davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
USEFUL INVENTIONS.

A TeXsn has patented billiard cue
which is chambered at the end and
filled with chalk, to be discharged
through a small opening 10 the face of
the cue as each shot is made.
A handy hitching post has a spring
drum inserted in the top, on which is
wound a cord with a snap hook at the
outer end for attachment to the bride,
the spring pulling the rope into the
post when not in use.
a westerner has designed wagon
which will improve the roads instead
of cutting them mp as 1t passes along,
the front pair Of wheels running on a
wider track than the rear ores and all
four wheels having broad. fiat tires
An Ohio man has patented an animal
trap which sets itself automatically
and kills the animals as fast as caught.
a fitting platform being arranged over
q water receptacle. with bait attached
to the platform, the ro1ent tipping the
cover and falling into the water wher
&c resGSss thC Init
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
SUGAR AID SEA POWER.
From This showing Each Of the
Great Maritime Nations Has
sweet Tooth.

The great maritime powers are all
great sugar-eating nations. Wherever
the spirit Of navigation, commerce,
travel and colonization is strong there
is a large consumption of sugar per
head, says Pearson's Weekly.
England heads the nations of the
world in fondness for sweet things, the
sugar consumption there being 70
pounds year for each inhabitant. The
rited States is a close second, each in
dividual consuming 67O7 pounds per an
mum.
In Denmark the quantity is IS pounds
a head, in Holland "a pounds, in France
90 pounds, in Norway and Sweden as
pounds, in Russia 10 pounds, in italy 7
pounds, in Turkey 7 pounds, in Greece
pounds and in Servia pounds,
Cuba produces annually 975,0 tons
OF cane sugar, the United States sooOoo
tons. Java contributes 4sO, 600 tons each
year, the Philippine islands 265 600 tons
Hawaii $4,000 tons and Porto Rico 60
600 tons.
Germany leads in the production OF
beetsugar, with one-third of-the animal
yield, while Austria is next. Franco
Russia, Belgium and Holland each pro.
duce about the same quantity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
A PERSEVERANCE TEST.
The Western Unions Way of Dealing
with Female Applicants for
Employment.

Many girls are employed at the West
ern Union Telegraph company's main
Office in filing dispatches and other
work requiring no great skill. Now,
although they get only the current
wages Of worksers in such employ
ments, there are always many appli-
cants for every vacancy. In view Of
this fact the company has adopted an
interesting method of dealing with ap-
plications. Every girl applying is ques-
toned as to her age, education aud Essr
idence. Furthermore. her height is
taken. The facts as to the applicant
are then filed for future reference, and
she is advised in case she is really anx-
ious for place to return at the end Of
four months should she not hear from
the company before that time. The
reasons for this advice is that the list
of applications is destroyed every four
months, says the New York Sun.
Many applicants never come sec
ond time; some, however, come a sec
ond, third or even a fourth time, and,
although the officers of the company
hold out no special hope to any appli
cant, they do say that here, as else
where, perseverance often succeeds.
The requirement that the applicant
shall appear in person each time Is an
ingenious means of wedding out those
applicants that lack the perseverance,
which, other things being equal, is like
ly to make girl more useful to the
company than girl with less OF that
quality.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
TOWN THAT CURES BADNESS.
Those Who Go away and Lose Their
Hair Return and Get
II Back.

II had MONEY. said Norristown
man. according 10 the Philadelphia Rec
ord. I'D exploit the little village of
Waretown. on Barnegat bay. Ware
town is not wonderful on account OF its
excellent fishing and cunning, but on
account Of its power Of curing bald
ness Call me if you will, liar, but
the fact remains that not bald-head-
ed man is TO be found within five miles
of Waretown and any bald stranger
who goes there 10 live and just gets
out bareheaded as often as possible. on
the bay and in the black grass mead
ows. begins to thatch up right away,
and in year has a crop that isn't
thing but smooth. When was down
last, in '95, met man named Henry
Camburn-you know they're all Cam
burns pretty much down there. Well,
Henry, though an old man, had head
of thick, soft brown hair like a boys,
and he said it was his third crop.
"Twice had he lived away from Ware
town and got bald, but he came back
each time, and so did his hair. believe
that the pure, strong winds, that smell
of pines and the sea cause this thing.
and if had money l would get to-
gether colony of bald-heads. take
them down to Waretown, keep them
out all day, and every day fishing in
the summer, ducking in the winter,
without any hats, and in year would
discharge them cured I could easily
charge them $1,000 head. Any man,
if he had it, would pay that"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
MAJORS AND MINORS

