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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
WEATHER PROPHETS.

Blow out candle, and if the wick
continues long to smolder look for bad
weather. If it goes out quickly. the
weather will be fair.
The twelve days after Christmas in
dictate the weather for the following
year. Each day in order shows the
weather for one month
When it begins to snow, notice the
size of the flakes. If they are very
fine, the storm will be long one; If
large, the storm will soon be over.
If the chickens come out while it
rains, it is sign that the storm is to
be long one. If they stand around
under the shed, the storm will be short.
When the cattle lie down as soon as
they are turned out to pasture in the
morning, it is because they feel rheu-
matte WEAKNESS in their bones, and you
can look for rain soon.
When night passes and no dew
falls, it is a sign it is going to rain.
This omen loses much of it's mystery
when one remembers that dew has not
fallen because the night was clouded.
When you see the sun drawing water
at night. know that it will rain on the
morrow. The sun is said to be draw
ing water when its rays can be seen
shining through riffs in distant clouds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
LITERARY TREASURES.
Some which Have Been and Some
Which May BE Lost to View.

The world, we have been assured
time and again, knows nothing of its
greatest men. Perhaps it is equally ig-
norant about its greatest books. Are
we quite sure that the idols in our lit
erary pantheon are arrayed in their
due order of precedence? The rules of
precedence change, and who shall as
sert that those prevalent at any given
time are the final ones? But. above
all. are we quite certain that there may
not be notable work of genius lying
unnoticed and unknown amid the
wrecks of the river of time, waiting
only for some lucky accident that shall
reveal it in all its beauty to an aston
ished world?
Such accidents with such results have
been frequent in the history of the
past. Indeed such accidents have pre-
served or have revealed to the world
no insignificant proportion of its now
acknowledged masterpieces.
The books of the Bible themselves
have experienced the narrowest es-
capes from what might have resulted
In their total loss. The most notable
example is that of Deuteronomy. which
disappeared from the Jewish world for
over a century. The story of its re-
discovery by the high priest Hezekiah
during the reign of good King Josiah
Is set forth in the Old Testament.
Shakespeare was practically forgot
ten in the days when Addison wrote
his Account of the Greatest English
Poets" with never a mention Of the
name Of the very greatest, yet it was
shortly afterward that Shakespeare
was resuscitated.
Fitzgerald's Omar Khayyam" and
Blackmore's Lorna Doone" dropped
stillborn from the press and later won
a sudden popularity by accident.-Wil-
liam S. Walsh in Era Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Patience With Eccentricity.

Many of the leading people in Eng
fish society regarded Thomas Carlyle
with a feeling almost akin to reverent
delight when he chose to behave like
an ignorant boor in their drawing
rooms, even taking his seat, it is said,
unbidden in the presence Of the queen.
This generation, however, has little pa
thence with such eccentricities.
1t was an English bishop who, when
the historian Freeman had worn out
his patience with his rudeness, intro
duced him to waiting audience as
1.-THE distinguished scholar that so ad-
mirably describes and illustrates the
savagery of our ancestors"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

In setting out an orchard keep to-
gether all trees of the same variety.
Good garden soil is good for pot
plants. but can be improved by the adj
dition of leaf mold.
Weak rosebushes may often be made
to grow by giving them an occasional
watering with liquid manure.
One advantage with small fruits is
that they can be made to furnish a
supply long before trees come into bear
ing.
In planting border don't plant every
thing in rows. A row of hollyhocks.
for instance, isn't half as attractive as
irreguarly placed groups that break
the outline.
With pot plants in general way too
little water is better than too much.
The dropping leaves indicating drought
are more easily remedied than yellow
leaves, the result Of being kept too
wet
In preparing pots for plants the
pieces of broken pots or crockery in the
bottom should never be omitted, as
without proper drainage the soil be-
comes SOD. the plants languish and
the leaves become yellowish
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
- -----------------~-~ -
Com bling Towels.

