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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
An Opal worth a Million.

The most famous opal in history was
that which was worn in ring by the
Roman senator Nonius in the day of
the triumvirate. Its size equaled that
Of a medium sized hazelnut. yet its
beauty and brilliancy rendered it
marvel among the dilettanti of Rome,
especially when it was known that the
goldsmiths and money changers had
set its value at $1.000.000.
Mark Antony made overtures to No
MUS for its purchase. intending. it IS
thought, to present it to Cleopatra. but
the senator refused to part with it and
for fear that it would be taken from
him by sheer force sought safety In
flight. Here history loses all trace Of
this famous gem, there being no rec
ord of its transference from Nonius to
any of his family.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
The Towers of silence.

In Persia stand two towers called by
the Parsee the Towers Of Silence. Ac.
cording to the religion, they never bury
their dead, but have the body exposed
on the top of one Of these towers until
the sun and the rain and the fowls of
the air have cleaned the bones Of all
flesh. The bones are then collected
and placed in the other tower. These
Parsees, who are followers of Zoroas-
ter and very devout, have almost disap-
peared as people, there being only
about 5000 of them at the present
time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Gainsboroush and His Carrier.

One of the earliest members Of the
Royal academy, 1t was Gainsborough's
custom to have his pictures conveyed
to the metropolis by prosperous Lon
don carrier, q Mr.. Wiltshire Of Shock
erwick. near Bath. This man refused
to accept payment ON the ground that
he loved pictures too well. He was
not. however, allowed to go unreward-
ed, for Gainsborough presented him
with six of his best works. and some
idea of their ultimate value may be
gained from the fact that when at
length they were sold the National gal
tery secured two THE Parish Clerk of
Bradford -on-Avon," for 500 guineas,
and 1.-THE Harvest Wagon" for f2,500.
these prices being considered low.
Later 1.-The Sisters" from another gal
lery realized close upon 10000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
The Woman and Her Face.

Once upon time a woman had a
quarrel with her features because they
made ugly faces at her when she
looked in the glass She scolded and
scolded, but it all did no good
Finally she sat in front of her mir
ror, and with rouge. powder and black
pencil went deliberately to work to
show her face how wrong it was and
succeeded.
After time she smiled smile of
intense satisfaction, and her face
smiled pleasantly back at her.
Moral-It is better to make up than
to continue differences.-New York
Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
THE POPE'S DELEGATE.

Church Dignitary who Represents
His Holiness In Canada.
Mgr. Donate Sbarretti. the new
papal delegate to Canada to succeed
Mgr. Diomede Falconio, who has been
named representative Of the pope to the
United States, 10 well known in this
country.
He FIRST came here In 1893 as auditor
of the apostolic delegation under Car
dinal Satoll. Before entering the dip
lomatic service Of the church he was
professor Of moral philosophy in the
college Of the propa ganda.
After the close of the Spanish war
Mgr Sbarretti was consecrated bishop
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
How She keenA YOung.

Frank Jay Gould's mother-inlaw,
Mrs. Edward Kelly. is called 1.-The
youngest looking grandmother in Amer
lea" She does not look over thirty,
and with her perfect figure, heavy
dark hair and pink and white COM
plexion is the envy of all her female
friends. This is her own explanation:
Il never worry. never fret. / never
argue. | never talk scandal. never
20 without nine hours sleep. take
care of my complexion. My hair Is
brushed for ten minutes day. | don't
dit from tea to reception and from ap-
pointments with dr. ssmakers to tire
some dinners with the rush and hustle
of Wall street man."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
The Arab Mother. Advice.

When an Arab damsel gets married,
her mother gives her the following ad-
vice for securing her future happiness:
you are leaving your nest to 1--we with
q man with whose ways and habits
you are unfamiliar. l advise you to
become his slave II you wish to be-
come the absolute mistress Of your
husband Be satisfied with little. en-
deavor to feed him well and watch
over his sleep, for hunger begets an
ger, and sleepIessness makes q man
crossbrained. Be dumb az to his Sc
crets, do not appear gloomy when he
is merry nor merry when he Is sad,
and Allah shall bless you"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
BALTIMORE &OHIO
RAILROAD.
Departure and Arrival Of Trains.
Schedule in Effect December I. 1902.
LEAVE FREDERICK

