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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
HORSE FERRYBOST
Type of Vessel Used Between Albany
and Greenbush in 1919.

and Greenbush in 1919.
A writer who visited Albany in 1919
gives the following interesting de-
scription of horse ferryboat then in
use mt the South Ferry:
THE ferryboat is of most singular
construction. \ platform covers a
wide. fiat boat Underneath the plat
form there is a large horizontal solid
wheel. which extel ds to the sides of
the boat. and there the platform, or
deck. is cut through and removed. SO
rs to afford sufficient room for horses
to stand on the Hat surface OF the
wheel one horse ON each side, and
parallel to the gunwale of the boat. Ihe
horses are harne>Sed in the usual man
ner for teams-the whiiHetrees being
attached to stout iron bars, fixed horl-
zontally. at proper height, into posts,
which are a part OF the fixed portion OF
the boat.
The horses look in opposite direc-
lions. one TO the bow and the other to
the stern: their feet take hold of the
channels. or grooves. cut in the wheels
in the direction Of radii; they press for
ward. and although thcy advance not,
any more than squirrel in reNolH-
in% cage. o. than ~ dog nj ms work,
theil feet ca 80 the horizontal wheel
to revolvc opposite to their own
motion; this by connection of cogs,
move Two vertical wheels one on each
wing OF tic boat. and these, helms con
stlucted like The paddle-whceis Of
steamboats,, prouure The same effect
and pyopel the boat forward. The
horses are covered by roof, furnished
with curtains. to project them in bad
weather. and DO no appear to labor
harder than gaughl horses with Il
heavy load.
The inventor of this boat is Mr.. Hig-
don. of Whitslaj and it claims the i'm
purlant ad>anu-e Of mp.i,ity, cheap
ness and effect A. first view the labor
appears Ike hardship upon the horses,
but probably - is an Illusion. as it
seems very iuuu4tcrial to their conn
fort whether they advance with their
load, or cause The basis on which they
labor 10 rGcedc.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

81 WAS travelling down from Cincin.
ugu npf len.- .gu" said New Orleans
insurance. man ".uu became acquainted
I'm the Pullman hacking commandment
with a very agreeable gentleman from
I.puiSyiI,e. itr.i..,cd Ia be ?, man of
literary TASTE. apl in the course of a
r3IaiJinr conversation about books. he
S........n1 mo n,. ..a,lnr with eztraor-
binary freedom and accuracy from
Yboupson's seasons | had never
seen that very Ions and prosy epic
sine. ] studfr, j. MI school. as n SIM.
Elementary textbook. and certainly [
di8nt dream iaj ANYBODY ever read
il uovadays without compulsion.
said MS much. and added that [ was
surprised to find .a lli .rer OF what [
supposed to be- 81. Obsolete work. L
,s.It admire Ill., he replied; on the
contrary. I th.r- it tile blamedpst.
tE,ne ever written on earth. vet | can
rcpeat almost the entire poem from
memory without missing a word With
thar he told me q curious story. Five
years ago he said. Il developed an
2vutc nervous ua0IIy and was adj
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
LORD HERscHELL's PRoWLs
He Was Fond of Exploring for Fun
Around Washington.

Tord Herschell had a fondness for
going around and looking at Things Oh
his own hook. When he nrst CAME W
washington he was driven over the
city numbers of times ana SHOWN tIle
neints of interest. but he hked Walk
inc better, and he took numerous long
nrovvls about the city quite unaccem-
nanied. On one of these occasions ne
was accosted in front of the Smithson-
i'm Institute by a guide. The guldes
manner of mixing MS negatives prop
ally anpealed to the Englishmahs
fancy for he consented to be SHOWN
thronnh the Smithsonian Institution
and the National Museum by the man.
member of the Smithsonian lnsu-
tltion's scientific corps who was no
preat distance from the titled English
man and the guide as they went aroun1
among the exhibits In the two build
ines. saws that it was delicious to on-
serve Lord HerschelPs solemn recep-
tion of the guides misinformauon.
The guide knew absolutely nothing
about the exhibits. but the fashon
with which he descantcd upon tneA'
saws the scientist who overheard nm,
was gloriously pompOus and ridiculous.
Lord Herschell listened to the man rs
If he were "sitting under some IA
nous lecturer. only occasionally re-
garding the guide with a sly twinkle
in his eye when the wealth of misin-
formation and tommyrot was flowing
particularly free, After an hour or so
thus spent, the FngliShman dismissed
the guide and handed him sovereign
from among a number that he fished
ont Of his trousers pocket, sized up
both sides of it and then handed 1t
back to Lord Herschell.
"That's dago money amt it, sirE' he
asked the member of the High Joint
Commission.
"Why, no." replied Lord Hcrschen
CHATS an English sovereI@n-the
equivalent of about So i'll American
money"
THAT so?" said the guide. "Well, it
don't look just right to me, sir. and
I'd rather have the American stuff if
you've got 1t handy
Lord HerschelI then took out his
wallet. took a new 50 bill therefrom,
handed it to the guide and went his
way with a smile.-Washington Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
Romance of sian's Great Peal

