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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
History the Coffee Tree.

Mr.. II. Witte, well known horticul.
turist of Leyden, gives Katfra. in the
southern part of Abyssinia, as the native
place of the coffee tree, says writer in
Meehan's Monthly. He mentions raban
legends as samples Of strange customs in
connection with its use. 1t was not till
centuries after its use that it was carried
to Java. from whence the first samples
We're received in lI0G.
A tree from Java was then sent to the
botanic garden in Amsterdam, and when
it lowered and ripeued seeds youn.
seeding was presented TO Louis XIV
From this plant seedlings were sent to
Martinique, and from these plants again,
seedlings were sent to Jamaica. Cayenne
and Santo Domingo, while from Amster.
dam plants were sent to Surinam IT.
fact, it was from the one plant sent from
Java in the beginning of the eighteenth
century by Governor General Van Hoorn
that everything in the French possessions
and the West Indies has sprung.
In this way has travelled the progeny
Of the original plant introduced from
Arabia through Burgomaster Nocoloo~
Witsen at the end of the seventeenth cen
fury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

We came across a landlord the other
day, one of those tight and grasping
old fellows who in renting his farm for
many years had bled both the farm
and his tenant to the limit in order to
get every cent possible. This year he
is offering the farm to any one who
will take it and pay the taxes, SO poor
has the land become under his policy.
This is a most righteous judgment up
on him. This man might beat his ten.
ant and every other man with whom
he did business. but he has found out
that he can't beat old Mother Earth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

There is no end of residence lots in
our towns which can be made to sup
ply all the small fruits viii b a family
could use. Try two square rods in
Strawberries, a dozen each of the red
and black raspberries, half dozen
grapevines set in corners and along
fences in the rear of the lot, dozen
plum and cherry trees and some white
and red currants. OF course on the %
or 80 foot front lot this would be hard
ly possible, but a very large proportion
of the residents of all our smaller
towns have more room.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
An Unexpected Reply.

The late Lord Ludlow was exceedingly
mild on the bench. and on more than one
occasion his amiahiity in interposng out
of pity to Il confused witness led to un-
foreseen results a witness was once
badgered about denial OF intoxication.
The judge asked him kindly from the
bench, Did yoI say. I was not drunk.
sirY"
Il never said anything about you at
all" was the unexpected reply.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

There is man in California who
makes il business to produce new forms
Of plants aud fruits He decides what
he wants. breeds 10 produce the results
desired and when he ohtpins something
possessing qualities that will recommend
Il BE- ai~pnses Of Seeding to some mrs
erymau aud then resumes bis work for
Yew results.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
DR.. VIM. @. Boteler.

Practice limited to disease of the
Eye Ear and Threat. Spectacles adj
jusled for all forms Of defective sight.
Spectacle examinations free. Office, 2s
North Market street; residence, east
city limits, Frederick. Nd. Office
Hours. A. NJ. to 5 p. NJ. except
Sunday. ex-jan. 27-19O1, lyr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
Real Estate Transfers.