LEAVE FREDERICK
$50 a. Nj, except Sunday for Washington
junction an way stations, WaShin. ton,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and W York
- bu NJ ShingtOu $50 a. m
o." Il. m, eNcept sunday, for Washington N d
Way stations, Philadelphia and New York
Due at W shin 10 $50 "a. IN.
o'lO m, daily, for Baltimore and way sta.
lions, Philadelphia, New York. except
SUNDAY Tor Cumberland and II gerStow
Due at Baltimore 80 a m
fuo a. m. sunday only for Washington and
wa, stations. Due at Washington 10 a m
s'lV a M, except sunday, for ltm re- = d
Prlhcit al way statiols IS. Philadelphia IA Il
o., New YORK. Du nj Ba timore 1925 a. m
aN q: m, except sunday, for Harpers Ferry
lnchester, Harrisonburg, Lexington and
Staunt n.
e.i5 a. m, except Sunday, for Washington
Philadelphia and New York, Marlinsburg
ana way tations, HagerstowD, incinnati
indianapolis Due Washinston II 81 II m
lilo "A. m, except Sunday, for Washington
Chicag
200 p. m, except Sunday, for Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York
Due at Baltimore 500 D. m
4 III p m, daily for Washington and way sta
tons, Philadelphia and New York, Cum
Derland, Cincinnati and 81. Louis and ex-
cepi sunday for Winchester and StTasburg
Junction. Due ut Washingto 65 y. IN.
$40 ?. m, daily, for Baltimore and way sta
lions, Philadelphia and New York. Du,
at Baltimore IN p. m.
gu p m, except sunday, for Washington,
hagerstown, Winchester and way stations
wheeling, Chicago, Philadelphia and New
YORK. Due at Washington ~ p m.
ARRIVE AT FREDERICK
63S a. M, except Sunday, from inc nn,tl.
cleveland, Plttsburg, Washington June
uon and way sta 10 $, Mt Airy and way
stations Baltimore md Washington mail
arrives on this tram.
800 m, except sunday from Winchester
Hagerstown and way stations
1913 a. m, except Sunday, from Baltimore
and way stations, Philadelphia and New
1880 a. m, except sunday. from Baltimore.
washington and way stations
ll.S2 a. m Sunday only from Washington
-, ana way stations, Chicago and Wheeling.
l2,OS p. m, sunday only, from Baltimore and
l2.40 p. m, EXCEPT SUNDAY, from st Louis
Cincinnnt ii, Chicago, New York, Phiadel
phla. Washington, Hegerstown, Lex e
ton and way stations
$50 p. m, except sunday, from Martinsburg.
Washington junction and way stations.
$40 p. m, Sunday only, from Baltim re,
washington and way stations, st. Louis
and Cincinnati
York.
$50 p M, except sunday, from Baltimor,
and principal way stations, Philadelphia
and Ne' York.
200 p m, except sunday, from Washington
and way stations, Philadelphia, New York
Plttsburg and Chicago
sI7 p m, daily, from Baltimore and way
stations.
$40 m, except sunday, from New York,
Philad, lpha Washington, Cumberland
Lexinl ton, Hagerstown, Brunswick a d
way stations.
w T MULLINIX.
Ticket Agent
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
A SOCIETY LEADERS, RISE.
How Mrs. Potter Palmer Reached
the Top of the Ladder

Fashionable circies in Chicago are
much concerned over the announcement
that Mrs. Potter Palmer, the acknowl.
edged social leader. had taken house
in Paris and in the future would spend
half of each year in the French capital.
Mrs. Palmer, who has just returned
from abroad after five months so
journ in London, Paris and at Carls-
bad, has leased palace near the Bots,
where she will draw around her the
most exclusive of the American colony
and the French fashionables. 1t is ru-
mored that the Princess Cantacuzene
will be Mrs Palmer's first guest in her
new house.
During her recent stay in Paris Mrs.
Palmer was the center of much atten.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
A Way Old Acquaintances Have.
at is too bad" said the visitor from

~ ID bOO Dddt paAo hAC 'AoAeoA AAOAA
home, but people who acquire wealth
are not the same to their old friends"
perhaps there is reason for that"
replied Mrs. Cumrox reminiscently.
"People who acquire wealth have feel
ings the same as any one else, and
their old friends sometimes have very
superior way of saying: 'Humph!
knew them when they were as poor as
Jobs turkey" Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
TRAPPlST MItNKS.
These Votnries of silence Are Cheer.
full and COntented.

