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wards, to lose gain over its clubhouse card
tables, and to dance III the full glare of Shep-
heard's bathrooms. Beautiful women and cour
tesans, ordng and roue, statesman and parve
nue. politician, gather to drink its draught of
pleasure and to write down new scandals its
overcrowded tablets. There is no motive but
desire, and no God but Mammon, in European
Cairo
Side by side with these modern palaces, with
in hearing of the ballroom music is another
Cairo-native Cairo. Ancient and unprogressive.
filthy yet picturesque, poverty.stricken but
aboundng with color even in its rags greedy of
small gain, yet charitable toward each other
and to the dogs who swarm in the narrow
streets the native quarter is the same as it was
hundreds of years ago. And the undercurrent
of feeling which, beneath surface trvialities,
binds it to the past, is El-Islam Every Moslem
citizen of Cairo, turns with contempt from its
modern efforts at city building, to the heteroge.
neous of domes and minarets that goes by
the name of Gamia el-Azhar. To him the Uni
versity is beautiful and perfect, and unparalleled
by the achievements of any other place or peo-
pie.
1t is difficult for to understand this uni
versity. Gama elAzhar is without the attrac-
tions that often weigh i'll the selection of an
alma mater. 1t is without campus, without ath-
letc field, without gymnasium, and without dor
mitories So hemmed in is it by clustering shops
and high roofs, that the visitor is hardly aware
of the hoary pile till he stands drawing on slip,
pers over his snoes in its main gateway This
portal reioices in the plebeian name of the Gate
of the BARRIERS because there the students used
to have their heads shaved. So worthy of me-
mortal all ancient practices, in the eyes of
a Moslem.
To the right is the library. Here dsappoint-
ment awaits the visitor. There is no imposing
central rotunda, no circng galleries filled with
book-sheves, no welllit reading room presided
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learning. 1t is something of shock to discover
that the worlds largest university is at Cairo
the capital of Egypt, that country deprived of
self-government, and regarded with contempt by
the more enlightened nations.
Yet this is not SO startling when we remind
ourselves that Gamia el-Azhar is Mohamme-
dan University for the study of the Koran, that
Mohammedansm El-Islam, is the most wide
ly spread of religions, and that Cairo is at the
very heart of the region which at the five daily
hours of prayer resounds with the cry of Allah
Akbar.
The Mosque of Gamia el-Azhar is one of the
oldest in the world. The founding in 969 A.
d., of Cairo itself, of Cairo that the Arabs call
sralkahira' a'-preceded its building by but
few years. In 9SS A. D., the Fatimite ruler
hhalit e[Aziz converted it into university.
With the passing centuries Sutans of many dy-
nasties have added to it. And ever, alike in
war as in peace, in famine and prosperity, its
courts have re-echoed the murmur of student
voices, and its teachers, from generation to gen
Grafton, have handed down the traditional learn
ing of the followers of Mohammed Not teach
ers only they but exhorters. Gamia el-Azhar
has sent out many a prophet leader, and fired
very year new Moslem star may come out OF
Cairo.
And yet the Cairo of today means to MANY
people only winter garden for their pleasuring
The idle rich of two hemispheres and the para
sites who feeu them, in Parsian cos
TUNES to drive along its wide and shaded boule-
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terror. These latter, moving at different veloci-
ties, are known waves of first and second phase,
respectively. Those of the first phase reach
speed at great depths of than six miles
per second, and those of the second phase nearly
four miles per second.
The deeper the path within the earth the faster
the wave-up to certain point. When the earth
quake tremors are coursing through the globe at
a depth Of 2400 miles from the surface-so that
they would come out over 130 degrees from the
place of the shock-both kinds of tremors are re-
tarded and come to the surface some eleven min
utes later.
r. D. Oldham, F. G. S., who brought this sub
ject before the London Geological Society recently,
suggested that at the depth named the waves
entered the central core of the earth where there
was a rapid change in the nature of the material.
Without advancing any hypothesis of the charac-
ter of this change, Mr.. Oldham held that it
would have 10 be reckoned with in any theory
there would seem to be a sphere 5000 miles in
diameter differing in constitution or condition
from the everything it,
