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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
CULINARY CAPERS.

A few slices of orange added to a
cream of tomato soup just before serving
will, it is sad. improve its flavor
If cabbages and caulifower are past
their freshness, tiny pinch of soda or
piece of loaf sugar will revive them.
When any recipe includes the juice OF
one lemon, the quantity used should be
four teaspoonfuls, as both the size and
juiciness of lemons vary.
When making tea, il the kettle should
have boiled. pour cup Of cold water in
and let it boil up again before making,
and you will find the tea will be as nice
again.
In cooking macaroni or spaghetti it will
be found an improvement to melt the
butter and cheese together and add them
to the white sauce, instead of sprinkling
them, MS usual, between layers Of the
macaroni.
Some time VIXEN you want an apple
tapioca and apples are out of season try
pieplant as substitute. Cut in pieces
and use with few raisins. You will be
glad you tried il if you serve whipped
cream with it,
II you want to keep fish, never nut
one on top of another. Wrap each fish
separately in clean cloth wrung out of
cold water in which some salt has been
dissolved, lay them on q dish and keep
them in the coolest place available.
Bimini and the Fountain of Youth.
Bimini was fabulous island firmly
believed in by the Indians of the An
TILES, though they could give no further
clew to its location than that it lay
some hundreds of leagues north of His
PAMELA. On this island was the ia
nous fountain Of youth and giving per-
petual health and vigor 1t was the
search for this fountain that led Ponce
de Leon and fernando de Soto to Flor
ida, on the outskirts of which the is
land was generally supposed to be sit
uated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
A FenimOre COOner Letter.

An autograph collector of Philadel
phia has in his possession the following
letter written by James Fenimore
Cooper to his publishers in 1881:
Il hope you will be wrong in antici-
pating bad reception for The Bravo
l cannot tell you much of its reception
in Europe, though Gosselin says it is
very decidedly successful in France.
America is, of all countries, one of the
least favorable to works of the mag
nation. In Europe or, rather, in Eng
land, where there has existed q neces
sity of accounting for some success in
the very teeth Of their prejudices and
wishes, it has been the fashion to say
that no writer ever enjoyed so favora
BILE an opportunity as l because l am
an American and a sailor. AS to the
sailor part Of the business, it is gross
ly absurd, for what advantage has an
American sailor over any other? They
know the falsehood of what they say
in this respect, for | can get $4,000 for
nautical tale that shall celebrate Eng
fish skill tomorrow For myself, ! can
write two European stories easier than
l can write one American. Why, Eu-
rope itself is romance, while all
America is a matter of fact, humdrum,
common sense region from Quaddy to
Cape Florida"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
TIE .-
LANDLADY'S
DAUGHTER"
BY Mary Wood
Copyright, 1901, by Mary Wood


The boys We're singing snatches of
football songs rs they sat on the porch
10 talk over the game. Nancy smiled
rs she listened ana wondered how the
practice had come out.
Now, from the time she had worn
long dresses Nancy had gone to all the
big games as a matter of course, but
it was only since Tom Garrett had
made the team that she had shown
any interest in practice games. Bay
liss had not yet arrived ut the dignity
of Il training house, SO Tom still had
his old room and kept the table in a
roar at mealtimes.
The boys We're tramping up the
stairs now, and the song had changed:
III you don't make love to the landlady's daugh-
ter,
You won't get second piece of pie"
Then Jim Woodward's voice:
How about that, Tom?'
And Toms voice in laughing reply:
"Oh, don't known
The words seemed to hold a covert
significance, and Nancy's smile faded.
That hateful song! How could she
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
ThncEeray's Inst Home.

Down on your knees, you roguew
said Thackeray to ]. T. Fields. the fa-
nous publisher of Boston and author
of yesterdays With Authors" Down
on your knees, for here Vanity Fair
was pennedv' "And | will so down
with you" added W. NJ. T., ''for in
very truth think very well myself of
that little work."
Thackeray spoke in Kensington, in a
little room at the top of house in a
quiet street. with a lattice window,
but the street was Young street, not
Kensington palace gardens, as some
people fancy. The best of Thackeray's
work was done in Young street. There
he bought from his profits an old house
in Palace green, pulled it down and
built from his own design the quaint
mansion of red brick with stone fac
ings which Bret Harte introduced with
a tact so moving into his parody sketch
of Dickens 1.-The Haunted Man"
Thackeray lived there but from 1861
to Christmas eve, 1868, when he died
in his sleep. they say. The last works
were written there, THE Roundabout
Papers" and Others.-London outlook.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
Copyright, 1901, by John j. a BE cket.

