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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
Animal Annetifcs.

The doc the. bear and the monkey
eat the greatest variety of food. The
GoE is so thoroughly the companion of
man that, while he has preferences, he
viii eat almost anything that his mas
ter eats ana therefore may be said to be
rs omniverouS as man. On level with
the dog and possibly surprising him
in this regard, the bear Subsists on a
very varied diet. The ursida, or bear
tribe. appears to be capable of sus-
tanning existence upon purely an
imal or purely vegetable diet or to be
carnivorous or vegetarian at will
They will contentedly feed ant thrive
on fruit honey, nuts, snails. roots and
other similar articles of diet and rare
~ attack the ,dier animals except
when driven by privation The grizzly
bear and the polar bear are great flesh
eaters, but in summer the former feeds
largely on acorns, and the latter eats
grass greedily. Their teeth, like those
of human beings, are suitable for a
mixed diet Then have the sharp cut
ting or pointed tooth of the carnivora
and the fiat grinding tooth of the
herbivora
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

A milliner who works in a large city
says that one day n woman came into
the store very much excited and want.
ed the trimming on her new hat chang
ed. She said that it had been trimmed
on the wrong side.
But" said the saleswoman, "the
trimming is on the left side That is
where it ought to be-"
ut doesn't make any difference
whether 1t ought to be in front or back
or right or left, it's got to be on the
church side"
Church sidev' gasped the astonished
girl.
Eyes. church side! l sit right next
the wall in church, and I'm not going
to have all that trimming next the
wall. want it on the other side, so
the whole congregation can see It."
The trimming was promptly placed
On the church side" Of the hat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
A WONDER OF JAPAN.
The Famous Castle of the sold Dol
phins Mt NiShma.

Is the novel castle mt NlShma. Japan,
the palace which Marco Polo described
in lis tale of the marycIs of l:,r Cat4a"
as covered with gold slabs: At tAa
ends OF the ridge Of the pyramiG"l
structure are large solid gold GolWhilS.
Beneath the pile is a well which is it,
orally a sdltcd gold mine. Ii is sold
lined and will hold sufficient water t.
supply 5000 persons. The GolphinS,
which were placed on the top several
centuries ago. have excited the cur!o,i-
" of foreign relic hunters, as any ole
might imagine they would So many
have climbed to the top of tie hi-A
structure to discover by testing if they
are real goll that the dolphius have
become seriously diS.igUred. &roa"
steel wire bags have been put over
them to prevent further vandalism.
Only by good fortune does one Of
these dolphius Stil grace the OLD cas-
tie. \ number Of years ago it WAS tax
en- down and sent 10 Vienna for cXhi-
bition mt the worlds fair held there as
q rare specimen Of ancient Japanese
art. The vessel OH which it was being
returned sank. and il lay ut the bottom
Of tlr sen for several years In spite OF
every attempt TO raise it, Persistence
was rewarded at last, for il was finally
recovered and placed again in its old
position.
The castle is used by the emperor OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
A LUCKY ESCAPE.
luick Wit and Daring Ruse of a
Russian ReVoiutionist.


Nowhere outside of the pages of iic-
ton would We expect such an incident
as the following from the personal
story of the Russian revolutioniSt Ma
rodny. Narodur had just jumped from
window to escape the police. When
l scrambled TO my feet l discovered
myself in the yard and among half Il
dozen soldiers. | was without over
coat ana hat-a very suspicious figure
and, having neither. | could not es-
cape even could get by the soldiers
who surrounded me-" lie said.
II jerlied Il card from my pocket-to
this day | do not know what it was
and handed it to one Of the soldiers.
Here is my card l said rapidly. I
am a member of the secret police. one
of these re1olutionists is trying TO es-
cape. am after him. Quick. Give
me your coat and hat"
He automatically obeyed. slipped
ON his coat ana hat and TO all appear
anccs was 4 soldier of the ear. |
walked past the guarded gate OF the
yard, out into the street. Before me
were thousands OF soldiers. saw my
friends being brought down from the
hail ana put into the black vans about
which stood guards of Cossacks. /
marched through my friends tall OF
that group are in prison today save
only myself and the friend who es-
capped with mel with the air of Il sol
der on very important message and
pressed on through the mass of other
soldiers that filed the street."-Amer-
lean Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
BARBER SURGEONS.
When the Razor and the ScaIpel
Were Linked In One Trade.

