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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
WoosIen Cannon.

Quaker guns, that is the trunks Of
trees. blackened to look like cannon
have often been used to deceive the
enemy, but in the Chinese civil wars
OF three years ago actual cannon made
of wood were used. They were made
from the trunks Of hardwood trees,
shaped. bored by means of red-hot
pipes from the sugar mills. dried in
hot-air draughts and bound with strong
ox-hides. They made fairly service
able artillery, one piece being fired
more than a hundred times before
showing signs Of weakness. The pro.
iectiles we're scrap iron, stones and
fire-hardened clay. At the taking OF
Annoy, wooden cannon used by the
Chinese we're found and bamboo artil-
lery has been employed by the Japa.
nese.
Gardening is generally considered
one OF the healthiest of occupations
but the German Gardeners Association
has issued warning to those who in
tend entering the Industry. They cite
the fact that during the years 1889 to
1897 Of the POI members of the asso-
citation who died in Germany no fewer
than 142 succumbtd to CONSUMPTION
and other affections Of the lungs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
why We Can Awake at Set Time.

One OF the most interesting phases
connected with sleep is that in which a
determination formed over night, that
we should wake at certain hour, acts
true to the appointed time. In certain
instances with which | am acquainted
the idea acts perfectly; in others, it
acts occasionally; and In other cases,
again, it fails completely. The ex-
planaton of this habit depends on
what one may term a dominant idea"
or an dee flxe as the French term it.
There is something akin in this walk
ing notion to the dominant idea" with
which a hypnotist may impress his
facile subject If we substitute for
the hypnotist the individual himself,
or mayhap the idea OF the friend who
has been impressing upon him the ne
cessty for sounding the revellle at a
given hour in The morning, we can dis
cern the rationale OF the action with a
fair degree of clearness. The doml-
nant idea in the shape of the necessity
for awakening at n certain time is i'm
pressed on the brain, and is probably
transmitted to those automatic or lower
centers which rule our mechanical
acts, which are responsible for the Wis
ions OF the night, and which are capa-
Bile of carrying out, either in the entire
absence of consciousness or IN the ex-
ercse Of a subconscious condition,
many complex actions. Through the
hours of sleep the dominant idea re-
mains impressed on these lower CEN
ters. The head of the business sleeps
on while the night watchman is awake;
and so, prompt to the time, or shortly
before or after it. the desired result
Is attained and the slumbering brain
is awakened to the full measure of its
activity.-Harper's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Washington, July 13.-Ever since the
formal announcement of the Alger-
Pingree alliance and Pingree's denun-
ciation of President Mckinley, leading
Republicans and friends of the Presi.
dent have urged him to ask for the
resignation of Secretary of War Alger.
The demand became so strong during
the last fortnight that the President in
iimated to the Secretary that they had
reached tie parting of their ways. The
Secretary did not resign at once, and
the President then asked for the Sec
retary's resignation in more formal
way. Mr.. Alger. after several days
consideration, sent Il resignation to
take effect some months hence 1t was
intended that this should not be made
public until late in the fall, but now
that it has leaked out it will undoubt-
edly cause the date of Ayers resigna-
ton to he changed. The formal an
nouncement of his retirement from
the Cabinet may be looked for at any
moment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
New Work. Markets

