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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
PARRY A COMPLIMENT.


Accept One Always. but Never Take
1t Seriously.
The famous Nine. Recamier sail that
she always found two words sldiced
to make her guests seem welcome Up
on their arrival she exclaimed "At
last!' and when they took their leave
she said Already" If taken literally,
we should deprecate the fattery. Flat
terry is iHsincere praise and wrongs
him that gives and him that axes.
1t is sometimes kinder to accept COM
pliment than to parry it.
One may say THANK you, it is pleas
ant to be seen through such kind Tor
PARTIAL eyes" or perhaps, 1T is COM
fort to know that friendship is partly
blind as well as the NEUROLOGICAL boy"
or any nonsense that serves to show
that one appreciates the spirit that
prompted the kind expression. h,wev-
er wide the truth,
The frequent repetition of the name
of the person addressed holds a subtle
compliment, implying more complete
upon his or her personality.
De Quincy says: more is dom for
the benefit of conversation by the sim
pie magic of good manners than ty all
varieties of intellectual power"
1t is the sympathetic and responsive
listeners that call forth the best efforts
of a talker. For such are reserved his
choicest stories, his finest thoughts.
A ready smile acts as inspiration
and interest shown in the conversation
of others stimulates and WHITES their
thoughts.
To good listener the diffident will
say what they think, and the verbose
will think what they say.
There is nothing more trying than to
find that ones conversation is receiv-
ing but a divided attention and Moth
ing more rude than for person to
pick up a book or paper and look over
it while pretending to listen to what
one is saying.-New York Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Refuse of the Vnfvern~.

"It was Beothuk Indian legend THAI
when God made the world he swept
the universe of the refuse and cast it
into the sea, and when the white men
came from the rising place of the sun
they called the heap Newfoundland and
chose it for a dwelling place." says
Norman Duncan in Anslee's. 1T may
be so. In its remoter parts Ncwfound-
land might easily be taken for the
leavings and rejected materials of the
work of creation, there cast away. 1t
is as fertile as an ash heap, which,
moreover, it resembles in that it con
tains scraps of everything which en-
tered into the making of the world
iron, copper, coal, gold ana all other
treasures under the ground. The in
terror is Il soggy, rock strewn barren,
an interminably vast waste, where not
SO much rs Il shrub is to be seen and
no man chooses to live. Stunted for.
csts fringe coast, a skinny growth of
pine and spruce and birch, through
which you may walk miles in vain
search for a schooners spar The
shore line is rock, in some places
swept by flood and fire bare of all
sOil-grim, naked rock. To many
Newfoundlander sandy beach would
be as great a wonder as horse"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Winter Care OF Bees.

Have a thermometer in the cellar and
try to keep the temperature between
40 and so degrees. Visit the cellar oc-
casionally to ascertain if the bees are
quiet If they seem uneasy at times,
a little more ventilation will probably
quiet them. Allow as little noise and
light as possible. Bees consume con-
siderable less honey when wintered in
the cellar than when out of doors, 9th
err things being equal. The dead bees
should be swept up and carried from
the cellar occasionally and everything
kept sweet and clean. so as not to have
any foul air in the apartment. In early
spring when the weather begins to
warm up the bees will no doubt show
signs of restlessness. They should not,
however, be set out too early. About
the time of soft maple bloom is right in
most localities. To keep the tpmpera-
ture low and the bees quiet it will be
necessary to open the windows at night
and keep them closed in the daytime,
advises an experienced apiarist in
American Agriculturist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Meerschaum Cost In Making.

