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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-08
lens Alpine Hats.

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.nr choice Alpine Hats, good fur stock
W. W. ~ brown hest trimmings. iate Shapes
iacn sar ~ or small men. These Hats wer.
lor ,u ssl,os at the regular price, yh
~. now on sale at only.... ......... ~ y
~ ss..r Mems Derby Hats. black and brown
Coz Coz, atyles. broken size. assortment. OK.
| e,,enf values Mt sl.5o; ~
e s'I,nr mis- great sale onlys...s....s.. HAV
a ss, WAISTS dsaundered) plaids and
c,ripes. pleated front and back, white
an nS. Far collars. sizes z to IL, value 7hr
/, ~ this sale only iOu
lws' WAISTS Fancy toiored pcrcales
Plii.as,d.red. also dark blue percales with
W. nojLa dots, whits bands for collars
k,catcd front and back. value Zoe; hin
Rs,iinr price now only........s ...-..t. UOu
/, Ne, ',yAIsTs-With shirt collars on. laun.
y. ID nleattd front and back. beautiful pat
|r,ns bie variety, sizes 5 to II, value .xJr
M. r,t.jCe now only. s....ss. .. ..++...S Wv
bys. WtIsTs--25 dozen, all kinds, big va
e;atv ,nlanndercd, pleated front and back
|hIri collars attached, our best 50f 0On
[al,,es. now offered at only......s... lOI
ao,e,,. Boys Waists. white. unlaundered.
hated front and back, value Soc; 0un
Inarial price now only................. ZVO
leyer before in tn c history of this
3, Furnishing Store have such low
les been known.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-08

A sale without a peer-witllout a
precedent. Only the famous
Hodgman brand, and these now
priced utterly devoid Of profit
some less than cost. Every gar
ment sewed, cemcnted and strap
ped double texture, rubber be-
tween. Guaranteed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

The heating of air by means of small
fires scattered about through orchards
or fields has been found very effec-
tive protector against frost in the drier
parts of California. One ingenius de-
vice for the same purpose, designed by
G. F. DitZler. consists of a deep sheet
iron tank, three or four feet square,
mounted on a truck. About six inches
from the bottom of the tank is q wire
CRATE, beneath which, through hole
in the bottom of the tank, is admitted
a blast Of air.
This Is produced by revolving fan
operated by a sprocket chain and
wheel attached to the wheel of the
truck \ water cask and force pump
complete the outfit Tar or other fuel
is placed on the CRATE and ignted, and
the tank is filled with wet straw or
manure. The blast of the fan blows it
into an intense fire, all the heat of
which has to pass through three feet
of wet straw before it can reach the
air. Naturally the evaporation is very
active, and the vapor rising from the
wet material Immediately condenses,
forming dense fog or mist.
As the machine is driven backward
and forward between the rows of trees
in the orchard, water is continually
pumped from the caSk and scattered
over the fuel The machine is said TO
evaporate 100 gallons of water an hour.
Often this artificial fog is so dense
that the driver has to go forward and
lead his horses.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

"Confetti' was Invented by accident.
A big printing house in Paris used to
turn out millions of almanacs yearly,
each with a small hole punched in the
corner to receive metallic eyelet. An
enormous quantity of the tiny paper
circles accumulated. These were sent
to the paper makers. and would be so
disposed of still had not chance and
the smart proprietor turned them to
profit. According to the Family Doc
tor" it happens that two of the work
men were having little dispute. Sud-
denly one of them caught up handful
of the paper circles and threw them
in the others face.
The other workmen joined in, and in
the midst of the engagement the pro-
prietor appeared. Far from getting
angry. he told one of the men to fill
a paper bag with the circles and take
them TO his house. That night he en-
gagged seat in the gallery at the
opera, and during the dances shOwered
the paper down on the heads of the
people below. The idea caught on i'm
mensely, and he invented special ma
chimes for manufacturing the confetti.
One has only to walk through Paris or
Brussels during carnival to get an idea
Of the quantity of these little circles
used. In Paris alone during the three
days carnival of the Boeuf Gras there
were 200 tons of the confetti used.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

cHesTNUTs AS FOOD
Used Through France as Popular
Article of Diet.