GRAIN-Wheat: No. . red was nuot.
ed at S0asc. f. o. b. afloat and 7SXc
elevator. No. | Northern Duluth
S1aic f. o. b. afoat
Corn: No. . corn. 39asc elevator
397kc delivered and 40Hc. {. o. b,
afloat On the curb September ranged
from 39h@393kc.
Oats: No. = oats quoted 291bc.: No,
3. 29c.; No white, Bic: No. 3 white
3Oc.; track mixed, 29i5M31c.; track
white 3lM35c.; No. 2 white clips 3115c.
Rye: Market quiet. No. | Western,
66c. f. o. b. atloat; No. 2 Western. CSC.
f. oh. afloat.
Barley: Market steady. Feeding
quoted 42N4214c. c. l. f.. Buffalo: malt
ing, 47051c. delivered. New York.
Butter: Creamery, Western, extras.
per ID. lSlac.; do, firsts. 13l5G1Sc.
DO, thirds to seconds, 1Gm17c.; State.
extras, 1STM1Shc.; do. firsts. 171bSy
lSc1Sc.; do, thirds to seconds, 15m17c. :
State dairy. half-flrkin tubs, fancy.
lie: 10, firsts, 16616bc.
Cheese: State, full cream. large. col
ored or white fancy, &c.. do, good TO
prime, 715G7%c.; do, common to fair
767Kc.; do, small, colored or white
fancy. SIC.
Eggs: Jersey and nearby. fancy.
white leghorn, per doz. 16I5017c.: do.
mixed, fancy, 16c.; State, Pennsyl.
vania and nearby, average prime lots,
loss off. 15lA@16c.; Western, loss off,
15mt5bc.
Hay and Straw: Hay, prime. per 100
ibs., 90c.; No. 3 to No. I, 606s5c.: do.
clover and clover mixed. 556G5c.: do.
salt, 406i5c.; do, no grade. 4565Oc.
Potatoes and Vegetables: Potatoes.
Southern rose, prime, per bbl, S2.OOn
$500: do. Chill white, $2.O0dS2. rs:
do, Chill red, S2.0oG$2.50; do, sec
onds. S100@$1.50; do, culls, 75c.M
$1.0O; do, old, per bbl. or sack, $1,000
$500.
Provisions: Pork, strong. Mess.
$85O9$000; family. S10.5O0S1O. 70:
short clear. $10.00M$11.75. Beef, firm.
Mess, 5000; family. S9.50G$10. so;
packet. $G.50MS1O.o9; extra India mess
$14.00@$15.00.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
The New Bullet.

To give some idea of the effect OF
these new bullets. we will try to de-
pict their deadliness with accuracy, fol-
lowing Bruins. Bruins found that bull
lets with leaden tops fired from small
caliber rifles at short ranges infict
wounds more serious than those formed
with ordinary rifle bullets Experience
has constantly shown an abnormallY
large exit aperture of irregular form,
a large lacerated pit in the muscles up
to the size of hand and a cutting
up Of bones into numberless small
fragments. In the case of shots from
very short ranges-for instance, $3.50
meters-there resulted crushing Of
the soft parts, and splitting up of the
bones into little bits. bits OF tissue OF
considerable size being driven outside,
sWthat sometimes the member was held
together only by veins and the skin,
The exit wound showed an enormous
defect OF skin and muscle, the mus.
cles being lacerated and destroyed. and
the blood vessels for the greater part
torn. But even in the case OF shots
at much greater ranges up to 400 met.
ers the peculiar effect of this leaden-
ended bullet was betrayed, the wounds
being decidedly more serious than those
inflicted by the fully coated bullet. At
600 meters the peculiar effects are not
met with always, so that as limit Of
range within which these effects are
always found we may take 500 meters.
ut is quite plain" adds Prof Bruins,
that surgical art, In spite of the great
progress 1t has made in the last fifty
years, will be helped less when dealing
with wounds of this kind, and there
will remain no alternative but ampu-
tation, If the wounded man has not
died from loss of blood in consequence
of the destruction of the soft parts" 2
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Altoona, Pa, July 12.-Representa-
tves Of all the railway employees as.
gOciations will meet in Tyrone. this
county, on Saturday and Sunday next.
While the meeting is called primarily
Tor social purposes, it is said that a
very important business meeting has
peen arranged. Among the orders to
De represented are Brotherhood of Lo-
eomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of
locomotive Firemen, Order Of Rail
gay Conductors, Brotherhood of Rail-
Fay Tralnmen and Order Of Railway
4elegraphers. The territory included
attends from the Mississippi to the
atlantic, except the New England and
Extreme Southern States.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
VENTILATION NECESSARY.
Pure Air - Valuable, Though n Costs
Nothing.