A fire in a pipemaker's shop the
other day spoiled the proprietors stock
Of meerschaum and incidentally dis
posed of the idea, common in most
smokers minds, that this commodity
is very expensive. Meerschaum itself
is not expensive. That used by the
manufacturers in this country is i'm
ported as raw material from Austria,
but most Of it is obtained in Asia
Minor. Usually there are three or four
different grades, running from the
rough and mixed to the pure and finely
grained article. There is no duty upon
1t. The chunks, not unlike camel
coal in shape, are packed in Oblong
boxes. about two feet and n half long,
n foot wide and foot high. The raw
material is quite brittle and has to be
soaked in water before it is used for
modelling.
Meerschaum pipes are expensive be.
cause much of the material from which
the bowls are made has to be thrown
away before a piece is found that has
no flaws in it. The shavings, however,
are never wasted. They are used to
make a cheaper grade of pipes which
are known as chip meerschaums-New
York Post
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Men and BEASTS.

once had a trainer, an old Irish
man, who had served in a British regi-
ment in India and who knew the WAYS
of tigers in every detail. He taught
three of them TO do more work in the
show arena than have ever seen done
by tigers. have seen him sitting
down between two of them at rest
times during rehcarSals and examining
their claws to see if any of them were
sore or split. Any one who has ever
tried that with even house c;r$ knows
that it strikes the feline nature as an
understandable familiarity, but they
never did more than show their teeth
and whine, and that in half playful
ness.
One day he got very drunk l had
never known him to transgress before
Before he was noticed on his return to
the cage he had gone in with his ii
gers and fallen n a heap on the floor.
The other keepers tried to take him
out of the cage, but to have done so
would have meant a bitter and bloody
fight with the three striped ones They
guarded him all night in his drunken
slumber. The LeXt time he put them
to work, however, they baked, and he
could neither persuade nor drive them.
They had ceased to trust him, or some
thing of that sort, and his usefulness
with them was at an end completely
+. Bostock in Frank Leslie's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
WINE AND WATER,
Simple Little Trick at Once Eff
fective and Mysterious.

A Simple Little Trick at Once Eff
fective and Mysterious.
Here is a trick that is always effec-
tive, and, while it is very simple in
deed, still it is bound to appear just a
wee bit mysterious, and many, espe-
cially your little brothers and sisters,
will be unable to explain it.
Take two ordinary claret glasses and
I'LL one to the brim with claret and the
other equally full with clear water.
Cover the top Of the glass containing
water with an ordinary visiting card
SO that there are no places around the
edge uncovered by the card. Turn the
glass upside down and place it on the
top OF the glass containing claret and
ADJUST the glasses so that their edges
meet exactly all the way around.
Now move the card slightly to one
side so that there will be little space
at one side of the glasses inside uncov-
cred by card. At once a thin stream
OF claret will begin to rise through this
space, not mixing with the water at
all, but its edges clear and sharply de-
fined. The water, too, will begin to de-
scend into the glass containing the
claret, pure, glistening white stream
against the ruddy red.
The stream of claret, too, rising
through the sparkling white Of the wa
ter presents beautiful effect, and in q
moment the claret will begin to spread
about the top Of the upper glass like
the unfolding Of red rose and the wa
ter will spread in the bottom Of the
lower glass. The two fluids will not
mix. but will present a delightful con-
trast of red and white with sharply de-
fined edges.
In very short time the claret and
water will have changed places, the
claret being in the upper glass and the
water in the lower. This is due to the
difference in weight of the liquids; wa
ter, being the heavier, forces itself into
the lower glass, and portion of the
claret is moved up to take the place Of
the descending water-New York Her
aid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Sayings About Breadcrumbs

In the days when the bread baf"
was dear careful mothers had set of
thrift sayings which are seldom heard
in this time of the big. cheap loaf
Crumbs were regularly swept up and
kept for some useful purpose. If a
child threw crumbs in the fire. the old
fashioned mother lifted warning fin
ger and said. IF you throw crumbs in
the fire, you are feeding the devil"
Children were told that the better part
of loaf was the crust, and when a
child was sent to the shop for bread
the order was to ask for "a crusty
loaf" If child left its crust. came the
warning: YES. my lady Tor my lad,,
you'll want for loaf some day You'll
find hunger's a sharp thorn. Notes
and Queries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
st. PauI's.

