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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY.

Enjoyable living is very largely de
pendent upon temperature ana humid-
ity. Temperatures above 50 and below
zero are each cndurablc only as man
makes special effort to adjust himself
to such conditions. The happy mean Of
temperature is 10, at which point man
thinks nothing about the atmosphere
y few islands of the sea and a limited
section Of great elevation Immediately
under the equator enjoy 20 the year
round. but the best and most forccful
types of humanity are found where the
thcrmOmctrical extremes have the wild
est range, the effort required by man
tOadopt himself to such radical changes
seeming in some way to develop his
best qualities. The question of hu-
Nudity is also an important one. for
where there is n great excess the CON
ditions for men are as unfavorablc as
where there may be Il great deficiency.
in either case the extreme so affecting
vegetable and animal life and growth
that living for man is hard to obtain.
The happy medium as to humidity is
found in three foot rainfall during
the year
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

We drove hy the place of an all round
agricultural nuisance the other day 1t
was the home ANA The farm of the
shiftlcss. oruery fellow who raises each
year enough weeds to ail.ict a whole
ncighborhood Ills oat ana flax fields
We're yellow with wild mustard, there
was q quarter of an acre of hurdocks
growing around his tumble down barns
and sheds, his corndeld was 4 mat Of
pigeon grass cocklchurs and morning
glorics, while the highway in front of
his place was Il forest Of wild hemp
six feet tall This man was very sure
that ne knew just how this government
should he run and was rated as author
ity among the class who are always
"a@'n" the existing order of things.
His talk did no harm, perhaps, but his
perennial crop of weeds did.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
THE BETTER WAY.

We have an inquiry from young
man aged 20. He IS a representative
western farm boy, has always. lived
and worked on the farm and availed
himself of such educational advantages
as the local country school afforded.
He says he expects to stay with his
father until he is of age and then conf
mence life for himself. lie owns
team of horses and has saved up $50
in money He wants US to tell him
how he can work it so that he may
best succeed as a farmer and says that
he would like to raise good stock, grow
big crops and farm in Il little better
way than he has been brought up to.
This is another of those hard ques-
tions which folks seem to like to fire
at us. So much depends upon the
young man himself. the locality where
he may settle down for business and
the sort of girl that he sits up with
Sunday evenings. If he locates where
land is worth from $50 to $50 per acre,
he will be compelled to put more brains
and science into his work than if he
takes homestead on some frontier set
Element. If he is to work high priced
land ana wants to farm better than his
father did. we would advise him to 90
to one of the many excellent agricul-
tural colleges and spend what money
he has got in acquiring a knowledge
of the technical and scientific agri-
f.t
chanicS, stock breeding, judging and
care, soil physics, fertilizers, animal
diseases. drainage, rotation Of crops
and 4 hundred and one practical and
valuable things which he can turn into
dollars later on in his farm work. Two
winters or so used would easily make q
$40 Il month man of him if lie wished
to work for some one else, or, should
he 90 into business ON his own hook
and rent good farm. for instance, he
would be almost certain to make a
success of his work. 1t is not 50 much
the practical knowledge acquired as
the result of such Il course Of study,
though this is almost Invaluable as it
is that such an effort is an eye opener
for the Young man, disclosing to him
the possibilities of his profession and
awakening in him an ambition and de-
sire to know more ana occupy Il higher
place in his profession. He may not
do this, but instead marry, rent farm
ana settle down to work in the old
fashioned way and perhaps succeed in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
MODEL. "
TELEPHONE CALL, IS
SATURDAYS REPORT ON HOT WEATHER
ERCHANDlSE
TELEPHONE CALL, 50.

NOTHING SHOULD INTEREST YOU MORE EXCEPT 1T BE WHAT
YOU EAT.
30 open the report Umbrellas-self raising NO
need to yourself in the
frame just press the button and goes. gOoat
S11S S125 and 81. 10
PARASOlSTheSe cast another shadow the prices less
shadow All OF them reduced prices
LINEN SKlRTSPosityely the garment for comfort solid
wear All sorts of grades and prices. high
cost for the quality
HOSERYThn Lacy effects Men, Women and Children Keep
your feet cool as well your head
IHlN DKESSES-Another invoice Thin Lawns
aGste dotted SwlSSes IN light and dark grounds &C., o.
and 123c All fine Ginghams French Dimit and
Imported Fancy Swisses reduced to less than cost
OUTAGE CURTAlNSThis is and cool
as spring oreezespendd quality, full sze only S75 pa
GooDSSelng lots pretty Creons for Cushions anu
Lounge Covers also the Linen material cool and inexpensive
JOHN HEMDRICKSON.
S-Lade bear in mind the CSC. Trolley Shawl You aS
sure to like it, jan 49, 1900
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
HIRED MEN FORTY YEARS AGO.

