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The citizen., 1913-12-19
IDENTIFIED THEM AT ONCE
Happy Remark Credited to Young 5er
lin Girl Soon After the War
in the Balkans.

One of the results of the information.
al notoriety and the quasi-internation.
al standing acquired by the Balkan
peoples as a consequence Of their sue.
cessful campaigns against the Turk
was an invasion of the larger capitals
of Europe by subjects of Car Ferdi-
nand, King Peter, King Nicholas, King
Constantine, and the rest. These
gentry provided new type of tourist
and thus invited the attention of the
knows, there was a leal of talk about
the atrocities practiced by the Bulgars
and their kin on the helpless Mussul-
man and on each other. There was
even an international commission ina
vestigating the matter. That even the
young misses in Berlin heard about it
is proved by the following story. A
couple of young chits out for walk
caught sight of two strangers among
the promenaders in Inter den Linden.
The dress. the self-conscious bearing,
everything about the strangers,
marked them as exotic persons.
What sort of men-creatures may
those be?" inquired the first young
chit, Identifying the victims with a
swift glance and disdainful gesture.
oh" answered the second, with an
eloquent toss of the head, ''one of
them is Montenegrin, and the other
is some other sort of Balkan atrocity."
New York Evening Post.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Morals and Language.

1t is no worthless part of education,
even in a religious view, to study the
precise meaning of words, and appro-
pirate signifcation of language. 1t
may be thought ridiculous to assert
that morals have any connection with
the purity of language, or that the pre-
cision of truth may be violated
through defect of critical exactness in
the three degrees of comparison; yet
how frequently do we hear from the
dealers in superlatives, of "most ad-
mirable, super-excellent and quite per-
feet" people, who, to plain persons,
not bred in the school of exaggeration,
would appear mere common charac-
ters, not rising above the level of me-
iocrityi-Hannah More.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
OLD PHILANDER'S GOOD JOKE
Saw No Real Reason Why Three Talk,
ing Machines Should Be Going
at Once.

Old Philander was playing some
records on his talking machine the
other evening for small party of
friends. Among them were two or
three women who were crazy to hear
a certain record. Philander very oblig.
ingly put on the record and started
the machine. The women instantly
got busy talking and made enough
noise to drown out the music. Philan-
der instantly stopped the machine and
sat down. In about twenty minutes
one of the women looked over at
Philander and said isn't that simply
grand. You have no idea how much
l enjoyed that, Mr.. Philander." Dear,
yes" echoed the other women. 81 am
glad you liked it, replied Philander
very calmly, while the frost began to
gather on the electric light fixtures, Il
will now play it for you.'-Bert Walk
er in Kansas City Star.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
WaInuts as Food.

A London medical journal recently
published some interesting facts con-
cerning walnuts as foods. According
to this authority, thirty large walnut
kernels contain as much food value
as two and three-quarters pounds of
lean beef" With beef worth approx
mately 20 cents a pound, this means
that each walnut is worth about two
cents as food product as compared
with beef. That these facts will great
ly encourage the production and con-
sumption of walnuts is hardly to be
expected. There is some consolation,
however, in the thought that when
meat has become luxury to be in
dulged only by the rich, the general
consumer can keep his dinner very
well-somewhat like Peter Pumpkin
eaters wife-in a walnut shell.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Bert Was "Game."

Bert Lichtenstern left the dice box
to wait upon the prosperous-looking
citizen, who stood before the case
where the higher-priced cigars re-
posed.
The customer pointed to a 25-cent
straight brand and then inquired:
do you take chicken feed?"
Certainly" said the obliging Bert,
as he handed out the cigars.
The customer took two, lighted one
and then drew from his pocket a
handful of wheat, which he deposited
on the show case.
without a smile, Lichterstern gath
cred up the chicken feed and rang up
so cents on the cash register
out cracking smile.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Have You Ever Been There7 2

Il myself nave been to afternoon
teas where / have been welcomed by
the hostess at the door of the draw
ing-room, passed on by her after a
word of greeting, with the charge to
go out into the dining-room and have
something to eat, and have made my
way thither, accepted a cup of tea
and a sandwich from the hands of
servant, eaten and drank what was
given me, stood about for while, un-
noticed and unsaluted, and then ta-
ken myself and my farewells back to
my hostess, and so out of the front
door, without having exchanged a
word with anyone except the lady Of
the house. And this thing has hap
pened to me more than nce."-Wom'
ans Home Companion.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
The Novel and Modern Life.

