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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Get head of wild oats and lay it on
the table overnight, first moistening
the oats. Next morning you will dis
cover that the head of oats has crawled
off the table and likely enough has
made tracks for the outside door. This
peculiar gift Of travelling lies in the
spikes that extend from the coverings
of the grains. AS the moisture soaks
Into the head of oats it swells, and the
spikes change position in such a way
as to set the head to tumbling over and
over sidewise. The larger and coarser
varieties of wild oats have this power
of locomotion developed to a remarka-
BILE degree, and even domestic oats will
develop it if allowed by neglect to dc
generate. Go down into the fence cor
ners of the oatlield and see if you can
not find a long and well bearded head
of tame" oats that has been allowed
to grow wild Then take it home and
try the eXperiment.-Chicago Record. s
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Lady de Grey In TrndP.

Lady de Grey, who has just been de-
clarrd ineligible any longer to the soci-
cry OF Queen Nictoria's court, has been
put outside the pale because she has
gone INTO trade, and SO it appears that
ladies who 90 into trade. whatever
their family and rank may he. are not
regarded as tit for the society That
gathers about a sovereign. She viii
probably find plenty of society in the
obSculIty INTO which she has been cast
ny inns decree. So many men and wo-
men ol ttIe have recently gone into
business IN England that society
among that set ought to be very tolcra-
PIE
Lazy de trey Is one of the most con
Sp'euoUN women IN L9ndonS SmartcSt
SCI. Hh" mus practically been In con-
ttei oi tine opera season at Convent Car
uoh Tor the past sin years and has been
Known lo travel all the way from
LONDON To MOSCOW To hear Singer
Nli's' 'Ii-"-Dih'-I was contemplated.
alt' is iI' IhiUhaie friend "t Jean de
l''5zae ana is largely Responsible for
the success OF tine opera season at CO.
vent Garden since without her efforts
II Is scarcely probable that the sub
sotIpeIS couid ever ne gathered. Her
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Little WantcrknOyv.

There was once little urchin with dreadful
curious mind;
The how and why Of everything he always wished
to find
He was always asking questions wherever he
might 60
And all the folks that knew him called him Cit
tie Wanterknow."
He'd want to know Glow far is it from here up
to the SKYE
And "What made George so awful sure he
couldn't tell a lie?"
What made the noise inside his drum and why
don't fly
And GLOW much would a million million million
dollars buy?"
And also, il you pleased. he'd like to know about
these things:
''When will tomorrow Gomez" and care the stars
all worked with strngs?"
"IIOw big'I be when Pm big2" and "Ain't 1t
teatime YETI"
And why it's cold in winter and "What makes
water wet?"
And EDO all naughty boys get drowned2" and
"Do all good ones der?
And "Do you think that doughnuts are better'n
berry PIER
And 'Wbere does money come from?" and
''When is by and by2'
And when his questions all gave out he'd simply
say, "Well, why?'
browning, King & Co.'S Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

"She is just the most wonderful wo-
man l ever saw" said the speaker.
"Why, she does every bit of her own
work, and her house is spotless from
cellar to garnet. | never saw such
housekeeping in all my life. | keep
two servants myself and l can't begin
to come up to her standard. She does
all her own sewing. She and her chill
dren are always exquisitely dressed,
and there isn't more stylish looking
woman on the street than she. It's a
standing wonder to me how she does it
ALL"
A wonderful woman?
Yes, indeed. And there are so many
of these women nowadays that they
( are fast ceasing to be wonderful. You
Y find them in every town, on every
street, in every social circle, and in ev-
cry graveyard their names are chiseled
on tombstones and little children come
often to lay flowers on mammals
grave" They are the women who are
Nsrying to do the mpossible-trying to
make the silk purse out of the sOw's
ear, trying to bridge the 40 foot chasm
with the 20 foot pole, trying to make
both ends meet when they never were
intended to meet, trying to keep up ap-
pearances, trying to conform to the re-
quirements of society, burning the can
die at both ends, going the pace that
a kills, using up their vital forces and
dying % years too soon.
ly-
is the woman who takes things easy.
She is not known among her neighbors
as a model housekeeper, but she takes
a complete bath, a long walk and a
long nap every day. She is not al
ways exquisitely dressed and she fire.
quent.. wears the same bonnet and
wrap tN seasons, but she keeps two
servants and employs a seamstress
twice a year to help with the sewing.
Her children do not look like walking
fashion plates, but they are healthy
and happy. She is not renowned for
charitable work or club work or mis-
sionary work; but, on the other hand,
she never has nervous prostration or
headaches, and people tell her she
looks as young as she looked the day
she was married Her name is seldom
seen in the society columns of the
newspaper, but the neighbors declare
ne reads and studies almost as much
she did when she was in college.
he never embroidered a centerpiece or
1ade a Battenberg table cover in her
re. But, then, she doesn't wear glass
s, and her eyes have the sparkle Of
happy schoolgirls.
She is a comfortable sort of person
70 live with, and her husband sits
down and smokes wherever he pleases
n his own house and spills his tobacco
md cigar ashes with a freedom that
pakes him the envy of his friends.
ne isn't doing anything at all remark
ne, and the neighbors think her rath-
"shiftless" on the whole. But she
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
MISS MARGAREr KELLY.

