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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
GOLD BRICKS.
Robbery of Life as Well as Money
One OF the Worst Of Modern s"1nole'
Stones for Sufferers Who
Want Bread.

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II a doctor should prescribe candy
and other sweets for each young giri
who came under his professional care
be would probably be called, by these
patients at least, IAN elegant doctor.
If your child was desperately i'll, and
YOU knew that only some nauseous
mixture would effect cure, you GER
tainly would not hesitate to give it,
simply because Of its taste. Suppose
the druggist would think only of pleas
ing your child and should give you
some mixture of honey, only labelling
it with the name of the disagreeable
remedy! What would you think OF
such man? You would say he was
willing to risk the life of the child
simply for the sake of pleasing.
We all know what wonderful power
.od-liver oil has over a number of dis
eases. 1t is also well known that no
human skill can completely remove all
It's peculiar taste. Yet there are
few INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers who
are so anxious to have perfectly
"tasteless" mixture, that they will
leave out the cod-liver oil. They label
their bottles as some "tasteless cod
liver OIL" and yet there is not =
particle of oil present. That is why it
is tasteless. They believe you have
confidence in their statements, and so
are perfectly willing to deceive you if
only they can sell their goods Is such
4 course anything but a criminal one
A perfectly tasteless preparation Of
cod-liver oil cannot be made. We have
been making emulsions for twenty
years, and we can speak with author
ity. The nearest approach to it Il
found in SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-liver
Oil with Hypophosphites. This prepa-
ration contains the very best cod-liver
oil with nearly all the fshy taste re,
moved. Only a trace of it remains:
enough to be detected, but not enough
to make the mixture disagreeable even
to the most sensitive stomach. This is
why sick people lind no trouble in
taking SCOTS Emulsion, and it also
explains why so many persons recover
their health under it's use.
Nearly twenty-five years ago the
proprietors of SCOTS Emulsion discov-
cred a process of emulsifying or par.
TALLY digesting cod-liver oil, SO a.
to remove from it almost entirely its
obnoxious fishy taste and smell, and at
the same time increasing its food and
remedial properties. They found also
that by combining the Hypophosphites
with It that they added still further 70
ItS power.
Since that time Thousands Of imIta-
items have come iAto the field, but the
original has never been equalled In IL
great strengthening, healing and AesA
producing powerA The medical pre-
feaslon have obtained results froa II
probably unequallsa BY any OAAss
remedial agent
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
cROTON BUG is A WONDER
lie Has Potentialitiss That should Make
the Public Respect Him.

A Croton bugs mission in life seems
to consist in getting drowned in bath
tubs, eating pages of books. and even
clothing and making an all around
useless nuisance of himself.
But like lots Of other seemingly use
less children of nature, the unlovely
Croton bug has not only his uses, but
that may raise him a bit in the public
mind.
In the first place, did you know that
he is an inveterate hunter? And that
his favorite prey and food is the bed
bug? But for the Croton bugs hunt
ing expeditions, there would be three
bedbugS where now there is one. Much
may be forgiven in the Croton bug for
this exploit alone.
Again: The longest Croton bug
measures, perhaps. half an inch. y
tall man may ATTN to six feet in al
titudc. The Croton bug is thus one
one-hundrcd and fOurty-fourth the
size Of the man. Had man the strength
propOrtiOnate to his size which the
Croton bug possesses. here are few
things q SiXfootcr could do:
He could run the 1O0yard dash in a
fraction less than four-fifths of a sec
ond. He could. at that rate. run a
mile in something like fourteen sec
ondS: and incidentally he could smash
every record ever dreamed of and
make the Empire State Express look
like 80 cents. This estimate is based
on the speed of Croton bug which
was coerccd into running across a
desk three feet wide The bug made
the yard of distance in just one second
Figure out the ratio yourself.
Another thing man could do. were
he as powerful proportionately as the
CrOton bug, is this: He could bite
through a piece of cloth eighteen inch
eS thick. have coat onc-eighth of
an inch thick literally riddled by Gro
ton bugs Multiply by IA and there
you are.
Half a dozen drops of purple ink
spilled on a desk were eagerly alb
sorbed by single Croton bug in five
minutes He wasn't out for a record.
either. He was Just thirsty. This
equals onc-eightieth of an ounce. By
this rule a normal man should be able
to toss down two ounces of purple ink
in the same time. and thrive on it.
- tlVIoH puS mas DeeH seen carry
ing from drainpipe masses Of drain
ago double his weight He walked
away with his prize without apparent
effort. Thus grown man should be able
to carry off on his shoulders from 300
to 500 pounds of food without swear
ing at the heavy weight
Figure all this up. remembering at
the same time that the Croton bug not
only eXterminateS the red rover 6f the
night, but also acts as scavenger for
drain pines and plumbing, and you
may in time have less respect for men
and more for Croton bugs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09