tuA uhu 0Ontenteu.
One scarcely would look for cheerful
ness among those votares of eternal ST.
lence, the Trappist monks. Everybody
has heard of their great monastery in
Kentucky. where. isolated from the world.
the Trappists yet minister by their labors
to its welfare. and of the silent and aus
tere life they lead. There are several
monasteries of this order i'll the world,
and in all of them the monks are said to
be an extraordinarily cheerful and con.
tented lot.
Herbert Vivian, who writes of them in
his Romance of Religions" says: 1T is
true that they get up at > in the morning;
that they limit their meals to small al.
lowance of vegetables, washed down with
spring water; that their days are devoted
to manual labor. relieved only by frequent
intervals of prayer; that they sleep on
bedsteads of planks and straw: that their
thoughts are constantly centered upon
their latter end, and that there is no re-
lief for their hardships. even when at the
point OF death, when, as last. most
signal object lesson. they are removed
from their straw and laid upon heap Of
ashes. Yet they are. nevertheless. as con-
teuteu anu CueeTlul u IOl VI people, ne
says. "as can be found among the most
jealous pleasure seekers"
He declares that while prisoners who
have been condemned to silence and Sc
clusion generally have gone mad, the
Trappist monks find that their vows Of
silence confer fresh zest upon their
chants in church and upon all their devo-
tional exercises. and it is certainly fact
that they enjoy extraordinary health and
spirits and generally attain to a good old
age.
Upon the death of one Of the monks. his
body. borne on rude wooden bier. with
his brown cloak as his only winding
sheet. is placed in the center Of the
church. Some half dozen candles in tall
wooden candiesticks are lighted around
him. and the brothers take turns in pray
ing beside him, neve: leaving the body
alone until the time comes to place it in
the grave which it has been one of the
dead monks duties TO dig for himself
while yet alive And yet these people, OF
whose life and death the bare recital gives
the ordinary man the blues. are described
as jolly. happy. full of spirits and CON
tentrnent 1t certainly does take all sorts
OF people to make a world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Nature and Poetry.

Environment aids poetry. but does
not create it. Nature is the grand
agent in making poetry, and poetry Is
present wherever nature is. 1t spar
kles on the sea, CLOVIS in the rainbow,
flashes from the lightning and the star,
peals In thunder, roars In the cataract
and sings on the winds. Poetry is
Gods image reflected in nature, as in
q mirror. and nature is present wher-
ever man is.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
The BOSTON Boy,

"Lookin' fer birds nest. sonny?"
asked the good natured westerner of a
seven-year-old boy whom he met In
Boston Common.
mo. SIR" replied the intellectual
prodigy as he continued TO gaze up
into the tree. 81 am merely endeavor-
ing to correctly classify this tree as
botanical product" = Columbus State
Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
Hair Treatment.

Singeng the hair is good thing
when it begins to turn gray and break
off. Such condition shows a failure
of the hair pigments. Try simple hair
tonic made of one ounce of borax. one
half ounce of gum camphor and a
quart OF boiling rainwater. Apply to
the scalp once day. Do not forget
that i'll health affects the hair to an
alarming extent. Don't worry, keep the
digestion in good condition, don't wear
yourself out with work or study, don't
tie your resses tightly and don't use
harsh brushes or steel combs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
NOTICE

Pursuant to the provsio OF Chapter 203 OF
the Acts of the General Assembl of Mary
land pa sed at he session OF 1902. entitled an
Act 10 add a section TO article Eleven of the
Code OF L blic Local Laws of Maryland title
Frederick county" sub title "Frederlck to
De known nS Section 2}BA, and of an Ordi-
nance passed by he Mayor and aldermen OF
FREDERICK ON the nth day OF June. 10 =, and Of
A. ordinance passed by the Mayor and Al
dermen of Frederick on the 10th day OF July,
~ : NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO Prof CA rus
IhomaS ana all other non. resident owners of
propert, situated ON East Church street be-
tween the east ide of Market street and the
east side Of chapel alley, In Frederick City.
NNlN anu, that we undersigned Commits
Slnners app United by the MayNraud \ id rn en-
OF Frederick in accordance with the provisions
OF aid ct Of Assembly and OF laid or nance
passed ON the nth day OF June, 1902, will sit at
tn MAYORS Office. In the city Hall. in Fred
erick ity. Maryland, ON
FRIDAY. DECEMBER Goth, 1907,
bet cen the hours Of ten O'Clock. 4. NJ. and
twelve o'rlocN, VI, 10 assess whether any and
what amou n value OF damages will be
caused by he repaNing with viuihed brick OF
the two blocks ON East Church street, between
the east lde of Market street and tho enst side
OF the second alley east of Market street com.
monty known AS Chapel alley, and BY the re-
rblng OF sal two blocks, where necessary,
aud rcsetting tn, kerb. where necessary. as pro-
Nldcd for IN said Ordinance passed ON the 3Oth
dny OF July, l92 for which the owner or pos
SCISSOR OF any property on said portion of said
Fast Church street ught 90 be COMPENSATED
and TO ass and levy upon said property
owner, according to the number of front feet
owned by them ouehalf the cost of said re-
paving, rckerbing and rcsetting Of kerb; at
whlch UNI ana place all such owners of prop
erty shall he entitled to appear and be heard
ON the question of said assessment and cost
JOHN IL. BENNETT,
W NASH YOUNG,
:. ELMER BROWN.
dec it. Commissioners
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