The historic shock which in five minutes de-
stroyed Lisbon was followed by Disturbances last
ing several months. After Basel had been laid in
ruins in 1856 lesser shocks continued for a
whole year. After the Calabrian earthquake of
1857 the earth, it is said, "did not come com
pletely to rest for ten years" These remarks re-
fer in the main to distinct movements, but il
happens sometimes that the disturbances are so
frequent as 10 keep up an almost continuous
trembling Of the ground. In the New Zealand
earthquake Of 184S the shocks lasted for nearly
five weeks and during large portion of the time
there were at least 1000 day" says a contem-
porary report
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the animal had its neck broken and there were
claw marks on the nose and shoulder, but nowhere
else, There was no doubt that the tiger had
jumped at the bull and landed on the shoulder,
and when the bull turned his head to gore the
tiger he must have put his claw out and with
sudden jerk broken the neck
On another occasion went to see vounv
buffalo which had been killed by tiger and
found the same thing had happened. There were
similar marks on the nose and also on the near
shoulder, which clearly Indicated that this ami
NAL had been killed in the same way Malays
who have actually seen tiger killing buffalo
told me that they saw the same thing happen,
also that in dragging off heavy carcass, such
as buffalo or bull, he gets most of the weight
across his shoulder
This must be fairly correct as have often fol-
lowed a kill, and the marks left indicated that
only portion OF the animal was trailing along
the ground. have known full-grown bull which
ten men could not move dragged for two miles
drawn by tiger in jungle, where roots of trees
and swamp had to be gone through. In no case
have seen the pug marks facing the wrong way
except when stopping to feed, which proves he
must carry a portion Of the animal over his
shoulder
The old idea of tiger killing large game by
blow from his paw is nonsense, besides, in his
assault tiger never faces his prey, but attacks
him on the flank, unless charged. Another curl
ous fact that may seem very like fairy tale is
that tiger does not seem to mind small lamp
being tied over kill about ten feet high, but
will come and feed ! have known three oeca
sons when this has been tried, and each time a
tiger has come to feed upon the carcass
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R=SSTS5l we had not as yet seen any signs of
kgAtEGlJ lion. We happened to arrive at a
swamp where large troop of lions had
oeen seen some time before, but as the reed beds
oy the swamp were very extensive we had little
nope OF coming across them in the daytime; how
ever we resolved to stop for day and try our
luck
Eventually got into broken ground-a mount
OF round, grassy hillocks about 1000 yards from
the edge OF the water ! had just gained the top
oil one OF the hillocks when / became aware of
number OF yelowish objects on the top OF another
hull about 200 yards away. looked through my
glasses and was astonshed to find it was
troop OF hons, tve in all, apparently fast asleep
had never expected to find them lying out in
the open like this, especially as there was such
splendid cover so close at hand. However, there
they were so, after a consultation with my gun
bearer, decided to make for another hilIoclS quite
close to the lions which / could reach without
being seen by them
lost no time in getting there, and, crawling
up to the top, looked over got quite a shock
on finding how near we We're We could not
have been more than twenty-five yards from the
lions, The male lay on the very top of the mound,
facing me, and just below him was lioness, also
facing in my direction, while just the other side
OF the lion were three females.
The lion was, as l have said lying facing me;
but, as good luck would have it, he suddenly
turned completely over and presented his back
to us. Here was my chance. SO, aiming at his
spine, ! pulled the trigger The effect was in
stantaneous All five lions leaped to their feet
with angry growls and, after an instant's indie
cislon made off in different directions excepting
the lioness which had been lying closest to us.
She evidently meant business, as making a half
circuit of the mound we were on she came
straight up for us. i had reloaded at once and
hred at her as she came round the foot Of the
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supper that took place a few weeks before at
which the guest of honor was notorious comic
opera favorite and the host was Colonel Carpen-
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Men Famous at Seventy

