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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
The Last
Word
By KEITH GORDON
Copyright, 1901, by r. c. Mcclure

"As if marriage were the only end
and aim of a girls life!' she threw off
gcornfully. Her companion smoked
imperturbably into the night for sew
Iral seconds before replying. Always
he had the air of one loath to break
n silence, one who had a constitutional
aversion to the utilities of speech.
But she was accustomed to that, even
whimsically attached to his deliberate
ways. At last he spoke. In the dark
ness she could see his face only as Il
pale blur but there was Il suspicious
sweetness in his tone.
"All the little ripping, purling
brooks he said slowly, "and all the
ordinary rivers, even the great ma
iestic streams. wind somewhere to the
sea-. And I'm sure it isn't my fault"
he added in an injured voice.
Some rivers plunge underground
and lose themselves" she argued
stubbOrnly.
II said ordinary rivers,'" This with
laconic patience from the gloom.
A quick flashing smile touched her
lips and vanished as if frightened to
find itself out in the dark. She Won
dered-well, 4 number of things: as,
for instance, what he was thinking of
at that very instant, whether he had
ever really been in love and. if so.
what she was like. how deeply love
would stir him, whether
She made little impatient move
ment to brush away the thoughts
which buzzed through her mind like
gnats, but still they lowered about,
scattered, but not dispersed. He was
one of the men woman simply had
to think about-broad of shoulder and
eNaSperatingly masculine, sort of
meXplored country of mannishness
that forever challenged. She drew a
sharp. piqued sigh. However much
the feminine mind paid tribute, he ap-
parently preserved Jove-like calm.
Ruthlessly she prodded him again.
But why hasn't a girl just as good a
right to contemplate the joys of bach
elorhoOd as a MANI" she demanded.
~ man marrles if he wants to, when
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31


Additional trains leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge and intermediate Stations at 10 y A. m
and 4.l5. and SIS and IL % %. M. and leave
Union Bridge for Baltimore and Intermedi-
ate stations nj 45, 525 and sos a. m. and
iZ.oO m. daily, except sunday.
sundays only-eave Baltimore for Union
Bridge ana intermediate Stations at 9 20 a m
and 2.3Op M Leave Union Bridge at s rs and
30 a. m. and 400 p m. for Baltimore and In.
termediate Stations.
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley n. r.
Leave Hagerstnwn for Shippensburg and In.
Iermediate stations at II 90 q. m. ana T. 20 % m
For ChaInbersburg $50 a. m Leave Shin
pensourg for Hagerstown and Intermediate
Stauons AT QUO a. m. and 2.55 p. IN. Leave
Chambersburg las p. m.
Trains via Altenwald CutOff.-Leaye Hae-
stations at 800 p. m. Leave Chambersburg
for Hagerstown and intermediate Stations at
sop m. -
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at $50
and 1892 a. m. and 800 and 652 d. M. Leave
Emmitsburg for Rocky Ridge at7.55 and 0b5
a. m. and 255 and $50 p. m.
Leave Bruceville for Frederick at SAG. eS8
ana 1910 a. m. and AS and 645 D. m,
leave Bruceville for Columbia, Littlestown
ana Ianeytown at 9.47 u. III. and 3.45 p. m.
Leave Frederick for Baltimore at $50 a. m,
and 300 and Ass p. m.
Connections at Cherry Run, w. Va,-B.
passenger trains leave Cherry Run for Cum.
berland and intermediate points dailv. al
SOD q. m; Chicago Express daily, at n. 49 ~ m
rlttsburg and Cleveland Express, daily, at
ll.55 p. m. '' ~
FDaily. All Others daily except Sunday
b H. GRIswoLD, FIN. HOWELL
1en'i frame Manager. Gen'l Pass Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
Got IL straight.

A New York enthusiast has Il good
collection of etchings one of them be-
ing of the leaning tower Of Psi, which
hangs over his writing desk. For a
long time he noticed that it persisted
in hanging crooked despite the fact
that he Strengthened it every morning.
At last he spoke to the maid, asking
her If she was responsible for its lop
sided condition. why, yes" she said,
81 have to hang it crooked to make the
tower hang straight"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
How We Breathe.

