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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23


Until the sixteenth century armo.
developed in a logical way. its forms
were governed by the necessities of
war. and changes in it were the re-
suit OF practical experience and actual
experiment on the battlefield. After
the sixteenth century it became fan
tastic and meaningless, 4 gala costume
rather than a harness. The greatest
captains opposed its use, but the no
bles clung 10 it as mark of distinc-
ton. After it was made bullet proof
1t became so enormously heavy that at
the end of the sixteenth century it
was complained that gentlemen of thir-
t. wcrn even at that age deformed by
the we,-ht Of their armor In spite of
tie huge armorS of Henry VIII, Of
Anthony of Burgundy and of some 9th
erS, the average size of the modern
nan is greater than that of the sol
der of the middle ages and the re
naissance, If we can judge from the
armor preserved in the museums Of
England and the continent. which are
with few exceptions. small and mar
row, especially the leg and thigh
pieces.-LOndon Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

through his railroad connections. The
latter remains director in the Illinois
Central and, it is said will retain his
position in the directorate ana con-
tinue his fight against domination Of
the Illinois Central by the Union Pa
cific. He claims the election was illegal.
The incident of Mr.. Harriman'S re-
mark regarding his relations with ex-
Governor B. b. Odell is still fresh in
the public memory 1t was while in
terest III the work of the now famous
Armstrong insurance committee was
at its height and Mr.. Hartman was in
the witness chair. Chief Inquisitor
Charles L. Hughes, now governor elect
of New York, asked him the following
question:
1T has been charged that through
your relations with Mr.. Odell you
have political influence. What would
you say to that?" And the railroad
magnate calmly replied, "Well, |
should think Mr.. Odell had political
influence because of his relations with
me-"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

MASCOT OF THE SHIP.
wife, Surgeon General Rixey and AS
sistant Secretary Latta were fitted up.
The presidential suit Is in the stern
Of the vessel and was originally de-
signed for the admiral of Il fleet. 1t
consists of a breakfast and smoking
room combined, dining room, three
bedrooms, two bathrooms and a re-
ception room. The Louisiana is In
command of Captain A. Il. Couden,
and her navigator IS Lieutenant Com
mander Carl Vogelgesang. The bat
tleship is one of the best In the Amer
lean navy, has a speed Of seventeen to
eighteen knots an hour, a tonnage OF
10000 and twenty-four guns in her
main battery. officers and men are
very proud of the honor they received
in having the president and his party
on their ship. When the president
started they felt confident all would
90 well if nothing befell the ships
mascot, an animal now Known as a
kid, which is fast developing into goat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
waking Him Up.

Amelia was all sweet, nice and nerV>
GUS, and she said to her sweetheart:
"You have been so old a friend
want to tell you something. l am"
and she bushed, 81 am going to be
married"
wait" he cried hoarsely, before
you go farther hear me! l must say
1t, though l have no right now, but
will have less right later. | love You,
adore you; have loved you since we
were children together. | do not see
how can live and see you the wife Of
another. But ut least, you will know
that have loved you all these years.
and when you hear the wind sigh over
my distant grave-of course, that Is
nonsense
Don't take ON So John Henry" she
said softly. I'm going to marry
you!'
Then the strong man tainted, and rs
she bent over him a determined little
fine showed about her mouth, and she
muttered:
II had to do something to bring him
10 it."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
Cucumhers Arc Ancient.

Few garden plants have been known
to and cultivated by man longer than
the cucumber. De Candolle has proved
that this plant has been in cultivation
between three and four thousand years.
There is no specific remedy for the
striped cucumber beetle. Direct appli-
cations of poisons. such as paris green
or other arsenical. will destroy the
beetles when they occur in moderate
numbers. \ normal crop may be
placed at about POO half barrel baskets
per acre, the price varying from so
cents to as much us 81 per basket
After the fruits have been harvested
and the marketing season has closed
the vines should be destroyed by gath
ering and burning or blowing them
under, so as not to harbor or breed dis
eases. A point which is of prime i'm
portance in the management of the
cucumber patch is that none of the
fruits be allowed to come to maturity.
The ripening process, which means the
development and maturing Of the
seeds, produces heavy strain upon
the growing plant. - United States
Farmers Bulletin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
THE WARLlKE MOROS.
They Prize Their Weapons aud Would
Rather Fight Than Eat.