Did you ever see the convenient
eombing towels neat women fasten
about their shoulders when they dress
their hair? They are not new, but they
are getting very popular. One large
towel is used and one-third of its
length is cut off. The two-thirds piece
is followed out at the neck and sloped
a bit on the shoulders, and the short
piece is shaped in the same way to fit
the neck and shoulders, but is divided
faced and provided with buttons and
holes to fasten in front The shoulder
seams are Tapped for strength and
neatness and the neck is finished with
tape or Il pretty bit of embroidery. if
one is fastidious about appearances
Boston Traveller.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
SOOTHING SHOPPING.
A Peaceful Experience at the East
Morley General Emporium.

The exhausted shopper sank upon
the sofa, while from the open mouth
of her reversed Boston bag poured
cascade of little parcels, freshly strug-
gled for at the Monday bargain coun.
tiers.
"Oh." she cried. why does one have
to shop in the city? Everything is so
hurried, confused. complex, distracung
and nerve destroying! If were only
back at East Morley!
Last summer while | was there |
had TO buy yard of dark blue ribbon,
and | drove over to the one store at
the crossroads TO get it, 1t took some
five minutes to convince the amiable
proprietor that | really wanted dark
blue ana could not be persuaded to ac-
cept light instead, which he considered
more suitable ami becoming TO fair
complexioned person Of my years he
added reassurinsly that anybody under
forty was not too young for baby blue,
Another five minutes We're given up
TO his incredulous reluctance to believe
that two inches wide would not do as
we'll as three. especially as the three
Inch width had been miSlaid on q top
shelf aud he would have TO set s step
ladder to get il down. Several more
minutes passed in the search for the
ladder. its labofiouS portage from the
cellar. its erection and repair with a
piece of Irvine the braces being broken.
and his final ascent 10 the dim and
dusty upper region. whence the box Of
wide ribbons was ut length produced.
Il found a shade that would do and
he leisurely measured of n yard. tin
gered il. then paused to rub a per
picked ear and smile overwhelmingly.
Fact is he coutided Sweetly. 1
sold the last pair of scissors In the
store just before you came in, and I've
forgotten my jackknife. It's kind Of
awkward cutting it off, but I'll man
age somehow. | guess there's an AK
In the she'd
HE carried the slken roll away
with him as he started with comforta-
bic deliberation to find the AK, which,
though the hunt for it was long and
persevering. evidently could not be
found. for We caught glimpse of him
at last through the half open door to
the back shop severing the required
yard of ribbon with an old chisel.
at was all SO serene so soothing and
so satisfactory! | believe | shouldn't
be wreck before New Years every
winter if | could only do my Christ
mas shopping at the East Morley gen
eral emporium. Youths Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
RnIIs.

1t was long a fixed idea that silver
mixed with the bell metal improved
the tone but this is now considered in.
correct. The Acton Nightingale and
Silver. Bell two singularly sweet bells
Mt Johns college, Cambridge. are
said to have mixture of silver. but
II true this is not believed by compe-
tent authorities to he the cause of their
beautiful tone. This idea led to the
story of the monk Tandio concealing
the silver given him by Charlemagne
and casting the bell In the monastery
Of st. Paul OF inferior metal. where
upon he was struck by the clappsr and
killed. In the ninth century bells were
made in France Of iron. They have
been cast In steel. and the tone has
been found nearly equal In fineness to
that Of the bell metal. but. having less
vibration. was deficient in length. and
thick glass bells have been made which
give beautiful sound, but are too brit
tie to long withstand the strokes Of the
clapper.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
CONCERNING CALENDARS.
Some Interesting Ones Date as Far
Back as the Fourth Century.