Men and women do not breathe alike
In a woman the breathing is from the
thorax, or chest, while in a man it is
mainly from the diaphragm, which is
lower down. This peculiar difference
is SO marked that it is possible to rec.
ognize by. it a woman disguised az a
man, although the disguise may be
faultless in other respects. Most physi-
ologists say that this difference is not
due to sex. but owing to artificial con-
ditions, such as the wearing of cor
sets.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31

To estimate the actual number Of
ways of playing even a very few moves
In chess is beyond the power of cal
culation. At first both players have
a choice of but twenty moves. The
first player has an average Of twenty
eight, thirty and thirtythree ways Of
playing the second, third and fourth
moves respectively. On the hypothesis
that the number of REPLIES" is always
the same, no matter what the preced-
ing move may have been, the number
of ways of playing the first four moves
on one side only would be 31S,979, 504,-
600. Let us assume for convenience
OF calculation that for the next six
moves on each side after the first four
there is a choice Of thirty ways OF
playing. We thus get by combination
with the result quoted above figures
which prove that the number Of ways
Of playing the first ten moves on o&cb
side is 169,51s,S29, 10O544,000000oG1
100000.
The above figures are quoted from an
article on "The IneXhaustibility ot
Chess" by Edward Anthony noted
British mathematician.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
Ar,,sta, Dinlculties In Painting Men

Artists will tell you it is no easy
thing to paint man in a frock coat
so that he shall appeal picturesquely
to the casual wayfarer. The modern
habiliments affected by the male per-
son do not lend themselves to artistic
reproduction on canvas. There are no
scintillant colors, no fine lines of form,
in a trousered poseur, and to achieve a
successful portrait Of man is to spell
the artists capabilities in capital let
ters. With women models-well, there
the story is of different cast just as
woman herself is so wholly different
40 enchantingly complex. - Metropon
tan Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
Wanld oren Hin Exes.

thinks he never makes a mistake,
Ell? Single man, suppose"
"Yes. Why?'
'Well, IL he had a wife l think she'd
quickly convince him Of that mistake"
New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
A WATER TANK.
Made With Stone, Sand and Portland
Cemcnt-A Tank Heater.

A site was selected that would af-
ford good drainage. then made an
excavation about two feet deep for
foundation. The tank is octagonal in
shape, each side o. The excavation be-
Ing four feet. l put in Il layer Of
stones about as large as Il peck meas
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
atit44,i "A 80, BALTIMORE&O ONO
49, RAILROAD.
Departure and Arrival Of Trains.
Schedule in Effect Novmeher y, 1904
Schedule in Effect Novmener y. 1904
LEAVE FREDERICK.

40 A. NJ, except Sunday for Washington
Junction and way stations, Washington
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
90 Due at Washington 6 30 a, m.
800 a. m, except sunday, for Washington and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York
Due at Washington S.2j a. m.
$40 m, daily, for Baltimore and way sta.
tons, Philadelphia, New York, except
Sunday for Cumberland and HagerStown
Due at Baltimore SIS "A. m.
7.O5 a. M. sunday only, for Washington and
way stations Due at Washington 1000
a. m.
sic a. M, except Sunday, for fillmore and
PRINCIPAL way stations, PHILADELPHIA aud
New York. Due at Baltimore 1925 a. IN.
80 q: M. except Sunday, for Harper's Ferry
Winchester, Harrisonburg, Lexington and
StauntJn.
9.45 a. m, except Sunday, for Hagerstcwn,
Martinsburg and way stations.
1910 a. m, except Sunday, for Washington
Philadelphia New York, Washington
junction and way stations, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, st. Louis Pittsburg and
Chicago. Due at Washington 1890 p, m.
LOO p. m, except Sunday, for Baltimore and
way stations, Philadelphia and New York,
Due at Baltimore 4.40 p. m.
70 p. m, daily for Washington and way sta
tons, Philadelphia and New York. Cum
berland. Cincinnati and st. Louis: and eX-
cept sunday, Winchester and StraSburg
junction. Due at Washington, 6.25 p. IN.
4,lO P. m, daily, for Baltimore and way sta
lions, Philadelphia and New York Due
at Baltimore lis p. m.
90 p. m, except sunday, for Hagerstown,
Winchester and way stations
200 p. M, except Sunday for Washington,
and principal way stations, Philadelphia
and New York, Pittsburg and Chicago.
Due at Washington $40 p, NJ,
....,. u ...,.,,,..,
ARRIVE All FREDERICK.
6.3S n. m. except Sunday. from Cincinnati
Cleveland, Pittsburg. Washington Junction
and way stations. Mount Airy and way
stations Baltimore ana Washington mail
arrives on TINS tlaln'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
A POPULAR RACK.
An Inexpensive Hay and Grain Rack.
Convenient For Storage.