They Prize Their weapons and Would
Rather Fight Than Eat.
An ino:dinute military concet is
dominant quality of the Moro. TO him
there is but one measure of defeat-to
wit, humiliation. If beaten, he eX-
poets nothing less; if he meets less, he
has savedPthe day, perhaps won vic
tory. They are all of one profession
arms As children their first toys are
wooden arms, their first instruction the
play of the sword and the spear. What
ever else as men they may be-priest.
farmer, robhcr, pirate, merchant law
yer-they are always, first, soldiers.
For young man to lose his creese
means TO loo his right to marry, and
it is the desire of all to die crcese in
hand. In fear of loss they sleep on
these precious arms or with them tied
to the body. For the same reason their
cannon are kept dashed to timbers in
their houses.
Firearms, indeed, are their main dan.
ger with civilized people. If they see
the opportunity thereby to secure such
arms MoroS can never resist the temp
tation to ROB and murder To get them
they will risk all. lose all and never
whimper. TO them without the best
arms death We're ferable-Major r.
L. Ballard in Metropolitan.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
Dry Water.

ut has been SO wet for the last three
or four years" remarked Truthful
James, that Il good many people have
forgot how dry it used to be- remem,
Der one year when the Missouri river
was dusty all the way down from Kan.
sas City to the Mississippi OF course
the river was running all the while.
but the water in it got so dry that il
turned to dust and blew away. took
boat down the river Mt that time, but
1t was so dusty on the boat that YOU
couldn't see the hind end of it when
you was standing on the front end. 1t
was Il little the worst | ever see. NV
mouth got so much grit and dust in it
that l could strike match on the roof
OF it any time. One day the boat got
stuck in fifteen feet of Missouri river
water. 1t was so dry and dusty that
the wheel couldn't turn. What did we
doI Well, sir, we went out and hired
n farmer TO haul fresh well water for
fifteen miles to mix with the river wa
ter until it WAS thin enough 10 run the
boat through - Kansas City Journal
THE WARLlkE MOROS.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

GOVERNOR ELECT Ii. A. BUCHTEL.
lhtel of Denver university. He is q
aAoilSt minister. is Il native of Ohio,
ABOUT fifty years of age and began
3 IN the drug business. He became
her OF a large wholesale store in
\ line Of trade, but sold it in order
devote himself to study with the
entlon Of entering the ministry. He
mated from De PAW university,
eeacastle Ind, in 1872. Some years
while stationed in Denver he won
n popularity as pastor and public
a' ana, although the itinerant sys-
OF the Methodist church took him
y ne was recalled in 1900 to become
mead Of the University of Denver
was elected governor by about H..
majority. Although minister and
AelhodlSt, he announces that he will
4sue 4 liberal policy as governor in
sdu 10 such state issues as pugilistic
nests ana regulation Of gambling
4le and push" was his motto as q
laluate, and when opponents asked
@uohS he did not care to answer he
spolded with eulogies on the climate
'olorado. DR. Buchtel was mis-.
mary IN Bulgaria for short time
~ MS graduation from De PAW.
y connecticut the Republican can
s'e Tor governor, Rollin S. Wood
h, was elected by a substantial ma
rV over his Democratic opponent,
'Or Charles f. Thayer of Norwich.
= california. where there was a
re cornered contest between candi-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

Tubbs-I flatter myself that honesty
Is printed on my face. Grubbs-Well-
er-yes. perhaps-with some allowanc"
for Typographical errors.
The BOnr's Head.
The great event Of the old Christmas
dinner four or five hundred years ago
was the entry of the chief cook bear
ing the boar's head, garnished with
rosemary.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
pUBLIC SALE
VALUABLE SUBURBAN PROPERTY,
NORTH OF FREDERICK.

