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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

CHEAP PAINT.
rhe Kird That Soon Fades and
Rubs OF.
Good Paint That should BE Put On
from the Inside. Instead of from
the Outside.

You can make very cheap paint by
nsing an ordinary whitewash. 1t Will
cling to the house and barns Just as
veil as it does to the upper walls OF
vo.r rooms. To be sure it does not
asst very long and it rubs off. Per
lsps You have seen young girls. ano
,,lc not quite 50 young, try the trick
~ putting the color of health on their
,lccks by using some red powder or
uHste But it does not last long and il
.ehs of. Yet we can hardly blame
.4em. for who does not like to see the
rlsy color OF robust health, and who is
nal panied at the siEht of the white
Ups and colorless checks? We advise
Z girls. whether old or young. to
mt their cheeks if they are pale.
,at he sure to paint them with some
hing which will last and will not rub
iii. Put the paint on FROM the inside,
not from the outside.
The elements which give color to the
blood are minute bodies. called the
red blood corpuscles If there is not
nough of these in your blood. then you
re pale, weak. without appetite, prob.
bly, thin in flesh and quite nervous
In fact, everything seems to go wrong
IN the body when there is deficiency
in these life-giving red blood cor.
puscles. An abundance of these little
bodies make rich blood, red blood.
The circulation is improved and the
bright tinge of color comes again to
the lips and cheeks.
You have only to consult medical
works to learn that cod-liver oil is one
of the best remedies known to increase
the number of these red corpuscles of
.he blood. Eminent medical writers
declare that this is one of the most
marked features of cod-liver Oil. We
prefer to recommend to you the oil
after it has been broken up into mi
mute particles, as in SCOTS Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil with the Hypophos-
phites. The stomach bears it better
in this form, and it makes the oil very
palatable also. The hypophosphites
are added because the nervous system
needs tonic, something to build 1t
up on a permanent basis. If You are
pale, do not get much benefit from
your food, mentally and physically
unable to work, simply dragging along
day after day, take Scott's Emulsion.
1t puts color on the cheeks. 1t is
colsr that comes to stay, and you can
not rub it off
SCOTS Emulsion has been Endorsed
by the medical profession for twenty
years. Ask your doctor. Because 1t
is always palatable-always uniform
always contains the purest Norwegian
Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphites
Insist on Scott's Emulsion with trade
mark of man and fish. Put up in Soc
and S1.00 sizes. The small size may be
enough to cure your cough or help
your baby.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
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How 1t Feels to BE Hanged.

Richard Hicks, an oldtime actor,
tells of his narrow escape from being
hanged on the stage of the Queens
Theatre, Dublin. He was playing the
part of Achmet, particularly villain
Gus character, who after long career
of crime is. to Tie general satisfaction
of the audience, captured by two Brit
ish soldiers and promptly hanged.
zone night, while struggling with my
captors. the rope slipped from my
shoulders and knotted itself around my
neck, just as | was being hauled upw
says Mr. Hicks. Never shall | for
get that awful moment Directly l
felt the tug at my neck | gave con-
vulsive kick and tried to shout Stop"
but the word could not escape from
my twitchi1g lips. | could only make
n gurglng noise Frantically | kicked
and struggled. Pain there was none,
strangely enough, beyond a choking
suffocatinS sensation; and l could hear
the tumultuous applause of the audi
ence. who were hugely entertained
with what they imagined was my real
istic acting. Then terrible sensation,
like molten lead rushing down my
spine. pr,vaded my body, and l
thought my legs were bursting. gave
another mighty struggle and strove-
ali! how | strove-to scream; seemed
to behold mighty rush of green
water, and my ears were filed with the
roar of cataract! have dim recol-
lection of seeing a great crimson sun
shining dimly from behind the water
L.
definitely through space! Two days
afterward | recovered consciousness,
and thel | suffered ind0scribable
agony. The suffocating sensation still
remained, but was accompanied by an
unquenchable thirst, not to mention
fearful pains in my body and limbs"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

