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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Nature Is Kind In California

The New England farmer must forti-
fy himself in his stronghold against the
seasons. He must be ready to adapt
himself to a year that permits him to
prosper only upon decidedly hard
terms. says The International Monthly.
But the Californian in the country has
during the drought more leisure unless
indeed, his ambition for wealth too
much engrosses him. His horses are
lenty and cheap. His fruit crops thrive
easily. He is able to supply his table
with fewer purchases with less com
lnercial independence.
His position is therefore less that of
the knight in his castle and more that
Of the free dwellcr in the summer cot
tage who is, indeed, not at leisure, but
can easily determine how he shall be
busy 1t is of little Importance to him
who his next neghbor is. At pleasure
he can ride or drive to find his friends,
can choose. like the southern planter of
former days, his own range of hospital
ity: can devote himself. if man of
cultivation, to reading during good
many hours at his own choice or, if Il
man of sport, can find during a great
part of the year easy opportunities for
hunting or for camping both by him
self and for the young people of his
family.
In the dry season he knows before
hand what engagements can be made
without regard to the state Of the
weather. since the state Of the weather
is predetermined.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Whatever may be the points Of con-
trast between us, there is no doubt that
Americans in ever increasing numbers
are settling in England. 1t is remark
able how many have made permanent
homes in London. They like to live
there.
When an American has made for
tune, he finds it almost impossible to
live quietly in his own country. There
is something in the very atmosphere of
the United States that makes people
wish to burn the candle t both ends
Over here they ~ .due the incan-
descence to the .eriest glimmer. But
chief among the attractions that this
country has for Americans is that they
can escape the newspapers. Here
wealthy persons can spend their money
as freely as they wish, and they still
remain private persons.
These are some of the reasons why
the american colony in the British me
tropolis grows every year But there
is more subtle reason. Americans
love to come here The writer has
talked to very many Americans, and
almost all of them admit that in com
ing to England they are coming to a
place for which they have great re-
spcct and love, where they expect to
find everything finished and orderly
and quiet-London Telegraph.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Rural England a Land of Song.

The love of song is strong as ever
among the agricultural folk of Eng
land, and at the harvest home supper
there is always plenty of melody of a
sort. says London newspaper. The
old ballads and songs of the peasantry
as found in broadsides and manu-
scripts are full of character. In the
great majority of cases the authorship
of these poems is unknown. One of
the old favorites for recitation at coun-
try festivals used to be dialogue be-
tween a husbandman and serving
man, and Mr.. Bell in his collection of
poems and ballads says he heard this
on one occasion recited at Selborne by
two countrymen, who gave 1t with CON
siderable humor and dramatic effect.
They delivered it in kind of chant or
recitative.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Old Pdrher'5 Ghost
BY M. Quad.
COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY c. b. LEwP.

That l really and truly saw a ghost
on certain occasion is n matter of le-
gal record and believe it is the only
ghost ever legally known to a commu-
nifty.
l was a boy of II when the family
emigrated from Ohio to Michigan and
settled in a town of 1900 people. There
had just died citizen named John
Parker, who was always referred to as
old Parker. He was one of the pio-
neers of the town, and his cccentrici-
ties had greatly retarded its growth.
No one ever learned where he came
from or anything about his private
life. He came alone, lived alone and
died alone. He was n queer looking
little old man, stoop slNuldcred, of
shambling gait and there were days
when he refused to speak to any one.
He bought 200 town lots and then re
fused to sell or lease. He built a saw
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
EnII RustinE of Wheat.

1t may be useful to call the attention.
of wheat growers to the rusting of
wheat during the very warm weather
of the present fall This is conspicuous
on early sown wheat, which may in
some instances owe most of it's chang
ed appearance yellow color to the
rust rather than to the attacks of the
Hessian fly. We find this rust which
is the red or uredo stage the black
stage or teleuto spores not occurring,
so far as we know, on living wheat in
the falD, very abundant at the expert
ment station upon the early sown
wheat, especially upon very early plots
where dates of sowing are tested. Up
on the later plots there is diminished
amount, grading off somewhat accord
ing to the relative earliness or the rela-
tive proximity to the earliest and most
affected wheat That the same condi-
ton is attested by observations report
ed by the entOmologist and his assist
ant and by others. In this connection
1t may be stated that the Puccinia ru-
bigo vera, or usual wheat rust, can live
over winter in this uredo stage In the
wheat plant which may become affect
ed in the fall, writes Professor A. d.
Selby to Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
r-v4rupu, 1uy yrm1u,~ RaIu tue prv-.