line IOllON lnS are tue lldHslSlS
of real estate as recorded In the
Clerks office since our last issue:
Daniel c. Miller and wife to
Charles C.. Bi>er, real estate i'll
Frederick county, 50.
Basil Cashour and wife to
Samuel +. CaShour. real estate in
Frederick county. 5000.
Cornelius l.. Rice and wife to
Clarence 3. Baker, real estate in
Frederick county $1,000.
VIM. G. Glaze aud Lille c.
Glaze and the Real Estate and
Improvement Company Of Balti-
more to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. real estate in
Frederick county, $40.
Malinda Gall to Charles VI.
Gall, real estate in Frederick
county, 5000.
Margaret L. Black to the Sis
tiers of Charity, real estate in
Frederick county. 500.
J. Roger McSherry, trustee. to
the Real Estate aud Improve
ment Company of Baltimore.
real estate in Frederick county,
$3.50.
George Suouifer. ct al, to the
Board Of County Commissioners,
real estate in Frederick county.
1856.
Peter BuSsard and wife to
the Board Of County Commits.
siouerS real estate in Frederick
county, $3.50.
John KIipp ana wife to the
Board Of County Commissioners,
real estate in Frederick county,
$40.
John II. Brown and wife to
Harry l.. Harbaugh. real estate
in Frederick county, -.
Harry l.. Harbaugh to Jacob
B. Harbaugh, real estate in
Frederick county, 5000.
Hanson 7 Rippeon and wife
and John &. Rogers, mortgagee.
to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, real estate in
Frederick county. so.
John +. Delaplaiue and wife,
ct al, to Edward F. Brown. real
estate in Frederick county,
S252 40.
Alice X Kiser and husband to
Edward f. Brown, real estate in
Frederick county. Sl64.
Sophia Z. Bell to William NJ.
BopSt and George 5. c. BopSt,
real estate in Frederick county,
$500.
J. Welty Fahrney and wife to
George S. g. BopSt, real estate
in Frederick county, $500.
Mary V. Notnagle to Adam
NOtnagle, real estate in Fred.
erick county, 81, love and aflec.
ton.
George W. Miller and wife to
Mary f. Rice, real estate in
Frederick county, 500.
Bird NJ. Robinson and Ran
dOlph Barton, executors, to VIM.
G. Baker, real estate in Fred
erick county, $50.
Walter f. GoSnell and Emory
W. Emory, ct al, to Edward
Moore, real estate in Frederick
county, $3.50.
Outerbridge Horsey, trustee,
to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, real estate in
Frederick county, $500.
Luke V. Dean and wife to
Michael X. Moore, real estate in
Frederick county, 9l,15O.
Sarah Ann Cutler, executor, to
Joshua Z. b. Zimmerman, real
estate in Frederick county,
s2,9G710.
Annie j. Florence and huS-
band to Charles Rotering, real
estate in Frederick county,
81. 900.
Calvin n. Stem assignee. of
mortgage, to Matilda G. Stem,
real estate in Frederick county,
S5l3.
Ahdon Carlisle to Charles T..
Carlisle, real estate in Frederick
county. s., 422 ,65j.
Charles +. Trump to Charles
L. HOuck, real estate in Fred
erick county, 500
Samuel r. Grinder, ct al, to
Ohio \. Shank, real estate in
Frederick county, 1918.
John w. Shank. ct al, to
Ohio \. Shank, real estate in
Frederick county, S2G7.
Inaugural Excursions to Wash.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

The "Citizen" uses Printers
Ink to the best advantage for
both subscribers and advertis-
ers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

The sum of s2,100 was pretty high
price to pay for one fat steer at the
Chicago fat stock show. but when one
hgures out the tons of porterhouse
steak and sirloin and rib roasts which
came from that steer and which were
sold as his meat to gulljble buyers it
may have been good Investment aft
er all
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
THE ICEHOISE.


A plentiful supply of ice on the farm
for use during the hot weather has al
most as much of comfort associated
with it as has the big pile of dry wood
in the shed for use during the cold days
of the winter. If you want ice for
next summer, now is the time to be
thinking about it. How to do it? Well,
what we say is for the man on the
farm so situated that he cannot obtain
sawdust and who does not want to
put much money into the ice business,
but who is willing to do the work
necessary to secure a supply. Take
the north side of the barn and build
lean to - by II feet with foot posts
on the low side. Slant the roof up to
the side of the barn and inclose with
shiplap, leaving a door at one end and
a Stat window in the other. Fill the
bottom with coarse gravel to the depth
of one foot this to secure good drain.
age. Now get your ice when it is about
a foot in thickness, if you can, and,
laying some boards over the gravel.
put on foot of straw chaff and build
up cube of the ice blocks in the
center of the icehouse, leaving n space
of two feet between the ice and the
side walls. Take enough flax chaff,
which is best, or, if this cannot be OBJ.
tanned, wheat or oats chaff or the
straw cut fine, and pack as firmly as
possible all around the ice, putting a
foot or so of the chaff on the top If
the chaff show any signs of settling
during the summer, it must be added
to, so as to fully protect the ice. Eight
or ten leads of ice put up in the man.
ner we have described will supply
farm home all summer.
Wheat and beef make strong men.
The eaters of wheat bread and rare
roast beef rule the roost and dominate
the affairs of the whole world. The
bread gives the muscle and strength,
and the rare beef makes scrappers and
fighters of them. A little rice fed Mon
golian or Hindoostanee or banana
bloated Ethiopian has simply no show
on earth with this white bread and
raw beef son of the north. The con-
flict in China is the old. old strife be.
tween the bread and beef eaters and
the rice eaters, with the old and ever
certain results.
If the farmer will buy green coffee
and roast it himself, will make his
own strip from brown sugar, buy
whole peppercorns, get his own buck
wheat ground by the local miller Qf
said miller is passably honest, will kill
and dress the meat raised on his owp
farm, lie can steer as clear of adulterat-
ed food products as any man on earth.
but II he brings home a tin pail and
currycomb which he got thrown In
with pound of 20 cent baking powder
he is quite likely to get his picture into
the advertisement of some fake patent
medicine hy the time be Is 30.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
TAXATION FOR ROAD IMPROVE
MENT

