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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
To Polish a Piano.

When the piano takes on a cloudy
look the best way to restore it to for
mer beauty is to polish it with oil of
lemon and alcohol Have several
pieces of cheesecloth: If new they
should be washed to remove the
dressing. Dip a clean, dry cheese
cloth in oil of lemon (ten cents worth
will be sufficiently and rub gently on
the woodwork of the piano. When
polishing piano always rub in one
direction. Have in another saucer
some wood alcohol and dip into this
clean, dry cheesecloth; with this
rub off the oil of lemon from the
piano. With some clean alcohol sat-
urate another clean cheesecloth and
wiring as dry as possible. Polish the
entire piano with this. A final pol.
ishing may be given with the palm of
the hand, always remembering to rub
in the one direction decided upon in
the beginning. This is the method
employed in the piano factories for
the extremely high polish.
Home Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Destruction of Rats by Electricity

An interesting device for the de-
struction of rats, mice, ETC., by means
OF an electric current has been sug-
gested and patented by A. F. Won Bic
derheim. 1t consists of several rows
of metal points arranged a short dis
lance apart beside each other. con-
nected partly to the positive and part
ly to the negative terminals of an
electric high-tension circuit. The an
imal, on coming into contact with
these points, is killed by the electric
shock; the point effect at the contact
with the animal causing the electric
current to enter the interior of the
body. Between the several rows of
points there is placed bait to at
tract the animals to be caught. The
points are arranged inside OF a vessel
provided with an elevated edge. so
that the victims, after being electro
cuted and thrown aside, remain in
the vessel. The apparatus is designed
to be readily lowered into drain pines.
etc., in order afterward to be removed
along with the killed animals. Ac-
cording to reports in the Austrian
press, experiments have been made
on this apparatus at the electric fac
tory of Signor Galatti at Trieste with
exceedingly satisfactory results. 1t is
said that the apparatus is so designed
as to kill only rats and similar YER
min' while in no way eadangering DO
mesticated animals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
An Irnmense Reservoir.

Perhaps the greatest reservoir that
has been built in the West is now be-
ing projected in Weld County, Colo
RADIO, at an estimated cost of over $4.-
100000. This project is being
financed entirely by private capital.
The Western Investment and Land
Company is at the head of the
scheme, and the actual work on the
undertaking commenced about Janu-
airy l, 1907. When complete the res
ervoir will irrisate over 100000
acres of hitherto uncultivatcd land.
and increase the land values of Weld
County fully ST5,000.000. The pro-
ject will be called the Wild Cat Res
ervoir. 1t will be located in Weld
County, just above the confluence of
the South Platte and ST. Vrain rivers.
about forty miles almost directly
north and slightly east of Denver.
Peckham Is the nearest town. being
about three miles east of the reser-
voir site. The difference in natural
elevation between the east and west
sides OF the reservoir is eighty feet.
The reservoir will be formed by a
dam ninety feet high, tapering to the
rise in the Wild Cat Mountains. few
miles away. 1t will cover twenty
four square miles, and at high water
will have an average depth of thirty
five feet, the capacity being 1,000.-
000-acre feet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Value of Little Savings.