Convenient For Storage.
A style of hay and grain rack in COM
mon use in many parts Of the eastern
and middle states is illustrated by
American Acriculturist The two bed
pieces of spruce by inches in size
are either II or 16 feet long. Five
crosspieces . by spruce or by 4 hard
wood, feet inches long. connect the
bedpieces. The sidepieces which hold
the rack, ten in number. five on a side,
are 2 inches thick, feet inches long
and taper from inches wide at one
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
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drawing, and is not beyond the ability
of any smart boy to make.
Of tongued and grooved boards make
a box &c inches long, 16 inches wide and
IS inches high, with the bottom fastened
three inches above the lower edge of the
sides and ends.
A cover should be made to extend
over the ends and front three-quartefS
of an inch, End at the rear edge it is to
be attached to the box with two strong
sheetiron or brass hinges.
With a compass-saw cut the bottom
|. OF the front and ends, as shown, and
then treat the wood to several good
coats of paint or varnish, after which the
four corners can be bound with thin
sheet iron and large ~oval-headed up
holsterers' tacks driven two inches
apart. Sheet lead "a be substituted for
the iron. At the top, sides and ends
panels may be formed of figured up
holstery goods or leather, and to give
them the padded effect they may be lined
with curled hair, a few layers of cottor
batting or some fine excelsior. To finisf
the edges nicely leather or mohair gimI
should be caught down with large head.
ed lacks, and they may be placed ar
ever distance apart, as shown in the il
%iustration.
A division in the box will make it s
convenient receptacle for both coal ant
wood for an open or CRATE fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

While nc womani is entirely free from
periodical suffering, it does not seem to
be the plan of nature that women
should suffer so severely. Menstrual
ton is a severe strain on a woman's
vitality. If it is painful or irregular
something is wrong which should be
set right or it will lead to a serious de-
rangement of the whole female organ
ism.
More than fifty thousand women
have testified ingrateful letters to Mrs.
Pinkham that Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound overcomes pain
full and irregular menstruation.
1t provides a safe and sure way of es-
cape from distressing and dangerous
weaknesses and diseases.
The two following letters tell so con
vincingly what Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound will do for
women, they cannot fail to bring hope
to thousands of sufferers.
Miss Nellie Holmes of $40 N. Davi.
sion Street, Buffalo, N. Y, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Your medicine is indeed an ideal medicine
for women. l suffered misery for years with
painful perlodS,~ neadacnes, ana bearlng-doWn
pains. + consulted two different physicians
but failed to get any relief. A friend from
the East advised me to try Lydia E Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. / did so, and
nc longer suffer as | did before. My periods
are natural; every ache and pain is gone, and
my general health is much improved. ]
advise all women who suffer to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
Mrs. Title Hart, of Larimore, N. D..
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
az might lave have been spared many
months of suffering and pain had I only
known of the efficacy of Lydia E, Pinkham:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
CHURCH PERSONALS.

A large portion of the library Of the
late Bishop McLaren has been donated
by his family to the Western Theo-
logical seminary library.
Rev. T. G. Harper, of Wibsey, the
newly elected president of the Yves
leyan Reform union, was originally a
Bedfordshire tinker, reared at Elstow,
where John Bunyan was born.
Ian Maclaren, who is just leaving
the Liverpool church where he has
been minister for a quarter of a CEN
fury, has been making a collection OF
his sermons as a sort of farewell vol
ume.
DR.. Julius Goebel, who was dismissed
az head of the German department of
Stanford university without a hearing
has been appointed by President Eliot
as the head of a similar department at
Harvard.
Rev. H. Olin Cady, now of Evanston,
ILL.,, who has been connected with
Methodist missions in west China for
the last 10 years, has been retired with
a pension by the board of managers of
the Missionary society.
Mr.. E. Vickery, a leading member OF
the Methodist church in New South
Wales, has bought the Lyceum theater
and hotel in Pitt street, Sydney, and
some adjoining property, for about
$1,000 and intends to hand the whole
over to the Sydney Central Methodist
mission.
o. G. Barber, of Akron, O., known as
"the match king" will build in tn!
city named Il Of the most beautiful
churches in the country. 1t is to bs
an exact duplicate of the Madeleine II
Paris and will cost $500, 900. AS in tht
original, there will be no windows
light being obtained through a system
OF skylights.
Rev. Charles Stelzle, who is labo1
representative for the Presbyterian
church, is planning to have the Prot
estant churches of each large city Sc
lect a fraternal delegate to the labo
unions, and in turn a member OF tn
unions it to be given the freedom o
the ministers meetings. In this wa,
MIR. Stelzle hopes to bridge he chasn
between labor organizations and tn
church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
WINDOW-BOX.
bow to Make a Strong Frame and to
Line It Properly and Decorate
Pleasingly.