Among the Greeks and Romans al
manacs or calendars were not written
for the general public, but were pre-
served as part of the esoteric learning
of the priests, whom the people had to
consult not only for the dates of the
festivals but for the proper times when
various legal proceedings might be in
stituted. About 800 b. c., however,
one Encius Flavius, secretary to APP
plus Claudius, stole these secrets by re-
peated applications to the priests and
collated the information so gained. 1t
was really publishing an almanac
when as Livy relates, Flavius exhibit
ed the tasti on white tables around
the forum. From this time similar
tablets containing the calendar, the
festivals, astronomical phenomena and
sometimes illusions to historical events
became quite common. They have been
dug up in Pompeii and elsewhere.
There are also extant Christian cal
endars dating as far back as the fourth
century. which give the names of the
saints and other religious information.
One Of the most famous of the cal
endars of the middle ages is that COM
piled by Petrus of Dacia in A. d. 1900.
A manuscript copy is preserved in the
Savilan library at oxford. The Sym
bolical Man or Man of Signs (Homo
Signorum), still common feature in
almanacs. appears in this book. not, it
is conjectured, for the first time, as it
seems to have been survival from the
time of Ptolemy's "Almagesi," collec-
ton of classic observations and prob
lens relating to geometry and astron-
omy.
The first printed almanac was the
PRO PluribuS Anns," issued at Vienna
in 1857 by an astronomer named Pur-
bach. The earliest known almanac de-
voted expressly to the year of issue
was published by Rabelais in 1888.
Thencetorth the ephemeral yearly
character of the publication came to be
definitely recognized by almanac max
ers. Nostradamus set the fashion of
incorporating predictions of coming
events into almanacs, a fashion that
has continued to this day in all purely
astrological brochures of this sort
despite intermittent efforts to sup
press it by royal authority in France
and elsewhere. Era.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
The Inventor of the Match.

The first match was the product Of
the ingenuity Of John Frederick Kom-
erer, who early in the nineteenth CEN
fury was imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary at Hohenasperg, in Germany. He
invented the lucifer match while in his
gloomy dungeon. The German govern
ment forbade the manufacture Of
matches on the ground of public policy,
because some children playing with
them had caused a fire. Komerer was
ruined by Viennese competition when
he was released from prison and died
a pauper. Up to 1862 the Viehha man.
ufacturers controlled the match bust
ness of the entire world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
On Jerusalem's Wall,

Have you ever thought Of seeing Jeru.
salem from its wall? The feat is easy Of
accomplishment, good guide and a
strong heart and head being the only
requisites. The circuit is not entirely
complete, being broken at three or four
places. where you have to descend, to as
cend again at another place. The excur-
sion is well worth the making. The
whole city lies at your feet, with it's dirty
streets, its crowded buildings and its
domed terraces.
When you reach that part Of the wall
which is connected with the temple area
the scene becomes exquisite. You have
the clean paved Haram area, with its
porticoes, inches. arches, etc., on the one
hand. and the deep. gloomy valley Of
Jehoshaphat, with Absalom's mausoleum
on the other. To walk here you must be
armed with a special permit from one Of
the onicials and q xabtieh guard. 1t is
here that the wall attains its greatest
height. measuring from eight to ten
meters, while the rest measures emily from
six to eight meters or even less. There is
Q narrow Am just underneath the visible
battlements on which tourists can walk
without any fear of falling.-TraYelsr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Time That Wasn,t Money,

The Grafter-Hustle Gage. the mil.
lionaire, is not a man of his word
His Friend-How do you know?
"Well. asked him If he'd give me q
minute of his time and he said be
would. I'd figured II out that his in
come was $40 minute, but at the end
of the minute the old skintlint showed
me the door."-New York Times
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Home Diacomforfs.

''No," grumbled the husband in a
Bpasm of confidence to a friend, 81
have no place at all for my books The
storage room is kept exclusively for
my wife"
"0h. she puts away those things that
are trifie too good to be destroyed,
yet scarcely good enough to be of use"
Brooklyn Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
LIQUID Medicinal soap.

A German professor recommends the
following recipe for liquid soap for
medicinal use in wounds. etc.: One
part of caustic. potash dissolved in an
equal weight of water. To this add
four parts of olive oil and one-fourth
part of alcohol. Stir thoroughly for
ten minutes. shaking repeatedly. Aft
er about an hour mix with an equal
quantity of water. Let it then stand
several days. then filter it, and it is
ready for USE
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
THE BIRTH OF JAPAN.
Curious Legend of the Creation
Handed Down by the .Japanese,

