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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
State of Maryland
WAR AGAINST BAD MILK.

Hagerstown Especially Following
the receipt of complaints from resi-
ients of Hagerstown relative to the
milk being sold here, DR.. Marshall l..
Price, secretary to the State Board
of Health, came to this city and ar
ranged with DR.. ]. E. Pitsnogle, coun-
ty health officer, to make an inspec-
ton. Upon instructions from the
health board, Lieutenant of Police
F'ridinger secured II sample bottles
OF milk from as many different dairy
wagons entering the city. The samples
were procured for the purpose of
making an analysis to ascertain to
what extent, if any, preservatives are
being used by local dairymen. Each
sample was carefully labeled with
the name of the owner. the location
of the dairy and the name of the
driver Lieutenant of Police Fri
dinger was accompanied by DR.. Price,
who stated ali of the samples Sc
cured would be analysed later in Bal
timore
While here DR.. Price, accompanied
by DR.. Pitsnogle. also made an in
specuon of the sanitary condition of
the city. Samples of the city's water
supply were secured from the streams
emptying into the reservoirs, from
the reservoirs at Edgemont and
Smithsburg, from the reservoir in
Hagerstown. and from the various
points in this city. While the water
is believed to be as nearly free from
deleterious matter as possible, yet
the analysis Will be made as a mat
ter of precaution to guard against
disease.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
WORDS OF WISDOM.


A pretty girls piety is like prom
ises and pie crust.
Well bred millionaires don't brag
about their dough,
It's obvious that milkmen should
be as rich as cream,
For a broken heart try the lini-
ment OF another love.
The tie that keeps man safely
tethered is love knot
love my love because the rest of
the family don't like him.
What satisfaction is a secret SOW.
row that no one knows about?
When girl signs it is either be-
cause he hasn't come or he won't go.
The foolishness of fools from the
lips of philosophers would pass for
philosophy.
The way some people can keep a
pose all through life should be the
despair OF professional models.
Tomorrow may never come; but
the bill laden first of the month
arrives with sickening regularity.
Living in the same house with an
ordinarily clever person is worse than
a steady diet of cayenne pepper.
Look at the hands of Luck care
fully and you will see they are cal
loused with hard work and drudg-
cry.
One doesn't necessarily have to
live on the ocean to be a lighthouse
keeper in the most onerous sense of
the term.
Wisdom sits in the market place
and weeps because she's such an
everlasting bore nobody wants her
even to chaperone a Sunday-school
picnic.
When philosophers can give us
something more comforting to think
about in the dark it will be time
enough to quit believing in heavens
angels.
A rose by any other name might
smell as sweet, but the psychology
cal moment" called anything else
wouldn't sound nearly SO convinc-
irgly intellectual.
Cupid usually SHES off from the
woman who wears the common sense
shoes because he has deep rooted
suspicion that she'll make him shine
them.-From Ewes Epigrams," in
the New York Telegram.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
"FAKE ANTIQUE"
BUSINESS SPREADS.
United States Consul Reports
That Even in Small Scottish
Towns Tourists Are victimized

1t would seem that the American
tourist abroad who would not be vic
timized must be on the alert not only
in such enterprising centres of Old
World imposition as Paris and Brus-
sells, but that even of the beaten
track of European travel, in such I'M
frequented towns as Dunfermline,
Scotland, he must be hardly less
wary.
Supplementing a recent consular
report from Belgium warning Ameri-
can tourists against the purchase in
Europe of so-cGlled antiques" Max
well Blake, Consul for the United
States at Dunfermline, sends to the
department the following timely ad-
vice pertaining to Scotland and TO tho
Old World generally:
AS the summer season approaches,
in anticipation of the usual annual
influx of Americans, many of whom
continue under the delusion that all
things in this country are as cid as
its history, the growing legion of So
called antique dealers, from cities to
remote villages and pnfrequented
farmhouses, are now occupying them
selves in arranging for display their
various stocks of made to order an.
tiquities.
I'm the preparation of this article
visits were paid to scores of antique
shops, from a few of the more trust
worthy ones in the large cities to
those of the smaller and more cum
ming in nearby villages and along
motor car highways. the latter estab-
lishments generally conducted by
some interesting old character who
sat smoking his pip indifferently,
Offering his wares in some basement
difficult of approach, the windows of
which were conventionaily screened
by thick net of cobweba.
Don't look for bargains in an.
tiques. II one wants genuine things
he should visit dealer of recognized
standing and reliability, for there are
a few such; pay him his price, which
is sure to be high, and purchase only
upon his written guarantee that the
article is as represented.
Beware of buying Robert Burns
chairs and Mary Queen of Scots tables
and all such things Beware also of
engravings and prints. Many repro.
auctions of old prints are made by
artists of great ability, with no in
tentiOn at deceDtion Snme IF theca
l have lately seen in antique shops.
artfully aged and hung in old
frames, the INSCRIPTIONS dealer ask.
ing four or five times the price the
prints can be purchased for of the
publishers"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
ECZEMA SEEMED INCURABLF.
Body was Raw-Discharged from
Hospitals as Eopeless-Cuticura
Remedies Cured Vim.