There are many ways to make win
dow boxes, but for a simple and mex
p~ensive one the illustration affords a
good suggestion.
Obtain some boards six inches wide
and three-quarters or seven-eighths Of
an inch in thickness, planned on both
sides. Of them construct a box from six
to eight inches wide. six inches high,
and long enough to fill the window sill
it may rest on.
The corners and bottoms must be Sc
curely fastened with screws, and the in
side of the box can be lined with zinc
to protect the wood from moisture in the
earth it contains, as otherwise the
dampness would cause the board to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Vegetable Compound sooner; for have tried
so many remedies without help.
81 dreaded the approach of my menstrual
period every month, as itmeant so much pain
and suffering for me, but after Ihad used the
Compound two months | became regular n
natural and am now perfectly well and free
from pain atmy monthly periods. / am very
grateful for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me-"
Such testimony should be accepted
by all women as convincing evidence
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound stands without a peer as a
remedy for all the distressing ills of
women,
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound rests upon the
w~ell-earned gratitude of American
women.
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular, suppressed or painful menstrual
ton, leucorrhea, displacement or ul-
ceration of the womb, that bearing
down feeling, Inflammation of the
ovaries, backache, bloating, Tor datu-
lency), general debility, indigestion and
nervous prostration, or are beset with
such symptoms as dizziness, faintness,
lassitude, excitability, ~irritability, ner-
vousness, sleeplessness, melancholy,
they should remember thereis one tried
and true remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at once removes
such troubles. Refuse to buy anyother
medicine, for you need the best.
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat you
with kindness and her advice is
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her and she has helped
thousands. Address Lynn, Mass.
an Rest Understands n Woman'S Ills,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
FROM TEXAS.
Some Coffee Facts from the Lone
Star State.

From a beautiful farm down in Tex
as, where gushing springs unite to
form babbling brooks that wind their
sparkling way through f1owery meads,
comes a note Of gratitude for delivery
from the coffee habit.
when my baby boy came to me five
years ago, l began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, having a feeling that it
would be better for him and me than
the old kind Of d%rug-laden coffee. I
was not disappointed in 1t, for it en-
abled me, a small delicate woman, to
nurse a bouncing healthy baby IA
months.
II have since continued the use Of
Postum, for | have grown fond Of it,
and have discovered to my JOY that it
has entirely relieved me of a bilious
habit which used to PROSTATE me two
or three times a year, causing much
discomfort to my family and suffering
to myself.
my brother-in-law was cured Of
chronic constipation by leaving of the
old kind Of coffee and using Postum.
He has become even more fond Of 1t
than he was Of the old coffee.
Gin fact the entire family, from the
latest arrival Ia 2-year-old who always
calls for his 'potie' first thing in the
morning), up to the head of the house,
think there is no drink so good or SO
wholesome as Postum" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
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A WINDOW BOX.

swell and warp so as to spring the box
loose at the joints. The outside and top
edges of the box can be painted a light,
pleasing shade. and two or three coats
will be sufficient to give it a good ap-
pearance. The inside should be coated
with black asphaltum varnish, that
forms a waterproof coating, and ii
moisture should come in contact with
the wood it will not be as liable to warp
as if ordinary thin paint was applied.
The design on the front of the box
is to be outlined with oval-headed brass
upholsterers' tacks one-quarter or
three-eighths of an inch in diameter.
When the last coat of paint is thor
oughly dry the tacks can be driven on
the surface, and to arrange them in an
even and uniform manner a line de-
scribing the design should be followed.
On a piece of thin brown paper the
size of the box front draw with a soft
lead pencil the illustrated design and
pin the paper to the front of the box.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
A Match Scratcher.