The writer forty odd years ago work
ed as a hired land on farm. 1t was
tumble ont at / o'clock in the morning
and the last Of the chores done at s
o'clock at night. Nearly all the farm
work was for want of modern machin-
cry and appliances, done in the hard
est way, The plows were iron and
would rarely scour The grass was
cut with a scythe and rakcd with one
Of those revolving rakes, which were
more calculated to make a man pro
fame than any tool ever invented by
man. Most of the grain was cut with
cradle, the corn planted by hand and
cultivated with a one horse shovel
plow. The hired man got SO per
month. Viewed from this standpoint,
there is no doubt that the world has
progressed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
CORN AND LES EITTRE

The somewhat startling fact is an
nounccd by men who have made a
study of the question that the produc-
ton of corn has reached its limit in
this country, while the demand for it
is bound to constantly increase. 1t is
claimed that the days of cheap corn
corn at from 10 to - cents per bushcl-
are over and that the greatly increased
domestic and foreign demand is likely
to force the average value of this cereal
to about 40 cents as against an average
value of about 80 cents for the past
decade-in other words that the corn
crop is likely to be worth % per cent
more for the coming ten years than for
the past ten. This fact, if it prove 10
be we'll stated, will be good news to the
residents of the corn belt, for coupled
with it will be the certain advance in
value of all meat commodities of which
corn is the foundation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The best thing that is going on in
this country today is the agricultural
and mechanical regeneration of the
south. Out of the wreck and waste of
war, the old time animosities well nigh
extinct, the beautiful southland is COM
ing to its own-to time when all its
rare endowment of climate and nat
ur1 resources are combining to make
IL one Of the fairest countries on earth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
THE UNLOVED.
When winters prime is past,

When winters prime is past,
His fercest fury done,
And days are frightening fast
And kindlier grows the sun,
Oh, sweet and shy
our hearts reply,
By natures wooiug won,
And whisper low
OF bliss Wen know
When winters race is runl
When winters race is spent
And cid and bleak and gray,
All chill and downward bent,
He goes his weary way,
Oh, then with smile
OF hooking guile
We a0ut his weakening sway
And find delight
In times glad fight
That brings a SUMMER day.
RIPLEY D. Saunders in st. Louis Republic
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

We have a well defined standard 70,
good butter and little by little We .ro
getting an equally well defined stand
ard for the COW, which is one which
will give not less than 1900 pounds of
milk in a wear testing per ccnr hpt
ter fat. Up to date dairymcn will not
bother to milk cows which fan bolo,r
this standard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Southern Iowa is coming to the fro,.
this year with a great crop Of peacba1
Year by year the peach belt spenr
be gradually moving north, and INV
how it is certain that harder tvnos :,
this fruit are being developed. "
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

English agriculture is steadily 4.
clining, crop acreage in 1870 of q 51S
900 acres having shrunken to 7.32, M
acres in 1898. The cheap farm nrod
ucts of this country and the low oos.
Of transportation are responsible f..
this decline.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

A western creamery has evolved a
now scheme-that of doing the family
washings for its patrons. \ Laundry
outfit has been placed adjacent to the
creamery, and the steam, heat ana wa
ter of the creamery plant are utilized
by the laundry under the care of a com
petent Washcrman. with the result that
a great burden of work has been rr-
moved from the farmers wife and the
farm home to the cooperative cream,
cry. We do not see any reason why
this scheme is not entirely practicable
1t certainly is worth investigation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The Chinese w,D aeither eat the flesh
nor drink the milk of the COW. One of
their piJus queries is. How can the
COW raise her calf if man robs her Of
her milk?' while the American heather
has developed the COW so that she gives
not only milk enough to raise her calf,
but enough to feed his kids besides.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

With wool and cotton at close 70 :.
same figure, we cannot see any Gov. Tue
Use in clothmakers putting cotton J.. u
wooden garments and compelling ~
seller to lie to the consumer WHOM ' L
says such goods are all wool. 1e
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The best dairy cows are CT,
handsome. Their business probiS Un
If one wants handsome COW ta,'
2-year-old heifer we'll bred on ~ a
lines. Note also that the best h. sesI
mares are seldom handsome. 'VOu
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Every farmer should have a flag, big
enough to be seen from the highway,
which he can hoist once in awhile, to
let everybody know that the flag rep
resents his sentiments and that he APP
preciates the peace, security and pros
perity which the flag guarantees him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Foreign nations are willing that
America should feed the world and fur
nish cotton to clothe it, but are most
vigorously kicking when we propose to
furnish them all sorts of manufactured
goods at prices less than they can pro-
duce them for and of better quality.
1t will do them no good to kick, for
they are dependent upon us for their
bread and butter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Nature has her own way OF pruning
the tree and thinning the fruit. S..
uses the hail storm. the cyclone tle
slect storm. the thunderholt frost.
blight, insects, fire to do her pruning
and thinning, processes soem.a-'e
harsh and destructive. ana as.ueia5 /
with these methods she gives Won.
derful recuperative power to olI ve.e,
table life. When too much fruit sets
upon tree, something is almost sure
to happen to thin it out, either some in.
sect pest hail storm, Il high wind or
an untimely frost.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Government statistics show that in
1881 it required 4 hours ana "a minutes
to produce Il bushel of corn in mans
labor while in 1895 the time required
had, by the use of modern machinery,
been reduced to Al minutes and the
cost of this labor had been reduced
from 31&f to 1Ola cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
A BURIED
TREASURE
How It Was Found by a Cast
away and It's Mysterious
Disappearance.