"From the age of three months until
fifteen years old. my son Ovens he was
made intolerable by eczema in its worst
form. In spite of treatments the disease
gradually spread until nearly every part of
his body was quite raw. lie used to tear
himself dreadfully in his sleep and the
agony he went through is quite beyond
words. The regimental doctor pronounced
the case hopeless. We had him in hos
pitfalls four times and he was pronounced
one of the worst cases ever admitted.
From each he was discharged as incura5le.
We kept trying remedy after remedy but
had gotten almost past hoping for cnre
Six months ago we purchased a SGT of
Cuticura Remedies. The result vas traly
marvellous and to-day he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green, Eng
land, Jan. Il, 1907
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
TAX ON VEHICLES.

Annapolis (SpeciaD A warrant
has been sworn cut by James w.
Owens, counsel to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of this county,
against Isaac S. Nutwell, prominent
citizen of the Eighth District, fol-
failure to pay wheel tax on his We
hicle. as required by an act of the
legislature at its last session.
The warrant was sworn out for the
purpose of testing the validity of
the act, which Mr.. Nutwell contests,
and the hearing will be before Justice
John n. Davis this week. 1t is under
stood that the Justice will assess
a fine, as Mr.. Nutwell admits his
failure to license his vehicle, and the
case will be carried to the higher
courts in order to test the validity
Of the act.
The act provides that there shall
be a license fee of 50 upon the first
vehicle owned by any person and so
cents each for additional vehicles.
Vehicles taxed are exempted from
general taxation. There are a num-
Der of exceptions to the law, based
upon the use to which the vehicles
are put. The main ground of the
contest against the act is that it is
not of general application
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Autos Ruin Macadnm Roads.

Even the world famous roads OF
France are becoming so seriously
damaged by the automobiles that are
constantly laundering over them,
that great alarm is felt lest they be
ruined, and an international congress
has been called to meet at Paris. Oc-
tober IL, to discuss plans for saving
them from destruction. Our o@n
government has taken alarm also,
and the Bureau of Public Roads, Ag-
ricultural Department, has issued a
statement in regard to the road-de-
stroying tendencies of automobiles.
saying:
THE modern fast-moving motor
car is the greatest menace to ma
cadam roads that has ever made its
appearance. On some SKETCHES OF
thoroughfare, especially in New Eng
land, where many broad and smooth
roads have been constructed. the re-
progression is not less than forty per
cent. If some plan is not speedily de-
Yised for overcoming the bad effects
the monetary loss will be stupendous
and the good work of many years Will
go for naugat Indiana Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
The Rod That Saves.

There is custom which embodies
The WISDOM of Solomon observed by
The Pueblo Indians. Once year an
indian CARRIED in the skin of noun
tain lion, which represents his god,
Whips such of the children of the COM
munity as are between the ages OF
four and ten, both for the wrong they
have done and the wrong they are GO
Ing to do.
The happiness of these children,
who have paid the penalty of their
misdoings for year in advance, is
difficult to estimate The respect OF
the Indian boy for his elders and his
obedience to his parents testify to the
efficacy of this treatment and suggest
the wisdom of its introduction to the
gilded youth of the metropolis.-A.
w. Dimock, in the Outing Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
New Levy For Anne Arundel.