A pretty little Christmas gift that
my boy or girl can make easily is a
match scratcher made from a fashion
plate. Mother or aunty is always sure
to have fashion catalogues, many OF
them with colored illustrations. Cut
out the figure Of n Of the largest and
most attractive of these. Cut the up
per part Of the figure, including the
head and waist, free from the skirt;
then cut out the skirt carefully, and
with this for a pattern, cur a piece q
sanGVaper exactly the same slze.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

N0 will now put n
boy to work with the plane to dress
down these four end pieces to five
eighths of an inch thickness. When the
first one is done give it to one of the
girls, who may draw a circle on it nine
inches in diameter, for we are going to
make the work basket illustrated in
sketch No. l.
Drive a tack in the board and with a
piece of string attached you will find Il
a very simple job. Here is some work
for another girl. One of the boys may
plane off one of the side boards of a
box, and on that you may mark out the
top rail of the work basket, using a tack
and a piece of string. Mark four pieces,
as shown in the diagram, below each
one. an inch more than a quarter of the
circle, so that after they have been
sawed out they can be Joined together
with fish glue and tacks, as shown in
the sectional view within the circle.
You may next saw out the bottom board
which has been marked and then bore
2S holes with the smaller bit in the bot
tom board and 2S in the rim or top rail,
boring them somewhat slantingly, as
the top rail is one inch greater in diam
eter than the bottom board. All we need
do now, children, is to saw some of the
No. 4 bowels into Is pieces each five
inches long and insert them into the
holes we have bored, and, after we see
that the whole fits together, apply the
stratina and glue the basket together.
We will commence u next undertake
ing by saving out the chair seats and
table top with the following sizes:
Size of small chair seat Sketch No.
y:
Six inches in front.
Five and a half inches in back.
Six and a half inches in depth.
Size Of armchair and rocker seats
Sketches Nos. 3 and ~:
Seven inches in front.
Six and a half inches in back.
Seven inches in depth.
Size of table top Sketch No. 81:
Eight by eight inches.
For the above chair seats and table
top, as well as for the bed rails. we mus
use the thicker end piece boards, which
have beenl planed for us. For the chail
back, posts, arms and legs, the No.
bowels, The No. Z bowels also being uset
for the table legs. We can make all thu
s~tretchers and spindles out of the No
4 bowels. Where the No. As connec
the No. Z dpwels the holes in the thicker
ones can bic made with the gimlet anC
the ends OF the thinner ones should b.
whitfield I'd a smaller diameter, SO tina
they can be easily glued in.
Here are the sizes for the chair ant
table legs and the chair back posts:
: Length OF chair legs, four inches.
Length of chair back posts, six inches
Length OF table legs, eight inches.
The sizes Of the stretchers ant
spindles are apparent. you see, as sool
as we have fitted in the legs and bacl
posts. and am sure that you can finisl
the chairs and table without any NOR,
help, so | shall give you the sizes of tn,
bedstead pieces and let you complete
the work yourselves.
Length Of bed upright posts, min
inches.
Length OF bed head and foot eros
pieces, eightinches.
Length Of bed side rails, IA inches.
I advise YOU to buy a small can of en-
amel or ready mixed oil paint and
brush, and finnish" the articles, as the.
will appear Very much better than II lef
in the "rew'f wood.
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so WE HAVE A

Tight shoes cause badness.
The Japs carry money in their ears.
The best glass eyes cost $50 apiece.
A strong kangaroo can leap 60 feet.
The average life of a ship is rs years.
A Chow" or Chinese edible dog,
costs S75.
The Persians have a different name
for every day of the month.
Ten per cent. of the buildings struck
by lightning last year were churches.
Men work best at three in the aft
ernoon and worst at nine in the morn
ing,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
A FINE BOX.
How to Make This Article and Direc-
tons for Padding and Dec
Grating 1t.

II is not a difficult matter to make
many useful objects that will be very
acceptable as presents, and for those
who would like a suggestion an idea is
illustrated here that any smart boy
could follow.
The design for firewood box may ap-
pear a difficult matter to make, but it
is in reality quite a simple affair to con-
struct and decorate, as shown in the