A distinguished professor remarked
not long ago that in order to obtain
an audience nowadays it was neces-
sary either to write novels or to write
about novels. The observation is not
quite true, but it is as near the truth
as epigrammatic expression permits
of. The novel has laid hold of modern
life and subdued to itself all other
forms of literary art. The drama is
struggling; poetry is struggling; Sc
rious prose, apart from technical and
professional treatises, is barely hold
ing its own. But why, it may be said,
blame the novel? The reason is OBJ
vious. There is, after all, only linn
tied amount of literary talent in any
country at any one time. There is also
only a limited number of readers. IT,,
therefore, the novel has captured the
majority of readers there is obviously
less chance for other forms of liter
ary work. In the Elizabethan age all
the ablest writer's wrote plays. If the
novel had been as fully developed
then as it is now, and had been as
sure way of obtaining money and
reputation, they would have written
novels.-The Scotsman.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
when FRANCE Drove out Cats.

Cats suffered badly some years ago
from the policy of the French govern
ment. One result of the laws direct
ed by M. Combes against religious or
ders was to render homeless thou
sands of cats which had found a
peaceful shelter in monasteries and
converts. So many of these unfortun-
ate animals were driven on to the
streets that society was formed
to succor them, the first pres
ident being M. Pierre Lott, whose
''Livre de la Pitie ct de la Mort" is a
classic among cat lovers. The move
ment found many influential support
ers, and in course of time comfort
able homes were found for most of
the dumb victims of anti-cleriealism.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Appetizing Odors.

1t was wise confectioner who put
an electric fan in his salesroom door
way to project the appetizing odors
of his shop into the street where they
greeted the olfactories of the passing
crowd.
Similar beneficent use of a fan is
being made by famous perfumery
merchant in the French quarter of
New Orleans, La. Behind the fan is
a perfume atomiaer, and when the
fugitive fragrance of the little store
room is depleted by the strong out
ward draft into the street the Gallo
attendant presses the atomizer bulb,
once more sending sweet scents Of
Arcade into the quaint old-world
thoroughfare outside. = Electrical
World
The citizen., 1913-12-19
DUCHESS MUST HAVE SMILED
Little Mlliner Faithfully obeyed In
structions That She Thought
Had Been Given Her.

Mr.. Lane of Washington was not
only page in the senate in the days
of Webster and Clay, but, through the
fact that his uncle kept a book store
where these statesmen were accus-
toned to while away their leisure
hours, came to know them intimately
on their social side declared that
Webster, while not given to story-tell-
ing, had one favorite little joke that
he would tell whenever the occasion
seemed opportune.
This, according to Mr.. Lane, was
the story:
There arrived at Boston a certain
duches from one of the great nations
of Europe. Desiring to have some
headgear suitable for her inland
travels constructed, she sent for the
most prominent milliner in the city
to come TO her apartments at the
Revere house, then the principal hotel
in New England.
The local milliner was sent all a.
flutter at the distinction shown her,
but she was a province-bred little
woman of a democratic country and
knew not the "egg-Sance conventions"
of Court society. Accordingly, desir-
ing to know in what manner she
should deport herself in the presence
of the titled lady she applied to the
wife of one of the Adamses, who
was a customer of hers, and who had
spent some time at foreign courts.
"Oh, all that's necessary" explained
Mrs. Adams, lis to bow low when you
are ushered into the presence of the
duchess and say, Your Grace"
Thus coached in court etiquette the
little milliner betook herself to the
Revere house and sent word to the
duchess.
AS she was ushered into the pres
ence of that lofty person. she bent
low, and, with sweeping courtesy,
said:
May the Lord make us thankful for
what we are about to receive!"
The citizen., 1913-12-19
poina Ones Duty.

We often say to ourselves, 'I would
gladly do my duty, if l knew what it
is" Doubtless there are cases in
which it is hard to decide, but re-
mark of Goethe on the subject is well
worth remembering. How can we
know ourselves? Never by reflection,
but by action. Do your duty, and you
will find out the sort of man you are.
But what is my duty? What to-
day asks of you. Do not consider
too far, too deeply, too seriously. Do
the plain, present task, and do it we'll.
1t is amazing how pleasant you feel
when it is done-and it is not wholly
unpleasant even in the doing"
The citizen., 1913-12-19
POSITION THAT is HARMFUL
Habit of Sitting Cross-Legged Is De,
cIared to Be Dangerous to the
Health of the Body.

