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The citizen., 1913-12-12
NAMES THAT DICKENS USED
Carved on English Tombstones, They
Recall the Works of Great
Author.

The happy discovery in Chalk
churchyard Of the immortal names
OF Twist, Flight and Guppy reminds
me that some years ago in Bunhill
Fields cemetery l noticed on some
tombstones not far apart from one
another the following names: Sarah
Brass, Garland and Sophronia. all OF
which appear in The Old Curiosity
Shop" Dram. the name of the under
taker in David Copperfeld;' and
Blight and George Sampson, names
occurring in Our Mutual Friend
George Sampson is the much snub-
he'd suitor of Bella Wilfer's sister La
yinia. Young Plight" whose wages
We're 15s a week. is elaborate,y de-
scrtbsd as being managing clerk,
junior clerk. common law clerk, con-
veying clerk. chancery clerk every re-
fnement and department Of clerk. OF
Mr.. Mortimer Lishtwood, Solicitor.
Dick Swiveller's The Marchioness, =
whom he named "Sophronia Sphinx.
as being "a name euphonious and gen
teel. and furthermore indicative Of
mystery" is known 10 everybody. In
our Mutual Friend" however. there
feures a much less distinguished and
vgll known Sophrouia the wife, name
~. Of the ginger wb.aker5d' and dis
reputable Mr. Lammle-Corresp pom
deuce London Times
The citizen., 1913-12-12

There are two systems Of birth.
stone, one Polish and the other Jew.
ish in origin. The Polish system is the
one now more generally accepted. h.->
of course this is simply matter OF
custom, not to be settled arbitrarily.
The Polish system is as follows:
January, garnet; February, amethyst;
March, bioodstone; April, Diamond;
May, emerald; June, chalcedony or
agate; July, ruby; August, sardonyx;
September, sapphire; October, aqua
marine or beryl: November, topaz;
December, turquois.
The Jewish system is January, gar
net; February, amethyst; March, jas,
per; April. sapphire; May, chalcedony,
carnelian, or agate; June, emerald;
July, onyX; August, carnelian; Sep
,ember, chrysolite; October, acQua,
marine or beryl; November, topaz;
December, ruby.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
SOMETHING MORE THAN HINT
Sandy McQuibber Could Hardly Have
Seen Pleased by the Remarks
of the ReadIe

A native of a small village in Scot.
land, having made good" in "furrin
parts" returned home, and, to show
his more unfortunate brethren at home
how little he valued c s. d., he pre-
sented a brand-new umbrella stand to
the "auld kirk In accordance with
the usual custom the presentation was
announced By the beadle on the Sab
bath, just before the service started.
The beadle, a grizzled old warrior
of about seventy. delivered himself in
the following manner
Nae doot, brethren, yell a'hae no.
ticed the bran-new umbrella-stan that
oor worthy neiber, Mr.. MacRae, has
glen tae the kirk. Noo, umbrellas is
umbrellas, and human naturs human
uaturs, an although it i'll behoves me
tae say onything agin ony worshiper
i tais sacred place, yet tae tell We the
trulh we wad a. be vera pleased if
Sandy MacQuibber wad tax a sittin'
a wee bittie farer ava fra the door!"
London Tit-Bits.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
nNohodv Eate ec,snrn Now .

The South has long been cursed
with stories Of things said to exist
here as to be peculiarly Southern that
are the mere hctions Of the exubegant
imaginations Of professional Southern.
ers south of the line and professional
Southerners who have never been far.
ther south than Washington.
Nobody now eats possum, and no.
body now eats possum and sweet pota-
toes. Once the negroes ate possum
once in their lives, but no negro ever
made a second assault on dish OF
possum A man who could enjoy pos
sum should have a copper riveted
stomach and a taste for pure fat with
a strong odor. There is no such thing
as persimmon wine Once there was
persimmon beer II is about as pala-
table as rainwater favored with dried
apples.-Memphis Commercial Ap.
peal.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Brand-kieW Excuse.

Casey announced to his wife, Ellen
that he was going to the bali game
All day he was gone. Night came
but no Casey to take his place at the
head of the table. Midnight and nc
Casey-one o'clock-two o'clock
three o'clock-no Casey.
As the six o'clock whistles began to
blow Casey stumbled up the front
steps into the house and awakened
his wife by his efforts to negotiate
the stairs. She hoped out of bed
and met her better half in the hall
way.
We'll" said Mrs. Casey, determine.
tion written On her Amazon face
Sallrite, Him." said Casey, weak.
ly. "The game was called on account
of daylight
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Habeas Corpus Case Heard by
Judge Worthington.

