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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
A New Kind Of Water MARI.

Two Englishmen who have recently
secured a method OF producing water
marks BY means OF electrolysls thus
describe the process:
Tn producing 4 disappearing and
repeatedly reyivable translucent wa.
Ter mark In or on manufactured paner
We proceed as follows: Upon a platln
um sheet or plate forming the positive
conducting surface We place a LAYER
81 absorbent material. such as blot.
ting paper. previously m0lstened with
water. On each material We place
the paper which Ia 60 receive the wa.
GER mark, the paper having been prev
tolsly mOistened through with water.
We then press. face downward. on the
paper a platinum design Of the water
mark. and this design forms the neg.
alive eiectrode We keep this neg.
alive electrode IN contact with the pa.
per for from ave 10 ten seconds. ac
cordlng TO the nature Of the paper and
the amount Of electric current used
The result on removal % the cleo.
trude Is a distinct and translucent
Image Of the design. which zraduaily
fades as the paper dries. aad nnallv
becomes Invisible The mark. nov.
ever can BE- revived and made visible
a. often as the paper Is lmmefssd la
water % moisienea b aG1 ofner y D."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
farmers Fruit Cake.

To make a farmers fruit cake, chop
fine half pint of dried apples; cover
with half pint of cold water and let
them soak over night. The next morn
ing add cupful of golden syrup; sim
mer gently for one hour. Stand aside
to cool. Beat half cupful of butter
to a cream; add one cupful of gfanu-
lated sugar. Dissolve a teaspoonful
of soda in two tablespoonfuls of water
and add it to half cupful of butter
milk or sour milk; add this to the bat
ter; add two teaspoonfuls of CHINA
mon, half a teaspoonful of cloves and
one egg well beaten. Sift two cupfuls
Of -four; add little flour a little of
the dried apple mixture and a little
more flour until you have the whole
well mixed. The batter must be the
thickness of ordinary cake batter.
Pour this into well-greased cake pan
and bake in moderate oven for one
hour.-Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in the Deem
Der Ladies Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
Passes That Didn't Pass.

When its limited express trains
were put on few years ago the Lake
Shore Railroad Company decided TO
charge extra for the privilege Of rid
ing on them and John Newell who
was president OF the system at that
time, gave orders that passes, half.
rate tickets, etc, would not be hon.
ored on the flyers" II was not IN.
tended. Of course. that the compli.
mentaries issued To high officials of
other roads should be void on the fast
trains. but through an oversight a
yearly pass was sent to ID. W. Cald-
well. president of the Nickel Plate.
which bore on its face the words:
Not good on Lake Shore limited
trains"
A few days after Mr.. CaldwelTs
pass had been issued Mr.. Newell re.
ceiyed an annual pass on the Nickel
Plate, with the following endorse.
ment:
Not good on passenger trains"
Messrs. Newell and Caldwell re
manned consistent enemies until the
former died and was succeeded 10y the
latter as president of the Lake Shore.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12

twenty Inmans squirting about II. mr.:
leaning over, intently watching thss
play. Over all the fitful glow and plav
Of light from huge fire on one side.
The effect is heightened by weird
song, which is a constant accountant.
ment of the game, and which rises and
falls as the excitement grows and
wanes, reaching, sometimes, such fren.
Zied accents that the casual passer-bv
might easily mistake it for a war song.
The players take their places at the
four corners of the blanket, and are
paired off by couples. Each player con-
tributes one of his moccasins, and the
winner of the toss lays them on
blanket upside down. and about six
inches apart, with the toes pointing
forward. Then, with his left hand he
lifts each moccasin in turn and makes
a pretence of putting the knife under
it. making many passes and using ev-
cry precaution to deceive his opponents
and the spectators. During all the time
the musician keeps up continuous
drumming which he accompanies with
a song. In the song the others all Join
in but the opponents of the players
eagerly watch for some slip which will
give them a clue as to which moccasin
the knife or little joker is concealed
under.
When the knife is hidden to the sat.
isfaction of the player he suddenly
calls out "How in loud voice. and
the singing drops to low murmur.
One of his opponents is provided with
a short stick and he raises it threaten
ingly over the moccasins, first over
one, then over another, while all con-
versation ceases and every eye is fixed
contently upon him. The interest be-
comes more and more intense as this
by-play proceeds until finally the man
with the stick places one end of it I'M
der the moccasin he selects and turns
il over. Should the knife be found I'M
der it, he wins, and the former player
elnquishes to him the moccasins and
nife, together with the stakes. 1t is
hereupon his privilege to hide the
.;nife, while his opponent must guess
at its location. This reversal in posi-
ton gives the native player a much
better chance to come out even on the
play than the average fakir who works
the game at country fairs is disposed
to allow his victim.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
A Competent Witness.