EOPLE are very fond of talking about
the present as being the age of the
young man. The old man, they de-
clare, has had his day. Youth is now
at the helm.
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anyone should ask what was the
largest university in the world there
would undoubtedly rise to the lips the
name of Oxford, Heidelberg, or some
other Of the European centres of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Quakes and Earth Waves

Hen an earthquake happens on any part
of the globe notice is received at distant
places by three kinds of waves set up
in the earth, one going around the sur
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
African Lion Hunt

b were nearing the end of our shoot,
and, although we had one fairly well,
we had not as yet seen any signs of
lion. We happened to arrive at a
tK-,nro Il
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Queer PunishInents

laval officers do not always mete out
to the men the punishments laid down
& in the regulations. They frequently
y adopt punishments of their own inven-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
How Tigers Kill Their Prey

AVE taken considerable trouble to find
how tigers kill large game. Some time
ago was asked to come and see full.
grown bullock that had been killed
hv a tipnr On nrannininnr Il 1 fa,nd
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31

"YOu don't seem to understand
clustered the man who was trying tc
make his point with university pro
fessor. Il tell you, sir. l ought tc
know. I'm an alumni of this institu
ton myself" Are you? That's moth
ing singular" was the witty rejoinder,
uttered so quietly that the clustering
man never knew what had happened
On another occasion the same pro
fessor. having ordered from a music
publishing house a copy Of a "Nalse
Impromptu' by certain French com
poser, received an "Impromptu Waltz
by another man The publishers, when
called to account for their mistake, re-
piled rather insOlently that they had
been in the music publishing business
a long time. and had yet TO discover
the difference between "NalSe I'M
promptu" and an "ImprOmptu Waltz"
Would DR.. Smith kindly state to them
that difference?
Gentlemen" wrote the genial pro
fessor in answer, Il have not, like
yourselves. been in the music publish
ing business. and am therefore not
fully qualified to inform you, but since
in your extremity you have appealed
to me | would venture to suggest that
the difference between Nalse I'm
promptu' and an Impromptu Waltz
may be similar to the difference be-
tween a blind Venetian and Venetian
blind.
yours very truly" etc.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
Learned Professors Mistake

A famous German surgeon. a pom
pous man, who loved to impress his
patients and students with his impor-
lance, was lecturing to the latter one
day when a workingman entered the
room The surgeon stopped him by
gesture and ordered his class 10
look at him.
Now, Mr.. X" he said to one of
his students, what is the matter
with this man? From here you
should be able to make a correct
diagnosis by looking at the mans
face, his bearing and the contour OF
his head"
Mr.. X, Mr. Y. and Mr.. z. having
failed to make any diagnosis what
soever, the professor triumphantly
declared: you ought to see at the
first glance that the man is deaf and
dumb"
He forgot to mention that he him
self had frequently seen the patient.
Then the patient spoke up: NO,
your Excellency, it is my brother who
Is deaf and dumb. But he looks very
much like me-"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
A Talking Watch.

A Swiss matchmaker has invented
a watch which speaks the time from
a tiny phonograph. A very small
hard rubber plate has the vibrations
of the human voice is imprinted on
It, and is actuated by ciockwork, SO
that at a given time the articulation
is made, indicating the hour. The
utterance is sufficiently strong to be
heard twenty feet away. II is pos
sible by means Of q device of this
kind to combine sentiment with util-
ity, as the vibrations can be made by
any clear voice, and . mans watch
may tell him the time In the tones Of
wife or children.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
MYSTERIES OF "RED DEATH"
Strange Sect That Is Said to Have
Many Adherents in Russia.


In the Russian journal Ural are
given some amazing details of a
mysterious sect known as the Red
Death.
The sect has its headquarters at
Ekaterinoslav, and has many adher-
ents throughout the region They
have their temples and meet at
night for their mysteries, in which
red wine forms a considerable part.
The feature Of this strange sect
which most strikes the outside world
Is that associated with its title.
When one of the sect is at the point
of death he is carried to the temple,
in which is room with no window,
but covered-ceiling, walls and floor
with red.
There is no furniture, but on the
floor are two cushions The victim
who, in the jargon Of the sect, is
ripe for glory" is laid on the floor
with his head on one cushion nd left
alone for some time.
A young maiden clothed in red
then enters. slowly approaches the
body, and If death has not already
taken place puts the second cushion
over the victims mouth and holds 1t
down until all sign of life has gone.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
use, however, for you to trespass

