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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
ABOUT BEES.

A friend writes inquiring why we do
not say something about bees in these
notes. Others have made the same in
quiry. Replying. we say that we do
not like to write about subjects or
phases of agriculture which we have
not had a practical experience with.
Unfortunately there is no natural af-'
finity between bees and the writer.
They invariably sting us if we ever go
near the hive, and, while we never
cease to admire the wonderful intelli-
gencc which dominates the life of these
most valuable little servants of man, we
like TO do ii at a safe distance from
their corporate residence. The ability
to successfully handle bees Is a sort of
natural gift. some persons being born
with the bee instinct just as some are
born with n sort of pious way with
them, and if one is not born that way
he had better buy his honey. There is
much connected with bee life which
appeals to our natural instinct, espe-
cially the thought that the bee works
for one for nothing and boards him
self; that he keeps everlastingly at it
and does not mind being robbed of his
earnings. 1t is hard to conceive of a
more enviable lot in life than to lie out
in n hammock under the apple trees
and realize that n hundred hives of
bees are all at work in your neighbors'
gardens storing up honey for you at
the rate of 81. 10 a day and you dream
ing, lulled by the drone of their hum
ming 1t helps the matter to know
that your neghbor, whose orchard
bloom is being thus raidcd, is shovel
ing dirt on the road at $15O per day or
digging away for dear life to get his
corn planted. The bee is surely a god
send to the coustitutionally lazy man
and all those who may be born tired
In this particular we commend the
business to many of our readers. The
only thing which i'm any way ap-
proachcs this bee business is to keep a
hundred old hens and then go and lie
down ON the sunny side OF Il straw pile
in April and listen to their cackling
while they turn out couple Of dollars
worth of eggs and you with nothing to
do but to go and gather them up. We
have written thus lcngthily of the bee
business because it may prove of some
help to such of our readers as enjoy
making Il living without much effort,
for lazy folk can get along if they only
know how. We might add that on
general principles, being good Ameri-
can citizen we are opposed to the form
upon which the bee administers his
governmental queen, you see, then
large class of Industrious workers and
another of drones who just lie around
and live off the others. This is all very
undemocratic and un-American, though
we do get n most valuable lesson from
them of the beauties of cooperative eff
fort. After all, we can learn much
from the bee, and some can make mon
ey by keeping them, but we were not
born that way.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14

The inquiry is made as to whether
the $50 an acre farm of the west can
be devoted to the production of beef.
This is a question of very great inter-
est to many farmers who have prosper
ed with the dairy as the leading inter-
est Of the farm and who now would be
glad to carry on the farm on lines
which would not involve so much hard
work and render them less dependent
upon the caprices of hired help. We
look at this matter thus: With the pop =
ulation of the country increasing more
rapidly than its beef supply there is
nothing to indicate much lower prices
for good beef than now obtain. Assum-
ing that this price is So per hundred
weight for a well bred 2-year-old steer
and that such steer can be made to
weigh l,2O0 pounds, which figures, both
as to price and weight, are placed, we
think, within very conservative limits,
we have the proposition clearly stated.
There is no doubt that this $50 animal
as machine to work up the raw mate
rial produced on the farm can be grown
at handsome profit and at q mini
mum of work and worry for the man
who grows him. While the good steer
cannot be made to produce as much.
money in two years as the good COW.
the profit he does return is so much
more easily obtained that man is ant
to soon get tired of running a big dairy
after he has studied out the problem.
This steer for this farm. it is almost
unnecessary to say, must be n high
bred fellow-a Dobbie, Galloway. n
Shorthorn or Hereford. He should
be all beef, with not n taint of dairy
blood in his make up. He runs with
his dam as long as she will suckle him
and Is then pushed to make the most of
him up to years of age. Raised in
this manner he is quite likely to grade
up as fancy beef and command a fancy
price. Where this change is made
from the dairy to the steer the old man
ana the hired man as they come home
from the corntield on a June evening
after a hard days work will stop and
look at the steers in the lot and praise
the Lord that there is not two hours
work pulling teats to be done before
they can go to bed Steers, poultry
ana sheep, while requiring care and at
tentlon, still do not compel that sort of
agricultural slavery which is inevitably
associated with the dairy farm.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
RattIesnaLe oil