United States District Judge Will
lIams, now holding court in Topeka.
tells funny story. Years ago he was
a district judge in Arkansas. At a
certain term of court a murder trial
came before him, and the most impor.
tant witness for the prosecution was a
colored boy only 10 years old. The law
yers for the defence set out to show
that the hoy was too young to under
stand the nature OF an oath, and there
fore was not competent as witness.
Boy" said one of them severely.
do you know what would happen If
you swore TO lieY
yes. sab. Nanny would lick me-"
Would anything else happenY'
Deed dey would, case de debbil
would git me-"
At this point Judge Williams leaned
over his desk and said with pretended
sternness: Don't you know, boy. that
! would get you tOoi"
'Nes. sab. OATS what 1 JUS said."-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
Beggar Jim Was Rich,

James Grayson, a former Missourian,
who has been living in the Usage In
dian country nearly a quarter of a
century, and who was thought to be
quite poor, died last week. He lived
In a small hut, 10 feet by IL, and had
a wife. His apartments were very din
gy and he always went shabbiIy
dressed, and was really a beggar ev-
erywhere he went. He was known as
"Beggar JIM" On his deathbed he
called his wife to his bedside and whis-
pered something to her, and after
death the feather bed on which he died
was cut open and $4,000 in gold ta-
ken out. Since that time other money
and some valuables have been discoy-
cred in Grayson's private boxes. His
wife says on account of her husband s
alleged poverty, she went scantiy
dressed for many years, and also hun
cry. unless, with her own hands she
worked for food and clothing or solici-
ted among the neighbors.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
A Mothers SonQ.

A mother sang to her one day
A song OF the beaut ONE above;
Sang II as only woma.. sings
Whose heart is full of a mothers
love.
And many a time In the years that
car
He heard the so and of that low,
sweet song:
1t took him back to his childhood days:
1t kept his feet from the paths Of
wrong.
A mother spoke to her child one day
In an angry voice, that made him
start
As il an arrow ha' sped that way
And pierced his wing and tender
heart.
And when he had grown to mans es-
tate
And was tempted and tried as all
men are.
He fell; for that mothers angry words
Had left on his heart a lasting scar
Exchange,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
Strange Beasts, Flesh as Food.

Ii may be doubted whether we do
not lose much from the gastronomic
point Of view by our over-fastidiousne, :
In eating. One who has recently expcr.
imented upon the flesh Of strange ami
mails says that the crocodile, though
tasting somewhat of musk. is yet far
from unSavory meat. Elephants foot
is a delicacy well known to African
travellers. and the flesh Of lions is
said TO taste well, differing therein
from that of the tiger, which Is dry
and full of nerves. The rhinoceros is
said TO furnish sort Of cross between
pork and beef, while all are agreed
that the monkey is capital eating, and
better than the best rabbit. The opos-
sum and the kangaroo only require 10
he known TO he appreciated. while
the flesh of the seal. though rather
dark. is extremely nutritious. and.
above all. very digestible. All these
animals which, although unfamiliar TO
most Of us have in themselves nothing
repulsive or unsightly. When we come
10 hear thar locusts are at least as
good eating as shrimps. and that nine.
tenths of the potted lobster in ciicula-
ton is made from octopods, we think
1t well to drop the curtain. There are
some mysteries which should not be
pried into too closely.-Pall Mall Gaz.
cite
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
BALES or CORK.
They Come From Spain and Are
Turned Into Shoppers.


