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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The week opens gayly enough, but the
calendar for the remainder of the week
is almost entirely bare Of social events
always excepting the dinners. which show
no signs Of ceasing in Difference to the
spirit of Lent.
The play to be given tonight at the Ma
tional Rifles ArmOry will be preceded By a
dozen or more dinners to be given by prom
inent hostesses at 1880 O'Clock, the early
hour making it possible for the guests.
who will also form the audience to as
semble at the National Rifles ArmOry By
$50 O'Clock.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

NEW YORK, March i.-John Kapp, four
teen years Old. died at Port Chester last
night from eating a poisonous root which
he found alongside Byram River while
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

skating. A comrade. John Murphy tasted
1t, but disliked it. and would not eat any.
The name Of the root is unknown, but IS
described as resembling a potato on the
surface
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

(From the Chicago Time -llcrJid)
II is not very generally known thai the Queen.
the Prince OF Wales, and other members Of the
roylI family. have their own private solicitor.
Sir Henry Arther White has acted in that ca
pacity to the royal family Ter good many
years.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

Mrs. Lindsay. wife Of Senator Lindsay
will be at home informally the remaining
Thursdays in March
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

Mr. and Mrs Arnold Hague. who sailed
recently for Jamaica. expect to be absent
about a month.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. John Addison Porter and
their children will spend the next two
weeks in Camden. 5. C.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

In the Spring those PmPes BOs, and Eruptons, those
Headaches Turns Feeling indicate that
there cobwebs in the system 1t needs thorough brushing
the best brush is Hoods Sasapara, sweeps all
humos before it. This great medicine has such power purify
enrich yae the blood thoroughly cleanses
the whole physical SYSTEM appetite
seaes the nothing possesses properties
Peculiar Itself which make it the Ideal Spring Medicine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

Mrs. S. s Rowland has invitations out
for an Easter week dance.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

The latest news from Princess Cantacu-
zene is most favorable. 1t is the opinion
Of her physicians that all danger will have
been passed before the arrival Of her
mother. Mrs. Frederick Grant. who is en-
route to Odessa. accompanied by trained
nurse. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, who has
been so i'll at private sanitarium in New
York, is also cOnvalescing. and will soon
be able to 90 out on pleasant afternoons
for a short drive. Miss Vivian Sartoris
who has been in New York throughout her
mothers illness. is stopping with friends
In Madison Avenue. II Mrs. Sartoris
health permits, they will spend some time
with Mrs. Potter Palmer. in Paris, during
the exposition, when they will be Joined
by Miss Rosemary SartOris. who is now
abroad.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-05

The Count and Countess da Conturbea
are settled in the counts home in Milan.
The countess was Miss Patterson. Of Bal
timore, and is a great-grand- of Mime.
Bonaparte. She was married to the count
last spring and they spent the early sum
mer at Newport. The countess is a tall
beautiful woman, and the count is fine
looking man. very blonde and distin-
guished with broad shoulders and fierce
moustachios. The count and countess have
been visiting Nice lately among the nu-
merous American friends Of the latter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
Cookery in Bolivia.

The stoves of the Bolivian Indians
are curious things. A hole is dug in
the ground about eighteen inches deep
and foot square, and over this is
built a roof of clay with holes of diff
ferent sizes to receive the various
cooking pots. Roasting is done on
spits passed through the holes, so that
the meat comes out very much smoked
unless care is taken to have only live
Goals at the bottom of the oven.
The national dish and the common
food of the masses is "chupe," sort
of first cousin to the Irish stew. 1t is
a conglomerate, composed of irregu-
lar constituents from the animal and
Vegetable kingdoms-a mess of NUT
ton and such other meats as are avail
able; chicken, fish, fruits, potatoes,
carrots, barley, corn, rice onions,
yams, etc., chopped up, highly sea-
soned with peppers and herbs, and
stewed to a consistency of porridge.
What happens to be left from meal
SINNERS in the pot until the next. II
the fire goes out the ''chupe" is al
lowed to cool, but it is warmed up
again and new supply of the ingred-
tents added to the wster-logged and
greasy stuff for the next meal. In the
cities, at&the hotels and restaurants,
where there are French or Swiss
cooks, the 'chupe" is savory and pal
atable, but the further you go from
the centres of civilization the worse
it gets. One eats it at first under pro-
test, then from necessity and only to
escape starvation.-Ch Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
Wireless Teleuranhv.