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schooner rrnr,.n.. ont SLn ma M E.,lts
set and. Il, vas afrorvarI shown an her
crew. cgtraiu Included were half drur,l,
ond ain mon -r. .aufs ya. IN lookout
and saw the .cbaonrr first. hut ms we
wore close .u tLa wind and She Close or
hand ,,, could \, na,brr, She stfnl,
us ar, tNa -,.,I.arI I.,, with q gr..t
crash. Our r.rIua.t went Inv the hoard
the scHoouers hawsprjt was twisted ua,
and the two craft hnuU"d aud crashed
for three or four minutes and then sep
arajed.
In such emergencies mon act on impulse
and cannot always clearly remember
what occurs. ID this case climbed
aboard the schooner, th.ua.u. Size WAS
the least injured, and il appeared that ,v
err one IF her crew tamhlol on % tine
decks OF the D1- for the same reason. 1t
WIS some minutes after the craft sepa
rated before discovered that was aloHr.
l now began 20 wonder how badly Size
had been damaged. ] had seen that her
bui"arhN Ter y distance ~ l1 feet on ta"
starboar how had been stove io, hut as
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The more hay, particularly clover
hay, can be cured under covcr-in the
cock. in the field or in the stack or
mow-without damage hy heating. the
sweeter, more nutritious ana better Will
it he. Hot suns. dewa, winds and rains
make short work and bad work with
what might hc good hay.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

There has been evolved this year a
very distinct and marked advance in
the science of roadmaking by the use
of the traction engine as a motive pow
er for graders. Wherever tried it has
proved most marked success. Why
not 90 one step farther and use the en-
CINE to haul the gravel to make a fin
ished highway? We look to see this
the next step.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The old fight on oleomargarine will
come up at the next session of con.
greSS. Nothing prevented the passas.
of the Grout bill during the last session
save that its opponents were ahio i,
prevent its coming to vote i'm the Sem.
ate. The dairy interests have the ric1t
to demand the stamping out If ttt>
fraud. We know that it is the age of
evolution, but we still do not beIfoy.
that we have yet come TO tla tim.
when legitimate dairyin@ will DE cua.
Quoted With a drove of steers nstogl
Of dairy cows.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

\ hushel of peanuts will make a gal
lon of olive oil when the right kind of
rascals manipulate it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

A lady friend told us the other day
that she was going to set out a straw
berry bed this fall. Don't do it. You
will get better bed to wait until next
April and then set it out.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Glover suffers far less from drought
than timothy or blue grass, as it is
deeper rooted plant. We noted two
fields the other day, one of clover and
one of timothy. on the same sort of
soil and lying adjoining each other.
The drought had been almost continu-
GUS for two months. The timothy was
not worth running the mower over
would not make fourth of ton to the
acre-while there was a good crop of
clover, good for ton and a half to the
acre.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The work of many a housewife is
greatly increased just because the fam
lily is addicted to a depravcd use of
the frying pan and the baking powder
biscuit. Young lady, if your lover tells
you he wants hot biscuit twice a day,
don't you marry him. The chances are
that if you do he will have dyspcp-
STA or Brights disease before he is 40
and be so ugly you will want to go
home to your ma.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Most men should know it. but soma
do not, that it is an extremely rskv
business to move fat hogs in wagon
when the mercury is above 50. If ne,.
must be moved or marketed during bot
weather, it should be done at night .r
very early in the morning. Several
cases of heavy losses for lack of caro-
in this matter have recently come n,
orr attnntinn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Among the Burmese a newly married
couple to insure happy life. exchange
mixture of tea leaves stepped in oil.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The Belgian hare fad is dying out.
and the animal faddists are going to
try black cats now.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Here is fashion note for the young
man on the farm: If you are a hard
worker and are well tanned up, as you
are quite likely to be, you will look bet
ter dressed if you wear a colored rath-
er than white shirt and collar, and
mind that you let gaudy ncckwear
alone. White and brown and scarlet
or purple and brown never harmonize.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Forests cover one-tenth of the land of
the earth and one-quarter of Europe's
land surface
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