Alexander Slot. the pianist, Ia
Russian. n
A,+on;n Dvorak was born in 30
h.mis in 1871. He is still living
"say Au Revoir, but Not Good-6y'
x.s written bv Harry Kennedy.
Nascarpi's latest opera is named
r1ris" The scene is laid in Japan.
Hector Berlioz was born in France Cd
December II. 1893, and died on Marcn
., 1896,
Paderewski. snvinsky. Essipof and
gloomfeld-Zeisler are all pupils OIL
Theodore Leschetitzky.
Anton Gregor Rubenstein was born
IN November 30. 1929, in Roumania-
He died at Peterhoff, in Russia in NO
vember, 1894.
Standard pitch has varied during re,
cent times between the limits 500 ana
p and 500 and 20 for the note Con the
third space OF the treble clef.
HAYDN is pronounced Hydn; Gluck,
Glerck: Beethoven. Bay-toe-ven; Men
delssohn. Men-dell-sone: Weber, Way
bur: Meyerbeer. My-er-beer; Wagner.
vok-nur; List, Leest: Paderewski,
Pah-ter-eif-sky.
Wagner wrote the "Siegfried" idyl as
q birthday piece for his wife. 1t re
ceived its name from his son, Siegfr1ed
Wagner, who was born during the time
Wagner was composing the music
drama "Siegfried." after the hero 81
which he named his child.
Two forms of minor scales are used
at present; the melodic and the har
monte. In the former the sixth ano
seventh notes Of the scale are raised in
ascending and lowered again in de-
scending. In the harmonic the seventh
only is raised both in ascending and
descending.
Johannes Brahms died at Vienna on
April 8, 1897. ,He was the son of Ham.
burg double-base player. and was born
May I. 1888 His father gave him his
first instruction. He made his debut
in Hamburg in 1s47 as pianist. He de-
voted his talents however, to compo'
sition and the conducting of orchestras.
He received many honors and amassed
a large fortune Brahms may certainly
be classed among the greatest of the
modern composers. - Ladies' Home
journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
MUNICIPALITIES.

Senator Bate, OF Tennessee, is an ex-
pert fencer. having used a foil since
his early boyhood.
Lord Hallam Tennyson, son Of the
late poet laureate, has been appointed
governor of South Australia.
Joshua NJ. Sears is the biggest indi-
vidual taxpayer Of Boston, and annual
ly puts S57,OO3 into the municipal treas
ury.
81 am a short, broad man." said Sen
ator Vest the other day, "but my enc
mics say my speeches are both long
and narrow"
The youngest captain in the army
during the Spanish war was j. D. @.
Oglesby, aged 1s,who commanded troop
X, First Illinois cavalry.
Henry Watterson was once engaged
to lecture on Mind and Matter" In an
advertisement of his lecture in his own
paper, the Courier-Journal, the com
positor made it read wind and Water"
Two states are alternately represent
ed by Hon. John j. Upchurch. He lives
on the boundary line between Georgia
and Florida. Last year he was mem
Der Of the Florida senate; he at present
represents Charlotte county, Ga, in the
lower house Of the legislature.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
WORK DOES NOT KILL.

