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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
PROFIT AND LOSS.
It Is Not Enough to Merely Hold
Your Own.
Hard Times in Health as Well as Business.
How to Attain Physical Prosperity.

hard Times in Health AS Well as Buain0aA
How to Attain Physical Prosperity.
Every successful merchant keeps
another for Loss" At the close of
each year a balance is taken and tho
true condition of things revealed.
Unwise purchases or too many
charges on the books may easily make
the balance show on the wrong side.
In dull and hard times the merchant
often thinks he is fortunate if the
books do not show loss, even II there
is no gain. He is almost satisfied II
he "holdS his own"
A great many young people, espeo-
tally school girls, seem to be living in
dull and hard times" for they do not
improve and develop rs they should.
They just hold their own, and that II
all They should be growing and
making advances all along the line.
Every day should show balance ON
the Profit side OF the health column.
They should gain in weight, increase
III height, and steadily develop in mus
cular and mental strength.
II there is stand still, Just holding
your own, then an effort should be
made to aid nature. You only have to
give her a little start in the right
direction. Some good reinfurccmenta
will easily help her oVAr the hill, then
everything will prosper again. Give
her power and vigor by supplying her
with a nourishing food, a reconstruc-
tive, and strong nerve tonics.
All three of these are found in
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with
Hypophosphites.
The trouble with a great many In
chat they think one preparation Of
cod-liver oil is as good as another.
Hence, if they try some clear oil and
receive no benefit, then they are dis
couraged and give up in despair.
When the body is weak and you wish
to give it strength, what wisdom IL
there in making it do an extra amount
of work? When you take raw cod
liver oil, this is what you do. The
body has to digest the oil, and this
work of digestion takes vital energy.
Why not digest the oil before taking II,
and thus save tho body all this az.
penditure of force?
Physiology teaches that an oil n
digested when it is emulsifed, or
broken up into most minute globuleA
An emulsion" is preparation Of =
digested oil. Therefore, in SCOTS
Emulsion the oil is digested. There Il
no loss of force in preparing It for alb
sorption. Everything Is on the Profit
side. The body has tho full benefit Of
the whole dose. The hypophosphitcs
makes you hungry, and they give tone
and stability to the nerves and brain
Scott's Emulsion contains moro pure
Norwegian Cod-liver Oil than any other
emulsion in the world, that will stand
the test of time as being perfect in.
SeparAble emulSiOn- AJAX your doctoG
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Herr Harden, Prince Bismarck's in
innate friend and companion, has caus-
ed sensation in Berlin by the publi-
cation of some curious facts about the
great German.
The most sensational revelation was
that, when his political career closed,
Bismarck-the monumental man of
the last half of the century, the most
successful of mortals, if success be
measured by achievements-actua
contemplated suicide.
He says:
Bismarck undoubtedly contemplated
suicide as a relief from his intense
sufferings, the full extent of which was
only known to those about him; but he
was restrained by pride.
His own words to me were: 'Peo-
pie wish me long life. 1t is very kind
of them. If they could take away my
pains | also would consent to their
wishes. But, as it is, my duties now
consist of washing, shaving and cut
ting the nails of my hands and toes and
such matters.
Il have become useless member
Of human society. Since | can no lon
ger go out my pleasures have been re-
duced to the modest dimensions of a
good glass of wine, which is too often
forbidden to me now, and, again,
pinch of snuff Should one wish to
live longer thus? My good wife is no
longer with me.
"'I am completely contented to die
and long for Euthanasia. 1t is no
longer considered respectable and
moral for a man to put an end to a
used-up life. 1t was different in class
ical days. We have all read Cornelius
Nepos and what he says about suicide.
We have become more sentimental.
"If one we're to end his life now
the motive would be twisted, the wild
est reports circulated. No one can
blame me for not being able to do more.
l have had to give up political bust
ness; the sight Of the development Of
affairs furnishes no pleasure for me;
have too long looked on agriculture
as a minor employment to let it rule
my life now
Then. after pause. Bismarck said:
People do not know what 1t Is to feel
ones self slowly dying. and there are,
in addition, the pains with their in
Vulnerable shades"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
s>SS4NNNxSIsN
MUST WOMEN WEAR WIGS.
nAldness Said to be the Inevitable Result
OF the Present Fashion.

