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The sun., 1901-12-11
MARX CONTRADICTS STIFF.
Says story About His Conduct With Rose
Taylor Is Absolutely False.

Herbert Marx, the young Brooklyn law
yer who killed two men and wounded q
third week ago while defending himself
and his home in Westmoreland county.
Va. made a second statement yesterday
relative to the tragedy, IL was in reply
TO the statement which James Stiff, the
wounded man. made on Monday night in
the hospital at Washin ngton, ID C.. whore
he is supposed to be dying from the wound
made by MARKS bullet.
Marx declared that Stiff's story about
his trying to get Rose Taylor to go into .
stable was absolutely false.
The sun., 1901-12-11
French Deputies Pass ship Bounty Biil.

Special CdNs Despatch 10 THE sun
PARIS, Dec. IO.-The Chamber OF Dep
uties to-day, by a vote OF 434 10 l25.
adopted a bill granting bounties TO vessels
of the merchant marine.
The sun., 1901-12-11
PREACHER KILLS. THREE.

The Rev. John KinDunen Murders VIE and
Two sons and Commits suicide.
HoUGHroN, Mich, Dec. 10.-The Rev.
John Kinnunen. minister Of the Finish Evan
gelical Lutheran Church at Copper Falls,
keweenaw county. murdered his wife and
two children and committed suicide last
night He was insane,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

Oliver Walton in his day was the great
est dealer in good horses in Boston On
one occasion he visited Maine and bought
an extra good horse for $500. The horse
breeder was one Of the nggardly kind
and asked, How are you going to lead
the horse away"
with that halter. to he sure" said
Walton. busy counting out the money for
the horse.
NO, sir" said the breeder "The halter
doesn't 20 with the horse; it belongs to
me. | did not sell you that"
What. not let me have halter after
have given you your price for the horse
asked old Oliver. What do you want
for it,"
~ dollar, sir" said the farmer.
"All right" said Walton. Here is the
dollar" He put the rest Of his money in
his pocket, then stepped quickly To the
horses head and remarked, Il will take
the halter. but | guess | Will not take the
horse"
He took off the halter, let the horse 60
loose and the breeder had many long
day in which to repent over his overreach-
ing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

government has been conducting a money
order business. With each individual or
der the government has made a special
effort to effect payment to the payee or
restore the amount to the RENTER, and.
failing, can DO naught but keep the
amount The fact that 10000 duplicate
orders are annually issued would appear
to indicate that the American people are
extremely careless in the handling of
these money vouchers. Where the orig
mails go or how they are disposed Of
would fill a volume.
"A single order may be issued up TO
500 in amount. and the average is about
$50. the smaller offices issuing the great
bulk of orders and the larger offices cash
ing % per cent of them.
"Traveling men. actors. circus men,
railroad employees and others whose
business requires them to move from
place to place are very fond of buying or
ders payable to themselves. They cannot
spend an order as a bill, and as no one
but themselves or the indorsees may Sc
cure the amount Of the orders they are
just that much ahead when they get into
the next town, making themselves their
own bankers, with the government as a
depository. Sometimes an actor or a cir
Gus man will present a dozen orders at
the close of the season which he has
bought from time TO time. and their
amount represents savings which other.
wise would have been spent "-Washing
ton Star
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
He WINS Not Mem,

We had an hour to wait at railroad
junction in Louisiana, and four or five of
us sat down in the shade on the edge of
the platform and hung our legs over.
While we were talking a man with a
rope in his hand, evidently looking for a
stray mule, came out of the bushes oppo-
site us and stood looking up and down the
track.
BY and by he directed his gaze toward
our feet, but we didn't mind him until he
drawled out:
You all, therew
"WellY" quered one.
"H'ist up your feet"
We "h'isted" without waiting to ask
why and then looked down TO see big
rattlesnake just coiling himself for IA
strike.
A handy grindstone was dropped on the
snake, and when some one thanked the
native he called back:
Some men who have lost a mule and
hunted fer him three days would have
been onery about it, but thar's nothin
mean about me!'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
KINDS OF SPIDERS.
Also Some Right Information About
Tnruntulns