excuse however, for you to trespass
Oh my property"
Who's a-trespassing"
You are, sir. The line runs this
SIDE Of that beech, and you are at
RaSt fourteen inches on my land"
Then III get off your land, right
OIL" exclaimed the captain, as he be-
gan to bristle up. Yes, sir, I'll get
OIL am olf-and if you are that sort
man warn you not to set foot
Oh my property"
! will be careful not to. l will see
s-out fence at once"
l shall also see about it at once"
I shall build the fence"
SN,' said Mr.. Bingham, Il forbid
you TO put up fence herew
And forbid YOU"
mere was further emphatic and even
VIOLENT language, and they finished up
almost threatening the shotgun in
tase of further trespass. When Mr.
Oulsham reached his house his face
was so red and his manner so per-
.uFOed that his niece, Miss Jennie
gray, was forced to take notice of it
'lu ask if he had been attacked by
uallps lie thereupon explained what
lau occurred, favoring his side of the
'aSe as much as possible, and con-
'uued with the declaration:
am not going to let that old brute
sailor bluff me, and If you let
-in scare you off you are no niece of
nine"
i've taken great liking to rambling
4'oush that shrubbery." replied the
4'ece aud now I've got to be very,
,eIF careful not TO get even one toe
over the line"
lou 20 right ahead and ramble Just
."eie you want to, line or no line,
~. .4u Il that old lump of salt says any
us I" you make faces at him. told
r | huiid a fence, but | won't. He
ANY, ANY, oulld one and pay for it. It's
, al,ouS how the Lord lets some folks
"atnue to live"
NIL. %ss Jennie Gray had lived with her
has haze long enough to know how hot
'aIeu and irascible he was and that
doa uVre had been any trouble he had
~ 5ne us full share in provoking 1t. But
blr, "lso felt it her duty to stand by
d. d. I'ght or wrong. More than that,
= also felt it her duty to trespass up
n,, .aptain Golden's land because tres
% mad been forbidden.
noaS olu sailor was also In an angry
4 Ia AZ, "hen he reached his house, but
kss Nv not explain matters to his house
e,m per, He waited until his nephew
bd ~ uown' week later, and then he
20. ue story and added:
,nrtsge, don't want no trouble with
H. s. y but if that old fossil drives
ro0u, Tue wall l shall drive him under
WOW, ! said I'd build a fence, but
irr, 90 it. He can build and pay
b To- ne wants to. I've warned him
HSP OH my land, and II he don't
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
Remarkable Printing Press,

The University Press at Oxford is
the most remarkable printing estab-
lishment in the world, as we'll as the
one Of the oldest. 1t is what you
might call self-contained, and If
everything else pertaining to print
ing were blotted of the face OF the
earth tomorrow the University
Press would go right ahead as II
nothing had happened. 1t makes its
own type and its own ink; burns its
own charcoal for making the ink,
makes It's own paper, and so on. The
workmen in the Press are as inter-
esting as the establishment itself.
In many instances son has succeed
ed father down the centuries In its
employ, as naturally as II the son
was his lordship and the father an
earl and the position an entailed es-
tate.-London Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
The Roniface of Jerusalem

The proprietor of the Jerusalem
hotel in Jaffa is a German named
Z. Hardegg, religious enthusiast.
Not only are all his rooms named for
characters in the Bible, but inside
every room there is quotation from
the Bible. In my room, the Benja-
min room, the quotation reads:
benjamin, the beloved of the Lord.
shall dwell in safety by Him, and the
Lord shall cover him all the day
long" Mr.. Hardegg has written a
book entitled Bible Pills" and a
copy is placed in every room. 1t is
composed of extracts from the Bible,
and comments thereon. 1t is dedi-
Gated TO Thomas Cook, the noted
tourist agent, who was formerly
preacher. Mr.. Hardegg has ex-
tracts from the Bible, all over his no.
tel, and one on the bill of fare reads:
Eat, o friends: drink, yea, drink
abundantly, o beloved" You would
imagine from the above that Mr..
Hardegg has a bar in connection with
his hotel, and this is the case
Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
A STEEL LINED BLOUSE,
Found by Philadelphia Police in
Probing Chinese Shooting.