Badness Said to be the Inevitable Rssult
! OF the Present Fashion.
II the pompadOur head prevails
much longer women will be bald and
wigs u crying necessity. Already from
across the water come rumOrS of wigs
worn by smart PariSianS, whcreat our
men groan in spirit and beseech theft
Womenklnd not TO adopt this latest
freak of fashion. But it isn't a freak
OF fashion; II has reason for being, and
many a woman will hail with delight
TINS opportunity to hide her badness
why are women getting baldI Be
cause for three years they have been
abusing their hair in manner most
outrageous. First it was tongS. When
waNN hair came into fashion some wO-
men started III TO wave il on patent
waving pins. No destructive tongs
should touch their hair, they declared.
but women found they had no time
TO bother with the pins, on which the
halr mad TO remain ever so long before
II waved. and SO they took to tongS.
In other days these same women
would have done their hair up on wav-
ln@ pms over night but the time has
passed when women are willing to go
TO bed looking like rights And that
Is another reason for increasing bald
neSs--that so many women keep their
heads overhcated by the use of the
pOmpadour roll
Dame Nature submits to abuse lust
about so long and then She takes re-
venge. She is taking revenge now
nice little bald spots on womcn'S heads
the result of hair dropping ous by the
handful.
Subject To inccSSant use of tongS and
the scalp ovcrhcatcd by the roll. hair
dies natural death. Hair must he
stimulated to live. Constant brushing
does this, and nothing else will. our
%randmothcrS. and even our mothers.
knew this so we'll that hair brushing
was one of the most important feat
ureS of the toilet. Half an hour at
night and half an hour in the morning
were thought none too long time to
devote to this aud no woman would
have dreamed of going to bed without
her hair down
Men do not like the present pumpa-
dour fashion They have decided views
as to what arrangement of the hair
Is becoming. and what is not. Unani-
mouSlN lHtN uctIaft the pOmpauOur is
not One and all voice the sentiment
that the hair should be so arranged to
show to best advantage the contour of
the head. Men are great on lines So
are women who understand to pcrfec-
ton the art of dressing: but all men
know that no monStrosity is too great
for woman to adopt once it becomes
the fashion
Wigs may he exceedingly pretty and
most becoming, but they are not likely
to have Il long reign in spite of their
advantages. for they are very hot
things to wear. Some of the French
women driven to wearing them be,
cause of rapidly Increasing badness,
have practically shaved their heads,
and are starting in to raise a new
growth of hair Heroic measures,
these, hut most sensible, for nothing
Is so beneficial to the hair as to cut
1t. So. after n bit, when their heads
have recovered from the deadly reign
of the tOn%S they will discard wigs
and once more wear the hair Eau nat
urel"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
AUTOMOBILE CANNON
MAJOR Davidson Thinks Mounting Cannon
on Self Driven Carriages the Next Stem.

MAJOR Davidson Thinks Mounting Cannon
GU Self Driven Carriages the Next Stem.
DR.. Maxim discovered that a machine
gun could be made TO act automatically.
mat is, that the recoil of the weapon
could be used to repeat the fire indie
nnltely. Some Frenchmen then went
TO work and designed a device by
means OF which a carriage could be
made to progress with speed and
smoothness without horses. Maj. Roy
a1sP. Davidson of the Illinois national
guard, commandant at Northwestern
military academy, has put two and two
together and decided that a cannon
could be mounted on an automobile
carriage and made to do effective SER
vice.
Maj. Davidson has progressed so far
with his idea, says the New York Jour-
nal, that he has mentally fashioned
two armored gun carriages which may
In time revolutioniZe methods in hand
ling small machine guns and heavier
field artillery. That the idea will work
satisfactorily over smooth streets in
cities and be valuable adjunct in sup
pressing riots is beyond doubt; whether
1t will work as we'll across country and
taking in all kinds of ground remains
to be demonstrated.
So many things must be thought of
in designing such carriage that Mai.
Davidson frankly says he is by no
means out of the woods. The car
rage must be light, so that with the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02


