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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

The floor of the rcturda in the Lon
don coal exchange, where the mer-
chants gather, is very unique 1t is
composed of inlaid woods, arranged in
the form of a mariners compass. with
in border of Greek fret. Upwards of
1000 pieces Of wood are employed. Al
most every British variety is included
in this scheme Of decoration.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
Had seen Them,

A newly married lady was telling
another how nicely her husband could
write.
"Oh, you should see some of his
owe lettersw
"Yes, l know" was the freezing re-
by; "Ive got bushel of them in my
runk."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

A native merchant of Manila, while
undergoing his last illness, expressed a
desire to have zone of those beautiful
American tunes" played at his funeral.
He could not give its name. but a friend
knew the tune he meant. and so the
funeral passed on to the cemetery. the
band playing "a hot time in the old
town tonight"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
Selling Newspapers in Paris

Here is an idea for some smart
newsboy to improve upon. The Com
pagnie Generate DIES Omnibus issued
an order forbidding newsboys from
entering its vehicles How would it
now he possible to reach would be
customers pcrchcd on the "imrrrialcS,"
the seats provided ON the roots OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

The lord chancellor of England is
never allowed under any circum-
stances, to make a journey which in
wolves a sea voyage, however short the
passage. He is supposed to have the
great seal in his immediate Keeping.
day and night, under all circumstances
and its safety is not to be rsked.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

SELLING NEWSPAPERS IN PARIS.
lie street cars and omnibuses? The
problem was soon solved. for one fine
day a man selling papers appeared
near the Madeleine with peculiar
apparatus. He had a stick seven or
eight feet long with wire clamps
fastened to its sides and papers stuck
in them. On the top there was a small
metal cup with % hole in the bottom
The hole was n very important part
of the apparatus, for it reached ali
the way down through the stick, and
through it came the copper coins Of
one or two sous, according to the price
of the paper selected by the patron.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
The Roy, We're Accommo la,ing,


A Princeton professor, being troubled
by hardness at the morning lecture,
on the part of some of the students,
advised them, when they complained
that they had to study so hard at night
that they could not arise early, to get
alarm clocks. The next day nearly
every student in the class came into
recitation with an alarm clock in his
pocket, which by patient and united
efforts were set so that one would go
off promptly at every successive min
ute of the hour. The effect can be
imagined. Shortly after the first stu
dent was called to recite one Of the
clocks in the pocket of boy at the
other end of the room went off with a
terrible clamor, and before it had fin
ished second in another part of the
room made even a louder racket
There was a brief interval which the
professor utilized to call up another
student, but the latter was scarcely on
his feet before the third clock went
off. The performance was continued
for half an hour or more, when the
professor, who had keen sense Of
numor, recognized the situation and
cut short the fun by terminating the
recitation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
A PRETTY CORSAGE.

designs are lined with colored silk, as
Is also the small yoke, which is en-
Lroidered with design COMPOSED en-
!ircly of spangles. The next trimming
is IF mousseline de sole trimmed with
narrow back ribbon and with a gath.
or Of mousseline de sole and tulle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
Chinn's First Railway.

The first railroad constructed in
China was a nariow-gauge line from
Shanghai to WOosung, put down in
1876, and intended chiefly as an ocular
demonstration TO the Chinese. At the
end of twelve months it was sold to a
Chinese official, who straightway tore
up the rails and deported them to For
mosa. The single dummy engine Of
the line now reposes peacefully in the
mud of some Formosan harbor, to-
gether with the wreck of the junk in
which it was transported. During
these twelve months of its existence
the Shanghai-Woosung railroad, with
its single dummy engine and its train
of small cars. which, by the way, were
Of the American pattern, carried $780,
900 passengers. The Chinese came
from far and wide to see and expert
ment with this new barbarian curiOs-
ity, and the people in the neighbor-
hood, soon finding it an institution Of
great practical utility, became regular
patrons. The predicted uprising of the
people against the construction of the
road never materialized, and, as for
the graves along the route, every farm
er@would manufacture as many graves
as he could get dollars for permission
to traverse them.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

GIUSEPPE MAsI's WONDERFUL LEAP.
courage and tinesse of execution ex-
GELS anything heretofore attempted
In the neigh orhood of Quinte a
suburb of Rome there lies vast
stretch of plateau. cuvimned semi
circularly by a long range of steep
rocks. In order to win a wager, the
officer on his horse jumped from the
highest of these rocks over a yawning
chasm, sheer descent of sixty feet.
Horse and rider escaped unhurt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
Sewing nnh Rnnninr

An Atcnison man whose wife re.
ceived 12S wedding presents because
she was lovely character. is now
compelled to attach his suspenders to
his pantaloons with n R"il.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

i Aough the Italians are not an
equestrian people, the Italian army are
o. late beginning to cultivate the art
of craftsmanship. Giuseppe Mast, a
lieutenant of the calvary, recently per
formed Il feat which for daredevil
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
Stylish Corsage.

