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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE.
fOu May Learn Something From Ev.
erNhOhN YOn Meet.

One Of the most useful success habits
one can form is that of learning some
thing from everybody with whom he
comes in contact. No information which
can he acquired is too trivial to be il
nored.
Constantly measure yourself with the
men YOU meet. You will find that every
one can teach you something which yeu
did not know before and which. per
haps YOU would never have a chance
to learn again if you did not acquire Il
from him.
Daniel Webster once made a great
hit in arguing case before Il jury by
repeating Il story which he aftcrWHd
said he had not THOUGHT Of since be
heard il fourteen years before. But
Webster was always picking up soui
thing for future use. His famous rtp.E
to IIaync. the greatest speech ever d.
livcred on the American continent, WAS
largely made up Of little reserves which
he bad picked up here and there in his
reading, from studying men and from
observation.
Many q prominent novelist has cell
lectod material for his stories by mak
ing notes of his conversations WIFI
those he has met and by observation
Charles Dickens got Il great deal of tAc
matter for some of his novels in TINS
way.
One young man will 60 TO lecture
ana after spending an hour listening to
the helpful, inspiring words of so.ae
prominent man will leave the hall or
lecture room without having derived
any benefit from the address. Another
young man will attend the same lee
ture with an ambition to learn some
thing. He will drink in the speakers
sentences rs if he were never to hear
such words of cncOura cement and in
SEPARATION again. At the conclusion Of
the address he will determine that he
will make more Of his opportunities in
the future: that he will read more
think more. study more, be more than
he ever was before. Such young man
has a purpose and is determined To
learn something from everything he
comes in contact with and from every
body he talks to. The other has no am
bition, does not throw himself into
what he does. lets his mind wander
hither and thither, so that he never
wholly understands what people arc
saying and therefore never derives any
benefit or information from those with
I, nricop Suntf Nj - r..
den in Success.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
4 Financial Puzzle,

Here is q problem in finance which
we submit to those Of our readers who
are always inclined for an argument
on the money question:
\ banker sauntering home saw a
five pound note lying on the curbstone
OF course he picked it up and took the
number in order to find the owner
While at home his wife remarked that
the butcher had sent in a bill for meat
amounting to t.. The only money he
had with him was the money he had
found, which he gave her, ana she paid
the butcher. The butcher paid it to
Il farmer for a calf, and the farmer
paid it to the merchant who in turn
paid it to the washcrWoman, and She,
owing the banker a note of f.. went
TO the banker and paid her note The
banker recognized the note as the one
he had found ana which up TO that
time had settled f25 of debt On
more careful consideration he found
the note counterfeit
Now. will some of our financial
friends tell us what has been lost in
this transaction and by whom, if any
body?-London Telegraph
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
The Game of Homonyms.

In this game two persons are sent
from the room, and they select two
words which are pronounced alike, but
have different meanings. such as bear,
bare, sea, see, etc. Suppose they set
tie upon the words bear and bare.
Then they re-enter the room and one
says, thinking of bear, ut has thick
coat" The other says, thinking of
bare, sit has no coat at all" Then
they continue to contradict each other,
each telling the truth about his own
word, until the players guess what
the word is. The first one guessing
must choose his partner and leave the
room to think up another homonym,
and the game is repeated till the chill
dren want TO play something else.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
To Gain Flesh,

TO gain flesh, eat Il hearty breakfast
and dinner and light luncheon.
Bread, butter and stewed fruit and
milk are necessary articles Of diet.
Let the bread be brown or gluten loaf,
and have the milk hot, but not scalded;
take some often during the day. but
eat no solids between meals. Olive
oil on fresh green salad and cream
with baked bananas are fattening
foods
Before retiring take a warm bath TO
induce sleep, which aids in increasing
flesh. Devote ten hours to sleep, and
if possible rest for ten minutes every
afternoon.
Spend one whole day in bed each
month, sleeping as much of the day us
possible. The only true way to rest is to
lie down in a darkcned room with
closed eyes and think of nothing. Even
five minutes of such rest is valuable;
the muscles of the face relax, and one
does not get hard, set look, which
adds many years to the appearance.
Take time TO eat your meals. If you
have not time to get a meal leisurely,
go without it. as it will not injure you
a quarter as much as it will to eat in a
hurry.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17