Annapolis especially The County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County have decided to readvertise
and make an entirely new levy for
The coming fiscal year on account
of the fact of the failure of the board
to give notice by advertisement of
an increased rate in the various dis
tricts, as the law requires. The board
was notified that number of persons
would contest the payment of taxes
On the ground that they were i'm
properly levied. The commissioners
admitted that the provision of the
;aw had been overlooked and ordered
The new levy
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Silvering Mirrors.

Up to 1910 mirrors were silvered
exclusively by means of an amalgam,
a process most destructive to the
workmen employed. An important
step was effected by an English chem
sit, Drayton, who conceived the idea
of coating mirrors with a thin layer
of silver, obtained by reducing an am
moniac solution of nitrate of silver
by means of highly oxidizable essen
tial oils. This process was subse-
ouently modified by several chemists,
but only became really practical when
NJ. Pettijean substituted tartaric acid
for the reducing agents formerly
employed. The glass to be silvered is
placed upon a horizontal cast iron
table heated to 104 degrees Fahren-
heit. The surface is well cleaned,
and solutions of silver and tartaric
acid, suitably diluted, are poured
upon it. The liquid, in consequence
of we'll known effect of capillarity,
does not flow over the edges, forming
a layer fraction of an inch in thick
ness. In twenty minutes the silver
begins to be deposited on the glass,
and in an hour and quarter the pro-
cess is complete. The liquid is
poured off the glass, which is washed
with distilled water, dried and COW
cred with varnish to preserve the
silver from friction.--New York Tri-
bune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

The barn of Jacob Ruppenthal,
near Hancock Station, was burned,
having been struck by lightning. A
fine horse was lost, with the crops.
The loss is 81 800.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Souders cele-
brated their golden wedding at Tim
Der Ridge, near Hancock, Nd.
Among the children present were
Mrs. Emanuel Eversole, Cumberland,
Md; Mrs. ]. w. Middleton, Anacos-
tia, d. c., and William Souders,
Washington, d. c.
Rev. E. c. Rich, Blue Ridge Sum-
NIT, has declined call to st. Thorn
as Episcopal Church, Hancock.
At a meeting of the Funkstown
Tournament Association it was de-
cided to hold the next annual tour
nament in Watts Park, along the
Antietam Creek, on Saturday. Sep
TENDER 8.
Mrs. Wilson Williams, while as
sisting her husband to unload hay
in their barn near East Providence,
north of Hancock, was struck by
lightning and killed. Her husband.
who stood only five feet away, was
stunned, but he soon recovered.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
WONDERED WHY
Found the Answer Was Coffee"

Many pale, sickly persons woncer
for years why they have to suffer so,
and eventually discover that the drug
-caffeine-in coffee is the main
cause of the trouble.
Il was always very fond of coffee
and drank 1t every day. | never had
much flesh and often wondered why ]
was always so pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and was con
fined to my bed. My stomach was in
such condition that | could hardly
take sufficient nourishment to sus.
tain life.
During this time | was drinking
coffee, didn't think l could do with.
out 1t.
After awhile l came to the con-
clusion that coffee was hurting me.
and decided to give it up and try
Postum. | didn't like the taste of il
at first, but when it was made right
boiled until dark and rich-I soon
became very fond of 1t.
I'm one week began to feel better.
] could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent,
and within five months I looked and
felt Ike a new being, headache spells
entirely gone.
MY health continued to improve.
and to-day | am well and strong.
weigh 14S lbs. l attribute my present
health to the life-giving qualities of
Postum"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
BULL TRAMPLEs WOMAN.

