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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
ANTISEPTlCS.
They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said, but
Only Arrest Germ Life.

They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said, but
Only Arrest Germ Life.
The Edinburgh Scotsman begs leave
to correct the erroneous belief that i'm
plies that antiseptics can prevent de-
cay. Decay may be arrested without
killing the microbe which would pro-
duce it. A few drops of a solution of
carbolic acid added to flour paste will
keep it sweet for n certain time, not
because the germs in the paste are de-
stroyed, but because these germs are
hindered for the time being in their
growth and multiplication and because
the paste is rendered temporarily an
unsuitable soil for the growth of what
ever microbes may fall from the air in
to il.
When the effect of the acid has worn
off and disappeared, we see the paste
going to the bad as rapidly as if it had
not been treated antiseptically at ALL
Mods will grow in it, and it will decay
in the fashion familiar to everybody.
1t is in this way cold may act as an
antiseptic when it is used to preserve
meat and fish. There is no destruction,
but only arrest of germ life. If we wish
to kill microbes, therefore, we not only
have to use disinfectant, but we must
employ it in proper proportions and see
that it thoroughly attacks the germs
we wish to destroy. 1t is for this rea-
son that all attempts to kill germs
which the air NAV contain are worse
than useless. We cannot 'disinfect' the
air. If we could do so, we should re-
quire to saturate the air with our germ
icIde to such an extent that to breathe
it would kill us.
We get an excellent example of this
fallacy of "disinfecting air" when we
reflect that in using burning sulphur to
purify a room after a fever case we
have to use it in such a way and in
such proportion that it is impossible for
any person to remain in the room at
all
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Monte1Ore's Rebuke.

A man who was once talking with
the late Sir Moses Montefiore at a re-
ception found the conversation so en-
tertaining that he completely forgot the
race of his companion and made some
uncomplmentary remark about the
Jewish features of a lady who was
passing by. The mistake was no SOON
er made than it was perceived.
The unhappy man began to apologize
profusely. Il ask a thousand pardons.
1t was so stupid of me to forget. You
look angry enough to eat me. beg you
not 10 devour me-"
Sir" replied Sir Moses, lit is impos-
sibIe My religion forbids. Peters
THE Jew as Patriot"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
THE LIMIT WAS REACHED.
What Pat Got When He Asked For
Raise In Salary.

What Pat Got When He Asked For
Raise In Salary.
A story was often told by the late
Charles L. Tiffany of an importunate
Irishman who for many years had been
employed as window washer. His
pay had been raised quite as often as
was consistent with the dignity of his
position, but he seemed always hungry
Tor probably thirsty for more. At
length the firm decided that the limit
was reached. Not so Pat. Going one
morning to the inner sanctuary, he
sought audience with Mr.. Tiffany.
Good mornin', Mr.. Tiffany" he COM
menced artfully. seeking to preface his
errand by disinterested conversation.
Good morning, Patrick" was the
answer.
"And how are We this mornin', Mr..
Tiffany"
"Quite well, thank you, Patrick"
"And how are your wife and fami-
Typ
"Quite well, thank you, Patrick. But
what can do for you this morning?"
"Oi've been thinkin', Mr.. Tiffany,
thot Owe served We long and faithful
these twentyfoive years and thot OF
sh'ud have raise in me pay"
you should be thankful, Patrick,
that you have been permitted to serve
so distinguished house as that of Tiff
fanny & Co. for twenty-five years. That,
with what we have already done for
you, should be sufficient. Good morn
ing, Patrick"
Good mornin', Mr.. Tiffany"
Realizing the futility of further
words, he left the room. Reaching the
outer office, he was hailed by a chorus
from the boys" to whom his period
ical pilgrimages had become a standing
joke:
what did you get, Pat?"
"Faith," was the ready answer, "Oi
got permission to kape me job, and Oh
TUX itI''-New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
THE DOGS TAIL.
It's Language In the Chase and When
the Animal Is Pleased

