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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
ola Church UDenrtbed.

The foundations of an ancient Eng
fish church have been unearthed at Wa
verify Abbey, near Farnham, Surrey, as
well as the remains of the monks
dormitories, the Kitchens and the dis
ciplinary cells. Several old oakeu cot
fms were discovered in a perfect stau
Of preservation, among them that o.
William Manduit, third baron of Hans
lape and kings chamberlain, who was
buried In 100.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
THE TAG ENDS OF THINGS.

The Hebrew cubit is little less than
20 inches.
During the year ended In September
asst 1858 criminals were sentenced In
Iowa.
There are more public holidays In
honolulu than in any other city in the
world.
Al the close of the last fiscal year
here were 1880 post offices IN the
United States.
The anarchist party has 1850 newspa-
pers. the editor OF the most important
Of which is an eX-convict.
Tea is very cheap in China. In one
province Of the empire good tea is sold
at ~ pence per pound
or the 17,O00.0O0.0 o0 letters forward
ed annually in civilized countries the
United States contributes 5,0O0000O00.
The largest price ever asked and paid
for a single pearl was S500,0C0, which
was the value of the great Tavernier
pearl.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

For all true words that have been spOs.
For all brave deeds that have been do
For every loaf in kindness broken.
For every race in va!or run
For martyr lips which have not failed
To give Cod praise and smile to rest,
For knighty souls which have tot quan
At stubborn strife or Lonesome quest
Lord unto W hoin we stand in tiral!
We give Thee thanks for all. fer all
For each fair field where golden stubbl.
Hath followed wealth OF waving grain.
For every passing wind of trouble
Which bends Thy grass that lifts agar
For gold in store that men must seek
For work which bows the suien knee
For strength, swift sent to aid the weak
For love by which we climb to Thee;
Thy freemen, Lord, yet each Thy thrsl.
We give Thee praise for all for all
Margaret E. Sangster. In Youths co
panion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

may be two or three-inch, the two inch
being slightly preferable. but the three
inch covers so much more space for the
zane amount Of cost that they are
much more economical. On theee
benches five inches Of soil is placed. a
the drainage is so rapid that this depth
can be safely used, and depth is con
sidered desirable where the desire Is
to make a special fat, hollow tile for
florists use. II made with plenty Of
sand in the clay to make it porous It
would make good bench for flowers
and would perhaps be more convenient
than drain tiles.--Scientifo American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
A Chance to Get Even.

"a Kentucky man recently married
the granddaughter of q woman who
once refused him."
Gracious, what vengeance he will
be able to wreaki"
II don't see where the vengeance 10
to come in"
"Why, he will be able to address the
woman who had once refused him as
grandmother "-Cleveland Leader.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
snIniers Nnt LiIrnh

Soldiers are despised in China They
belong chiefly to the coolie classes
The German officers engaged some time
ngo by the German government found
that their most important task was 10
overcome the soldiers own feelings
that they were lower order of beings
than other Chinnmen
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

The vicar Of skegby, England. was
marrying couple the other day, both
Of whom had been constant attendants
at his Sunday school. The woman in
the case had. indeed, but recently can.
tureG prize o''oDed for ability TO re-
peat by rote without mistake the entire
eatechism Of the Church of England.
She had apparently suffered nothing
from the tax upon her memory until
the clergyman turned to her before the
altar ana asked, according to the ritual:
Mary Jane. wilt thou have this man
to be thy welded husband?" Then
habit asserted itself. and the TANGLED
skein of memory refused to unrayel
YES, verify by Gods help, SO | will ;.
she replied, and I heartily thank our
Heavenly Father, who hath brought me
into this state OF salvation
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

II shall say nothing about this 10 ary.
body" said the young woman. attempt
ing to soften the blow, "and need not
add that there is no occasion for you.
either, to repeat It,"
Repeat it," echoed the rejected
lover, bitterly "Nol shall never pro-
pose to another girl because of her
pretty doll face As long as livei"-Chi.
csgo Tribune
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
THE BEST CURRENT vRpc,
In chPynanthenum.,