When the Razor ana the scaIPei
were "i''i>'i l" one r""e
more 'ii'th fVo years oli = llie I'o! 81
College OF surgeons edinburgh ~
Tie time II was Iouhdeu u!e surgeons
ana p"r"efN oil lAe Guy were uI''eu
as one Oh ihe fourteen Llcoflo
TRACES Oh Edinburgh Vh July j. l'C@'
the! received Iheif charter rom the
town council. Inc charlef Oh lHe p'f-
Der surgeons was cohiIriiieu pE JailleS
~" an carry STUART NiA- ol great en-
IlShIehilienl ana accom- 'lISnileH'' WHO
TOOK Lhuch interest III 'he progress u
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

Here is n story Of Scotch sailormen
told by the Dundee Advertiser: "The
shin's crew had been made up in a
hurry. and when they had passed the
bar ana were beginning to feel a tritle
hungry it was discovered that they
hal no cook So the old man asked
GelrIie to try his hand at the job and
Gcordie scratched his head and rubbed
his chin and said lie would do his best.
Newt morning he consulted Jack about
breakfast. en- said Jack, rice will
do" VIII it. dye think" said Geordie.
MOO. about how much shall | COOKE
Let's see replied Jack There's four
teen Of us with the old man. ! should
say a bucketful would be plenty L
boot but il will said Geordie and went
of to the galley. He got bucketful of
rice and put it in 4 large pot, and
when it began to boil it likewise began
to swell So he balcd out a portion in
u another pot, and that also did like
wise Then he balcd out of both pots
into other pots until all his pots were
full Still it swclled. and Geordie be-
came alarmed So lie put on all the
lids and dashed them tightly down
Then he went forth and locked the
door and stood against the bulwarks
watching it. Soon the skipper came
along and made inquiries regarding
breakfast Whist man" replied Geor-
die softly I'm cooking rice, and l
don't know the mint it will burst the
door
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
The WORLDS Wotcr :

y German scientist predia.'
time will come when tboro IL
water enough remaining q, -
to support human life ".
suppose that our shrinl;n,
form caverns in IFS intern, 4.
the oceans will sink Po,-
reason, as some aStronom...
there is no man in the moa, |
mer waters on its surface. if u
were any. having retired n,
ernous interior. We haye rr
at present Of suh,arraneqn j
any extent, and the earth, c-.
tinually adjusting Itself n o,.I
dislocations t. The pres uras i
without. Besides uamre b,,
this planet Of Ours with q III
water supply. Nearly three.l
the earth's surfacc-or Id
square miles-aro covered lr 4
which is reckoucl to be Of an
depth Of at least two miles M
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

BISHOP CHARLES c. GRAFTON.
episodes showing his devotion to a life
Of good works. He was young cler-
gyman in Baltimore when the civil war
broke out and it was he who. with a
certain charitable lady of the city. took
the wounded soldiers of the Sixth Mas
sachuSctts regiment, in the face of pop
ular bitterness, from the railroad de
pot. where they were lying in neglect,
ana carried them where he could assist
in nursing them back to health
Though he was Il stanch UniOnist he
never during those days Of civil strife
lost the affections of his Baltimore
flock His reputation for eloqucnce
and pastoral success led to his being
called to leading parish in Philadel-
phia, but he declined the call and went
to England to seek cooperation in or
ganZing Il band of evangeliSts whose
work should he that of preaching from
place to place TO masses of people
These evangelists were afterward
known as the CoWley Fathers.
He returned to this country in 1872
and became rector of the Church of
the Advent, Boston, from which he
was called in 1883 to the bishopr.c he
now holds. He was mission worker
in England during the cholera scourge
and became Il cholera hospital chaplain
working also in the slums in ministries
to the most destitute and degraded.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
Reaping Always.