What o. wish to remark is that the
man WHO viii smoke in a creamery
should be fired ut once.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The wireless corn planter has proved
failure for general use. On some per-
fectly level fields, free from stone, sods
or clods, it has done good work, but
fails where other conditions prevail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Twelve hundred registered Here
ford cattle have been sold since
Jan. l at an average price of $24O'per
head. Good cattle have never been in
greater demand than at the present
time. Stockmcn are getting on to the
fact that it costs no more to keep a
well bred animal than Il scrub.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The average creamery will disnurse
to the farmers which patronize it
about $4,000 a year. This sum is
about equal to that which % average
quarter section farms will produce one
year with another Where there is
help to milk and care for the cows the
dairy business is the safest foundation
for all northern agriculture and if
anything, this statement will apply
with more force to the farms in the
eastern than in the western states.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Take it all round. good graham mush
is about as satisfactory "A cereal break
fast food as any of the patented wheat
preparations, and for the other cereal
products old fashioned oatmeal still
lends
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

There will always be a whole lot to
be learned about raising a crop of corn
so long as the average man can produce
only 40 bushels per acre, or about one
third of possible. crop.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05
NEWEST SHAPES AND KIND
OF CORSETS.

Dirt never hurts any one if it is
changed every day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Oil bids fair to do more for Califor-
mia than either gold, climate or fruit
has been able to do. A large section Of
the state seems to be underlaid with
most valuable oil deposits which when
utilized will greatly promote all manu-
featuring interests.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Financiers are wise enough to see
that farm lands situated within the
corn belt are likely to become, if they
are not so already, the most valuable
agricultural lands in the world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

When a fat hog year old sells for
$50 in the corn belt rs now, it is no
wonder that gran@crs pose as prcsi-
dents Of national banks. The $50 hog
is in the same class of wealth pro
ducers as oil wells and pay dirt in Il
gold mine. The grunt of satisfaction
given by the hog rs lie lies down to
Snooze is not TO be compared to the
grunt Of satisfaction on the part of the
granger as he cashes the check received
for the hog.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The ignorant, dirty. slouchy butter
maker is fast finding that he is out of
job. The man who has taken spo-
cial training at our agricultural schools
and understands the science of milk is
the man who is wanted to make the
butter. Good butter may be made by
guess, but mighty little nowadays
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Our attention was lately called to an
advertisement in a daily paper as fol
lows: Wanted. a good girl to do
housework; wages s. per week" This
advertisement contained the only log
zeal solution of the hired girl problem
the offer of higherwages than have ever
heretofore been paid for this sort of
service. \ hired girls trust is in proc
eSs of formation, or, rather an organ
lzation of this branch of workers, for
the purpose Of protecting their inter-
ests, Just as is done by the members
of other trades and professions. There
never was so good a time as the pres
ent for women to fit themselves to do
their own work or for people to sim
plfy their style of living.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

You can put it down as a fixed fact
that if the cows commence to shrink in
their milk yield during the summer
months there is something wrong with
their rations.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

1t is quite likely that the fuel sup
plies of this country will undergo a
very marked change should the recent
discoveries of fuel oil prove to be per
manent in their supply. Oil as a fuel
has many advantages over coal in that
it costs far less to transport it and pro
duce 1t, is smokcless and a self feeder
for all furnace work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

An oil well may spout for time and
gold mine pay few dividends, but a
well cared for farm is as permanently
a dividend payer as the sun is pro-
ducer of heat
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Could a man invent some process
whereby the heat and power wasted in
the exhaust of the locomotive engine
could be utilized it would mean for
tune for him of six figures.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Twenty years ago a young farmer a
thinker, found himself with poor
stony and sterile New Jersey farm up.
on his hands, from which the united
labor of himself and father could ex.
tort hardly poor living. He was not
very far from New York city where
there was an unlimited demand for
pure milk, He took up the COW aud
evolved the plan of selling to city Gus
toners a guaranteed pure milk. From
that small beginning his business has
grown until he now milks 900 cows and
receives for their product over 100000
per year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

The skimmilk from the farm sepa-
rator is worth 80 cents a hundred
pounds for the calves. or half as much
as the whole milk will sell for during
the summer season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-05

Gasoline engines are to quite an ex.
tent superscding windmills as a cheap
motive power on the farm. In the main
the gasoline engine is very much more
desirable than the windmill and, once
started, needs almost as little super
vision. Where a windmill can be made
serYiceable on tower not to exceed
10 feet in height, it is probably, 50 far
as pumping water is concerned, the
very cheapest power obtainabe; but
where higher towers are required and
where power is needed for grinding,
Smelling corn, for running Il separator
and saving wood the gasoline engine
is by far the better.