Wireless telegraphy is to be used in
novel and practical manner at Hall.
fax. The harbor there is often diff
cut of access, especially during
storms, and as a result many vessels
have been wrecked while approaching
1t. Mr.. A. F. Hamilton has now in.
vented an apparatus with the object of
facilitating the approach to the harbor
and thus minimizing the danger of
shipwrecks.
The apparatus consists of what may
be called an electric buoy on which
10 bell connected with the land by
means of submarine cable. In ad-
dition to the bell the buoy is intended
to hold a Marconi transmitter from
which signals may be sent from land
to a distance of four or five miles.
Now the inventor asserts that in this
manner all vessels provided with re-
ceivers suitable for wireless teleg.
raphy can not only be readily warned
OF danger as they approach the coast,
but can also ascertain their exact stu
ton If they will only pay heed to the
signals transmitted.
The inventors intention apparently
ia to have buoy placed in each spot
where there is the most likelihood of
peril and to have signals sent by the
Marconi system of wireless teleg-
raphy whenever there is any danger
OF storm. The successful manner in
which the Marconi system worked
during the International yacht races
has satisfied Mr.. Hamilton that 1t may
be relied upon to do good service in
connection with his buoys.-N. Y.
Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
Don't Blame the Chair.

ut is strange how much dynamic
force we throw into all our move.
ments," remarked a physician. I'VE
think we are moving gently and DELHI
erately, but we are actually wasting
enough power to run an engine. Sit
down on a chair that is an inch lower
than you expected and you come near
going through the seat. It's the same
way when one encounters any unan-
ticipated obstacle. The other day one
of my patients attempted to light
cigar, and in carrying the match to the
weed he struck his knuckles against
a door and broke his index finger. Not
long ago | was called to attend lady
who had miscalculated the height of
the bottom step in descending a flight
of stairs. She thought it was similar
to the others, but it was only half as
high, and the result was that she land.
ed on the pavement with a jar that
sprained her knee. She was laid up
for a couple of weeks. On one occa
sion l was myself knocked almost
senseless by humping my head against
a rafter in the basement of this build
ing. l thought | was moving along
very cautiously, because it was quite
dark, but l nearly fractured by skull.
When you total up the amount of vi
tally you lose in this manner during
a year you begin to see why people
only live to fifty instead of one hun.
dred. Answers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
CHRISTOPHER GLACIER.
Icy Tomb of Thous ands Of the Long
legged Insects.

There are many remarkable glaciers
in that part of the Rocky Mountain up.
lift that crosses the southern border OF
Montana. A part of this region has
hitherto been unmapped and its more
elevated portions were unvislted and
unnamed until last summer, when a
geographical party piloted the way up
the mountains and discovered some of
the largest glaciers in the temperate
regions of the western world. Here
rises Granite Peak which, according 10
Mr.. Gannett is the eliminating point
Of Montana. 1884 feet high.
Among the glaciers found in these
mountains and recently described by
James p. Kimball is Grasshopper Gla-
cier, which derives its name from the
enormous quantity of grasshopper re-
mains that are found on and in the
glacier Periodically the grasshoppers
that thrive in the prairie to the north
take their fight southwark and must
needs cross the mountains. Their favo-
rite route seems to be across this wide
glacier, and in the passage scores of
them succumb to the rigor of cold and
wind, fall helpless upon the snow and
are finally entombed in the ice. In the
course Of time billions of them have
been the victims of this glacier. They
are, Of course, carried by the ice river
down into the valley and deposited at
the melting edge of the ice, and Mr..
Kimball says that thousands of tons of
grasshopper remains are the principal
material at the lower edge of the gla-
cier. We hear very often of rocks and
sand as forming the terminal moraine
of glaciers, but here is glacier whose
principal morainal material is grass
hoppers.
These insect remains are washed out
of the Ice in burrows wherever the
suns heat has grooved the surface in
to runlets Of descending water. The
grasshopper's permeate the glacier
from top to bottom. No fragment of
Ice can be broken so small as not to
contain remains. Most of the insects
have been reduced to coarse powder,
and the burrows of them washed out
by the runlets and naturally disposed
in parallel lines are very dark in color.
Omaha Bee.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
MADE FROM DREAMS.
Inventors Can Tell Of Some Strange
Experiences.