Slams greatest mountain rang:
the Sam Roi Yawt, or the three 4
dred peaks. A quaint legend, vi
explains their origin is set forth bIl
Siamese biologists as follows:
at appears that one Mong lA
his wife once inhabited the neigh
hood (they were giants. and .
promised their daughter in maTil
unknown to the other to dis'
sutton. At last the day of the nuIl
arrived, and Chao Lai and the b
of Mieang Chin (China) both ariI
to claim the bride. When the horn
father found how matters stoot-a
ing a regard for the value Of pm
Use, which is not too common ID
East-he cut his daughter in hal.
that neither sutton should be a'
pointed.
Chao Lai in the meantime, on
ing that he had rival, committee
eide, and the peak of Chaolal
remains of his body. The uniorlll
bride is to be found in the islana5
Sam Roi Yawt, the peaks Of VI
are the remains Of the giiIs v.
were to be made to the holy man
was to solemnize the wedding, v
Kaw Chang and Kaw King, Oh
east side of the gulf, are the elsp'
and buffalo cart in which the pre-
were brought"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
Advertised Letters.

The following is a list Of the
advertised letters remaining in
the Frederick City pOst-office.
To obtain any of these letters, the
applicants must call for advertised
letters. If not called for within
two weeks they will be sent to the
dead letter office:
Gentlemen's LiSt.--D p. v.
Glenn, f. II. King, j. II. Kline,
Jr., George NOlling, David Stull.
Ladies' List.-MisS Gertrude
Grouse, Miss Belva p. Freeze,
Miss Gertrude NJ. Hyatt, Miss
Eliza Johnson, Miss Sarah MiSner,
Miss Eliie G. Miller, Miss Grace
Warren.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
DEER PARK HOTEL,
Deer Park, Md.
Most Delightful Summer Re-
sort of the Al1egenies.

Swept by mountain breezes,
>, 500 feet above sea level. Alb
Solutely free from malaria, hay
fever and mosquitoes. On Main
Line OF Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail :
road. Hotel and Cottages.
Every modern convenience.
Rooms en- suite with bath. Flee
tric Light, Elevator, Turkish
Baths, two large Swimming Pools,
Golf Links, Tennis Courts. Bowl,
ing Alleys, Magnificent Drives,
Complete Livery Service, Annap
oils Naval Academy Band. De
lightful cottages furnished fol
housekeeping il desired), ready
for occupancy June LIST. Hote'
open from June "a to September
80.
For rates and information ad
dress ID. g. Jones, Manager, b
y O. Building, Baltimore, Md.
until June 10. After that time
Deer Park. Garrett County, Md.
may l2-12t.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
wall Paper, Ancient and Modern.

Wall Paper, Ancient and Modern.
A recent issue of Paper Trade con-
tains some interesting points concern
ing the development of the wall paper
industry While various kinds of print
ed fabrics were known to the people
of most remote antiquity, it was not
till the eighteenth century that wall pa
per in anything like its present form
came into common use in Europe
though it appears to have been used
much earlier in China.
A few rare examples which may be
as early as the sixteenth century exist
in England, but these are limitations
generally in flock" Of the old Flor
entine and Genoese cut velvets, and
hence the style Of the design in no way
shows the date of the wall paper. the
same, traditional patterns being repro.
duced with little or no change for many
years.
A dangerous iaduIgence.
There's only ore drawback TO 2
day Off"
whats. that?"
ut makes you want another day
off. "-Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Doesn't Paw to " DrlI Mi the Time.
Il have tried working nights, and
seven days in the week. and all that
sort Of thing, said Mr. Bitterly, with
a vague idea that nature would make
an exception in my case, and that l
could do it all right, whether anybody
else could or not. but | find it doesn't
pay, which is to say that nature didn't
make any exception in my case. 1t
may smile induigently on me at the
outset of my breaking of its establish
ed rules, but if | persist it gets stern
and makes it clear to me that | must
not violate its rules, doing this by
bringing down nay output without re-
gard to the number of days or nights
| work, to as little or less than | could
produce in six days work, besides
keeping me- in a state of perpetual ner-
VouSncss and worry.
"Ihc fact is that we need a day of
rest; that no spring is ineXhauStble,
and if we keep on dipping after the
water is low we dip up mud with the
water, and it doesn't pay; its better to
give the spring q chance to fill up, and
and to give your back chance, too.
"A man that is III and trim can do
more work in six days than tired
man can in seven. The man that tries
to get more out of himself by working
all the time really gets less. If he is
crowded for money and wants to work
and earn it, the temptation is great to
keep right on at work all the time, and
earn all he can, and if he permits him
self to stop at all. lie thinks he's vast
! ing time; but, bless us! he isn't, he's on
! ly giving himself Il chance to fill up.
| Let him keep calm and enjoy that peri
od of idleness; and it is not really idle
ness, it's recuperaton. Then when the
time comes to work let him pitch in
for all he knows how; he can't work
too hard then, but it certainly does not
pay to work all the time"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
A Strange Retribution