Almost every age and tribe, as well
as every epoch, has had its peculiar
currency or medium of barter and eN-
change-not only gold silver, copper
brass. iron. lead and paper, but such
out of the way articles as bits of glass,
shells, beads, stones. soap, bits of vari'
Gus colorcd cloth and numerous other
objects, some of them absolutely value
less to our way of looking at the mat
ter.
The Burmese, Karens, Hangese ana
CHAINS have no coined money lead and
silver in bullion being the ordinary ten
der in trade, weight and purity being
the standard of value. For long time
salt was the ordinary money Of the
Abyssinians.
Dried fish has long been and is even
today to certain extent the legal ten
der of Iceland. Shad scales are also
the medium of exchange in many OF
the North sea islands.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
A KITCHEN APRON.
sne Tint Is ServiceabIe and Easily
Made al Home.

Without doubt every housewife has
a Kitchen apron Of some description.
but the style shown in .he sketch be-
low is becoming very popular 1t may
be houSht ready made or very easily
constructed at home. II new material
is used, apron sineham, two widths
are necessary, putting the sclyages to-
gether in the side seams and leaving a
space of six inches at the top not
sewed for the armholcs. little person
is rather plump for whom tto apron is
made, use three widths of giugham in
the same way BY following he sketch
closely there will ho no difficulty in
carrying out the design 1t is only
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17

Laugh at their faults; encourage
white lies: give them their own way;
tell them pretty untruths; give them
what they cry for; shout III the top Of
your voice to them; never encourage
their efforts to do better; fly into Il
passion with them several times Il day;
punish them if they break some tritle
by accident; don't enter into their
games: when they ask for information,
tell them to be quiet; let them think
the streets are the best place to play;
never take any notice Of their childish
SORROWS; don't have any toys or play
things tossed around the house; don't
bother yourself about whose house they
go to; don't trouble inviting their com
panions to your house; always take
part against their teachers and try to
forget as much as possible that you
were once Young yourself.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
A PANTHER'S DEN.
Clean ana Bri@ht, In Decided Con-
traSt To the Popular Idea.

traSt to the Popular Idea.
1t was my aool fortune 10 discover
the newly abandoned lair of % cougar
family and further and to me new
evidence OF that lastiliou> cleanliness
which is marked characteristic Of
the animal This retreat va, not MT an
the typical "pantucr's dca" of uadi-
ton, but bush grown halhWagc I'M
der the edge of rock with just enough
of shelf To keep off the rain. should
not have found this breeding place but
for certain wen gnaWod array Of
bones scattered over Il little smooth
bench above creek channel From
this boneyard there was very tracca-
bic path leading through grass and
brush to the retreat where the dam
had housed her young. The evidence
here told plainly of the cougars long
immunity from annoyance and attack
and of thoroughly Clearly habit of
life. There was no bone or other sign
of feasting about the lair The dam
had carried her kill to the crock bench
in every instance. and the children lad
been called to the dining room. As
bones which would have been crunch
ed or eater by grown animals had
been perfectly cleaned by the kits
was able to judge of their summers
diet. This had consisted mostly of
minor game rabbits, marmots, grouse
and the like, with an occasional small
deer. At least one whole family of
badgers, cid and young, had been
served, pussy having probably lain for
them at their hole until they were all
in.-Franklin Welles Calkins in Out
iOu
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
A Fanous Compliment.

OF famous compliments paid to the
fair sex the supply is so large and daz-
zling that it is matter of no small
difficulty to pick out the brightest
gems. but if the following was I'M
looked for it certainly deserves place
among the best Fontenele when nine
ty years old passed before Nine. Hell
vetius without perceiving her.
"Ah." said the lady, that is your
gallantry. then. To pass before me
without over looking at me!'
"If had looked at you, madame" re-
piled the old beau, Il never could have
passed you at all"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
Outward and visible signs.