ut is curious" says the London
Chronicle, chow st. Paurs, although
the first cathedral church in England
that was built actually for the observ-
ance of the Anglican ritual, manages
nevertheless to retain something of a
foreign and Catholic nature in the
way it offers shelter to the tired pas
serby. Apart from the restless groups
of sightseers, there are always plenty
of people there who have gone in sole
ly for the sake of its wonderful peace
and quiet
They would have found neither, by
the way, in old st. Paul's of the fif-
teenth century, for while mass was
being said in one chapel. a funeral serv-
ice in another, and so on, all sorts of
commerce was carried on in the middle
aisle. from the hiring of servants to
the transaction of legal business.
eve have altered all that nowadays.
and st. Paul's is the quietest spot in
the noisiest city in the world"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
NEWFOUNDLAND TRAGEDY.
A Fisherman's Wild Sail to Procure
Medical Aid,


"The lack of physicians is one Of the
horrors of the isolation in which the
Newfoundlanders of this coast live,"
says Norman Duncan in Ainslee's.
"There is none within fifty miles of
most harbors; none within reaching
distance of many. 1t is related of
well to do fisherman who was some
thing Of a merchant that his wife,
whom he fonGly loved, lay in agony
for many days while an autumn gale
ragged. No man in the harbor would
put off in a skiff to fetch the nearest
physician, who lived fifteen miles down
the coast, for there was no possibility
that he who ventured could survive.
On the fourth day the wind moderated.
Two men volunteered to accompany
Allerton. They set sail in the first
hours of a snowstorm, which abated,
however, before they reached Their des-
tination. Fighting doggedly, the! took
the boat safely in, after indescr bable
hardship and through ever present dan
ger. The gale had gone down when
they knocked on the physicians door.
A heavy sea was running, but the dan
ger of wreck ON the return voyage was
quickly passing.
What's the matter with the wom-
an? the physician asked.
'He was informed
"The husband infinitely described his
wife's agony. Then he offered what
amounted almost to half his fortine as
a fee
"Tll take that said the doctbr, if
you fetch her here. Go back and get
her, and I'll attend to the case
"'In an open boatv the husband ex-
claimed. He pointed out that his vife's
condition put such an arrangement be-
You'd the bounds of reason.
well. can't do anything sa I'd the
physician. If you bring her OVID, I'll
attend to her.
when the husband got back 10 his
home, the child had been born. but the
woman died the next day"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Late Celery In New Jersey,

The Kalamazoo (Mich) celery, ship.
ped east in punches of dozen hearts
each, has rendered change in mode
Of selling advisable. While a portion
Of growers still bundle fiat. four or i've
stalks together, the largest growers
sell In lots of from 10000 to $4,000
stalks to the dealers in market, who
trim all outer leaves. leaving only
hearts. and bunch these for sale. The
value of celery for market purposes to-
day is Judged by its heart. Jersey eel
cry is Of Gnar quality than either Mich
igan or California. so Jerseyman as
sertS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
A SONG.

The rose root takes earths kisses for its meat;
The rose leaf makes It's blush from the suns heat;
The rose scent wakes who knows from " ri
things sweetG
Who knows
The secret of the perfume OF the roseH
rose ungathered is but rose;
Pluck it, lover. don't mind thorn!
Tuck it away in your bosom clothes
And drink its beauty from night to morn.
Dig. gardener. deep. till the earth lips cling
tight.
Prune. gardener; keep those bushes to the light!
Then, gardener, sleep. He brings the scent by
night.
Who knows
The secret OF the perfume OF the rose?
Pale, pale the rose lips sweet
Red is the heart Of the rose,
But red are the lips mine meet
And your heart white the SHOWS
Flora Annie Steel in Lippincotts
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Control Your Temper.