There is no month in the year in
which the song Of the reaper is not
heard in some land on the globe. In
January is the wheat harvest Of Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Chile and the
Argentine Republic; in February and
March, upper Egypt and India; in
April, lower Egypt India, Syria, Cy-
prus Persia, Asia Minor Mexico and
Cuba; IN May, Texas. Algeria. central
Asia, China, Japan and Morocco; in
June, California, Orcgol Mississippi
Alabama, GEORGIA, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Ken
lucky, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Colo
RADIO Missouri, Turkey, Greece, Italy.
Spain, Portugal and south of France;
in July, New England, New York.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, southern
Minnesota, Nebraska, upper Canada,
Roumania, Bulgaria, Austria Hungary,
south of Russia Germany, Switzerland
and south of England; in August, cen
trail and northern Minnesota, the Da-
kotas, Manitoba, lower Canada, Co
lumbia. Belgium, Netherlands, Great
Britain, Denmark, Poland and central
Russia; in September and October,
Scotland, Sweden, Norway and north
Of Russia; in November, Peru and
South Africa. and in December, Burma
and New South Wales.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

Talking to physician about twins
and commenting upon the marvellous |
likeness they sometimes bear to one |
another, he gave an interesting fact re /
garding them. You can always dis
Transcript" vf"4to uthA ofhAY55' "niduh" Of
Homer in a nutshell, which Cicero is
said by Pliny to have seen, sounds i'm
possible, but it has been shown that
the thing is feasible, given the man
and that man the patience. A thin
sheet of vellum, capable of folding
easily, has been found to take 1900
verses upon one side and the same
number on the reverse. There you
have the 5000 verses of the "Iliad, "
all upon single slip of vellum. The
latter folds up, and readily, and you
have your Homer In a nutshell.-St,
4 James Gazette.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

One strange feature in the advance
of civilization has been the decline Of
the bath. Washing in the golden age
of Greece ana Rome was Il fine art,
ana baths were built with as much
care as temples. There has been a re-
vival in this century of public baths,
but from an aesthetic point Of view
they cannot compare with those of a
barbarous age. This is not an age of
washers.-London Lady.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
Grent Tide Waves.


Those who see the rise and fall of
the tides in our Atlantic har0Ors sell
dom think of the wonderful career Of
the moon raised ocean waves which
cause the tidal fluX and refluX. Such
pillows not only cross the sea, but flow
from ocean to ocean, and in this way
complicated movements are set going
Thus once in every twelve hours the
moon raises a tide billow in the south
crn Indian ocean. When this billOw
passes the Cape OF Good Hope at noon
its successor is already born, and by
the time the first billow has reached
the Azores islands at midnight the sec
ond is rounding the cape and a third
has come into existence in the southern
ocean. by 4 o'clock in the morning fol
lowing its passage of the cape the tide
billow reaches the English channel. and
there the shallow water delays it so
much that it does not arrive at the
strait of Dover until 10 a.. m Here the
narrowing channel causes the tide to
rise very high and almost puts an end
to the wave In the meantime another
branch Of the billow runs around the
western side Of the British islands.
rounds the north point of Scotland and
moves slowly down the eastern coast
Of England until it finally flows up the
Thames and laps the wharfs of Lon
dou.-London Graphic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

~ feather in his cap signifying
honor and distinction, arose from a
custom which was common among the
Syrians and perpetuated to this day
among the various SemiciviliZed people
of adding u new feather to the head
gear for every enemy slain. In the
days of chlvalry the embryo knight re
ceived his cocquc in Il feathcrlcss con-
diton. and then won his plumcs as he
had wen his spurs. In a manuscript
written by Richard Hansard in 1JSS
and carefully preserved in the British
museum is mentioned an ancient Hun
garian custom, that of allowing no
man to wear a Gather in his cap who
had not killed Turk. The Hungar-
ians had law, which was in vogue
as late rs 1G12 which allowed warriors
to add a feather to their headdresS col
lection "eVefc time the claimant could
prove that he had succored Il starving
Hungarian o? had killed an ablcbodied
Turk or other Moslcm.' These old Gus
toms are now obsolete but it is inter
esting to know that there were once
such laws Gpon the statute books of
nations THOUGHT to be civilized.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
A JEALOUS WORKER.
Bishop Grafton, Whose High" Views
Rave Been Criticised.


The Rigat Rev. Charles c. Grafton.
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Fond
du Lac. Wis, who has been accused of
heresy by the rector of one of the par"
isles in his diocese, is known as an
advanced churchman." His high
views have often been criticised by
members of his communion. but he has
never been called to account for them
by the authorities of his church. He is
widely known for his missionary zeal.
His views on celi5acy of the clergy
have sometimes been likened TO the
doctrines OF the Roman Catholic church
on this subject. but the bishop has eX-
planned that he does not advocate en-
forced celibacy. but rather that minis
tiers should refrain from marriage for
at least five years after ordination in
order to give themselves to self sacri-
fcing work for the benefit of humanity
and in order to know thoroughly what
their calling is before choosing part
ner for life
Bishop Grafton is now in his seventy
seventh year, and his career is full OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
The Art of Mosaic.