In thousands of communities there is n
hrm belief that buckeye or horse chest
nut carried in the pocket will keen away
rheumatism or cure it if the wearer ai-
ready has it.
1t is believed that for warts the NOTCH
ing Of an elder twig-one notch for each
wart-and its burial in secret Mace
VIII cause warts to disappear
In Pennsylvania the oil of rattlesnal.6.
is preserved most carefully as a lin;4
ment, especially good for sore joints and
for rheumatism. In procuring the oi|
the dead snake is nailed head and tail'
to board and cut open. The fat 4
taken out and laid upon a cloth in the
hot sun, from which the filtered oil drips
into jar. For fear that the reptile NAV
have bitten itself the clear oil is tested
py dropping a portion of it into milk.
II 1t floats in one globule, it is regarded
as unaffected. If, on the other hand. Il
breaks into beads and curdles the milk.
1t is determined as poisonous and thrown
away Skunk oil in like manner holds a
great place among country cure alls.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14

An American came to this country at
66 with wife and four children and $14
In his pocket, having lost fortune in
inother country by speculation. This man
was game" He started in doing odd
jobs of surveying down in the hot coun-
try, raised vegetables on small tract of
land he hired, gradually acquired some
upland country where everybody else said
coffee could not be grown and made more
success of his plantation. He added more
land as time went on and now takes in
S3OOOO year gold from his old place
He is Sc now and says that, were he
again to lose his property, he has the
grit to begin life over again.-Mexican
Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14

A lady in Durham on getting up one
morning heard Il most peculiar noise in
the pantryP She was astonished to find
that snake had its head and part of its
body through the handle of china Jug.
Both sides of the snake-that is, the por-
tion on each side of the handle--were
bulging ont. Then she discerned what
had happened. Some eggs had been ly-
ing on the shelf, and the snake, after
having swallowed one had crawled part
ly through the handle of the jug-that is,
as far as the swallowed egg would allow
in order to get at another. which it had
also swallowed. Naturally enough. it
could not then go either forward or back
ward through the handle. The lady was
just going to call her husband when the
reptile gave desperate wiggle, and in
doing so fell on the floor with bang,
handle and all But the fall broke both
the eggs in its insides, and, taking advan-
tage of its release from the handle ii
was out in the garden before you could
say "Ware" e"-Calcutta Asian.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
FREEDOM.

Ny home is where the wandering foot
At evenfal may chance to wend
And where mine host may spread the board
And grace himself the tables end
And tell old tales beside the hearth
And toast me guest and friend.
And on the morrow with me speed ;,
And bid me forth. me, masterless;
There be no clinging hands to hold
Mine own with strength Of tenderness,
No face that pleads backward glance,
No voice to ban or bless.
Yet sometimes comes strange, swift wish
To feel hand close in my own,
And sometimes comes a thought how cold
The blaze upon my host hearthstone;
Sometimes-nay, fool, he travels free
Only who travels lone.
-McCrea Pickering in Smart Set.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
A MOTHERS REvERIE.

Ny baby boy upon the pillow lies,
Wonder forever old, forever new, .Trsaa.-
And as | gaze he opens wide his eyes, y2F~'s
Like violets kissed by dew.
They seek my face with love and rapture filled:
That look of tenderness how well | know.
The same his father wore, whose life death stiled
Only year ago.
All, will his boy be like him when he grows
To be asman, afar from homes caress?
Will he be nobler, braver, when he knows
His fathers worthiness?
His work is not begun; may he decide
On one true Guide to lead him through lifes
days:
Oh, may he stand the test when souls are tried
And follow virtues ways!
And yet dread the hour when manhood calls;
He will not be, as now, my little child
30 guarded by his dear homes hallowed walls
Where love and mother smiled
But now, while he il mine and only mine,
I'll fold him closely in warm arms of love
And feel the joy the world, ere l resign,
Can never rob me CT.
George Birdseye in Boston Transcript.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
A TRANSFORMATION.