DRYING COFFEE ~ PORTO RICO.
ton is not 50 great, as another steam
railroad which runs in the same di-
rection for half the distance. or to Rio
piedras. thus dividing with il the traf-
fic Of that region Still another line.
% miles long. runs from Aguadla to
HOrmiguerOs. Another short line is
in operation between Yauco and
Ponce, distance Of % miles. with
two stations on the line at Guayanilla
and Tallaboa. This railroad has an
average annual income Of -. 100 per
mile. but 1t should be noted that. be-
cause of the high freight rates. s.. %
per ton for 22-mile haul or ten cents
per t0n-mile. great part OF the
freight-carrying between Yauco and
Ponce is PERFORMED by ox-carts. in sue
cessful competition with the railroad.
The freight rates Of the ox-carts are
not much lower than those Of the rail
way. and the speeds are about the
same. Besides this excessive charge.
the railway does not offer the facili-
ties which should obtain in this dis
trict, as IL does not reach TO the har
Dor Of Ponce, where the great bulk
OF business Is done. Bulk must be
broken and the goods transferred, the
transportation Of merchandise and
fruits from the railroad station to the
harbor front by carts being very
costly item, as well as a source Of
great inconvenience.
The territory which produces the
most coffee is In the high and noun
famous parts of the island. along the
central range, and here it is that the
greatest need is felt for transportation
facilities, the only existing means of
communication being by horse roads
or mule paths bunt by the residents.
From the plantations where the coffee
is gathered to the nearest towns on
the coast, whence the berries may be
carried In ox-carts to the markets,
carriage Is affected. at the present
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
Orchid Tea,

OF course, every one is aware that
under the name of tea" we often
drink beverage which has no acquaint-
ance with ne real leaf. But there are
several teas which are not fraudul-
ent manufactures. though they are not
made of the leaves
In MauritiuS. for instance, they
make tea of the leaves of an orchid,
In Peru they d"iuk mate. q tea made
from a nat - species of holly. The
Abyssinians make tea from the
leaves of the catha edulis. which has
such stimulating qualities that even
a leaf or two of it chewed has all the
reviving effects of 1.-The cup that
cheers" and thus is most valuable to
travellers. The Tasmanians are said
to be the happy possessors of no less
than a hundred substitutes for tea;
while the Tonkinese have teas of
their own made of berries. leaves,
woods and bark of trees. In Sumatra
coffee leaves are infused in the tea
pot, and the result is said to be an
excellent beverage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
our Florida Alligator.

An alligator is not an attractive
creature. He has not a single virtue
that can be named He is cowardly.
treacherous. hidcous. He is neither
graceful nor even respectable in APP
pearancc. He is not even amusing or
Grotesque in his ungainliness. for as
a brute-a brute unqualified is al
ways so intensely real that one
shrinks from him with loatbing; and
a laugh AT his expense while in his
presence would seem curiously out of
place
His personality too, is strong. Once
catch the stcadfast gaze of a free,
adult alligator's wicked eyes. with
their odd vertical pupils fixed full up
on your own, and the significance of
the expression evil eye" and the N.Y.
sterieS of snake charming. hypnotism
and hoodooism will he readily under
stood, for his british. merciless, I'M
fiinching stare is simply blood chill
ling.
Ioologically. the alligator belongs to
the genus crocodilus, and he has all
the hideousness of that family. lack
Ing somewhat its bloodthirstineSs. al
though the American alligator is car
nivorous by nature. and occasionally
cannibalastic. Strictly speaking. how
ever, the true alligator is much less
dangerous than his relatives of the
old world. and he is CORRESPONDENCE
less courageous,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

young Philadelphian went to a mil
lionaire friend and asked pecuniary
aid to start him in business. do you
drink" asked the millionaire. Once
in a while" stop it! Stop it! Stop
it for year. and then come and see
me-" The young man broke off the
habit at once, and at the end of the
year came to see thu millionaire again.
DO you smokeT' asked the success
full man. Now and then" stop It.!
Stop il for a year. then come and see
me again" The young man stopped
smoking, but he did not go back again
He'd have told me-" he said. that
now that l have stopped drinking and
smoking | must have saved enough to
start myseIf in business. and | have"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
NV ,s.s......zlss 'ses8
Useful Device NJ Oh Serves Its Pur-
pose with or at Efficiency.

