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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

VISITING Gown AND EVENING CLOAK.
that medium height among women
which in a generation or two promises
either to vanish or become a rare
sight, so tall are all the girls of the
day grown to be. A trailing redingote,
well open in front and bordered with
fur, will add several inches to ones
height. Very beautiful is one of hunt
er's green velvet, the petticoat front of
white satin applied with an allover de-
sign of white cloth. The same satin
and cloth work is seen in it's wide
sailor collars and revers, the fur Dor
dering here being of Alaska fur, also
very dark and long haired Upon the
wide cuffs the cloth application is re-
peated, with additions of large orna-
mental buttons. A few buttons to
match finish the fronts, while glimpses
of an Irish lace waist with a high
neckband is the very softness needed.
One confesses to thinking it some
what stiff and formal to repeat the
cloth and satin applications upon petit
coat and coat trimming. Some lace
upon collar and cuffs would have been
an Improvement, yet this toilet has
the prestige Of authority which one is
not apt to dispute The beauty of the
wearer in her white hat and feathers
will forbid anything but praise and
compliment once she enters room
wearing this modish combination of
green and white, says Vogue, which is
the source of the fashion and models
here given.
One figure represents a visiting gown
OF Russian velvet over the same color
Of taffeta. With this are worn a silver
fox stole and muff and picture hat of
black velvet and ostrich plumes. The
other figure shows an evening cloak of
cadet blue French camel's hair cheviot.
lined throughout with ivory white sat
In. The picture hat is of white felt.
piped with black velvet and trimmed
with yellow tea roses and foliage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
STYLES OF THE DAY.
Russian and Louis XIV. Dress Coats.
Velvet RedinEotes

There is a little confusion in the
coats, one the Russian, the other the
Louis Nv, which comes from a want
of close observation in most cases.
The Russian coat is more or less of
blouse. with deep fitted basque at
tached, belt inset between the two,
while the Louis Nv. is a perfectly fit.
ted coat with long seams from the
shoulders merging into q flaring
basque, Its sleeves have a deep up
turned cuff, while the Russian coat, al
though now fitted with the same style
Of sleeve. originally had a straight
loose sleeve, which hung from the
shoulder down, with an opening at the
bend of the arm, from which the true
close fitting sleeve was seen. A Louis
Quinze is in fact. a feminized modifi-
cation of the courtier's coat of that pc
Rod when velvets and rich brocades
were the materials out of which it was
made, 1t being ornamented with real
lace jabot frills and paste or genuine
jeweled buttons. Although square hip
pockets belong to this model, they are
not always used. 1t is thought that
there is Il more youthful air about the
Russian than the French coat, but as
they are both worn belted in it is mere
ly fancy, as there is in reality no
difference II that nature.
Fur trimmed skirts, with half long or
short coats, being grande mode and
among the luXuries which make a suit
mount up beyond the dreams OF last
season $ extravaganza, it is evident that
when seen hey attract some consider
alton.
Velvet redingotes have always been
favorites, and especially do they suit
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
CATALPA POSTS.
Durable. Light. Take Nails Easil
and Hold Them Well.

Durable. Light. Take Nails Easily
and Hold Them Well.
There is something in the soil in this
locality that destroys a fencepost in a
very short time. l have seen good
white oak posts eaten off i'm five years:
in fact, they seem to last little, if any.
longer than elm or cottonwood. Today
/ took up a Catalpa speciosa post five
inches in diameter which had been set
seven years and found that about half
an inch of the outside had been eaten
away, but the rest of it was as sound
as when it was set. The post had sea-
soned about a year before it was set.
and to look at it one would suppose
that it would not last more than year.
but today it looks as if it might stand
twice seven more years.
Six years ago l cut down tree and
used it for post in a cheap shed with
out seasoning it, and in five years it
rotted about an inch deep all around.
At the same tire | cut another about
the same size. six inches through. and
used it as a dividing pole between two
stalls something over a year, then as
a temporary post something over a
year, and it has lain on the ground
exposed to the weather ever since. and
1t is perfectly sound yet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

