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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Those Queer Women.

"Women are mighty queer about
some things" remarked a conductor
the other day. 1--WE been watching
them for ten years on this line, and
every day l see some new popularity.
You just watch the next one that gets
in. There's one vacant seat left, and
she'll walk up to it and turn clear
around in her tracks before she sits
down. Here comes one now"
Sure enough, the woman who stepped
on the car just then spied the empty
seat, made for it and, reaching it..
turned clear around before she sat
down.
"You see how it is" continued the
conductor, returning after taking her
fare. "They all do it. There isn't one
woman in ten but what turns around
before she takes her seat. Perhaps it's
natural for 'em, just as 1t is for a dog
to whirl around three times before he
lies down. I've seen more than one wo-
man lose her seat by having some one
else slip into it while she was going
through her preliminary turn. But a
little lesson like that doesn't do them
any good. They keep on turning
around before taking a seat just the
same"-Exchange
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
squeIched Him.

The Hon. Patrick A. Collins some
years ago was presiding over Demo
cratic convention in Massachusetts, in
which was an Irish delegate from his
own end of Boston, the proprietor of
half dozen saloons and thick, old
fashioned brogue. He was very anx-
ious, for some reason, to get the floor
and jumped up every time he thought
he saw chance for it until he had
become nuisance to the whble con-
vention. At last, just as a committee
was about to report, he jumped up
again right in front. "Alr. President"
he shouted, "Mr. President" Collins
raped sternly with his gavel. but did
not otherwise recognize him. "NIr.
President" he continued. "Mr Presi-
dint"
Again Collins raped vigorously, this
time turning his keen eyes upon the
obstreperous delegate with wither-
ing glance. But instead of whitening
it so eAasperated the delegate that he
shook his fist at the presiding officer
and yelled. "You. Pat Collins, want
the furey' Collins leaned right over
the table at that, shook his gavel at the
disturber and quietly but fiercely said,
"Sit down. you terrier!" The terrier
promptly took his seat. while the con
vention howled with delight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Royal annals have never recorded a
more varied and extensive wardrobe
than that which belonged to the "vir-
gin queen" Even at the age of sixty
eight when she might be supposed to
have outlived her youthful vanity. she
possessed % complete official cos
tunes, 100 French gowns, 100 robes
with trains and 81 without. 1876 an
tique dresses. 1876 bodices. 1c5 tunics,
not to mention such trifes as 96 man
ties. SIS dressing gowns and 81 fans.
1t is possible that she had an ugly
foot, for she possessed only nine pairs
of shoes. which. considering her ex-
travagances in other articles of ap-
parel. must have some meaning. At
her death 5000 articles We're found
duly catalogued in her wardrobe which
had adorned her proud person.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
HOW GLASS Bends arc Made.

A rope walk is connected with the
glass factory, a narrow gallery about
$50 feet long, so situated that the mid
die Of it is not far from the furnaces.
Two workmen seize huge wedge of
molten glass between their blowpipes,
and after it has been blown hollow
they gradually stretch it out into a
long, swinging rope, hollow in the CEN
ter. When cool. it Is skillfully Clipped
into fragments of uniform size These
fragments are then picked up by boys
and stirred in a tub with sand and
ashes to fill the holes and prevent the
sides iattening when heat is again APP
piled. This final heating is done in
skillet over hot fire to round the
edges and give the beads globular
form. When cool they are placed in
sleeves, the sand and ashes drop out Of
the holes, and the beads are ready to
be sorted according to size.-London
Standard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
EXPLORING THE PAST
GREAT WORK OF PROFESSOR Hill.
PRECHT AT ANCIENT NIPPUR.

