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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
A KINGS UNDRESSING.
The Ceremony Was Wonderful One
In Louis XVl.,s Time.

In memoirs of the Comtesse de
Boige" Q7Sl-1S14, edited from the
original manuscript by Charles Nicoul-
laud, is found the following realistic
description of the "coucher'' of Louis
XVI:
'The kings coat waistcoat and shirt
were taken off, He stood there naked
to the waist, scratching and rubbing
himself as If he had been alone, in the
presence of the whole court and often
many strangers Of distinction. The
first valet handed the nightshirt to the
most highly qualified person. to one of
the princes of the blood if any were
present. This was right and not
favor. When the person was one with
whom he was on familiar terms the
king would often play tricks while
putting it on. stepping on one side to
make the holder run after him. accom-
panying these charming jokes with
loud outlaws. which greatly vexed
those who were sincerely attached to
him When his shirt was on he put
ON his dressing gown. while three val
cts unfastened his waist belt and knee
breeches. which fell to his ankles. and
In that garb, scarcely able to walk with
these ridiculous fetters, he would shut
tle round the circle of those in wait
ing When the king had had enough
Of it, he shufiled backward to an arm
chair which was pushed into the mid
die of the room and dropped into it.
lifting up his legs Two pages on
their knees Immediately seized his
legs, pulled off the kings shoes and let
them drop with crash, which was a
point of etiquette AS soon as he heard
the noise the usher opened the door.
saying. Gentlemen VIII please pass
out Those present went away. and
the ceremony was finished. However.
the person who was holding the can
dlestick was allowed to stay if he had
anything special to say to the king,
and hence the value that was attached
| to this strange favor"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
DRYING THIN GLASSES.
A Dealer Tells Why the Maid Breaks
Them 60 Often.

"Our maid certainly worked destruc-
ton on those sherry glasses, 'lose del
icate little glasses, said the customer
to the dealer. There were six, and
she broke three inside of three
months"
"Oh, you got off easy, judging from
the stories that come to u.s." replied
the store man.
We'll. see how it isl responded
the customer. Il tried wiping a few
of these glasses myself the other night,
and the first thing knew | wiped the
side right out of one. AS the maids
say, Why, they break right in the
towelv"
Now. if you would wait until they
were nearly dry" remarked the dealer,
you'd never break any at all. Take
this cordial glass with the very thin
stem. You naturally seize it by the
foot and turn 1t while you wipe the
bowl with the other hand. While the
glass is wet the dish. towel, gripped
between two fingers, holds the bowl
like wise. and you just naturally
twist the stem in two. But if you let
the glass get nearly dry the towel
slips, and the danger is over"
Doesn't that make streaked glass
esq"
mo. not II the water and towels are
clean. or course you ought to have
towels that you use only for glass
ware. Towels that have been used on
dishes are likely to have grease on
them. and grease is the great enemy
of brilliancy in glassware.
'"rhen can soap be used in the wa
ter?'
"Oh. yes. We use pure white soap
with ours. The main point is to have
the water hot enough. That helps with
the drying. too. because when you take
glass out of very hot water and set
1t aside to drain it will dry itself be-
fore you can take n towel to it, It's
sue paper is good as polisher because
usually it has never touched grease.
Alcohol has reputation as a polisher.
but its function is rather to clean Cut
up potatoes are good to shine up the
insides of pitchers and carafes." New
York Post
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
WATCH THE LIPS.
r Sensitive Muscles Make Them
Great TeIItales.

cir Sensitive Muscles Make Them
Great TeIItales.
Its queer thing" remarked the
professor, 'how people can control
<heir eyes and not their mouths"
The inventor with whom he happen
"a to be talking made the comment
that the professor probably meant
tQngues when speaking of mouths.
No. didn't mean tongues. l
ueant mouths" the professor rejoined
mean. if you want to be scientifcal-
Inaccurate. the action Of the lip mus
tIcs. There's nearly always, in a
lament of excitement. of exaltation,
aepression or emergency, a telltale
MoVement on their part which can't
be guarded against. Why can't it be
Euarded against? Because it is so
largely unconscious. Most of us from
our youth up have been trained to use
our eyes and to use them in such a
way as to conceal our emotions. It's
dIderent with the mouth. Perhaps we
Aaxen't advanced far. enough to do
TWO such important things at the same
time Anyway the fact remains that
NE don't do it.
{ IT, for example, have reason to
ue11eve that man Is not telling me
TIE truth l don't give my attention to
bis eyes. He may look at me as fear
iessly as he wants. What l watch
tor Is something significant in the re-
Eion of his face below the nose. If
there is no change in the expression
of his lips am disposed after all to
believe him. But if there is the least
frembling or twitching, the least exhi
pit1on, let us call it. of nervousness
well, then, ! have my doubts"
k suppose observed the inventor
mat while that fact does not explain
me wearing of the mustache it shows
fnaE fhe mustache has uses" ~
does returned the professor.
nut you must remember that the mus
mene as rule doesn't obscure the
1oHer lip. And the lower lip. if you'll
4*e tine trouble to notice, is if any
t41u& more revelatory than the upper
Qua IL Is usually that lip which gives
WE oppression to the mouth. The up
QeK ~ follows suit, as 1t were"
en-, well,' said the inventor, fin
&ezAQg his mustache.-N York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
An Ideal Sitter.

