpoint.
Mr.. A, retired merchant, has 3d.
900 to invest in farming. The follow
ing gives rough estimate of expenses
and income: We assume that Mr.. A
employs Mr.. r to do his farming; $500
ana house Is no eXtravagant salary
for Mr.. B. Mr.. A also hires Mr.. G for
eight months at $25 per month. Mr..
4 buys a well improved farm of 16O
acres at $75 per acre, $4,000. To
ecuIp said farm costs $1,000. We then
have the following items Of expense:
Interest on $4,000 at 6 per cent,
$3.50; taxes, $125; insurance, $12; an
nual repair of buildings and fences.
$50; seeds, including clover. 500: feed
for four horses, 5000; incidentals. $25;
Mr. BIS wages, $500; Mr. C's wages,
5000; threshing and extra help during
year, 800; total expenses. $1,SS2.
Now as to his income. We assume
that Mr. A intends to engage in gem
eral farming-clover, corn, oats and
wheat. Deducting roads. drives and
yards. it will give us So acres of each
crop:
Wheat SO acres by 20 bushels at roc,
So: corn, So acres by 80 bushels. at
800. $50: oats, IS acres by 40 bushels,
at 25c.. $3.50; hay 90 tons at s.. 500;
total income. S1.5S2; total expenses,
81 $50; loss, $500.
II is apparent if Mr.. A had to Dor
row the money to buy the farm, he
could not meet his actual expenses,
unless he gets higher prices or in
crcases the yield per acre. The con-
clnSion Is no matter how much iudg-
mant and energy farmer has, it is
very doubtful whether he can afford
to pay $40 per acre for a well i'm
proved farm for the purpose of rails
ing clover, corn. oats and wheat The
remedy for Mr.. A lies in converting
the clover-instead of using it as fer
tilizer-into beef, mutton and pork
This Of course means more capital and
additional risk.
Can a young man buy a farm and
ever expect to pay for It? Yes, If he
car get good farm for $50 per acre
and is willing to practice mixed farm
ing, and scrupulously live up to the
motto "Waste Not"
There are many farms in every
country where with the present prices
1t is impossible to make a fair living
with general farming. What shall
these farmers do? Some say change
the tactics and raise some special
crop-berries, fruit, sheep, poultry,
etc.-good advice. provided these
farms are SO located that they are in
reach Of a good market
Does farming pay? The man that
bought farm two years ago says 1t
does. The one who bought % years
ago says no. Thirty years ago we
paid for one acre Of naked ground as
much as three acres improved. equally
good SOIL bought at public sale last
summer.-Country Gentleman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

A Princeton professor, being troubled
by hardness at the morning lecture,
on the part of some of the students,
advised them, when they complained
that they had to study so hard at night
that they could not arise early, to get
alarm clocks. The next day nearly
every student in the class came into
recitation with an alarm clock in his
pocket, which by patient and united
efforts were set so that one would go
off promptly at every successive min
ute of the hour. The effect can be
imagined. Shortly after the first stu
dent was called to recite one of the
clocks in the pocket of boy at the
other end of the room went off with
terrible clamor, and before it had fin
ished a second In another part Of the
room made even louder racket.
There was a brief interval which the
professor utilized to call up another
student, but the latter was scarcely on
his feet before the third clock went
off. The performance was continued
for half an hour or more, when the
professor who had a keen sense of
humor, recognized the situation and
cut short the fun by terminating the
recitation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

An excess OF nitrogen usually tends
toward wood production and an in
creased growth, at the expense, it Is
thought, of the crop Of fruit. Potash
and phosphOric acid, on the other
hand, are supposed to promote the gen
eral vigor of the tree, and increase the
quality Of the fruit 1t is thought
that potash imparts high color to
peaches and Strawberries. and covers
grapes and plums with deep bloom;
but its effect on the fruit has not vet
been thoroughly studied.
The experience of many large fruit
growers fayors the use of potash in
fertiliZing orchards 1t is commonly
applied in the form of muriate. from
200 to 300 lbs. p being considered
an economical dressing If the orchard
receives an application each year.
often wonder if the practice Is not
sometimes carried too far. and II
complete fertilizer would not, in many
cases. give better results.
The result Of experiments in the fer
tiliZing of peach orchards at the n ].
exp. sta. shows the greatest yield Of
fruit per acre where muriate of potash
and nitrate Of soda were applied. but
potash gave much better results than
either nitrate of soda or phosphoric
acid alone. Potash seemed to promote
a certain vigor aud thrift which were
lacking in trees deprived of them.
Potash has proved the most valuable
Of the single elements: the net gain
being greater than where barnyard
manure was used. The largest net
gain. however. came from using
common fertilizer. s. D. Willard, the
well-known western New York horti-
culturist. says: "In order to have good
hard wood. healthy leaves and we'll
developed buds we must rely upon
potash and phosphoric acid.-Prof w
e. Rritton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
Unions r1anInr.