In the case of all hunting dogs, such
as foxhounds or wolves, which pack to-
gether, the tail is carried aloft and is
very free in movement. 1t is also fire.
quently rendered more conspicuous by
the tip being white, and this is almost
invariably the case when the hounds
are of mixed color. When ranging the
long grass of the prairie or jungle, the
raised tips Of the tail would often be
all that an individual member of the
band would see of its fellows.
There is no doubt that hounds habit
ually watch the tails of those in front
of them when drawing a covert. If a
faint drag is detected suggestive of the
presence of a fox, but scarcely suffi-
cient to be sworn to vocally, the tail Of
the finder is at once set in motion, and
the warmer the scent the quicker does
it waG. Others, seeing the signal,
quickly join the first, and there is an
assemblage of waving tails before even
the least whimper is heard.
Should the drag prove doubtful one,
NAAN oN POI sStilis anu lAC
waving ceases, but if it grows stronger
when followed up the wagging be-
comes more and more emphatic until
one after another the animals begin to
whine and give tongue and stream off
in Indian file along the line of scent.
When the pack is in full cry upon a
strong scent. the tails cease to wave,
but are carried aloft in full view. The
moment when the dog most enjoys life
is the moment when he sights game.
That moment is the time when he
wags his tail most vigorously in order
to announce his discovery to his fellow
dogs.
In this way, by the habit of associa.
ton, he got to wagging his tail when
ever he was pleased. The more pleased
he is the more vigorously he wags his
tail, so that the wagging of dogs tail
under pleasurable emotions can be
traced directly to the time when the
dog used his tail as signal of the dis
covery of his prey.-D. Provan in Scot
tish-American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Hiding Behind Big Words.

A mining expert recently described a
lode as traversing "a metamorphic
matrix of a somewhat argilloarenace-
Gus composition" This means literally
a changed mass of somewhat clayey-
sandy composition" This in its turn
may be translated into plain English
as mud.
Why choke a puny fact with MUIR
derous polysyllabes? Huxley and OAR
win, Lyell and Faraday could so write
as to be 'understanded of the people"
and there is a suspicion abroad in these
times that the big words so freely used
by small men are a device to conceal
ignorance and inexact thought rather
than proof of superior knowledge
Youths Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
storks Are Queer Creatures.

The owner of house near Berlin
found single egg in the nest of a
pair of storks built on the chimney
and substituted for it a gooses egg,
which in due time was Matched and
produced n gosling instead of the ex-
pected storkling. The male bird was
thrown into the greatest excitement
by this event and finally flew away.
The female, however, remained on the
nest and continued to care for the
changeling as though it were her own
offspring.
On the morning of the fourth day
the male reappeared accompanied by
nearly 500 storks, which held a mass
meeting in an adjacent field. The
assembly. we are informed. was ad-
dressed by several speakers. each ora
tor posting himself on the same spot
before beginning his harangue.
These deliberations and discussions
occupied nearly the entire forenoon,
when suddenly the meeting broke up
and all the storks pounced upon the
unfortunate female and her suppose
titious young one. killed them both
and. after destroying the polluted nest,
took wing and departed and were
never seen there again.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
WHAT is TEMPERAMENT2
No Wonder This Child's Brain Is All
In Middle.

The half dozen blocks about Dupont
circle include the homes of as many
scientists of national reputation. These
gentlemen of course know each other
and meet frequently. Not long ago one
of their neighbors began to wonder
whether such intimate intercourse
among scientists was a good thing.
his cogitation having had its rise in the
following incident:
His little daughter has just reached
the age when she asks 200 questions a
day. About month ago her father
spoke of some author as lacking the
proper Temperament" for writing on
history. That word Temperament"
apparently took root in the youngsters
mind. What was temperament? She
asked that question twice an hour for
an entire week.
Finally her father gave her a note to
Professor - and sent her off to find
out. That scientist answered the que
ry as follows: Temperament is an in
dividual tendency to the rise of GER
tain mental state" Father and daugh-
Ter WreStled with that little while and
then applied to a second member of
the scientific group for help. No. 2
called temperament ian ensemble Of
physical and mental traits arising from
fundamental constitutional differences
in individuals" This put the little
girls father completely at sea. So No.
was tried. His judgment was that
Temperament is the psychic resultant
of the whole organic life of the indi-
vidual." BY this time hope was aban-
doned. But when No. volunteered to
make it clear the family spirits re-
vived. Temperament is general dis
position of the mind" he wrote, 1.-THE
distinctions of which depend on the
dominance of one or the other of the
physiological systems"
And now the family dictionary is
worn out.-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
THE INNS OF CHINA.
Their Chenpness Is About Their One
RedeeminE Feafure

