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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.


Daniel Webster as "a lad is this de-
scribed by John Bkh McMaster, the
historian, in The Century:
As the boy grew in years and stature
his life was powerfully affected by the
fact that he was the youngest son. and
ninth child in a family of ten; that his
health was far from good; that he show
cd tastes aud mental traits that stood
ont in marked contrast with those of his
brothers and sisters and that he was
from infancy the pet Of the family. Such
daily work as a farmers lad was then
made to do was not for him. Yet he was
expected TO do something and might have
been seen barefooted, in frock and trou-
sers. astrdG of the horse that dragged
the plow between the rows Of corn or
raking hay or binding the wheat the
rcapcrs cut or following the cows to pas
ture in the morning and home again at
night or tending logs in his fathers saw
mill. when such work was to be done,
it was his custom to take a book along,
set the log, hoist the gates and while the
saw passed slowly through Tie tree trunk,
m operation which in those days con-
sumed some twenty minutes, he would
settle himself comfortably and read.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

1t might have been n mistaken idea OF
boyish honor that prompted him to do it
but who could but admire the spirit OF
the little fellow who, while he lay dying
in New York hospital the other day, re.
fused to tell the name of the companion
who had pnshed him from a freight car
and brought him to his death. "Dorft
cry, mamma he said after his crushed
legs had bcen amputated. ut wouldn't
be fair to tell. He didn't mean to hurt
me-" And with his hand clutching his
mothers tightly the boy who was true tc
his chum even TO death passed away
Leslie's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
A GIrI,s CompositIon.

Boys are men that have not got as big
as their papas, and girls are women that
will be ladies by and by.
Man was made before woman.
When God looked at Adam, he said to
himself, well, l think l cap do better
if ! try again"
And then he made Eve.
God liked Eve so much better thar
Adam that there have been more women
than men ever since.
Boys are a trouble.
They wear out everything but soap.
If | had my way, half of the boys ir
the world would be girls, and the rest
would be dolls.
My papa is so nice that think he
must have been nice little girl when be
was a little boy.-Watchman
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
Equal 20 the OccnsiOn.

Colonel" she said when they were
alone on the stairway, father tells me
you are man who never fails. He says
when you undertake 10 carry a point
you carry 1t; that if you are sent to raise
siege you raise it, and he says he be-
lieves If you were sent out to find the
north pole you would hoist the flag on It,"
Yes" said the bluff old soldier replied,
that's me, and when ! want to get out
OF a corner l escape. Excuse me; over
there's a friend of mine that want TO
see on particular business" - Chicago
Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
THEN AND NOW.

Iwish I had been grandpa's child
That could have had the joy
OF fishing in those good old days
When father was a bow,
For then the fish grew bigger far
Than they do nowadays,
Z And literally packed the streams
At least, so father says.
They never caught a sucker then
hat didn't weigh a ton,
And pickcrel were longer than
modern Armstrong gun.
They used to yank out halibut
In hundreds from our Laws.
And shad ran up the 6anks to bite
At least, so father says
y They never thought Of using bait
To lure the willy trout;
They reached bushol basket down
And simply yanked them cut,
And in about an hour or two
They'd fill up several draws
And snow them through the neighb0rhood-
At least, SO father says.
In short, they caught so many fish
That fore their sport was through
The stream where they were HsAin, vvop,J
Go down yard Or two,
And not an angler failed 70 come
Home loaded in those davs,
habit father still pursues-
AT least, so mother says.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