Thorwald did not altogether like the
request, but Prince Murianoffsky was
a good fellow and had been such help
to him in Paris he felt that he must
comply with it. After all, it was only
the government that would suffer, and
that was well able to put up with n
slight less.
SO Thorwald found himself speeding
toward the realm of the great white
ear, with the intention of defrauding
it. In one of the last stages of the
journey his sole companion in the rail
road carriage was a woman quietly
dressed, with an air of high breeding.
He was worrying as they approached
the frontier and would have been glad
of companion to talk to. At last OPP
portunity was afforded him of accost-
ing the lady. She was trying to ar
range something in the network brack-
ct for parcels. He approached and
with great politeness offered his serv-
ices. AS he again turned his eyes to-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21

81 have"
"Then I'd like to shoot you! You are
the meanest man in the state of hiow
"Yes'm," he replied, with bow as
he turned away.
Widow Jason drove to town to con-
suit her lawyer again. There was $40
in it for him, win or lose, but this time
o.. Chisholm was arrested for mali
ious persecution. In his testimony he
referred to the plaintiff as that lady"
and exhibited no animus whatever. but
he also proved that he was the one per-
secuted. The widows hogs would not
let him alone. She was beaten again.
and this time a stout pen was built,
and the hogs were shut up. The farm
erS had of course taken sides. Some
contended that Chisholm had exhibited
a mean and unneighborly spirit and
others that the widow had been dere-
lict in not mending her fences, and
there vas much talk and discussion.
1t occurred now and then that the two
principals met on the highway or at
the crossroads meeting house, but
while Chisholm lifted his hat and bow
ed as if there was nothing on his mind
the widow, except for her blazing eyes,
seemed carved of stone
That pen held the hogs for a long
six weeks. but hogpens have their
weak points, and patience and perse-
verance will seek them out The hot
n h,, ,.I IL,
ing, and the industrious swine enlarged
it until one night they all passed out
and headed straight for the next farm
They fetched up among the cabbages
pumpkins, squashes, melons and car
rots, and during the long hours of
darkness they ran riot. They were
missed from the pen early next morn
ing, and the widow sat down ON the
doorstep and cried. She cried because
she was veXed, and she cried because
she was woman. Every minute 80
expected to hear the crack of c..
bolm's rifle, and she fully realized tn;
any further appeal to the law woul-
be wasted. She was veXed at the
hogs, at Josh and at Chisholm. Her
tears were still falling when the new
neighbor stood before her and bowed
and said:
"NIrs. Jason, those blamed hogs of
yours damaged me hundred dollars
worth last night"
"And how many more have you kill
ed?" she asked.
"None. I've just driven 'em home"
'But why-why''-
4 Because l see how it is. I must
either kill off your whole drove or
build a pen myself. shall come over
tonight to talk to you about it."
He appeared an hour after supper,
and it was II o'clock before he went
home. Even then the talk" was not
( finished. AS a matter of fact it re-
quired great many evenings and was
I only concluded one winters night
when she laid her head ON his shoulder
and said
"If you are really sure that you love
me, then the farm, the hogs and are
yours, and we'll be married New
Years day"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
Could It be possible that Bayliss would