Full 80 per cent. of the men and
women who travel in the trains and
street cars sit cross-legged, and this
habit is responsible for many ills, ac-
cording to a prominent London physi-
clan. The prime objection against
this habit, he says. is that the return
flow of blood from the leg is stopped
at the knee, the result being that the
veins in the leg swell up. All the
weight is thrown on one side Of the
body, and the under leg goes to
sleep, owing to the pressure put on
the sciatic nerve. The body should
be equally balanced. Then there is
another danger. Too much cross
ing of the legs is sure to bring lop-
sidedness. Let the legs rest Imply.
In that way the muscles become eased
while the flow into and the return of
blood from the legs is naturally done
and the body is equally balanced.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
FIND TOMB OF SCYTHIAN KING
Unprecedented Discovery That Has
/ Delighted ArsheoIoglsts the
World over.

An exceedingly rare and valuable
archaeological find is reported from the
province of Tauris (Black Seal from
a spot known as Great Zinamenka,
near which is an ancient burial mound
of unusual dimensions. Excavations
here resulted in the find at depth
of over 60 feet of Scythian kings
tomb. The bones lay in a porous
carved stone sarcophagus, which had
been adorned with plates of gold and
silver of varying size and weight No
fewer than 246 of these were found.
The shelton is well preserved and sur
rounded with invaluable specimens of
contemporary art. Round the neck
was heavy gold collar adorned with
exquisite enamel work. Under the
skull lay bronze helmet of Greek
pattSrn and the full panoply of a
warrior-breastplate, thigh and shin
pieces, all of Greek workmanship By
the side of the dead monarch lay two
swords with hilts and sheaths of
wrought gold.
Such a complete find is believed to
be unprecedented. The sarcophagus
likewise contained nine great silver
vases, the inestimable value of which
lies in the fact that they bear a series
of admirably executed bas-reliefs illus
trating the daily life of the ancient
Scythians. A large gold salver
adorned with figures of birds and fish,
and golden comb of unique work
manship, complete the list of articles
found. The comb is Of pure gold and
weighs over pound, and it's IS teeth
are in the form of is distinct little
'statuets, also illustrating the scenes
of ordinary Scythian life. The in
trinsic value of this find must be con-
siderable, but it's value for the pur-
poses of archaeological research is be-
yond estimation.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
FIexibiIitY of Steel.

In continuous steel structures moro
than 800 feet long expansion and con-
traction due to changes in tempera-
ture must be considered. A few years
ago an outdoor crane runway in Ohio
was built with each girder bolted to
its neighbor for the entire length of
1900 feet. The first change of season
played havoc with that runway and it
had to be altered at considerable ex-
pense. A mill building is much more
flexible in this respect than bridge,
and for the average mill building of
medium size no provision need be
made. Expansion in the direction of
the width of building will take care
of itself; it is unusual lengths that
need be considered.-Enginee Rec
ord.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
EXCHANGED "Blarnev. ;,

An amusing incident occurred at
Boyle, Ireland, Quarter Sessions, a
few days ago. A witness in case, a
Mrs. Rock, was told by Judge Wakely,
that she was "a fine looking old wo-
man." do you know" she rejoineds
what | said to myself when l came
into court?" mo-" said his honor.
Well" she went on, 81 said to myself
you are the finest looking man / ever
saw" you make me blush,r expos
tulated his honor, amidst loud laugh
ter, and Mrs Rock went on to say
she was seventy-five years Of age, and
never saw a Judge before.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Methods of the Best Shot.

No marksman ever holds a rifle "as
solidly as rock" He may think he
does, but Arms and the Man insists
that the best shot gives merely the
necessary impulse to the trigger
while the rifle is moving in the right
direction"-th is, when he takes de-
liberate aim. The snap-shooter works
apparently by sort of instinct Fir
ing successfully at a running deer
through woods and over broken
ground implies a knack like that of
thrusting ones finger toward an indi-
Gated object.
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Narrow Escape.

by Jove, l had narrow escape
yesterday"
Really! How?"
well, four of us were lunching to-
gether, and, of course-you know how
one has to on that sort of occasion
we each insisted on stumping up and
paying the BILL"
"Yes," remarked his friend. But
what about the narrow escape?"
That's just it. For minute or
two it looked very much as though I'd
overplayed the game and the other
three really were going to leave me
with that bill to pay!"
The citizen., 1913-12-19
Thirst for knowledge.
The phrenologist frowned.