II you imagine your chickens have
symptoms of cholera. keep food from
them, and in majority of cases you
will find their ailment is indigestion
due to overlooking.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
A GOOD PRESCRIPTION.
Laughter ms n stomach Cure and an
Aid to Health.

Aid to Health.
Worry is but one of the many forms
of fear, so that worry tends to the
production IF indigestion. Indigestion
tends to put he body of the subject in
a condition that favors worry. There
is thus established Il vicious circle
which tends to perpetuate itself. each
element augmenting the other.
1t is necessary to secure a cheerful,
wholesome atmosphere for the dys-
peptic. He should eat his meals at a
table where there is good fellowship
and where funny stories are told. He
should himself make great effort to
contribute his share of this at the table.
even if it be necessary, as it was in one
case under my care, for him to solemn
ly and seriously collect funny para
graphs from the press, and at first in
terject them systematically during lulls
in the conversation at the table. The
very efforts and determination of the
man to correct his own silent habits at
table, to correct his feelings of dis
enlargement and worry. We're in them
selves promise of success. The eff
fort made was adequate to the obsta-
cles TO be overcome. He succeeded. and
the spectacle of that man trying to
be funny ut table when he felt thor
oughly discouraged and blue is one we
shall never forget.
Laughing is in itself also Il useful
exercise from the standpoint of diges-
ton. 1t stirs up all the abdominal
organs. 1t increases the circulation of
the blood, it increases peristalsis, it in
creases the secretion of gastric juices.
Five minutes deliberate laughing after
each meal would be an excellent pre-
scription for some people.-Family Doc
fnR
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12

ut St Aloysius' church, Washington,
Bnd sent to Havana. He was the head
If that diocese when the status of the
Catholic church properties WAS adjust
ed with Governor General Wood.
Mgr. Sbarretti is man Of much ex-
perience. having broad knowledge of
human nature and sympathy with it.
He is said to be an admirer of Amer
lean people and institutions. He is a
native of the town of Montefranco
near Rome, and is forty-siX years old.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
N,HOOk s.
40 OH.EEGES


The Massachusetts, Federation of
Womens Clubs is working with the As
ISOLATION of Collegiate Alumnae in an Of
fort to raise the standard of the primary
and grammar schools of that State
Prof G. Stanley Hall of Clark Univer-
sity has expressed himself as in favor
of the free use of effective slang by
school children. He says it helps them
TO acquire tiuency and keeps then FROM
becoming tongue tcand.
Harvard University has just establish
ed bureau through which students who
are working their way through college
may secure employment. a room in
Lawrence Hal and clerk employed by
the university arr given to the work.
The annual report of President Book
err T. Washington of TCskegee Institute,
the great colored school in Alabama,
gives the total Income Ut $292. 961. 10.
Value of property owned is $4T0,5 SO,
The institute has 1884 pupils enrolled
and 15S tea .hers. Twenty-Five courses
are taught.
|. During the meetings of the German CO.
lonial congress at Berlin, Prof. Prandi
brought forward the proposition to nave
S125,000 spent by the government yearly
to maintain German schools in other
countries, and thus strengthen ,ne lnys-
terious, powerful bond of language An
other speaker advocated the cooperation
of Germany with America and Great
Britain. His idea is 10 promote an hon
orable understanding with the English
speaking nations in the race for the
wor'd DIS business.
President Eliot of Harvard University,
in addressing the Connecticut State
Teachers Association ON the subject,
THE Present Rate of Expenditure in
Public Schools is Much Too Low" said
that the American people could not afford
to persist in this course. He mentioned
some of the disappointments connected
with popular education as follows: The
persistence of gambling; the lack OF any
successful method of overcoming intem-
perance: the failure of universal suffrage
10 produce good government III large
cities, the quality Of popular theaters;
the nature of daily reading matter sup
plied to the public; the tenacity of the
s oils system in the civil service, and the
increasing frequency of labor strikes
Prof NJ. G.. Brumbaugh In the Cnnsre-
nationalist. tells what the United States
has done for education in Porto Rico.
While two years ago there was not a
single school on the island, there are low
more than fifty first-claSs school houses,
in many of which the regular course IS
sunp,emented by actual work in agricul-
ture. One hundred and twentysix Amer
| lean teachers are teaching English. and
through them many native teachers have
| learned the best methods and acquired
the English language. Fully 10000 chill
dren are now speaking English. new
school law enacted by the frst Legisla-
ture provides that at least 10 and not
more than - per cent Of all municipal
/ funds be set aside as a school fund, thus
putting the schools on 4 sound hnan-ial
basis. Large sums were also appropri-
/ ated for the use Of the department OF
I education. School attendance in Horte
/ Rico is higher in percentage than IN eny
State in the UEsoa except MasSsena-
setsa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
HABIT OF LYING.
Ways IN Which prevarication May BE |
DeyeIoped.