piece mounted and four men aboard the
motive power can be generated in the
machine. Electricity as a motor was
abandoned by Maj. Davidson almost as
soon as suggested. The motor to be
used will be gasoline, compressed air
or naphtha. The success of the latter
with water craft has recently inspired
the young inventor with the belief that
1t is suitable to his purposes.
The main difficulty will be to secure
power strong enough to move the
heavy armored vehicle over all kinds
of bad ground. The automobile car
riages in use operated by electricity
have power only sufficient to run the
carriages with from four to eight per-
sons as load. Compressed air has
almost no limit in power but is some
what limited in speed. Speed is an
essential in handling a battery.
1t is the purpose of Maj. Davidson to
go overland to New York in case he
receives a gun properly mounted in
time. He expects to train company
of his cadets from the Northwestern
military academy to handle the gun and
carriage. He says he will need at
least two such guns before he can give
the matter a fair test. These he will
take across the country to New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
SAILORS AND SHARKS.
Two Facts Not Generally Known by Those
UnacquaInted With tho Sea.

Two Facts Not Generally Known by Those
UnacquaInted With the Sea.
Two facts that may seem somewhat
peculiar to shore folks" said an ex-
sailor OF the navy, "are, first, that only
about one-half Of the man-o'-war's
men in our service or in any other SER
vice. in fact, know how to swim, and,
second, that sharks are the most cow
ardly of all living creatures. 1t is odd
mat SO large proportion of the naval
sailors don't know how to swim, but
IL Is probably due to the fact that a
great number Of our man-o'-war's
men nowadays come from the interior
OF the country, where there is no water
Tor them to learn how to swim. In
the old navy-and put all of my SER
vice in in the old navy, so called-the
man who couldn't swim was, as soon
as the fact was discovered by his ship
mates, incontinently chucked over the
side when swimming call went, and he
Just had to swim. OF course, the men
wouldn't let a fellow who didn't
know how to swim drown before their
eyes, but they would see to it that he
made a hard stab at the art of SWIM
ming before they picked him up If he
didn't succeed in swimming the first
time, overheard he would go the very
next time all hands took a plunge over
the side at swimming call, and thus
all of the men carviO0 on tho old limo
or packets became swimmers before
they left the service. 1t is forbidden
to throw non swimmer into the water
now, but | think it would be a good
thing If the practice were still con-
tlnued. The officers of the ships to-
day insist upon the apprentice lads
learning to swim, but they let the nom
swimmers among the newly recruited
landsmen go along without learning.
There have been numerous drowning
incidents in our navy within recent
years, owing to the inability of men
who were otherwise excellent sailors
in the easy art of swimming.
las to the cowardliness of sharks,
that fact is we'll known among men
who have been much to sea in southern
waters infested by man-eaters. The
fiercest man-eater that ever bullied a
poor little pilot fish into acting as a
food scout for him will get out of the
seaway in mighty big hurry if a SWIM
mer, noticing the sharks approach.
sets up noisy splashing. A shark is
in deadly fear of any sort of living
thing that splashes in the water. Down
among the South Sea Islands the ma
tives never go in sea bathing alone,
but always in parties of half dozen
or so, in order that they may make the
greatest hubbub in the water. and thus
scare the sharks away. Once in a
while a too venturesome swimmer
among these natives foolishly de-
taches himself frjm his swimming
party and momentarily forgets to keep
up his splashing. Then there is a sud
den swish, and the man-eater comes up
beneath him like a flash and gobbles
him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
Now Use For Lamb.