The phrenologlst frowned.
Then he went carefully once more
over the bumps of the man in the
chair.
Highly intelligent" he repeated
highly intelligent! But l am bound
to warn you, sir. You have very in
quiring mind, and your thirst for
knowledge is Unsuitable. This large
bump running across the back of your
head means that you are inclined to
be curious even to the point of reck-
lessness."
81 know it," answered the man in
the chair, sadly Il got that bump by
sticking my head through the bars at
the hotel lift to see if the lift was
coming up, and-and the beastly thing
was coming down."
The citizen., 1913-12-19

What men usually say of misfor.
tunes, that they never come alone,
may with equal truth be said Of good
fortune; nay, of the circumstances
which gather round US in a harmoni-
GUS way, whether it. arise from kind
of fatality, or that man has the power
of attracting to himself things that are
mutually related.-Goethe.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25

from the Steel Corporation. the Harvester
company. the Kodak company. the hea'
ing company or the Can COMPANY so i"'
as the governments lawyers know 'ne'.
concerns expect TO fsht 10 the en-"
Negotiations with the United shoe "'
chinery Company have been IN pros
for long time. but they have so iai "o'
been successful. Department ofnclais Soy
the shoe company is seeking to get an
agreement without completion Of the sun
against il. but is no; inclined to acceoe
10 Mr. McReynoldss demands.
REPRESENTATIVES Of the motion picture
company and of the jewellers have peen
in conference several times in the last few
weeks with Mr. McReynolds and u. =
Todd. the Assistant Attorney General III
charge Of trust prosecutions. II Is pos
sible that these two suits will be settled
without long litigation.
In every case Mr. Todd has madc II
clear that to meet the department ap-
proval reorganization plans must con-
form to the complaint made by the gov
ernment II this is done there Is no oOJec-
ton 10 settling case without liuSatloh'
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25

is a convention between Denmark anu
Italy for the settlement of all dlnerehceS
by arbitration" signed at Rome on De-
cember 10, 1905 This convention III tS
first article obigates the parties TO SUD-
nit TO the arbitration of the hague
court "all disputes of whatever nature
that may arise between them and could
not have been settled by diplomacy, even
in case the said disputes have had the"
origin in facts anterior TO the conclusion
of the present convention"
Article . of this pact provides that the
parties shall sign a special compromis
clearly defining the object OF the dispute
the scope of the powers of the arDitrators
and the time limit within which the ar
bItraI tribunal shall he constituted, as
well as the procedure to be followed
Article 3 stipulates that no one OF the
shall be a national OF either
Italy or Denmark nor be interested per-
sonally in the questions with which the
arbitration is to deal. This provision has
been eliminated in the case of the Danish
American convention.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
RECLUSE'S 100000
TIED UP FOR POOR
Aged Woman Left Estate in Trust
for Charity-S5 Each
10 Relatives.


New Brunswick. y. j.. Dec. 2'-Nhcn
the will Of Mrs. Amelia Marks is made
public in ten days with its offer Of pro
bate. the public will get 4 new idea OF
the little old woman who had lived he
life or reclusc and Who had boarded
gold for golds sake. She died YESTERDAY
aged eighty years She has left her estate
OF 100000 10 he held in trust for rhari-
table purposes.
When Isreal Marks dicd carly in 1915.
ne left an estate valued a. S5o"". All of
this went to his widow absolutely. She
owned about $500 in her own name. The
will di-poses or this amount
II Is understood that she has specified
various charitic, as benefciaries For in
stance. she has set aside q Few thousand
dollars to bc invested and the income
used for the purchase OF coal 20 be- sup
Piled to the poor in New Brunswick
There is a fund the income of which Is
TO be devoted TO worthy Hebrews I'm poor
circumstances. Another fund +, 10 pro-
vide for the education of Hebrews. Prac-
tically the whole estate is to he kept m
tact and only the income used. The Amc-
liza Marks funds are 10 live forever.
II is understood that she left only 81
each TO relatives of Israel MARKS, who
had reason to believe that they would
come in for his share Of the estate upon
the death OF the widow. Abe Levy, a
nephew Of Nj. Marks. says there seems
20 he no doubt in the minds of the rela-
tiyes that they can break the Will.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25