A Washington artist while sketchine
In North Carolina was one day in
search of suitable background OF
dark pines for picture he had plan.
ned. At last he found the precise stu
alton he was seeking. and. best of ALL
there CHANGED to be pretty detail in
the figure of an old colored woman in
the foreground.
The artist asked the old woman to
remain seated until he had sketched
her. She assented with the greatest
good nature. but in a few minutes
asked how long the artist would be.
"Oh. only about quarter of an
hour" he answered
Three minutes or SO later the old
darky again inquired-this time With
manifest anxiety-how long the opera.
ton of sketching would take.
"Not long" was the reassuring reply.
But why do you ask so anxiouslyr
"Ch. nuthin'. sah" the old woman
FASTENED to respond. "only rs sittin' on
an ant hill. sab. "-Harper's Weekly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28

A company promoter who advertised
for an Office boy received hundred
replies. Out of the hundred be select.
ed ten, who were asked to call at tina
Office for personal interview. His
final choice fell upon a bright looking
youth. my boy" said the promoter
Il like your appearance and your man
ner very much. think you may a.
for the place. Did you bring a char
acter?"
mo. sir replied the boy. Il can &C
home and get it,
every well. Come back tomorrow
morning with It, and IL it is satisfac,
tory dare say shah engage YOU
Late that same afternoon the fnan-
cier was surprised by the return Of the
candidate. We'll" he said cheerily.
have you got your characterg
no. answered the boy, sbut rive
got yours, an | amt comm Y LADIES'
Home Journal.
To Begin With.
snow. my children what Is an al1so-
lutte necessity for family prayersy'
BoyA family. Harpers Weekly
Economy Is the mother Of liberty
-.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
A WONDERFUL CREATURE.
Born of snowdrift Crossed With .
Little Brown Hare.

Little Brown Hare.
Nature has tried many means of saw
Ing her own from the snow death.
Some, like the woodchuck, she puts to
sleep till the SHOWS shall be over.
Others she teaches to store up food
and to hide. So she deals with the
wood mouse. To still others, as the
moose, she furnishes stills. The last
means she employs is snowshoes.
This, the simplest, most scientific and
best, is the equipment of the snow
ehoe rabbit, the wabasso of Hiawatha.
wonderful creature born of a snow
drift crossed with a little brown hare.
The moose is like wading bird of
the shore that has stills and can wade
well for a space, but that soon reaches
the limit beyond which it is no better
off than land bird. But the snow
shoe Is like the swimmer-it Skins
over the surface where it will, not car
ing If there be one or thousand feet
of the element below 1t. In this lies
fits strength.
Wabasso has another name, the vary
ing hare, because it varies in color
with the season, and the seasons in all
las proper country are of two colors,
brown for six months, white for six.
SO all summer long, from mid-April
to mid-October the northern hare Is
Il little brown rabbit.
Then comes the snowy cold The
brown coat is quickly shed, a new
white coat appears. the snowshoe
grows fuller, and the little brown hare
has become white hare. the snow
shoe hare Of the voods.-Everybody's
Magazine
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Painfully Natural.

Playwright-Is her acting natural?
Manager enthusiastically Natural?
Why, when she appeared as the dying
mother last night an insurance agent
who has her life insured for $4,000
and who was in the audience actually
fainted-Kondon Tit Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
FREDERICK
ULE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER IL, 1907.