Say there,
You rosybuds
And lilypods.
And sweet pease,
And daffydowndilIies,
And daisies,
And geraniums.
And all you other
Miss Nancies of the iower,r.
Will you please go sprinkle von, "orc
And turn your weeping eyes on M, se,Vs
Me, "ist
The effulgent and iridescent full hal.
OF the Floral field? S@ck
The only blooming
Football player
In the whole botanical business
There's nothing
OF the modest little violet stvl.
In my ornate
And flocculent physiognomy.
And when II comes
To throwing boquets
l rather fancy
I'm the whole plate
OF cold slaw
Myself!
Don't l seem
To strike you that way1
l am also
A shredded sunburst of glory.
And when rise and shine
There is but one light
By which the footsteps
OF the fleet and fading Flora
Are guided:
That's
The chrysanthemum!
w. J. Hampton, in N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
An Even Came.

"It's all foolishness to talk about any
one getting the worst of it in the matri-
monial game" declared the big man
with a silk hat and loud suit OF
clothes.
"How's that?"
Marriage IL always tie."-patrott
Free Press
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The New Rubber-Unsolved
Problems - Machines That
Almost Think-Action of
Turkish Baths-The Highest
Mountain Yet Unknown-Is
There a Subterranean Tidal
Sea?-A Hard Earned Pro-
duct-The War on Tropic
Microbes-Tr a nsplanted
Hair.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
Not Saying Much for Her,

Misunderstanding that Boobley
is henpecked, I'm surprised that his
wife boasts Of it.
Babway-Does she, indeed2
Blabmore-Yes-she's been frequent
ly heard to say that she's made him
what he is to-day.-Roxbury Gazette.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
A DiplOnatist.

Il say, Jimmie, dyer ma beat yer
when yer got in last night?"
mo; you bet she didn't"
"My you got off easy"
"Yes; you see, she was 'fraid I'd yell
80 loudT I'd wake the y."-Illustrate
American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
The Lost GInssea.
"oh. Johnnie. my laddie. your va

On, Jonnnler my Iaddle, your w Q
young
Use them for grandma, dear,
Ny glasses, alas! are lost again:
I've searched for them far and mead
For lack of my glasses, | cannot find
The glasses | lack-'tis true!
Look well, and some one, when you ars
VIII do the same for you"
when 1 am old, dear grandman2 IA
Said Johnny. with roguish eye,
II s'pose | shall read with glasses too
And sometimes lay them by
But when they're lost, / shall never SCI
On window sill. or shelf:
! shall just put my hand on top of my D
And find en- here for myself"
MARY a. Gillette, In ST. Nicholas
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
Origin Of Honeymcon

An early Anglo-Saxon custom. stric,
~ followed by newly married couples
was that Of drinking diluted honey for
30 days after marriage, From the Gus.
tom comes the word honeymoon, ot
honeymouth
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
The Chief Hero,

Little Edgar-Papa, who was the
greatest hero of the WARP
Papa-Capt. Bibbleson, guess. His
magazine story is three pages longer
than any of the rest of them has writ
ten.-Chicago Daily News
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

WILLY say auntie, what did Uncle
Bob marry you for2
Aunt-Why. for love, of counsel
Willy (meditatively)-H'ml Love
will make man do almost anything,
won't 1t, auntie ?-Tit-Bita
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
The ReanIA.

HE thought his plays would elevate
the stage"
And they merely depress the pub
lien. Y. Rarld.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

Prisoner-I invoke all the saints 10
witness that am innocent.
Judge (who is little hard Of hear
ing)-Call the witnesses for the defense.
-Tammany Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
ARection.

is that young man fond Of work?"
4 guess 50. answered the man with
pen behind hisea when give hin,
any be doesn t make the slightest effor,
to get rid OF it."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
a TniNcrnnI Mi.h

wish. all the money I've foolshly spent
Would return and my pocketbook store
What toy and delight should know as
went
TO too.ishly spend It once morsl
Puck
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