The advocacy Of heavy burden Of
taxation or the creation of big bond.
ed indebtedness for the purpose OF
macadamizing the highways of the
west and northwest by enthusiasts in
the cause of good roads does more
harm than good \ lot Of stuff about
the enormous sums lost hy the farmers
Of the country because Of poor roads
appears from time to time in the pa
perS, which is the veriest rot. These
statements assume that 1t costs the
farmer because Of poor roads % cents
to move one ton Of produce one mile,
while it is claimed it could be done for
6 cents if the highways We're mac.
adamiZed. This statement is wholly
untrue, as every farmer knows. But
few farmers are now located farther
away than seven miles from a ship.
ping station Through all the terri
tory referred to the highways are as
good as the very best during nine
months of the year. More and more
farmers are adopting improved meth.
DDS Of agriculture and have quit sell
ing the raw material produced on their
farms. such as hay grain and straw,
and feed it on the farm and SO market
their produce as meat. butter, eggs,
poultry and the like We are a warm
advocate of improved highways within
reasonable and sensible limits and
would as first step insist upon the
application Of common sense business
methods in the expenditure Of funds
now raised for this purpose, the pay
mcnt Of road taxes in money, the max
Ing of the township the unit for the
purpose Of highway administration and
the letting Of all road work by con
tract where possible When road re-
form has been worked to the limit
along these lines, it will then be soon
enough 20 asitatc the taxing and bond
Ing matter If the money now appro.
priatcd for road work were intelligent
~ used in n buSincsslike manner, won
dcrs would bc accomplished. Let every
farmer agitate road reform along the
lines indicated and he will do well.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

A good many men would have found
it vastly more economical to have
bought three or four So boxes of
oranges and eaten them, with ,he snow
drifts piled high around their north
ern homes. than to have sold out and
gone to the lands where the oranges
could be picked from the trees.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08
MODEL:
TELEPHONE CALL, So

FEBRUARY'S THE MONTH IN WHICH TO BvI
BARGAINS AT THIS SHOP.
GREAT ADVANTAGE THE CONSUMER.
THE RESULT IS OUR FAST QUITTING Us SOME OF
THEM REGULAR GOLF CAPINGS AND EXTRA
GOOD QUALITY
FAhAlE SkRlS-Cng lot of both Long and Short Skirts black
and brown manufacturers prices. The loss 5 ours
The great profit in the deal yours
LADIES AND MISSES JACKETS price.
it opportunity.
MEMS fuR GLoVES-Updegnf's best Gloves all them
less than price
JOHN HENDRICKSON
P s-Remnant Pcles Gngham
jamie 19OO-1yr
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-08

"EntertS
dependent up {
ready wit or b
Burton Kings4
Journal. 1T
qualities of bid
should reveal
simplicity. VI \
our subject beNd
enthusiasm is G \
cere. 1t gives
vacity to the ma
compelling powell
expression Sym n
are created in a W
please, but one r.
mood of ones al - 10 ~
ceive when some kes to Sna.
There are talN ttaphoricaE
take the bit betweed Teeth and !,
away with a subject e.n they fin,
cease, no one has .ng to saw i
spairing of opportunity. Without Ill
plicity no conversation has charm. n
moment we perceive that it is tailored /
that the speaker seems to calculate N
effect of his words, if unnecessary M.
zion is made of desirable acqua:Dtan.
or there is a display of attainnlentc
mock innocent vaunting OF adyap.age,
that moment do we feel only contemnt !.
the affectation and pretense. Truth III
a marvellous power of making itself al
in spite of what is said. Self co1scio-
ness is but egotism under a less sers.
name, and self must be forgotten baf,,k
we can add to our speech the grace a,
dignity of simplicity"
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07

right and left paws. She leaps a foot
in the air al times to strike at boys
hand, but when the blows fall they
are usually as harmless'as if she wore
boxing gloves.
Only when she is under the greatest
excitement does she permit her claws
to protrude beyond the ve!vety pads
and when she bites she seldom breaks
the skin, but woe 10 the foe who
strikes at her and runs away.
She will stand up TO the fray as long
as passes are made at her, but should
her tormentor turn TO run, Tabby
fastens to the calf of his leg with both
teeth and claws and holds OF until he
renews the fight with his hands.
She is so used to fighting men that
the biggest Of dogs has no terrors for
her
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07