6NRCt
at Is remarkable how ideas of an
inventive nature occur to one" re-
marked Henry Iollingsworth, Cleve-
land inventor. Frequently when en-
gagged upon problems in mechanics 1
have gone to bed and dreamed what
seemed to he n perfect solution of that
which had been uppermost in my mind
during the day. Rut the trouble is that
upon awaking, while recollecting per-
fectly that had dreamed the solution,
it was impossible to recall the details
necessary to practical application of
my idea. You know. it is said of the
automatic car coupler, of the double
jaw type, that the originator of the
idea was a telegraph operator, who,
while leaning back in his chair with
his hands clasped behind his head doz-
ing, was brought to his senses by tile
blowing Of locomotive whistle. That
noise served as n connecting link for
his thoughts. With his hands still
clasped. sailor fashion, he slowly
brought them around in front of him,
and wondered why the cars of that
train could not he connected with one
another in the same way his hands
were hooked together. As result of
this curiously suggested idea we have
the almost universally used car COUP
Ter, the two jaws of which fit into
esnh other and clasp after the manner
of the human hands.
'"rhere is q Western inventor who
tells Of dreaming of railroad spikes one
night last summer. He saw around
him nothing but spikes, hundreds and
thousands of them, and tons and tons
piled up in front of him. But these
spikes differed from any other he had
ever seen in that the four faces were
grooved. He thought about those
spikes when he woke up, and next
night saw more spikes than ever in
his dream Then he became convinced
that those spikes were intended as the
foundation for the fortune that he had
been striving for. As result the West
ern man has applied for a patent upon
the invention. which it is claimed eff
fects saving of 90 per cent. in the
steel used. and makes n cheaper and
better means Of holding the rail to the
tie than heretofore employed. Wash
'ngton Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26

Richard B. Reed, who has just be.
gun his forty-ffth year of continuous
service as letter carrier in Salem,
Mass, claims to be the Oldest carrier
in the country in point of uninterrupt-
ed service. Buchanan was President
when Mr. Reed was first appointed In
those days letter carriers had no regu.
lar salary, and depended for compen-
sation on the pennies they collected
from people to whom they delivered
letters. In January, 1856, he distribut-
ed 3,409 pieces of mail and collected
1924 from his patrons. Mr.. Reed is
still strong and active, and says he
feels as young as when on his twenty.
first birthday he started out for the
first time with mail sack swung over
his shoulder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
The Theory of HEARING.

In the Physiological Section of the
British Association DR.. Albert Gray
Glasgow read q paper on "The The
DRY of Hearing" His view of the func-
ton of the cochlea, as set forth in his
paper, is like that of Helmholtz, that
sound is analysed into it's simple con-
stituent tones by the basilar mem
brane. The result of this analysis is
that variations in pressure on the
nerve examinations will occur, and that
these pressure variations are analysed
in the central nervous system In
support of the theory he puts forward
he cited the close analogy which it
shows between the sense of hearing
and that of touch. 1t further explains
the existence of noise as distinguished
from musical sounds, and the fact
that under certain circumstances the
ear is able to perceive differences of
phases.-London Daily News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
4 Literary Policeman,

The news of the distressing death of
Charles Ashton, the literary polce.
man." as he was called, will be re-
ceived with genuine regret throughout
the whole of Wales. Mr. Ashton was
one of those patient plodders so num-
erous in North Wales where there is
much less of the rush and stress of
life than in the southern portion of the
principally. A child of the Eisteddfed,
he had published an historical work
under its auspices. But the dream Of
his life was to produce a complete and
authoritative photography of Welsh
literature. Amid the picturesque soil
tudes of DinSs Mawddwy, where the
policeman's life ought to be a happy
one and the most heinous crime is the
absence of the owners name from a
cart, Mr.. Ashton toiled year in and
year out upon his task, corresponding
with scholars everywhere who were
interested in the vast body of Welsh
literature and were happy to help him
with notes and suggestions.-Bi
ham Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
RoME's CONCESSION,
Catholic Sisters Permitted to Attend
Outside Lectures In Secular Garb.