The influence of the American
mechanic upon our times is due
in no small degree to his auto
matte machinery. Among such
devices lately introduced into
England are machines for equip
ping an immense cycle factory at
Leeds, and Il machine for making
metal hinges. In the latter. coils
of metal are fed through rolls hav-
ing a cam motion and then grad
ually manipulated into the Sepa.
rate wings of the hinge. Wire
rod from a coil is fed in at the
proper time to supply the con
Meeting bolt for the hinge The
entire process is automatic, and
butt hinges ready for use are
turned out at the rate Of forty or
fifty per minute.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

The minister ask for second piece o.
her pIe.-Chicago Daily NewE:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

know of a peak north of Everest
that is taller than that giant,
which has long been named as
the highest in the world.
The remarkable theory that I'M
derground waters, like the ocean,
are affected by the moon is adj
vanced by p. Guichard, a French
chemist. He is led to this con
cluSion by an investigation of
certain wells near the coast, the
water of which rises and falls
with the tides yet has a compost
tion diSproving the explanation of
a direct connection between the
wells and the sea.
The ottar of roses, the precious
perfume whose value at times
has greatly exceeded its weight
in gold, is obtained from red
roses, the chief centerS of culture
being Bulgaria and Roumania.
A single district in this region is
a great rose field of 40 miles by
80. The shrub natures in three
years and is productive for about
five years longer The harvest is
from the middle of May to the
middle of July. An acre of
plants is expected to yield 100
pounds of roses every morning
for about three weeks and it is
estimated that from three quart
rrS of ton to a ton and a half Of
flowers are necessary for produc-
ing a single pound of otto. A
French calculation is that 400. GOO
flowers are required for an ounce
of oil. The roses are placed with
water in twenty gallon copper
stills, and on repeated diStilla
tons. the ottar rises as a scum on
the water and is carefully re-
moved Adultcration is now re
ported to be no longer confined to
exporters. but to have been taken
up by the peasants, who have
learned that other substances
may be distilled with the roses,
making the pure oil increasingly
difficult to obtain.
The movement for studying
tropical diseases doubtless means
much for the health Of the world.
1T is exciting the Interest Of the
great colonizing nations and the
new school of such diseases at
Liverpool is to lie followed by a
similar institution in Germany.
while the United States is not to
be i'm the rear in work of he kind.
These maladieS are held to be
largely prcyeutiblc. Prof Rock,
the greatest German authority,
expresses the belief that the
hlackWatcr fever, the most dead
~ disease of West Africa, may
he readily prevented when made
better known by such observations
as the Liverpool school is to col
lect.
The hair is another nonNital
part of the body that medical
science has succeeded in trans
planting. The achievement is
credited to DR.. Mcnahem llodara,
a Turkish physician, who scarf
fled the bare scalp and implanted
thereon hairs that had been trim
med at each end with scissors.
In about four weeks a good pro
portion of the hairs had taken
root, a real new bulb having
formed at the lower end of each
and were growing vigorously.
The absolute zero, or tempera-
ture of space, is estimated by NJ.
ID. BerthelOt, from study of the
expansion OF gases, TO be little
more than 273o G. below zero.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

Reports from ~ British towns
show that London, the only one
supplied with river water, has al.
most the lowest death rate from
fever-G1 per million. The rate
at Plymouth is 10, while at Glas-
gov it is lSi, and at Belfast it
reaches .GG1.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
Nothing Escapes Her.
She's such a desperate little fiirt


That l believe she'd try
To get up a Eirtatlon with
A rain-beau in the sky.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

as wen as IN tratslation.-Johnscn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

know of a peak north of Everest
that is taller than that giant,
which has long been named as
the highest in the world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

The effect on the internal or
gans of a Turkish bath have been
studied with the phonendoscope
by Drs. Blanchi and Regnault.
In the hot room, the lungs and
heart dilate, reaching their great
est size at about 1852 T., the
liver and spleen are variously af-
fected and the bowels and empty
stomach dilate, the full stomach
being contracted by expulsion of
food. The cold plunge rapidly
contracts all the organs, which,
except the stomach, return to
their usual volume in 10 to 30
minutes. The baths are recon-
mended not only for the exercise
they give the organs in health.
but also as a means of estimating
the elasticity OF the organs, which
is diminished by age and disease.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