what does lion wdigh?" ASH that
question Of amy acquaintance and see
what he viii say. Those who know
the look OF the king OF beasts best
and how small his 1.-THE body really is
viii probably come furtAest from the
truth About 300 10 $50 pounds is a
usual estimate But this below the
mark. \ full grown lion will tin the
scale Al no less than 800 pounds.
Five hundred and forty pounds is the
record for an African lion His bone
Is solid and heavy rs ivory.
The tiger INNS the lion very close. A
Bengal tiger. killed by an English Of
ficer, scaled 500 pounds 4 tiger Of
this size has. however. considerably
greater muscular strength than the
biggest lion. Few people know that
grizzly bear can give points TO anv
other carnivorouS animal in point of
strength. grizzly bear weighing
just 100 weight has been watched car
rying heifer Of more than two-thirdS
Its own weight for two miles M the
most steep and rugged mountain side.
And this without pIuSing one instant
for rest. The grizzly bear the largest
and most powerful Of all the bear
tribe but his cousin. the cinnamon
bear, runs him very close. and the big
white polar bear, though not really so
dangerous customer. Is capable Of
performing the most extraordinary
featS Of strength. 4 polHr bear has
been seen to move with his paws n
boulder sly men had with difficulty
put in position to guard n cache Of
provisions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
TOMCAT AGAINST COYOTE
How an Undsunted Feline Won a Battle
for His Life.

\ Boise man passing over the sage
brush plains near Meridian was treat
ed 10 an exhibition that was as strange
as it was interesting. 1t was a battle
between cat and coyote.
Plainly the nights prowling over the
prairie had netted the coyote nothing in
the way of a good square feed. When
first seen he was steadily gliding
about, his nose to the ground, search
ing, as they always are. for something
to appease his Unsuitable appetite. He
was surveying the surroundings from
a slight knoll, when there appeared on
the scene a great tomcat-a burly fell
low, who also seemed on a quest for
breakfast, some toothsome morsel, as a
cottuntail or young grouse.
When tom hove in sight the coyote
smiled a satisfied smile. Tom had not
at first seen the coyote; in fact was
not aware that foe was near until the
first charge, when the coyote sprang at
him. But, quick as flash, he PARTED
the first thrust and then squared for
action
The coyote plunged into the battle,
intent Oh bearing down his antagonist
with brute force alone. and this proba-
bly, saved the day for Tom. This time
Tom got in a left swinging blow on
the coyotes jaw. letting first blood;
then jabbcd with his right bringing
the coyote to a stand. The coyote
went to his corner under a sagebush,
bleeding.
In the second round the coyote
sprang into the fight much rs in the
first and with about the same result
to him. The cat uppcrcut him as he
rushed in, then, swinging, mauled him
with left and right until the air was
full Of brown-gray hair. The round
was furious throughout, with honors
clearly for Tom.
The coyote might have been counted
out if the gophcrs that watched the
fight had been counting. He deliberat-
ed long before coming in for the third
round, but his belly ruled his mind,
and TO the scratch he came slowly this
time.
Tom was ready, and rushed the fight.
He crowded the coyote and backed him
over the knoll planting a left or right
whenever or wherever he pleased.
Finally, after much sparring, Tom
got in the deadly Knockout blow. The
fight was his but he took no mean
advantage. When the coyote was
down he stood over him, giving him
more than the limit of time for him
to come up, but CAMS latrans had
enough.
He skunk away to his sagebush, and
felis domeseica, his back still up, with
his head over his shoulder to see that
he was not made the victim of treach-
cry, sidled Oft to continue his hunt for
nice young cottontail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Are Pennies Unlucky g.?