CURE died Of pneumonia last year
These deaths made our labors in that
wild country seem hardly worth the
cost, but SO far as financial results
are concerned we have done well.
Il had three cl1ims UP the river and
sold one of these at a good figure the
first year Then the Mcclure girls and
myself opened Il small hotel. by de
grees we enlarged the hotel until in
1897 we sold it out for $1,000
"Thcn we invested in more claims.
one of which was taken away from us
by the government because there was a
flaw in our title. We worked two and
cleaned up $4,000 in six months. Even
,tually we sold them for 100000 cash
and intended to start for Nome. Then
word came that Nome was not so rosy
Nprospect as early reports had indicat-
en- so we began closing out our other
interests to return east.
"Nly former occupation was that of n
telephone girl. l used to sit and say
'Heilo" all day long for SO a week.
''There is still money to be made in
the Klondike, but it will hereafter fall
into the hands of organized capital,
which now has control Of the mines
and of nearly every other valuable in
tereSt."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Thought 1t WINS Home.

We have young San Franciscan in
our midst and she is homesick as
homesick can be for that city of I'M
countable hills and innumerable hello
trope hedges. Nothing in Washington
pleases her. We went to the matinee
the other day, and midway of the per-
Torrance | heard from her a gasp of
delight. She grasped her right arm
with her left hand and rubbed the skin
vigorously for moment or two. Then
the hopeless, homesick look settled on
her face again, and she sighed.
81 thought for a moment I was out
home again" she said wistfully.
'What made you think so?" asked.
ooh" said she, lit was only for
moment. 1t wasn't really true, but
just for minute l was sure felt
flea. "-Washngton Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
A New Field For woman.

Women have already found remuner-
alive employment in taking pet dogs
for daily airing and in teaching them
tricks, also keeping the coat of Angora
cats in thorough order, but until re-
Gently it has probably not occurred to
any that school of polite conversation
for parrots would afford them a new
opening. The need for such an insttu-
ton is suggested by the case of the wo-
man in Paris who had been summoned
and heavily fined for allowing her par
rot to use questionable language in a
public place. 1t is evident that Polly
must have moral and social cduca-
ton, and this fact seems to suggest a
new field of work for women, who
might take parrots Of neglected educa-
ton in hand, correcting their diction.-
Paris Letter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Inc time of the first dentition, which
lasts usually from the infants sixth
OF eighth month to the sixteenth is ono
OF the critical periods of life, vet its
hangers have been greatly exaggerat-
eu' Formerly it was the custom to re-
Aer every imaginable disease affecting
paby during the eruption of its teeth
10 lhis process as the cause. Now
medical belief is PERHAPS inclinino foo
Iar the other way, and some doctors
reIuse to credit teething with produc-
my ahV other than merely local from
bles. ''o''' 'iou-
ne process of cutting teeth is I'M.
uouHedly a normal one and in n healthy
infant is usually accomplished without
any great difficulty or disturbance but
IN puny and Sickly children if is some.
times laborious and the cause of much
distress.
Among the many affections formerly
regarded as provoked by teethinr thn
most common are diarrhea, cough and
commissions, but probably the last nam.
ed is the only one caused directly Inv
this process.
W men a tooth comes through with
difficulty, the child's nervous system is
worn upon by the local irritation, and
II may become more and more irritable
until finally an explosion occurs. and
the child has commissions. This Is
however, rare occurrence, and il is
probable that the nervous constitution
of such children is already weak and
needs only some slight irritation. wheth-
er from the teeth, the stomach or the
skin, to become convulsively excited.
The diarrhca and the cough are no
doubt both due TO indigestion caused
by nervous irritation.
Local disorders of tcething are more
common. They consist for the most
part in Inflammation of the gums.
which are red. swollen and hot. and in
the drooling of a ropy saliva.
In order to prevent Inflammation the
mouth should be kept perfectly clean.
bciI" washed out often with a solution
of boraX or boric acid. Il or % grains
TO the ounce The baby's desire to bite
should be gratiticd by providing it With
hard rubber, ivory or silver object on
which to exercise its jaws.
The general health should be careful
ly watched. Any tendency to diarrhca
or especially to constipation should he
corrected, and the child should be kept
i'm the air as much ass possible. If the
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
W0MAN'S WORLD.
ONCE SHE RECEIVED So AwEEK BUT
NOW She HAS A FORTUNE.