Ways IN Which preyarication May BE
Developed.
How does one become q liar? That
is to say, how does the child discover a
lie and habitually make use of it?
We can admit that at the beginning
there Is absolute sincerity. The child
through all its first years neither lies
ncr dissimulates. Its sentiments, its
desires, translate themselves into
words and into acts. Its body Is the
constant and perfect expression of its
inmost being. Such is the starting
point-sincerity absolute transparency.
There is Il II altitude of little lies toll
Grated which treat of as pardonable.
We tell the dol este to say we are not
Mt home when We are; we compliment
people IL their fl res and crlticise them
when they are gon we say we are hap
by to see some one, and directly after
speak of having been annoyed. No more
is necessary. The example has been
given
We lie to the child himself; we re
pressed by his many embarrassing
questions. and in order TO free our
selves from the embarrassment reply
with what is frequently a falsehood.
Some fine day he discovers the truth,
and the evil is done. The gravest case
is when the child Is taken as an ac-
complete In lie, or when his mother
tells him. above all. do not tell this
to your papa" This is the ruin of all
morality,
The third stage Is the first encounter
of the child with society--the first
shock with social life, The child who
| tells all he knows sees and hears, all
! that he would better have left unsaid,
is called the "enfant terrible His par.
| ents do not tell him to lie but they tell
| him it is not necessary TO tell all he
| thinks. This Is extremely serious, as ii
teaches the child that he cannot show
himself as he is. This Is the revela
ton of the lie obligatory, Above all,
among his comrades he quickly learns
to diSsimulate, because ii he is naive
expresses all his joys, pains, desires
they make sport of him--nay, worse,
they abuse his confidence: the hopes.
projects which he has contided to them
he some day sees used against him.
Thus the imposslbility of living with.
out lying is revealed 10 him. Society
excuses certain forms of lying which
are inspired by feeling Of politeneSs,
modeSty, shame.
The child be"C. liar because all
the world about J. "a lies The dis.
tinction between lar and the man
Of sincerity is only alive. There are
in reality only two categories those
who content themselves with the lies
exacted by social life and those who
have habituated themselves to lying
more than society wishes-to lie be
cause Of some personal interest.
An important cause in the develop
ment of lying in children is the en-
/ ploymeut OF excessive aud ill-adyiset
punishments. The child who be
comes a liar is the one who lives il
perpetual terror of reproac' F. humni
alton or strokes. The lie Tor him Is ,
i / supre1ae resouree.-Chicago Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Charcoal for Hogs.


Every hoghouse should contain a box
full of charcoal This may be secured
by digging a pit in the ground starting
the fire at the bottom and as it pro
crosses throwing in cobs and wood I'M
til it Is full. When the fire is well
started. cover the whole with piece
of sheet iron The mass will be thor
oughly charred in Il day or two and
can be taken out and used. Some feed
ers make solution of twelve pounds
of salt and two pounds of copperas in
pail of water and sprinkle over the
charcoal until it is pretty we'll satu'
rated. Hogs win remain healthy and
in good condition If they are given
good feed and plenty of charcoal
American Agriculturist.