There ave very many kinds of spi
der~," says Harry Sutherland in Anslee's.
"bcSidcS those that annoy the housewife
with their webs stuck up in the corners
of the rooms and i'm the windows when
she has Leon too busy with the sewing
10 look after the house much. but every
kind is an appetite on eight legs and thor
ouglIy convinced that nobody can he
strong and hearty that lives on vegcta-
bieS They all spin more or less. whence
thoir name, which is a contraction Of
>piudcr. or spinner. Also, thcy bite. and
if you listen 10 all the fool stories that are
told when a spider bites you, you will
save time hy sending for the lawyer to
make your will and telegraph for the boys
to come home at once if they want to see
you alive.
But will tell you. as between edu-
Gated people that know thing or two
and Up not get scared over every little
tribe, that a spiders bite is no worse than
q mo~qu.to'S-uot so bad. in fact A big
spider can Kill a small bird with its poi
son, but il only makes a mans arm swell
up and hurt for a day or less. aud not
hurt very much at that Bcrtkau could
not feel the ordinary domestic spider on
the thick skin Of his hand, and only be
tween the fingers could the spider make a
puncture like that of Y dull PIN The
worst result was that it tched Il little.
Blackwell had them draw blood, but that
was all. Though one spider bit another
So hard that its liver ran out, it lived for
more than Il year afterward.
AS for these terrible tarantuas, either
the stories told about victims having to
dance till they fell down in exhaustion in
order 10 escape death and madness were
tremendous whoppers or tarantulas don't
bite rs bad as they used to. 1t is true
that in those days the Italian violnists
had TO work overtime composing taran-
tellcs to play for the bitten, but still there
We're sneerng skeptics that said it was all
scheme got up to pass the hat for the
wife and family of the suffering man
whom a malignant spider had bitten while
he was out looking for a job. Dufour
had tarantula that was quite tame and
gentle. She took flies from his fingers
like a dear thing. Almost any spider can
be taught to take food from forceps and
water from a camcPs hair brush They
are great water drinkers, spiders are. I'll
say that for EN-. Like the little temper
ance bird we used to read about, Water
cold water, is all Of their song Rum
and tobacco they turn from with luath.
ing"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
LOWER NEW Works. FINISH.
A Pessimist Sees 1t In the weight of
Its SlkNsCrnnerA.

There was nothing about him to indi-
cate the crank He WAS neatly but not
fashionably dressed, and his good ma
tured countenance was of the corpulent
order. He glanced rchectively out of the
rear window of a Third avenue car Mt the
tall buildings along Park row and Broad
way, and for a moment looked serious.
Too much weight" he said to a fellow
passenger beside him, nodding his head in
the direction Of the buildings. "Too
much weight entirely. People don't seem
to realize that the lower portion Of this
city is only a crust of rock, with water Of
great depth beneath il. They keep put
ting up building after building Of great
height and weight. and some day there's
going to be the greatest catastrophe Of
the ages. The whole blooming lower part
OF the city, or a good portion of it, will
cave in under the enormous strain put
upon it by these sbyscrapers, and the loss
OF life and property will be incalculabe.
Gust think of the weight that crust
has to sustain. Millions of tons of iron
arriving here every year to be used for
girders and raftcrs. Millions of tons of
brick and mortar are used in constructing
the buildings, to say nothing of marble,
granite and other kinds of stone, and all
piled upon that frail crust of rock. which
must give way some day under the strain.
Then, there's the bridge too. 1t can't
last forever. Some day it is going to
break down under the additional strain
put upon it by the trolley and steam cars
now running to Brooklyn. Imagine the
scene at a rush hour some night; trolley
cars on both sides laden with people; the
promenade crowded, and trucks in IA
steady stream. Suddenly one of the ca
bles gives way. The other, unable to
stand the strain alone, also parts. and
people, cars and trucks are dumped into
the river like a shovel of coal into a
bucket. Oh, it's bound to come, tell
you. New York Mail and Express.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

Judge Boyd. the English jurist, was so
fond Of brandy that he kept a supply of
it in court upon his desk before him in an
inkStaud of peculiar make. His lordship
used to lean his arm upon the desk. bob
down his head and steal hurried sip
from time to time throyjh a quill that lay
among the pens, whcT~n.'ancuver he flat
tered himself escaped observation. At
the Tralee assizes it was sought by coun-
sci to convict witness Of having been in
toXicated at the time to which his evil
dcnce referred Harry Dean Grady with
Daniel O'Connel labored hard to show
the man had been sober.
Come now, my good man." said Judge
Boyd. lit is q very important considera-
ton; tell the court truly. upon the virtue
of your oath, were you drunk or were you
sober?"
ooh, quite sober, my lord" broke in
Grady. with a smile At O'Connoll and
significant look at the inkstaul. He was
as sober as a Judge"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
And how about Snakcs?"
EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS.
origin of Some of Our Common
Words and Phrases.