The opening of the Himalayas
to exploration, and travel will
doubtless be one of the white
mans twentieth century achieve
ments. A large section of the
temperate zone is here practically
unknown, and it is a region of
magnificent scenery, geological
maryels, varied climate and rich
fauna and fora. Even its highest
mountain is yet to be found, al
though our list of those exceed.
ing $4,000 feet is not small. In
a recent work, Major L. A. Wad-
dell states that the Tibetans
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

Tbrouob an imrrovad mathod
;,;7;. -, IS, .,
Vi 'Ni'iN'"S ''I'"''" an" o'''i
vegetable ollS' MI Charles GrlSt
claims to have produced very
satisfactory substitute for rubber.
which is pow heinz emnloyed far
a.;.,. I'll. r.; -.
va " - W al '''1n II -" la -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

The absolute zero, or tempera-
ture of space, is estimated by NJ.
ID. Berthelot, from a study of the
expansion of gases, to be a little
more than 273o G. below zero.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07

I Q IUOlI IN z
PUCK
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-18

Corydon to a more central point in the
state. 1t was realized that Corydon
was too far south to ever become a
permanent capital. and when the legis-
Iature decided upon change the gov
eminent offered the state four sections
of land-lying together-at any one
point they might select.
The legislature of 1919 appointed
committee to locate the new capital.
On the 18th of June, 1920, this com NIT
tee congregated, with John Conner at
Strawtown, and began their famous
session. The old log house still stands.
and it is one of the landmarks that it
is now proposed shall be preserved.
The tradition at Strawtown is that
the present crossroads village came
within one vote of being the capital Ct
the state. The story has it that but
for one of the commissioners going
fishing the day the balloting on location
took place, Strawtown would have won,
and what is now indianapolis would be
farm lands.
Four locations had been proposed.
John Connors represented the Straw
town location. The present site of the
capital, just 20 miles further down the
river. and the bluffs, near Waverly, in
Morgan county, 20 miles still further
down. were the principal points con-
sidered.
Yet, it is known that Strawtown was
E.. 4 IL -, i
ton of the missioners, despite the
fact that the only record made regard
ing the selection of a new location at
Strawtown was made by John Upton,
and is summed up in line in his state
ment: Every uneven, good water, fine
springs, 90 foot fall, if level on top would
be the most beautiful spot have ever
SEEN"
In 1921 the legislature acted on the
report and the appropriation was made
for the erection of the new statehouse
at indianapolis, then barren section
of land.
The legislature of 1925 met in The new
statehouse. The town was really mac
cessibe and was possibly the most try
Ing place in the state to reach, espe-
ciallv in the dead of winter, when the
legislature met. The nearest point of
civilization was Connersville, SO miles
away, and it is claimed men had to
ride there to get their tobacco. The
change IS years has worked has been
magical. and indianapolis to-day is
uuitp n different matter
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-18
BIRDS CARRY NAIL.
New Zealand Has the Most UNIQUE
of All Postal Systems.
Carrier Pigeon Post in Daily Service
Between Auckland and Great Bar
rier Island, About sixty
Miles Distant.

Unique among the postal systems
through which have been developed
means for communicating intelligence
and aiding in the spread of civilization
is. the pigeon post which is in daily serv-
I TIE carrying mail between Auckland,
II. H., and Great Barrier island, known
as the Great Barrier Pigeon post 1t
affords an example of the work ac-
complished by feathered messengers
more promptly and safely than it could
be done by human means. Under its OPP
Grafton letters can be sent from any
part of the world and delivered prompt
~ at Great Barrier island, whereas
without the Intervention of the winged
letter carriers they might be delayed a
Week or ten days waiting for the sail
ing of a steamer from Auckland for
the island.
The idea of establishing pigeon mail
service between the Great Barrier is
land. which is GO miles by water from
the city of Auckland. was originated by
Walter Fricker, of that city, after the
wreck of the steamship Wairarapa. On
'
dispatches from the wreck to Auckland,
there being no cable communication,
and a steamer only once week. The
population at that time was limited to
about 100.
Then came the opening up of the gold,
silver and copper mines, which indus
tries We're responsible for the increase
in the population to 600 or 700. 1t was
soon found necessary to obtain some
better means of communicating with
the mainland, and the Great Barrier
pigeon post was inaugurated.
At the outset each bird carried one
message only at the cost of two shil
lings, but subsequent experiments
proved the birds could carry four sheets
of tissue paper of quarto size, and the
rate was reduced to siXpence for mes
sage of one sheet.
The training of birds from Auckland
to the island. which is low-lying and
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-18