Select some hillside where it will be
convenient to feed fodder, advises an
Ohio Farmer correspondent Now go
down the hill to correspond with the
amount of fodder you wish to put in
one stack and erect two poles twenty
or thirty feet high. \ small tree is bet
ter. Commence and work up the hill
and keep your fodder level. This saves
pitching, and one man is all that is re-
CURED to stack and haul it. Your stack
on the upper side when done should
just be the height of the roof, and the
lower side may be twenty or thirty feet
high. Cover completely with fodder
and have it as steep as possible. When
you want to feed it, put a straight
fence on either side close to it. Throw
the fodder over these fences, and the
stock will work the stalks to the lower
side and leave in pile to rot, after
which you can haul and spread at your
leisure. Your poles and pen are ready
for another year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

Green IS one of the most useful of
colors in decoration. So many of its
subtle tones blend with other colors
that it is, as in nature, q harmonizing
hue of great value. Sage green and
olive and pea and willow green have
their alIinities. a good fashion is to
cover the wall with plain paper of a
medium tint or one having traceries of
silver upon it, with a frieZe lighter in
tone and showing more of the silver
The ceiling is of course lighter still.
In the rug of a deep. dull green back
ground are figures of amber color light
yellow and a whey red. The picture
frames should show silver.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
Soaring the Conscience.

OF all her curious customs London can
not boast of more singular one than
that formerly so strictly adhered to at
Holland House, one of the most historic
old mansions in the British capital. TIL
last Of the Lords Holland shot himself
during a tit Of dependency; everything
pointed tc a clear case of self murder,
yet the Holland family could never be
dissuaded from the notion that the old
mal had been murdered by some un-
known assassin. Accordingly every
night for years it was the custom for ono
of the family to 90 to the rear of the
house punctually at II o'clock and fire n
gun for the purpose, it is said. of scar
ing the conscience" of the murderer.
This curious practice is a relic of medi
3val days in continental Europe, and
the case to point is probably the only
instance where it has been noticed since
the days of the crusades.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
He Mennt business.

A Davenport boy went to New York,
says Success, to solicit a position to
travel for a wholesale house. He went
FIVE times to one establishment and every
time was told that they did not want to
engage him. He tried to prevail on
them to allow him to make a trial trip,
but to no avail. Finally he proposed to
buy a small stock of goods. This was
business, and they were ready to sell.
He then went on the road on his own
account and made money, so that when
the firm saw he meant business they
were ready to employ him, and he is now
wealthy, being a member of the firm.
Not a boy in hundred would have had
his persistence after refusal. There
is nothing like courage or faith as an aid
to success. Another member of that
firm had only IA cents when he reached
New York to seek his fortune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
FORESTRY PRACTICE.