There are three reasons why one
ought to control his temper, and the
first is self respect. When one loses
command of himself and throws the
reins upon the neck of passion, he may
have for the moment a certain enjoy
ment in the license, but there must
surely come reaction of regret.
When he is calm again and the fit has
passed away, every serious person
must be ashamed of what he said and
what he did, of the manner in which
he gave himself away and the exhibit
ton he made of himself. He will re-
call the amaZement on the faces of his
friends and the silence which they
adopted as a protective measure and
the soothing language which they used.
as if they were speaking with baby.
and the glances which passed between
them. He will not soon hold again
with them as strong as he did before
this outburst. nor VIII he have the
same claim upon their confidence as Il
sound and clear headed man. He has
acted like fretful. peevish child and
has for the time forfeited his title to
manhood and the place of Il man.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
woodworms Can't stand Benzine.

Woodworms can be destroyed in
books and woodwork by benzine
Books are locked up in cupboard
with a saucer of benzine. The insects.
as well as their larva and eggs, soon
die off. Furniture and carvings are
similarly placed in a room with a dish
of benzine and kept closed up for sew
eral weeks, the time required for the
complete destruction of the insects va
rying according to the thickness of the
wood. New woodwork can be protect
ed against their entry by coating Of
glue, as. living on vegetable substan-
ces. they do not touch animal prod
uctS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03

Some years ago there was a tollgate
on n plank road leading to Elmwood
cemetery. Detroit All funerals were
allowed to pass along this road with
out paying.
one day Dr. Pierce a well known
physician, while paying his toll. jok-
ingly remarked to the gatekeeper:
Considering the benevolent charac-
ter of our profession, | think you ought
to let us pass free of charge"
NO, no, doctor" said the gatekeeper;
1--WE can't afford that You send too
many deadheads through as it is
New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Pens, Paper and Royalty.

Whenever the signature of an Eng
hsh king or queen is required in Wis
itor's book or elsewhere it is custom
airy to provide new pen. which is not
used by the hosts or the other guests
unless 1t be handed them by the royal
visitor Another point of etiquette
connected with pens and paper is that
a letter to a sovereign is written on
thick white paper, on one side only,
and is placed in an envelope large
enough to contain the letter unfolded.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03

An old Maryland colored man was
summoned to court by the controversy
over the ownership of a mule.
WHO bought the mule?" demanded
the judge.
"Clem Smif and All each bought half
OBJ him, sah," responded the old man.
where is Smith now?"
HE amt nebber cum down yit, sab.
lie went to curry his Lalf when his
half was in bad humor Now Clem's
chillun wants to get deb fatheh's half
away from my half, en- deb half am
dess half'--
"Stop!" roared the judge. Dismiss
the ase."-Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03

81 thought you guaranteed that suit
OF underwear you sold me not to
shrink" said the customer who en-
tered the store and stood in a some
what cramped attitude
81 did" replied the merchant IF it
shrinks. bring it back"
"a have brought it back" said the
customer in evident embarra ssment,
"but ! got caught out in the rain ana
caO't get 1t off."-Ohio Stare Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
CLARK-HARDMAN.

At the residence of Albert An.
derSon, near Sabillasville, on
December 18th, Rev. William
l.. Martin, of Thurmont, married
Howard Clark, of Eyler's Valley,
and Addie NJ. Hardman, of Ad-
ans County, Pa.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
SW AIN-RICKARDS.

Lewis II. Swain and Annie
May Bickards were married on
Monday, December 23rd, at the
home of Mr.. Hoffman, East
South street, by the Rev. OS
born Ingle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
HAINES-CONDoN.

Last Thursday, the 2Gth inst,
at the Methodist Episcopal par
sonage, Mt Airy. Harvey Ben
son HaineS and Miss Airy Flor
ence Condor, both of Frederick
County, were married by the Rev.
o. G.. Marriott.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
STRINE-sMITH.

On Christmas Day, December
25th, Mr.. Pierce A Strine and
Miss Ellie NJ. Smith, of Legore,
this county, were married at the
Lutheran parsonage in Woods
boro, by the Rev VIM. A.
Wheeler.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
BOHN-GARBER.

