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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

To most people self control means the
control of appearances and not the con-
troll of realities This is radical mis-
take and must be corrected if we are
to get a clear idea of self control and if
we are to make fair start in acquir-
ing it as a permanent habit.
If man is ugly TO me and l want to
knock him down and refrain from do
ing so simply because it wouldn't ap-
pear well and is not the habit of the
habit of the people about me, my de-
sire to knock him down is still part
Of myself. and | have not controlled
myself until l am absolutely free from
that interior desire. So long as l am in
hatred TO another | am in bondage to
my hatred: and if. for the sake of APP
pearanceS. | do not act or speak from it
| am none the less at its mercy, and it
will find an outlet wherever it can do
so without debasing me in the eyes of
other men more willing than am to be
debasej My selfish desire to injure the
man hate is counterbalanced by my
selfish desire TO stand well in the eyes
Of other men. There can he no true self
control so long as either form of selfish
ness dominates my actions. The control
of appearances is merely outward re-
preston. and a very common instance
of this may be observed in the effort to
control Il laugh.-Annie Payson Call in
LeSlie'S Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
watch a Vehicle. Front wheel.

Watch the front Wheel" said ven
cradle citizen the other day Just after
he had witnessed a serious accident on
Pennsylvania avenue. in which a man
had been knocked down and run over
by wagon.
Those four words constitute a whole
warning chapter. and if people in their
hurry and scurry would only heed them
there would be fewer broken bones.
crippleS and fatalities.
DO not" he cautions. look at the
horses or the driver. The animals may
be turned suddenly in your direction by
a quick jerk of the reins or some other
cause. and the drivers gaze rarely in
dicateS the direction his team is going
to move in. The attention of the aver
age driver is usually attracted by mat
tiers that are happening about him
passing teams. pretty girls and the
like. But watch the near front wheel
and you will find it an easy matter 10
avoid an approaching team, even
though it be a runaway. The next
time you sc across the avenue try the
experiment of watching the front wheel
and you will agree with me that it is
a saving clause as they say in con-
gress. Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

The seven days preceding and the
seven days following the winter sol
stice were called ny the ancients hal
cyon days This phrase is derived
from Il fable which sets forth that Hal
cyouc. Il princess who grievel so deep
ly for the loss at sea Of her spouse, was
sent thithcr in pity in the form of a
haicyon bird or kingiisher
According to the legend, the halcyon
bird had during the time of breeding
the power Of lulling the waves, and it
was believed at this time the sea was
always calm ana m ght be navigated
in perfect security. Experience. of
course. dispelled this fable; but, like
many another old world story, it has
left behind it a distorted meaning.
In this case the connection between
the old and the new significance is
clear. for the term, once expressive of
peace and calm upon the waters, is
equally expressive Of tranquility upon
the sea of life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

The word lobster as a slang term
of ridicule and opprobrium is generally
regarded as of recent origin. On the
contrary, it would seem to go back at
least to the seventeenth century. In
John Baldwin Buckstone's play, THE
Green Bushes" produced in London
about seventy years ago, the scenes
are laid at the time of the Irish rebel
lion of 1898. One of the characters
mentions the English soldiers derisive-
ly as HOLSTERS referring no doubt to
the uniforms of the 'redcoats." Eden
Phillpotts in his novel, ''The Farm of
the Dagger" published last year,
makes an American prisoner of the
war of 1912 speak of the British sol
dierS as HOLSTERS" \ fanciful etymol.
ogist might easily find a connection be
tween the present day slang use of
lobster" and the sixteenth century
word lob" denoting a sluggish and
stupid person, which occurs in Shake
speare and contemporary plays and
poems. usually as a synonym for club
Der" But the earliest known instance
of the derisive use Of the slang term is
the coupling of holsters and tatterde-
malions.' meaning soll:ers and va
grants. by Toc2 Blown qG73-17OA.
Brown is the satirst who made the
much quoted impromptu adaptation of
an epigram by Martial directing it
against his ms 80 tor all beginning.
Il do not Ike thee, Dr. Fcll.'-Phila
delphia Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Burke and His Associates.