<Dupn, Lay CuthuI BuAu luc prN1-
dent, noticing her distress, perhaps
you still have something to say to u.s.
Only that | am Lizette-Llzette
Bede, NJ. lie President Anne Bede was
my sister, and we buried her, poor girl,
week ago"
Twas not you then that was con
demned and sentenced?' cried the pres
ident, surprised.
"Ah, bon Dieu, no, Why should l
have been condemned who have never
done harm to n tly?"
"Then why are you here, mad child
that you areY'
Because, if you please, 1t is because
Anne died while this business was he
fore the royal table (thc lower court of
Hungary. 1T was when she was lying
In her coffin all cold and white that this
order concerning the six months ar
rived certifying that she must submit.
oh, how she had waited and prayed for
it and tried SO hard to live to receive 1t,
She had never dreamed of this, NJ le
President, and when they had taken
her awa.I with closed eyes, mute and
deaf forever. my mother and told our
selves that we must repair the wrong
she had done because of her fiancc, Ga
briel karloncy. 1t was for him and
without knowing it that she sinned,
and we thought
What, my child?'
'That to let her rest peacefully in her
mortal ashes and that no one should
say she owed them anything. that we
must do as I said, repair the wrong
done by her. My mother has paid the
amcndc for the goods. and have come.
NJ. lc President, to serve in her place
for six months in the county prison
To serve in her sisters place,
'What innocence, what simplicity
The jurors smiled broadly. The face
of the president was no longer cold or
ceremonious. nor was it precisely his
brow from which he moppcd the moie-
ture with Il large yellow handkerchief
1T is we'll" said he You were
right, my child; but-but. now that
think Of it,
He stopped, frowned and seemed t.
ltuttl lHttullN. NOW tlldl lnllE tt
it." continued he, there was an error
in this affair We have, MY dear child
sent you the wrong document"
"Thc wrong document, NJ. le prcsi-
dent?" faltcfyl Li4c,tc, raising her
great, sorrowful eyes tc his face VIII
gaze Of heartbrcakiug roproach, ,..y
wrong document"
She could say no more, and the pres.
dent himself was no less moved
THE wrong document my child.
yes" said he firmly rising from his
seat to tcnderly pass his hand across
the shining hair. Beyond there"
pointing to the heaven above them
through the mist vcil,d window. jus
ticc has given another verdict. Go now
to thy mother and tell her from me
that thy sister was not criminal, that
Annc was innocent.
Before God, at least" added he in
tone Only audible to his own great
heart, before God, Mt least!'-Trans-
lated From the Hungarian For St
Louis Post Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
An AminhIe XinIinist-

Robert Browning and Joachim met
one evening at friendly gathering in
London. The violinist had Obliged"
without satisfying certain ladies, who
entreated the poet to obtain from him
another solo. Browning, feeling the
delicacy of his task, discharged it dip
lomatically and spoke, as sometimes
he wrote, so as to conceal his thoughts.
while the violinist, not understanding,
bowed and smiled and did not play.
AS they left the house Joachim ask
ed, What did you mean just nowT"
"Oh," said the poet, 81 wanted you
to give us some more music"
''Then why did you not come and
say, Joe, old boy, give us another
tuner" returned the amiable violinist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Ms VOW yse THIS print before you.