*Daily tDaily except Sunday. sSunday only
WASHINGTON, via Washingt n Junction
Connections for BALTIMORE. PH LABEL
PHIA and NEW YORK, Depart IA 30 m
1910 a. m, ~ 05 a. m, t9.45 a. m 800 p m.
Arrive fl0.50 a. M, gll.55 a. m S40i m,
1850 p. m, 1910 p. m.
BALTIMORE. via Main Line Connection,
for PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. De
part rs l0a. M, Is. 10 a. M, (Express). +l.55
M, and ~ 40 p. m. Arrive ITO 20 a. m, sl20
noon. 10. so p. m; 1910 p. M, MA p. N.
PITTsBURG, Depart 1880 "a m. fi.SO p. m
Arrive 1910 a. M, 1850 p m
CHICAGO, Depart 1880 a. IN. Arrive s1l.55
O. m, 1910 p M. is 80 p. m.
CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE and ST. LOUIS.
Depart 1880 a. M, 400 p m Arrive f6 40
a. M, liz. 10 p. m.
HARPER'S FERRY and WINCH ESTER, lie
part 1880 a. M, IA 90 p. M, $3.50 p. m Arrive
$50 q. m fl2 10 p. m.
HARRISONBURG. STAUNTON & LEXING
TON, nepart 1880 m. Arrive ~ 10 p. m
HAGERSTOWN and MARTINSBURG, DE
part 1910 a. M, 1880 a. m t5sO p. m
Arrive Is 35 a. m. fl2.l0 p. m. to 50 p. m
t845p. m.
WASHINGTON AID Way Stations, Depart
1900 a. M, S7.05 n. M, "a p m. Arrive
1850 m, gil .55 a. M, Si.,0 p. m Is l0p m
iuneSly 06
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
pUBLIC SALE
Or
VALUABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.

AS intend to quit farming will sell at pub
lie sale, on r. NJ. iteshew's farm. better
known rs the "Glaze Farm one mile west of
frederick, on The Jefferson pike. on
WEDNESDAY. MAR Ii 18th 1908,
at 10 O'Clock, a. m, the following personal
property TO witt
9HEAD OF HORSES,
among which are brood mares, | in foal by
company horse, fine driving mare, years
old;
27HEAB OF CATTLE,
among which are IS head of mich cows, the
balance heifers, and years old;
"A HEAD OF HOGS,
among whici are brood sows. with pigs by
their side. full bred Poland Chint boar. 2
years old. u shoais, | schultz wagon and
bed, size 3S4; Brown wagon, "a; two horse
Brown wagon and bed, l farm cart, ? pair hay
carriages, buggy, pairpeafowls,
DEERING BINDER,
7.foot cut with truck complete: reering
mower, Deering horse rake. / superior grain
drill, hay tedder. Daisy corn planter, 3
double corn pho s. riding and walking
piows, Brown make; sing g 81 ovel piow. }
barshear piow three-section syracuse
lever harrow, two section ever harrow, /
Wood frame harrow, double shovel piows 2
sets of triple, double and single tr es lot OF
Jockey sticks Jack screw, 2 pair streichers
2 sets butt traces, ! pair breast chains. / clod
roller, 2 sets Of breechbands, I sets of front
gears set Yankee harness, 9 housings
wagon saddle, q choke straps. collars anu
brld :, g fly nets, 10 good halters 6 sets oil
puw gears ] set cart harness, set single har.
ness, lot o. plow lines, corn shelter, wheel
barrow, dinner bell wheat fan, cutting
box, set of b acksmith tools, lot OF FORKS
picks and shovels, Omega crea y separator
go lbs capacity In goou condition; lot o.
mil cans and buckets, large ice-box, large
iron kettle and furnace and lot of othel
above articles are IN fine condition
Terms of Sale-A credit of six months viii
be given on all sums above 81 by the pur
chaser or purchasers giving his, her or heil
notes with approved security, bearing interes
from dat of sale; all sums under $40 the casl
VIII be required. No property to be removed
until the terms Of sale are compiled with.
CHARLES p. HITESHEw.
Harvey r. Lease, Auctioneer.
II. B. Witter, Clerk. M Il ~
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Pedigreed Seed Corn.
GOLFERS EXCEL SIOR

The most perfect type yet produced. The
methods employed In lis production, the
most Intensive known in corn breeding
EXCELSIOR gave he best results over all
corns Ia the len states where II was grown in
1901 L ok first prize in every Class for
white corn and sweepstakes prize over all
corners ut the STATE Corn and Wheat Show,
Baltimore, Md, December 1907. Also took
first prize al the State Fair, Richmond Va
October 1907. las taken first prize where
ever shown M Tree Corn Booklet tells the
method employed In its production and
what government experts and others have
10 say regarding ii Strong guarantee with
each order. Determination Iest on each bag.
Money refunded II corn is not as represented.
Ny seed stock of both coors are well mat
tured and sound. Write today for Corn
Booklet.
W, OSCAR COLLIER, Proprietor.
Sprlngwood Seed Farms.
Easton, Md.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Proving Il.