The young should be trained In the
Importance Of ventilation, for this ID
one Of the most neglected requisites
of good health. 1t is estimated thai
5000 cubic feet Of pure air per hour
Is the need of each individual In the
best hospitals 5000 cubic feet is not
considered too much. By weight one.
NTH OF this Is oxygen. the life-givinG
element. The same air rebreathed
four times will no longer sustain life.
The oxygen has been mostly absorbed.
while waste matter and carbonic acid
gas, deadly poison, have taken its
place. Were our rooms air-tght We
couldn't survive. The atmosphere pen
etrates every crevice around doors and
windows, thanks to the law of equilib-
rum, and We are saved from death.
But whenever We find members OF a
family sallow, ho!low-eyed, liable to
take cold easily and readily, subject to
I various disorders. we may be certain
or one or two things; either the diet
is faulty or they DO not properly ven-
tilate their dwellings.
celebrated French physician. find
ing himself much depleted by hard
work, did a strange thing-for a
FleHNhHldH. lie dressed IN udnnel
from head to foot, put on a cardigan
jacket, opened both his windows in
winter time, placed a screen before
each and slept there undismayed by
the cOolnoss of the atmosphere. BY
habituating ones self to sleeping with
open windows and having the head
projected from draughts, the tendency
to take cold will he eventually over
come, that is. with a proper amount
and kind of food
One must not think that this subject
OF fresh air is too much insisted upon.
1t cannot be- Nothing among culti-
waited people is so continuously disre-
garded. To enter some elegant par
lors is to breathe the air of a charnel
house. Theatres and places Of public
resort are in this respect. filthy beyond
description. After sitting for two
hours in room moderately we'll filed
with people, one is uerveless, dispirat-
ed, subject to headache, and liable to
take cold, The denlrtment of public
health should strictly watch all places
in which audiences assemble. as often
they become places of eontagion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

New Haven, July 12-Eloise Hardy
Thatcher, author of Christmas An.
thems, is dead She was eighty-six
years old, and was named after Ad.
miral Hardy, to whom Lord Nelson ut.
tered the dying words: "Kiss me
Hardy" When very young she fell in
love with Lieut.. Cullom, one of the
engineers who built Fort Trumbull
Her father forbade the match. Cullom
went away, won lenown and fortune
and left the fortune to his sweetheart
who always remained true to his mem.
ory.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Fire in HopeweII, n. j.

|lIopewell. N. J., July ia fire
fped out the principal business bleck
this town. For a time it was fear
i that the entire town would be de
foyed. Among the places burned out
Iere: Douglass barber shop. Hanel-
Is confectionery store, P. J. Shep-
erd's grocery store, the house Of p.
Shepperd, lodge rooms Of the
Enights of Pythias, James Smiths
'ilor shop, Holt & Vandyllc's law Of
PES, the central station Of the Bell
fiophone Company, and several other
Establishments.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
No More Troops for the Yukon

Ottawa, Ont, July 12.--The report
that more mounted police are to be
sent to the Yukon is officially denied.
As was stated in Parliament, fhe Gov
ernment intends to withdraw some of
the militia from there. There are nj
present about $50 members of the po-
lice force in the Yukon stationed most
" at Dawson. Some of them are
stationed along the trail in twos and
threes. The military force consists of
200 men, of whom 100 are at Fort Sell
kirk and eighty at Dawson.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
The Alaskan Boundary.

Washington, July 12.-In the absence
u official information the report that
canadian mounted police are to be
Aent into the Porcupine country, claim.
q by both the United States and
canada, is not credited at the State
Department. 1t is pointed out that
pr Government withheld a garrison
Tom Pyramid Harbor in that section
y the simple suggestion from the Brit.
sh authorities, and it is not conceiv.
Able that permanent force is to be
Qaintained in that region by the Eng.
lRh. The British embassy also gives
q credit to the story.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

People often ask how many books
there are in the British Museum. but
nobody seems to know. In fact. there
are SO many that 1t is impossible to
count them. Some years ago it was
estimated by measurement that there
were 100000 books there. Since that
estimate was made the number has
considerably increased, so that at the
present time the total Is probably
nearer 100000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Now Sound Steamer.

Baltimore. July 12--The Chester W.
Chaplin, twin-screw passenger steam
er, built of steel for the New Haven
Steamboat Company, to run between
New York City and New Haven,
Conn.,, was launched at Sparrow Point
She is the largest vessel of her kind
ever launched at this port Her di-
mensions are: Length on deck. 324
feet: length on water line, 80 feet;
nodded beam. As feet. She is calcu-
lated to maintain speed of 2113 miles
an hour.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Hopes to Crush Asuinaldo Soon.

Washington, July 13.-The Cabinet
discussed the situation in the Philip
pines and the arrangements for the
new volunteer army. President Me
kinlcy believes that the Filipino insur-
rcction can he crushed by December I.
and will make every cndcavor to end
II before Congress meets, so that the
form of government for the archipela-
go may be one of the first matters I'D.
The Cabinet decided to suspend the
tariff duty Of 81 head on cattle i'm
ported into Cuba for breeding pur-
poses. and to allow $4,000 head TO enter
duty free.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Conehlin Forfeits BOND.