The natives of Kottiar are in the
habit of digging every year, in the
summer the dry banks of the Vergel
river for fish, which they dig out by
hundreds, just as they would potatoes.
The mud Jumps are broken open and
The fish, perhaps eight or ten inches
long, will always be found alive, and
often frisky, as if just removed from
its supposedly native element the
water. In the dry bed of several Afri-
can rivers a similar practice is often
pursued kind of mud fish buries
itself whilst the bottom is still moist,
and remains there all the summer,
waking up when the rains commence
again
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
bringing the Time of Day.

In Ulster, Engr you can find the
bull" flourishing; here is pretty ex-
ample Of the acted bull" A certain
squire had just set up with great pains
and elaborate mathematical calcule-
tons, a sun-dial in his garden, and
was naturally a little proud of it. One
day, as 1t 90 happened, being close to
the garden, he was in doubt as to the
right time, and told a boy who was
with him to run down and get him the
time from the dial. After a few min
utes the boy appeared dragging with
him something heavy. Here she is, yer
Honor, an hard set All was to get her
up" He had torn up the dial from its
setting and dragged it up the hill.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

Washington, May 16.-Rear Admiral
g. W. Sumner has been assigned to
duty as Commandant of the Port Roy.
al, s. g. naval station, relieving Capt.
Rockwell, who is ordered home and
placed OH waiting orders.
Capt. G. G. Reiter has been detached
from duty as inspector in charge Of
the Thirteenth Lighthouse district and
assigned as Commandant of the Puget
Sound naval station.
Capt. J. G. Green detached as Com.
mandant of the Puget Sound station
has also been ordered home and placed
OH waiting orders.
NEWS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

In advocating the practice of boiling
water land milk of uncertain purity,
Professor Bizzozero combats the pre-
judice against boiled water as a bever-
age. He maintains that the taste
frequently complained of in boiled
water is really caused by the kettle,
and can scarcely be due to the absence
of dissolved air, Of which water from
wells of great depth often contains
very LITTLE
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

Additional trains leave Frederick for Bruce
willie $50, 8 50 a N and % p. m. weekdays;
returning, leave Brucevilc for Frederick S 80,
1910 "A. m, and $50 p. IN.
Trains leave Hanover for Gettysburg at 949
a m, y 80 and 5.42 p. IN. weekdays; return
ing, arrive AT Hanover from Gettysburg, ne
a m. and 42S p, IN. weekdays.
TRAINS LEAVE YORK FOR THE NORTH.
Pacific and Northern Express, daily149 a. m.
News tXpress, daily ................ 6.5i a. m.
Niagara Exp. and Mail, wcck-days. 10 q n. m.
Chicago Exp. and Fast Line, daly...l.53 p. m.
Western and Southwes'n Exp. dailyl0.3l p. m.
For time tables and further information APP
ply TO Ticket Agent AT the station
j, b. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD,
General Manager General Pass Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

Arab music has been described as the
singing of prima donna who has rup-
tured her voice in trying to sing duet
with herself. Each note starts from
somewhere between sharp and fiat,
but does not stop even there, and splits
up into four or more portions, of which
no person can be expected to catch
more than one at time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

In Mississippi family of six per-
sons was carried bodily 600 yards by a
tornado. The story about the setting
hen deposited gently in the nest on the
apex of a peaked roof without break
ing an egg j. about due.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

In France. when a convict is SEN
.enced to death by the guillotine the
day of his execution is not named in
his presence, and he knows not when
he Is to be led forth until within fif-
leen minutes OF the fatal moment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
TUESDAY, JUNE 9th, 1899,

Mt 10 o'clock, a. NJ, at which time said Com
missioners will meet at the Court House and
open such Proposals and award the Contracts
To the lowest responsible bidders, who will be
required to give bond as the Commissioners
may approve for the faithful performance of
the contracts
For copies Of Supplies wanted, call on or
address u. II ORDEMAN, Secretary, or II Il.
WITTER, Treasurer, Frederick City, Md. The
Board reserves the right TO reject any or all
bids. A. II. ETZLEt, President
fe162t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

The estimated value of the sultan's
jewels is $40,000,000. If his majesty
has any hobby at all, it may be said
to be the purchasing Of jewels and
witnessing private theatricals. No
professional of note-be he actor sing
er or coniuror-passes through Con
stantinople without an invitation from
the sultan. lie Always pays for these
performances in bank Of England
1OfpS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
No Danger II PneumOhiA.

The insect effects It's breathing, not
as men and animals do, by the lungs,
out through openings in all sides of the
body. 1t has an intricate system of
:ubes running through all parts of its
person, through which the air is
brought in contact with the legs, wings,
and so on. These tubes are each pro-
tected by delicate membranes. In the
fly there exist certain air pouches, in
addition to the tubes, which serve as
reservoirs of air.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23

At Young Mems Christian associa-
lion dinner in New York last week one
Of the speakers, lawyer, told of eli
ant who every time he wrote to him
Inclosed tract, and said that the last
letter, recently received, instructed him
10 collect the money due on mortgage,
and If it wasn't paid In thirty days to
Ioreclose. The tract accompanying
that letter was headed: He that
giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
NOTICE.