Two Sorts of WOmen-When Babe t.
!, TeethinS-Mrs. Neve, Famous Tray.
eier-The Bath and LOnrevitv
Lady de GREY In Trade.
Miss Margaret Kelly, once a telA-
phone girl in Boston, but now tho
owner of several of the richest claims
IN the Klondike country, has been
Visiting her old home in Boston. She
flVes at Atlin, on the Yukon. while IN
ALASKA.
Miss Kelly was one of five vounp
women who accompanied their broth.
ters-John Kelly, Frank Lenniban
}hdward Deneen, Fred Recke and VIII
nam McGuire-from Boston 10 Atlin
in the spring of 1898. The names of
the girls were Nellie and Anna Me-
Guire, Alice Lennihan, Maud Deneen
and Miss Kelly.
1T is so long since we went IN over
the trail" said Miss Kelly, that con
d1tions have entirely changed now.
{Nhere the journey once involved much
hardship, especially for women, it
Gan now be made in luxury and at
comparatively little cost.
Mr.. Lennihan was drowned bv fall
ing OFF raft in 1898 and Nellie Nc
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Mrs Margaret Ammo Ncve is q re-
malEablc old lady living in London in
good health AMI the fun possession of
all her faculties at the fun age Of los
years. She was born in the island
of Guernsey ON May IS, 1892. That
was the year in which George Wash
! ington was elected to his second term
! as president of the United States. In
I that year civil rights in England were
given to the Catholics for the first
time since the reign of Henry VIII.
In that year was formed the first Eu-
| ropean coalition against France, and in
that year England made certain of her
Indian empire by the capture of Serin-
gapatam and the submission of Tip
poo Sahib. 1t was the year before
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette died
on the scaffold. Mrs Neve's maiden
name was Harvey. Miss Harvey was
girl of - when the battle of Trafal-
gar was fought. When the battle of
Waterloo was fought, she was two
years past her majority. Her memo
rieS of that time are clear and definite.
She saw much of the eXiled French
general Charles Francois DumourieZ,
who conducted the celebrated cannon
ade de Valmy," and he was one of the
many admirers of her wit and beauty.
In Waterloo year she married Mr.
Neve, Kentish gentleman of indie
pendent means, and went with him on
q continental tour which included q
visit to the historic battlefield She
what is still one of her most cherished
possessions. a belt buckle worn by one
of the imperial guard. When Marshal
Butcher went to England after Water
loo, Mrs. Neve was presented to him
and showed him the buckle
Her wedding tour was the prelude to
a long series of travels, and when after
25 years of married life Mrs Neve was
left widow, she continued her jour
neyings with Mrs. Huyshe, her warm
friend. Mrs. Huyshe was a great col
lector of curious and antiques Almost
the whole of Europe was travelled over
by these two energetic women before
the days of railroad. when travelling
meant something of effort and discom-
fort. They were in Spain in 1852 when
the Alhambra was being restored, and
Mrs. Neve has a collection of tiles and
original decorations which she secured
Mt that time from the ruins of the old
Moorish palace. Nothing perhaps shows
her love Of travel more forcibly than
the fact that in 1852, at the age of 60,
she made the journey to Cracow, Po-
land, to see the memorial erected to
Kosciusko.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
The Bath and Longevity.