On December 25th, at the
brides home in Garbertown.
Charles Bohn, son of Reuben
Bohn, of Good Intent, and Miss
Et1ie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
y. Ii. CARRIER.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
RUNKLES- SUNTAN.

Ernest Wilfred Runkles, of
Mt. Airy. and Miss Matte
Doutey Suman, of Lingauore,
We're married on December 18th.
at the home of the brides par.
entS. by the Rev. O. G. Marriott.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
Hard to Please.

Il cant get on with that young woman
at all"
whats the trouble?"
"Oh. she gets mad when ! say she's
mature, and she gets mad when say
she's immature. Detroit Free Press
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
BIVENS-CoATs.

Williams f. Bivens and Lena
NJ. Coats, both of Carroll County,
Md, were married in Ladiesburg,
on Thursday last, by Elder
David GroSsnickle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
RICE-POWELL.

On Tuesday, December oath,
Rosa b. Powell and John w.
Rice, were married, the ceremony
taking place at the residence of
Albert Powell, father of the
bride. near LewiStOwn. Rev. S.
NJ. Hench tied the nuptial knot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
How II Was.

Judge-You say the defendant turned
and whistled to the dog. What followed:
Intelligent Witness-The dog, sor.-
Tit Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
KLINE-BARKDOLL.

Rev. r. Byrd married at his
residence, in Chewsville on De
cember 24th, Charles Kline, and
Lizzie NJ. Barkdoll. both of
WolfSville, this county, and on
December 25th, Alvey F. Gar
nand, Chewsville, and Elsie
Kuhn, Garfield, this county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03

John j. Mercer and Katie f.
Filler, of MtY Pleasant, were qui-
city married at the parsonage of
the NJ. +. Church, by the Rev.
DR.. Il. S. Todd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03

On last Saturday evening, the
Goth inst. at $50 o'clock. at
st. Johns Episcopal Church.
Miss Janet Henderson Hilleary
and MIR. Jones Berry Bolts were
married by the Rev. VIM. II.
Meade. assisted by the Rev. VIM.
II. Milton. The relatives pres
ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hilleary, parents of the bride.
and formerly of Frederick County,
Maryland; Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Hilleary, Of Columbus. Ken
lucky; Mr. and Mrs Clarence L.
Hi,leary, of St. Louis. Missouri:
Mrs. Sarah T. Doughterty. of
Petersville; Mrs i. i. Hillearv.
Fredericksburg. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Worthington Hill
leary, Maryland; Mr. Edgar d.
Hilleary, of Philadelphia, Pa. ::
Miss Perry, Philadelphia Pa. ::
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bolts, par
ents OF the groom, Fredericks-
burg, Va; Miss Bolts, Masters
William and James Bolts, Jr..
Miss Minor, Mrs Gilmer, Colonel
Brooke, Messrs. Selden and Ed.
gar Brooke, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Fritchie, Mrs. Milton. The maid
of honor was Miss Annie Thigh.
man Hilleary, who carried BRIDES
maid roses The best man was
Mr.. j. Chisholm Page. The bride
wore white crepe de chine and
carried bride roses. Mrs. Kin.
near presided at the organ. AT
ter the ceremony a lunch was
served at the home of the bride.
The bride and groom left on the
midnight train for Washington.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
WELTY-MULLICAN.

Last Thursday, the 26th inst,
pretty wedding was solemnized
at the home of James j. Multi
can, East Church street, ex
tended. when Miss Rosa 0. Mul
lican, his daughter. became the
bride of Sourren T. Welty. of
Frederick. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. DIR. L. S.
Todd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-03
BAKER-JOHNSON.

Nathan 7. Baker and Miss
Caroline G. johnson, both of
WoodSboro District, were mar.
ried December 9th, at the home
eff the BRIDES brother, Thomas
Il. johnson, near Woodsboro.
Rev. Ernest McGill, of Catoctin
Furnace performed the ceremony.