BY virtue of the power of attorney executed
to me by Casper MehrIing ana Bette V.
Mehrlng, his wife, dated November /, 1906,
and recorded November >. 1903, among the
Land Records of frederick County, Mary
land. | Will offer at public sale, at the Court
House door in Frederick. Maryland, on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1905,
at IL o'clock. a. m,

all of the real estate named in said power OF
attorney and consisting of hat valuable
property now occupied by Casper Mehrling,
north from Frederick, on the east of the
Frederick and Libert, turnpike road, east
from the property of William G.. Neidig and
north from the property of Wesley Tull
This property is divided into four fields and
contains
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

dates Of the Repub-
lican and Democrat
ic parties and the In
dependence league,
the Republican NOM
inee, James Norris
Gillett, won. He
Is now congressman
from the First Cali
fornia district, was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
Exception.

Myer-Dld you ever happen to know
a woman that was good at fguresF
Gyer-Only one.
Myer-And who was she!
Cyer-A naker.-Chicago news
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
ON BOARD THE LOUISIANA.
Presidents Quarters on the Panama
Trip and the Ships Mascot.

TIP HHU inc SHIUN HAs'Ut'
The Panama canal WILL in a physical
sense, cut two continents asunder, but
in a broader sense it will unite them
in the bonds of commerce and friend
ship as they have never been Joined
before. In going to the isthmus to see
how the work on the canal is getting
along President Roosevelt decided to
travel by the new warship Louisiana
and suitable quarters for him and his
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
So ACRES OF LAND,

of which about 5 acres is located east from
the Northern Central Railroad
The improvements consist of a large two
story brick dwelling house containing 8
rooms bank barn, stable, corn house and
brick wash house.
number of apple trees are on the prop
erty.
Much OF this land can be laid of into build
ing 10 at large profit to the purchaser OF
the whole land.
Possession given April /, 1907. This offer
should attract investors, or those desiring a
small farm near Frederick.
For further particulars as to tie, etc., call
on either OF the undersigned
CASPER MEHRLING.
Jacob Rohrback. attorney.
sept. 2Stf.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
Great Grief and Head Shasing

Among the ancients shaving the head
was very common mode of express
ing great grief or sorrow. Sometimes
1t was done by the priest or some other
religious functiOnary formally cutting
off the hair, sometimes by violently
plucking it out by the roots. In eX-
IRENE cases among men the beard as
well as the hair was either cut off or
plucked out The idea seems to have
been that mOurners should divest them
selves of that which under ordinary cir
cumstances was considered most beau
tiful, ornamental and becoming Luz
clan land he is not the only one who
gives points on this queer mourning
CUSTOM says that the Egyptians ex-
pressed their intense sorrow by cutting
or the hair upon the death of their god
Apis and that the Srrians acted in the
same manner at the death of Adonis.
Olympiadorus remarks concerning Job
|, 20, that the ancients among whom
long hair was regarded as an ornament
cut it off in times of mourning but that
those who commonly wore it short suf-
Tered 1t upon such occasions to grow
long
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

T'm going up to interview your
wife" said the society reporter DO
you suppose she'll talk?"
"Do II" replied the husband. why
she'll be talking when your twenty
second edition comes out.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
An UnforgivabIe Fellow.

" AN AN UnfOrgivabIe Fellow.
leb, S'uht close my eyes once last
IN. lat soT Insomnia is a miserable
'% Ss must say"
Issa slept all right enough. Thcy
'nemselves."- Cincinnati Timee
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
Where Taxca Are Unknown,

Orsa, in Sweden, has in the course Of
a generation sold S5.75O.OO0 worth Of
trees ald by means of judicious re-
planting has provided for similar in
come every thirty or forty years In
consequence of the development of this
commercial wealth there are DO taxes.
Railways and telephones are free and
So are the schoolhouses, teaching and
many other things.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
NORTH OF FREDERICK.

As am unable to continue farming, by
reason oi bad health, | offer at private sale
my valuable property located north from
Frederick city on the east of the Frederick
and Liberty Turnpike Road, east from the
property of William c. Neidig, and north
from the property of Wesley Tull.
This property contains about
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
Electro Magnets.