How did she change me? Who can tell9
l met her, and a pleasing spell
Touched with a color all its own
My lonely liie's gray monotone;
Hopes that only knew by name
Awoke eXpectant when she came;
Feelings, like buds meath sunny skies,
Warmed by the summer Of her eyes.
Bloomed wildly. and |, whose heart
Had seemed a thing from life apart
l who had lived amid the throng
In silence-heard an opening song
Shake through its prelude blithc and free
When first she smiled to welcome me.
William Woodward in Chambers Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14

Children" said the mother of the fam.
lily, opening the door of the nursery and
looking in, what are you doing to PIGGY
that makes him yelp so?"
"Ben's been using the curling tongs on
his tail to make it curl tighter" explain.
ed Eunice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
Transformation.

Castleton-Have you seen that oriental
trick of making flower grow in a pot in
half an hour?
Clubberly-No; but that's nothing On
the last day of yacht cruise I've seen a
sea serpent double in size in minute
Brooklyn Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
What Ethel Thought.

Mamma" queried little Ethel what
are the stars in the sky for?''
Each star is world like ours, dear"
replied her mother.
Why exclaimed the astonished
Ethel, Il thought they were Just little
holes to let the rain throughw
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
what He Expected to Do.

"Would you take our darling daughter
from usY" tearfully asked the mother.
"Why-er-yes." replied the startled
youth. "That was my idea. IL really
hadn't contemplated taking the whole
family. you know."-Chicago Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
Sure tn Object

III we could see ourselves as others see
US, began Miss Quotem. I'VE should'-
very promptly inform them that they
were mistaken" interrupted Mr. Flyppe
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
BRYAN ON FINANCE,

Hon. VIM. j. Bryan, the acknow-
lodged leader of democracy and an
unrelenting champion of the cause of
the common people in their battle
for industrial, political and social
freedom, has been touring in the
East, and he has left an impression
on the people of that section that
will make for good in the approach
ing campaign. He left with his
auditors over in the enemy's country
some arguments that the gold stand
ard shouters cannot explain away,
and there is every indication that he
is accomplishing a great work for the
cause of bimetallism wherever he
goes. Following is an extract from
a speech made by him in Harrisburg,
Penn. ''People ask why | don't
drop the money question, as though if
were to drop it it might break. 1t
would have NO effect on the money
question if | did drop it. 1t is in
the keeping of no man, and it would
not make any difference whether l
adhere to it or disregard it. But if
you will ask me why do not drop
it, | will tell you that am not will
ing that handful of English bankers
shall con troll 20, 900, 600 of American
people. When man tells you now
that more gold means more money,
and that more money means better
times, you tell him that he has adj
mitted the cumulative theory of
money and that is what we commended
for in 1896. We wanted more gold,
and we wanted more silver, too. If
we had had bimetallism we should
have had all the advantage that has
come from an increased production
of gold"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

1t does seem very strange to one
at all informed on the conditions that
govern the present and future com
mercial prospects of this county, that
absolutely vital points should be
either overlooked or left in allowance,
and matters of comparative minor
Importance acted upon. The SIGNAL
wishes to state positively that the
immediate construction of a wagon
road from Salmon Meadows down
the Little Salmon to connection with
the state wagon road at Golf, on Sal
mon river, can no longer be delayed
without almost fatal results to the
commercial interests of this locality.
By this locality it is meant to indicate
the mineral and farming interests of
Washington county, and the mercan-
tile interests of Weiser, but more
than all the great interests of the
transportation lines that seem to be
oblivious to the great possibilities of
the country that this road would de-
velope The parties most in interest
are by no means impecunious First,
the Oregon Short Line would derive
the greatest benefit, although that
corporation does not seem to appre-
ciate it; next, the Pacific & Idaho
Northern; finally, the county and
the general productive industries
are interested parties, and the work
to be done is insignificant compared
with the reward An expenditure of
$15, 600 would make the distance of
20 miles an open wagon road con-
Meeting north and south Idaho, and
give access to the most valuable
mineral districts in this state. The
fact that the Importance of this
avenue has been so long neglected
savors more of the barbarous indiff-
erence Of the 18th century than of
the advanced, progressive spirit of
the last months of the 18th.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
FARMERS DISSATISFIED.