The Commissioners of Charities and Corrcc-
lions of Frederick County Md, will receive
Sealed Proposals for furnishing supplies for
the use of the Almshousc and Jail from July l.
1899, to October /. 1899. The said Proposals will
be received on or before
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-23
A NOVEL TOBOGGAN.
HAIR RAISING RID: DOWN Pixies PEAK
RAILWAY TRACK.

Tho Device Consists of a Plank Three Feet
Long and Twelve Inches Wide-The AS
tonishinG Speed That Is DeveIoped-Fric.
ton Sometimes Stops the Machine.
Although there are many kinds of
vehicles In service on railway track,
perhaps few people ever thought of
using such thoroughfare for a tobog.
gan slide, especially track with rack
bars along its middle; and besides,
there are few steam railway tracks
steep enough for the purpose. The &C.
companying illustration shows a de-
vice used y the officers and employees
OF the Manitou Pixies Peak railway
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-22

afternoon. The ladies present expressed
themselves as being delighted with Pro-
fessor Pfaus methods of cooking.
Leonardo da Vinci wrote centuries ago
that "All who have eyes must not think
for that reason they can see. You must
know 1t is only the eyes gained by knowi-
edge that can see.'
This is one of those universal truths
that applies to all ages and all nations,
and the art department of the woman's
club, realizing the advantage of possess
ing these "eyes gained by knowledge"
has applied itself with earnestness to the
study of art as exemplified by the Floren-
tine school. The department is fortunate
enough this year to have an entire club
day in which to present the results of it's
work, and the meeting on Wednesday
proved that no mistake had been made
in thus giving full scope TO the discussion
of this subject.
"The Value of Art Study to the Laity'
was the basis of an informal and spirited
debate. in which the members argued in
favor of the intimate connection between
the practical affairs of everyday life and
this study that IL commonly classed with
the aesthetic.
Mrs. Fenton read paper on "Cimab y
who is given the title Of the Father Of
Modern Art The paper touched first
upon the Egyptian and early Greek
SSIcoiS, tueH tItCeu lHe lllGelCe VI the
Byzantine artists upon contemporaneous
painters in Italy. among whom Cimbaue
was the first to depart from the beaten
path.
Mrs. CAVITY continued the course of
study with a description of "Giotto,' the
shepherd boy, whose first artistic efforts
are said to have been rude outlines Of
sheep scratched on smooth stones. I'm
doubtedly the pastoral environments of
Giotto's boyhood left their imprint on the
art of the Renaissance. for in later years
1t was demonstrated that he freed HIM
self of Gothic and Byzantine trammels
and copied only from nature.
The discussions were led by Mrs. New
Ill, Mrs. Shively and Miss Slemons.
A most attractive programme is being
prepared for next Wednesday by the
members of the music department.
On Oct. l9 the Household Economical
club enjoyed a social treat arranged by
the president, Mrs. c. NJ. Clark. at her
home, COG West Park. After the necessary
business was disposed of the president de-
livered an address, which was very able
asm. Everyday Breakfasts" was then
presented by Mrs. G. Fl. Martius, fol-
lowed by very lucid article on the nutri-
tive value of different foods by Mrs. R.
Sievers. Both of these papers were on
exceedingly practical topics and were
listened to with much interest by the la
dies Discussion followed. Roll call was
responded to by quotations. The ladies
will meet at the home of Mrs. T. Bryant,
625 North Main. next Wednesday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-22
GOT HIS DESERTS.
Eurk Was Caught Passing Whlskey to a
Prisoner.

Eurk Was Caught Passing Whlskey to a
Prisoner
r 1t will probably be long time be-
fore John Burk again attempts to pass
Whiskey to prisoner in the city Jail,
as, by order of Judge Sullivan Of the
police court he will remain in the
tanks 25 days himself as a reminder
that 1t is not regarded as good form
Night before last a friend of Burk's
got arrested for getting drunk and
making show of himself Burk call
ed to see him, and concluding that he
needed more whiskey, went out and
bought a bottle. Jailer McGlynn caught
him passing the liquor in through the
bars and promptly placed him behind
them himself. Yesterday morning
Burk was called on by Judge Sulli-
van to explain his conduct. Judge Sui
ilVan did not like Burk's manner of
replying to his questions and told him
ne proposed to make an example of
him. He did so by filming him $50
Burk WINGED. but had to go below, and
wiil now be obliged to miss all the
tun OF the soldiers celebration
The case of Mrs. Dennis O'Brien,
charged with selling liquor without a
Incense; John Sullivan. accused of
stealing saddle. and charged with
petit larceny, and Captain Lyons.
charged with carrying concealed
weapons, We're all set for trial Tues
day,