Complete verification of the state
ment that members of the warning
factions in Chinatown wear coats Of
mail. TO protect them from the bull
lets and knife thrusts of their enc
mics was found when the police. in
Investigating the shooting of Willie
Lee York, found an armorede coat
In the room Of Lee Pock, his alleged
assailant. The coat is made after
the ordinary style Of a Chinaman's
loose blouse and is of blue jean or
heavy drilling. On the body It looks
like an ordinary laundryman's work
Ing blouse, but when the police
picked 1t up they found out differ
emily.
The garment from hem to neck
was padded with steel, in the shape
OF pieces an inch and a half square.
These do not lap like scales. but are
brought together, edge to edge and
held with loops of wire. That the
metal lined coat might conform to
the body the pieces of steel were
pounded and made slightly concave.
Across the body of the garment, back
and front, is apparently a seam, but
examination showed that the coat
was made of double thickness in the
lower portion, and underneath the
apronlike flap in front there was a
long pocket like a holster. The gar
ment weighs all told about fifty
pounds, and is about three-fourths Of
an inch in thickness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
BY c. B. LEWIS


-. captain Ben Golden retired
a., sol ana bought place on the
,.-cut shore he made only care
,,.,sps as to who We're his neigh
Ian natter of fact, he did not
y IS he explained it:
'., ID, ..,, q man as attends to my own
TONS. and expect other folks to at
''i +, theirs. | shall have house
''' ,r End servant and live very
A 'a,ly Ms nephew, George Lee, may
qu down from the city now and then
,ta, over sunday, but that's all the
,oqpany shall have
rro weeks later. in buying and tax
-, noss,s,iou of the property adioin-
~ ropta.u Golden's on the west, the
+..bosar. who was Il man of sixty
VI rather crusty, had said to those
1bo sold to him;
Il don't care who lives around here.
~ want of them is to mind their
.rn busiusss and let me mind mine.
nj catch any of them trespassing on
nv land they won't do it second time.
Il ,ball live acre quietly, with my niece
!, manage tie house"
There we're no fences dividing the
,-onerty. but for the first few weeks
r.ntoin Golden and Mr.. Bingham. who
ras tbe man with the niece, were too
trsr to walk abroad much. They saw
o,ch other from a distance, but made
M effort 10 get acquainted. One day
tar were tfamping through the shrub
tarr near the dividing line and came
hcp 10 face. Both were there for the
sane object. Each one of them had
been thinking of putting up a line
fence to shut the other out. There was
some embarrassment for a moment,
and then Captain Golden, being the
more iOval of the two, called out:
Good day, neighbor; glad to meet
you"
Good day. sir" replied the other as
be drew himself up in an icy manner.
Being We are neighbours
we are not neighbors. sir. You sim
ply happen TO live near me. That is no
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
Feminine Facts.

Drunkenness is rare, smoking
common, among japanese women.
A woman's brain declines in
weight after the age of thirty.
Grecian women had very long feet.
Hottentot women cut of a finger
Joint when they remarry.
Ellen Terry is passionately fond Of
cats.
Brides In Australia are pelted with
rose leaves.
In Africa wives are sold for two
packets Of hair pins.
Patti sleeps with silk scarf about
her neck.
In stature the Esquimaux women
are the shortest on earth.
No photographs are ever taken OF
women in China.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
Commercial Printing.

For years we have paid much
attention to the wants of the
business firms in this city and
county and feel that we can offer
them our experience for their
money. 1t will be a fair trade.
Our line of Office stationery is
in style and finish the best that
can be had. This embraces
everything used in correspon-
dence or in the office or store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
p-,gbt wool Prospects.

Recent English advices show that
Bradford manufacturers will be oblig-
ed to replenish their very low stocks at
market prices that have held firm dur
ing the summer. American buyers
bought heavily during the winter and
sprIng and it is believed will do the
same another year. Higher prices Tor
wool seem to be expected, and sheep
farmers look for profit both in England
and America from TIE development OF
American wool manufactures.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
Tn IN. Rect sugar Interest.

One of the resolutions adopted by the
irrigation congress recently in session
At Portland, Ore, reads. I'VE nave
such national legislation as will tend
to preserve and extend the beet sugar
industry, the full development OF
which will enrich our farmers. laborers
and manufacturers to the extent OF
over s15OOOo,OOO annually. which
amount the American people yeariy
expend for sugar now produced In Tor
eign countries"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
JOB PRINTING.

In general we can do anything
in this line, at prices that will
command your attention and
your orders. We have tasty and
attractive ideas that we will be
happy to show you if you call
or write.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-31
BOOK PUBLISHING.

We make a specially of Book
and Pamphlet Printing and can
show samples of our work in
this line that must interest you.
We also do newspaper and mag
azine work and general compo-
sition.