Sixteen Buried Cities Lying One Up
on Another Have Been Uncovered.
Their Ruins Yield Up Secrets That
Bear on Biblical History.
The great universities of the United
States have in recent years broadened
the scope of their work in many ways.
Original research on the part of both
students AMI faculty is encouraged
now to much greater extent than in
former years. In spite of the popular
1ty of scientific studies it is notewor-
thy that greater attention than ever
before is being given to study of the
antiquities of Greece and Egypt and
Babylonia and other lands whose
greatness lies chiefly in the past. The
University of Pennsylvania has done
much to encourage archaeological in
vestigation. The curator of its collec-
ton of Babylonian antiquities is the
famous archaeologist, Professor Her
man V. Hilprecht. He is soon to start
on his fifth expedition for the. eXcava-
ton and exploration of the antiquities
of Nippur, which was center of reli-
gion and civilization from four to sew
en- thousand years ago. The funds pro-
vided by the University of Pennsylva-
mia have enabled this Jealous antigua
Ran to carry on a most important
work in the ruins of ancient Nippur
Professor Hilprecht is regarded as hay
ing carried the knowledge of the his
tory of the race back to very ancient
period, and yet the excavations made
at Nippur show that the civilization of
the people who built the temples and
palaces there some I 900 years ago was
ancient even so long ago as then.
Archaeological study reveals the fact
that the ancients knew a great deal
more than is usually supposed about
science, architecture and various prac-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
The Name OF LOn0On.

The old name for the city of London
was Lynden or Llynden, meaning the
city by the lake" An old tradition
gives us to understand that Londor
was founded by Brute, a descendant
of Eneas, and that it was first Gale
New Troy or Troynovant. In the time
of Lud it was surrounded by a wall
and was then known as Lud's Town,
or CHr-Lud. This latter is probably
the correct version of the origin of tAe
name of London if for no other re3.
son because it is such an easy matter
to detect a similarity between the ex
pressions London and Lud's Town. 1t
is claimed by some writer's that there
was city on the present site of Lon
don in the year 1907 B. c.. and it is
known that the Romans founded a city
there and called it Londinium in the
year 81 A. d.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
sKcrchunl<" Did 1t,

A train on a new railroad was rum
ming down a grade, says the Kansas
City Star, when one of the side rods of
the engine broke The train stopped
at the foot of the grade with the good
cylinder ION center" and when the
broken side had been uncoupled the
engine could not be started.
The engineer the conductor and the
passengers took turns trying to devise
a way to start it. At last a farmers
boy crawled through barb wire fence
and came over to make a suggestion.
"Why don't you let Ter go kerchunk?"
he asked
"What" demanded the conductor,
not grasping the idea.
"Why, let 'er go kerchunk. Unhitch
the last car and shove 'er up the grade
a ways. Then let 'er come down ker-
chunk against the train. That'll bump
Ter along some"
The railroad men shifted contemptu-
ously, but the passengers sided with
the boy, so at last it was decided to
try his scheme. All hands turned to
and pushed the car little way up the
hill. Then it was sent, with increasing
speed, back against the train, which it
struck with the foreseen "kerchunk."
The ''kerchunk" did the work. The en-
CINE was bumped off center, the en-
gineer gave it enough steam to keep
it slowly moving, the passengers scram-
bled aboard, and the one legged outfit
limped away on its journey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

slopes were left behind. They were
coming to a more level country that
could be crossed with greater speed.
DR.. Tom was mentally counting up the
miles and the hours it would take to
traverse them when he saw a light
twinkling just ahead. Apparently it
was man with lantern going in the
same direction and running as well as
he was able to in the darkness. DR..
Tom urged his horse forward.
''IIello!' he shouted cheerily as he
drew near. What are you doing out
in a night like this? Better go back to
your bedn'
In the storms roar the voice sounded
hoarse and unnatural. The man put
his hand to his ear inquiringly and
waited for the horse to approach. Dr.
Tom could see the figure dimly by the
lanterns light, but was himself almost
invisible
Coin fOr-a-doctOr!' the man
yelled as the horse came opposite "AIy
daughters hurt an must have help at
once. Are you p'inted toward the ferry
bridge?"
"Yes."
''Well," with what sounded like
great sob of thankfulness, "s'pose We
send Il doctor up to my place quick
Bill Saybrook's. on the slope, half
mile from here. Ye can go a lot
quicker'n l can. Send anybody. Mol
lie said Dr. Tom Howard. She wants
him, but he amt so handy s DR.. Pc
tiers, an we must have somebody at
once"
Or. Tom had caught his breath
sharply and leaned forward Ueplaced
a hand upon the mans shoulder
81 am DR.. Howard" he said rs it
Mollie Saybrook you mean. the one
who taught school at the Corners?"
The man held up his lantern, and
now the sob was unmistakabe. Tears
were streaming down his face.
1.-THE Lord sent ye," he choked.
"Tain't no mans work in this. It's
miracle. l knowed in my heart l
couldn't get no doctor here in time, but
l would kill myself a-tryin'. Come"
He caught the bride in his hand and
struck directly into a thicker growth
of trees straight toward his cabin, cry
ing and laughing in the same breath
and talking incoherently to himself
and the doctor.
Moliie was sleeping peacefully, out of
danger, when DR.. Tom left the cabin
at DAYLIGHT and turned his horse IN
ward the bridge at the ferry. AS he
rode along at a brisk pace there was
rapt look on the young doctors face.
perhaps it was the Lord" he said
to the horse as his hand went softly to
the animals neck who knows? But
you were the messenger and forced
me into my happiness"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