The free and easy manners of the
political and literary friends with
whom Burke associated are exhibited
by personal anecdote He often ask
ed his friends to sup on beefsteak or
leg of mutton. One night the house
sat late, and Burke brought home to
supper Fox and two or three more of
the Wing politicians. Mrs. Burke's
face told of the ill provided larder.
Surely" said the host, answering his
wife's look of annoyance, there's beef
enough!''
Fox and another gentleman, seeing
the state of affairs, hurried off to Il
tavern, where they obtained such
dishes as could be purchased. Amid
much laughter, they returned and set
the table with the food they had for
aged. Burke called them the most
skillful of walters, and there was an
amusing, satisfactory supper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Among the queer industries of China
is that of breeding wax producing in.
sects in the Chienchang valley during
May. But the insects will not work
in their birthplace and have to be car
ried 400 miles in gourds by porters
travelling only by night. There are
thousands Of insects in the gourds and
wrapped in leaves picked from the
wood oil tree. His journey ended, the
porter Immediately goes to his master
and delivers his burden of gourds. At
once the leafy bags are tied to the
branches Of the ash trees. which are
only i've or six feet high By Sept.
tie trees look as if covered with snow
1t is Il snow, however. not amenable to
the temperatures which wipe out ordi
nary snow The branches are then cut
off, and their quarter of an inch Of
pure white coGting is scraped Off TIL
wax is heated strained and turned
into molds TO be used for lighting, fur
niture polish ana imparting gloss to
gilk.-St James Gazette.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

The amount OF energy people some
times eXpend in making a bad matter
worse is illustrated by the story of q
chance encounter in a street car told
10 the World by a New York man.
It was on a Broadway car. and there
were few passengers. \ man boarded
the ear and sat down by my side His
clothing was muddy and torn, and he
had handkerchief wrapped round one
hand.
Il guess l am the biggest fool in
town" he remarked looked interest
ed, and he continued:
See that car four blocks ahead?
Well. | ran block to overtake it and
gave the conductor dime. He handed
me a nickel. which fell from my hand
to the street. l yelled for him to stop
the car He did not do it, and l jump.
ed off and landed all spraddled out like
an old saddle. See my clothes? Well,
the jump did it"
l asked the man if he found the
nickel
"Oh, yes, l found the nickel, but
what good did it do me? l could not
Overtake the car from which l had
jumped, and so | boarded this car and
gave the nickel to the conductor. So
| skinned my hand. spoiled my clothes
and risked my neck just to find that
five cent piece and give it to the street
railway"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Birds while still in the egg have a
sharp, horny spike attached to the up
per part of the beak, by means of
which they are assisted in breaking
out of the shell. This prominence be-
comes opposed to the shell at various
points in line extending all around
the egg at about one-third of the eggs
length from the large end. 1t makes a
series of little holes. thus weakening
the shell, and when the chick arrives
at certain stage of strength and de-
velopment it has no difficulty in break
ing out. In the common fowl this little
weapon drops off a day or two after it
is Matched, but on the pigeon and birds
that are fed by their parents it some
times remains for two weeks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Presence of Mind.

The following is a true story Of ~
incident that happened in an English
village:
A husband had gone out for the even
ing and left his wife and child at homo
The woman was about to retire for tho
night when. to her amazement. she nor
ceived the foot of a man beneath tbo
bed. Instead of calling for assistance
as some would have done. she coov
went to the child's cot and sat and
sang till the child went to sleep. Two
hours then remained before her Inns.
band came in. He was surprised IN
find her waiting up, but when his wife
handed him an envelope, saying. "You
might run and post this" the cause Of
her waiting was revealed. Instead of
letter the following was written or
the envelope: "A burglar is under our
bed. Run; fetch police The husband
returned in minute with a policeman
and the man was arrested. The bur
glar when brought up before the mag.
istrate remarked that he had come
across a few brave women in his time
but this one must have had a nerve
like iron. for she sat there for three
solid hours. He had the impression
that she didn't know he was there tin
the policeman pulled him out.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Friendly Murder.