Ambitious Young Woman-Iell me
honestly. do you think ! ever will make
a great actress?
Experienced Manager-Not unless
YOU can subdue that bright and cheer
full smile. Haven't you learned by OBJ
serving the pictures of great actresses
that they all wear a look of tragic and
profound gloom ?-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
A Cb,pce For Him.

81 am afraid" said the high proved
bard that my poetry will never at
tract public attention"
"Cheer up said the loyal compan-
ion Maybe you'll get appointed to
office one of these days. and then ev-
erybody will talk about your poetry
Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
Lucky For the Ancestors.

ITS "A great thing to have fine line
of ancestors"
.Doubtess it is. and it's mighty
good thing, too, that some Of these fine
lines of ancestors couldn't look into the
future and see their descendants
Chicago Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
65 TENEMENT HOUSES

..l.......c.,. -.
Welding about ~l3o her month rent
Of bemat,e ore which are readily acces-
sible and are believed to he practically
ine<baus,ible The ore is of excellent
quality, in close proximity to the Furn-
ace. and is now in use at the Furnace,
the ere mines being furnished with wash
ers. pumps. etc.
A deposit of magnetic iron ore of great
richness has been traced for two miles
upon the property. this deposit is unde-
vclopcd further than bv number of
shallow shafts. but there is believed to
! be very large and rich deposit of this
ore.
rho,o ,ro also believed IA bo an ,bSA
,rar, l3roe bcds of orbres and umbers ~
rich shades and of superior quality
/ CAPABLE OF being mined and prepared
at a very low cost. There are also large
pu@,',,,0, ,;,,Ii I, a., no,,orios 80
P'ote''' '',''' -
/ second y tract o' ABOUT
living west of Tract No. l. and adioinin
the same. this tract is largely covered
with timber. chestnut locust. poplar. etc.
Tracts Nos. and will be offered
,ose'lleI 81 seo@igseiy, 40 may ~ ue 5e
sale.
All of this property. except the 900
acres Of mountain land is subject to an
annuity created by the viii of John
Kunkel, late of Frederick County, de-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
How to BE Happy.

Jinks- What do you consider the Sc
cret of happiness?
Winks-M Make money enough to buy
your wife everything she wants. AHw
V~-i- vu~~i-t--
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
1000 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

The Improvements on the property are
(a) A Coke Furnace, now engaged in
making iron, with capacity OF about 40
tons per day.
Do A Charcoal Furnace, now Invested
Of machinery. va
() A Large Frame Mill, with ample
water power, formerly used for grind
ing, oNidizing and preparing ochres and
umbers,
(d) A Large Frame Store and Office
Building.
(e) A large two-story well-built and
lately repaired I6-room Dwelling House
with all necessary outbuildings.
% Carpenter and Blacksmith Shops,
Carriage House, Lumber House, Corn
House, Stables for y horses, Large Ice
House, etc.
@ About
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-17
irst, the property known as
THE CArocrIN IRON WORKS.

and the lands thereto attached, situated
on the Frederick and Emmitsburg Turn
pike Road, at the base of the Catocun
range Of mountains, and about twelve
miles from Frederick City and about
three miles south Of Thurmont, a station
on the Western Maryland Railroad +;
said Furnace property is connected with
the railroad mentioned by a railroad
known as The Monocacy Valley Rail
road The land in this tract is about
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23
CHURCH IN THE WOODLANDS.

1t nestled way down yonder, in the shad-
ow of the pines,
Where the south-win6s waved the bios
SONS of the mornin'-glory vines,
AND the birds were always singin', and
the lilies ever seemed
Like affairs bright to Heaven where the
angels knelt and dreamed
beacon on life's highway, its silence
seemed to say:
The peace Of God is with me forever and
day.
Here rest, ye worn and weary, with red
thorns at the breast;
here ind, when life seems dreary your
refuge and your rest"
World-echoes faint and dying-we heard
glad notes arise
AS the sweet old songs of Zion went ring
ing to the skies!
And all the place around it glory seemed
to win,
And earth was like q heaven to go to
Heaven in!
y, fair the every pathway that led US to
the place
OF Loves own benediction-of Loves an
gelic face!
The glory seemed to greet US from the
windows of the blue,
And heaven came down to meet US, and
Joined the singing, too!
No more we hear that singing in all life's
gloom and CLEAN,
The old paths are deserted-the old church
but dream.
But still it's mem'ry fingers, and ever shall
abide
Till the happy lights Of Canaan shine from
the other side.
F l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23