home emblazoned with the news of
their wedding, and the streets crowded
with riotOus friends.
Across the top of the second story
was suspended a sign reading: "Lov-
er's Roost," while a gigantic sign bear
ing the words "Oh, what bliss" flapped
across the center of the house. An
other along the lower floor read: Just
married"
Streamers of red, white and blue fes-
tooned the windows and trailed over
the sides of the house 10 the very roof.
The sedate and snug home was fairly
hidden under the gay trappings of JOY.
Never were bride and groom so thor
oughly advertised by their loving
friends.
Carr, who rOwed No. in the Vesper
eight that won the worlds champion
ship in Paris last year, is a big, manly
fellow, who has paid court TO Miss
Frewen for several years.
When the carriage returned from
the church the gay young bride and
groom were startled almost out of
their senses. Carr leaned from the
window with a pale face. while Mrs.
Carr nearly tainted. But when the
eight voices chorused: "How do you
like your reception. CARR" the groom
smiled bravely and introduced his
wife.
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07

gun. While urging her horse into a
narrow canyon Mrs. Marx espied a
huge black bear coming toward her
from a clump of bushes. Quickly dis
mounting, she knelt on one knee and
fired. The bullet broke one front leg,
but bruin only quickened his pace, at
the same time uttering a growl. Work.
ing the lever the woman hunter threw
another shell into the gun and fired
again. The bear stopped for an in
slant and licked a hole in his left
breast and then continued to approach
with rapid strides. Never losing her
nerve for a moment, Mrs. Marx pumped
another cartridge into the barrel, and
this time, taking careful aim at a vital
spot under and in front of the right
shoulder, pulled the trigger. The bull
let went true and the huge, hairy hulk
rolled over at the very feet of the
woman.
Returning home, the men folks were
notified and sent out 10 bring in the
carcass. Mrs. Marx is now distributing
pieces of toothsome bear meat among
her friends and receiving congratula-
tions.
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07
SHE'S A SPARRING CAT.
Feline Boxer of Washington Market.
New York, Ready Always to
Meet All Corners.

There is a sparTing cat in Washing
ton market whose antics would make
a hit upon the stage, says the New
York Sun.
She is q common gray tabby, belong
ing to nobody in particular, but fol-
lowing the natural habit of cats in
keeping where fish food is plentiful,
she can generally be found near the
fish stands. She does her stunts in
the aisles when one of the boys has
time to play with her.
\ touch on the head will make her
rear up and strike out deftly with
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07
LASS LASSOED LION.
Wonderful Courage Displayed by
Young Texas Maiden.
Her Grit Rewarded by Southern
Texas Cattle association Whose
Members Presented Her with a
GOId-MOunted Revolver.

The Southern Texas Cattle associa-
ton has given Miss Norma Diorn
gold-mounted revolver and a hand
some saddle as a reward of grit.
The Christian Work tells the story OF
her courageous act:
Miss Diorn and her two sisters live
on their fathers large cattle ranch
and are accustomed to riding about
and looking after the cattle.
One Sunday morning Miss Diorn
started out on her pony to inspect
the wire fence of a small pasture a
couple of miles from tie house. As
she started out she swung the belt
of her Winchester over the gate post,
remarking that she was not going
far and wouldn't need a gun. She
was hardly out of sight before an
immense Mexican lion sprang out in
the road in front of the pony. The
beast gave a few loud roars and then
disappeared in the direction of
small bunch of cows and calves.
When Miss Diorn saw that he was
chasing q white cow which was her
especial pet, she started toward him
at full speed, yelling at the top of
her voice. She reached him just as
he sprang upon the neck of a calf,
crushing it TO the earth.
The old cows instantly charged the
lion, and the mother of the calf gave
him such an ugly thrust with her
sharp horns that he was forced to re-
linquish his hold on his prey. The
sight of the trembling, frightened lit
tie calf aroused the girls ire, and
swinging her rope over her head, she
rode at the lion, threatening TO tear
him to pieces if ne did not let her
cattle alone.
The lion retreated, and, summon
ing all the strength of her lungs. the
girl screamed at him and urged her
pony to pursue him. The beast trs-
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07