The order of the Postmaster-Gen-
eral that, owing to the advance in the
price of jute, less string must be used
in the tying up of packages by postal
employees, and that Irvine must be
saved and used twice, when it is pos
sible, may seem to inculcate a small
economy. but it is the economies in
small things that count in a service
SO great as that of a Government de-
partment. In the ordinary affairs of
life conscientious man will be more
careful in the use of materials be-
longing to neighbor than OF those
which are his own property; when it
comes to the public service. however,
one must be more than indifferent
honest" not to indulge in a degree of
wastefulness, a tendency which Post
master-General Meyer has acted wise
ly in attempting to counteract.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
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Big pink pearls or corals top pins
intended for pink hats.
A natty touch is seen on hat in
the form of gold quill. On black
hat this is smart.
Lapis laZuli pins are as stunning
for deep blue rig as turquoise mat
riX for light one.
Shocking is gradually returning to
favor. although it is not practical
for washable materials.
Furniture fringe edges fashion
able parasol of printed cretonne, max.
ing distinctly novel accessory
Lomoise lace is one of the most
highly approved of all the laces for
the trimming of linen coats and suits.
Blue fax instead &C cotton) is
used in embroidering frock of white
linen. and with it is combined blue
braid.
So popular is gold IS trimming
that bits OF it are used on all kinds
of accessories as well as the gowns
themselves.
The noisy waistcoat and hat are
worn with the quietest and neatest
of suits in fine black or navy or gray
clearinghouse serge
Innings for evening wraps are OF
white silk plaided, with blue. green
or tan, and the outside is either
white or the color of the plaid.
Unless you have height enough
and to spare do not wear the tunic
skirt. but hold to the long-favored
gored or circular models.
Criss cross stripes OF color at the
ends of the Windsor tie carry out the
color scheme as well as bows of the
solid color, and seem a little more
delicate.
Branches of small fruits that are
exceedingly natural looking in every
way, as blackberries, are a little
newer and better liked as a hat trim.
ming than the large fruits which
generally nave heavy look.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Early Rising Habit

Here is good news for the man who
likes to sleep and has been ashamed
of himself for it because he has been
told all his life that it is an unfailing
sign of laziness. A prominent Amer
lean physician, writing in the Amer
lean Magazine, says there is no ade-
quate support for the impression that
the early hours are more wholesome
and healthy than later hours in the
day. A man who can get several
hours of good sound sleep in the early
morning is certainly more refreshed
and better equipped fo~ work than he
who rises feeling that sleep has been
incomplete and unsatisfying. Excess
siye early rising is with most people
nothing more than custom inherited
from agricultural ancestors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
OVERRIDING Your Duty.

1t is wise wcman who knows
where to draw the line on Just how
much duty requires her to do in this
world. 1t is really not helpful to
yourself or to others to do more than
your share under any circumstances.
There are women who always tell
you how tired they are, and how
much they have to do and how little
time they have for the really pleas
ant things of life.
If they are young. they wish they
had time for the theatre or little
social event. If they are married
they wish they had the energy to be
clever and bright when their hus-
bands are not at home in the even
ing, or to see something Of the girl
friends they had to give up.
They sigh over all the missed joys
with the remark, If | only didn't
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Lake Tahoe Sinking.

According TO recent reports Lake
Tahoe in the Sierras is falling rapid
ly. The lake is situated on the boun-
dairy of Nevada and California near
Reno, New. About a month ago it
was observed that the waters were
receding. In four weeks time they
had dropped fully six feet. The cause
OF the subsistence is mystery. Two
years ago the waters rose rapidly to
such a height that the surrounding
towns were seriously threatened. The
lake is very deep. aud is situated in
what some believe to be an extinct
volcano. Possibly the mysterious
changes of level may be due to vol
canic action. According to a legend
OF the Washoe indians the waters
once were hurled out Of the lake by
some suhterranean force and over
whelmcd the inhabitants Of towns in
the valley to the east
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Jenny Lind's Piety.