A New Orleans paper the other day
gave an account of a conductor on one
of the street cars who refused to ac-
cept five copperS as fare from pas
senger. Conductors in New York
city. says the New York Herald. have
not quite reached that point, but if
looks could kill many poor woman
who laboriously hunts up the stray
pennies in her purse and calmly ten
ders them to the waiting conductor
she would have been dead long ago.
Why are conductors so averse to re-
ceiving pennies? The principal rea-
son is that pennies will not be taken
from the men at the auditors office.
Conductors cannot turn them in as
part of their receipts.
Many cOlored persons consider pen
MES unlucky. | saw an old Southern
nanny demonstrate with a conductor
because he gave her five pennies in
change. and when he refused to take
them back she threw them on the seat
and left them behind her when she
left the car.
Many actors and actresses also look
upon pennies as bringing them bad
luck and often throw them away
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
lcara RenL Eyes.

Most people would no doubt be in
clined to fancy that the eye was the
gateway Of quite the most delicate Of
all our senses. But this is not so. The
sense of hearing has been proved to be
far the most delicate of all the senses
And the senae of touch appears to be
perhaps the keenest of an. The tests
are very simple.
For testing sight a disc half black,
half white is revolved quickly Before
the eyes. When it reaches a speed of
twenty -four revolutions second the
colots cease to appear distinctly any
longer to the eye, and the result is
gray. For sound a revolving toothed
wheel makes series Of clicks, and
these to the average man appear dis
tinct sounds up to sixty a second. At
ter that they cannot be distinguished
apart. The sense OF touch is tried by
rapid blows Of a tiny electric hammer
onAthe skin. Up to 1000 a second
these blows have been felt separate
and distinct.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
SOME QUEER CURES.
Anonymous Letters, Freezing, Bees ana
other Unusual Remedies.

One physician has discovered a new
use for the anonymous letter. He has
obseTI ed that in cases of hySteria,
melancholia. rheumatism, etc. pa
tientS have sometimes been cured by
q violent and sudden shock. That
fact being established the doctor said
to himself. why not shock my pa
tients into good health?" and since the
idea occurred 10 him his life has been
not only profitable but entertaining.
He suits the shock 10 the case. but
says that he has had better results
from anonymous letters than from any
other method. 4 few carefully con
structed letters full of innuendo. abuse
and threats of injury will give a pa
-ient an absorbing interest in life
He will forget his ailments. and that
Is long step toward recovery. Incl
dentalA the treatment may make things
lntercs ting for the family of the con
valcSccnt. but that's detail. The ply
stefan who invented the treatment
saws that results have been most graf
flying
This is day Of queer diseases and
queeri cures. y case of nervous eX-
haustIon. dyspepsia or rheumatism
can give one long lifetime of inter
estine and varied experiences. nc
may lounge among the vineyards Of
Southern France ana eat unheard-of
quantities of grapes in the name of
medical science one can take the
open ;.il cure in Tyrol. where the pa
tents. clad simply and sufficiently in
one tnin. abbreviated tunic. ramhlA
over the hills. or. minus the tunic, lie
Oh the grass and soak up sunshine.
Russian StoppeS and the starvation
cure in Germany. Germany is the
native heath of the barefoot fraterni-
ty. too. where drvout believers in
Father Kneipp paddle merrily about
in the morning dew. and arraYed in
conventional purple and fine linen. but
still barefoot. invade the neighboring
towns on Sunday.
\ Paris doctor has designed a dry
bath of Arctic tcmperature which dis
counts the most noble efforts of a dis
approving chaperon. A tank of metal
lined with fur. is sunk in a larger out
er tank and the space between the
two is filed with an evapOrating fluid,
which lowers the temperature of the
lower tank to about 100 degrees below
freezing. The nervous patient is put
into this refrigerator and kept there
for few moments. the treatment be-
ing repeated every other day. The
effect is said to be marvellous, and
disease is frozen out
Malta's way of treating rheumatism
Is a trife heroic. but n generation
brought up on mustard plasters and
electricity ought not to object to it.
The patient is stripped and bees are
cordially invited to settle upon his
body. 1t amuses the bees and cures
the rheumatism. so it seems to be a
philanthropic system all around. The
poison in the bee StingS is said to neu-
tralize the blood which is responsible
for the rheumatism.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09