On the sunny slopes OF Catalonia,
in Spain. there are groves OF corcho,
where the trees Ga species OF oak
Quercus Suber) are evergreen. bear
Ing an acorn which tastes like our
chestnut They live well into the
second century. attaining a height OF
10 feet
During the first so years of the
trees life the outer bark loses its vi
tally. becoming an encumbrance
which would naturally peel OF. but
which Is most carefully stripped a
year or so earlier by cutting with
curved knives into squares OF three
Feet the bark varying in thickness
from one 10 three inches. The cutting
Is done during July and August. and
after a process Of drying -boiling and
then pressing under heavy weights
for hattening-the pieces OF cork are
packed In square irOn.bound bales
for home manufacture and shipment
The first cutting from the trees is
coarse and inferior. as is that grown
Ia wet low districts. but every eight
or ten years of It's later life the tree
Yields a better quality. that arriving
latest at maturity, under best con.
ditiOns OF soil ana climate. being of
finest firmest grain.
The largest cork factories in the
world are those OF the Armstrong
Company In Lancaster and Pittsburg.
But al one ~ the smaller ones down
on busy old Pearl street may be OBJ.
served the passing Of the sheets OF
cork from the bales to the quaint
/ foreignlOoking baskets nlled with
beautifully finished shoppers in va.
/ riOus sizes
The machines for cutting the strips.
| for punching the shape and for
| smoothing and tapering (this last at
the rate OF 10 per minute) are a great
| advance upon the old methods OF
! hand work and Il was only after
many trials that machinery could be
| kept sharp. as the soft substance dulls
II much more rapidly than many hard.
er. tougher materials
The Corks used for bottling cham.
payne are still cut by hand. The best
material is used. and they are not tap.
cred nor cut quite round. thus swell.
ing and fitting more perfectly in the
bottles.
When a cork is tossed into the
waste basket that is by no means the
end OF its usefulness as II is probably
picked out OF the refuse by man who
CLEANS his best harvest from hotels
and saloons He sells the contents OF
his bag TO dealers In Seconds" on the
East Side. These old corks are
washed. dried. recut by hand-at
every stroke the workman running
the knife across a leather strap-and
then sold again for bottling. blackine
and other liquids.
The Understandings. etc.-was
formerly hard to dispose OF. as it does
not burn readily. but II is now ground
and as a non-couductor OF heat enters
into the manufacture of artificial
limbs bicycle handles. soles OF boots
etc. lmpervious 10 water II Is quite
Indispensable for life-preservers and
buoys, and is one OF the ingredients Of
asphalt pavements.-N. Y Post
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
'---- = e. A. M@ss.s
IN A SUBMARINE BOAT.
Mishaps While Examining the Ground
n Under Lake Michigan.

- Richard RaddatZ, inventor of the
~ Raddatz submarine boat. and two en-
" gineers employed by him for the OPP
Is GRAFTON of his craft. had a thrilling
ui and dangerous experience in Lake
= Michigan last Saturday from the eff
" fects of which neither he, his men.
v nor his boat fortunately. suffered any
s. injury.
81 For some weeks past Mr. Raddatz
I, has been engaged in a survey of the
" bottom of Lake Michigan. off the har-
" Dor entrance To the southeast and
= about half a mile from the harbor en-
~ trance, there lies in the lake bottom
y red clay bank. Beyond and around it
! is clean. sandy bottom varying in
. depth from twenty-five to fifty-tive
It feet. Near the bank last Saturday Mi.
Raddatz sank his boat in what proved
afterward to be a depression in the
bottom. Surprising that the ground
n was comparatively level, he ordered
e the craft ahead, when suddenly she
I thrust her pointed prov into a submar-
3 inc bank.
y The craft was moving at a speed of
7 about four miles an hour, and the
shock of the collision was sufficient to
g throw the occupants of the boat with
4 unpleasant force against the object in
front of them. The boat was stuck fast
{ and it was only after half an hours
churning of the propeller that she was
- loosened.
~ The same day the boat was lowered
! to the bottom about three miles from
/ shore in line directly eastward from
the harbor entrance, upon what proved
later to be a dark clay of an adhesive
\, consistency. When an attempt was
made to raise the boat, she would not
! move. to the CONSERVATION u the in
mates. HeFe~they were caught longer
than at the other spot. Investigation
showed that no injury had beensdone
the machinery, and that everything
was apparently in working order. 1t
appeared that the craft had been per-
mitted to rest too heavily upon the
sticky clay, and was being held fast
The opMation ofSthe propeller, which
is driven NY new and powerful ma
chinery in theNbOat, threw up the mud
IN q dark cloud about the boat, and
she finally lifted clear of the dangerous
bed, while her inventor proceeded at
once on his return to the dock In the
- Kinnielxinnic River.
The surveys taken by Mr.. Raddatz,
the FIRST extensive ones he had made,
show that for about three miles from
che harbor mouth there lies clay
bank on the bottom OF the lake, al
though the surrounding land is.~sand
bottom Apparently this clay was de=
posted where it lies by scows or
washed there by the Milwaukee Riv
er. To the northeast is rock bottom
covering a large area. This is near the
Intake tunnel The water there is clear
aacryst1B and the rocky bottom -plailA
Invisible. About thred ll1es out the
9hfer has az average depth of fifty
FIVE Milwaukee, Sentinel.
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
DeWey's Loving Cup.