The familiar horseshoe magnet is
made of highly tempered steel and
magnetiZed so that one end is a north
pole, the other a south or perhaps more
commonly known as negative and
positive. Once magnetized it is always
magnetic un!Hss the power is drawn
from it by exposure to intense heat.
An electromagnetic, however, can be
made from any scrap of soft iron, from
q piece Of ordinary telegraph wire to a
gigantic iron shaft When a current
of electricity passes through an insulat-
ed wire coiled about Il soft iron object
such as nail, a bolt or a rod, that OBJ
Ject becomes Il magnet as long as a
current Of electricity IS passing through
the coils of wire or helix. \ coil of
wire in the form of n spiral spring has
a stronger field than a straight wire
carrying the same current, for each
turn or convolution adds its magnetic
fed TO that OF the other turns, and by
having the center of the coil Of iron,
which is magnetic body, the strength
of the magnetism is greatly increased.
Joseph II. Adams in st. Nicholas.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
B RI S T L E S

There is nothing better for young
pigs than oats. Make platform in the
pasture and scatter oats on this. The
pigs will eat every kernel and reject
the huSks. Sweep the husks off every
day and keep the platform clean.
Select the pigs desired for breeders
from sows with large filters.
The pasture is the pigs paradise.
Keep them there.
Put up shelter in one corner and
keep the bed clean and dry.
Keep the pigs growing, for the early
market is the best price, us rule
Separate them in uniform lots. Put
the small pigs together, as the strong
ones always rob the weaker ones and
fight them away from the feed.
The feeder should be watchful and
thoughtful person.
Keep Il trough or tank of clean wa
ter i'll every pig pasture The pigs en-
JOY a drink of fresh water rs much as
II man does.
Throwing the feed into the trough
does not constitute feeder.
Salt. sulphur and charcoal should be
kept in every feeding lot
Some folks make more out of their
breeding sows than they do from their
cows, but these are the ones who know
what it means to take good care of
things-Farm Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
pine FARM FOR SALE
1872 ACRES,

In Montgomery County. Maryland, within
two miles of Choppers Station, on the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 100 acres under
cultivation, has been lined twice. Some OF
the balance covered with good timber On
good public road. Apply to
BOWIE +. WATERS,
Attorney,
Rockville, Md.
oct l26t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
A Greater scoundreL

A Lmous master of Trinity college,
Cambridge, had been friend in earlier
days Of one Jenny Gordon, a solicitor
But Jenny went to the bad, was
struck off the rolls and lived from
what he could get from old acqualnt.
ances. One day he met the master and
asked for shilling
Gordon" Numbered the master, 'it
you could show me a greater scoundrel
than yourself l would give you half a
crown" And he stalked stiflly away
to his rooms. In half an hours time
the butler announced that Mr.. Pom
pous, the esquire beadle, wished to see
the master. Now, the master had a
special detestation of the beadle, who,
when admitted and CURLY asked what
he wanted. replied:
"Mr Gordon informed me that you
desired to see me-"
Said the master, Gordon has made
an ass of you"
In ten minutes more the butler came
again, grinning, and said:
"Mr. Jenny Gordon has called ami
says you owe him half a crown. SIR
Ancient Tricks.
The arts of iucglae we're, as has
been proved by learned writer's. OF
high antiquity. The llrpii. who lived
near Rome, jumped through burning
Goals; women in early times were nc
customed TO walk over burning Goals il
Cappadocia, and the exhibition Of balls
and cups is often mentioned in tn,
works of the ancients. TWAS as far bach
as the third century that one Fermus, o.
Firmius, who endeavored to make him
self emperor in Egypt, suffered a smitl
to forge iron on an anvil placed on hi
breast, and rope dancers with balanc
Ing poles are mentioned by Petroniu
and Others while the various feats o
Craftsmanship exhibited in our circuse
passed, in the thirteenth century, fror
Egypt to the Byzantine court an
thence over all Europe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
|iossip About
| New Governors
:, # Rhode Island. BuChteI of Colo.
,,h. Stuart of Pennsylvania and
Mbsr Men Who We're Sue
cessful at the Polls.
THE elections this