"Not work, but worry, that kills"
some one has well said, and the NEGRO.
logical list for the last year or two oil
men prominent in scientific medical
circles is an interesting commentary.
When Huxley died, June %, he was
past 70, and his had been life typicaIly
iull Of patient, arduous investigation,
solid, rational. scientific teaching and
brilliant, II not always orthodox and
original writing
Karl Thiersch, to whom the world
owes so much for his Improvements IN
the technique Of skin grating, died
April IS in Leipsic, where he had been
30 long a professor OF surgery, at the
nge Of 70.
Louis Florentin Calmeil NJ. d., the
distinguished French specialist In
psychological medicine, died March IL,
1898, at the ripe age Of 81. For - years
he had been doing work in medicine
and the allied sciences that has kept
his name prominently before bis con-
temporaries-at least In France
Pasteur was 70, and worked on till
the end. From the time in the early
sos, when, drunk with tie wine OF the
Joy of discovery, he staggered TIP
against fellow student in the Rue
d'Ulm, with the words; "Je viens de
faire une grande decouverte" Il have
Just made a great discovery)-he was
coming from his laboratory. where he
had just demonstrated the right and
left polarizing properties of the two
varieties of tartaric acid crystals-up
almost to the day of his death, few lives
have been filed with more persistent or
more ardu0us work
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
CARVING AS AN ART
~ should Be Taught to Eve-,
Because 1t Is Now Consideres
an Accomplishment

Only persistent practice and deHn..
knowledge make carving a nless"'
and d success Neither ILLUSTRATES U'
diagrams are Of much assistance WI
learning Ills art As a distinoni.A..
aui hori'y IN carving says in bis n.y.. ny
ograph On the subject: ILLUSTRATES
cuaro' rrove hopeful because ,ba
igai hing before US bears faint :.
,euib,anre 10 pictures, these being .t
20 give us Only surfaces. with No him.
Of what may be inside"
By right of precedence the carv...
char belongs to the head of The hone
either father or mother. but wesrin.,.
rreoccupaliou. or. more often. n,
rents pleasure in contemplating ,b.;,
creasing deftnese Of clever SON =,
daughter in presiding over and nroD
erly distributing a joint. fowl or s,s
leads the elders 10 resign in favor ),
the youth when guests are not oressn,
Carving at the table. it is said ispov
considered not only useful art bn,,
social accomplishment as well. nrs.
teal knowledge Of its process Should
BE- a part of the education Of all youp,
people.
Children should know how to carr,
by the time they are Is years old /,
France a boy is required TO take ri,
turn in cutting and serving meat, !,
table as soon as he is strong enough (,
handle the knife ard tall enough +,
readily reach the Joint or fowl Som.
times he stands upon broad stos
made for the purpose, and he is proud
when he is successful. and ashama
hen found imPerfect.-ChicagoT Time,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
FLANNELETTE ROBE.
A Pretty and Graceful Design IA
Wear in the Bedroom in the
Morning Hours.

A morning robe that is both pretr
and graceful! to slip on while arrave
ing the toilette. is made OF light weigh
Hannelette striped with broad oanda
old rose and tiny one Of green, ont
background of pale yellow. Nine yard
Of material are required to make such
gown for a person of medium heigs
With half a yard OF rose, green or dei
cream brilliantiEe for the woke All
band around the foot of the skirt
This morning gown may be made d
a wrapper pattern if care Is taken 4
"urye the seams so that there viii bel
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
FACTS FOR THE NATURALIST.

Of horned cattle only the buffalo is
native of America.
Elephants without tusks are numer-
Gus il Abyssinia.
Many acres Of canary seed are an.
nually grown in Kent, many persons
there being solely canary-seed farmers.
The straw of the canary seed plant is
highly valued as fodder for horses.
The fora Of Europe embraces about
10000 species India has about $4,000.
The British possessions in North Amer
lea, though with an area nearly as
large as Europe, have only about 5000
One OF the richest foras is that Of the
cape Of Good Hope and Natal, which
numbers 10000 species.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
HIGH LIGHTS.