Jenny Lind. who, as yesterdays
Office Window recorded. gave her
first $4,000 to the poor. continued
throughout her life series of chart
ties and pieties, in regard to the lat
ter. we have the assurance of a
friend that this greatest of singers
deliberately cut short her own public
career while her voice was still in
perfection. 1t was Lady Taylor (wife
of the author of Philip van Arte-
velde") who found Jenny Lind sitting
toward evening on a south-coast
beach. just after her withdrawal,
with a book in her lap. She spoke
of her resolve. II found that this"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
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us she a hill-climber?" You bet!
This machine will get EN- unless they
take to trees. Louisville Courier
Journal.
the stock ticker died wealthy" Then
he didn't play il" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Zone of my ancestors was noted
pirate" That's nothing. I'm the
direct descendant of corporation
lawyer. Life.
Jones-'Is your daughter fin
ished musician" Smith-"No; but
the neighbors are making threats"
The Club-Fellow.
When people bore you be not swift their
dullness to condemn
For, ten to one, the chances are they think
that you bore them.
Chicago Record Herald.
If man quits smoking for a
month and then begins again. does
it prove that ne could quit, or that he
ouldn't?-Atchison Globe.
Jeweler - Shall l engrave the
brides initials on the inside?"
Fiancee-"Better say. For my best
beloved. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
Even if men are descended from
the monkeys" said Miss Pepper,
have the monkeys any reason to
feel proud?"-Somerville Journal
Bessie-"What kind of powder
does your sister use on her face?"
Bobby-"F From the explosions
heard in the parlor last night, it
must be gunpowder. Life.
The unhappier a mans marriage
is, the more he warns other men
against marriage; the unhappier a
woman's marriage, the more of a
matchmaker she becomes.-Atchison
Globe.
t'Macaroons and ice cream, You
ought to eat something more SUBJ
stantial for luncheon, Grace" Il
guess l ought. Waiter, add some
mixed pickles to that order. y Pitts
burg Leader.
He told me the old, old story,
Until | believed it true,
But after we were married
Then any old story would do.
Louise E., Monte Vista, Col, in Judge.
There is an art in putting things.
HE never turned the hungry from
his door" sounds very well, but it's
different when you say, He fed every
tramp that came along. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger
We'll, d. know" doabtfully said
Farmer Hornbeak, relative to the
proposal of his nephew, recent
graduate from an agricultural coll
lege. "Mebbe derc's money in cul-
twain mushrooms. but where could
we plant EN-? They require damp.
dark. dank place to grow in, don't
they?" Yes was the reply. And
III tell you what, Uncle Ezra; wer'
raise chem in the parlor. PUCK
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19

have so much to do to keep me from
all these happy things
If you will make these women sit
down and analyze what it is that
keeps them from ali the pleasant
things, 1t almost always turns out to
be that they are overriding their duty.
They give hours to thing that,
when accomplished. doesn't amount
to much and could we'll have been
put upon other shoulders. They
make other people dependent upon
them by the way in which they rush
into unloading the burdens of shoul.
ders which gre well able to carry
them
They are too tired, for instance. to
be amusing to thei:' husbands in the
evening. because they have spent
hours in hot kitchen trying to per-
feet some special dish which these
husbands like.
Then, when the other half, who
likes companion as we'll as a cook,
tells them so, and tries to argue them
out of this OVERRIDING. they burst into
tears.--New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19

Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the Presi-
dents youngest daughter, is the
happy possessor of horse and trap.
She has always been a lover of out
door sports and life in the saddle,
but this is her first venture as a
whip, at least to handle the ribbons
over the back of her own horse.
The animal is high spirited, good
looking sorrel. seven years old, and
named Hampstead. after a village
on Long Island. The trap is a high
one, dark blue and shining.
Miss Roosevelt has her own groom.
who takes the horse around to the
White House almost every afternoon
for her.-New Haven Register.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Amazing Garb of Parisiennes.

No wonder that in the shadow of
the new hats New Yorl. women seem
to be blind to other Paris wnims OF
the moment. No longer the frou-
frou of underskirts is heard. Silk
petticoats are scorned by the up-to-
date Parisiennes. Fashion now per-
mits only tights underneath an I'M
lined skirt, so scant and tight fitting
that it falls almost like pair Of
trousers. With this often is worn
a Directoire coat with tails almost
as long as the skirt A high, stiff
ruff encircles the neck. These ruffs
are things of beauty and of price,
the cheapest costing ABOUT SO. the
finest five times as much. They are
made in brilliant colors or OF plain
white with shaded edges, wired up
stiff ard high, with a ribbon through
the middle tied in big bow. From
this Pierrot ruff energies a deadly
pale face, for it is considered unfash-
ionable to have colors. With bright
red, rouged lips and nostrils red
dened, the resemblance to Pierrot s
heightened. A huge hat damned
down on the head and almost touch
ing the ruff at the back finishes the
startling picture of the modern Paris
society woman.-New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
THE MUSE AsTRAY.