Handed Down by the Japanese.
The following is the curious legend
of the creation as it is told in Japan:
Clouds formed the bridge on which
once god Yzanaghi and his spouse
Yzanuma stood bordering on the rid
die of existence, whether the begin
nings of worlds and the beginnings of
life lay slumbering in that sea of
chaos. Yzanaghi. apparently more en-
terprising than philosophically in
clined. seized his shimmering spear
and plunged it into the black and
seething flood. Pulling it up again, he
discovered seven salt drops on its dia-
mond point. which. dropping. con-
densed and formed the island of Cuso-
k0rosima
Thereupon Yzanaghi and his spouse
selected the spot of earth which had
thus been created as their permanent
dwelling place and peopled it with in
Vulnerable genii of animal and plant
life and spirits of the elements. And
around this palace of immortality"
rose eight other islands-Awadsi. the
island of foam; the mountainous Cho,
Yamato. blessed with fruit: Yyo. I'M
surpassed in its beauty: the quinquan-
gular Tsikousi. Sado. rich in copper
and gold; Xxi, one of the pillars of
heaven, and Oko. surrounded by three
satellites.
Such was the birth Of Japan. of that
curious land of Fusiyama. with its
amiable population of artist artisans
its graceful teahouses. its glistening
silks its grotesque dwarf trees. its
white cranes and dreamy lotus ponds
-Harper's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

A French investigator has come to
the conclusion that the brains Of mill
tary men give out most quickly. He
states that out Of every 100000 men of
the army or naval profession 100 are
hopeless lunatics. OF the liberal pro-
fsasions artists are the nrst to sue
cIub to the brain strain, next the law
yers, followed at some distance by doc
tors. clergy. literary men and civil
servants. Striking an average Of this
group. lit 90 mad to each 100000
London Express.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Willing to Ne Sued.

81 once threatened to sue an old fell
low in Vermont for $40 that he owed q
client OF mine" said New York law
yer. but the threat did net seem to i'm
press him much
what good will it do you to soc
meT he asked.
Tt will get the money answered.
Here the fellow came up close TO me
and said. Say, II that's Sc. sue me for
$50. won't you. and give me the other
80
81 gave up hope Of collecting that
elaim."-Eew York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Treating Burns.

Cold water with ice in it is the thing
to use when an accidental burn from
acids or alkalis is encountered. Nitric
acid gets split at times. or even vitriol
may. A limb burned with acids must
be plunged in cold water and kept
there, so that the water may dilute
the traces of the acid in the skin as
much as possible When acid burning
causes injury. the water should be rem
dered alkaline by adding soda to coun-
teract the acid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
His Dialect.

mike" said Flooding Pete, did you
ever go to SCHOOL,"
''Sure," answered Meandering Mike.
81 don't have to talk dis way. If I
showed off me literary accomplish
ments, folks would wonder why |
wasn't readin' de help wanted adver-
tisements instid O huntin' fur hand
outs. "-Washington Star
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
AROUND THE HOUSE.

II marks and stains are on papered
walls, try French chalk ON piece o.
dry bread gently rubbed in.
To keep hardwood floors smooth and
clean rub them with waste and warm
paraffin oil and polish with dry waste.
Muslin curtains may be rendered less
inhammable by rinsing them in alum
water-two ounces of alum to one gal
lon of water.
To clean mirrors dip cloth in methy
lated spirits and rub on the mirror
Allow 1t to dry on before polishing with
soft buster.
Galvanized iron pals for drinking
water should not be used. The zinc
coating is rapidly acted upon by the
water, forming a poisonous oxide Of
zinc.
Make splendid furniture polish by
taking Il wineglassful of olive oil. one
of vinegar and two tablespoonfulS Of
alcohol apply with a soft cloth and
polish with flannel
Rugs, mats or carpets can be cleaned
thoroughly by generously sprinkling on
them yellow cornmeal that has been
well dampened in clean soapsuds or
weak ammonia water. Sweep off in q
few minutes
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
A Painful Inference.

A teacher was mstructing class Ct
boys and had spent half an hour trying
to drive into their heads the difference
between man and the lower animals,
but apparently with little success.
Tommy" he said coaxingly to lit
tie chap, do you know the difference
between, say. me and a pig or any
other brute?"
NO." replied Tommy innocently. but
another teacher standing by laughed
London Answers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Results of Catarrh.