Philologists trace the word "hurrah''-
or Murray" the older form-back to the
warcry of the Morse vikings, which was
''Tur ale or, being translated, Thor
aid" "Humbug" is traced to the Irish
''uim bog" pronounced hum bug" and
meaning bogus money. James ii coined
debased money from his mint in Dublin,
the 20 shilling piece being worth only
twopence, and the people called it ''uim
bog"
Before you can say Jack Robinson"
owes its origin to foolish John Robinson,
who when he called on his friends always
was in such hurry that he would be off
again without giving his host scarcely
time to pronounce his name. When the
Spanish armada came to the coasts of
England, many of the ships were driven
by the fierce attack of Drake and How
ard and the fury of the elements north to
the Helder river and south to the Skelder
river-the Schcldt-hence the expression
"helter skclter." The Latin word for a
hare is lepus. The Norman knights who
came into England with William the
ConQueror pronounced it ''lc pusS." and
'puss" the rabbit and hare are called in
England to this day. From calling hare
and rabbit puss the name came to be APP
piled to cats, and so it is used in this
country and in England. So when you
call your house cat "puss, puss," you are
simply speaking decapitated Latin.
Once there was a sign painter in Che
shire working for one of the county fam
lies who made frantic attempt to paint
70 ho i1,rn Ia,
lion was mistaken for another sort of
animal, and hence the expression 'to grin
like a Cheshire cat"
$50 to Halifax That town was a
place of special terror for rogucs because
of the first rude guillotine invented there
by Mannaye for chopping off fclons'
heads. Halifax law was that the Grim
inal should he condemned first and in
Quircd upon after"
Coventry had queer law in old times
by which none but frccmcn of the city
could practice a trade there; hence the
phrase for shutting man out of human
company, "Sent to Coventry"
'Spck and span" comes from the
"spikcs" and 'spanncrs'- hooks and
strctchcrs for stretching cloth new from
the loom.
To "dun" man for debt comes from
the memory of Joe Dun, bailiff of Lin
coin, who was so keen a collector that his
name has become a proycrb.
The popular idea of the genesis of the
word news is that it is composed of the
initials of north, east, west and south,
which the carly newspapers printed as a
"hcadline' to show that information was
contained in the paper from the four cor.
ncrs of the earth. AS matter OF fact
the word appears first in old English as
news" or 'newys," the plural of new
1t is not a native English idiom, but q
translation of the French "nouvelles'-
news. Another supposition is that news
represents the partative genitive Of the
Anglo-SaXon "hwact niwes," but this is
not borne out by old English examples.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

The village of Ostia, about % miles
from Rome and at the mouth of the II
Der. has hundreds of inhabitants during
the winter and only about 10 or l. during
the summer. The fever season begins in
April or May and lasts till the end Of No
vembcr; the inhabitants desert the village
during this period. returning in November
in order to cultivate the fertile fields.
They crowd into huts of the most prim-
tive kind. The floor is of stone, as are
the doorposts and some of the lower part
of what we may call the walls, but the
upper portion and the roof are composed
of branches of thatch.
They have a hole in the roof to allow
the smoke to escape when they make a
fire, but the climate is so mild that they
do not often need a fine for warmth,
while cooking is done outside This insig-
nifcant and fever stricken village was
once an important port at which were
landed all the supplies for Rome.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
4 Story of MeissOnier's Vanity.

To make himself look moro manly and
robust McisSonier frequently incascd his
diminutivc legs in huge cavalry boots.
He prinkcd daily before the mirror and
was never weary of comparing himself
with other small men to show that he Nas
really not so very little To the end he
confdcd to his friends the pangs he ever
suffered IN account OF his small size.
Occasionally. but only occasionally, did
Mcissonicr find the desired consolation he
sought f~om his acquantances. One aft
rrnnon rs tie sculptor Dubois entered his
studio Ncissoncr exclaimed joyfuly:
"Wtat do you think! The corn doctor
was iHet here, and what do you suppose
he says? \ six foot grcnadicr cannot get
any bigger corns than mine"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

passed them IN review, condemned the lot
and told the prop. man in sign talk to go
and get some more. How he scared up
another wagon load | don't know, but he
did it somehow. and after they were all
turned down, too, we We're pretty nearly
at our wits end when we had an inspira-
ton. We sent for friend, an auctioneer.
who has had long experience in handling
costly furniture from private houses, and
explained our dilemma. Could he help
Us ont? Sure. lie knew where to lay his
hand on the exact sofa Nine Bcrnhardt
wanted. 1t was an heirloom, wonder
full sofa Dc luxe, covered with cloth Of
gold and cost $500 in Paris. He would
borrow it. In half an hour it arrived,
and il was certainly sumner We car
rcd it in. satisfied that we had hit the
nail on the head at last, and, to our de
light, the madame proceeded to recline
upon it, Then She made some remark in
French to her dresser. What does she
say" asked the prop. man anXiously.
she says it will do to Sit on while you so
after more replied the dresser.
The visible supply Of sofas was ex-
haustcd, and we told the madame as well
as We could that She would have to give
us time to explore the curio shops and
other odd hooks and corners. She finally
graspcd what we were driving at, shrug
ged her shoulders ironically and went
back 10 the hotel. As she entered her
apartments She glanced around and saw
a very modest unprctentious sofa stand
ing in one corner All she said in
French. the very thing. Send it to the
thoatcr,' In five minutes it was on the
baggage elevator and that was the sofa
we used in the play" - New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
4 Chinese Joke.