When Commodore Billings and Mr..
Main We're on the river kahima they
had for attendant a young man from
Kanoga. an island between Kamchat-
ka and North America. One day Mr..
Main asked him. what will the saw
ages do to me if fall into their pow.
err
Sir" said the youth. you will new
cr fall into their power if l remain
with you. always carry Il sharp
knife. and if l see You pursued and
unable to escape l will plunge my
knife into your heart; then the savages
can do nothing To YOU"
This recalls the words of the French
kniaht reported by Jonville. swear
to me-" said Queen Margaret, that if
the Saracens become masters of Dami-
eta YOU will cut off my head before
tEey can take me-"
"N'iilingly." returned the knight. Il
had already thought of doing so if the
contingency arrived"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

1t has been seriously asserted by
many people that we are naturally
lighter after meal, and they have
even gone the length of explaining this
by the amount of gas that is developed
from the food. Average observations,
however, show that we lose pounds 6
ounces between night and morning;
that we gain l pound y ounces by
breakfast. that we again lose about II
ounces before lunch; that lunch puts
on an average of pound; that we
again lose 10 ounces, but that an ordl-
nary dinner to healthy persons adds 9
pounds ounces to their weight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
A Bible Legend OF the Panther.

One of the oldest stories in the "Bes-
tiaries," or stories of Bible animals
written by the monks, is the legend of
the panther. THE panther" so the
homily runs, lis the most beautiful of
all beasts. More than this, when it
goes abroad it diffuses a marvellous
sweet perfume. This odor is so sweet
that all the other beasts and birds fol
low the panther wherever it goes.
Wherefore the panther is type of vir-
tue" Perhaps the old monks who Dor
rowed and embellished this story had
heard of and misunderstood the strong
love of sweet scents which the panther
and its relations. the lions and leop-
ards, often show.-London Spectator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Getting Even With Martin.

Martin Hobbs was man of uncer
tain temper, but of such Importance in
his native town that the lash of his
tongue was borne with patience by
those to whom he grudgingly minis
tered in his capacities of iceman,
plumber and janitor of the town hall.
In the course of his duties as janitor
he reduced almost to the verge of tears
young woman who asked for the key
Of a room in the town hall where GER
tain records we're kept.
Martin knew that she was writing
the history of the town, but he did not
propose to strew her path with roses.
''Lockin' and unlockin'," he grumbled
as he began fumbling in his pockets,
"potterin' and putterin', fussin' and
fdgetin', and what does it amount to
when all's said an done? Anybody asst
ye to write a hist'ry? Who's agoin' to
read it? Here's your key. and mind
you fetch it back and lay it on that
table if I'm not here"
The town assessor was at work
where he heard this ungracious ad
dress, and when the young woman re
turned the key he said Indignantly:
Martin outdid himself in rudeness
this morning, should say"
"Oh, WELL" said the young historian
'he felt little cross and had to
grnmble; that's all"
"Never you mind" said the assessor
sheerfully. "Im going to make out
his tax bill today, and l shall assess
him for seven more hensg"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
An Invitation TO Dine.

"San Francisco is only an hours
Journey from Baltimore, comparative
~ speaking" said resident of the
City of the Golden Gate. In the old
days it took month to cross the
plains, and you riSked your life to
round Cape Horn. Now you board a
comfortable Pullman in Baltimore nj
4 O'Clock in the afternoon and take din
ner at in FriSco-almost. And since
the days of rapid railroad transit have
begun the Pacific coast has not been
so far out of the world as one might
imagine who had not taken the trip
Why, l remember when people read
with awe of thrilling journeys all the
way from the eastern coast towns to
Pittsburg and when a nan would
shudder his teeth loose with Just think
ing of the terrible trip to Chicago
while to mention Salt Lake City or
Denver would bring up hideous visions
of starless nights on arid deserts ami
wholesale maSsacreS by red demons.
And, speaking of red demons, l think
the cigar store Indian has done much
to overcome eastern fear of the noble
red man, standing in innScent bravery
all day long, with wooden Ratchet in
one hand and a bunch of cigars i'll the
other.
"But what was l talking about? Oh,
yes-Frisco bong so close to Balti-
more. Come out some Sunday and
take dinner with meP' = Baltimore
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The 0diOus Boot.