The absence of Indian corn as an ar
ticle of diet among the poorer classes
in France is, writes Commercial Agent
Griffin at Limoges, to certain extent
renlaced by the popular chestnut
Throrobout the center of this country,
from the Bay of Biscay to Swltzet,
land, there are large plantations, anu
almost forests, of chestnut ueIe'
These nuts differ very much from the
ordinary species Indigenous 10 tne
United States; they are BROAD idrse'
and resemble the American hoIso
chestnut or buckeye, and are eAteL-
sively eaten by human beings ana anl-
mails. Great care is taken IN harvest
ing this nut before the severe 1rosS
touch it, as freezing haStens fermenIa-
ton.
The Door people during the ran anu
winter often MAKE two meals daily
from chestnuts. 4'he ordinary way OF
cooking them is to remove the outslue
shell. blanch theu. then a wet clotn
is placed in an earthen pot, when Is
almost filed with raw cheSmuts; tney
are covered with a second wet clotn,
and put on the fra to steam; they are
eaten with salt OF milk. Hot steamed
cheStnuts are carcied around the city
streets in baskets or pals; the major
ity of the working people, who usually
have no fire early in the morning, eat
them for their firut breakfast. with or
without milk Physicians say that as
an article of food. chestnutS are whole
some. hearty. NUT itiOus and fattenlng
These nuts are often used as vege-
table and are exceedingly popular, be-
ing found on the table of the well-to-do
and wealthy. They are served not
only boiled. but roasted, steamed,
purccd and as dressings for poultry
and meats.
CheStnuts are lnade into bread by
the mountain pGasantry. After the
nuts have been blanched, they are
dried and ground. From this flour q
sweet. heavy, fiat cake is made. 1t re-
sembles the oaten cakes so popular
among Scotch peasants. They are ex-
tensively employed for fattening ami
mails, especially hogs. The nuts are
boiled without Smelling: only small, in
ferior fruit is thus used.
In good seasons, chestnuts sell as
low as 1 cent 4 pound retail, and
wholesale at $50 per two hundred
weights
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
CUTS OFF THEIR HEADS.
This Is How the Sultan of Morocco
Treats Tax Dodgers.

The Sultan Of Morocco is going to
prevent his subjects from evading the
payment of their taxes, even if by do
ing it he has to behead every tax
dodger i'll the country.
In his majesty's domain tax lodging
by the rich is well nigh universal, and
well-informed students and travellers,
knowing how corrupt and rapacious
the Sultan's government is, do not
doubt that much of it is justitiable.
But the Sultan looks at the matter in
a different light He declares that
there is no excuse for tax lodging,
that it is criminal, and, moreover,
that he has hit upon a punishment to
fit the crime.
Frank II. Jackson, a globe trotter OF
thirty years experience, has recently
made tour of North Africa, including
the accessible parts of Morocco, and IN
personal letter to Frank l.. Dingley,
of Lewiston, Maine, a brother of the
Well-knoWn representative OF tnat
name, he gives Il graphic account or
the Sultan's bloody and desperate
method of procedure.
While III Tangier, Mr.. jackson
learned that the Sultan at the head OF
a large body of troops was marching
through the country collecting taxes,
and that ut Laroiche he had capita
ed large number of tax dodgers and
spiked their heads above the city gates
to serve as "A warming to others who
might not be disposed to pay their dues
promptly.
"A company of five was formed
writes Mr.. Jackson. Ito visit Laroiche
and see if the CHASTITY report was true.
The party consisted of an EngliShman.
who spoke Arabic! a German and three
Americans.
I'VE reached Laroiche about noon. 1t
is impossible to describe the sickening
sight which met oNr gaze as we rode
up to the main entrance of the city.
There above us, in Il CHASTITY row. were
fifteen human heads. shriveling in the
broiling sun. We rode around to the
other gates only to find the same
grewsome display. In all we counted
forty-five heads spiked to the board
arches over the city gates. Our curios-
ity was fully satisfied. and all of us re-
GREETED that we had travelled so far to
learn that there was at the close of the
ninteenth century so barbarouS a
country on the face of the earth as Mo
rocco"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