On last Saturday. Decembe- 9th.
Judge Worthington heard and disposed
Of the following habeas corpus cases:
Charles Wtles and lanes Myers. both
Of Emmiisburg, charged with stealing
cider we're released in the sum of 800
each tor court Bail was furnished by
each 81 them. They were represented
by Reno s Harp.
Ernest Drummond. Of Knoxville. Who
is charged with larceny. was dismissed
Charge against him appearing 70 have no
foundation Reno 5. Harp was his at
tonev
Ham Owugs. charged with selling
liquor on Sunday and also without a Ii
cense, was released upon his own recog
nizance Tor he action Of the Grand Iurv
Fl Dorses Eichiaon was his attorney
a. q Lattauer, who was arrested at
Brunswick, where he was the renresenr-
alive OF carnival COMPANY upon the
charge Of stealing a watch. was before
Judge Worthington Hdge Worthinpton
was unwilling To- take action, upon tn
testimony produced and held the case
open for further hearing. Reno S. Harp
was his attorney.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

Hi Larity treated his peg leg to a
handsome coat of white paint one day
this week, after which he painted
inches and half inches on it and has
since been using it as a measuring
stick when digging postholes and do
ing other work. Our road overseer
came along few days later and placed
a white pole in the creek with inches
and half inches painted on it 50 team
sters can tell when the creek is too
high to ford. Link Lollop passed that
way shortly after and found Simp
Summers staring at the pole most in
tently. Link asked him what he was
watching. I've been settin' here
nearly an hour" Simp replied, "waitin'
to see what His diyin' after, but hit
seems like hit takes him long time
TO come up."-Kansas City Star.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Fans UnheaIthful.

Though the electric fan brings re
ireshing coolness to hot places, it does
not ventilate closed room, and Lang
lais and Satory, French experimenters,
have found that the ordinary fan tends
TO lessen the airs purity instead Of IN
creasins it, the stirring up Of be-
ing probably responsible for d large
addition to the bacteria.
During dancing in & ballroom the
number Of bacteria per cubic yard of
the air rose from 1000 to 10000. For
ventilation an ozone generator nay
be used with the fan, or an exhaust
fan may be placed in q hole in the
outer wall so as to pump out the viii
ated air, when, Of course, fresh ali
viii take its place
The citizen., 1913-12-12
= ~ q IL sFtsa IA n y. :,
WAY FOR THE YOUNG MEN!
Condition That Must Be Recognized
Is Pointed Out by Writer in
Magazine.

Clear the way for the young men,
They are entering "the strong, hour
ishing. and beautiful age of mans
life" They decree the changes. the
man of the world may be rolled up
every acre tramped upon and lnhab'
tied. But still they come, claiming all
the rights of the adventurer and pio-
neer. Domains must be found for
them if the old earth has gone stale.
If the life of danger and discovery Is
ended. then they will turn their hand
against our secure world and refash-
ion the pleasant places. They will
uproot tradition and shatter the insti'
tutions. We should like them better
if they fitted into our scheme, if they
were rudy and CHEEKY and ended
there. But they come earnest and
critical They jeer at our failures,
reject our compromises. 1t isn't our
idea of youth our peaceful picture OF
waht youth should be. Poets sing it
as if it were a pretty thing, the gentle
possession of a golden race Of beings.
But it is lusty with power and disas-
trous TO comfort Men sigh for it as
if it had vanished with old Japan at
the hour when it is romping in their
courtyard and challenging their dear
beliefs. They are wistful for it in
their transfgured memory, and they
curse it il their councils, for youth
never IS what the elders would have
it. II does unacceptable things, while
age stands blinking and sorrowful. 1t
is unruly. turbulent power on its end
less track.-Collier's Weekly.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Home
Circle
Depart
lllent
MORE IMPORTANT.

Indeed. i, is tar more important for a
woman to be good than a man. Their
influence upon the children is far greater
than the parental influence. Further
more. children. as a rule inherit their
moral qualities much more from their
mothers than from their fathers Conse-
quentlv for bov TO make good. level
headed truth loving. upright, citizen.
it is very important for him to havesa
good mother.
The better We can make the mothers
of our land. the better we make our
country. The old Roman mothers intiu-
ence was acknowledged as a most pc
tent one upon the patriotism of the peo-
pie
Yet our women are not altogether an
gels. though many of them are almost
like them The more angelic they NAV
be- however, the more highly will the
race of mankind improve morally.
While the future des'inieS of man rest
so largely upon the women of our land,
don't forget that it is the country women
the wives and daughters OF the farmers
to whom we must look for our
temporal solution more than any
OF the other class OF women. They
are the moulderS of the true representa-
tive character of the country more than
any other.
But for the constant iufusio, of good,
healthy, country blood, our cities would
s.agnate and die.
It's upon the honest motherhood OF
, the rural districts that the country must
depend mainly for the true, sturdy citi-
zenship that must save us from the an
archial tendencies and influences Of our
! large centers Of population.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
ereas classIoal Works Lost.