If there is one thing in our civiliza-
ton more odious than butchery it is
our footwear. 1t is an additional crime
of flesh eating that it condemns us to
the use of its byproducts to cripple, de-
form. befoul and enfeeble our feet.
What would our hands be like if we
carried them about in leather boxes
The foot should be as presentable as
the hand. as healthy. sun burned and
almost as pliable. 1t needs the purify
ing access of the air and the stimulat-
ing effects of the outdoor cold and heat.
Instead of allowing it this freedom we
shut it up In a stiff, foul, unventilated
prison, where its clammy paiior sug-
geSts vegetables that sprout in a dark
cellar We bind the toes together and
doom them to atrophy until Il foot is a
thing to weep over. Happy the day
when there will be no more leather for
boOtS.-IIumane Review.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Bizet,s Bed Ribbon.

BiZet. the author of the popular op,
era Carmen who died a month after
its first production. was not at any
time a lucky man. He was even dec.
GRATED through mistake, says a writ.
er, 'for his friends. presaging the fail.
ure of Carmen bombarded the minis.
ter before the production and begged a
decoration for NJ. George Bizet 'Bzet?
asked the minister. Who is Bizet?'
a remarkable genius was the reply,
who has already produced several eX-
traordinarily fine works. Among them
the most popular is perhaps "LArle-
sienne."' '"L'ArleSienne?" interrupt
ed the minister Why. it is a perfectly
fascinating book. l read it with ex-
IRENE pleasure. Tell your friends that
the thing is done The minister was
not musical, but he had read novel
by Alphonse Daudet, and Bizet won his
red ribbon"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Don't talk 10 me about the recipes
In that magazine" said Mrs. Lane,
with great energy. Wasn't that the
very magazine that advised me to put
on that sody solution and leave the Ia
bIecloth out overnight to take off those
yellow staius:"
I'm inclined to think it may have
been" said Mrs. Lanes sister, with
due meeknesS. Il sent you a number
of them in the spring. l remember"
We'll. and what happened?" asked
Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath
didn't the st-ins disappear?" asked
her sister.
Disappear" SID Mrs. Lane in a
whitening tone 1t was the tablecloth
that disappeared. l don't know any.
thing about the stains"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
DIN Met Go to R0ost.

A matter of fact mind, like Mrs Sal
ter's, is Il comfort to the person who
has it and a never ending delight to
the person friends.
Il suppose you went to bed with the
chickens while you were away" said
one of the neighbors after Mrs. Salter
had returned from her vacation visit to
a farm.
mo, indeed" said Mrs. Salter indig
nantly. "They were very neat, quiet
people, though they've never had city
advantages. We had rooms in the
front of the house, on the second story,
and the chickens slept somewhere at
the back of the house. We never saw
them after sunset, and we were there
nearly three weeks. am sure farming
people are often more particular than
we have been led to suppose
Youths Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

1t has been stated that it was in 1867.
at the siege OF Gambia, in Crete, that
siege guns were first used. This state
ment is contradicted, however, by a
writer, who says that just before the
siege Of Constantnop.e "A Hungarian Or
Wallachian cannon founder named Ur-
ban east in 1862 at Adrianople can
non (which remained for many years
the wonder of Europe and marks an
epoch in the continually increasing
power of guns" Urban's cannon was
dragged by sixty oxen to Constantine
pie in 1853 and threw a stone ball of
1920 pounds weight. 1t was fred sew
en- times a day and once each night
The Turks used at the siege two other
cannon nearly as large and altogether
had fourteen batteries, each containing
four guns. along the length of the wall
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The Danes Bill of Fare.

Lieutenant Robert e. Peary at
dinner of the Arctic society once spoke
on the privations suffered by his party
in his previous expedition. In the course
4 nis remarks he mentioned the fact
that the sole article of diet for thirty
days of one of the members of his par
ty, Dane was dried bones. After
ward Lieutenant Peary was approach
ed by friend who expressed increduli-
ty. That must have been great Dane
of yours" said he sneeringly. Yes"
replied the lieutenant; "he was a splen-
did dog"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
4 ThriNing Spectacle.