she keeps Nais unframed beneath the
granite throne in the hopes that some
time she may use her as a weapon
against you. Little she knows the
sternness of our priests creed, my
brother. Why, even I, that am the
girls father, would sacrifice her blithe-
ly if her death or ruin might doa title
of good to Atlantis
You go beyond me with your devo-
ton"
The old man leaned forward at me,
with glowering brow. What"
'Or my old blind adherence to the
ancient dogma has been Slapped and
weakened by events. You must buy
my full obedience, Zaemon, ifyou want
it. Promise me Nais-and your arts, /
know, can snatch her-and I will be
true servant to the high council of the
priests, and will die in the last ditch
if need be for the carrying out of their
order. But let me see Nais given over
to the fury of that wanton woman,
and 1 shall have no inwards left, ex-
cept to take my vengeance and to see
Atlantis piled up In ruins as her flu
neralstone."
Zaemon looked at me bitterly. ssAnd
you are the man the high council
thought to trust as they would trust
one of themselves? Truly we are in an
age of weak men and faihtless now.
But, my lord-nay. must call you
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23
Fictitious.

It is very seldom that we pay much at
tention to reports circulated in reference
to the virtue of patent medicine, as we
have always considered that reports of this
nature were more or less fictitious and got
ten up for the purpose of creating demand
from the public. But the publication in
various papers of the wonderful results OBJ
tanned from using that famous remedy st.
Jacobs Oil, and from the fact that it is .
remedy for outward application only, led
us to make trials of it in our own family.
which had previously resisted every form
of treatment, was permanently cured by q
few applications of the Oil. Another was a
sprained ankle, with severe pain. This
was instantly relieved and permanently
cured in few days by the use of st. Jacobs
Oil, while for severe toothache and neuralgia
it acted almost like magic, so quickly did the
pain depart after the Oil was applied. Our
own experience in using the Oil, as above
indicated, was so highly satisfactory that
we determined in the interest of the gen
eral public to make thorough local inves-
tigation among dealers and others who have
sold and used st. Jacobs Oil. Recognizing
Messrs. Taylor and Co. as headquarters for
ell proprietary medicines, we called at their
Brlggate Store, and on making known the
object of our visit to the general Manager,
he stated that their three stores in Leeds
were selling more than a thousand bottles
of st. Jacobs Oil every week, and the trade
was constantly increasing-that it was the
most popular remedy sold and was highly
spoken of by everyone who used it. The
Manager said he had heard hundreds OF
people say they had been permanently cured
Of rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, and sim.
liar complaints by the use of this famous Oil.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23
IMPURE BAKING POWDER
SEIZED.
The New York Board of Health Find
1t Contains Alum and Rock,
Declare 1t Dangerous to
Health and Dump 1t In.
to the River.

The New York papers report that
the Health Department of that city
has seized as dangerous to health
nearly two tons of cheap mixtures sold
for baking powder, and dumped them
into the offal scow to be destroyed.
More of the powder was found in a
Sixth ave. department store. The
report of the analysis of the Health
Department stated that it was IAN
alum baking powder" containing alum
and pulverized rock.
The different Health Authorities
seem to have different ways of repress-
ing the sale of bad baking powders.
In England they have prosecuted the
grocers under the general law and
broken up the traffic. In Missouri the
prohibited by law. In New York they
seize the unwholesome stuff and cast
it into the river, without any discus
sion. The latter way is certainly eff
fective.
The alum baking powders are usual
ly offered at a low price, ten to twenty
cents pound, or with some prize, as
temptation to the housewife.
Consumers can protect themselves
by buying only high-grade baking pow
der of established name and reputa-
ton. Do not be tempted by the grocer
to take something else as "just as
good" or ''our own brand" for the
trials show that the grocer himself is
often deceived by INSCRIPTIONS MAX
ers and is selling an alum powder with
out knowing it.
There are several good powders on
the market; let the housekeeper insist
on having what she knows is right, and
not be induced to risk the life of the
family for an imaginary saving of
Few cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23
THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
Simple Amusement and Pleasures
with Which He Is COntent-A
Poorly Paid Army.
ITO Be Continued