A native paper printed in ATa9 v
Cairo states that a villaser OF y
mich sold some land. After discus
with his wife the best hiding pla's
decided to put the money unos,
mattress of the baby's cot, VI y.
the entire village knew Of the sac,
that night three robbers came 70
the money. The baby began y \.
aud one of the robbers carried " y,
cot and all. The father ana mOs !,
awakening, rushed out to rescue !, /
treasure, but the ran who naa :"
out the baby rushed back to Jop
comrades. In the turmoil tlV i
walls of the howell were pulle9, ~ ~
crushing the three robbers, WillS
peasants, the baby and the money
safe outside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The Patriarch of the Insect
World-A Plants Curious
Efects-A Life-Saving Graz
dle-Propulsion Of. Street
Cars in Paris Microbes in
Rain-Carriage Springs in
the Wheels = Iron-Hunting
With the Compass-Read-
lug the Record Of the Vases.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Women admire brave maH
love an audacious one. a,
It's a wise girl that is able F." =
we her own complexion. -.
There are no longer any la, y N
Northern Illinois. They have ~ h
annexed to Chicago and cut ny 7
town lots. ,v,t
His Explanation Weh'
"You were letting your horselss s,sII
riage run at an Illegal rate ol ny ssA
We'll, you see, judge, it was nm. ,Ii
time she had been out of the s.o md
a month. and that idiotic new ,,o MAD
of mine gave her a double ANS
of kerosene, and, besides Inii s,,,ais
trying to drive her without O"'
and" nm
Discharged. Next case
land Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Gush-Take him all around, he's a
pretty good fellow.
Rush-Yes, l have discovered that
after taking him all around last night
lie was good enough to borrow IS Of
me just before we parted.-Clevelan
eader
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
4 Cnsc Of NEisnIaced Grief.
She Might Relcnt.

HE.
q p,,. treat me now with cold dlsdain
hut some day you'll regret
n anall nc, not go away and pine.
but I'm going out to get
a s IOS somewhere SO and l shalt work
AND be magnate yet. WIN
SHE.
you you don't intend to FRET. 1 WY
'T TIL u never; never see the dsy
n, mat you'll make me regret
w Wh set'i; 1 wish you'd let me know
What Kind of job you ret
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

The tobacco smoker is now threat
ened with arsenic poisoning The stuff
is used in Kentucky to kill the worms.
aud some of it is left on to kill the
dude. The tobacco consumer having
survived bacteria. nicotine and much
good advice, will probably pull through
the arsenic fumes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

iIaDNN DAYS.
How happy days brood DER the land
When man enjoys himself.
Canned pumpkin in the pantry and
Lawn-mowers on the shelf.
Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
Ambiguous.

Here about Willougbee's railway
accident? They say he cannot recov-
who says--his doctor or his law.
yeT indianapolis Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

The called Tugrin Fog Dis
peller, expected to prove a boon
to mariners, is simply a three,
inch tube eight feet long, through
which warm air is forced by a
blower. A hole is thus cleared,
enabling the navigator to see
several hundred feet through the
denSeSt fog.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
A Comnletc Cnrn

complete Cure.
"Ol what did the faith curer cure
your" asked the centic.
"of my faith "a The former de-
kotee.-Boston TIE ~
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Neyersweat Nicodemus--Did yer ever
hear about a princess wot slept for one
hundred years?
battered Tolliver--Yes Wot an ideel
life she led!-Kansas City IndepeDd-
tnt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28