Hagerstown Especially Mrs. Sig
Ter, wife of Charles Sigler, butcher
at Smithsburg, this county, is suf-
fering from serious injuries and is
in critical condition as the result
of being attacked by an angry bull
that was being driven to the slaught.
erhouse.
The animal plunged at Mrs. Sigler.
who was knocked down and trampled
by the bull. The flesh over the alb
domen was cut and torn, and she
was badly hurt about the left should
er, hip and back.
After beating the bull off Mr.
Sigler picked up the unconscious
form of his wife and carried her to
the house. where physicians attend
ed her. Sixteen stitches were requir-
ed to close up the wounds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
HOPSeSAreEXpenSiVe


a-a .H7H q
1t is apparent to all who have
given study to the congestion of
traffic in New York City that some
change in the methods of delivery
must be introduced, for the cos. of
food and other supplies in this me
tropolis is due largely to the p~ice
paid for trucking within the city,
says writer in Appleton's. Rail-
way freight rates tend constantly to
grow less. The cost OF trucking in
this municipality is travelling the
other way.
An expert report states that with
auto cars in actual service it is pos
sible to do the work of from two to
three horse wagons, the motor figur-
ing fifty miles a day, while the horse
wagon will not average more than
fifteen to twenty miles.
Another advantage of the automo-
bile truck is quick delivery On long
runs to suburban stations, where
there is absolutely no comparison as
to time saved. The horse will make
about four miles per hour while the
automobile truck will make from ten
to fifteen, and is ready for another as
soon as the load is Off.
The difference in the stabling and
garage room is important. The auto
mobile requires no more room than
the wagon, thus the additional space
for the stabling of FIVE or six horses,
harness and equipment is saved
no light consideration where property
and rent are high.
In addition table has been pre-
pared showing the respective cost of
operating commercial automobile
cars and wagons drawn by horses.
1t is made apparent that the saving
per month in operating a $500
pound capacity auto delivery wagon,
as compared with a similar vehicle
drawn by horses, amounts to about
$40. and the saving by the year to
the firm operating the auto delivery
wagon S1439.
This comparison includes on the
side of the auto vehicle. wages of the
chauffeur, wages of a parcel boy, gaso-
line to run a car fifty miles day,
lubricating oil, repairs, interest on
the original at cost. or $500, and
depreciation at twenty per cent The
total cost is figured at $233.G6.
In the record of the horse drawn
vehicle the items include the wages
paid to drivers, expenses of harness
and shoeing, the cost of fodder fer
the animals, and the loss by depreci.
alton of horses, wagons and harness.
The total monthly outlay is stated
at sS53.50.
If in one small firm the loss in
Cured monthly by retaining horses
in place of automobiles amounts to
more than 500. the total loss suf-
fered by industrial New York in
clinging to the service of these ami
mails, when auto vehicles would per-
form the same labor more economi-
cally, amounts to a prodigious sum.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
There's Logic For You.

1t was in the Far West. A juror
had been selected in murder trial,
and they were about to swear him in,
when the judge, to be on the safe
side, bethought himself to say to the
man:
Il trust, sir, you fully understand
the duties and responsibilities of a
juror"
Strengthening himself up to his full
height the man nodded calmly and
replied:
I'm plain chap, and 1 believe in
being fair to all. 1 don't so by what
the lawyers say, and l don't go by
what the judge says, but look care
fully at the prisoner in the dock, and
l says to myself: He must have done
something Or he wouldn't be here,
so l bring 'em all in guilty"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Z Good Roads. :,
Siberian Roads Better Than ours.