How simple are the Russian soldiers
may be judged from their amusements,
says a writer in Pearson's Magazine.
Their only games are of the most
primitive character, like our Aunt
Sally" Their greatest pleasures are
singing, dancing, and playing on the
"harmonika," musical instrument
like concertina; or the "ballailai-
ka," national musical instrument
something like banjo, which will keep
them amused for hours. If he can
only play two or three tunes, Ivan
Ivanovitch will be able to enjoy him
self rapturously.
Singing, however, is the greatest
pleasure, and chorus singing is great
feature in the Russian army's accom-
plishments. The number of songs an
ordinary soldier knows is beyond be-
lief. Singing is encouraged by the Of
ficers, and the men with the best voices
are specially rewarded. Among illit-
crate people, the singer will always be
able to exert great influence. One
has only to see Russian regiment on
the march to understand what moral
power the singers can give the soldiers.
Ivan Ivanovitch stands greatly in
need of cheap forms of amusement, for
he is wretchedly paid. He is the worst
paid soldier in Europe, and therefore
has very hard time during his four
years of service unless his good folks
at home are inclined to be generous.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23

brother still; we cannot betoo nice in
our choosing to-day-you are the best
there is, and we must have you. We
little thought you would ask a price
for your generalship, having once
taken oath. on the walls of the Ark Of
the Mysteries itself, that always, come
what might, you would be servant of
the high council of the clan without
fee and without hope of advancement.
But this is the age of broken vows,
and you are doing no more than trim
with the fashion. Indeed, brother. per-
haps [ should thank you for being no
more greedy in your demands"
You may spare me your taunts.
You, by self-denial and profound
search into the highest of the highest
mysteries, have made yourself some.
thing wiser than human; l have pre-
served my humanity, and with it it's
powers and frailties; and it seems
that each of US has his proper uses,
or you would not now come to me.
Rather you would have done the gen.
eraling yourself"
'You make a warm defense, my
brother. But 1 have no leisure now to
stand before you with argument. Come
to the Sacred Mountain, fight me this
wanton upstart empress, and, by my
beard! you shall have your Nais as you
left her as reward"
ut is command of the high council
which shall be obeyed. 1 will come
with my brother now, as soon as he is
rested
Nay" said the old man, 81 have no
tiredness, and as for coming with me,
there you will not be able. But follow
at what pace you may
He turned and set off down the
snowy slopes of the mountain, and 1
followed; but gradually he distanced
me; and SO he kept on, with speed al
ways increasing, till presently he
passed out of my sight round the
spur of an ice-cliff, and I found my
self alone on the mountain side. Yes,
truly alone. For his footmarks in the
snow, from being deep grew shallower
and less noticeable, so that l had to
stoop to see them. And presently they
vanished entirely, and the great noun
tain's flank lay before me trackless
and untrodden by the foot of man
since time began.
/ was not shaken by any great
amazement. Though it was beyond
my poor art to compass this thing my
self,s having occupied my mind in exile
more with memories of Nais than in
study of those uppermost recesses of
the higher mysteries in which Zae-
mon was SO prodigiously wise, still I
had some inllling of his power.
Zaemon, I knew, would be back
again in his dwelling on the Sacred
Mountain, shaken and GREATNESS,
even before 1 had found an end of
his tracks in the snow, and it be-
hooved ME to join him there in the
quickest possible time. / had his
promise now for my reward, and I
knew that he would carry it into eff
feet. Beforetime / mad made an error.
1 had valued Atlantis most, and Nals,
my private love, as only second. But
now it was in my mind to be honest
with others even as with myself.
Though all the world were hanging on
my choice, 1 could but love my Nais
most, and serve her first and foremost
of all.
ITO Be Continued