The man was standing on the wharf
at a point where he could see into the
nonnclucid depths of the Potomac
about two inches. He was gazing
down lust as intently, however, when
the policeman smoke to him.
"WellT' said the officer in that dis
agreeable questioning tone policeman
seems to think he has a right to as
sumo.
"Thanks, yes" said the man with
wan smile, "about as well as'cOuld be
expected under the circumstances"
Tie officer wasn't expecting that
kind of an answer and it threw Linn
OIL his clew.
Il mean," he stammered, what are
you looking into that water for:'
I'm not smiled the man AGAIN.
cts too muddy-too Potomacky, l
might say, having used it in my family
for washing. drinking and plastering
purposes for many years"
Il guess you're ell right" said the
policeman changing the subject.
81 don't think l am" confessed the
man frankly. IN fact. now Pm
not. My wife ana | were Just discuss,
4 ing that point before | came down
/ here"
/ "Well. what are you doing here"
( inquired the policeman quite as anXi-
ously as he had made his first inquiry.
Il was thinking what a pity it was
that the war with spain was over
4 why pity? Everybody's glad of it,
l Thought"
"Tm not"
/ "N ig u0t?'
"WeIl, when there was a war, being
u aat oCygnt solt of man that
makes a rafting good living for my
Wilu, ali | had to 60 to bring her out
Of her tandrums was to threaten to
quit work and and go to the front,
where the chances of staying while a
Widder woman was left ut home to
Scrape along for herself and four
small children couldn't be beat. 1 say
the war was the greatest domestic reg
uidtpr on earth but it couldn't last, of
course. 1t would have been too much
luck for a man like me. No. stree, it
had to quit aud now the best can do
I / Up tell my wife where I'm going and
M. Ike il break for this neighborhood, at
least three miles from home, besides
] the publicity OF it. Goodbye, | guess
I'll be going back. If you see anything
of a scarf woman charging around
here in the course of the next half hour
tell her I've gone home, will you,
/ 'aGSe?" and he moved slowly off
toward Il street car.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

The longest lived insect is the
seventeen-year locust, or period.
zeal cicada, which is peculiar to
America, and in several respects
one of the most interesting crca
lures known. Its eggs are laid in
Sits it cuts in trees. When
Matched, the larvae falls to the
ground, quickly buIrowing ont Of
sight and forming Subterranean
chambers. where-each one alone
they remain for thirteen or sey
enteem years AT last attaining
maturity, the entire generation
OF millions OF individuals energies
at almost the same moment,
spending few weeks only Of lie
in air and light. Professor Riley
distinguished twenty two broods
of cicadas in the United States,
seven having the period of thir-
teen NearS--fhe quicker arrival
of these al maturity being
thought by some to be due to the
fact that they live in the warmer
ATTITUDES.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

II never knowed till jist new '.,,'r,s
de utter lonesoneness o me ~ ID
I'm. While I'm snokin giI !. n
er'rythlrg l got IN dis worlu
=. rr1 n1,n -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Pneumatic tires have obvious
disadvantages as springs for
heavy vehicles, like motor cars
In an elastic wheel devised by
Mr.. L. y. HenwOod of London,
the box running OF the axle is
surrounded 10y "A solid block OF
rubber. which forms most of the
hub, and is held in place by
nanges at the ends OF the box and
bolts running through the tlangcs
The rubber bears the weight Of
the vehicle.
Lions are probably less faStid.
iouS in selecting prey than is gen
orally believed. In a note to
Nature, Mr.. Richard Crawshay,
of British East Africa, mentions
an old assertion by ArchdeacOn
Naples that lions sometimes kill
porcupiues. and he himself now
has proof of this in three porcu-
pine quilts taken from the fore
paw of a lion jnst killed in a land
OF game.
The magnetic needle has been
used in Sweden for seeking iron
for nearly two centuries. The
modern instruments show much
! Improvement over the earlier
ones, and Professor NordenS-
tr0em, of Stockholm, expresses
surprise that their use is 50 little
known in other countries. Tha-
lens magnetometer and Tiberg's
incliuator are the most important
OF the Instruments. In survey
ing with the magnetometer-
which is said to consist Of a COM
pass on tripod, with radial
arm carrying a movable magnet
the field is divided into squares
OF about thirty feet to the side,
the angle of deviation of the
needle noted Tor each corner of
every square, and the measures
are then plotted, the points Of
equal deviation being joined by
a curve whose shape indicates the
position of the disturbing iron.
The iucllnator measures the dips
OF the needle as well as its hori-
zontal deviation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Continued study Of old vases
Including the Grcciau ones Of The
museums OF Florence and syria
cuse-ha> confirmed Dir. Folgher
alters theory that such objects
have recorded u southern dip of
the magnetic needle within his
toric times. Clay, it will be re
mcmbered. is permanently mag
netized in burning, in a direction
parallel TO that of the earth's mag
II 'tiSm at the time. The top or
nameutation showing that an up
right position must have been
preserved in the furnace, it is
concluded that early Corinthian
and Atic vases prove southern
dip of the needle in the seventh
century 3. g., later Coriu ,hiau
vases, probably dating near the
beginning OF the sixth century,
show an almost complete absence
OF dip, and that when the LATER
Attic vases We're burned-about
100 b. G., the dip had reached
nearly 20 degrees to the north.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