Far in the rear of the other New
York to Paris racers, the poetical
Scarfoglio telegraphs that he is flying
after them over plain decorated
with irises and along a road SO
smooth and hard as to seem as if it
had been made especially for the use
of automobilists. Remembering what
troubles the men in the Protos and
Thomas cars had only few days ago
in traversing that same plain west OF
Hardin, it is difficult to avoid the srs-
picion that the italian telegraphed
one of his dreams OF what he would
like to encounter, rather than the OBJ
servations of his waking hours.
However, weather does make a lot
OF difference, and much more on a
bad road than on q good one. and
even IL Scarfogiio did spread the irises
on rather thicEly, and even if he did
slightly exaggerate the charms OF his
houlevards in the Siberian wilds. the
fact remains that the leading ccntes-
tants have made better time since
they started from Vladivostock than
they did in crossing the American
continent. 1t took the Thomas car
forty-two days TO reach San Francis
co, the distance Of about 5000 miles
having been heightened. as everybody
remembers, by storms OF all tne kinds
there are, and by roads, nesr-roads
and no roads that illustrated every
fault any one of these varieties can
display when it tries it's very
hardest.
The departure from vladivostok
was made on May %, and TomsN.
which is at about the same distance
from Vladivostok that San Francisco
is from New York. was reached by
the Protos on June IS. So that stage
of the journey was made in thirty
five days, at rate of not much less
than 100 miles day. OF course.
that speed is nothing for powerful
machines like these. and it shows
that delays have been frequent and
the roads wretched. but the progress
OF the cars has been surprisingly
fast. considering that much Of the
route has been through Siberian
wilds, where nothing more modern
than a two-wheeied cart was ever
seen before.
Now the racers are getting into
lands comparatively civilized, and ii .
roads will get better end better rs
they advance Each days run can
therefore be expected from this time
on to increase slowly, and by the
time the Russian frontier is crossed
each twenty-four hours will count on
the score more than some weeks have
hitherto done. From Berlin onward
the only accidents to be apprehended
will be due to reckless speed. The
temptation to this will be strong. but
men who have gone so far may be
trusted to shun a smash-up with the
goal in sight. From present indica-
lions two, and possibly all three, of
the cars now in the race will reach
Paris before the beginning of August.
a fortnight before their scheduled
time. The failure to traverse Alaska
and Eastern Siberia deprives the race
of some of its hoped-for glory, but
it remains most remarkable jour-
ney-in some ways the most remark
able ever made by men.-New York
Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Unjust.

The motherof disappointed young
woman was asked by a friend wheth-
er the daughter had succeeded in
passing teachers examination.
NO" was the reply in mournful
tone. Jimmy didn't pass at all. May.
be you won't believe, sir, but them
examiners asked the poor girl about
things that happened years and years
before she was born" - Harper's
Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Wherein They Differ.

What is the difference between a
honeycomb and honeymoon?" asked
the originator of fool conundrums.
''Cive it up" rejoined the dense
party. Come on with the answer"
"a honeycomb," explained the
other, ''is composed of many little
cells and honeymoon is one big sell. :"
Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Executive Appointments.

Annapolis Especially. = The Gov
ernor has made the following ap-
pointments: John Hubert, of Balti-
more, member of the board of trus-
tees of the Maryland Agricultural
College, in place of Charles w. Ev-
ans. resigned; Charles w. Myers,
justice of the peace for the Second
District of Dorchester County; Cora
W. Anderson. notary public at
Odenton, Anne Arudel County.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
CumherIand,s Tax Rate.

Cumberland Especially = The f.
nance committee of the Cumberland
council has completed the levy for
the year and placed the tax rate at
so cents on the 500 of assessable
property. The rate is / 5 cents high
er than last year, and it is proposed
among other things, to wipe out a
floating debt of $4,000 existing even
after the 100000 bond issue is used
up in refunding bonds and paying
off the floating debt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07

my limbs bloated to twice their nor
nal size. Doctors did not help and
was fast drifting into tho hopeless
stages. used Doan's Kidney Pills
1t the critical moment and they really
saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. 50cents box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07

disease started with
slight irregularity
and weakness and
developed into dan
gerous dropsy. |
became weak and
languid and could
do no homework.
My back ached ter
ribly. | had bear
irg down pains and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
owing to the steadily diminishing

Owing to the steadily diminishing
quantity of wool grown in the dis
trict and the poor prices obtained in
recent years, the annual wool fair,
which has been held uninterruptedly
for over a century at Hemel Hemp
stead, England, has been abar1c-c'.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
strength Tests At Annapolis.

Annapolis Especially A series of
strength tests undergone by the men,
bers of the new fourth class at the
Naval Academy indicate that the
strongest new midshipman is R. A..
Hall, of Nebraska, with total
strength figure of 1,029 kilos.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
Good Work in New York

Since 1898 the State of New York
has completed 97S miles of improved
highways at State, county and town
expense. The State no whas 1884
miles of roads under contrac. ami
977 miles of roads waiting the letti'
of contracts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-07
MOSES FEAT.

Now, Johnny" said the Sunday.
school teacher, "can you tell me one
of the most remarkable things Moses
did,"
"Yes, ma en-" replied the bright
youth. "He broke all of the Com
mandments at the same time. Chic
cago News.