Ms yoM wee THIS print before you.
Was frightened? Strangely enough,
was not. Perhaps this was because
l had never seen the old man when
living. He looked so real before me
that l never thought of spooks or
ghosts. l simply believed that his
dying had been a mistake-that he had
gone away instead of dying. l was no
more in fear of him than of the trees
about me. I wondered Il bit how he
could have approached me so closely
without my having heard him. for the
snow had frosty crust to it, but there
he was, and it was not long before
said to him:
Did you come out here to see my
father?"
Old John did not look about, though
he continued to rub his hands. | re-
peatcd the question in louder voice.
but the result was the same. l looked
to see If he had an AK or gun, but
nothing was III sight. SO far as could
tell, he had not yet seen me. and feel
! ing Il bit embarrassed over the situa-
ton, | rose up and moved over to make
my presence known. | had started to
repeat my question, and my eyes were
full on him, when he dissolved He
faded out of my eyes as Il wet finger
mark fades from school slate, and
found myself looking at a snow cover
! ed log. | looked for his tracks, but
there was none. | looked for the spot
where he had sat, but the snow had not
| been disturbed in the slightest. | did
not have q fit Of the shivcrS and run
away. 1t was a sunshiny day, and |
/ thought the glare on the snow had i'm
some way played mo Il trick l had
| the tree down and the road cleared
when father returned, and when l told
him of my strange visitor | expected
/ TO he laughed at. Indeed. | laughed as
l told it, but father didn't. He began
! to question me very closely. and by
4 the time he had loaded the Sled could
see that he took the matter seriously.
/ When we were ready TO go. he asked
me to point out the exact spot where
old John had sat. This was easy
. y
We're there in the snow. The snow ON
the log was piled up ana frozen hard,
but father soon cleared it off with the
Ak. Then he pounded on the log. found
it hollow and cut into it. He had hard
ly struck 20 blows when there came Il
sound to show that the AK had struck
something besides wood, and five min
utes later we had old parker's missing
gold out of the hollow log 1t was in
two tin boxes. and there were many
papers with it to clear up the mystery
of his life and assist the heirs in set
tling up the estate. They We're gener-
ous to me in settlement. and it was
part of the legal records of the county
that l saw a ghost at o'clock in the
afternoon of a bright day and recover
ed the treasure because of it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
A BIG Loss.

The writer lives in community
where there is located one of the lar
gest gathered cream creameries of the
west. The cream which supplies this
creamery is all raised at the farmers
homes by the deep setting plan. The
plan has worked so satisfactorily that
every attempt to get the creamery shift
ed over to the separator plan has been
failure. The actual loss in butter fat
resulting amounts to an immense sum
each year, equal, it is safe to say, to 20
per cent of the value of the entire prod
uct made. But these patrons, while
conceding this loss, still prefer to be
rid OF the milk hauling and are sure OF
good quality of skimmilk for their
calves and their pigs. The farm sepa
rator would seem to be the logical solu
tion of this problem. but for some rea
son the patrons do not take kindly tC
this plan. In some manner this great
waste Of butter fat should be avoided
amounting IN n year to far more thar
the entire cost Of operating the plant.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
THE BEE AND THE GRAPE.
Bee May Not Take First Rite, but
"Gets There" just the Same.

RheEe' JUST the same
When the bees were destroying my
grapes this year, | had it in mind to
write you in regard to it, but thought
perhaps it was not worth while. Pro-
feSsor Sllngerland's article, however,
has called ii to mind, as well as some
older memories. Some time early in
the eighties. | do not recall the exact
year, bees destroyed nearly all my
grapes, somewhere from 10 to 20 BUSH
els. When they were at work on the
grapes by the thousands, ! wrote my
old friend and classmate, Professor A.
]. Cook, the well known bee expert, in
regard to it, and he answered in effect
that | must be mistaken. Bees were
not built that way and could not make
an opening through the skin of a grape.
was reminded Of the old story of the
lawyer who went into the prisoners
cell and told him that he could not be
imprisoned on such a charge. But"
said the prisoner. Il am here" In spite
of the impoSsibllity of the bees doing
such n thing | saw thousands of them
destroying my grapes and knew that
they ruined nearly my whole crop that
wear. cannot sav that thev made
the first puucture in thc Crane. and it
makes no difference whether they did
or not If something else did If they
were on hand to fol,e. odvantarn Of n
and finished I'M the worl, of destruc-
tion. doing practically fine whole of it.
That wear tbe first stcp in the worI,
was n small round puprturn tbrouoh
the skin. NOT loIror Inn, +, min nricI,
The iuirr was sucl,od out and tho hole
gradually enlarged. untn several bees
worked in if nj once Tho skin was
finally splft from end I'm ond of tba
grapa ana nvery LAST bit of tbo iuica
extracted Inoyino. uptbipo rpt tho drv
skin ana srp.Is ana tlia hand nottor of
tbc min. THAT vas INV FIRST ovnari-
cncc or thc Kind and tbe Iost ,,,tiI tbfs
wear These two are tbc only vears in
the INST 80 that bees bova iniured
cranes ON nv plaoa
This wear thcy diJ NOT berin on tba
cranes SO soon after rineninr and aid
not destroy over half thn cron Tho
destruction began in different wov
this wear from what # did before Then
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Tired of Being In Print.