The top section of the Cresta run, at
st. Moritz. Switzerland. known as the
Church Leap" is something sleeper
than the roof of house, and to see
one of the masters of tobogganing nego-
tiating it is, as the Bystander observes,
a vision for the gods. But the most
exciting place, without doubt, is at the
finish. After longish strip of straight
and sudden dip the course PUSHES up
a steep hill and at the summit loses it
self in soft snow on the level. SO ter
rife is the speed of the tobogganer at
this point that although he brakes
hard up the hill, he cannot prevent his
machine from leaping skyward at the
top. To see rider after rider sweep
up that slope and fly into the air. land
ing twenty, thirty or forty feet off in a
shower Of snow. is to experience an
indescribable thrill.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Pecnliarities of Lichens.

The lchen is remarkable for the great
age TO which it lives. there being good
grounds for believing that they endure
as long as hundred years. Their
growth is exceedingly slow. almost be
yond belief, indicating that only little
nouriShment is necessary to keep them
alive. In dry time they have the pow
er to suspend growth altogether. renew
Ing it again at the fall of rain. This
popularity alone is enough to make the
lichen a vegetable wonder as it is a
property possessed by no other species
of plant. Another interesting fact about
licbens is that they grow only where
the air is free from dust and smoke.
They may be said to be a sure indica-
ton of the purity of the air, as they are
never found growing in cities and
towns. where the atmosphere is impreg-
mated with dust, SCOT, smoke and other
impurities.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
SINGERS of Greece.

The Acarnanians were considered the
most skillful singers of Greece. These
weapons were used not only to throw
ptones, but balls of lead, and in some
localities, especially in the plain OF
Marathon, many of these metal projec
tiles have been found. The relics are
interesting from the inscriptions and
devices cut upon them, which consist
of the names Of persons and appropri-
ate epithets. the legend in many cases
meaning when fully translated Look
outp'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
TEACHING THE HORSE.
Will Learn Anything His Muscles
Can Perform.

Expert hOrsemen believe that a horse
can be taught to do anything that it is
possible for an animal so formed and
to be utterly fearless Thus we know
of horses rushing into battle with ?
fearlessness that is magnificent, al
though in the beginning of their lives
they may have been foolishly timid,
shying at everything unusual that hap
pened to be seen in their travels.
In order to teach a horse fearlessness
he must be accustomed to all sorts OF
sights and sounds. He must come to
know that because something that he
sees or hears is unusual it does not fol
low that it is harmful. for it is the IN
usual things that frighter him. The
horse is an animal of one idea at
time and is not able to discriminate. so
say the men who have made Il study of
the horse. While he will travel along
quietly close by the roar of a train. he
may tremble at the fiutter of piece OF
loose paper flying in the wind. 1t IS
not the frightfuneSS of the object that
seems TO alarm him. but the unfamil-
iarity of it. Horse trainers say that
the mistakes made in breaking and
training a colt is that it is too often
done in the seclusion of some country
road instead of amid the sights and
sounds that the animal must necessari-
ly become familiar with later
AS soon rs the horse becomes famii-
Ear with anything and has learned to
believe that il viii not hurt him he
will stand quietly or trot along peace
fully. even though all sorts of noises
and queer sights are about him. Thus
the artillery horse will stand amid the
roar Of cauuons. being used TO the
noise and not knowing that the sound
predicts anguish and death. Il is we'll
to accuStOm a horse TO unusual sounds
as soon rs possible after he is trained
for riding or driving 1t renders him
safe and docile even though lie be
spirited animal A certain trainer %
horses said that nm ideal school for
horses would contain thrashing ma
chimes, pile drivers, steam drills. cleo
tric. steam and elevated cars. a band
of martial music and a gang of quarry
men blasting rock \ horse that was
drilled among such bellam as this
would indeed prove immune to strange
noises. The gentle family horse petted
by man and child. is not always train
ed to all this, yet he often makes a use
full and faithful ANIMAL loved by his
owner ami evidently making some re-
turn OF aGccuon-uetroit Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Not Old Age.

"Weel, John, how are you today"
asked a Scottish minister on meeting
one of his parishioners.
"Gey weel. sir; gey weel," replied
John cautiously; 'gin it wasna for
the rheumatism in the RIGHT leg"
"Ah, John. be thankful, for there is
no mistake you are getting old like the
rest of us. and old age doesn't come
alone"
"Auld age, SIR" returned John. 81
wonder to hear We. Aud aga has
naething tae dae wit. Here's my
ither leg jist as aud, an it's soond an
soople yet"