Candor in a man cuts off old friends
and holds off new ones.
When man knows music he isn't ex-
pected to know anything else.
Never speak Ill of yourself. Others
are always working at the job.
Real charity consists in being toll
Grant toward the faults of people we
don't like,
If we could see ourselves as others
see us we would take our oath it was
somebody else
A woman who is very pretty always
makes other women discover how much
more clever they are.-Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
A GRACEFUL GOWN

graceful flare in the hang Of thea
The sides and oack of the waist lite
~ while the front falls loose. A.
to match the yoke finished witha-
round bail confines the ROBE
the waist.
The brilliantine yoke is almostN
and the neck is finished with a bal
the same material or ribbon
sleeves are very long and fo'
slightly smaller than angel sleeres
ike the foot Of The skirt are bOTd
with three-inch band of the bril-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The Induction Col Improved
The Chances Of Living-Al-
cohol as an Qluminant-A
Cathedral -Eater-Mica Min
ing-British and American
Chromium Plating
-Kallen.te Vitality Of
Germs in Tombs - Electric
Taste Stone From Pulp.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
sweet Potato puddine.

Line pie plates with a rich pastry
and fill with a custard made of two
boiled sweet potatoes. four eggs. two
and half ounces of butter. one-quar-
ter pound of sugar, two teaspoonfuIs of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
CLINTON E. MAIN
let Drugs Hlone

unless you really need ln''
then only Pure Drugs sucu'
sold by painstaking ana
Druggists. We keep only
it's none to good for our Gu
We can't afford 10 carrySi
anything that isn't the V'
member these facts wv
come to patronize DTus!
WE WANT YOUR TR'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31

niue seasons In which Greenwich
was warmer aud Chicago colder
than the average. and II In which
Greenwich va, colder and Chicago
warmer.
European mete0TOlOgists have
reached the conclusion. contrary
To current belief. that there j no
connection between winter TEN
pera,urr and the height Of the
barometer. A. If i quite a often
cold when the barometer j below
tile average a. when above.
The aluminium furnace having
made j, possible to produce very
pure chromium az small cost.
Or Gold,chmidt makes tLe inter
e-tiug suggestion that this metal
would be- much superior 70 nickel
far plating If l. could ~ used for
taat purpose. Il J. more stable
THAI airseL being a. little liable
10 oscillation a. gold. NJ
method OF plating with chromium
j. ye- known. bot. a. if could ne
used a. a soluble aaod-. il l. hr-
l.evr3 that a practical process
NAV lee devised re bong Il az
pear that the metallic chromium
can be reduced ia considerable
quantities for a fraction u dol
lar per pound.
i ueH industry for Australia
j, promised hy tile valuable Eu
calip,u,. or blue gum tree. An
explosive. which la, been named
kai.eui-e. j. made from the leaves.
and this j, said 10 have i've or
six times the strength Of dyna .
mite, aud 10 be Inexpensive 10 .
II further expert
euce iu~rifieS the claims made.
~ '.'" '''" - IA. '' ,. 2S ~ -
~ .'.','''' '''s ~ = ~ va" ''''
l'''' '"' AI''.'''
\ Ie'HaIhd account 81 the
of disease germs comes
',''' ;, ''''', ',''' Geo " s .,u IS
, ''' '''' ;.; W. ' '; '''l'' -; 49,
y, =, I ',,,', - "a t 'I,' >" ,it
'o' : ," H. ~ i ;'''' ~ ""'
~; nam; a ~" ~ 80, a. - l'S',e"
'''' 10 loi'; az 49,. - ~ 1j'',,
T"o o,,', 'o 80" 81, "" 'tnj.j
i IN ~ ;et t'G az ,Io5,Iar
-,'.ll;,,, aI,Lan,,I ma. ,ri,h ST..
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
written ,.r ti- C.-fz-n