arated by a little blind alley less than
two feet wide.
The woman was hYsterica., and con-
siderable difficulty was experienced n
getting her out of the alley. First one
of the rescuers would get stuck in the
narrow space and then another, until
it looked at one time as if some of the
boards on the side of the building
would have to be taken out before the
woman could be released from her
rather painful and decidedly embaI-
RAISING position. She was finally re-
leased, none the worse for her fall of
over 40 feet.
1t developed later that Mrs. Schauck
lives in the building where the acci-
dent happened. She had gone to the
roof to hear some neighboring music
better, and had intended to step over
to the adjoining roof. In trying to
carry out this plan she slipped and fell
40 feet down in the little alley.
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07
SKELETON IN TOMB.
Reveals Secret of a Haunted South
Carolina Churchyard.
Ghost of Goose Greek Church Was Not
Altogether an Imaginary Spec
fer-GruesOme Tale of Pre-
mature Burial.

According to a correspondent OF the
Chicago Tribune, there has been
cleared away by the opening of tomb
in the burying ground of.Goose Greek
church, near Charleston, 5. C., mys-
terry that has haunted the place for
dozen years. Inside the door, several
feet from the open coffin, was found
the skeleton of young woman. show
ing that she had died in agony after
burial alive.
ST. James church at Goose Creek is
the best preserved of all the colonial
churches in the Carolinas, and IS still
used as a place Of Episcopal worship.
The burying ground beside il is in view
through the half-stained windows, and
those who sit at service frequently
glance at it and shiver. The tradi-
tion they recall is a vague one, but it
is nevertheless awful. Out Of the mass
Of it these facts are CLEANED.
Many years ago funeral process
sion, an unusual thing in that wilder
ness, wound up to the Goose Greek
churchyard, bringing the body Of a
beautiful young woman, daughter or
one of the wealthiest old families Of
Charleston. 1t was placed in the tomb
with simple ceremonies, and the
mourners passed out between the tall
gates and away between the moscow
cred trees. In the burying ground the
knocking birds sang recklessly. The
flesh air of the woods blew through
the grating of the tomb.
Toward evening two negroes were
passing the cemetery when a faint cry
came from he dropping cedars at the
door of the vault. II rose weak and
low at first, then higher and higher,
until il broke into a shrill, agonizing
cry that gave way 10 the sound Of the
seamPering footsteps of the fleeing ne
groes. At dawn when other negroes
went slowly by the church. the same
cry was heard, and stray dogs took up
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07
<%EEe
POLICEMEN ON GUARD.
To Prevent RepaintinE of Roughly
Humorous Signs ON a Newly Mar
ried Pairs Cottage.

While William J. Carr, of Phila del
phia, the crack oarsman of the Vespers
Boat club crew that won the champion
ship in France last year, is in Washing
ton with his bride, who was Miss
Frances A. Frewen, a policeman is on
guard at the home Carr prepared in
Philadelphia for his bride, 10 prevent
a repetition of scenes of hilarity by
his boatclub friends, whose decora-
tions proved so successful that the po-
lice reserves had 10 be called out to
disperse the crowd.
The happy couple returned from St.
Malachi's church 10 find their new
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07

the echo and yelled weirdly. BY noon
the story had spread through the negro
settlements that a new ghost had ap-
peared at the church. Other negro men
and women heard the cry and ran.
Two nights later, when a small party
moved cautiously toward the church
and waited silently by the wood, there
came the faint, dying cry from some
soul in distress. II was clearly the
voice of a woman, but the negroes
waited. not to seek the cause or offer
help. They believed in their hearts
that il was a spirit from the beyond
which beckoned them, and many Of
them died, years later, believing that
Goose Greek had its ghosts.
Twelve years later the vault was
opened and the men who pulled back
the doors staggered at the sight with
in. The body which had been put there
in the quiet Of the autumn afternoon
had moved. With its face against the
door a gaunt skeleton stood, and top
pied to the earth when the opening of
the vault swung back, The mystery at
first was not explained, but when
friends made an investigation they
found that the cries had been heard by
the negroes. and the story Of the ghost
was made clear. There was Undoubt-
ed evidence that the woman had been
put in the vault before life was ex-
tinct, and there is no one living who
can picture her horror or suffering
when she regained consciousness and
found herself locked in the vault Of
iron and stone
The Washington bee., 1901-12-07
Grew FIeshy After Death

An amazing discovery was made in
the Mount Hope cemetery at Baker
City, Ore. In April of last year, Aurilla
Sullivan, aged %, died of paralysis.
Lately il was decided TO remove her
body to another cemetery. The casket
seemed very heavy, and ii was opened.
The body had turned TO white stone,
and weighed $50 pounds. In life the
girl weighed only 13O pounds.