The illustration shows q corsage
tie front of which is mousseline de
sole, embroidered all over with an ir-
OCULAR undulated pattern 1t out Of
.uipure, or large meshed tile span
tn with steel beads or jet, and also
"ed with spangles. These Undulated
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

The wool on the back of sheep is a
shepherds barometer. The curlier the
wool the finer will be the weather.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

The heart beats ten strokes a minute
ess when one is lying down than when
n an upright posture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

me Turks have no war songs except
pose they have translated from other
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

The first post-ofI!ce was opened in
Paris in 1912. in England in 1881, in
America in ITO.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

"a square inch of the human scalp
i nairs number about 1000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

me Sandwich islanders estimate the
Fauty Of women by their weight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

A n ORDINANCE
Repeating and re enactiug W tlam nd
mcnts section one Of the ordinance of
the Mavora "a Aldermen f Ere lcrjck
aentitled "An Ordinance regulating
the sale Of Fruits Veg tables, + sh,
Medicines, Merchandise and other
Articles upon the Streets, Lanes and
Alleys of Fredcrick, ard + pealing
Ordinances Ms. AZ, 7GS and $50. re-
lating thereto passed and approved
on the 18th day Of jane, \. ID. 1898.
SECTION BE il enacted ana ordained by
the HaYor and Aldermen of Frederick That
Section tone of the ordinance of the Mayor
and aldermen Of Frederick entitled Am
ordinance regulating the sale of Fruits Ncgc-
tables, Fish, Medicines, CrchandiSc and
other articles upon the Streets, Lanes and
/ Alleys of Frederick, and repeating ordinances
Nos ~, 16N and 5 %. rotating thereto, passed
and approved on the 10Th day OF June. \ ID.
ISIS ho ana the same is hereby repealed and
/ iV-enactcd So as To read as follows;
SECTION Be il enacted and ordained by
| the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick That
1t shall not be lawful To sell. or OTTER for sale
I from any wagon, cart or other vehicle or
Otherwise. upon or In any of the trr,tS. .nncs
or Alleys of Frederick any Oranges cmons
/ 'auana~ or other Fruits. Vegetables or other
/ Produce, Fish, foods, Wares or Merchandise
, OF any KIND whatsoever, except illi, without
having previously obtained from the Mayor
under the seal ui the operation, q License
So do, for which each person shall pay the
sum of FIFTY Dollars per auuum from the
date of such license, i'm advance or a permit
70 sell amy of said articles which the 'aYOr is
hereby authorized to issue under his hand
without the seal of the ,orporatiun. for any
number of days not less than ten days. for
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

THE INTESTINAL CELLS.
be brain fever or insanity. He will
be able to detect whether the trouble
is due to mental or physical weakness,
and will treat and prescribe accord
ingly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19

An Instrument to Hear YOn Think
Dr. VerenZi. the great German
specialist, who has made fortune
and can afford to spend the rest of
his life in study for the benefit of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
THE PARENCHNMATOTS CELLS.

THE PARENCHN MATOUS CELLS.
humanity, is shocked that so little is
known of the brain. He has discover
ed that the brain is in two halves
the interstitial and the parcnchymat-
Gus cells-whlch have hitherto been
treated as a whole.
He is at work on an instrument
which will enable him to see and near
the brain, as the heart and lungs are
heard. Then he will know how to
treat the patient, whether the ailment
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House on Weston street. Apply to Fred
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D.-ir4nl. irNer nuyr PA house. ND q
state street. with stable II preferred
City wafer. furnace All modern conve-
Granite Nation1. Bank octSOdtf
Tenement Of I'VE rooms on first floor. IN
good repair; water in the house; with pr
without small stable. Inquire of Mrs.
Lizzie .Eoyes, E3 Water 81, up one
iliEht --------
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Inv. case. 247 water street.
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House oa Weston street. Apply to Fred
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Hru aui village pr1aartv f5r sale Ap-
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state street. with stable II preferred
CIfv water. furnace am modern conve-
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Tenement of five rooms on first floor IN
good repair: water in the house; with pr
without small stable. Inquire of Mrs.
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
MARRIAGE
Said to Be an Even Bargain by Woman
of Experience.