RedeeminG Feature.
Chinese inns are without register or
clerks. On riding through the gateway
your bride rein is seized by a dirty
boy, who helps you to dismount. shout
ing loudly meanwhile for the proprie-
tor, who presently looms up through
the wilderness of carts and mules. Pro
prietOr and boy then hold n parley as
TO what rooms are eligible, and then n
door is pushed open and the traveller is
shown TO his apartment. 1t is usually
about twelve feet square. The walls
and floor are of hard mud. and so are
the beds, which extend entirely across
the side of the room, with only space
enough between them for small table
and one chair. The room is lighted by
one window, in which paper takes the
place of glass.
The first duty of the proprietor in
making patron comfortable is to stop
up the holes in the paper window pane.
lie never tears the paper off entirely
and replaces it with new one, be-
cause the sheet of paper is worth
about one-tenth of Il cent, and the inn
Keeper is not wasteful. Indeed he
pastes little slips of paper over the
holes until all the light that filters
through it is of a notified hue.
At one end of the mule shed is the
kitchen of the inn. 1t is here that the
meals for all the patrons are prepared.
to be eaten in the rooms. The menu is
not elaborate. 1t consists only of bowls
of rice and tea. Should the traveller de-
sire greater variety of food, he can
buy it himself in the market, and his
own servant can cook it in the kitchen
of the inn. To sleep on the bed of a
Chinese inn would be for a foreigner
an impoSsibility were it not that he is
always so exhausted at the end Of
each days journey that he finds it diff
ficult to remain awake ten minutes
after alighting from his pony. He lies
down on the mat that covers the hard
heap Of mud and surprises himself at
the soundness of his slumber.
The one redeeming thing about the
inn is its cheapness. Just as the trav-
eler is about to depart in the morning
the proprietor tells him the amount of
his bill. Everything is charged on the
European PLAN Every cup of tea,
every rushlight candle, the paper Win
dow pane, are all itemized in the long
list which the proprietor reels off in
singsong, but the total is surprisingly
low. The cost of food and lodging for
one night for a traveller and two serv-
ants, with stabling and fodder for his
ponies and cart mules, is about 80
cents.-New York Mail and Express
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18

steadily and turned at once into a side
street crowded with tenement houses.
The carriage stopped.
''Serves me right" she thought, with
an inward laugh. as she followed him
into the small i'll smelling room.
Faith without sight should have suf-
feed for me-
wailing cry greeted their ears. A
young Italian woman was bending
over child. There was a heartbreak-
ing look in the face she raised to them.
Barbara seated herself graciously. AS
the doctor bent over his little patient
the child held up its arms to him. and
he lifted it tenderly to his breast. talk
ing in grooming tones to it. The small
hand feebly patted his face. and he
held it there against his cheek. He had
forgotten all else, even the woman he
loved
Barbara felt strangely isolated.
Somehow breath of tragedy had
blown across her little comedy. chill
ing it and her.
'Stupid -stupid-stupidv' she repeat
ed, with miserable self reproach. as
she awaited him outside in the fresher
air. Barbara Dilman. if you've a
spark of decency. apologize to him for
that word"
They drove on into the woods in 81
lence, he grave and she for the first
time in her life all adrift from her
worldly self
will it live" she faltered at last,
trying not to wink lest tear fall.
81 fear not" he said sadly and look
ed at her just as the tear fell. A great
change swept over him. He bent low
err THANK God for that tear, Bar
bara" he said huskily.
She struggled wildly. but hopelessly,
for her usual GOODNESS. Stupid, butt
"My heart and soul are yours, dear
est, Is there any hope for me" AS his
hand closed over hers pleadingly the
other tear splashed down on his glove.
His clasp frightened. Speak to me.
Barbara" he entreated
'1f you were not so-so-stupid-stu
pid. but-but"- And as she paused a
beautiful color rushed over her face
But whatY he demanded.
"Dearv she said TREMENDOUSLY, but
with laugh like music.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Recogni, ed Their Old Friend.