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i.as~inl was happy-horpy as a child
Oh Christmas eve. Ills national hymn for
t.s Italian people had been accented ora.
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N-e e.'AaslaSue IN admiration of its
o-F workmanship and the nUmher Of
g..valgd diamonds >ct In t5o. case
4 royal diamouI f9r crlev note. s.
the master +. rpaoe1aJ as s,rt-..
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l.7..a fine watch. Inn I'm ,r,,.o. =. I.'r..,
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oil r.. various caDaoitio.
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honor of nv king. on1 i, tLat tH4a 4
mover has LOST or raina5 q ,..i,,,tn -
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5.I denotes tbe minItos an5 tLa 5otoe
t.e month. ana If i,lavs a. von E,ra
L.l. the PRAYER in 'lIosrs, -,
The stranger smiled an5 ebrrcrod Nj,
shoulders "Novertbalass r,oirtoi, NV.
cFtm. III waonr ~ nncb ~ 1nnn1
frames AGAINST voI,,. vofeb tbat ,o,, IL,
Hi eDdw fuIlv its macbanic,I ol,iI:+;a. -
va. strangers conf5ant os.artian lar
fel Rossjpi For y Iaornoout Ln .no,,.l
Z r.ud,r +he fnll rnaapi,,, of tho ,,rro,,.l
v.r
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lan v.iIliDo to can il a lot in +bo ,,ro-
er.e If tbosa rert,nnon 10 ON o,5
rr.ra vonr cIoin # von can >
"N~ehing is nosier far mo - r,4snordod
ill.,. stranger calmly .Srbn ,rot,5, ,,Iars
r.-e tban ono of ,.Y,,,. ol,,ro;ti(,,,,. ,,
'.i"Ii one u ) our colnposltloAs' mas
within il is engraved nm inscrintion which
is worth hundred fines tho ral,,n of tho
entire watch "e
IN amazan7ent Rossini wotehed tbo
stranger as be took the timeniecn and
touched several Hind snyinrs vbicb omen
eI tie outer case and showed an innar
casing with tbn cornno.or's nortrait in
miniature. while the r5SSbanism nIavad %
selection from tbe onara ''TancroGi .
"Dp0 aun diayolow exclaimed Rossini.
YOU have won the bet, and II am a
IuiAad man. I've offended the king and
i9st my watch. You must be a magician.
How DO you know the secrets Of the
Wa,eh?'
The stranger laughed heartily "Don't
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
AN ODD WAGER.
How Spauiard Bet That He Could
Call Up Ghost and Got
the stakes.
BY Frederick Louie.


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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
Thousands to win a $50 Cuu.

Yachting Is the most expensive snort
In the world. 1t costs more to WIN :.
mug offered for yacht race than to co.,
ry off prize offered for Competition n
ahy otner sport. Yachtsmen will spend
tnousan1s OF dollars and take endless
trouble to win a $50 cup. No heavy
stakes are raced for In yachting, and In
.nis country the most successful yacht OF
tne year will fall long way short Of
winning enough to pay her expenses
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
DON'T TeII.

When my big dolly gave a ball,
Ot course / had TO bake
hu1w you'd never guess at all
Just how | made the cake.
Don't tell-l took the powder box
From mammals dressing case.
Aeu know there's one that never locks
And has a frill Of lace.
Into this flour l put cologne
For tlayoring-don't tell
Then with button hook-my own
| mixed it very we'll.
/ slipped II in the kitchen range;
The cook she never saw;
But what to me seemed very strange
The dough, when baked, was rawl
My dolly seemed TO think It fine,
And SO | gave her some,
With an eggcup full of lovely wine
My papa's best bay rum.
The supper table. after all,
l think looked very well,
And now I've told you bout the ball,
But don't you ever telll
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
~ as':A. {. y y. :: -; - .%(s8s#
( The NEWS THAT
) ; DID NOT COME.
{. How Spanish Garrison In Cuba
I Waited Peacefully While the
= War Was On.
BY I. NJ. DIECAIDE.
p. -. =. = 5. ): =: >. =. =