The loving cup of silver made from
the melted dimes contributed by over
10000 American citizens, the majority
of whom were children. was presented
to Admiral Dewey in Washington
Jan. 3. A small but notable gathering
assembled in the parlors of the Dew.
ey residence on Rhode Island avenue.
and participated in the ceremony. The
cup, which is massive and artistic
creation, nearly six feet In height.
and appropriately inscribed, occupied
the bay window, draped about the
base with the American flag At one
side was large silver bound volume
containing the names of the subscrib.
Ors of the dimes who had subscribed
to the token through the instrument
tality of the New York Journal. SEN
ator Depew acted as spokesman. In
accepting the tribute, Admiral Dewey
thanked Senator Depew for his gra
cious words, and said he was over
powered by this new proof of the
gratitude of his countrymen. To him
the most pleasant thing about II, aud
one that would make him cherish II
all the more, was the fact that the
children of the country were so large.
ly represented in the giving.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
Vegetarian Shoes.

Vegetarians who are so strict that
they do not care to wear an article of
clothing into which any animal prop
critics are introduced are catered for
in the boot line by London bootmak-
err. who is the inventor of vegetarian
shoe. For some years he has been
experimenting, and as a result he has
produced boot in the construction Of
which there is absolutely no paper or
leather OF any description Not only
this. but. according to his assertion,
these wear one-fourth longer than
leather shoes. and the upper material
Is always soft and never cracks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
Conner il HInh.

Several Of the largest abandoned
copper mines in Eastern Maine will
again be operated. The Maine copper
mines were In successful operation in
1879. and showed good profits while
copper was quoted at IA cents. The
mines could also be operated on a
paying basis with copper at ~ cents,
but the crash came when the Wiscon.
sin mines put the price Of copper down
20 eight cents. Now that copper is so
high. II will be very profitable to mine
a.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
Among the Wise.

First Young Woman-Let's see.
who wrote "Pickwick Papers?"
Second Ditto-Dickens.
First-Of course. | couldn't for the
moment think of his name.
Second-IIe was the autho1 -.
"Pendenis" and Under Two FlsgnsN
you know.
First-Oh, yes, know that-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
About Auctioneers,

The ways of auctioneers in different
parts of the world vary greatly. In
England and America the seller bears
the expense of the sale but in France
the purchaser bears the cost, per
cent. being added to his purchase. In
Holland it is still worse, the buyer
being required to pay ten per cent. ad-
ditional for the expense of the sale.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
ed1 ltsst News From the Active Busl
~nana meas Werld.

edit Itsst News From the Active Busl.
~Dena ness Weric.
now The Carnegie Company has posted
'ronderDtices in its various mills OF q TIA
|human n cent. advance in wages. beginning
|esoonesnuary ] making the pay for com.
|PTderI ton labor tl.50 per day.
Ut71 VI The yellow ware pottery manufac-
EraT,s irers. at their meeting at East Liver
-, pol. Ohio. agreed to advance their
-. NJ elling price lists per cent
InonoptT The grievance committee OF the Big
b. th4' -FOUR telegraph operators. which has
nan .cteen in conference with the officials
nIR Cleveland, has failed TO reach a
|yer, tcsttlement Another meeting Is TO be
|cien; iteld January 3.
iation marvellous quartz find is reported
|cebFdrom Dawson. Assays run as high as
Iai edmSOO a ton, II Is said. and the lode IL
|,aS "a mile in width.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
The ENGLISH Vocabulary.