A San Francisco Meat Inspector
seized and condemned seventeen
pieces of meat in the cellar of a res.
taurant in that city recently. He was
making a regular inspection Of the
restaurants, it being his duty under
the ordinances of the city to look af-
ter the meat supply Of the restaurants,
as well as that sold by the butchers.
In the refrigerator of the restaurant
he found seventeen pieces Of lamb In
a solution intended to pickle the meat
and in making his report on the mat
ter at the health office he asserted
that one of the employees Of the place
had told him that the purpose Of pick
ling 1t was to change the flavor Of it
so as to make 1t resemble venison.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

It Is useful to know what kind Of
frees are most likely to be struck by
lightning, because trees afford shelter
n thunderstorms, though a dangerous
refuge, and they often grow near
buildings. According to Mr.. Alexan-
Ter McAdie, the eminent meteorologist.
The order of liability to be struck is rep
resented by the following figures: Oak,
"a; trees collectively-that is, in a
.lump, 40; tall pine trees, Is, and beech,
|. The oak is therefore the worst and
The beech the best shelter. After rain
:rees are not so apt to split with the
,troke as before it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
American Women.

A prominent Spaniard, long resi-
lent in Havana and man of unusual
observation and intelligence, attributes
the strength Of the United States to
the strength in mind and body of the
american women. He says: Give a
million American women as wives to
the young men Of Spain and the nation
IA a quarter Of century will take its
race again among the greatest ma
Ions of Europe"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

In the almost universal latter day
use of the term "woman," as pretixed
to all kinds of organizations, it is in
teresting to come across The Female
Society for the Relief and Employ
ment of the Poor" an organization
founded in Philadelphia in 1885. 1t
Is probably the Oldest woman's club in
America. 1t was originally organized
by Anne Parish Quaker spinster,
and was composed of twenty-three
young women Of prominent Quaker
families, who spent one day each
week in visiting and helping the poor
and needy. When, three years after
the formation of this society, Philadel.
phia was visited ny yellow fever and
many people fled the town. these TWEEN
ty-three women stayed with Anne
Parish and fought the disease. raising
money, caring for the sick, visiting
and helping the well. From that time
to the present this society has had a
continuous existence.
Membership to the club is inherited,
passing down through the eldest
daughter in direct lines from the
founders. The management consists
OF Il cOnllnlttee OF thirteen, Wnlcn mas
control of its business affairs, the only
officers being two clerks and a treas
urer.
The home of the society has been
for over fifty years in the same build.
ing. and there, during the winter
months. employment is given on five
days of the week to about one hundred
women of all denominations The work
consists of knitting. mending. quilting
and plain sewing. which is disposed Of
at the store attached to the home. Pri-
vate orders are also filled-Ladies'
home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
nniries and CnMs.

There are too many diaries contain
ing cows having an average of less
than 200 pounds Of butter per annum
to make dairying q bonanza. By breed,
ing, testing and sending all cows not
up to the standard to the butchers n
much better standard will be rea he'd
and when the herd reaches 300 or $50
pounds year farmer can truly
think he Is advancing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Brain Weight of Men and Women.
Sir William Turner shows that among
dyilized races men have the advantage
over women in internal capacity Of
pc Uranium and in weight of brain
iiself. While the average brain weight
q the European male is from forty
line ounces to fifty ounces, in the fe-
male 1t is only forty-four ounces to
brty-five ounces. The difference in
elze and weight begins at birth. Nor
p the inequality confined to European
aces. 1t is observable among savages,
though in lesser degree Man is not
only the larger and stronger animal,
hut is fitted with a larger and more
powerful supply of brains.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Some experiments recently made in
Belgium tend to throw doubt on the
ruth Of the assumption that insects are
guided to flowers by the brightness Of
heir colors. Brilliantly colored
dahlias were covered so as to show
only the disks, the butterflies and bees
ought these flowers with the same
cagerness and frequency as those which
we're fully exposed. The conclusion
cached that the insects were guided by
the sense Of smell rather than by their
light seems conclusive.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
The Golden HOOl.