ShS StSteTs PermItted 20 Attend
Outside Lectures in Secular Garb.
Advocates Of the higher education
OF women are surprised by an unex.
pected and extraordinary concession
from that most conservative of au.
thorities, the Pope. The head of the
rFench teaching Sisters of the Sacred
nOart, very progressive woman,
went before the Vatican authorities
not long ago with an educational plan
Dy which the novices of the order
were to be allowed to take a normal
school course outside their convent
restrictions and taught by outside up
to-date professors.
Some eminent French ecclesiastics
favored the idea, but in Rome It was
trowned upon, and a formal refusal
was given to permit its application.
A much more important and wide.
reaching concession has now been
made by the Pope in favor Of the Mar.
celline Sisters. the most educational
81 all the religious communities in
Italy. They are not only allowed to at
tend the lectures In the public uni
Versities OF Rome, mingling there
with laymen and listening to lectures
BY professors of every mental order.
but they dof their religious dress to
DO SO. When they return to the con.
vent In the evening they put on their
religious habit again.
The congregation of Sisters is com.
paratively new. They applied to the
Pope for appreciation in December,
1926. He has just given them a defin-
lite sanction as a community with sim.
pie vows, the decree being published
by the Cardinal Project of Bishops
AID Regulars the last week in Octo-
Der.
Here in New York there has been
trouble with the State authorities
where Sisters taught in some of the
public schools in the interior cities
wearing their religious garb. A solu.
ton of the difficulty may be found in
this new precedent established in
Rome.-N. Y. Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
A FLYING MACHINE.
.ANsAm AKIN as Much Interested In
This as IN the Gun.

AlsSm Maxim as Much Interested In
This as Ia the Gun.
zone Of the strange, indirect results
Of the Boer war may be the perfecting
Of practical flying machine" said a
gentleman who has fondness for me.
chanical problems. THE man who
has come nearest doing it is Mr..
Miriam s. Maxim, the inventor of the
Maxim automatic gun. Eight or nine
years ago he began an elaborate ser.
les OF experiments on his fine private
estate near Kensington, England.
Roughly described, his machine was
an enormous kite supplied with a pro-
peller run by steam engine, the the
oFy being that it would be sustained
In Hight by atmospheric pressure He
constructed a two-mile railroad track.
along which the 'aeroplane,' as he
called 1t, was to run, getting up
enough velocity to enable it to leap
into space, and then he built several
full-sized models.
MT. Maxim is an accomplished me-
chanical engineer, and he went about
the work In thorough scientific fash.
lon, feeling his way and correcting de-
Iects as ne went along. OF course.
such experimenting was frightfully ex.
pensive, and, at the end Of three years.
when he seemed to be Just on the
verge OF success, he was obliged to
stop for lack of funds. He was too
sensible a man to try to capitalize
Aying machine company, so he quietly
announced that he was going back to
gunmaking and, when he accumulat-
ed enough money, would take a fresh
start at the aeroplane.
Since then business has been brisk
with his house, and during the last
six months in particular the British
government has spent huge sums in
purchasing his automatic gun. Mean
while the United States has patronized
him to the extent of near a quarter
OF million, and no doubt his Golfers
are no doubt pretty nearly refilled. It
would not surprise me now to hear of
him resuming work at any time on his
flying machine. He has said repeated
ly that it was the one great dream of
his life IN n Tirooc na,,ooo,o1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
The ReIIboy's Prospective Revenge.