Chicago. July 12.-When the case of
Dan" Coughln, widely known on ac-
count of his arrest and conviction for
participation in the murder of DR..
Cronin, was called in court here, he
failed to appear. He, with his bartend-
er, William Armstrong, was accused
Of bribery and conspiracy to bribe in a
damage suit against the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad. Armstrong was also
absent and his bonds with Coughlin'S
amounting to $4,000, were declared
forfeited.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Now Road to Atlantic City.

Trenton, N. j., July 12.-The Della
pre- & Atlantic Railroad Company
Is been Incorporated here with an
nthorized capital of $6O00000 to con-
Fuct railroad from Gloucester City
Atlantic City. The incorporators
r: u. p. Boyer. Jr., Henry Penning-
p Walter NJ. Boyer, Frederick G..
5cholson. J. Theodore Ninesteel, all of
pliadelphia; Charles T. Maloney. ].
Roe, A. w. CapteIl, Benz. II. Davis.
1omas Andrews, Arthur Y. Hall, Of
spodhury. and ]. L. Suckley, of
Rrksboro.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Gold Shin Returns.

Victoria, B. c.. July 12-The steam
er Queen has arrived here with 350
passengers, excursionists, returning
miners from Dawson. some disappoint-
ed prospectors from Atlin and gold
variously estimated at from $3.50, ,000
to $1,G00,000. The captain is authority
for the latter amount. the passengers
placing the treasure at almost any sum
between the two figures given.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
More volunteer Officers.

Washington. July 1@.-Among the
volunteer officers appointed by the
resident YESTERDAY was Daniel e. Case,
Colonel of the Fourth Pennsylvania
volunteers. John Biddle Porter. Sec
ond Pennsylvania, TO be motors: to he
captains, Charles s. Campbell, adju-
tant Second Pennsylvania and Frank
III. Peck, captain Ninth New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
.Al9er Makes Denial,

Washington, July 13.-Secretary of
War Aiser declines to believe that any
members of the Cabinet are unfriend-
ly toward him, or that his resignation
would he agreeable to the President.
He has told his friends that there is
nothing in the talk about his retire
ment. In answer to a direct inquiry
the Secretary dictated the following
statement
81 deny emphatically the report that
| have refused to resign or that the
President has intimated to me that he
wants my resignation"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

San Francisco, July 11.-There was
a premature explosion of giant powder
in Melons mine in Calaveras county
Nicholas May, a miner, was killed and
three other miners are imprisoned in
the tunnel
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Kingston, Jamaica, July 12.-It is
now announced that the real object
of the government in sending the re-
ciprocity delegates to Ottawa after
completing the negotiations at Wash
ington is to endeavor to secure the i'm.
position by the Dominion Government
Of countervailing duties on European
beet sugar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Il WHEY " ttIIIfI TNVINsH N"VFINVII'IFIIVs
Philipsburg. Pa. July 12-The alb
sorption of the Altoona and Philips
burg and the Wopsononock railroads
by the Pittsburg, Johnstown. Ebens
burg and Eastern Railroad was an
nounced here yesterday. Work is tc
be started at once on the unfinished
portions of the absorbed roads. and
a new line will thus he opened from
Philipsburg to Altoona and Johnstown
town
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
PHILADELPHIA EXPORTS.
str~thgyle Carries Largest Cargo Of
Grain on Record.

Grain on Record.
Philadelphia, July 13.-Probably the
largest cargo of grain ever sent from
this port Is that of the British steamer
Strathgyle, which has Just cleared for
Rotterdam, with about 250,OOO bushels
OF oats, valued at $4,000, and 10000
bushels of corn, valued at $4,000.
Another vessel to clear with a car
go of grain for Rotterdam is the Brit.
lsh steamer Carlton, which has aboard
about $4,000 bushels Of oats, valued
at $4,000, and 100000 bushels Of corn.
valued at $4,000. The British steam.
er Milton has also cleared, having on
board $4,000 bushels of corn. valued
Mt $4,000, bound for Copenhagen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Nellnw Fever Ia American Camps.
Washington, July 13.-Surgeon Stern
berg has received two cables from
Major O'Reilly, chief surgeon at Ha-
vana, regarding the yellow fever situ-
alton. In the first he says
Harvard, at Santiago, telegraphs re-
vised list. showing 100 cases. with "a
deaths, including four officers, Fabri-
cius, Clendenin, Mclaughlin and Heat
wole; also 20 civilian cases and 5
deaths. No cases in camp in last three
days. Headquarters ordered to inter-
ior."
The other despatch reports two ad-
ditional cases of yellow fever at Man
zanillo, five in all
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Chicago, July 11.--Section hands en-
ployed by the Chicago Junction Rail-
way have struck for a raise of wages
from $1.35 to $1.50 day. The men re-
fuse to work while their demand is
being considered, and considerable diff
ficulty is experienced in moving cars
at the stockvards.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
The Orleanist Intrigues,