Pure and Mixed W0ods-Somc Trees
Demand LiEht-Othcrs hear shade.
forest may consist of single spc-
cies, when it is known as pure wood.
or of different species. when il is
known as a mixed wood. Pure woods
are seldom found While they are
more easily managed than mixed
woods. the dangers are greater, and
the practice is seldom advisable. How
ever, mixed woods of few species are
generally more desirable than those Of
many species.
When different species are grown to-
gether, the light conditions demanded
by each become of paramount mpor-
tance. Certain trees demand full eX-
posture to the sunlight and will not
grow in the shade of other trees. They
are known as light demanding trees al
together. Generally trees with light
and scanty foliage belong to this class
although there are some exceptions
The birches. pines, honey locust, black
locust black cherry, ash and chestnut
belong here. Other species thrive in
partial shade and are known as shade
bearing trees. Among these are the
beech. maple, hemlock and oaks. IT,
then. light demanding and shade bear
Ing trees are planted together, care
must be taken that the former are more
rapid growers or else that they are Civ
en- sufficient start to enable them to
keep in the lead
Thinning becomes one of the most
important operations in forestry. Here
again. the light conditions are all inn
portant and must be studied carefully.
1t is well known that a tree which
grows in the open field becomes broad,
sturdy and vigorous. beautiful to look
upon, but useless to the lumherman.
In forest management Just the reverse
of this type is demanded. The boles
must be tall and straight and taper as
little as possible. To secure this the
forest should be thinned but lightly in
its earlier years until the trees have at
tanned their principal height. Thinning
may then be increased. and these tall.
slim boles will increase in size, making
the type of tree most desired BY this
method the annual layers of growth
will be more uniform and the quality
of timber better because the tree grows
less rapidly in its earlier years than it
would do under normal conditions.
Nature must be made to do her own
pruning in forest management, and.
like all other primers, her work will be
more effective if done when the branch
es are small. When trees stand thicl,
in their earlier years, the branches are
killed out from want Of light while yet
small; hence no large knots remain to
injure the quality of the timber
Statistics taken from the Black forest
rs to the number Of trees per acre
growing in forests Of different ages
show the averages to be about as fol
lows: At 20 years, 1900 trees per acre:
at 40 years. 1000; at 90 years, $50: at
so years, $50: at 100 years. 30. The
number of trees per acre viii need to
vary with conditions Of soil. climate
and altitude, but these figures may give
a general idea of the great difference in
number between young forests and Of
forests properly managed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
Commodore ynnderbiIt.s Start.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, commonly known
as The Commodore" died many years
ago in New York city. leaving an estate
valued at millions of dollars so much
money in fact that all his descendants
have been millionares too. But Corne
Illus Vanderbilt when a boy worked as Il
common boat hand on his fathers ferry
boat. His father lived ON Staten Island
now part of New York city, and owned
and operated a ferryboat that piled on
New York bay between the island and
the city. The proceeds were not large in
those days. nearly a century ago, and
young Cornelius was required to work on
the boat a certain number of hours every
day. After that. said his father. he could
employ his time as he chose. Young
Cornelius put in his spare hours to such
good account that when he was p years
old he was able to build ferryboat of
his own and begin business in competi-
ton with his father.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

For each cupful allow one teaspoon.
full Of cocoa and one teaspoonful of
sugar. Mix and reduce to paste with
a little boiling water or milk If want
ed rather rich, use all milk, otherwise
take equal quantities of milk and wa
ter Stir the hot liquid gradually into
the paste, strain into a saucepan and
bring to the boiling point, then set aside
to cool. Pour into bottle and set close
to the ice for several hours before serv-
ing. If desired trapped, put it in can
and surround with pounded ice and
salt, stirring occasionally until it is as
thick as mush. Serve in small cups
with or without little whipped cream.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
WILL KILL THE TREES.

A writer in one of the leading agri.
cultural journals, referring to the keep.
ing of flock of sheep in the orchard,
makes the questionable statement that
the tramping of the sheep around the
trees tends to conserve the moisture in
the ground and so benefits the orchard.
Our experience teaches us that the re-
verse Of this is true and that if one
wants to rob tree of all moisture
there is no surer way to do it than to
pack the earth hard over its root sys-
TEN. On all the prairie soils of the
country no native tree save the box ell
der and bur oak. let alone fruit trees.
will long endure the tramping of stock
around its roots. lust note how quick
ly "A grove of native timber will go all
to pieces when the grove is used as a
herd ground.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
FALLEN FLOWERS.
One 81 the workers d AZ world.

One Of the workers Of the world
Living, toiled and, toiling, died,
But Others worked and the world went on
And was not changed when he was gone;
A strong arm stricken, a wide sail furled,
And only few men sighed.
One of the heroes Of the world
Fought TO conquer, then fought to fail
And fell down slain in his blood stained mail,
And over his form they slept;
His cause was lost and his banner furled,
And only woman wept.
One OF the singers among mankind
Sang healing songs from an o'erwrought heart
But ere men listened the grass and wind
We're wasting the rest unsung like wave,
And now of his fame that will ne'er depart
He has never heard in his grave
One Of the women who only love
Loved and grieved and faded away.
All mel Are these gone to the Cod above?
What more Of each can saw
They are human flowers that flower and fall,
This is the song and the end of them all.
Arthur oshRughnessy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
An Egg In n BOTTLE.