The farmers of Oregon, in fact of
the entire country, are very much
dissatisfied with the condition of the
markets in which they have to com
pete in the sale Of their products and
their Indignation has been aroused
by the shameful exactions of the
notorious trusts that control the prices
of goods which the people must, of
necessity, have. This state of unrest
exists notwithstanding the fact
that we have protective tariff
statute which it's friends claimed
would eliminate from the great
mass of producers and consumers
the spirit of discomfort that prevailed
prior to its enaction. The farmers
are sorely disappointed and we don't
believe they will long endure the trust
tribute paying and other burdens
placed upon them by the party in
power. This extract from the Ore
CONAN clearly states the facts:
A commercial traveller IN the agri-
cultural implement line, who has just
made tour of the Willamette valley,
reports the farmers generally as very
much discouraged. They can get
only low price for their wheat, and
complain that the price of about
everything they have to buy, notably
harvesting machinery and agricultural
implements of all kinds, is unreason-
ably high. They attribute the high
prices to the trusts and the protective
tariff, which work together for the
benefit of manufacturer and the ruin
OF the farmer who gets no protection,
and when they have chance their
votes will express their ideas on this
combination. The Oregonian.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
PATERNAL DESIGNS.

1t is said that the president is quite
anxious to make inroads next fall into
the states in the west hitherto controlled
by the combined silver forces, and that
the assistance given to Shoup will be of
the most substantial kind.
The above extract from subsl-
died, brass collar journal of very
pronounced plutocratic flavor, and
rather limited circulation in this
county, expresses very clearly the
estimate that is placed on the integ-
rity of the provincial voters of this
section Of the public domain. The
president is "quite an xious to make
inroads" next fall into the states in
the west that are in favor of their
own interests and opposed to com
bination that can only make them f.
nancially and politically still more
provincial. assistance of the
most SUBSTANTIAL kind. ?" Surely
more bare-faced declaration of pre-
meditated corruption was never be-
fore put in print before the public.
OF course the journal in question had
received instructions indicating the
line of policy that would be pursued,
and the information was given no
doubt with the tacit understanding
that the dose would be administered
to the public with some degree of
finesse, instead of in such cold
blooded, cut-throat manner. The
coming proposition is simply,
"Gentlemen and ladies of the legis-
lature, the president of the United
States has announced that he is very
anxious as to the manner in which
you cast your vote for United States
senator. Please relieve me from this
burden of worry, and the assistance
given to my special candidate will be
rewarded in the most substantial
manner"
Voters of Idaho, if you don't vote
certain way, you're to be corrupted
by paid agents not cunning enough to
conceal their hands. You will he
bought You will b sold and pres
idental worry alleviated. After
such shameless declaration made by
an administration paper, it would be
in order for the people of these al
legged free United States of America
to 90 down to Mt Vernon, and desc
crate the grave of Washington, and
on that sacred ground apotheosize
Benedict Arnold. The '.most sub
stantial manner, that is to be the
program, and gentlemen-elect to the
coming session can rest assured that
they will be approached by the agents
of the administration in the most re-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

Over $780, 900 children in the
United States between the ages Of 10
and IA years are employed in work
shops aud mines This is certainly
a deplorable fact These children
should be in schools fitting themselves
for higher usefulness rather than in
these sweat shops where no children
of these ages should be found. This
state Of affairs is disgrace to the
nation and something should be done
to stop it, Are these children to be
physical and mental dwarfs, shut
out from the happiness that should
be theirs, or shall change be
brought about, shall the awful condi-
ton that now exists be relieved?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