Once in land where memories throng,
BY far southern sea,
A poet sang little song
OF rhythmic ecstasy.
He caught-or thought ne caught-the glow
OF rapt Italian wales.
The lustre of pnstained snow.
The thrill Of nightingales.
And not alone it charmed the sense,
Since on the theme was cast
The precious antique influence
OF long, stored past.
snow" cried he, for a magazine;
I'm puzzled as to which -
NV brilliantly word-painted scene >
Most fifty shall enrich.
The dove returned; one tiny leaf
Dejectedly it bore.
The singer stood transfixed with grief,
Yet sent it forth once more;
And back il came, and back, until
So early trained TO roam
If one but gave the thing its will
The carrier song flew home.
MORAL.
Be good. sweet muse and wisely choosl
Some fresher, homeler strain:
Shall Kalamazoo, Metuchen. too,
And Oshkosh sue in vain?
From The Contributors Club Of the
Atlantic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
To Test Silk and Linen.

OF the goods sold as "all wool"
inc. Generally the nam component
is cotton.
The test for this is simple. All
that is necessary is to pull out few
threads and apply lighted match.
Cotton will go off in q blaze, wool
will shrivel up.
To distinguish pure linen from
counterfeit is even easier. The in.
tending buyer need but wet her finger
and apply it to the goods. If they
are pure linen the moisture will pass
straight through; the spot touched
will be soaked at once and almost
Immediately one side will be as wet
as the other.
Frauds are more numerous in silk
than in any other fabric, but here
also the material of adulteration is
cotton. Its presence can readily be
discovered. Draw a few threads out.
The pieces of cotton will snap off
short when pulled. while the silk
will stretch and permit considerable
pull before breaking.
The boosted silk of our grand
mothers that "stood ly itself" is not
necessarily the best. Modern in
genuity has devised means of giving
the poorest article the body requisite
for this purpose.
Shellac and other sticky substances
mixed through the fabric will pro-
duce as stiff silk as ever graced the
wardrobe of our ancestors. Such
stuff is quite worthless, however, as
it quickly rots.-New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Recipes.

Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream
One-half cup water. square of choco-
late, one cup of sugar, one teaspoon
full Of flour. Boil.
Deer Park Muffins.-Two and one
half cups of flour, two cups OF milk,
one-half cup of butter, one-half yeast
cake, whites of two eggs.
Baked Apple Ice Cream.-Bake
and sift six sweet apples. Add one
quart of rich cream. and sugar to
taste. When the sugar is dissolved,
freeze
Orange ard Strawberry.--Peel the
oranges and remove the pulp neatly
and without having any of the white
membrane left upon it; divide it into
haltinch pieces, saving all the juice.
Hull the berries, wash and dry them,
If necessary, then cut into halves.
Set the whole aside to become chilled.
When ready to serve, mix the pieces
of berry and orange with little
sugar Divide the fruit among the
glasses and pour over the juice.
EhShsn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. put VI
flour, one cupful of finely chopped
suet. one teaspoonful of salt, one tea
spoonful of baking powder. Mix and
sift -four, salt and baking powder.
Add suet. Mix to firm dough with
ice water. Knead for two minutes;
roll out one-half inch thick. Put !
Toured cloth over board; on IL
spread the crust. Fill with sliced
apples mixed with sugar and little
cinnamon. Draw up crust and cloth
SO as to completely cover apples; tie
Goth. allowing little room to swell
Drop in kettle of rapidly boiling
water, with twist at bottom to pre-
vent scorching. Keep at rapid boil
for two hours. II water stops boiling
the dumplings will De heavy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Easier to Lean Than to Lift.