Could It be possible that Bayliss would
be whipped on its own field? How
long the intermission seemed! There
they come again.
Shout. Bayliss. shout. Cheer as you
never did before! The team must not
know that you have even doubt Of
its failure.
The line of players zigzagged up and
down, following that bit of quick
silver. the bail. Now there was
splendid run. now a kick. The scores
mounted slowly. But what was that?
Some one was running with the ball.
J One intcrcepting player was thrown,
another dashed aside. and still the fig
IRE sped On. Nearer, nearer the goal
posts. Three opponents were almost
on him now. He fell. but great shout
went up. The touchdown had been
madel
The little heap slowly disentangled
itself but the undermost man did not
move. y doctor ran forward. Nancy
turned faint. 1t was Tom-she knew
it was Tom-and he had been killed.
The cheering sounded far away. She
gave little gasp, and Du Peyster was
alarmed mt sight of her face.
You're Sick Miss ELLIOTT" he asked
anXiously.
NO, no. She did not take her eyes
from the group on the field. only
only. | hate to see any one hurt. DO
you think he is killed." she asked pite-
ouSly.
Du Peyster laughed as he said cheer
fully: Not bit of it. 1t takes more
than that to down Bayliss man. See,
there he is moving. They are going to
take him off the field-probably an
ankle spraned or something of that
sort. What's the matter with Gar
rettE to passing sub.
only sprained ankle. He's all
right" And the crowd echoed, Hes
all right"
SO Nancy sat out the rest of the
game, and when they were shouting
the college victory she had won vic
tory over self.
Tom could not so to the jubilation
banquet on account of his sprain, but
he didn't seem to mind it very much,
for Nancy brought well filed tray to
his lounge and sat beside him while he
ate. And it was the old Nancy, smil-
ing and gay. There was almost
CLEAN of repcntant tears in her eyes
when he had finished his dessert and
she leaned over him and said:
Don't you want another piece of pie,
Tom"
Tom seized her hand.
"0h. bother the pie, Nancy, I'd rath-
er you'd
Nancy's checks flushed as she bent
over the fallen hero, but her eyes twin.
Killed. as she said:
We'll, only to show you'll forgive
your
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
Widow
|JaSOn'S
III oS y

widow Jason was the relict OF Farm
Jason, and she carried on the larlh
er his death with even more Wlsuoiii
n he had shown himself possessed
She was still on the brighter siue
forty, fair to look upon ana was Ut
ice with all her neighbors until the
|, RI the east of her sold out and a
anger moved in.
lie was a man of middle age named
|isholm, and, being Il widower, his
Ter managed the house for him. III
Widow Jason was one of those who
ndered what sort of man he was
was the first to find it out. Among
live stock that year were a dozen
Is. and it was the fault of her hired
I Ia that there were holes in the
ces through which they made their
v into the potato field of the new
ghbor. She had just finished her
akfast one morning when Chisholm
q announced. He had the courtesy
lift his hat and give his name, but
also had the bluntness to add:
Madam, your Internal hogs have
tied up half an acre of potatoes for
and If you can't manage to keep
] home I'll shoot every one of en-
| he looked at him and saw that he
S above the ordinary and felt that
b she been introduced in the conven-
hal way she would have been pleas
to make his acquaintance. But his
He greeting angered her, and, being a
imam with mind of her own, she
once replied:
II can pay for all the potatoes on
|lr farm, and if you come here to
eaten me you'll find woman who
bit scare
Well, you keep your hogs at home"
And you keep yourself in the same
|ce."
That was the first tilt. The fences
re mended ard the hogs were in de-
bir when Il high wind blew a gate
en, and the drove spent the night in
! same potato field. Next morning
|isholm drove ten of them home and
Ia to Widow Jason:
Madam, there are dead hogs belong
! to you in my field. Will you have
m removed or shall l bury them?"
You Killed them, did your" she ask
1 did. l told you l would, and l
!"
Then I'll have the law on you"
Go ahead"
bhe went to law, and there was q
e, and she was ingloriously beaten.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21

Sachet bags produce the most delicious
of perfumes In fact. sachet is prefera-
Bile TO cologne. because. being a liquid,
cologne evaporates. leaving an unpleas-
ant odor.
Have you ever noticed the delicate.
sweet, almost ndescribable odor a lady
leaves behind as she passes by you? And
have you ever wondered where it came
from?
If you could look her over. you would
find half dozen or more of these dainty
bags hidden in her clothing-in the lining
of her skirt, under the tucking, in her
gloves and even under the lining of her
Mathew York World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21