There are more ways Of destroying
book than burning it, The CID
monks were adopts 1t another form
Of destruction with what they consid-
cred laudable motives. VeIum was
costly and they were indefatigable in
erasing the best works Of the Greek
and Latin to n he room for a lie Of
some saint or ayher on the same ahaet.
In the Vatican one Of the books of
Livy can ba faintls diecerned beneath
miasal end Cicesos de Republica"
was lo5, TO the world for centuries
underneath a mass of monkish writ
ing And the quality 6f the monks
composition was seldom comparable
with what he destroyed.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
He Remaml-ered.

One day I told my son. aged three
to pick up his blocks quickly, for din
ner was ready to begin at once, but
lie would no more nan get them piled
Up until he woglG accidentally kuoc!-
them over az. Finally I reproved
him rather harpih and, looking Up
at ne 9ith hIr, feeling, he said:
Mamma, am Sad boy?"
Ier swered: 80, dear but you ere
careless"
A few DAYS later 7 had occasion tc
aiga him desc Of medicine He
didn't wang to take it, Sc I said, en-
courle.agly Tal1 il. il isn't bad"
"VeH lie answered, "if it isn't bad,
it's apreless. ."-ohicag0 Tribune
The citizen., 1913-12-12
WHY DON r YOU3

Why don't YOU answer your friends
letter at once? 1t will have double value
if written promptly and will take no
more time now than bv and by
.NWhy don't You make the promised
visit to that invalid? Sine is looking for
you dav after day and hope deferred
maketh the heart sick
Whv don't you send away that little
gift that YOU have been planning to send?
Mere kind intentions never accomplished
anv good.
Why don't you speak out the encour-
aging words that YOU have in your
thoughts? Unless YOU express them they
are of no use to others.
Whv don't you take more pains to be
self-sacrficing and loving in your every
day home life? Time is rapidly passing.
Your dear ones will not be with you
always.
Why don't you create around YOU an
atmosphere of happiness and heipfulness,
so that all who come in touch with YOU
may be made better? Is not this posi-
bic?
WHY don't YOU follow in the steps OF
Him who came not to be minis'ered
unto but to Minister
Why don't YOU?
The citizen., 1913-12-12

templated at the rear of St. Peters GENE
tery This beautiful resting place for the
dead was admired BY many tourists dur
ing the past summer and without eXag-
geration il was the most lovely spot de-
voted to the dead in the State OF Mary
land
The Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school Will hold its Christmas entertain
ment on TUESDAY evening, December 50,
beginning at O'Clock.
Mr.. T. Simpson was m Frederick dur
ing the week on insurance business.
Mr. Roland Simpson having full recov-
cred from his recent iadispoSiton IS out
again.
Mr.. Leo Smith was a visitor at the pa
rental home during The week.
A party was given Mr. Paul Paris BY
a number of h., friends Those present
were. Misses Margaret. Jennie, Nina and
\irai- smith. C-a5'i1@ Helen aud Irene
S4a1'usta1 Jessie kersaw, Olga Poole
Lulu Deck and Helen TTund.e, MeSSrs
Cari E'zIer. T. Could MYERS, scott Starr
I1an Smith. Lyman Sa2pagton, Walter
Curtin u. Nm AoDl-ay Rjdgelev A.
haush Hugo and Noaert Care Paul and
Sheridan PARIS L'1Nd c. Simpson. Rev.
and Mrs. /. ~ pa-tis, Mr., o. B. Stone
ana tI-~ A.55,. L. Saith
Mrs. .C Sapp.aEtla entertained the
Nat.ae- El.hre Club Those present
were. Ne-d.Wes Edward Hobbs { f..
Smith. Wm iabH, Charles Poole. Hal
Stone. G Al Lindsay f. IT. ~ap0'us'1n,
Frs-< T. Hammond. =. :. oap0n1 'n,
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Liberty Items.

Christian Eldeavor services were held
on sunday last in the NJ. P. church at
65o p. "a, Win Mrs. ! S. Albaugh lead.
eT.
The Peoples Bank is nearing compile.
ton. The marble counter is now being
placed in position.
The services in ST. Peters church were
conducted at 7.3o a. m. and $40 D. m.
Father Cavanaugh officiated.
Services in the NJ. P. church on Sunday
last were held at 6.3o p. M, by the Rev.
ID. A. Ford, the pastor.
Some marked Improvements are con.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
School Commissioners and Super
intendent Mapping Out Legisla
tiOn.