The value of sheep to the farm is
perhaps not understood by many farm
ers. 1t is an old proverb that wherev-
er the foot Of the sheep touches the
land it Is turned into gold. Sheep
husbandry has n value to make the
land more profitahle-more productive
at less expenditure than any other
animal kept on the farm.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

The average undeveloped girl or wo-
man breathcS from the clavicle, or re-
gion of the collat-hone. instead of the
diaphragm, which is the dividing wall
between the chest and abdomen The
result is the narrow chest and meagre
throat, which can only he expanded
and made beautiful by repeated mus
cular movements that bribS into play
the inert muscles. and hy Oui"kenlng
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
Establishment in the En.t.

The liberal convention of the Austria
asian colonies has adopted a clause
embodying a recognition of God in the
preamble of the constitution which it
ia preparing for submission to the sex-
efal colonies on their bond of union.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
~ ~
Queen Milhelnaina'a Hahits.

Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland, goes
to bed Mt II and gets up very early.
Her first toilet is quick one, for 1t is
merely n preparation for good brisk
walk in the park. On these excur-
sions she wears rough woollen IMAM
tie" made like those of the Freslan1
peasants. When she comes in from
her exercise she has a cup of chocolate
In her room and then makes an elab-
crate toilet. At least the toilet Is
made. though Willlclmina's part in it
Is principally subjective. Two maids
DO the active part of the making.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

An ostrich cannot kick backward.
When the time has come for the bird
% be despoiled of its feathers, its head
S inserted in bag and the plucker
stands behind his victim. A blow
rom its foot has vigor enough to kill
man.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

In Sydney, New South Wales, the
Itreet car lines are owned by the NUM-
.ipality and no fares are charged.
Homeless folk, it ia said, use them at
light instead of going to cheap lodging
lOuges
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

The German emperor, when receiv-
ng foreign representatives or military
attaches of foreign powers, always
wears the uniform Of the army of the
country the visitor represents, and
sometimes during a levee he will
change his uniform five or six times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

The Siamese have so strong a super
Itition against even numbers that they
will have none OF them. The num-
Ser Of the rooms in house, OF win
lows or doors in a room, even of rungs
IN ladder, must always be odd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

In Japan, says a traveller, a man can
live like a gentleman on 5000 a year.
This sum will pay the rent of a house,
the wages of two servants and supply
plenty of food.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
This frog a Weather Trorhct.

Here is a frog which is said to fore
tell changes in the weather more aCcu-
rately than the Weather Bureau.
The little reptile is kept in a high jar
filed with water and Il ladder.
This wise little animal is native
Of Germany.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
A Curious Fight.
One deyelOpment of the n

One development of the fight be-
tween the English tea firms has been
their taking up the sale of wines and
liquors as part of the business. Now
one of the chief contestants announces
that newspapers, books, and magazines
will be sold in all it's tea stores.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

The origin or the modern circus dates
back to about ITO, when Philip Ashley,
discharged soldier, gave exhibitions
If horsemanship in an improvised ring
1t Lambeth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
Of German

The barometer frog Is able to
prophesy because he is sensitive to
barometric pressure. When the atmos-
phere is clear he climbs up above the
water and suns himself on the topmost
round of the ladder. He quickly
notices any changes, and when the
barometer changes slips back again to
the lower rounds of the ladder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Among every 1000 bachelors there
are 3S criminals; among married men
the ratio is only IS per 1000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Pekin is a city Of dust, like most
Chinese towns. Nevertheless, the only
stores that have glass windows are
hose of the watchmakers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Fumigatlon of fruit trees infested
With the San Jose scale by the use of
:he gas Of prussic acid is a remedy
which is now said to be certainly eff
,ective.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

II all the railway tunnels Of the world
we're placed end to end they would
each a distance of 514 miles. They
aumber about 1142.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

Russian photographers shame delin-
Iuent customers by hanging their pic
lures upside down in their glass cases.
This method soor tompels hem to pay
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

The largest telescope in existence
Ices not make the planet Mars appear
my bigger than the moon does through
IN opera glass.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

The original thirteen states contained
S25,7S5 square miles. or 2OS,5O2, 400
acres. In 1898 the United States con-
tanned 2,720,16O square miles, or 1 $685.
S73360 acres, in organized states. 1t
also contained SS6,27O square miles, or
567212,SO0 acres, of territory not Or
ganiZed as states.