The progress of our age has played
havoc with many time-honOred indus,
tries, but ON the other hand has caused
new ones to spring up and take their
places. Whaling in bygone times was
n dangerous business. Sailing vessels
fitted out for the purpose had to take
along not only crew of hardy whale
hunters. but also men skilled in cut
ting the lard from the leviathians
sides, cooking it and placing the blub.
Der into oil barrels, carried along for
the purpose. A large quantity of fat
and other materials was always vast
ed, no matter how careful the captain
and crew went TO work. To-day whal
ing is carried on differently. Steamers
fitted with all the modern appliances
and covering ten times the ground of
a sailing vessel are out after the great
cetaccanS. When they catch a whale
within a couple hundred knots from
North Cape they do not stop to cut
up the big fish at sea. but tow the ami
nal to Nardoe or Vadsot, where enter
prisiug Norwegians have started q
quite novel busness-a whale butch
cry. They work on partnership ar
rangemeut. paying the Ship-oWncr pro
rata of the whale oil rendered and the
amount of whale bone secured. Be.
cause of their improved facilities they
obtain more than twice as much oil,
and since the meat Of the whale makes
a splendid fertilizer and they derive
another large source of income by sell,
ing whale hides and skeletons for mu-
seums to dealers in curios. they are do
ing very well. They employ ut the
present 100 men, most of them in
former years sailors on board of the
whalers-Philadelphia Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
Earth and Its Axis

Nine persons out of ten-yes, 800 out
of every 1.O00-if asked how long it
takes the earth to turn once on its axis
would answer twenty-four hours, and
10 the question; How many times
does it turn on its axis in the course
of a year. the answer would be: 365H
times. Both answers are wrong. 1t
requires but twenty three hours and
fifty-SiX minutes for the earth to make
one complete turn. and it makes 3G6A
turns during the year. The error
springs from a wrong idea of what is
meant by Il day. The day is not. as is
commonly supposed, the time required
by the earth To make one turn on its
axis, but the interval between two
successive passages of the sun across
the merdan-that is to say. the time
which elapSes after the sun is seen
exactly south of its diurnal course
through the heavens before it it is
seen again in that position. Now, in
consequence of I'll" earths revolution
in its orbit. or path around the sun,
the sun has the appearance of moving
very slowly in the heavens in a direc-
ton from east to west. At noon to-
morrow the sun will be a short dis
lance to the east of the point in the
heavens at which it is seen at noon
to-day. so that when the earth has
made one complete turn, it will still
have 10 turn four minutes longer be-
fore the sun can again be seen exactly
south.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
Moose and Caribou Cemeteries.

Forest and Stream contains the fol-
lowing contribution from a Quebec cor
respondent concerning the habit moose
and caribou have of going to the same
place, season after season, to shed
their antlers.
The idea of the animals seeking
definite place for this purpose was
quite new to me, but lately the eff
cient superintendent of Game and
Fisheries at Quebec, L. z. Joucas. ESQ.
has tolu me that they do frequent such
places. and that this habit was quite
we'll known to him. He knew of many
and mentioned several places where
horns could almost certainly be found
at any time. And not only do they 90
to shed their horns, but they go there
to die. These places are known as
cemeteries, and whole skeletons are
occasionally found. This. however.
would be rare, as the bones would US
ually be torn apart and scattered bv
bears and other carnivorae
Mr.. Joucas instanced the case of a
gentleman going to a certain region for
geological exploration, who asked for
permit to shoot moose out Of sea-
son in order to get a good pair of ant
lers. He was told that by diverging a
little from his route he might reach a
place where he would find plenty of
them. He did so and secured five ex-
cellent specimens"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
SOME QUEER APPETITES.
Ostriches and Gnats Are Not Alone In
the Possession of Them.