safer than the mans Impotence. More
than once lightning's flash revealed
black hole in front or to one side, with
Jagged, precipitous slopes rising or
falling beyond, but always under the
horses careful feet was firm footing,
sometimes Il narrow shelf scarcely wild
er than was necessary for them to pass,
sometimes a declivity so steep that
the animals launches almost touched
the rock as he picked his way down.
But the progress was slow, slow
criminally slow it seemed to the impa-
tient doctor. who wanted to be at his
work
Presently from brief glimpses obtain
ed in the Hastings he realized they
were swerving far out of their course,
and he caught up the reins with a
quick, determined grasp.
Obediently the horse turned back to-
ward the straight line, but few min
utes later, when another flash came. he
was heading in the old direction. Again
he was turned. sharply. and again he
went on in straight course for few
steps, only to swerve once more to his
chosen way in the inky blackness
which followed the Hastings.
Again and again did DR.. Tom swing
him to the direct line. with increasing
1mpatience and harshness. and just as
often did the horse swerve promptly
to his own course. With the rain and
wind beating in his face. stumbling
over rough ground and sometimes
among trees where the branches al
most swept him from the saddle, Dr.
Tom could only judge the course by
the lightning. In the darkness the
horse had his own way. and in the
darkness the horse persisted in choos-
Ing the one which DR.. Tom believed to
be wrong. But apparently there was
no help for it. and at last. defeated,
he allowed the reins once more to hang
loosely upon the horses neck.
Il Gradually above the roaring of the
storm there had been rising another
sound-peculiar, menacing in its per-
pistency and suddenly ineligible. Dr.
Aom drew quick breath, and his
I"nu went TO tie -O4.ie's neck In ca
\ ressing apology. The branch which
nad been easily forded ON the way up
nau become raging torrent with the
satnerlng of ke heavy rainfall and
was now tearing down the mountain,
pnloosening rocks and uprooting trees
It's wild course. Had they stumbled
INTO its mad waters in the darkness
mere would have been little chance of
emerging alive And the horses al
Pred course meant that he was pick
pg his way toward the bridge at the
cry road. the only way to get beyond
ne branch and river and SO home.
An hour went by, and the sleeper
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