There are over 25O,OOO words in the
English language acknowledged by
the best authorities, or about 10000
more than in the German, French,
Spanish and Italian combined.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12

Assassination OF William Goebel
Democrats. leader in Kentucky, and
several Of his lieutenants, is openly
advoSatd in Kentucky, and Republi-
can. STATE officials are expected to re
fuse to surrender their Offices II the
Legislature decides against them
William ]. Bryan has opened his
campaign by denounciug the gold
standard imperialism and trusts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12

Keeps Him Busy.
Naturalists say that single swal.
low will devour 5000 flies in a day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12

Weeks passed into months. and still
the terrible fighting went on a for.
got TO tell y0u | ran away. and Il was
too late to send me back | showed my
face. The boys made a pet OF me
and | was happy, for I was with
Andy.)
was nearly scared out Of my wits
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12

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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
An Artists Absent -Miadedness.

The absent mindedness OF certain
young Chicago artist, together with
her habit of talking TO herself, not
long since lei to her undoing. The
young man whom Of all others she
most favored as rule had been un-
fortunate enough TO provoke her in
some manner, and she was vowing
vengeance against him when she
started downtown 10 her studio one
afternoon.
"Ohl How ! hate Bobby Faxterr
she muttered, half aloud, az she took
her seat in the car And, "Oh, how
hate Bobby Faxter' she said quite
aloud few moments later. Just
then somebody tapped her on the arm
with a trivial question regarding the
meeting of a certain club or society.
The young artist fully intended 20
reply civilly, but her tongue got the
better Of her and "Oh, how / hate
Bobby FaSter, was what she really
said. And the person TO whom she
made this ungeDtle remark happened
to be Bobby's mother. Chicago
Times. II Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
Prince Rupert In Disgrace.

A disaster second only TO Naseby.
and still more unforeseen, soon fol
lowed. Fairfax and Cromwell laid
siege TO Bristol, and after fierce and
daring storm lSeptember 1D Rupert,
who had promised the King that he
could hold ont for four good months,
suddenly capitulated, and rode away
to Oxford under the humiliating pro
lection of a Parliamentary convoy.
The fall Of this famous stronghold Of
the west was the severest of all the
Kings notifications, as the failure OF
Ruperi's wonted courage was the
strangest OF military surprises. That
Rupert was too clear. sighted not to be
thoroughly discouraged by the desper-
ate aspect Of the Kings affairs is GER
tain, and the military difliculties Of
sustaining n long siege were thought,
even 10y those who had no reasons to
be tender Of his fame. TO justify the
surrender. The King would listen to
no excuses, but wrote Rupert an
angry letter, declaring 80 mean an
action 10 be the greatest trial Of his
constancy that had yet happened, de.
priving him Of his commissions, and
bidding him begone beyond the seas ..
Rupert nevertheless insisted on fol-
lowing the King to Newark, and after
some debate was declared To be free
OF all disloyalty or treason, but not Of
indiscretion John Morley, in Cen
tury.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09
Par EeyoDd Ills Years.

A couple Of diminutive newsboys,
both white, got into a scrap at the cor.
ner OF Tenth street aud Pennsylvania
avenue the other night. They were
of about size, but they weren't even
ly matched by a large number OF
points. The kid that had the science
pummeled the other 70 a standstill
then picked up his papers from where
he had thrown them and walked of.
The licked boy dug his hands into his
pockets aud surveyed his papers. ly-
ing on the pavement, thoughtfnlly.
A man who had witnessed the scrap
walked by aud said
"Well, you got it right that time,
nv son"
The kid looked up. spat, pulled his
hands out Of bis pockets, picked ny
his papers and said, philosophically
"Aw, it'll be all one in q hundred
years"
Then he piodded Oh like a little
man, ready to take up the white mans
burden al over again. -WashingtOr
Poe.