TO render photographs self-lu-
minous, piece Of cardboard is
covered with starch paste and
busted with powdered sulphate OF
baryta or sulphite of lime, the
unmomted picture, first made
transparent by soaking with cas-
tor oil. being then laid on the
prepared surface. The phosphor,
escence Of the chemical lights up
the phOtOgraph.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

The Parson-I leah de angels don,
fetched yo' anudder baby brudder?
"Yaas, bnt it st seems lax dem
angels picks us e,u De blacklist babies
In d:,-or'-ijfe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Though the value of the incu-
hator in Saving-thc lives Of deli.
cate infants is we'll understood,
the use Of the ordinary apparatus
has been refused by many Sensi-
tive mothers on account of its
somber and cotlin-like appear
ance. This has led DIR. Dill're, a
French physician, to construct a
cradle incubator. This consists
OF neat tinned-copper cradle,
beneath which is a boiler or water,
bath and a kerosene lamp, the
cradle or incubation chamber be-
ing closed by a movable glass
plate and containing a wire gauze
bed, moiStening sponge and Il
thermometer. Two apertureS are
provided for ventilation. The
boiler is Soldered to the bottom OF
the cradle, and, while commun
icating with the air by a siphou
tube, is entirely closed, avoiding
the annoyance of rapid evapora-
ton and making a single charge
OF water serve TOR two months
The heat is regulated according
to readings of the thermometel
by simply raising or lowering The
lamp-wick.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
\ lIecllanical RricI.lnver.

~ ith hfiNt
The latest device in the way of la
hor-sayng machinery is what is de-
scrihed as a mechanical bricklayer"
for use in "aUtomatica"v laying, ce-
menting and levcl'.ng bricks, slabs,
stones an' the like Ia The construction
Of t0rtiHcatiaus piers. bridges Va
ducts, warehou es, dw Ling houses aud
buildings Of c5nry description"
Such an apparatus has been patented
in Great Britain and abroad by n
Birmingham cons lting engineer and
his son, who claim that it will save
tWo-thrds of the time occupied in lay
ing bricks by hand.
"The mechanical stoker." say the
inventors, has proved a successfully
not a mechanical bricldayer?"
of course. one result Of the cOntriv-
ance, if it proves success, will be to
reduce the amount of employment to
tie hricllayer by hand. and, for Il time
at least. to reduce wages.
On the other hand, houses will cost
less, and the general public will bene-
fit proportionately because cheap
houses mean cheap rents.
But it will be time enough to think
of all these things when the "mechani-
cal briclllayer' starts laying bricks.
4 Case of Misplaced Grief.
Miss Spinster sold her piano in order
to buy n bicycle Miss Spinster was
not musical, and never touched the in
strument. But it had been a gift from
her father, and when the men carried
it away Miss Spins ter was affected to
tears. Her maid. Bridget tried to con-
sole her.
"Sure. mum, l wouldn't take it so
much to heart, num-, To be sure mum.
We fayther that's dead gave to yez. but
niver moind. Nora O'Flanagan. Mike
I O'Flanagan's wife, that is, who lives
around in Dead Horse Alley has lust
bought n pyanny fer her Mary. and
! sure. mum, if they's gittin' as common
i as thot, yeZ don't wnnt one"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

Several new alloys have been
produced in France by using zinc
or its alloys to retain a certain
proportion Of iron, nickel or
chromium ia the form of oxide,
and to reduce and Incorporate it
iii the presence Of furnace gases.
cooper steel" is described as
having u high resistance ana be-
ing adapted TO forging like iron,
and is one Of these ALLOYS.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28

The old theory that the appar-
ent enlargement of sun and moon
near the horizon is due to compar-
iSon with terrestrial objects has
long been unsatisfactory. 1t is
explained as rcSul Of SOME PEE
cuiiaItl OF the eye, which az.
counts also for the late determi.
nation that the shape of the sky
is horizontally widened convex
itE with a singular depression in
the zenith.