The slab upon which the mosaic is
made is generally of travertinc or IT,
burtine stones connected together by
iron clamps Upon the surface of this
a maStic or cemcnting paste is gradu-
ally spread as the progress of the work
requires it, which forms the adhesive
ground or bed upon which the mosaic
is laid. The maStic is composed of fine
lime from burnt marble and finely
powdered travcrtine stone mixed to the
cOnsistence of a paste with linseed oil
Into this paste are fixed the "smaltS"
of which the mosaic picture is formed
They are a mixed species of OPAQUE
vitrified glass, partaking of the nature
of stone and glass and composed of a
variety of minerals and materials, col
Ored for the most part with different
metallic oxides. OF these no fewer
than loo different shades are in use.
They are manufactured in Rome in the
form of long. slender rods, like wires
of various degrees of thickness, and are
cut into pieces of the requisite sizes.
from the smallest pin point to an inch.
When the picture is completely finished
and the cement thoroughly dried ii is
highly poliShed.-Chambers Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

There is a little ,,' -o"n'
neukirchcn. in Sax,, l'r'a
every inhabitant IS cn-g~.,,.. Mr.
ufacture of vio.a~. Yl ,~al BID
employment t. ne.r,,. ~ . !!
who live in AIarl,norII;,,oo.. '''
s'rroundin~ VILLAGES ''l e. /
usually made Of r.gn,o .1p &.
sists of about sixty nieca @''l Z
which is cat smost, .,i's,' eaa
so that everything is e .',l q
model, The old men m 1ars' \
fngerboards. screws ana ,1'' liz D
and the younger ones 'pIa'I
steady hands AND clear o wa
pieces together. which :, Es
icult performance Of ,n,. ~e 6
en- attain marvellous skIii 3. u
the violin after it is f@ '' % 0
most every family has its y
method of polishing. wb.ot u
down from neither +, G I q
excelling in a deep winn 'r y,
IN citron Or oraura .aI "-'
expensive violins are n,,,,, = .
twenty to thirty times to @..as |
considered perfect and r,. az !
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
MAY AND VIOLET SUTTON.

to the title of woman champion of the
world She hopes to be able to hold
the championship of Great Britain an.
other year. Miss Sutton is one of four
sisters, all noted as tennis players,
Ethel, Violet ard Florence being the
names of the other three. May is the
youngest and is only nineteen, but has
won the most fame of any of the tennis
quartet. The young ladies arc resi-
dents of Pasadena. Cal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
GIassnIakiBg.

Much mystery has in times past at
tached to the art OF glassmaking. It
was formerly the custom for the work
men in setting pots in the glass furnace
to protect themselves from the heat by
dressing in the skins of wild animals
from head to foot. To this queer garb
were added glass google eyes, and thus
the most hideous looking monsters
were readily presented to the eye.
Show was made of themselves In the
neighborhood, to the infinite alarm Of
children, rid women and others.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29


of its being from Franklin's French
residence adds a deep interest to it
and it is considered Il strillingly beau
tiful painting. 1t was loaned by the
daughters Of the late General Sanford
to the American Philosophical society
and hung in the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy of Fine Arts with that other in
teresting portrait of Franklin, which
was presented to the United States by
the governor general of Canada, Earl
Grey. The latter was painted by an
eminent English artist. Benjamin Will
son, in 1859, and was taken from
Franklin's home in Philadelphia IN
IT'S. when the British evacuated Phila-
delphia, by General Grey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
FRANKLIN PORTRAITS.
interest Is Inspired In Them by the
Bicentenary Ceremonies.