"Mr. Smithers," said his wife, 'if
remember rightly, you have often said
that you disliked to see a woman con-
stantly getting herself into print?"
81 do said Smithers positively.
you considered it unwomanly and
indelicate, believer
Every"
"And you don't see how any man
could allow his wife to do anything of
the kind?"
Eyes; think so now."
well, Mr.. Smithers, in view of all
the facts in the case l feel justified in
asking you for new silk Dress"
"a new silk dressT'
"Yes; for the last eight years have
had nothing better than four penny cal
leo, and | want something better. Pm
tired Of getting into print."-Londop
Uit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

MS mother gave pat where nm a.
tie ear showed pink between the grass
es and silenced all his silly talk at once
and then went on to tell how the win
ter was us far beyond their thinking as
the blue, blue sky was high above their
heads.
"The warm. soft wind that rings our
bindweed bells" she said, land makes
sweet music in the grass will turn to
cold and bitter blasts that will blow
the leaves about. and then the bells
will wither one by one and fall away,
and the grasses will turn quite dull and
dry and rub against each other with a
shrill and fearsome sound Hs the wind
sweeps up along the hedge bottom"
At that the little mouse, whose ear
was tingllng still, felt frightened, and
he quivered while his mother talked
and wondered what would come of it.
She knew just how he felt. and now
she gave him comfort and advice about
the future, and she told them all what
they must do. For" said she. "the
winter is too great and strong for tiny
creatures like ourselves and so while
the big world and the hedge bottom are
bearing the cold weather we may sleep
quite peacefully each in tiny hole,
until the winter time Is over and the
summer comes again. You must seek
your holes when the right time comes
and then be sure to curl your tails well
in to keep them from the frost"
They all sQueaked a little promise to
remember what she said and not think
they knew better and then they whis-
pered softly to each other of the great
world and the sky and the winter time
and how quite soon they should be
grown up mice. And while they talked
and chattcred merriy, catching flies
from time to time and trying who
could be most clever and saying how
much they had grown since yesterday
Mr.. Harvest-Alousc came home and
rubbed noses with his wife with Il
grave and anxious air, for he brought
bad news from the corn close by. The
hawk had come and caught their kind
ly ncighbor. Mr.. Field-MuUsc. But this
he said quite gently, sitting close to
Mrs. Harvest Mouse, lest the little ones
should hear "Ah." she said and heay-
ed a sigh, "how glad | am we chose the
long. stiff grass in the hedge bottom
rather than the corn in the field"'
"Yes," said he; I'VE did well to choose
the hedge bottom" And with that he
ran about the nest and counted his
eight children anxiously and scolded
them a little and then went a-hunting
for his supper till by and by the quiet
night came down and settled on the lit
tie family and all was peace and dark
ness for awhile.-Black and White.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Dreadful BIupder

Mr.. Jinks-You look all broke I'D.
Mrs. Jinks-I am. 1t just makes me
sick to think what a fool I've been.
You know that commonplace little
dowdy next door that I've been snub-
bing sol"
"Yes."
well, I've just found out that her
husband gets $5 more month than
you do."-New York Weekly.
To an Extreme. -
Il believe in being kind to the birds
and all that" said Miss Hankypank
but do think Clara Deager carries h
too far"
What has she been doing nowYs
asked the other girl.
"She refused Harry Singleshell be-
cause somebody told her that when he
went out rowing he always feathered
his oars. ."-Chica9o Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
He WHIsrCED ON THE WAY.