Catarrh of the ears and catarrh of
the Eustachian tubes often cause deaf
uess. Catarrh of the stomach loads
the stomach with tough phlegm and
interferes with digestion. Catarrh of
the gall bladder obstructs the outflow
of the bile. which is absorbed into the
circulation and thus gives rise to jaun-
dice. Catarrh of the bladder is dam
gerous disease. from the difficulty of
getting rid of the mucus.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

a. III. ~. H. p ILL., u. III. p. Ill.
sc" stops to take on passengers Tor Columbia
and points east. "h" stops to let off passen.
gers from west of Columbia.
Additional trains leave Frederick for Bruce
returning, leave Bruceville for Frederick 83s,
1910 a. m, and 8 30 p. m.
Trains leave Hanover for Gettysburg at 94s
a. m, II. 45 and 5.42 p. m. weekdays; return.
ing, arrive at Hanover from Gettysburg, eli
a. m. and AS p, m weekdays
TRAINS LEAVE YORK FOR THE NORTH
Pacific and Northern Express, daily.I As a. m
News xpress, daily ..6.40 a. m
Buffalo and Pitisburg Elk, daily 10 30 a. m
Chicago and St Louis Exp. daily. $40 p. M
Buffalo & st. Louis Elk daily. .l0(2p m
Western & S. Western Elk. daily. 1914 p. m
For time tables and further inform alton ap
ply to Ticket Agent at the station.
]. b. HUTCHINSON, r. WOOD
General Manager. General Pass Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
OVERRIDING 1t.

Borus (who has just submitted man
uscript-You don't like it because it's
somewhat facsiious. You forget that
"a little nonsense now and then Is
relished by the hest of men,"
Naggus-Yes; but, blame it. Borus.
this is all Misunderstanding.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
WHY He Rejoiced.

Daughter Papa went off in great
humor this morning.
Mother-My goodness! That reminds
me forgot to ask him for any money.
Tit Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

pauline is very exclusive. isn't sher'
"Oh. yes; quite. She never introduces
an eligible man to any other girl"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
The Charm Of the Suburbs.

The suburbanite cannot get every.
thing but he takes what he can gcl.
Even as things are he can get a good
deal. Half an hours railway journey
an hour spent in the train out of the
day of twenty-four-brin him down
to road of gardens instead of a road
OF houses. The gardens are small, no
doubt. as the houses are small, but the
gardens are there. Within the next
few years the engineer will run his
electric railways and tramways to pass
within hundred yards of his door,
and he will be transported quietly
quickly and cleanly from his suburban
garden his trees and his pure air to
the telephones of the office. and quiet
ly. quickly and clearly back again. 1t
is only the lack of facilities of trans
port which prevents him even now
from enjoying to the full all that the
out Of town dweller enjoys. When
these facilities increase, as they will
increase. the word suburb" will. OF
course, mean more. But meanwhile he
is in the right place. He should not be
afraid of the word "suburban."-Lon
don Spectator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

Some Japanese young girls when
they desire to look extremely captivat-
Ing gid their lips.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

Some men take pains naturally. and
some give them the same way CHI.
cago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Art Illustration.

Teacher-Of course you understand the
difference between liking and loving?
Pupil-Yes. miss. like my father and
mother. but l love apple pie.-Tit-B Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

Mildew on leather may be removed
so 1t is said. by rubbing gently " tn a
soft cloth dipped in kerosene. Dlish
with bit of soft rag.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

One of the prettiest plants for p
hanging basket is the coral gem.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

Not one representative in the male
line of any one of the barons who Sigr
ed Magma Charta now sits in the house
of lords while, although many of tie
earliest knights of the Garter We're
subjects of the English king as feudai
lords in his possessions in the south OF
France. not a single title in the peer
age is taken from any place south of
the Loire. and two French duchies.
three principalities Of the holy Roman
empire. one or two imperial countships
and the Spanish, Portuguese and Meth
erlands titles held by the Dukes of Wei
lington and Portland and Lords Abe
marie and Clancarty probably all bur
exhaust the list of foreign honors held
by any persons in the British peerage
Our monarchs. as Queen Elizabeth
once said, have always preferred to
decorate their own dogs with their own
collars, and perhaps the results are to
be commended. After all. as Talley
rand remarked, Lord Castlereigh. who
was moderated, looked the most dis
tinguished man al the congress of VI
enna.-Notes and Queries
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

The crown Of a crushed straw hat
should be dampened with cold water
and stuffed very lightly with old. soft
paper. Then put TO dry in a hot place
1t will be blocked to its original shape