-.....-.t. .r...,..
-.. :...--.....-.s
''' ", '
pT. \. " eAat!'' OH ia. '"''e''-
burg, j. pointed out 5T Ai. A. 4.
c. ~Winfon as uucA t.emo~t not
slI.. i..l-....ra4.- n, many wear.
.....t. .s... ;,.5.....;y.,.
- ~.
con. al" a. '''''' '' -''' many
important applications ln A-Fat
wor.. wireless telpErapar. r-r.
V-,.l.-- ro,.-,f.a-.. f -arve.-.
t:..t
frequency ALTERNATING pug" i"e
apparatus l. simply glass vessel
flied with dilute -alpAluc acid,
ir.. vl1rr Gig two electrodes
.f....... had .,
..,..t,. .-.. ..4 ..... o.t..- .
eid-- '-'r ''- a.'-'- .'s' .'',
ana having P-'. ll''."- VI. "'
platinum VIE scare" l".' w. .'.-
ION VIC '4 '''' WIVES ~ ''l'
source '' continuous w. .'., 'i
mo ..' -'''
tht .R.@ j. ''''.'. 't'' '.'' :, ''el
a'.5 '''3" ~ '.'''',' ''' -" '''.'l
nan d." ~" -'o'. %. .'"',' "'-
"Aeu 'He ''I''H. j. ''l''" on "
IdI'u'' '. .'' .i.'''''"' "' Sc " J., '' "
pI"'d. ''' 'l''i '''''' w '''','' '''''
uI''i@ peg ,'''i''' >'','', ~ '"N
~. y ''' .,''' ~ 81 - "''.' '.' ''''u.'
a'''I' ,''''. p va '''. ~ >}"' 2
aai'ie"'' ~, WI ~ T = ''' = a. r., -
'H' 'o'''''"'' ~ ny. ''' -, w "0
"' ~ = =" :. :, ''''' NY 80. ~ ''
'i'' ''''''"'' w. '", ''' ''"', .'''
pa. n.y. ''''' " ~ ''.,' avg i'''' '''
'>'' '''''T "''''
An interesting rune .,l ''' "I ,., '''
ming 'h' ,i"pd"IIll> Oh llle u
stare" pl W. 9eI'"''''-' 81 'I'l'
Sel>' y" ""Ne "f'" ""lN't Jul ~
ne MON re- " J l'','A ",a NtI''d
ilclali WI" ie,'l''e ' u" Eng d""
~ ioP'' - j., N''"'lf
10 N,io .I"'l Que > d-e u rom ~ an"
|" nv i''e rue 'i''"'h,'e' ~ = '"e
Ie>u!t nr'" : "' "u'i'O 'r 81 car
one Is likely 'o NV ~ r"d'l'.e
oI il' ing one year peH ohU one
present age i I"''h" 10y W school
ing "" De . !" i al ,lIt n' - Z"
at > years ol= 70 l aI ~ ears,
Oh Y" ! at ~ y ears ~ I" I al "
year ~ p" az ~ an" 80 20 !
d. ~ ~ i ,',,. peISoLo 81 w
4eai > 2'' y ~ ~ r. oo 80 ~ , e"is'
Inc ined - gaming @r"uh" III
rance 'Iid' alcohoi from oeetf"ot'
etc. can be made 10 compete
with petroleum for lighting pnr-
poses ana that inns use OF alcohol
w"nId GIVE great encouragement
to French agriculture.
Late reuairs ON the roof.beams
of Winchester CathedraI. two
Thirds Of which were so badly
worm.caten a. TO require replac.
inc with new oak. have made
cons,i.uou. the work Of a re-.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31
On sn Indian Ra,ket

On En Inui2n haskell
! know not by whose patient han
This basket, woven strand by stran'
From plant reeds and grasses fne,
Was shaped; nor whose the rare %
True copy of the lightning's lance
Inwove it's beauty 10 enhance,
But this know. my hearts desire
The large chu-sett you so admire
May not be mine for some time hen'.
Tia marked Twelve dollars. my
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31