Talk about hard luck stories." said
a reformed Western gambler. Il think
| can discount anything you ever
heard in that line. 1t was in the early
days of Lcadyile, just about this time
Of year, and | tell you it does get
cold up in the hills along about now.
well. | was broke. didn't have a
copper, and had stroled into a gamb-
ling house to get a warm-up. There
were several games going on, and
when | had thawed out little, | walk
ed over to the faro layout, where |
went broke the night before. AS |
said, it was a very cold night, and,
feeling a great draught at my feet,
| happened to glance down at the floor
to see where 1t came from, and there
by the side of my right foot was lying
what | thought to be quarter
Il had been watching the game
closely. making imaginary plays. I'll
play % cents open on the ace | said
TO the dealer, and in a moment more
it won.
The dealer handed me two white
chips. l played again, and again won,
and before the end of the deal had
nice stack of chips. 1t seemed to
me l couldn't lose a deal, and in half
an hour | had a couple of hundred
dollars worth of chips before me.
81 concluded to cash in, and stacked
my chips, pushing them toward the
dealer. He counted them. and look
ingy up at me, said; where's that
quarter you made your first bet on|
| had fOrVoftpn all a bput IL | lOOEp1
on the floor; the quarter was gone.
Then | lit match, and saw that what
| supposed to be quarter was simply
wet spot. 1t was originally bit Of
ice, but the heat from my boot melted
it. OF course. the dealer promptly re-
fused to cash the chips"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
A New ArtIfielnI stnnr.

Papyristite is new artificial stone,
made from purified paper pulp and
other ingredients, by FIR, Gehre, civil
engineer OF Zurich. 1t is an improve
ment on papro lite, invented by the
same man. 1t is especially intended
for jdntless roofs or floors, and is a
non-conductor of heat cold or sound.
1t is hard as stbne, but has soft,
linoleum-like feeling under foot, and
is noiseess. IL weighs les Fan stone
or cement, and 900 pounds of the pre-
paration in powdered form, spread A
inch thick, will cover ninety square
feet. The cost is said to be exceeding
ly low, and it can be laid without
special machinery; it is dry in twenty
four hours, and can then be highly
polished.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Two ROrPa.

Two Of the deputies in the legislative
chamber Of the Duchy Of Luxembourg
are such bores that they try to speak
at interminable length on all questions.
They have become such nuisances that
when either of them begins to speak
the other members rush hurriedly out
of the chamber, leaving him alone with
the presiding officer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09

a physician who declared that few
people know how to walk up stairs
properly was asked to describe how it
should he done He said:
Usually a person will tread on the
bah of his foot in taking each step.
This is very tiresome and wearing on
the muscles, as it throws the entire
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of tile body on the
muscles of the legs and feet You
should in walking or climbing stairs
seek for the most equal distribution
of the body's weight possible. In
walking upstairs. your feet should be
placed squarely down on the step, heel
and all, and then the work should be
In this way there is no strain upon
any particular muscle. but each one
is doing its duty in natural manner
The man who goes upstairs with a
spring you may be sure is no philoso
pher. or. at least. his reasoning has
not been directed to that subject"
THE doctor might have gone a little
further in the same line and protested
against the habit Which many persons
have Of bending over half double
when they ascend fight OF stairs
In exertien of this kind. when the
heart is naturally excited to a more
rapid action. 1t Is desirable that the
lungs should have full play But the
crouching position interferes will
their action. the blood is imperfectly
aerated, and there is trouble righ
away.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Killed the BIncIx sheen

Forty sheep belonging to William
Arndt gathered under a maple tree in
Van Vert county, o., and among them
were IS black ones. A binding flash of
lightning seemed to penetrate the earth
in the midst of the flock and killed all
the black sheep, leaving the white ones
unhurt. Each dead sheep had a round
hole in the back of its neck, as if from
a pistol ball, and around it the wool
was burned away.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Uniformed TeIephone Girls.