A rich man, living between the FORCES
Of two blacksmiths, was continually an
noyed by the noise of their hammers and
was in despair at not being able to rest
either by day or by night At first he
tried to induce them to hammer more
quietly; then he made them all kinds of
promises if they would only change their
abodes. The two blacksmiths at last fell
in with his proposals, and he transported
with joy at the prospect of their depar-
ture, entertained them regardless of OK
pensc, at a farewell banquet. At the end
of the feast he asked them where they
intended to set up their smithcs. well"
said one of them, che who lived on your
left will 20 to the smithy on your right,
and he who lived on your right will go to
that on your left."-Translated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

On large daily paper the editor in
chief has control of everybody on the edi-
torial and reporting staff and directs the
policy of the paper, though lie may do lit
tie writing. The managing editor is his
lieutenant and carries out the IDEAS Of
the editor in chief. acting more or less in
dependently. rs the case may be. An
editor may mean either one Of the men
who write editorials or one of the men
who edit the copy of reporters and other
writers. The business manager has
charge of the business department, devot-
ing his time mainly to matters of adyer-
Using and circulation. On small papers
one man can do the work of all, but he
will have to sit up ights.-Exchange
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
WONDERS IN BONES.
Some Curious Facts In Gaseous Strnc-
tire Little Dreamed Of

Exhibited in glass case in the Ma
tional museum at Washington there is
bono-a human tihid-ticd in knot. 1t
has been rendered thus flexible by soaking
IN acid, which has dissolved out of it all
its mineral parts, leaving only the animal
portion. This portion makes about one
third Of the bone, which fact might sur
prise some people who suppose that their
bones are almost wholly lime.
There are funny things about bones
other than funny bones" said an osteol
ogist connected with the Smithsonian in
sttution. For example the bones of
birds are hollow and filled with warm air
from the lungs; 50 it may he said that a
bird hrcathes down to its toes and to the
tip of its wings. In fact. if you break off
the wing of n duck the animal can actual
~ breathe through the broken end of the
bone though you hold its head under wa
ter. Some Of the gigantic reptiles Of the
mcSozoic epoch, which some scientists
claim to have been the ancestors of man.
had hollow bones. similarly filled with air
from the lungs. for the support of their
bodies in the water while they browScd
upon seaweeds near shore, their massive
and solid leg bones serving them as
anchors in a depth about sufficient to COW
or their backs
People continually imagine that their
bones are of solid mineral construction.
without any feeling in them No one
who has ever had n leg or an arm cut off
is likely to indulge such Il mistaken no.
ton. Comparatively speaking. little pain
is felt when the flesh if being cut through.
but when the bone is attacked hy the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
A TEMPTING ACCUMULATION.
What the Government Does With
Unclaimed Money Orders.

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
An Appealing Breakfnst Dish

TO make IA simple cheese toast take
thin slices of bread and toast them to a
delicate brown. spread them with but
ter and then cover them thickly with
grated cheese and sprinkle lightly with
paprika. Lay the slices upon tin and
place them in hot oven long enough
to melt the cheese. 1t is best to make
only a few slices at a time, as the
cheese hardens quickly. a slice of
crisp bacon laid upon each piece makes
an excellent breakfast dish.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
SARAH WAS HARD TO SUIT.
A Story of Bernhardt and Several
Brands of Sofas.

when Bernhardt was in New Or
leans" said an attache Of the theater
where the great Sarah played, 1--WE had
an awful time over the Camille sofa.
You remember sofa is used in the
drawing room setting in Camille and,
as she does some Of her most effective
posing on it, Nine. Bernhardt was deter
mined ii should be just so.
"We had several brands Of sofa in
stock, ranging from what they call a
rude pallet in melodrama to the gilded
sofa of modern society plays. but she re-
jected the whole outfit at a glance and the
prop. man hustled out for fresh supply.
He came back with a heaping wagon
load. never saw so many different
kinds. There were straight backed sofas,
humpbacked sofas, fat plush sofas, lean
wicker sofas, horsehair sofas, bowlegged
sofas, almost everything you could mag
inc, but nothing suited the madame. She
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10

y rather unusual cake is made by
combining oatmeal and bread crumbs.
Put onc-half cupful Of bread crumbs
and one-half cupful of rolled oats into
bowl with two cupfuls Of sour milk.
Let the mixture stand overnight. In
the morning add little salt, little
sugar and one-half teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in one teaspoonful of hot wa.
ter. Whisk in'one beaten egg and add
Hour to MAKE good batter, then bake
on griddle.