Pris. July 12.-At a Cabinet meet
the Minister Of the Interior con-
Red the authenticity of the Orlean-
lEtrigues set forth in the report Of
frefect Of Police, published by the
&zette de France" and an investi-
on will be made to find out how it
med the newspapers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Mount Holly, N. J., July 11.-Miles
Atkinson was found dead in his home
IN an isolated part of Burlington Coun.
y. The body was badly decomposed
and the man had evidently been dead
Tor several days. He was last seen
alive on Thursday Of last week. He
was eccentric and lived alone. His
brother is said to be president of the
Philadelphia Builders Exchange.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Bride of Nix Weolls is Widow.

Bride Of six Weeks is Widow.
Newark, Ohio, July 12.-FranR Byrd,
~ 81 was killed by a Baltimore &
r. 3S, was killed by a Baltimore &
pot here. He had just come in from
run as brakeman on the Midland
sion and was walking on the track.
4 body was taken to Mansfield. He
married six weeks ago, his bride
pg at Pl> santville, Ohio.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Alexandria, July 11.-Three more
cases of plague have been reported
here. The inhabitants are discontent-
ed with the sanitary precautions and
have threatened trouble.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
HunChing OF the G. w. Chaplin.

HUHIHS OF tne Q. W. Chaplin
ltimore, July 12.-The steamer
yer W. Chaplin, built by the Mary
steel Company for the New
q Line, was launched at the COM
works at Sparrow's Peint. The
steamer will run between New
Citv and New Haven.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
The Shamrock Injured d?

London, July Pit is reported here
that the Shamrock has been drydock-
ed Mt southampton. The report leads
to the belief that she has injured one
of her plates.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Auburn, Ind, July 11.-Eugene Gi-
rardot, an engineer of this city, was
killed in a railroad wreck in Mexico.
His remains were brought here for in
terment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Louisville, Ky, Jlly 12.-George H..
Conrad, aged 60 years, committed sui
eide here by hanging. Failure to find
work caused the rash act. He was a
widower and left three grown chill
dren.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
THE COUNTRY N GENERAL
A Summary Of Happenings at
Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
A Review of What Has Transpired
of Public Interest.

Washington, July 11.-Frank A, Fl.
Weed, of Potsdam, N. Y, has been
appointed Supervisor of the Census for
the Sixth New York District.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Cane Town Mail Contract Renewed.
London, July 12.-The Cape Town
mail contracts with the Union and
Castle lines of steamships have been
renewed by the Government. The new
contracts stipulate that the mails shall
he carried in sixtee1 and half days.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Where weAlrn ,ss Is Strength.

In many employrlents requiring dex-
terity and Quicknnss with the hands
women are far more valuable than
men. For instancs, where the folding
of large quantities of books or maya.
zines is required ole woman can do az
much as two men.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Filipinos to Hold Spanish.

Madrid, July 12.-According to des-
patch from Manila. Aguinaldo refuses
to liherate the Spanish military prison
ers in the hands Of. the FillDinos.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Bristol, Tenn, July 1.-THE Jury in
the case of Congressman James 4.
Walker, charged with shooting with
intent to commit murder. rendered a
verdict of acquittal, after having been
out only % minutes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Evansville, Ind, July 11.-George II.
Ii tman, farmer living in Perry
Township. two miles from this CITY.
was attacked by a negro burglar and
badly slashed about the face and
hands. He cannot recover.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

New Haven, July 12.-The Yale treas.
ury will, 1t Is expected be turned into
q regular bank next fall. For five or
six years the treasury has taken money
on deposit from students as an nc.
commodation. The demand for a reg.
ular banking service has grown SO
great that the change is regarded as
almost certain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14
Dee Baker Dying.

London. KY. July 12.-Dee Baker,
brother of Tom Baker, was taken with
convulsions at his home here and is
i'm n critical condition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Pittsburg, July 12.-The conference
Committee of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation and the Independent Manufac-
turers have gone to Chicago, where the
conference on the wage scale for the
current scale year will be reopened
with the Executive Committee of the
American Tin Plate Company.