I'd rather have a man come out
And tell his feeiin's square,
Than go TO talkin' round about
With an indulgent air
An Say. 'Oh, yes, your friendA
A wider swath than most,
He's well above the average. J
An then you get the roast
! hate 10 see that man come roul
/ wish that he'd keep still.
In everything he's said I've foO'
a sugar-coatcd pill.
An after this. I'll let him strut
An have his naughty say, =.
I'll listen till he gets TO But
An then I'll run away.
washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-31

Comparing the records for
fifty-on years qS41-1S9D, Mr..
A. b. Mac DOwall finds that the
temperature of both Greenwich
and Chicago was above the
average during sixteen winters
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-10
ADVERTISEMENTS
TWO FINE SPECIMENS
Of Physical Manhood.

No form OF athletic exercise demands
such perfect physical condition as prize
fighting. Every muscle in the body must
be fully developed and supple. and The
heart. lungs and stomach must act 10 per-
fection.
Whether we indorse prize fighting or not
II is, nevertheless. interesting TO know
the manner by which men arrive at such
physical perfection.
James .Ieffries, the present champion
heavyweight Of the world. and his gal
liant opponent, Tom Sharkey. In the great
est pugilistic encounter that has ever
taken place both pursued much the same
course of training and the first and most
important part OF this training was to get
the stomach in condition and TO keep the
digestion absolutely perfect, so that every
muscle AMI nerve would be at its highest
capabilities.
This was not done by a secret patent
medicine but both of these great pueil-
lists used a well known natural digestive
tablet sold by druggists under name of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and composed
of-the digestive ferments which every
stomach requires for healthy digestion.
Champion Jeffries says: "Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets prevent acidity, strength
en- the stomach and insure perfect diges-
tion. They keep a man in fine physical
COnulllOH. OlBHtu, ),
champion OF the world.
The gallant fighter, Sharkey, says: "Stu-
arts Dyspepsia Tablets remove all dis
comfort after eating. They rest the sium-
ach and restore IL to a healthful condi-
ton. 1 heartily recommend them.
Signed. Thos. ]. Sharkey.
The advantage OF the daily use of Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets is that they keep
people well and ward off sickness and are
equally valuable to well persons as to the
dyspeptics. Another advantage is that
these tablets contain no cathartics or poi
sons of any character. but simply 1igcs-
tive ferments which are found in every
healthy stomach, and when digestion is
imperfect II is because the stomach LACKS
some of these elements and Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets supply ii.
They are no cheap cathartic. but a per-
fectly safe and efficient digestive and Ine
demand fer them Is greater than the sale
of all other so-called dyspepsia cures COM
bined. No remedy could possibly reach
such a place in public esteem except as
the result CT positive merit.
Full sized packages are sold by all
druggists at 80 cents and the best haoit
you can possibly form is to take a Stu-
art Tablet after each meal. They maKe
weak stOmachs strong and keep strong
stomachS vigorous.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-10

with a soil ready to germinate it that ha-
cillus will propagate till its ravages claim
another victim.
y DR.. Lefevre-It is surprising TO me that
some such action has not already been
taken by boards of health. A school
teacher who carelessly eXpectorates on
the floor is menace TO the life of every
child In the school. i do not desire TO
needlessly alarm, but ii is not only by
means of the breathing organs that con-
sumption can be contracted. Let me illus
trate. A child cuts its finger. There may
be no poison in the cut, but if the air
should contain some OF the germs and our
schools are mostly old buildings and not
any too well ventilated. and they should
settle on the cut. the evil work is done
and the child is doomed. Should n teacher
take handkerchief from her pocket on
which are some dry germs and should
shake il in a school room she could do
enough damage to threaten the life OF
every child In the school.
This move Is but one more step along
the lines that led to the forbidding of ex-
pectoration on the sidewalks. only IL is
far more important and necessary. San
Francisco should at once take steps to
protect her school children.
DIR. j. A. Black-Although / was once
teacher. i must confess that i have
never heard of this important matter be-
ing taken up in relation to teachers and
pupils. 1t appears TO me that II is strik-
Ing at the very root of the evil. protecting