The late Sir John Steel. who was
sculptor to Queen Victoria. was model
ing a bust of Miss Nightingale when
an officer of one of the highland regi-
ments which had suffered so cruelty in
the Crimea heard that the bust had
just been completed and was in Sir
Johns studio Many of the men in his
company had passed through the hos
pital at Scutari and he obtained per-
mission from the sculptor to bring
some of them to see it. Accordingly a
squad of men one day marched into
the studio and stood in line.
They had no idea why they had been
mustered in SO strange place, With
out a word of warning the bust was
uncovered. and then as by one i'm
pulse the men broke rank and with
cries of Miss Nightingale. Miss Night
ingale" surrounded the model and,
with hats off. cheered the figure of
their devoted nurse until the roof rang
So spontaneous and hearty and so in
spring was the whole scene that in
after days Sir John Steel declared it
to be the greatest compliment of his
life
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Rnnsfed TnO Soon.

The rear end of a Fordham car was
congested the other afternoon. There
wasn't even standing room only" A
ocular commuter said, Beware of
pickpockets.'
Everybody laughed.
A gentlemanly looking fellow said:
mo man need be afraid of pickpock-
cts if he does as did. l have a self
patented scheme. l have a buttonhole
in my vest pocket. l run my chain
through it and attach the other end in
the usual way. They can't draw that
watch through that buttonhole. No
pickpockets in mine, and don't you for
get it,"
The crowd thinned out.
At Wendover avenue the "patentee"
said startingly:
"My watch is goner'
Somebody had clipped the chain,
drawn it through the other way and
distracted the watch.-New York
News
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18

When General Weyler was sent by
Spain as governor general to Manila,
Don Carlos Palanca, the wealthy Span
iardized Chinaman, determined to send
Mrs. Weyler a gift, the customary way
of obtaining the good will of the Span
ish officials. He found at a jewelers.
two necklaces, each costing $4,000 and
both being so beautiful that he could
not choose between them. So he sent
them both TO Mrs. Weyler with the
message that she should make her
choice He received warm letter of
thanks from her, stating that the neck
laces were so beautiful that she could
not decide between them and hence
would keep both, which she did.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Theories About Drowned bodies.

1t was popular theory in days gone
by that the body of drowned man
would float the ninth day. Sir Thomas
Browne alludes to it as believed in his
time, and in his "Pseudo-doxia Epi-
denies" there is a discussion on this
fanciful notion. 1t was also believed
that the spirits of those drowned at sea
were doomed to wander for hundred
years owing to the rites of burial hav-
ing never been properly bestowed upon
their bodies.-N Notes and Queries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18


The capszing OF a vessel tied up to a
pier is common enough in the bay of
Fundy and its tributary streams The
usual rise and fall of the tide along
that bay is from forty to fifty feet, and
high tides sometimes exceed sixty feet.
With the fall of the tide all craft are
left high. but by no means dry. with
an area of chocolate colored mud all
about them This mud is too shifting
to hold vessel in safety. so each pier
is provided with one or more strong
wood frames called shoes. fixed at the
bottom of the stream or bay.
Upon these shoes all vessels rest Mt
low tide. 1t frequently happens. how
ever. that vessel does not get her shoe
snugly on. so to speak. and if a strong
wind comes when she is thus III bal
anced over she goes into the mud, to be
buried forty five feet under the next
rising tide
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Notions About Sleep.