The number of women who are de-
voted to the daily bath grows larger
each week, but there are plenty of un-
converted sisters. We do not half un-
derstand the advantages of a free use
of water. l was told the other day of a
woman who at 60 retains not only a
youthful appearance. but her strong
mentality, a personality of great charm
and a number of accomplishments,
among which is a voice of unimpaired
beauty. How has she managed it?
First of all by the free use of water
inwardly and outwardly, then by an
1ndomitable will which does not recog-
nize the lapse of years or the approach
of disease. She is in absolutely perfect
health obtained and retained by intclli-
gent effort and a thorough understand
ing of the needs of her body and brain
She rules by reason of her intellect and
personality where younger and less
gifted women fail. She fears no rival
of any age because she has never ac-
knowledged defeat, and she began her
career without beauty.
know thyself" has been her watch
word. She has a most intimate ac
quaintance with herself. but nobody
els" can boast of knowing what she
Will do next. She has understood the
wisdom of holding her tongue where
her own affairs We're concerned and
has Stunned confidants. | wish that
could describe her as eloqucntly rs she
deserves, for even with the selfish mo-
tives which undoubtedly govern many
of her acts she is to be admired for the
seemingly impossible things she has
done. She rose from an ordinary posi-
ton in life to her present emincnce
through pure grit and fcarlcSsness and
should be commended for the feat. She
has been the spur that drove clever,
talented men to their best efforts and
the means of securing them the re-
wards they deserved. Just to hear of
such a woman is stimulating isn't it?-
Betty Bradecn i'm Boston Traveller.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Among the many valuable stone de.
posts of this country are the jasper
quarries of South Dakota the red sand
stone deposits of the Lake Superior re-
Elon, the granite of central Minnesota,
the limestone formation of Iowa at
Anamosa, the granite of Wisconsin NJ
MOntello and the famous limestone at
Bedford, Ind. Our country is very rich
In building material of this sort as
well as in clays Of the finest quality
for brickmaking. AS the country be-
comes Older and the supply of lumber
becomes exhausted these stone and
clay deposits will greatly increase in
value and Importance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
EXPERT CHILD PlANISTE.
A Little Missouri Girl who Com
poses Is VOL rs Perfnrnn

Eleven-year-old Hulda Henninger Of
Hazel Hill, st. Louis county, is a
youthful cor POSER Of music. says the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch. And she is as
ambitious as she is youthful. Already
she has well formed plans for her mu-
steal education both IN this country
and abroad. She says she will have
the best the two continents afford. and
while she is getting it music shall be
her support as well as her study.
III execution of this plan she com
posed waltz last summer called
Moonlight on Crevc CUur Lake." and
it has recently been published.
1t is by her compositions that little
Hulda proposes TO pay the expenses of
her musical education, and her york
of last summer is juEs = beginner.
Hulda began the s,Iny of the piano
five years ago. and today she is almost
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

is getting vast amount of good out of
life as she goes along. and she Is dos
tlhed TO live to green old age and be
SHINING example of common sense
TO her children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Would there were
more wonderful women of this tyne.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Real Property for Sale.

Having more business to look after than I
can properly attend to, have decided to sell
portion of my holdings, and now offer for
sale.
500 ACRES OF FINE, WELI-IMPROVED
LAND.
will sell IL all in one body, as it is, or will
divide IL in tracts to suit purchasers. This
lahd Is all IN high state of cultivation, and
crops equal TO amy in the County or State.
EVERY ACRE HAD FROM so TO 100 BUSH
ELS OF LIME,
and the most of ii been heavily MANFRED in
the last 10 or Il years.
ALL UNDER GOOD FENCING-THE MOST
OF IT POST AND RAIL,
divided into convenient fields, with pure run
ming water in every field. Improved with
several good dwellings a couple of good
barns, with all other outbuldings necessary,
and about 1000 choice apple and peach trees
on the farm, all in full bearing
also desire to sell my
MILL PROPERTY, KNOWN AS GREEN
VALLEY MILLS,
consisting of one flour and grist mill. one saw
mill, one good dwelling house, one barn and
other outbuildngS, with all the privileges per-
tanning thereto. This is one of the best built
mills in Frederick Ounty, built In 1890 36x44
feet, stories high, one of stone and three
frame, wcatherboarded with cypress and
wainscoated from top TO bottom with yellow
pine; two (2l ~ foot water wheels, run of
burrs, with wateI-power and mill capacity
of producing from
25 To so BARRELS OF FLOUR PER DAY,
and in one Of the best wheat growing sections
in the County or State and with a country
custom of radius OF from 10 10 20 miles,
makes thisa desirable property for industrious
and enterprising people. | will sell all of the
above-named property at low prices and on
easy terms. ] viii also sell my blacksmith
shop property, adjoining the mill property
and farm, consisting of dwelling, blacksmith
shop, whcelwright shop and other outbuild-
tngS, on one or two acres of choice land, to
suit the purchaser.
LEVI PRICE.
mch-l6O0-lyr
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