The novel operation mentioned re.
Gently of the removal of over six
inches of hatpin from the neck of a
kitten is not altogether without pre-
cedent
Kittens and puppies, and cats and
dogs, it was stated, are frequent suf-
fers from a lack of discrimination In
swallowing things never intended for
consumption. Hatpins, meat-skewers,
knitting needles, and ordinary needles
and pins are among the articles they
have been known to swallow. Only
recently a tiny fox terrier was sub
mitted for professional examination on
what was supposed to be an abscess
on the side. The surgeon, however,
decided that a foreign body was pres
ent and nothing could of course be
done without the merciful aid Of chic
roform for it is both interesting and
gratifying to know that even the least
painful Operations is never attempted
until the animal to be operated upon
is placed temporarily beyond the reach
of pain. The results of this operation
disclosed the presence of Il wooden
meat-Skewer in the terriers stomach.
with the point projecting between its
ribs. The obstacle was successfully
removed and today the tiny pet is as
friSEy as ever it was
Another small spaniel paid the pen
atty of its righteousness with its life
mainly owing To the TACT that its
owner was comparatively poor man
One morning the ding entered the bed
room. and bouncing upon the dressing
table, Tapped up a diamond stud worth
five or six guineas. Ordinary emctics
had no effect. and unfortunately under
chloroform on the operating table the
surgeon was unsuccessful in diSlodg
ing the stud. At the wish of the
owner a further supply of the drug
was given, and post-mortem revealed
the missing gem.
1t is attributed to some cats that
they show an Incorporate inclination
for wine coriS, and frequently Swal
low them. Others swallow needles
which gradually work out through
their skin, and there is a case OF
record of an omnivorous goat thai
swallowed a packet of small needles
and for some months afterward, owing
to its porcupine exterior, was a ter
ror to the small boys who attempted
to take seat on its back.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
STORY OF MOCHA COFFEE
800 Years Ago Arabs and Indians
Were Taught to Make the Drink.

Mocha is not alone the name Of
kind of coffee, but also a port (Ie.
mem on the Red Sea. The patron
saint of both was Scheile Schoedeli,
whose memory is venerated by the
Mahometans almost as much as that
OF Mahomet himself
One day, 500 years ago, a vessel
from the Indies cast anchor in the
port. Those on board had noticed
hut, and they disembarked to see what
1t was.
The sheik Cfor it was his dwelling)
received the strangers kindly and gave
them some coffee to drink, for he was
very fond of it and attributed great
virtue to it.
The travellers, who had never seen
coffee before, thought that this hot
drink would be a cure for the plague.
Schoedell assured them that through
his prayers and the use of this drink
that not only would the plague be
stopped, but also that if they would
unload their merchandise they could
make a good profit by it.
The owner of the ship was impressed
by this strange man, especially as he
found the coffee so palatable. On the
same day a large number of Arabs
came to listen to the hermits preach
ing, and among them We're some mer-
chants who purchased all the goods ON
the ship.
The Indian visitor returned home,
and telling his strange adventure and
profitable trading. many of his com
patriots came to visit the sanity
Schoedeli.
A beautiful mosque was built over
the tomb of Schoedeli after his death,
and his name will never be forgotten
so long as Mocha coffee is drunk. All
of the MOslcm coffeehouse keepers ven
crate him, mentioning his name in
their morning devotions. Travellers
say that in the town of Mocha or Ocha
as the Arabs call it, men take their
oath, not by God, but by the memory
of Schoplpli
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

Chicago. June 2S. Matt Smith and
"Coffec" Brancr, the alleged murderers
of Martin Meier, are thought to be
well on their way to Central America
or some other southern country, where
the hand of the law is not liable to
reach them. Last night CHI ef of Po-
lice Ripley received the following tele-
gram dated Hohollen, n. J.. from De-
tective Mullen, who is searching for
tho sailors. Money received; located
parties They have left for Central
America. Letter will follow"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

An interesting circumstance incident
TO Magelan's circumnavigation of the
globe and discovery of the Philippines
is that every degree Magellan sailed
westward added four minutes to his
day. until, when he reached the Philip
pines, the difference in time amounted
to sixteen hours. Curiously enough.
this escaped the notice Of all. Elcano,
the only Captain who made the entire
circuit was not aware, "when he re-
turned to the longitude of his depart
ure, that his ships logbook' was about
a day behind the time of the port his
lOng-continued westward course had
brought him back to. The error re-
manned unnoticed also in the Philip.
pines till 1874, when it was decided to
pass over New Years Day for once
altogether" Thus it appeared that the
Philippines, instead of lying far to the
west of Spain, the direction in which
the discoveries had sailed. might more
properly be spoken of as lying about
eight hours east Of Spain. When it is
noon in Madrid it is about $40 in the
evening in Manila. and about ITO in
the morning at Washington.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