DISH FOUND HIMSELF A LICKED MAN.
|pmanlike she felt pretty bitter over
but at the same time she had to
e Mr.. Chisholm credit for lack of
y bitterness. He stated his case in
mildest manner and even spoke
| hly Of her as a neighbor. When
returned home after the lawsuit,
said to her hired man:
Josh. Ii that man Chisholm comes
my land again | want you to throw
j off,"
Yes'm, I'll do it," replied the sturdy
b.
wasn't a fortnight before CHS
% came. He was ON his way to the
Use when Josh headed him off and
cred him back. He refused to go,
Josh laid hold of him to do the
owing act, but found himself a lick
man In about three minutes. While
fsat on the ground with a handful of
is to his bleeding nose the victor
Esed on to the woman, who had wit
Used the fracas from the front steps.
|ting his hat, he said:
Madam, those hogs of yours have
tn at it again-this time in my corn
land I've had to kill another"
Have you dared to kill another of
hogsp she demanded as her cheeks
ned and her eyes flashed.
I have. Shall l bury him?"
Sir, you are a scoundrel!'
And you are charming widowp'
|pe drove to town at once to see her
Eyer. There was $40 In the case for
+, win or lose, and he advised her to
r She sued and got beaten again.
defendant referred to her In the
hest terms, but he also proved that
fences were out of repair. The
Eyer saw $40 more in it, win or lose.
advised Josh to prosecute for as
It and battery. Josh brought his
lien nose and black eye into court
was beaten by several lengths. He
provoked the encounter, and If he
< got the worst of it the law couldn't
p him.
was month before anything fur
N haDDened. The fences around the
lot were thoroughly repaired, ana
four weeks the porkers had to
te the best Of their sad lot. Then
2 leftfhe bars down one night, and
the widow was getting breakfast
heard The crack of rifle. Half an
later Mr.. Chisholm appeared to
Hood nAogning, Mrs. Jason. Those
tched hogs of yours rooted up my
den last night, and this morning I
ed another of them. If you want
Their lawsuit, I'll drive you to town
ny own buggy"
And You you've shot another" she
peG
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21

ward her he saw she was removing her
index finger from her bodice. After
ward she smoothed out the bosom of
her gown.
Could it be? She looked like lady
So did he look like a gentleman. He
seated himself and began conversa-
ton. They exchanged Il few remarks
very pleasantly for some time, when
suddenly he asked: Pardon me! Is
that piece of lace|
Her hands and eyes went at once to
the buttoning of her bodice. Then she
replied codly, You are mistaken, sir"
Madame" he answered smilingly,
you need not fear that l would be
scandalized by your smuggling little
lace into Russia. The government
takes such immense precautions against
evasion of the duties that one need not
scruple at deceiving it, if possible. l
should regard it as bit of amusing
cleverneSS."
"You think it is one of those things
that are only wicked when found out"
she returned, eying him, with faint
smile.
"Precisely."
"And you are possibly so gallant that
you would even help lady in such an
attempt"
"If the lady was nice" he laughed
back.
She turned her face to him with a
md cold o,.nb1xr Esnn
you think am 'nice?"
"Most assuredly, madame"
"Then will throw myself upon your
mercyw she exclaimed. with lovely
air of candor THE fact is, am snug
gling''-she made a little face-"a
scrap of lace. There is not much, but
it is choice, and | want it for a certain
purpose. Now | have put myself in
your hands,"
"'The hands of a gentleman" replied
Thorwald. How can help your"
You might take the keys of my
trunks and act as if we were together.
You could tell them you had nothing
to declare | shrink from saying fatty
that | have nothing to declare when
know have. You will not have that
difficulty to disturb you, and if you
can give the man the idea that you
have both our things in charge they
will say nothing to me-"
Madame. leave the matter entirely
to me-"
When they reached the frontier and
the ordeal was at hand, Thorwald
walked up to the most prominent func-
tionary and. taking him aside, had
few words with him. The lady in the
meantime sauntered slowly up and
down the platform with pleasant air
of waiting till the mere form had been
complied with.
Suddenly her heart fell. The officer
with whom the young man had been
talking left him and advanced toward
her with a determined air.
Madame" said the official, 81 have
certain information that you are at
tempting to smuggle something
through. My informant saw what led
him to think you had lace concealed
about your person. 1t rests with you
to deliver it up or to be subjected to
thorough examination"
She gasped with indignation. What
an idiot she had been to betray her.
self to stranger!
With a blazing countenance, but
dignity that impressed even the hard
ened official, she retired and unwound
the dainty lace she had so carefully
concealed about the upper part of her
person. 1t was silently confiscated
and a stiff fine imposed, which she
paid without half the regret she felt
at parting with her precious lace. The
odious informer was walking about on
the platform with an air of conscious
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21
Gas Tar Keeps Out Peach Borers.