Keep up your courage, old man."
said the passenger who was good
sailor to another who was leaning
over the railing and paying tribute to
Neptune.
''Never mind me-" came the answer
between gasps. 1--WE always heard
that it took travel to bring out what
there is in a man."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
The Twice-a-Week American.
The Cheapest and Best Family Newspaper
Published.
ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Six Months, so Cents.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK AMERICAN Is
published IN two issues. Tuesday and Friday
mornln IS. with the news of the week in com
pac shape. IL also contains interesting
social correspondence, entertaining roman
ces, g cd poetry, local matter of general
interest and fresh miscellany suitable for the
home circle carefully edited Agricultural
department and fun and reliable Financial
and Market Reposts are speciai features
see clubbing arrangements in other parts
OF paper.
Entered at the Postoffice at Ba timore, Md,
as second-class after. April IL, 1924
CHAS. q. FULTON & CO.,
FELIX AGNUS. Manager and Publisher
AMERICAN OFFICE.
feb. 2l-2t BALTIMORE, MD.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court for
Frederick County, Maryland, letters of ad
ministration upon the estate of
ANN NUSBAUM,
late of Frederick County, state Of Maryland,
deceased
All persons having claims against her said
estate are hereby warned TO exhibit the same,
with the proper vouchers thereof, duly au-
thenticated, on or before
September 10Th, 1905.
they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefits of said estate All persons in
debted TO said estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Dated February II, 1905
THOMAS kslARRKaGT0N.
dec 2I.5t Executor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Chesapeake Steamship Co.
Chesaneake Line. E E'fssna R %s1.
COLUMBIA" and AUGUSTA

COLUMBIA" and AUGUSTA
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily (except
sunday at 6 80 p M. and arrive Old Point
Comfort at a. m. and Norfolk al 7 90 a. m,
where connection made with the rail lines
for all points south
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
"YoRK RIVER LINE"

ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER
"ATLANTAn
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND VA
Steamer leave Baltimore Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday at p. NJ. ami arrive
West Point at 7.45 A. NJ, aud Richmond at
900 A. M
Steamers call at Gloucester Point, Glenn
ents, Clay Bank and Almonds.
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIERS IS AND 10 LIGHT STREET
WHARF.
Through Tickets to all points may be secur.
ed, baggage checked and staterooms reserved
from the City Ticket Offices. ll9 r.. Baltimore
street. ARTHUR w. ROBSON. Agent, 1877 II.
Baltimore street. or the General Offices
Light and Lee streets. Baltimore Md
REUBEN FOSTER, f.. j. CHISN,
General Manager. Gen. Pass AgI
T. H. MCDANIEL.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
may 25-lv.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
nor RI M IN CoUNTRy

TOR RtNT IN COUNTRY.
large furnished house, lawn, stables. gar
den. iruit poultry 2cows and pasture, d few
miles on turnpike from Frederick q ty. 10 4
refined family, withou small children, In ex-
CHI nge for board of owner
References
Address,
CITIZEN OFFICE.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
WANTED

WANTED
Representative In own community. $4,000
capital required. Cool salary to right party.
Bona nde real estate proposition. Address.
ARTINsvILLE. IMPRovEMENTuo
Steelton
WI VI
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28

Economy Is the mother Of Liberty
Johnson.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28

AS intend to quit farming will sell at pub
lie SALE on r. NJ. iteshew's farm. better
known AS the .Gaze Farm " one mile west of
frederick, on The jefferson pike. on
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-06
TELLS YOU HDW.
To Make the Best Remedy Right at
Home fer Kidney Trouble

To make up enough OF the "Dande.
lion treatment which is claimed TO
be relieving nearly every sufferer who
uses It for backache, kidney complaint
sore, weak bladder and rheumatism;
get from any good prescription phar-
macy one-half ounce of Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kar.
gCn and three ounces Compound Sy-
rup Of SarsGparilla Shake well i'm {
bottle and take in teaspoonful doses
after each meal and again al bedtime.
Those who have tried it claim that
it acts gently but thoroughly on the
kidneys, relieving backache and blad-
der trouble and urinary difficulties be-
fore you realize IT, Many cases of
rheumatism are known to have been
relieved within a few days, the pain
and swelling diminishing with eacn
dose.
This simple recipe is said to streng
then and cleanse the eliminatiye it's
sues Of the kidneys so that they can
inter and strain from the blood and
iystem the poisons acids and waste
natter which cause not only rheuma-
ism but numerous other diseases.
every man or woman here VINO feels
hat their kidneys are not healthy and
active, or who suffer from any urinary
trouble whatever should not hesitate
o make up this mixture as il is GER
lain to do much good. and may save
YOU from mucn misery and suffering
after while
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-06
PRES. ELLIOTT RESIGNS
viii Close His Duties at Harvard May
10, 1909