teal arts Among the valuable finds
which Professor Hilprechts eXpedi-
ton made was that of library COM
posed of perhaps 100000 tablets in
scribed with records pertaining to
large number of subjects. Many of
these tablets have been brought to
this country. In the work of decipher-
Ing them much has been learned about
the daily life of the people of that far
away age. 1t is learned that they had
houses built with more or less scien-
tific system of drainage, that they
used machinery and that bargains and
sales were made matters of record,
farms being leased and crops some
times mortgaged. The records tell of
children studying grammar, and some
of the tablets contain hymns resem-
bling the psalms of the Old Testament.
The discoveries have an important
bearing on Biblical research, for they
confirm many statements of the OLD
Testament writings in respect to places
and things and persons about which we
have had no other knowledge hitherto
except that contained in the Bible.
For instance, the Sargon mentioned in
the Scriptures was supposed by many
students to be a mythical parsonage.
But Professor Hilprecht's eXcavators
dug down and revealed the temple of
Sargon L., and his rule was fixed at
n 4 ,fe,
temple they found the ruins of the an
cient city of Calush, mentioned in Gen
esis Y, TO-
The age of Abraham seems a long
way back in the past. Yet Nippur was
ancient in Abraham's time. Some of
the antiquities Professor Hilprecht has
exhumed date back to period as long
before that of Abraham as the an
Equities of Greece and Rome antedate
our own era.
The work of deciphering the tablets
secured in the excavation of Nippur
has but just begun. Doubtless they
will yet yield up many revelations con-
corning the people of that distant era
Professor Hilprecht says in respect to
this work of translation: Il am con-
WINGED that when l shall have compet-
ed this gigantic task the civilized world
will be compelled to change altogether
its idea as to the state Of civilization
and knowledge of the people of ancient
Babylona More than 1900 years be-
fore the advent of the Christian era
the people of that country had estab-
lished the fact that the earth is in the
form of a globe. In fact their astrono-
mers took practically the same view
of many of the celestial phenomena as
we take today. The work of unearth-
ing Nippur is indeed monster task.
1t is, in fact. nothing less than sixteen
cities built one upon another We have
by no means penetrated the lowest of
these buried cities"
The next expedition will leave some
time during the coming winter and.
including the Arab eXcavators and
their families, will form a caravan of
some 1000 persons. The excavation
Of the temple of Baal is the especial
object of this expedition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Horse, Doctor
And Girl
By FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright, 1904. by Frank H. Sweet

There was a flash so binding that
DIR. Tom Howard closed his eyes and
( the horse threw up his head with
whinny of terror then almost instant
" came a crash as of Il thousand can
non. which rolled across the mountains
in Il reverberation of receding echoes.
After that all was as it had been be-
fofe-inky black.
"a ,Or. Tom bent his face to avoid the
liant of rain, at the same time touch
ing the horses flank encouragingly
with his hand. But they could go no
faster, as he knew. for the horse was
picking his way down the mountain
Side step by step, with nose forward
as though smelling the way and with
ears alert for sounds that might indi-
cate their course.
Ahead were patients who might be
needing him, to whom his coming
might be the difference between life
and death. Henceforth his life must
be his work. His patients were not to
be divided even with the girl he had
hoped to make his wife At first he
had thought she would reconsider, re-
lent, but her sudden departure. with
but note or explanation, had meant it
was to be the end. He did not even
know to what part of the world she
had gone.
n He had already been away from
home twenty-four hours on a journey
Rof forty miles into the mountains to
4save Il man who had been accidentally
shot, and now, against the advice of
hardy mountaineers, was forcing his
way back in the very teeth of one of
the fierce hill storms.
From time to time his hand went
back to pat the horses flank encour-
agingly, and at every contact of the
hand the horse started forward a little
more briskly in an effort to please him,
only to return almost instantly, how
ever to the slow, cautious gait, as if
realizing that it was absolutely neces-
sary to their safety. Soon there came
another binding flash even as the
hand once more dropped upon the
flank. and Dr. Toms face blanched a
little for directly in front of them was
yawning fissure.
After that for time he allowed the
horse to choose the way, with the reins
hanging loosely across his neck. The
horses nose and ears and instinct were
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