while we were living in England"
writes the wife of the Chinese minister
III Success. II was often surprised mt
the ways of the English girls. but when
l came here | found that American
girls enjoy still greater freedom.
Perhaps it may have good results. In
China girls are prevented from having
any knowledge of the world until they
are married. and for this reason they
are always helpless and thoroughly de-
pendent. Even after marriage they
learn but little Of real life unless they
are very poor and are obliged to work
hard. Now, American girls seem al
ways to be able to take care of them
selves. | am more and more astonish-
ed every day at the things American
girls are able to do. They say there is
hardly any profession which women do
not follow and that sometimes they are
more successful than men. When |
write of such things to my friends in
China they can hardly believe me-"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

The art of manicure is many centu-
ries old, having had its birth in the dim
old converts of France, where the pa
tient nuns practiced it on the hands Of
the noble ladies brought up within
their walls.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Warming MIR. w

Wimble-A judge in one of the courts
has decided that man has a right to
remain out all night If he wants to.
Mrs. W.-DOn't let that worry you,
Wimble. That judge hasn't jurisdiction
In this hOusehold.-Boston Transcript.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
The MYaterY of Gnut

1t is better to confess ignorance than
to assume false knowledge. In spite Of
the careful study that has been given
to the subject of govt it must be admit
Ted that we are as yet uniformed as to
its exact nature.-Medical Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Mr.. Small-Do you know her?
Mrs. Small-Only by reputation. Her
register for married mems trousers
pockets.-Ainslee's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

MRS PIERRE LORILLARD RCNALDS.
The two geniuses had quarrcled, and
the whole world was in grief Mrs.
Ronalds soundly lectured both men
separately and then brought them to-
gcther at her dinner table They shook
hands, became reconciled and at once
began work on new comic opera. 1t
was this act of kindness which induced
the musician to make such generous
provision for the brilliant American in
his will. Mrs. RonaldS has not lived
with her husband, Pierre Lorillard Ron
aids, for 81 years. She is now 60 and
her spouse nearly 50. He has lived
alone in his mansion ut Newton. Conn,
and only recently filed Il suit for di-
VOrce To prevent Mrs. ROnaldS Inherit
ING her share of his estate. II was her
prospect of pennilrSs old age that in
duccd Sullivan TO aid her. Mrs Rom
aids was formerly Mary Francis Carter
of Boston.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

We got hold of some oleomargarine
at hotel dinner table not long since
and would heartily favor taxing the
stuff n dollar pound
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Additional trains leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge aud Intermediate Stations mt lG PA m
and - and l0p. m, and leave Union Bridge
for Baltimore and intermediate Stations nj
. ana 6.25 Il. m, and 1850 p. IN. daily, except
sunday.
Sundays only-leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge and Intermediate Stations at 9.35 a. m
and 235p m. Leave Union Bridge 645 n m
and iu5 p. IN. for Baltimore and Intermediate
Stations
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

If you avoid making predictions, you
will often avoid making yourself ridicu-
lous.-Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

A tailor made suit is sometimes fol-
lowed by lawyer made suit and thil
in turn by a nonsuit.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Princess Alexandra of Cumberland,
the niece, god-daughter and namesake
of the Princess of Wales, will make
her debut in society at one of the court
balls that are held at the beginning
of the year in Vienna. The young
princess is just IS and, as she is ex-
ceedingly pretty, it is probable that
that before long she will follow the
example lately set by her elder sister,
Princess Marie Louise, and become a
bride.