With the eviden ,e of Asiatic con-
tact supposed to b. so strong in Cen.
trai America. one ruight have imagin-
ed thar So useful a device as the
simple chop>ticks would have secured
footing These two sticks, held in
one hand. and known in China as
Fasteners or nimble lads" are certain
~ tho most useful. the most econom-
iCal and the most efficient device for
their purpose ever invented by man.
Throughout that vast Asia region en-
bracing population of 500.000,0 600,
the chupStick is used as a substitute
for fork. tUugS and certain forms of
tWeczcrs. Even tiSI Omelet and cake
are separated with the chopsticks, and
III" cook. the street scavenger and the
watch rcpaircr use this device in the
form Of iron. long bamboo and deli
cate ivory.
The bamboo chopstick was known
IN China 1000 Il. G., and shortly after
this date the ivory form was devised.
Their use is one NJ great antiquity in
Janan. as atteStod by references to it
in the ancient records of that country.
one may search in vain for the trace
OF any object in the nature of a chop
stick in Central of South America.
Knitting needles Of wood are found in
the work baskets associated with
ancient Peruvian mnmmies. but the
chopStick has not been found. Cur
touS pottery rests for the chopsticks
are cNhumed in Japan, but even this
enduring testimony of its early use
is yet to he revealed in this country
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

The solitary tooth of Buddha is to
be contained in what will probably be
,4e most valuable Golfer in the world.
A Shan chieftain recently sent to
Moulmein, in Burmah, an emerald
worth it is declared. two lakhs of
rupees in order that the Burmese
Buddhists might include it among the
jewels which they are going to send
10 Ceylon in order to adOrn the tooth
holding Golfer Jewelry worth $4,000
rupees hau been already received from
Rangoon and Mandalay: and the Moul-
mein Buddhists have themselves Sc
cured jewelry TO the value of $1,000
rupees. Thus the total value of the
jewelry adorning the Golfer will be
about three and a half lakhs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16


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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
FIG. ,.

Here (Fig.2) is a skeleton box which
you may conceive as made of wires,
outlining the sides. Now the front,
or side nearest. seems directed down
ward and to the left; again, it has
shifted its position and is no longer
the front and the side which appears
to be the front seems directed upward
and to the right. The presence of the
diagonal line makes the change more
striking: in one position it runs from
the lefthand rear upper corner to the
right-hand front lower corner, which
in the other it connects the left-hand
front upper corner with the right
hand rear lower corner.
Fig. will probably seem at first
glimpse to be the view of a fight of
steps which one is about to ascend
from right to left. Imagine it. how
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

If we view outlines only. without
shading or perspective or anything to
definitely suggest what is foreground
and what background. it becomes pos
siblc for the mind to supply these de
ground and vice versa
y good example of this is seAn in
Fig |. which represents in outline a
truncated pyramid with square base.
Is the smaller square nearer to you,
and are the sides of t e pyramid slop-
Ing away from you toward the larger
square in the rear? Or are you look
ing into the hollow of a runcated
pyramid with the smaller square in
the background? Or is it now one
and now the other, according as you
decide 10 see it,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
CRIPPLE CREEK TREsTLE.
nend of Family OF ice Persons.

To be the head of a family of 162
persons is record seldom falling to
the lot of man. But sucn is the case
with John Gambler, who resides in
Allen county. Ky, just over the Sum-
ner county line.
This gentlman Is the father of TWEEN
ty-nine children, twenty-one of whom
are now living and have families.
These twenty-one children have an
average of five children to each fam
lily thus making Mr.. Chandler the
grandfather of 105 persons But this
is not the full extent of his offspring,
for he has thirty-five great-grand-
children. SO it will be seen that Mr.
Chandler stands paterfamiles of 1862
an achievement rarely equalled 1t
certainly is not paralleled when the
fact is considered that the members
of this large family are all living.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