Boston. Nov. 5.-President Charles
W. Elliott of Harvard University for
more than go years the head of the
Cambridge institution has rendered
his resign To- take effect May q.
1909, according 10 an announcement
today by the Harvard board OF over
seers.
The resignation has been accepted.
No reason Is assigned and Or Elliott
refuses TO comment on his action
The announcement of President I'll
liotts resignation was made at the
conclusion 81 special meeting OF tho
board of oyerseers yesterday, The
statcmcn; issued 40 that tine said
that at q meeting OF the president and
fellows of Harvard Ocober 20 the pres
ident presented his letter of resigna.
ton and q was voted that The rcsig.
nation be regrotfully accepted. The
resignation then came to the corpora.
ton and after q weeks conference was
accepted. The members of the board
expressed their confidence iu the pres
ident's wnimpaircd ability to admins.
ter the aifeirs of the university to the
satisfaction Of the governing boards
and faculties
The election of successor viii en-
gage the p';outlon of the governing
boards during the time that remains
before tine expiration ot President El'
lofts term OF service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-06
CHANGING VERMONT NAMES
Newport Contemporary Makes Protest
Against Uniting Folly

The above from the New York Sun
Is a rational criticism of the foolish
ness of changing the names of places
simply TO satisfy a fad. or because a
place may have more than one handle
attached to IT, says the Newport EX-
press and Standard. Only three or four
years ago this fad changed the name
of Ayers Flats to Ayers Clin, on the
Canadian end of the Boston and Maine
road Now the place itself Is one
large fat tract of land without a Cliff
In sight much higher than a house
and the name was strictly appropriate
in every sense But a few with a pull
managed TO change ths name AMI now
when one leaves the train at Ayers
Cliff he wonders where under the
heaven the cliff exists A few years
ago some crank named the two noun
tains az Lake Willoughby--one Mour.
Hoar and the other Mount Pisgah, two
names as inappropriate TO the locality
and the mountains as calling a mole
hin the Mount of Olives Neither
would we use these two names in our
souvenir book OF Willoughby and viii
not IN The future under any considerl
tiCn. The surroundings and past ev-
ents should furnish the names ard
these names should stick II they are
not always euphonic In sound or po-
etc In sense. We adhered 20 the or.
iginal name OF Mount Willoughby for
me mountain In commemoration of
Nilloushby. the fCst white owner Of
that section, and Whaleback noun.
tain fCr the other mountain cecluse
the whlleback is perfectly outlined
alrrC the crest which would naturally
suggest the name In an instant Now
the rsme OF Rarton Landing could not
be improved upon for the name of
that place II a thousand new NAMES
we're chosen. II Is not a fad name or
one that was machine made. Il cqun
TO u naturally. under the stress OF
the course OF vents at the time. Bar
ton Is appropriate because the place
is In the town OF Barton and the
Landing" is appropriate because IL
APPLIES to historical events that soon
would be forgotten n this attachment
TO the name were cast aside. Let the
railroad call q "Anglewold' or Coon
Hollow as they choose, but the citi'
zens OF Barton Landing would make
a grave mistake 20 change name
flat links the place with all that has
come down TO them from the past ana
simply to satisfy the whlm OF a road
that cares not what the name may be
provided 10 Is changed to meet Their
Whn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-06
NIGHT RIDERS WOMAN
SECRETARY DISCLOSED
THEIR SECRETS
Mrs. Ella Fridge, Who Acted Part Of
Spy Expected to Give sensat-
ional Testimony

Nashville Tenn, Nov 6.-The stand
made by Gov. Pattson In his attempt
to suppress recent night rider out
RACES in Lake county and other see.
tons of the state has been followed
by several anonymous threatening lct
ters TO the governor
A Union City dispatch says that Mrs
Ella Fridge and other alleged right rl.
ders are held there under heavy guard
They will be kept there until the ma
beas corpus proceedings now pending
can be heard Mrs Pridgc 81 rs said
was secretary OF the night riders on
panizatlon but is now very bitter
against them She is reported To
have been whipped by the riders la
ter she Joined them In order to learn
their secrets Her testimony tt Is
believed. will be highly sensational
FIFTY writs are I'm the hands OF inc
sheriff He went 10 Camp Nemo TO
dav to serve them ON Col Tatom