Said to BE an Even Bargain by a Woman
of Experience.
Marriage" says fair correspond
ent, 'in common with all the blessings
and evils of this world, is governed by
the laws of compensation. A man
loses, possibly, a certain amount Of
liberty-a vague term at best-he may,
perhaps. have to deny himself his cigar
and few other unnecessary luxuriea-
He must, in short, be little less SELF
centered than formerly. Yet are not
his denials more than amply repaid by
gaining comfortable home, where he
reigns paramount. where he is consid-
cred, loved and waited upon at every
step? Above all, on securing tender,
sympathetic, loving helpmeet, always
ready to sink into oblivion her own
worries and troubles, to advise and
cheer him in the daily fight, to sym
pathize in trouble, to nurse In illness
and to transform his very faults into
virtues. All this and more man gains
as a reward for little self-denial and
an increased responsibility, and say
it is emphatically untrue that men
rank wedlock as tremendous and
most undoubtedly uneven bargain.
Don't judge men by few who, un-
worthy to be husbands themselves,
have been disappointed in their wives.
or by those smallminded creatures
who lack the faculty for seeing two
sides of question. No; marriage.
where man and wife are true to their
calling, is an undoubtedly even and
profitable bargain"
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
One Day They Didn't Dance.

The organgrinder came with his pi-
ano-wagon and his helper into Null
berry street. He comes every day. A
troop OF children flowed along after
him. They came every day, too. The
old man threw back the cover, planted
his piano in front of police headquar-
ters and the children planted the babies
they carried on the steps In front of
building opposite. All were ready.
The helper put on his smile and the
grinder took hold of the crank. 1t was
all just as usual, just as it happens
every day, Just as it has happened these
many years. But one of the little girls
glanced up, poised for the first step and
her gaze was fixed. Hey" she cried to
the organ grinder, and hor arm pointed
to the door back of the babies. There
was a bit of Grape on the bell. The
janitor was dead. The organ grinder
drew down the cover. picked up his
machine, the children gathered up the
babies. The whole troop went off
down Mulberry street and around the
corner.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
Scent Drinking.

Let me most fervently warn all your
lady readers against the deadly habit
of drinking or slipping scents" said a
leading doctor. referring to the now
prevalent vice. Generally, merely In;
order to do something daring, young
schoolgirl will take a sip at her moth
ers scent bottle. The habit grows. 1t
is only natural it should. since when
woman is, as she thinks, innocently
slipping the juice of some sweet flower.
she is in reality drinking n form of al!
cohol much more deadly in its effects
than her husbands most daring drink.
Perhaps when / tell you that more
than half the serious mental and phys
ical breakdowns among society lead
ers which come under my notice can be
traced to this secret scent drinking.
your readers will take warning and
stop now Immediately. would rather
foster love for cold gin In my own
daughter than one for the finest scent
ever manufactured. The hold OF the
former over her would be comparative
ly easy to conquer; but once let the
craving for scent clutch n woman. and
only the grave can cure her"
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
PLEASANT PREDICTION.
Suspected smu3siers Searched by Means
of the X-Rays.

Suspected smu3glers Searched by Means
of the x-Rays.
cts only matter of time," said one
Of the custom house inspectors the
other day to a New Orleans Times
Democrat reporter, when the present
system of searching people suspected
of smuggling will be entirely obsolete
1t is clumsy, tedious, embarrassing,
and, worst Of all, ineffective. Clever
smugglers Of either sex can conceal
small articles about their clothing In
such manner that they simply can
not be found without completely de-
stroying the garments, and no in
spector would dare take any such
chances. The truth is that searching
as now conducted doesn't amount to
much except as bluff and all the old
offenders are thoroughly we'll aware of
Its futility. What will take its place,
did you ask? Why, the X-ray, of
course. No, am not joking; am in
earnest. am confident that inside the
next year or two special form Of
apparatus will be perfected that will
enable an inspector to take a suspect
into private office and in thirty sec
onds tell to certainty whether he has
any dutiable articles planted about his
person, all without SO much as touch
ing him with his finger tips. He will
simply stand him in front of an X-ray
machine and look him. over through q
Horoscope. Excuse me, SIR he may
say. but I'll trouble you for your right
boot. l see you have few diamonds
concealed in tho heel Or it may be
that the man has a watch or two sewed
up in his underclothes, or dozen yards
of gold chain concealed in the lining
of his coat. 1t will all appear as plain
as print, and, on the other hand, II he
is innocent the fact will be demon
strated in a jiffy without subjecting
him to the slightest humiliation or in
convenience. Some daring rascals have
been known to swallow valuable gems
just before being searched. With the
X-ray revolver such a dodge would
prove transparent in every sense of the
word, and the smuggler would be po-
litely requested to move on to the
stomach-pump department next door.
It's great scheme, and would prove
equally valuable in detecting shop
lifters at large dry-goods stores. II
had time I'd perfect the idea and take
out patent on it,
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
New Name for Indians.