for others they seem to come unex-
pectedly, but all are aided by antici-
pating mentally the nature of the
transformation. The effect here is
quite striking. the blocks seeming al
most animated and moving through
space.
All these diagrams serve, to illus
trate the principle that when the OBJ
jective features are ambiguous we
see one thing or another according TO
the impression that is in the minds
eye; what the object factors lack in
definiteness the subjective ones SUD-
ply; while familiarity, prepossession,
as well as other circumstances in
duence the result. These Illustrations
show concluSively that seeing is not
wholly an objective matter depending
upon what there is to be seen, but ia
very considerably subjective mat.
ter depending upon 'hS eye that sees.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
Sorting WsinUt-

Recently two walnut shippers Of
Anaheim county. California, found
that many Of the wsluuts in their pos
session were light and empty and
they cast around for some means to
rapidly handle the goods. as it was an
almost endless job to do It by hand.
They finally evolved the machinery 10
do it with consisting of a four-foot
blast fan, twenty inches wide. pro
PEELED by a three-horse power gaso-
line engine. The fan is set revolving
very rapidly and the nuts are precipi-
tatcd into a trough leading down to
the fan. whence the heavy nuts drop
into the bin made to receive them.
while the light ones are blown into a
receptacle arranged for them further
on. The force of the wind is sufficie11
to blow the lighter nuts aside, while
the good ones fall straight down.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

time, on the backs Of horses and
mules, which can take only 200
pounds a trip. These horses bring
back an equal quantity Of provisions
and merchandise for the subsistence
and necessities Of the laborers and
other inhabitants Of the interior. For
this transportation on horses and
mules 81 a hundred pounds. each way.
is paid from the points most distant,
and ~ cents from the nearer points
The Engineering Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
IN THE MINDS EYE.
QUEER TRICKS THAT OUR VISUAL
ORGANS SOMETIMES PLAY ON US.

We See One Thing Another According
to the Minds Impression-PIctures That
Change When stared at Steadily-Some
Amusing Tests.
That we sometimes see with our
minds as we'll as our eyes is brought
out interestingly by Joseph Jastrow in
the current Popular Science Monthly.
The following sections. with their il
luSrratiouS. afford striking examples
of the tricks our eyes sometimes play
on Us:
True seeing observing, is a double
process. partly objective or outward
the thing seen and the retina-and
partly subjective or inward-the pic
turc myStoriously transferred to the
minds representative, the brain. and
there received and affiliated with
other images.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
AN INTERESTING STUDY.
Great Tact Required in Crowds Which
Bring All GIa.,es Together.


Bring All Glasses Together.
The behavior of people in crowds
would make an interesting study of
itself. In an ordinary crowd the ma
1ority are apt to D. uuacquainted with
any formal etiquette, and the rest
seem to forget all they ever knew;
only those who are possessed of ma
tural politenesS and unfailing good ma
ture are saved from becoming savages
under such circumGtL"es. OF course
it is unpleasant for people OF refined
nature to be brought into very close
contact with the rader populace. and
1t very frequently happens that Che
very ones who have had most training
in courtesy are the most disagreeable
when in the midst of a crowd. The
nerves of the common people are less
easily disturbed. and the physical dis
comforts common To- crowds are not
greater than they are accustomed to
in ordinary daily life. Unless you can
be sure of bearing yourself with
courtesy and good humor. you should
avoid crowds for your own sake as
well as out of consideration for others
If, from choice or necessity, you flock
with birds that arr not all of your
own fine feather, your aim should be
10 respect the rights Of others without
relinquishing your own. You are not a
door mat, to allow yourself to be
tramplcd upon without remonstrance;
nor yet a cur. to snarl and snap at
those who perhaps. through no fault
OF their own, encroach upon you too
closely. Even in the highest circles
people are apt TO lose their heads. to
say nothing Of their hearts, when
maSsed in large numbers. as witness
the trays that are reported to take
place among the fair "gentlewomen"
who attend the queens drawing room,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

Here are a few names taken at ran
dom from the delinquent tax list of
Hawaii for 1898, as printed in one of
the Honolulu papers; Alapaki, Bila
Alapai, All Kui, All You, G. J. All Fat.
Boo Sau Tong Bow Din. Dol, Ak Goo
Iokepa, Ellen Kahaunaela, Kaholoho-
10. Lelhulu Keohokalole, Kahakuma.
kalani. Not At and b. So. The ks
take up three columns of space be-
ing three times as numerous as the de.
linuuents under any other letter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
Rrnke Intn Prison.