The annual meeting of 'he School Com
n1issloners and Conn'v 5uperintend-nt,'
Association Of Marvlaud cam. to lose
with the adoption 81 resolutions covering
the bills that the association VIII intro
duce into the next legislature c9pc-rnia +,
the State schools
The measures that win be- pushed will
be the appreciation OF "A IS cent school
tx to be used extensively bv ihe elc.
mentarv schools throughout the State:
appropriation for summer teachers
training school al Ocean CITY. Md.
sufficient 10 adequately supply the nee
essary training to prospective teachers:
ihu instead of having a compulsory
Teachers Institute in each county every
year the County Superintendent be au-
thorized to send his teachers to reputable
summer schools at periods of every four
or five years to renew their training: that
every State-aded college shall be requir-
ed to adopt course in pedagogy during
It's last two years, and finally that the
State Compulsory Education law be made
State wide in its application.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
MedsIs f2r NLaa. --hay nont b.

Dear me, said the potentate, who
&c these poaa3a aAd whist Is the mean
ing cf their enormous nadgas?"
Prince" was the repiy, they are
eambsrs O. a temperance society ana
their badges signify that they never
srt drunk."
The PRINCE fiowned.
If 7 wore q aig badge ne said, "for
every wrong thing don't do you
couldn't see my clothes at all."
The citizen., 1913-12-12

The Hood College Building Commit.
tee, which has charge OF the erection Of
the first buildings of new Hood College
upon College Farm northwest OF Freder-
ick. will meet in this city. The plans for
the first building have about been de-
cded upon, this building to be an ad.
ministration hall, but the matter of a Law
out Of the grounds is now receiving the
attention of the board.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

Calvin Birely, of Funkstown, well
known in this city. was kicked in the
abdomen by horse which he was shoe
ing few davs ago. The horse belonged
to Mr. d Melvin Ridenour, who resides
between Hagerstown and Funkstown.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Special Bill For the Frederick
War Claim.

II is understood that Congressman
David !. Lewis will introduce special
bill To have Frederick pad of the war
debt Of $500. 900. which was paid to Gen.
Iubal A. Eariv as a ransom.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Mrs. Lucy Dahlgren Wins.

The appellate division OF the Supreme
Court New York, affirmed an interlocu-
tory decree Of divorce in favor OF Mrs.
Lucy Dahlgren against Erie B. Dahgren,
son Of RearAdmiral Dahlgren, United
States Navy. who resided at Dohl@r on
South Mountain at one time. Mrs. Dahl
gren was Miss Drexel, Of the well
known Philadelphia family OF that name.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

John w. DowdIe. Of Chicago, H., was
elected captain Of Nj. St. Mary's football
team for 1914 at meeting of the Mt. St.
Mary's men.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

When we make up the inventory o. our
lives, If our hearts have anv appreCia-
ton Of the true values, if we have learned
TO distinguish between life's tools and
its products. we find that those things
that we could least afford to lose are
those that have come upon us without
our labor perhaps without deserving and
always beyond our powers of purchase
How foolish then are we. who have the
greatest and the most enduring treasures
by SIMPLY taking them. If we waste our
powers and our time in striving after
the things that are worth while. There
are two ways of loving-one is TO try to
make enough money to be able to buy
pleasures or affection, or whatever YOU
may most desire. the other is to keep the
life ever open to all the Joy and love and
enriching all that is about it.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

True marriages means a suhugation Of
self and a losing of ones selfish feelings
in love for another. Every man ought to
have the certainty that he can find peace
home. Every husband ought to feel
when he turns the KEY to enter his own
door that he is sure Of a sweeter welcome
and more cheerful and more restful at
mosphere than he found outside of it.
If each wife would make this the lead
ing resolve of her life the world would be
revoluionzed.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

What kind of a woman are you at
home? Are you one OF those who chase
through life. with dust cloth in hand
making every one in the household IN
comfortable because Of little dust
upsetling the peace of the whole family.
for house cleaning? Or do YOU prefer to
live as comfortably as possible, choosing
rather to have your home sacred and
beloved spot 20 vour husband aud chill
dren. and hold their love above even the
sacred duty Of chasing microbes
The citizen., 1913-12-12

The woman that saves up her house
hold worries and her bodily pains and
aches TO entertain her husband with on
his return home, drives a sure nail in the
coffin Of conjugal happiness
X
How easy it is /, find something to
anger us in our relations with orr fellow
man Instead of shutting our ewes 10 i,
we are open 10 every encounter provok-
iHa a quarrel Sowing dlscord and
'eaDiG2 tares.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-11
RUSSIA'S FARM TOOLS.