No deeds Of fame enshrfned his name,
No laurel wreath or bay,
And yet he made earth happier;
He whistled on the wayl
When sorrow frowned and stars were drowned
In stormy akiAs and gray,
BE saw the light stream through the night;
He whistlsd on the vayi
And even GSisf found vwsot Bsiisi.
Hope shsd brighter ray,
And hearts he knew not bls@sd him
For whistling en- the vayl
AAd when from lHe's dark shadows
He passed intS the day
They wrote above this line Of love,
''AA wiiiztad The u.aSf"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21


mill, and the first lumber turned out
was wanted for the erection of a
church. Because the old man was ask
vi to make a discount in price in favor
the mill, boarded up doors and win
dows, and the saws never turned agaU
He bought two stores and five or s
houses and shut them up, and ne
bought every improvement for the ben
eft of the town. On the other hand,
he lent men money at low rate of in
terest to make improvements, encour-
aged people to settle there and built
the first schoolhouse entirely at his
own expense.
Willie owning five or six cOmforta-
BILE houses, which were empty, old
Parker lived alone in a miserable shan
ty and cooked and washed and mend
ed for himself No one was ever per-
,mitted to enter his house, and he never
entered the home of any one else.
There were few men with whom he
would converse, but he did not give
, them his confidence. There was no
mourning in Red Oak when it became
Known one morning that old Parker
had been found dead in his Shanty.
The feeling was rather one of relief
and congratulation. 1t was soon ascer-
tained that his affairs were in a mud
die. Ee had left no will, and the pa
pers in the hands of his lawyers did
not represent the half of his posses
sions. 1t was hardly a fortnight be-
fore q brother and sister turned up,
each claiming the estate, and through
them it was learned that the old man
must have been possessed of at least
$S5,000 in gold when he died. OF this
sum only about 5000 be found.
The town was tulneu upside down
over the affair, and it had got into
court when we moved into the village
That was in midwinter. AS a boy,
could not understand or interest my
self in the legal complications of the
case but the fact that old Parker had
hidden a big lot of gold somewhere
appealed to me very strongly. The
Z sawmill and all his houses were search
ed, but no trace could be found
1t was generally believed that he had
buried 1t. but until the snow melted g..
effort could be made to find the cache
On the 14th day Of March, with six
inches of snow still on the ground.
went with my father into the woods
after load of wood. We had yoke
of oxen and a sled, and when the first
load was heaped up my father drove
off with II and left me behind to cut
down a dead ash and clear a road
around a bit of swamp.
After he was out of sight | sat down
on a log to. watch a rabbit hopping
about may have spent five min
utes watching the animal when
slight noise at my right startled me,
and looked around to find old John
Parker sitting within ten feet of me.
R, had been described so often that
Aere could be no mistake. 1t was the
little old man with the stoop shoul-
ders. the long hair, the seedy gar.
ments. the catskin cap be wore every
day in the year He had dry hacking
cough; he had bushy gray eyebrows;
he hi missing teeth. :. sat there
and SNsA hin skfn& o ..aaAAs tAoseAsx
and ] msA ut the ground at h3s feet
and Ask in sweWy detail ~ clearly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

A curious case occurred in one of the
Paris hospitals which excited much
comment in medical circles. Some
time ago woman named Legros, 55
years of age, was found lying in the
road in a state of insensibility and alb
solutely rigid. She was removed by
the police to the hospital, where for
three weeks she remained in the same
state. The doctors then decided that
she was dead and had been so since
she was found, the preservation of her
body being due to the amount of alco-
hol she had imbibed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
MEMORY AND THE FULL MOON.

O nights OF silver memory, o nights
Here At this easement, Of old, ] stand
And greet the moon at full, flooding the land
With mystery and unmsaaured dream delights.
But they who with gazed those graen
heights
Distanced in moonlight, while the night wind
bland
Rare incense from deep forest affairs famed,
All, whittier gone, with giddy seasons fights?
IntenEer than of old thy burning orb,
Thou planet lone in star forgetting skies!
Each ray from thee with tender purport
smltes.
Say, didst thou not those love lit souls absorb,
Wherefore thy Splendor aches against mine eyes?
nights Of silver memory, o nights!
Edith NJ. Thomas in Hsrper's Bazar.