At last a man mas literally broken
into prisoe. We are always hearing
Of men who break into it figuratively
by committing crime which lands
them there, but Jefferson City, Mo.
boasts of a man who broke into prison
Just as many another man has broken
into a house or a store. No one knows
why he did it just the same Whep
discovered he had scaled the wall and
was ready to drop down on the inside,
and in spite of the sentry's challenge
he did drop down.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

A curiosity, at least, is this compila-
ton of the deepest wells in the world,
In Europe, one at Passy. France
depth, 1000 feet; at La CHI pelle, Par.
is, depth, 1850 feet; at Grer ellie. Paris
depth, 1,79S feet, at Neusalwerk. near
Minden, depth, 2,2SS feet; at Kissingen
Bavaria, depth, 1887 feet; at Speren,
berg. near Berlin, depth, 4196 feet
which is said to be the deepest in the
world; at Pesth, Hungary, depth. 3,1S2
feet. In the United States there ara
wells located at st. Louis, depth. ASA
feet; at Louisville, depth. 2.OS6 feet
at Columbus, Ohio, depth. 2,775iL feet,
at Charleston, S. c., depth, $50 feet
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

The friends Of popular preacher
who recently died in Louis vile, Ky.
undertook 10 raise a fund for his
family. one man gave his note for
ninety days for a certain amount, and
when the committee explained to him
that cash was needed he agreed to
pay the note in cash If the committee
would discount it, which was done.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
The IInRhsl,.

There is n creature known as the
hagfish, or myxine. which is in the
habit Of getting inside cod and similar
fish and devouring the interior until
only the skin and the skeleton are
left.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
PrnImcsd Prom Nn1I.

From coal is obtained the means of
producing over 400 shades of colors. a
great variety of perfumes. explosive
agents, various acids and medicines,
insecticides, salts, saccharn. fruit
flavors, lubricating oils and varnish.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
FIG. 3.

ever. to be a view of the under side
of series of steps. the view repre-
senting the structure of overhanging
solid masonwOrk seen from under
The blocks in rig. are subject to
a marked fluctuation. Now the black
surfaces represent the bottom of the
blocks, all pointing downward and to
the left. and now the black surfaces
have changed and have become the
tops pointing Ipward and to the right.
For some the changes come at will;
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

Observer-Do you think that you
can ever learn to ride wheel?
Beginner-Indeed, i do. After the
difficulties / have surmOunted in get.
ting one, feel competent to aeconp-
lish anything.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

Under Harry V an act of parliament
ordered all the geese in England to
be counted, and the sheriffs of the
counties were required to furnish six
arrow feathers from each goose.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16

A feat In American railroad building
which always amazes foreigners is the
Cripple Creek trestle. which curves so
that from the upper parts of the airy
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
OFFICE NO. 90 NORTH MARKET STREET.
FRFpRRIcK. Mn.
MoNTGoMERY FARMS rok SALE

80, ~ Wl,i sci, AZ sacrifice, two small Farm.
e easn about 100 ACRES, good dwellings, and
o,her naal one near Derwood Station AND
oal,hersbuig, $500; 200 ACRES oInprr U nexi
r roau rom warnings Station, 5000; iS9 ~ "
I,e ~, Saoln John and Aqueduct 81 O0 an io0
o. M between Rockville ana I'm Street p,L ~
""s i@u' COOKE D. LUCKEIT
ROCKVILLE. MD.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-16
GENERAL ORDER.

Mr.. G: G Waller, General Freight ana am.
senger Agent, having resigned, all commit md
cations relative to that department. "a ~ Nv
further notice, Will be referred TO this oln'"
1. w. TROXEL.
General Manag''