brilliancy in clubrooms by Miss Hadl.s
Miss Clinton, Miss Morrow and ~
Misses Hensel. Afterward the vail
ing and tangoing end other seasonal.
merriment were keenly relished bv n,
American students Of the Latin ou,.
ter and the American girl students Ga.
Among to-night's private entertai,
ments were a dinner given by Mr.. ana
Mrs. James Hyde to the American Am
bassador and Mrs Myron T. Herr;o.
a dinner and dance given by Mrs. n.
Weert and reception given by PriS
cess Polignac to the girls of the Amer.
can Club.
All the Montmontre night cabaret,
and smart restaurants, as well as N.
leading hotels, were fairly seeth,,2
with life. Although Paris has warn
weather for Christmas Eve, it is uet
haps the livcliest and noisiest and. cer.
tainly the most voracious reyeilon IN
delivered for to-night's suppcrs in IA.
fashionable quarters of the city fOOa
dozens of bivalves, while the Centra
Market sold 30 tons Of boudins noirs
or black pigs blood sausagos, withoA
which deiicacy the petit bourgeois d
Paris would never dream Of letting Ia:
day pass.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
WILLIAMS IN SANTA ROLE
P. S. G. Member Has Christmas
Gift" for Brooklyn.

George Y. : williams Of the Public
Service Commission Is having a merry
christmas TO-DAY partly on account OF the
tact tha, nc believes he has made trsfic
discovery whereby he VIII he able TO siNc
2 part Of BROOKLYN n happy new year.
His idea is to connect the rew Fourth ave
nue. subway with the Manhattan Bridge
BY the commissioner plan there VII
be stops AZ Gold street and he halp ave
rue. lie would have the Local tram wait
ing at Pacific street 80 that when the
train from New York comes In and IN
loads lie nasscucers on the express plat
form they rlay walk across and take the
loca, train. which will carry them south
stopping az President street. 9th, Prospect
avenue and 18th. This would be the ter
minus Of the present operation. the com
missions engineers have pronounced the
plan feasible.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
One Dead and Another
Dying as Result OF
East Side Rows.
MAN SHRIVED ON
WAY TO HOSPITAL
Mystery Surrounds Murder on
Street-Brothers Taken After
Bullets Fly.

Three shoodngs last night marked the
approach of Christmas on the East sue
one man is dead and another rs dSlng'
The policc have no clew TO either OF the
gunner.
The FIRST crime was committed aoo''
O'Clock. a few minutes after "hich the
police found the body Of a man on IN"
stoop of No 2j7 Elizabeth street ""
had been killed by a shot in the hea'
fred from a doUble-Darrelled shotgun
The weapon was found in the hallway
The body has not been identified
The scene Of the shooting is between
Prince and Houston streets. II is the
second OF the Kind within a year at the
n-ccisc address As in the shooting ~
last night a shotgun was used. Inc
mystery was not solved.
m hour later Patrolmsn Moran i"u"u
John popnc,. nineteen years "ld'
chauffeur oF 30 sos Fast 18th street
l1ing in frcnt Of No. 1913 Third avenue
Ic had been shot in the abdomen.
While waiting for an ambulance from
the Reception Hospital Moran questioned
the man. Douney said he had been walk
!ns along with man whose name was
less familiar than his face, ana t"s'
ihcv ouarrelled Downoy saws he siIh'N
the other man. who then snot him. inc
assailant escaping.
When Dr Williams placed powncy III
the ambulance the man asked Tor priest
rather Kelly. Of the church pi our ''ad!
of Good Counsel responded. ana admin
istered the last rites on IN" tip to the
hospital. Dovney will die, ii vas said ~
Belleyue. whence nc was taken later. lie
refused 10 So anything more than mat
he did not know the name of the man Wh'
shot him. The police believe he took TINS
stanG in observance Of esnG ethics.
About the emo time that Downey was
shot tive brother ran into butcher sh"r
AT First avenue and 18th street The
butcher. who heard four shots. cent Tor
patrolman Conin. whom the brothers at
tackled. Conlin qu'eted them with MS
pirbtsti,k. and then asked an explanation.
Thcy said they were Dominick and Mu'
mi7o IaroEo. cmnlovcs OF ~ arms manu-
featuring cumrsny. living iu New Haven.
They said they had come down here 10
see their mother. living AZ 40 - fllst
avenue. and that while passing fIr'' ave
nve. AT 18th street, they we're attacked
pominick being robbed or li0) ana Mum
zo OF $40
,onIin decided to arrest them on
charges of disorderly conduct and intoAi-
cation. As ne was leading them on h"
picked up a royolvcr. covered with blood
Torr discharged shells were in TN" Yin
dor Both brothers denied ownership. the
t,,,crcr convinced Conlin he had never
seen IT before.
At the East a2d street police sldu"h
search revealed s5l. ON Mumi@o and n"t"-
iuc on Domrick