At n recent meeting of the Anthropo-
logical society in Washington. the
name "Amerind" was proposed as a
substitute for the various terms now
employed to denote the Indians or red
men OF America. The new name is
compounded from the leading syllables
of the phrase American Indian" and
the working ethnologists OF the socie-
ty. led by Major Powell, were practi-
cally unanimous In approving the word
Amerind. and recommending Its adop-
tion. The adjectives derived from the
new name would be "Amerlndic" and
"Amerindian."
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
MARVELLOUS CURVES.

The Alamagordo and Sacramento
Mountain railroad, which was built in
New Mexico last year, is line OF mar
velous curves. 1t is branch OF the
Ell Paso and Northeastern, and extends
from the town of Alamogordo, which
is 300 feet above sea level and situ-
ated where the vast plain of the Tu-
larosa valley meets the foot of the Sac
ramento mountain, to the summit Of
the mountains at an elevation of 5000
feet, distance of 1894 miles. The
road is standard gauge. with maximum
grades of SO per cent and maximum
curves OF 40 degrees. The length OF
the line on the mountains is 14.76 miles
and the percentage of tangent Is 361a
per cent. and the percentage of curves
63k per cent. Altogether there are
lis curves on the line, 61 of which have
a curvature OF 80 degrees or over eacn
The curvature of the other curves
ranges from 20 to 2S degrees. las follows:
Twelve curves. 20 degrees each: two
curves. % degrees each; one curve, 23
degrees; twenty-seven curves, "a
degrees each; one curve. 25 degrees;
nine curves, &c degrees each; two
curves. 2S degrees each. In all there
are 1S.401 feet of track with a curva-
ture OF 30 degrees and over. The road
is designed for hauling logs from the
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
Ancaatora of tho BOera.

Seventy family names predominate
among the Beers. They are almost all
kindred. The Beers now in Africa are
descended from ninety people, mainly
Dy tch. with a few Germans and Danes.
q; Tho were granted discharges from the
Dutch East India service in 1870 and
then took to farm life. They have had
large families. twelve or fourteen chill
dren not being uncommon, and from
these ninety persons and 200 French
Huguenots who arrived some years
later the Beers OF to-day are descended.
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
Trouble In TenchIng Monkeys.

From the washington Post: An ex-
perienced animal trainer says: "As a
rule, monkeys are readily trained, but
occasionally there is one, as in the
human species, who is Ounce and
won't learn anything, is positively
stupid and refuses persistently to be-
come educated. The trouble in teach
ing monkeys is largely that they are
mischievous. They try to overdo
things, and do things which are not
wanted of them; so that, In order to
make them perform as desired, steady
drilling is necessary, although they
grasp an idea quickly The only two
species OF animals which can be taught
by precept and example are the chin
panzee and the orang- -outang. They
are imitators, and to instruct them in
doing n thing 1t is only necessary for
the trainer to do 1t first himself and
then either one Of these Will initiate
him" .H......
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-26
ALASKA is FERTILE.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS Ex-
T. PERIMENTAL STATIONS,
All Sorts of Early Vegetables Excel
In Flavor Those of the United States
Grains aud Forage Crops Arc All
Good.
Especial Letter.)


The federal department Of agricul-
ture has shown that fruits, vegetables.
and grain are being grown with profit
In. Alaska, and that our great Arctic
domain offers enormous possibilities,
hitherto unsupported, for agriculture
on a large scale.
Along the Alaskan coast the soil is
capable Of producing grain. vegetables,
small fruits and forage plants of as
good quality and in as great abundance
as many Of our northern states, and Of
supporting countless herds of cattle.
In southeastern Alaska is a region as
large as all New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania combined, that is adapt
ed in all respects to cattle raising.
The government is establishing three
agricultural experiment stations at diff
ferent points in the territory, to test
thoroughly and scientifically the ca
pacity OF its soil for producing food
supply for its present and future pop
ulation, and enable the territory ulti-
mately to become self-supporting with
respect to the food it may need
The stations are at Sitka, on the