Let us hope that the democracy in
national convention will declare for
a constitutional amendment provid-
ing for the election of president,
vice president and U. S. senators by
popular vote. 1t is thought that a
plank touching on this question will
be inserted in the platform adopted
at Kansas City.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

A prominent French statesman de
clares that war between France and
England cannot be longer averted than
September. Russian papers are clamor
ing for tue empire of the Car to take
advantage of England's trouble in
Africa to acquire certain interests,
which England would he likely to
dispute to better advantage were she
free of other entanglements, and at
the same time make demonstration
which would divide the Lions atten-
ton and possibly assist tue Beers,
with whom there seems to be much
Russian sympathy. Russias ac-
tivity in Central Asia indicates that
the climax is very likely to come.
The war dogs of Europe are always
eying England, and, now that nearly
all of Britain's army resources are
needed to crush handful of African
patriots, they are rafting at their
chains anxious to take advantage of
John Bulls straits. 1t is to be
hoped that something will occur to
call off the mighty foe of the poor,
struggling Beers, and it is very prob
able, too.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

spectful, most humble, and later on
in the most SUBSTANTIAL manner.
Surely the saying is true that "west-
ward the star Of Empire takes its
way, and the glorious benefits of a
paternal government are obvious.
Sleep on, my western babies, the
president is mindful of you.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

Because the paper trust has put up the
price OF printing paper to an unconscion-
able figure, Representative DeVries, ofCal-
ifornia, has introduced bill to repeal
the duty on printing paper and the ma
terial OF which it is made. 1t is very
well; but there are about forty more big
trusts that have help through protective
tariff and should be dealt with in the
same way.-Oregonlan
Great Scott has Harvey Scott
turned free trader? But then free
trade and the gold standard 90 to-
gether The good democratic doc
trine of tariff that will raise lust
enough to run the government, on an
economical yet progressive American
plan, is about the right thing. If
Harvey will strike at the gold stand
ard, Imperialism, and other pluto
cratic evils which heset the country.
he will be knocking at the founda-
ton of trusts. To see the great re-
publican apostle thus embrace free
trade ideas is astonishing, though
the action suggested might hurt the
demon of the age.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
The Burlington Route Changes Time.

The Burlington Route Changes Time
On and after
Sunday, February 25
the Burlington's Chicago Special
leaves Denver 900 a. m.
arriving Chicrgo and
st. Louis 2:15 p. N.
NEXT DAY.
The service is as good
as the time is fast.
sleepers, diner
library and chair cars.
One of the sleepers
comes through from San Francisco.
You can get abroad it
in Utah
AT YOUR OWN HOME
and go right through to Chicago
without any change
of cars.
B. R. Watson, General Agent. R. F.
Neslen, Trav. Pass. g. Freight Agent
PA South West Temple St.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
EMMERSON'S THRILLING WORDS

VIM. Emmerson, the great Eng
fish prose writer and mathematician.
who left to posterity some of the
rarest gems of philosophy, of noble,
inspiring thought, and of profound
wisdom, had these significant words
to say, which will endure through the
lapse of time and thrill the hearts of
millions yet to be:
Beware when great God let's loose
thinker on this planet. Then all things
are at risk. 1t is as when confiagration
has broken out in great city, and no
man knows what is safe or where il will
end, There is not a piece of science, but
its Hanks may be turned tomorrow;
there is not any literary reputation, not
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

the so-called eternal names of fame, that
may not be reviewed and condemned
The very hopes of man, thoughts of his
heart, the religion of nations. the man
ners and morals of mankind are all at
the mercy of a new generalization. Gen.
eralization is always new influx of the
divinity into the mind. Hence the
thrill that attends it.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15

Saturday of this week will be St.
Patrick's Day, and the memory of
the patron saint of Ireland will re-
ceive the tributes of millions of peo-
pie
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-03-15
THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1900.

The Porto Rican tariff schedule is
not altogether satisfactory to some of
the brethren. 1t dscredits their
tariff theory.