additional trains leave baltimore for Union
Bridge and Intermediate Stations at 10 u n. m
and l5 and 8 Is and II % p. m, and leave
Union Bridge for Baltimore and Intermedi-
ate Stations N 4 As SIS and 05 a. M, and
1850 p m. daily, except sunday.
sundays only-leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge and intermediate stations at $50 n m
and 2.3Dp m Leave Union Bridge att and
$50 a m. and i0h p. m. for Baltimore and In
termediat' stations.
Baltimore an Cumberland Valley H. r. =
Leave Hagerst wn for Shippensburg and In.
termediate stations at l.0ia m. an 720p M
For Chambersbur 9 30 u m. Leave Ship.
p ms uTg for Hagerstown an Intermediate
stations vt $40 n. m. and 255 d. m Leave
ChambeTshurg .45p m
Trains via Altenwald Cut Of Leave Hag-
erstown for t'hambersburg and Intermedi te
Stations Mt 800 p, m. l. ave Chambersburg
for tagerstown and intermediate Stations at
8n3 p m.
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at s 80
and 10 ~ a. m. and $50 and $50 ID. m Leave
Emmitsburg for Rocky Ridge at 7.55 and 9.55
q. m. and IS and so p. m
cave Bruceville for Frederick at s.S8, gs8
snd 1910 m. and AS. and 8.45 p. M
cave BTuceville for Columbia, Littlestown
and Taneytown at 9.47 a. III and 3.45 p. m
! cave Frederick for Baltimore at $50 a. m
and 800 and S. p m.
Connections at cherry Run, w Va.-B q O.
pass niger trains lea g berry Run for Cum
berand and Intermediate points daily at
8h5 a m; hicago Express dai y. At Y. up m
pittsbnrg and Cleveland Express, daily, at
IL. 3 p. m.
sDaily All others daily except Sunday
B H. GRISwOLD, FIN. HOWELL,
Genl Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass Agt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
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Facts About Bath Brick.

Few would connect tie common bath
brick of our kitchens with a caprice Of
nature or would credit that there is
but one spot on the entire globe where
these securing blocks can be manu-
featured. Yet SO it is. for all bath
bricks are made at Bridgewater, in
Somersetshire. and there only. because
the river Parret deposits for a dis
lance Of few hundred yards only the
peculiar compound Of sand and slime
Of which they are composed. Nowhere
else in the world is similar compound
to be found.-London Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

agreement with that of Korea provid
Ing that it Should engage as its finan.
cial adviser a japanese subject recon,
mended by the mkado and as adviser
to the department of foreign affairs a
foreigner whom the Japanese emperor
should recommend. The mikado called
on Mr.. Stevens to take the post OF
foreign adviser.
Mr.. Stevens is accustomed to giving
advice. Much of the time for the past
twenty years he has been honorar,
counselor to the japanese legation AZ
Washington. His career began in the
service of his own country. For ter
years he was secretary of the United
States legation at Tokyo. and this time
he employed in acquiring a thorough
familiarity with oriental history, Gus
toms and languages.
When he resigned his post in 1889
the Japanese rendered him a place il
their department of foreign affairs
which gave him opportunity to render
important service to the mikado. He
did very valuable work in connection
with the revision of treaties and in
1884 accompanied a Japanese embassy
which was sent to Korea to settle diff.
ficulties that had arisen between that
country and China and Japan. For
his service Oh this occasion he received
from the mikado the decoration of the
third class of the Rising Sun, being
promoted to the second class. During
the war with China he was again able
to be of much help to the Japanese
and in consequence the mikado deco
rated him with the order of the Sacred
Treasure. He has become an authority
on oriental laws and usages.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Az ..oGR TO AN EMPEROR.
Peculiar Position Held by an Amer
lean In Korea.

A unique position is now held by
Durham White Stevens. an American
who has been for some years in the
service of the Japanese government.
Mr.. Stevens is adviser to the emperor
of Korea. 1t has been said that his
position makes him practically ruler Of
IL. !,erInit nation, under the guidance.
Of course of the Japanese. Mr.. Ste
vens denies that his Office carries any
sch authority. However, the facts go
TO show that he is clothed with con.
siderable inAWence over Korean affairs
AS is we'll known. It was in part TO
prevent Russia from Selling Korea that
the mikado Went % war.
In conformity with this policy tic
Japanese government entered into An
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
A Quaint Story.

The Irish solicitor general. speaking
the other day upon decisions, told
story of a north of Ireland Protestant
who was perfectly sane save on one
point. This stanch Protestant harbored
the delusion that one of his legs be-
longed to Roman Catholic. and there
fore when he went to bed every night
he used to leave the Catholic leg out
side the blanket by way of punish
ment