This looks like puzzle a good deal
harder to explain than the kings qups-
ton of how the apple got into TIE
dumping. and for this reason the secret
Of the trick will please young people who
love to make their friends wonder. Like
many other curious things, it is easy
enough when you know how.
This is the way it is done: Soak a
fresh egg for several days in strong vine
gar. The acid of the vinegar will eat
the lime of the shell, SO that while the
egg looks the same it will be soft and
capable of compression. Select bottle
with Il neck Il third smaller than the egs
With little care you will have no trou-
Bile in pressing the latter into the bottle
Fill the bottle half full of limewatcr.
and in few days you will have Il hard
shclicd egg in a bottle with neck third
smaller than the egg.
OF course YOU pour off the limewater
as the shell hardens. How the egg got
into the bottle will be conundrun that
few can answer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
Hoodoos of the Yellowstone.

One of the wonders of the National
park of the Yellowstone are the barren
and oddly shaped rocky columns known
as the Hoodoos. because of their re-
sembIance at distance to Enthusiastically
dressed human beings IIoodoo mountain
lies about fifty miles to the southeast
the Grand canyon Of the Yellowstone and
forms IA distinct attraction by itself.
High up on the side of the mountain. and
obscured from view at a short distance.
lies a low. fiat tract or basin containing
large numbers of rocky pillars. shafts and
spires. worn into the most groteSque
shapes by the action of the elements.
The forms of animals. human beings
churches and a multitude of animate and
inanimHte objects can he traced IN tn
rocks. the variety being limited only h
the imagination of the beholder Ihe
storms of ages have worn deep channels
among the rocks. through which the visit
or wanders as in hewildered labyrinth
1t is n weird spot and one never tires of
threading its rocky mazes and gazing
upon times sculpturings.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
AN ITEM WITH POULTRY.
Drawing the Tendons Takes the
TOughness From the Drumstick.


Toughness From the Drumstick.
At this time of the year anything per-
tanning to the better preparation Of
poultry for gastronomic purposes is Of
interest. Good Housekeeping says:
One who has once drawn the tendons
from a chicken or turkey, no matter
how the fowl is to be cooked, will new
er again use one having the tough sim
ews unremoved. 4 marketman will
draw a fowls tendons for the asking,
but it is a task every housewife ought
to know how to perform herself.
Buy fowl with it's legs left on, turn
it on its breast and hold the back
each leg, one at a time of course, in the
left hand. With a sharp knife in the
right hand cut very carefully just be-
low the knee joint, through the skin,
not any deeper. Inside will be found
the group of tendons, there being eight
in each lex, lying snug in a groove.
They are attached to the foot, but
through the dark meat they run away
up into the leg. well into the upper
joint
With a strong wire skewer lift each
tendon separately, hold the chicken
firmly and pun. If the chicken is
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
The ShIvera.

You have sometimes been surprised to
feel shiver pass through you in warm
weather. and you don't understand it.
Your friends have informed you with a
cheerful smile that it is some one walking
over your grave. and you have tried to
go one better by correcting them. where
the grave will be-"
The fact is. it is electricity that is re-
sponSble for that SILVER in the majority
of eases There is an immense amount
of electricity in the earth and its atmos-
phere and il is constantly being gener-
ated
When the positive and negative poles
meet near human being. that human
being is likely to be affected.
We have good supply of the fluid. as
1t is often called. in our bodies
You may feel SILVER in the region Of
the spine or pain in your knee. II af-
fects you in different parts of your anat-
omy and in cold weather as well as in
warm. but you don't notice it so much in
winter If you have the SILVER rather
frequently. il means that you are run
down.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

SPRING BALANCE AND MILK TESTER.
words, he should begin a record Of
both the quantity and the quality Of
milk produced by each COW.
The means for keeping the record are
available to every farmer The milk
tester, which is a simple means of de-
termning the richness of the milk in
fat, and the scales or spring balance
for determining the yield of milk en-
able any dairyman to ascertain the
value for milk and butter production
Of each COW in his herd and whether
she is a source of profit or loss. The
scales will show the total amount of
milk produced in a year and the tester
its fat contents.
An individual record shows whether
or not the farmer is boarding the COW
and drawing on the profit from the
better cows in order to do it. No
amount Of guesswork can take its
place.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
News md Notes.