very much depressed For over four
months the 800 of them had been hold
lng the place for the boy king. At first
1t was pleasant enough. The inhabitants
OF the little Cuban seaport were all in
tensely loyal-hanS the bandit rebels
IN the presence OF the bright uniforms
from HEana.
Gradually, as spring approached, there
came change. II was not defined. but
the commandant realized that, something
mad come over the spirit Of garrison ex-
lstence at Baracoa. He heard from Ha-
yana that Yankee warship had been
destroyed in the harbor. lie got no de-
tall~ The authorities at Havana were
too busy TO bother about the little garri-
son away down at Bagacoa. From the
little coastiug vessels, that came occa-
slonally into Baracoa the garrison heard
all manner Of vague umors. The COM
maud1m and his officers discussed with
some interest the chances Of n war with
the United States. But they did not at-
tach mnch importance to it. One of the
younger officers summed UP the situation
by lemarking thar the Yankees were
commercial pi-s who would be- more like
lE tn >-..t themselves than the enemy if
they attempted to handle gun.
As IL" spring days lcng,.eued the
Va@H" feeling Of unrest that had come
oy'r the c"amanlant increased. There
was oFt.. aflE something going wrong in
hti2'a3. lle was uot &c al So certain
~ t.' iaya.ty of tao inhabitants as he
A1d hooa 80 first lfe saw u,tlc groups
" ia street, taat melted away as his
"-. arpracaed Iia beard whispers
ans, tt"a-ht d" detected au air of
UA..'.a Illness. Sometimes ho even fglt
t1.t h' was being laughed at; then he
ct'sI hI4seif t"r q suspicious oll maD
aAl decided That his long exile from
Spun hl made him childish. Then MS
he MaI-.I through the tawu it sujlcBIy
SiiNtn h'in thar tAv population was
'".Aa.lhS lin an AaSph@h.e fashion. It.
Se'N.r'' Too, ain unusually large number
.l ~a'ps yer" closed, aud some Of the
houses Aat deserted appearances.
Ihe c'Nj4anaont went back tn his lit
vs. oAi'e ahd sat down T. tA!nk Ii added
shMu.y 20 his uneaSiuess when hy recall
eI mat It was a very long time since he
HaA IgaFd from either Havana Or Soutil-
g. lhe last messages he had scut had
utHh unanswered. IhIs had not worried
MN before, partly because he was very
much used to Spanish official delay and
parly bcc9uSe his messages had not been
important, but now he wrote 4 perempto-
Iy demand for instructions, which was
cheerfuIly licked off in the little tin roof
ed telegraph Office.
A few days later the commanlant,
again depressed hy indefnable suspicious,
summoned his officers and asked sternly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

IL what amounted To solitary confinement
the rest of his life. The yearnius for
news became unsuppOrtable.
"LIcutenant" said the commanlant.
take fas If truce out to those beggars
and swallowing large quantities of Cas-
tilian PRIDE give their commander my
most distinguished consideration as a
worthy brother in arms and ask him TO
lend me newspaper. If liz hasn't one.
ind out something anyway
The lieutenant went on his mission and
was considerably puzzled by the attitude
of the Cuban officers. If he had been
conyersant with Yankee slang, he would
have said thar they appeared to have
something up their sleeves They were
not unfriendly, and their commander in
deed chuckled constantly while the Span
ish officer was going through his negotia-
tons for the loan Of a newspaper. Ef-
forts TO induce him to talk rcsilted only
In vague iutimatious that some tremen-
dous events had been arl were occurring.
The lieutenant was forced to 90 back
with the message that if the Spanish
c@mmandant would kindly give up the
vain although very brave attempt to de-
fend baracoa and surrender the garrison
he would have all the news he wanted t6
digest for a month.
The next dav the commarla,t nroDos.
ed an armistice. which was cheerruuv
agreed to. AMI Cuh9ns and Snoni,rfs
fratornmod pleasantly. swanninr ciro-
rette sand drinks. but NOT nh tLa bI,r1;sh-
ments of the Standards coulj ovtrac+, a
word Of news No surrender. mo- news
was tile yatchword. ana the garrison re-
tired sadly behind their carrhI,orl. ANA
waited patiently for The Mauser, +. bg.in
to Ilsk again.
In these strqits tbaro oo,ea n trc c,r,.
maufant vouD.r uagcorr,issi.msd .G;.
Ger y.itA nr.pasiti,n TIal.,1 tisr,,..,.-
ed 4 inv .rr,.larraoi,n clata Fi..g.r-r.
half buried I'm ,b,. r.,ir3 an5 l..a, SIM. 4.
10 her huU. His i5sa was n. t,.,. "a. ...,.-,
tle crazy cr1r, se.t..l.tr.,. .,.1 '..itr, ti...,
or t5er mon r.pud t't.. 1I.y.i xxx ,.......
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ON tno r..nfa, ~ Ful.. tr-. r.
1sas, tAore wosc lrfu- an g-.bor In t3s
caim y-at.rs If tfs ,.Itar t.r.-f...... f.,
hav the I-9fta5 Stat.s b9+-..ts-, ,a..+
cMrsl Dra.ur. tte limited &.+.. h,trl..
ship l>e,.nI cl9s,I Tpxa- tfa r9.r.5
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STAGES crj.rr rarvertoD 81 pa. n,
United State, euuho3ts boI,liY. aa.i ..,-
vance the J-aitaI State, cat...rs S..-,,...,
and Seialc asia rlp United States r,-..-
mite cruiser Vesuvius. THO Tn,as II.
vance. NaIblclead and D.trhin lal
been havin. little oarIy nar.... Il ,..a-
alton in Knocking to pieces tae f5r.fcl-
tions nj uicacal point and II4~uiraI cav.
o-1 81, ;,,l-.... .--..-. ..ls:. 81
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