Gas tar proved to be the best applica-
ton we tested for peach borers. We
used it freely on the same trees for
three successive years without the
slightest injury to the trees. and il kept
out nearly all the borers. We had been
led to believe that tar was very injurl-
Gus to young trees and confidently ex-
pected TO see our trees die each year
after being treated with it, But the
trees kept just as healthy and grew as
thriftily as any others in the orchard.
Let the trees become thoroughly estab-
lished and get years growth. and it is
our experience that tar can be used
with safety on them. Go slow with it
by first testing ii on few trees in your
orchard. We believe It will prove equal
ly effective whether the borers are dug
out or not and from no other applica-
ton yet devised would we expect to get
such results when used independent of
the digging out" method. says one of
the authorities of the New York sta
ton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-21

TRIED NOT TO WATCH A CERTAIN FIGURE.
ever have laughed over it with the
rest? Was that the way Tom looked
at her-as the landlady's daughter?
Was that the pitiful foundation of her
happy dreams? For once she was
ashamed OF her mothers calling. The
tears came. but she brushed them
angrily away. Tom Garrett need not
think that she was like the average
girl Of college town. She would be
il college widow for no one,
The tea bell was ringing. With a
hasty glance in the mirror % see that
no traces of foolish tears remained she
tripped down stairs with a poor as
sumption of her ordinary manner.
Once safe behind the urn, she devoted
herself to the business of pouring tea.
She appeared particularly oblivious to
the glances that Tom sent in her direc-
ton, as if wondering the cause of her
silence.
He fingered at the table after the
others.
Aren't you feeling well, Nancy"
She clattered with the tea things as
she laid stiffly:
"Quite well, thank you"
Tom looked his surprise at her tone,
but he only said pleasantly:
well, don't forget the concert. We
had better start at 100"
Nancy made valiant effort to be
cool and dgnified, but there was a lit
tie catch in her voice as she said;
"Oh, the concert. | had forgotten.
But IL don't feel like going tonight.
You had better take some one else"
And she fairly ran from the room.
Tom gazed after her in blank aston
ishment.
He understood even less in the days
that followed. Nancy refused all his
invitations until he grew thoroughly
provoked at her.
Du Peyster came to call. Nancy said
she was delighted to see him and was
so very charming that he came again
and again. Tom had never thought
much about Du Peyster, but now he
found himself regarding 1.-The calf
with hatred. Du Peyster took Nancy
to all the games.
81 do not need your tickets, thank
you Mr.. Garrett"
That Mr." was the last straw, and
Tom vowed that he would never again
try to make friends with her. He kept
his word, tut his heart often failed
him as he saw Nancy. his pretty Nam
CIV, go off with that cad Du Peyster
with never a glance in his direction.
1t was clear November day, an
ideal Thanksgiving day. and every one
was out in force for the last game of
the season. Du Peyster thought he
had never seen Nancy look prettier. all
in the college colors, with her red suit
and black furs. Her dark eyes danced
with excitement, and the cold air gave
a brilliant color to her usually pale
cheeks. He told her so, but somehow
it gave her no pleasure.
"Don't let's talk so much" she said
eagerly. I'VE must pay strict atten-
ton to the game since it is the end Of
the season."
The cheering and singing commenc-
ed as the two teams trotted out on the
field. Oh, there was that hateful song
again! Nancy tried not to watch a
certain figure, but it seemed impos-
sihle for her eyes to forget their old
trick of hunting it out after every
scrlmmage.
1t was an exciting game, for the two
teams were evenly matched. Nancy
found herself hanging breathlessly on
every play.
Tho frat haIA a..I aaa-a.i