Centuries ago people used 10 fear
what they called the pestilence.
"Black Death was the most terrible
in the world to them. They fea,ed IL
as people now fear the cholera and
yellow fever AMI yet there is thing
that caus S more misery and more
deaths han any Of the e. 1t So com
mon that nine teuths ofall the sickness
ia the wor is traeeabie to IT.. IL is
merely that simple, common thing
constipation. 1t makes people Ii tles-,
causes dizziness, headaches, los of ap-
petite, loss of sleep, foul breath and di.
tress after eating The little help
needei is furnished by DR.. Pierre's
Pleasant Pellets. One pill IS y ger tie
laxative and twO mild cathartc.
Once used, always in favor. If you are
careless enough to let an Inscriptions
druggist sell you something on which
he makes more money, it is your own
fault you do not get well. Be sure
and get Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Send Il cents in one cent stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, y. Y, and receive DIR
Pierce's zoos page "Common Sense
Medical Adviser" profuseIy illustrated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

A resident of Bristol. Pa, owns a
curiosity in the shape of a copper but
ton. the kind said to have been worn
by the servants of George Washington
when the latter was President of the
United States. The button is about
one and one-half inches in diameter,
and is quite deliberately engraved.
Around the edge are the words: 'Lons
live our President" In the centre is a
monogram, &c. W." There are said
to be only about three of these but
tons now in existence, and two of
them belong to members of the Wash.
ington family.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

East Indian famines have had some
comic features. In AurunSabad the
priests were paid to pray for rain ana
did so, day after day. but the rain
failed to appear, though very costly
professions were organized At last
the people became angry, threw the
gods into the rubbish heaps and
blocked up the entrance to the temples
with masses of thorns as a penalty for
keeping the fields dry. 1t Is Just as
veil for Hindoo cod to attend to bust
lcss If he wants to keep his job.
kEa1S-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

Baltimore. June 2S.-For the first
time in the history OF Baltimore the
sentence of death was imposed for
rape on a colored girl. Three negroes
are to suffer the penalty. their victim
having been 13-year-old colored Girl.
Those who will be hanged IRE Corne-
Illus Gardner. Charles James and John
Myers. The child they assaulted is An
ME Bailey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
PENNSYLVANIA CHAUTAU-
QUA.
Reduced Rates to Mt. Gretna
via Pennsylvania Railroad.

For the Pennsylvania Chautau-
qua. to be held at Mt. Gretna.
Pa, July !, to August 10, 1899,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany will sell special excursion
tickets TO Mt. Gretua from New
York, Washington, Baltimore,
Frederick. Md, Canaudaigua.
and intermediate points. includ.
ing all stations on its line in the
State of Pennsylvania.
Tickets will be sold June % to
August 10, inclusive, and will be
good to return until August 10,
inclusive. Jun. 23.2t.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
Bin Posting bv Machine.

Successful experiments have been
made in Paris with a new bill posting
machine, which does away with the
use Of either a ladder or paste. 1t can
be used to post bills at a height of fifty
feet from the ground and is being put
into practical operation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
Test Tor MIMI I,irnr.

Divers in the British Navy, before
being passed as proficient in their
craft. have to be able to work in
twelve fathoms OF water for an hour.
and twenty fathoms for n quarter of
m hour.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

In a game of base ball played
at Athletic Park on Friday last,
between Frederick and Adams.
town clubs, the former won by a
score OF IA to s.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
Brave Men Fall

victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons
in the blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, listless, rundown
feeling. But there is no need to feel
like that, Listen to J. w. Gardner,
Idaville, Indiana. He says: Electric
Bitters are just the thing for man
when he is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies. 1t did
more to give me new strength aid
good appetite than anything that |
could take. | can now eat anything
and have new lease of life. Only So
cents, at A. L. Pearre's Drug Store
Every bottle guaranteed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

The CITIZEN uses Printers Ink TO
the best advantage for both Subscribers
and Advertisers. Are you OF our list?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

When you want publicity for your
Wares or Wants, use the columns Of
the CITIZEN. Large circulation in
Frederick and adjacent counties.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

be- pls.-ChIcago Daily NsM.:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

Made Of fine India, with pretty insertion
and beautifully tucked every point in
its construction perfect and the fit like
wise. Price only S1.25. rhe demand
for White Waists will soon diminish this
stock
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30

NO. BLACKsWAIST.
Made of fine black India Linen, neatly
corded, fast dye, will give you satisfac-