elections this
/ fall in til e
states W h ere
gov rnO rs were
chosen have brought
several new men to
the front in politics.
One of these is
james II. Higgins,
the boy mayor of
Pawtucket," w Ii o
was chosen execu-
tive of the common
wealth of Rhode Is
land. He was the
Democratic candi-
date. and Rhode Is
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

igS II. HIuIlNo' Il ii u is usually
---pd in the Republican column.
state went Republican except on
cvernorship. The Republican can
bte for governor was the present
AMBIENT Of the office, George II. Ut
and Higgins won against him by a
-aity Of 1,23S. His election was
,lqred possible by the support he re-
he'd from Independents organized as
1cOn Republicans.
Vlen Governor Elect Higgins was
II chosen mayor Of Pawtucket four
Es ago, he was only twenty-six
ss old and was at that time reput-
10 be the youngest mayor in the
I.tel States. At thirty he wins a rep
rtOn as the youngest governor. He
bis even Younger than he is, and
hen he first went before the electors
Il years ago as Il candidate for men,
h Of the Rhode Island assembly he
'hmei hardly more than a boy. At
1 first rally in which he participated
was greeted with cries of Whose
b are YOU But he showed the vot-
khat in spite of his youthful appear
be be was worthy of their trust and
b nominated the following year for
Elyr of Pawtucket, being three times
elected He is graduate of Brown
Erasity,
l. Colorado the election resulted in
ialoice Of the Republican candidate
l& grernor. Chancellor Henry A.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

''N s. STUART. porll Ill Niroqud'
M, Wis. in 1860, grad.
~ from a Wisconsin high school,
reo The bar and has resided on
ta&li1c coast since 1888.
nj, soYernor elect of Pennsylvania,
h. ~ . Stuart, is a book publisher.
n III 1893. he graduated from the
liz, VI Grand boy to that of clerk
~ the counter and in due time
H. o"ner of the business. He has
~ayor of Philadelphia.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

danaoor -,
,oar r-We must put a great deal
N "lh INTO this forest scene. Can
|nh se' some one to growl so as to rs
Iosa wv d bear? Assistant think 40
M are six or seven stage hands
bso 4oVe not received their wages for
weeks. I'll call them.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
DRIVA1E SALE

nov. Is II.
, 1906-11-03
WALL OF AN INCOMPETENT.

Mr.. Patched becomes very historical
over the university printing matters
and shouts liar, etc, the argument OF
a knave OF a fool. He also offers to
donate 500 to something or other II
it can be proven that the Boomerang
has been asked to bid on university
printing during the past two years,
Democrats are this year very flush with
money made during the prosperous
times of republican control and they
are Offering to place 1t on any sure
thing they can discover.
No. So far as The Republican
knows, the Boomerang has not been
asked 10 make n bid on university print
ing during the past two years; nor has
The Republican. And still 1t is true
The Republican is doing the work at
the rates made in n competitive bid
when the Boomerang was a competitor
and a higher bidder.
There is no secret about the matter
at all. For years the board advertised
for bids. One year the work all went
to Cheyenne, the S. A. Bristol company
being the lowest bidder. This arrange
ment was very annoying to the people
in charge of the work, for the reason
that it was not as convenient as having
the work performed where one could
run in during its progress and have a
general supervision thereof. The sue
ceeding year The Republican was the
lowest bidder. and the Bristol company
very frankly stated that they did not
care to again compete, as they had lost
four hundred dollars on the years work
they had performed. The Boomerang
never did reach q figure low enough to
capture the work. Since the time men,
toned the work has come to The Re
publican firmly believes, is because II
ed at the rates then made, which are
certainly lower than are paid by any
institution, public or private, in the
entire west. The work is tirst-class in
every particular and the university
management has ever been delighted
with the arrangement.
The only reason why the matter has
been handled in this way, as The Re
publican firmly belivees, is because !
is tho very best arrangement the uni
versity could make and therefore the
interests of the people as a whole. II
has been for the protection of the in
stitution and not in any tanner what
soever to its detriment.
The Boomerang a a competitor
but never reached the mark, even the
Cheyenne printers being below it. Its
wall is that of an incompetent.