Some day when 1 have accumu-
lated stake said one of the bright
bellboys at the Blossom House the
other day, I'm going to have some
fun"
What are you going to do?" by
stander asked.
Il am simply going to some big
hotel in Chicago or St. Louis and live
for day." and the boy paused to let
the remark soak in.
And that's your idea of a good
time, is it," queried the curious
listener.
Hold on. I'm not through yet. l
am going to the hotel with three big
grips, and I am going to make the
bellboy carry all of them up to the
room for. me. l won't even carry the
smallest one. Then as soon as l am
In my room am going to have some
Ice water. l will not ring for ice
water, but for a bellboy, and after he
has climbed to the fifth floor-bell-
boys are not permitted to use the ele-
vators, you know, and l shall not take
a room lower than the fifth floor
when he has climbed up there l shall
tell him l want some ice water
81 will drink all the ice water can
and pour the rest in the cuspidor.
Then ! will ring for more ice water.
Then will order cocktail served in
kmro6m. | don't drink, but there
Snust be variety in my scheme Then
will decide to take Turkish bath
and will call boy to take my grip
down to the bathroom. When l re-
turn I will ring for more ice water.
81 will insist on having the same
bellboy serve me all the time, and |
will keep him chasing around until
he will curse me at every step. Then
when l am ready to leave, and he is
happy to think he shall never see my
cursed face again, will give him a
dollar You know l couldn't think of
putting boy to all that trouble with
out rewarding him, because l have
been through the mill myself What |
have just described happens to a
bellboy every day Of his life-all ex-
cept getting the dollar when it is
over."-Kansas City Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
A Provldent Requirement.

Germany has law, which has been
in force for ten years, which requires
that every man with an income of
$3.50 or over must insure his life
against sickness and old age. The
number of people thus insured was re-
ported last year at 100000. AS far
as can be learned conditions of health
have had little to do with ability to
secure the insurance The insurance
companies seem to have found it a
matter of economy to adopt proven
tive measures. and have erected a
great sanitarium foJ the treatment of
their sick.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
The Piano Fixture.

People who are bothered by young
musician practicing on the piano may
be somewhat consoled by a knowl-
edge of some of the many devices
which have recently been patented for
the use of such students. Recently an
apparatus closely resembling a thumb
screw was put on the market and was
endorsed by some music teachers as
calculated to greatly increase the
reach of piano players. Now a piano
players harness is given to the world,
with equally strong endorsements. 1t
is intended to prevent pupils from
dropping the wrists too low and is fit
ted with handouts and an adjustable
strap, which passes over the Shout
ders. While sustaining the hands in
the proper position for lingering the
keys of piano it is yielding to suf-
ficient extent to permit the hand to
reach all the octaves of the keyboard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
Sun Would soon Consume Us.

It is estimated tnat the earth re-
ceiyes not more than one thousand
nth part of the total radiation of
SUMS rays. If any considerable
1brtion of this heat was concentrated
upon the earth it ould not be only
nninhabitable, but become speedily
consumed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
Theatrical snowstorm.

Realistic snowstorms for theatres
are produced by a new machine.
which has two revolving perforated
cylinders to drop faxed and granu.
lated substances respectively, with
electric fans under each cylinder to
drive the SNOW" across the stage as
it falls.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26

The mate of the ship at the critical
moment of the storm shouted out,
Let go the topsail halliardsl"
Il amt touching of 'em, sir" was
the reply of neway-shipped sailor
Melbourne Weekly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
crasshopper Plague in AIqiers.

The authorities iri Algeria gave S4O,-
900 toward fighting grasshoppers. In
one district 5000 ramels were en-.
ployed to carry the material for burn
ing over the place where eggs hal
been deposited
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
Great Trade in Canes.

The Congo region exports about 81
moo 900 walking sticks wear
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26

The town of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island of that name ly.
ing off the coast of Asia Minor. posses.
ses the oldest tree in the world. Under
its shade Hippocrates inculcated his
disciples in his methods and views
concerning the healing art 1000 years
ago. Tradition carries the age of the
tree back to the time of Aesculapius
(of whom Hippocrates was lineal de-
scendant, which would add some 400
years to its age. A great part of the
trunk is built round, and there is a
fountain known as Hippocrates Foun.
tain. The circumference of the trunk
is 80 feet, and there are two main low
er branches. which are supported by
masonry columns