The government statistician reports
9,674,000 bales as the probable cotton
production of the United States in
1901-02
Commercial estimates of the area
sown to rice in 1901 in Texas range
from $4,000 to 10000 acres.
1t is stated that the manufacture of
cottonseed oil is not likely to be taken
up in India because the seed of that
country is not sufficiently rich in oil.
OF goatskins our principal source of
foreign supply is the British East In
dies.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

Catalpa. when seasoned. is light and
almost as soft as seasoned cottonwood,
and To look at it one would think it of
very little value. especially for fence
posts. but experience and observation
have satisfied me that it is worth for
this purpose about four times as much
as white oak 1t is strong. and when
seasoned nails can be driven into it as
easily as into cedar and they will stay
in. I have never seen it tested with
Usage orange. but am satisfied it Will
last about as long when used for posts.
while it has Il decided advantage over
Usage in the fact that nails can easily
be driven into it when seasoned. While
Usage will turn anything but short,
thick pointed stub and will very often
split where the nail is driven i'm. | feel
sure that it will pay amy farmer tl
plant Catalpa speciosa for posts, poles
and all such purposes. L Dies not
grow any faster mt the start than
Usage. but it soon ouiStrips the latter
In planting catalpa one must plant
intclligcntly or he is sure TO he dsap
pointed. When set siagly. it grows
crooked and almost scra@@y, and Il
Will bee ycars before il will make even
short posts. To make good. upright
growth it must be planted in groves
and rather thickly, l have seen ii
planted four feet apart in rows six
feet apart, and the growth was up
right and rapid while the trees were
young. and when properly thinncd out
when they reached pole size those left
standing made satisfactory CROWN
afterward, writes Fred Grundy in
Farm and FircSide
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
Pirate BILL.

Old Captain Bill of the Whippoorwill,
pirate bold was he.
He sailed his ship on many a trip,
Through every unknown sea.
He had a knack of hitting back
At his sailors one. two, three;
If they but spoke word in joke,
His cutlass they would see.
He filled his boat so 'twoudn't float
With gems and jewels rare,
And when the ship began to dip
The sailors didn't care.
They thought the sea would better be
Than Bill and salty air.
The biggest joke is that the folk
Who lived beneath the brine
Made Captain Bill, without his will,
On gems and jewels dine.
He'd filled his hold SO full of gold
He couldn't even whine.
Sam p. Avery.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10

There is Il great deal of very foolish
stuff written and printed about the
peculiar burdens Of the farmers wife.
Now, for the life Of Us, we cannot see
why the wife of the town mechanic
and day laborer does not have Just as
hard a row to hoe as the wife of the
man on the farm. Many of this latter
class are compelled to take in washing
and do mental work for other people
in order To keep til family going. and
society is less kind to them than it is
t. the farmers wife. Not Il few of
these town women have cads for hus-
bands-l9afcrs. drunkards and no.
'countS-and with no COW. no garden.
no poultry yard, no timber lot; they
stick on the dividing line between
the poorhouse and starvation year in
and year out. Let somebody pity the
mother who lives in town who is
barred socially because of poverty,
who can hardly garh her children so
that they can go 10 the public school
or to tho church, while her husband is
roaring AGAINST thr existing order of
things on some dry goods box down
town
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-10
Proper Tint For Finger Nails.

The white spots on nails are bruises.
Inc vigorous use of the nailbrush, al
ways brushing toward the cuticle, with
hot water soapsuds to which little soda
has been added. strengthens and hardens
the nails and makes them rosy color
by bringing the blood to the finger tips.
The pink nail powder may be used when
the nails are thoroughly clean and the
ruticle pressed away by the little ivory
piece, but the powder alone must not be
depended upon to give the nails the de-
sirable rosy tint. Rub vaseline into the
nails every night. This makes them sat
my and prevents the obnoxious hang
nails