The announcement is again made.
probably for about the fifteenth time
In five years. that the Russian govern
ment is investigating and experiment
ing upon the comparative merits Of
farm indictments Of various makes
with a view to having the demand in
Russian markets supplied by domestic
manufacture instead Of depending upon
tho factories Of the United States, from
which country it is said nearly three
fourths Of Russia's supply now comes.
This is too familiar Il statement 10 be
surprising. and is not sufficiently pOr-
tcntous - be alarming, while the I'M
FILED compliment which il pays to the
American principle of.protecton to and
DEVELOPMENT Of domestic industries
might almost serve as an anodyne TO
any pain which we might suffer from
the extremely improbable contingency
Of the loss Of Russian patronage for
cur tool shops.
Exact figures Of our exports Of agri-
NuiAlii az l4iiIb'ii'IiN w lAuN~ld dff liVi
accessible AT this moment. but it is GER
tain that they are not large when com
pared with our total foreign trade or
with our total production Of such
wares. In 1910 our total exports Of
domestic products 20 Russia were only
S17,730.4li which amounted TO a neg
igibly small percentage of our total
domestic exports Of Sl.11O.0S3.99S -
only little more than per cent! How
much Of those exports 10 Russia con-
sisted of agricultural implements is
hot clear, but il was certainly less than
one-half. Now. in The same year our
total exports Of agricultural Implements
were SIS. 12i 03,;, 50 that Russia could
have taken only a minor fraction Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-11
AN EARLY REVISION.

The chairman OF the Progressive
party'S legislative committee mentions
"the short ballot. non-partiSan election
"of judges. womcn's suffrage munich
pal home rule. taxation reform. the
"initiativc and referendum. the Op-
"tional recall. measures OF social and
industrial Justice. the coordination IL
"the departments Of the state govern
"ment the elimination Of useless of
"fceS. the establishment of an adcquai"
"and economical budget system. jhc
removal OF the public service com
THE realms Of political reward and
partisan prizes ~ subjects mat
should come before n constitutional
convention i'm this state. the early c'l,-
ing of which is pledged 10y the plat
forms of all parties. II is fitting that
the question of holding such conycn-
ton in 1919 should he submitted 10 the
voters next fall. Let the people decide
whether they shall have convention
al the earliest possible moment or wait
till 1916. the time fixed in the present
constitution for submitting to the pub
lie the question of It's revision.
4 vote on the matter will clear the
air. II will show whether or not pop,-
lar sentiment * so changed aS 10 bc
inpatient of the restrictions in the
present constitution. Even if the pub
nc proves to be uuready 10 undertake.
"a revision. II vote such ~ * proposed
would serve 10 focus attention upon
such topics as Mr.. Davenport suggests,
and when the question comes before
the state again in 1916 the public mind
will bc better prepared 10y reason IF Il
preliminary discussion. If CONVEX
ton is 10 be held some plan should be
followed 10 eliminate par;isanShip in
the selection of delegates ~ completely
as possible. They should be chosen for
their capacity and for the principles
they represent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-11
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Af,c~ a wecl, IN New York castro may se'
sr.b an idea OF this country that he won
caro- =, see the rest OF it, anyway fh'l'-
delrhia Press
one New York police captain pleads gum.
,o taking graft which means, OF course ''-'
he expects TO get OF asy.-Piusbutsh Fos"
The sale OF a seat IN the Boston stock "a
change at $4,000 shows a relatively gres's.
dron from the record price OF $500 Va l'"'
than the decline in the price Of a seat 10 wv
New York stock Exchange from sVo'Vo
SIS. 600 Boston Globe.
over $40 600 was paid into the uessuf! O.
the civ Of New York last year from Wv
estates of persons who died without heirs Inc
largest OF these estates amounted to o"'
about s.. 600. however. 50 that there was "'''
incentive 10 frame another Tichborne p'o'~
dorchester Democrat and Chronicle.
An Oklahoma man got lost IN New iO
with $4,000. Foolish man. with that snio'N'
Of money he could have got 'sxieao 70 'a.'
him TO a depot.-Charlesion News and 'ou'''''
Now that the New York subway 70" ''
reached the courts there is no telling "'"'
viii happen. But the greatest md's"'.'
comes from residents who anticipate furtn'
inconvenience through delay. The s"sV
hangers are not happy.-Troy Times