"HelloP cried Noah as the animals
were tossed into the toy ark, "here's
something newp
PLEASE, sir" said the strange animal,
i used to be the leopard, but Tommy
cut OIL my forelegs to make me a kan.
garoo.n
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

in despair. He was sittins h7, +I,l 49, u Hr
dow, looking into the gor1en ,,Liab S,,-
ROUNDED his house. -''ND Ia
The drizzle of the rain and tho CHR, 90
the low santin- swallows in,1rl.l1I al ;.., ~
like mournfu music. and il sootb,,i i';!'l i';.-,
10 Sit there ana listen 10 II in o,,;a+,,i In
lie was IN old man now.
1t seemed strange. but rho mono b.,
thought Of it the more the fact imnras,aJ
HIM that since his m4etjpr Yin ~
matchmaker he never had been t,nIv hon.
py or c7ntented.
Inc drizz'e Of the autumn rain o,1 +t.o
chlrp of the swallows wove tbcmsa,l.as
INTO music, and as he listened La soor,ed
70 distinguish some uf his own music ~
II. \ few strains only that died av.,v
ana then again it was only drizzle. driz-
zle and chirp, chirp. ana then tba Io-+
strains came again ana noatcd tbrorc,b
tAe somter driZzIiug and plaiDtiye chi,n-
ilS' and before he knew it the unsic ~
tAe prayer III Moses" was plainly audi.
ole.
With ch1kcd shrek tho oh roe+or
Jlinp'I to hS feet. He snatcbed tho
watch from bis pocket Michel pFvoa,s
,,,'., ,.,, 10y was PIa!ihS OF itself. Hu-
- '''''1 H"a not touched ii.
y 1e" minutes aftcrbard a messenger
caIIed ut the study to dSliver letter and
found The OLD master in . swoou When
ifoln' ne telJ those who attended him ~
ieaIe l.e room. He then read the fol-
loving letter;
Uonarsl lra5ter-yow is -1, tir,. r,,,, -..
Lt,tea. So ,-.. z. Iii. -.r !. N'l5 q" .s'f
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