Vienna telephone girls are required
to change their dresses and wear uni
form when on duty, as the dirt which
they brought in from the streets affect
ed the instruments. Their costume is a
dark skirt and waist, with sleeves
striped black and yellow, the Austrian
national colors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Lombroso, who can discern insonit,

Lombroso. who can discern insanity
where even Max Nordau can't see 1t.
and who Is Of opinion that most men
and all women are more Or less crazy.
has, been looking for the lnicrobe of
madness in the heroes Of contempor-
airy novels and plays, and has met
with glittering success, especially In
the work Of Ibsen and lola. He
says that fiction is keeping pace nice.
~ with the march of mankind toward
general dementia. and predicts cheer
fully that the characters in fiction will
in the future show steady increase
Of 'unacy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Remarkable Ink

A German on trial for swindling
with forged autographs of Martin
Luther brought out the fact that the
ink used by Luther $50 years ago is so
coed that copies can still be taken
from it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
Source of the GuIf stream

Recent investigations have shown
that the principal source of the Gulf
stream is not the Florida channel, but
the region between and beside the is
lands of the West Indies. At Bnioni
the volume Of this warm water is 60
times as great as the combined volume
OF all the rivers in the world at their
mouths.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09

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overcome thn debility caused nv nut-
ting ga much STRENGTH I'm the croD
and unless climatic. changes Interfere
eacb yaar is a finn bearing one in good
orchards.
younc. treas ora raised from soad
Tho min of tb.. ,.,,i,r MIN. boino sont
IN mo nurseries f,.. his nurnnsn Tho
eeedIinos crow, ,,,l,-,d.rad fnr - ,.cor
yvb.n tbov AFRO sortnd ana reconstructed
In tho flor this fhtN a.
grated ana Iaft I, GROW for at lnost
another yoar .efore b.ipr mn ont in
the orchard. Then they are set ont
in rows apout forty feet apart where
thew will continue TO grow slowly and
bear GOOD crous until olo age or some
blight DESTROYS them. The custom of
planting apple tree. i'm rows originated
with the ancient Romans. and has
been followed by al farmers since that
time. Almost any kind of soil viii
suffice for the arplc. but =, thrives
best in a strong. sandy loan and in =
moderate climate.
Tho annie Is nnr..,,ar nm ,ccount Of
It's variety Of uses and lis adaDtabilitv
for use as a food b.,th raw and cooked
and the kinds m - In demand are
those that can lp fsten either Of these
WAYS A few ann, ripen early in tho
summer ana IN IN. early fan months.
but the majority of the crop reaches
maturity during tho months Of Octobnr
and November. and even later in the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
ABOUT THE APPLE.
IT is THE MOST EXTENSIVELY UsEC
OF AL THE FRUITS.

Has Figured In History and Possesses Many
virtues-An English Ceremony Which In
sures a Full Crop Where the Fruit Cam-
From Originally.
The apple is the most used Of all
the fruits grown. Il is world renown-
ed, and has figured i'm history and the
lives OF most nations since the earliest
record. Poets AMI philosophers have
told Of IT, and mythology has endowed
IL with wonderful virtues. The gold
en- fruit of Hesperu> was an apple;
also the famous tree pf knowledge
bore apples. II was an apple which
Eve ate and offered 10 Adam, aud
the fruit in the garden guarded by the
dragon which Hercules finally over
powered were apples Apples We're
tabled In all tn" myths and We're be-
liayad To have many wonderful pow
ers, such As comforting immortality.
and were reserved 10y the gods as a
special food for those who felt them
selves growing old. As a relic Of this
Old reverence for apples. the farmers
Of Drrau~iire ia England, still keep
up tle custom uf sllurug the APP
pies IN tup spring TO insure a fun
crop. This ceremony consists of the
farmers going ont under the tree and
pouring part Of va>~1il bowl of
cider 90 'ha roots az o.. tree hanging
t.r ot rle toast which is In The bowl
ga the branches. while the farmer and
as men dance slowly around the tree
singing t.- following:
Here's IL rH-. al8 annie tree.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-09
QUEEN ANNE'S RAILROAD COMPANY
GENERAL NOTICE.
MARCH LIST, lSa

MARCH lst lA
Commencing April 9Th. 1898. the 9nTJ
Anne's Railroad COMPANY will transfer
business from Pier ~ 10 Pier 91S Light slisy
Baltimore, Md, and will put in service
Queenstown.
ON the same date the Office of General Fr9 ~
ana Passenger Agent will be moved M M
Queenstown, Md, TO Pier w Light street =
timOre. Md. !.
beginning Wednesday, March 4, 81, steaIs
OF the Queen Anne's Railroad Companf
leave Baltimore at 3:25 p. M, instead ="
as heretofore.
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