One of the rudest acts in the eyes of
q native o, the Philippine Islands is to
step over person asleep on the floor.
Sleeping is with them very solemn
matter. They are strongly averse to
waking any one, the idea being that
during sleep the soul is absent from
the body and may not have time to re-
turn if slumber is suddenly broken.
If you call upon a native and are told
he is asleep, you may as well depart.
To get a servant to rouse you, you
must give him the strictest of orders.
Then at the time appointed he will
stand by your side and call: "Sehor!
Senior" repeatedly, each time more
loudly than before until you are half
awake. Then he will return to the low
note and again raise his voice gradual
" until you are fully conscious.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Capacity and Power.

A man is worth to himself just what
he is capable of enjoying. This means
the utmost enlargement of his capacity.
He is worth to the world just what he
is capable of imparting. and this means
the utmost development of every pow
er. These two, capacity and power,
form the truest standard, the most ac-
curate measure, of every man.-Can-
field, 1.-The College Student"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Country Folk Are Tender with Birds

Real country folk are very tender in
their dealings with the birds that live
near them. In the course of my eXpe-
rience, extending over many years, |
have never known case of wanton
cruelty occur in regard to wild birds.
The aboring man. whose work so Of
ten lies far from the haunts of men,
seeks companionship with the birds.
OF these none is more friendly than
the robin. who is sure to appear, how
ever lonely the place.-Cornhill Maya
zine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18

There is sure and simple test of age
in an egg. dissolve six ounces of COM
mon kitchen salt in large glassful Of
water and drop in your eggs, one at a
time. An egg one day old will sink 10
the bottom, but if older it does not
reach the bottom. If three days old. it
sinks only just below the surface. If
five days and over, it floats; and the
older it is the more it protrudes from
the water-New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
A Nlnrtyr.

"She is the most sacrificin' woman
fer miles around"
"In what way"
"Waal, whenever they git up lawn
fete or sumpen like for the church in
which the expenses are more'n the pro-
ceeds the committee alwus sends her
up to acquaint the pastor with the re-
suit. baltimore Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
The Test of Experiences.

as he really such an expert stenog-
rapher?"
"Expertness is no name for it Why,
just for practice he actually took down
a church sewing circle discussion with
out missing a word. "-Chicago Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
4 True PhiIosopher.

The greatest thing we ever saw in
the way of philosopher was one
armed man in a manicure establish
ment who gloated because he got his
work done for half price.-Washington
Post
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Content Either Wny.

people are always content with their
children" said Mr.. Crusty.
YES" answered Mr.. Dusty. IF a boy
is diffident, they say he is naturally re-
fined, and if he is bosterous they say he
is sure to make his way in the world
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18


''e" stops to take on passengers for Columbia
and points east. 'h" stops to let of passen'
gers from west of Columbia
Additional trains leave Frederick for Bruce
VILE $50, 9.45 IA m and So p. m. weekdays
returning, leave Brucevlle for Frederick S3S
1910 II. m and q 80 p. IN.
Trains leave Hanover for Gettysburg at 9 Al
Il. m, 1912 and $50 p m. weekdays; return
ing, arrive at Hanover from Gettysburg, 92(
"a. m. and i.3l p. m weekdays
TRAINS LEAVE YORK FOR THE NORTH
Pacific and Northern Express, dailyl IS a. m
News Xpress, daly...................... $40 a. m
Buffalo and PiiIsburg Elk, daily ..... 10 Is a. m
chicago Exp, and Fast Line, daily....l.49 p. m
Chicago and ST Louis Exp daily .....6l0p m
Buffalo n st. Louis EX daily. .......l0G2p m
Western & $. Western Elk daily. l0.4l p. m
For time tables and further inform nation ap
ply to Ticket Agent at the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON j r, WOOD
General Manager General Pass. Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
Extremes.

Mrs. Any husband is positively
impossible. He knows nothing.
Mrs. B.-Mine is simply unbearable.
He knows verything.-Tit-Bit
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18

Miss Upperten (haughtily)-My great
grandfather was Virginia Taylor.
Miss Newrich tunaffected)-lndeed!
And my grandfather was Chicago
butcher.-Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18
A Thnrnnch Pessimist.

"He never looks on the sunny side of
life"
"Or if he does he complains of the
heat DETROIT Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-18

To say silly things is about as bad as
to do them Punxsutawney Spirit.