Inc young man was silent moment;
then he said -ayly:
Thirty 4uadruples, ,ly worthy sor-
cerer, that is more than student Of
Toulouse ever possessed. but il YOU will
keep your word for Tie quadruples
which are here l ana Your man.
The Spanlard took his purse again and
said Scoruiuly:
AN. YOU back out my little gentle
man.
I back out" cried the young man.
"Ah. if l had the 30 Quadruples you
would see if backed ont"
Here are FOUR" criod |, which add
10 your stake"
had no sooner made this proposition
than five or six persons, attracted like
myself rs the siu-ulaUty of TINS chal-
lenge. offered to take part in il, and in
less than no tiuc the Spaniards amount
was covered This man seemed SO sure
Of his work that he conddcd the stake
to the young student. and we got ready
for the demonstration.
To that end we selected small pavil-
ion, perfectly isolated, in the garden, so
that there could be- no deception We
searched it minutely. We assured our
selves that there were no other opcninNs
than window, securely fastened, and
a door. which was closed IA the same
manner and at which we all stood after
we had left the young man alone in the
| paNil"n' we had placed writing ma
| ierials ON the table and took away all
5a' ia tL ishls IT,. We Y, W, We're easery interested
keeping profound silence. when the Span
lard. who had remained among us COM
q o., ..r.
song, which may be rendered rs fol-
lows:
.Noisolessly cracking. the caarahas broken in the
a'.t opaci tomb,
And the w'a'e ehaatom's hl,k foot is resting on
''s S'a''' e.'A 'a4 ef.ea,
Al the fist verse he raised his voice
so1enuly and said:
"A"n have asked to sce your friend
Francois Nj'lat who Wa~ drowned three
years ago iu crossing the t,usasuolcs
ieIIN. Nta' 40 You sec:'
see replied the young man, IA
i''" I.-I' WAt'A mas fi~'a near lfe VIII
u.N. "Hi ll ua~ no form and is only ana i'll
distinct U.~t."
ago ynN a'rQil?" said tho Spaniard
iii u strong voices.
81 ann mot afrail." ranlied the student
in q voice uo less cauHdent
We scarcely hreat'ed. The Spaniard
was silent or moment. taan hc ls-.a
all mt once 20 sing agaiu. hut in II higher
and more somher voice:
"Aul III. wli,. phantom. whose flc, has boon
vitaer-I h. the surge Il as waves.
Wines with IBIS -hroul the water from his el7.
ment- and hair
Ihe song finished, the Spauiard turned
gvl3u toward tlta ,laYt,. orJ l., ,r, ,....,,+
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
semblnnce OF Perpetual Motion.

Into basin of clear water put few
pieces of camphor. They will commence
peculiar motion, traversing every part
OF the surface of the water, but NAV in.
stantly be stopped by dropping into the
water the minutest quantity Of an oily
substance. NA1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN.
turbed while reading herspaper In both
poses the expression assumed could hard.
ly ue oZeolled Forccps is the intelligent
CANNES name.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
Buried In a Chlncsc Coal Mime.

A strange occurrence is reported from
the district Of Hsing Koochow. In the
neighboring province Of Anhui, where
there are extensive coal workings, par
ty Of miners struck an ancient shaft
where history records that a great catas-
trophe occurred 400 years ago, the rec
ords being preserved among the local
archives.
The miners. on reopening this old shaft,
came upon upward of 170 bodies Of the
former workers lying where they had
been overcome with foul gas four centu-
ries back. The corpses were as If those
Of yesterday. The faces were like those
Of men who had only just died.
On an attempt being made to move
them outside for burial they all crumbled
away. leaving nothing but a pile of dust
and the remnants of the stronger part OF
their clothing.-Stray Stories.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
Corn Frltters.

Cut the kernels from five or six ears
Of corn Break an egg in 1t and add salt
and pepper to suit the taste. Drop
from a large spoon into a frying pan
with hot butter in 1t. Fry on both
sides to a rich brown. Canned corn
may be used.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
BY J. H. Wisely.
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C7pytJjt, 1599, 5u E,rm U-uimaa.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16
The Party ana After.

Little Maulie's friends were hearty
AT her recent birthday party,
Eating rices. spices. ices,
And fine candies Of all prices.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

We were all trembling with fright.
huddling close about car Uncle Bayle.
not daring to look around. No one had
the courage TO speak. Then gathered
strength enough to say 70 my uncle. And
how Is It, after this, you do not believe
in ghosts"
Because" said mt nncle "neither the
young man nor the sorcerer was ever
seen aftcrward, nor the beautiful quadru-
pies which the other travellers and myself
had furnished to cover the wager pro.
posed by the pretended Spaniard, and
because these two rogues carried them
away after having played under our eyes
a comedy which we believed in like a
pack Of simpletons and which found
very expensive. but which will not have
cost too much il it enables me to fully
persuade you that none but imbeciles or
rogues believe or pretend to believe in
ghosts. ."-Translsted From the French
For Argonaut.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-16

5p 5ue 18th day of November, 1860, was
r,a aui' rainy day. Rossini was sitting as
si'ua in his study during the early morn
~s hours. He had been working on
reude for new composition, the frag-
~sntaly score Of which was strewn