statute books to be repealed and new
legislation would be needed. That is,
laws should be enacted that would be
in harmony with the infliction of the
penalty | have prescribed.
Il think that the motive for the line
of Legislation | propose is the protec-
ton of property and the safety of the
citizen. The present legislation on
this subject is q failure In support
of this statement | will say that while
the population has increased 20 per
cent. crime has increased SO per cent.
81 do not think it right, after
brief period of incarceration, to turn
criminals loose upon the community,
to the great danger of the public.
Neither do I consider it the proper
thing to do to support them in penal
institutions at the expense Of the
honest taxpayers of the land. And |
certainly do not consider it wise or
lust to allow criminals to disturb the
rate of wages outside of prisons by
self-support. Above all things would
urge that the execution of the death
penalty should speedily follow con-
yiction.'
When the question was put to Mr..
Wixon as to his opinion on the subject
Of heredity in crime, he sad
specialists and experts in crimnol-
ogy have repeatedly emphasized the
fact that crime is incurable and hered-
itary.
'There are others, who have labored
for the reformation of the criminal and
lower classes, who tell us that not to
exceed one per cent. are ever reformed.
IF it is not our desire to maintain this
class of people at the expense of those
who are honest, what are we going to
do about it? Perhaps my views are not
in harmony with those of clergymen
generally. In fact, | do not know OF any
other clergyman who holds them. And
they are not likely to prove popular
with the clerical brethren. Bnt While
feel that | am in the right about 1t
am fully satisfied
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-18

often enveloped in haze, seemed to pre-
sent insurmountable difficulties. the
birds being reluctant to leave the main
land on the long journey across the GO
miles OF IIauraki gulf, but with patience
and perseverance this was overcome.
The service now has large number of
these diminutive messengers travelling
both ways daily.
On account of the extra risk and 1rou-
Bile the charge from Auckland to the
island is one shilling a sheet. Core
spondence is dispatched daily from the
island as required between the hours
of nine a. m. and three p. M, and from
Auckland up to noon daily. The time of
closing is earlier from the city, owing
to the difficulty experienced by the
birds in picking up" the island on ac-
count of the mists in the afternoon.
The birds are trained so that on ar
rival at either terminus they place their
necks between two wires, raise these on
their shoulders and walk forward into
box two feet square. The wires then
fall back against a piece of metal, which
rings an Indicator bell and notifies an
attendant, who removes the message
and permits the bird to enter the loft.
The messages are folded, sealed with
a stamp and are then attached to the
pigeons leg. Around the outside OF the
message is placed a waterproof Logging
to insure it from wet should the bird
meet with bad weather.
Triangular stamps have just been Is
sued by the Great Barrier pigeon agen-
cy. If one has friends on Great Barrier
island and wishes at times to CORE
spond with them without delay stock
of these pigeon stamps should be pro-
cured. Then he can post his message
from any part of The world to the Great
Barrier pigeon agency, Auckland, N.
H., who will tie the copied mes
sage upon the leg of 'llauraki' or an
other of their swift messengers, and
away it will go over the treacherous sea
which separates Great Barrier island
from the mainland. If he includes six
penny return journey stamp the reply
will come winging its way back to Auck-
land without further trouble to him.
From there, of course, the message
would reach him by the ordinary post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-18
HISTORIC LANDMARK.
indianapolis Was Made the
State Capital,

BY private subscription and an az
peal to the Indiana Legislature there is
being made an effort to preserve at
Strawtown, Ind, the most famous and
historic landmark of that state. This
is the old log hut wherein, rs years ago,
the capital commission fixed upon In
dianapolis as the political head of In
diana.
About 1919, three years after the state
had been admitted to the union, ii
was decided to remove the capital from