1T is strange fact that the most
buoyant young person cannot offset
the depressing tendency of single
older one. How much less, then.
can one young person counterbalance
two elders? 1t is about all two
youthful persons can do to overcome
the downward trend of one old man
or woman. One might think the
younger would have the stronger in
f1uence. but such. unfortunately, is
not the case. 1t is more difficult to
lift than to bear down. One young
couple of my acquaintance has three
elderly persons under its roof. The
result is that both man and wife
in manner, habit and thought are a
full decade older than their years.
1t shouldn't be permitted. New
York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Cleaning Widowed Cupboard.

To clean musty, widowed wood
en- cupboard, put one-half cupful OF
oxalic acid crystals in a gallon of hot
water and apply hot. taking care not
to get any on the hands Scald after
ward with clean hot water and dry
in open air and sun, If possible. The
cupboard will be sweet and clean
indianapolis News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19

My husbands coat collar always
became more soiled than the rest
of the garment, and it seemed we'll
nigh impossible to get the grease
and dirt out with soap and water.
Finally 1 tried alcohol and salt. and
the collar was cleaned nicely with nc
trouble at all.=New York World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Learn to Smile.

II half the girls knew how silly
they looked and sounded when they
constantly giggle they would stop it.
Learn to smile; not giggle.
Nothing is more infectious and
charming than a good laugh; but
very few people know how to laugh.
1t is as rare in life IS it is on the
stage.
A giggle usually comes from ner-
vousness. A girl will giggle when
she cannot think of anything to say
or when she is trying to be at ease
in company.
She will giggle when a boy meets
her and says Good morning" She
will giggle when he says Goodbye"
She is only nervous. but she appears
silly.
1t is no wonder that young men
speak with utter s,crn of this gig
Cling girl. They seem to think her
the least attractive maiden on earth;
it is trying to attempt to hold any
kind of conversation with a girl who
will punctuate her every remark with
giggles.
1t is not always possible to know,
at first thought, whether or not you
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19

are one of the girls who giggle. Stop
and think aboue it. Watch yourself
the next time you are with any one.
See whether this senseless trick is
part of your social equipment. If
it is take any heroic means to
strangle that giggle until it is dead.
Far better be silent; you may then
set the credit for wisdom that you
have not got Better than all, If you
don't know how to give a CHEEKY,
musical, spontaneous laugh, then try
your best to learn how to smile.
Do not let yourself give weary
smile, for that is the result of effort
and self-consciousness; but anything
is better than a silly giggle.-New
Haven Register
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
THE BRIDES WELCOME.

What did you say, sister sayin':
mo luck when the green
Take that folly an strayin'
Green Is the luckest color seem
Isn't grass green the to iny
Aren't the of the hue9
Mind you this. when she her iestin'.
I'd love you less if your eyes blue. @hs fS
What little brother shoutin'?
-" Hair that nd match red cows tail"
Ill be with him an stop his houtin
With kind little word from the tin of n fail
You, with your hair where the sunshine ranges
Like the autumn light the beechen track
Is would be changes?
I'd love you less if Your hair black.
What poor old mother croakin?
- Never and hens but few
Widows Cushla. provokin'
: lis often all that they I'VE left to do
She with her lame back, there at her knttin'
Angry with pain and sad be old
Mind this when she hert vittin'
I'D love you less you hung with gold
Alice Fleming, in The Academy
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-19
Old Bedspreads Used.

Dressmaking at Home has a new
use for old bedsteads. 1t is to cover
them with cheesecloth or silkoline in
dainty color to match the furnishings
of ones bedroom and tack them at
regular intervals as a comfortable
is tackled. The edges may be button
holed or bound. They are easy to
wash and make splendid quilts for
the warmer weather.