The ceremonies in Philadelphia in
honor of the two hundredth anniver-
sarv of the birth of Benjamin Franklin
have aroused interest in portraits and
statues of the famous sage. One of
the best of the portraits is the painting
of him by GreuZe. for which he sat
while in residence in France. 1t is in
pastel and life size and originally hung
in the diplomats house at Passy. The
late Henry shelton Sanford obtained
it while charge d'affaires in Paris dur
ing the revolution of $3.50. The fact
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

Butchers are the worlds best weight
guessers. The butcher diG4cult trace
gives him skill in weight guessing
that is almost incredible 1t is Il com
monplace thing in meat shop to see ii
butcher seize hold of huge red round
of beef and slash off with Il great knife
four pounds just. or two and Il half
pounds just OF six pouuds just, ac-
cording to the order The buyer Of
meat wants 10 get the weight he asked
for, 10 more aud no less. and he wants
this WEIGHT in one piece, not in one big
piece ANA two or three little ones. TO
satisfy III" buyer the butcher has been
compelled to acquire extraordinary
Skill! in JUDGING just how much Ger
tain portion Of a round of meat weighs
and in cut,in" OF tliat portion smooth
ly and accurately, - Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
Unreasonable Freddy.

Tommy-Ma, Freddy's crying cause
I'm eating my cake and won't give him
any. Mother-Is his own cake finished?
Tommy-Yes, ma; and he cried when
was eating that too.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

A guide is too often a man who tells
you what you do not want to know in
a language you do not understand
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

Where life is more terrible than
death 1t is then the truest valor to dare
to lve.-Browne.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29


The arts If I'm ''3
been proved b. learned VIZ
high antiquity. The IIirpinL z
near Rome, jumped through
Goals; women in early TINES 4
customed to walk over burning
Cappadocia, and the exhibited
and cups is often mentlole
works of the ancients. ltWaS9A
as the third century that OnetS
Firmius, who endeayored TOM
self emperor in Egypt, sulIefal
to forge iron on an anvil pIaSi
breast, and rope dancers WIZ
ing poles are we. 3nd by Y
and Others. Wife tla Various
horsemanship cEhioi'el "A ou'
passed, in the tii"eenth ceAIu'
Egypt to the Byzantine q
thence over all Europe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

An English clergyman h3l
parishioner, Lady Blank. who'd
to and hectored him outrasss
length he declined to put I'm vi
kind Of treatment and told hgb
so. Thereafter She refused Ton
thing in the olfertory, mereI7I
q stately inclination over b.
This moved an elder to remn;
hearing, I'VE couid do with Ia
manners and more of her cad
clergyman. dining at a lorisn,
this story with great success d
ing. The host said with a FROM
YOU aware. sir, that Lady B1
relative of nine The ID
smiled slightly. No." he /
wasn't, but in future when n
story I'll always BE- careful 5l
the relationship"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
We'll Recommended.

The buXom maid had been limiting
that she did not think much of work
ing out. and this, in conjunction with
the nightly appearance of a rather
Bheepish young man. caused her mis-
tress much apprehension.
"Martha, is it possible that you are
thinking Of getting married."
"Yes'm," admitted Martha, blushing
'Not that young fellow who has been
calling on you lately"
"Yes'm; he's the one"
But you have known him only a
few days"
"Three weeks come Thursday" cor.
rected Martha.
"Do YOU think that is long enough to
know a man before taking such an i'm
portant step|
SWELL" answered Martha, with spirit,
"'taint s If ne was some new Teller
He's well recommended. A perfectly
lovely girl know was engaged to him
for a long time."-Everybody's MagS.
zine.
An Explanation Wanted.
'I'd like to know" began the thought.
full boarder.
"Would like to know what2" asked
the boarder who knew it all.
I'D like to know how matches are
made in heaven when they keep all
the birthstone in the other place."-Chi-
cago News.
Naturally.
what sort Of people are these who
are continually seeking divorceT ask.
ed the reformer, with an agonized
groan.
Married people principally" re.
sponded the cheerful idiot, with u
coarse guffaw. - Louisville Couria,
Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29

Persons Who get "qualms' VI
ing in the cars or on boats can
certainly quiet them by sl0Tt
ing a Glove or two Indlgesta
panied by formation Of CAS-
and dizziness, will often yal
same simple measure. There 0
and better means Of aeon
these results, but The valueda
Is that it occupies 50 little I'd.
easily carried about and al
readily got when wanted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-29
EXPERTS AT TENNIS.
May Sutton, Woman Champion, ana
Her Sisters.

1ef SISTERS.
Miss May Sutton, who sailed for
England recently to participate in the
woman's tennis championship tourna-
ment. defeated the British champion
Miss Douglas, last year The year pre-
vious she won the American champion.
ship. Her victory over the English
women players demonstrated her right