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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

The luxury % A"sical inactivity ap-
pears to be fully appreciated in the
south. writes NJ. Bradford Torrey in
Natures invitation" md as an illus
tration he tells of a walk lie took near
Miami, Fla. and OF conversation he
overheard:
l was walking away from the city
at rather brisk pace one morning
when | passed lone re ah3rty. \
white man sat upon the rude piazza.
and another man and Il boy stood near.
Are you going 10 work today
asked the boy of the occupant of the
piazza.
NO" was the answer quick and
pithy
'Why notT"
Il amt got time"
l do not expect TO hear the philos-
ophy of incidence more succintly and
pointedly stated if l live thousand
wears
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

The head Of our firm had a trying
experience one Fourth of July" said a
commercial man. He thought he
would play a funny joke on his family,
50 day or so before the holiday he
bought one Of those candy boxes made
in imitation of 4 cannon firecracker.
Tie secreted this in the pantry, where
he thought 1t would be safe.
But his little son. about eight years
old discovered the firecracker and also
discovered that it was filled with can
dy. He helped himself to the contents
and finally, finding the box empty, he
made way with it and substituted a
real cannon cracker.
Fourth of July came and the head
of the family, smiling broadly, can@
downstairs and placed his big firecrack
er in the middle of the breakfas table
Then, regardless of his wifes expostu-
lations he touched a match to the fuse,
never thinking but what it was the
candy box on the table
Ills son and heir astutely vanished
from the scene about this time. In
about thirty seconds there was an eX-
plOsion that wrecked a once happy
breakfast table and one hour later the
worst spanked boy in Detroit had sob
bingly confessed to an irate father why
the joke had failed. Milwaukee Sen
tinel
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
A renitent Rent Payer.

Michael Davitt in his Fall Of Ecu
dalism In ireland" gives the following
as a sample of the letters that used to
reach the Land league offices in the
good old days: "Ballinrobe, Mayo, Jan.
s, 1881 To the Honorable Land Lague
--Gintlemin. in moment Of wakeness
: pade me rint. did not no Their was
law aginst it or wud not do 1t. the
people pass by me dure as If the sinai
pox was in the hous. heer We do be
givin pardons to min that do rong,
and If We will sind me a pardon to put
In the windy fol every one to rede it
will never komit the crime again. Mis-
Their Scrab Naly will give me Karac
thur if We write to him at Bal"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
THE BURMESE WOMAN.
with All Her FaiIinEs, She Is Held
In High Esteem.

Burma. as in many other things"
writes V. c. Scott in his book The
Silken East" lis in advance of more
reputedlv civilized countries in the
status il accords TO its women. The
infant marriage and shutting up in
walled houses, the polygamy, the ha-
rems. the social punishment of widows,
the denial of spiritual rights which pre-
vail in India are unknown in Burma.
Here women marry when they are of
age and after they have seen some
what of the world. They marry, for
the most part, whomsocver they will
and from love. They are not handed
over as chattels 10 man whom they
know not. but are courted and won.
The married womenS property act has
in effect been established for centuries
in Burma In this country, where the
women earn SO much. the womans
earnings are her own. Divorce is cas-
lily obtained. but seldom asked for. The
lightneSS Of the marriage laws, the
readiness of the Burmese women to en-
ter into an easy alliance, shock the viz
tue Of the strenuous foreigner, but
within her ideals She is a perfectly
proper. modest and well hammered wo-
man.
she has fIilngS. Who has not? Her
practice of chewing hetel is inelegant
and destructive 10 her teeth: her voice
is apt under the pressure of adversely
10 be shrill. her keen business faculties
detract triae from the romance in
which, as in a halo. all women are en-
vcloped: in old age she is very ugly.
and even in youth her nose is stumpy,
her lips "a little thick. her cheek bones
high and heayy-but these are eau
casian objections.
In tie eyes of the young men of the
land the Burmese girl is Il peerless
creature, and her influence over their
hearts and their passions is immense,
What is more. few men in Burma ever
undertake anything of magnitude with
out first seeking the able counsel Of
their wives
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

A trader in ivory and rubber writes
as follows of sport on the Kafue river,
In Africa: Every morning at daybreak
we got up and scanned the plains with
our glasses for game. Often our boys
called us first to say that a herd of wa
ter buck or hartbeest was grazing in
sight, especially if the camp was out
Of meat The river was full of fish
barbel. Dream, pike and tiger fish. The
Dream were by far the best eating, but
the tiger fish and big barbel gave the
best sport. Spoon bait, with strong
pike tackle and stiff bamboo rod,
was all that was required, and. trolling
behind a dugout padded by natives,
we could soon make a bag. The tiger
fish fight gamely and. breaking water
repeatedly, very often succeed In shak'
ing the hook from their mouths. Bar
bel run up to eighty pounds weight
and heavy one can tow canoe along
the surface at some speed"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
wanted n big "Bnr'I."

A newspaper tells the story of a
storekeeper in a country town who,
after twice telling Il young man that
he had no onions" reverted to the
matter after the customer had gone
~ declare" he said Il do know but
what it was ingans that Teller want
edr'
a similar tale is told by a young wo-
man who, being in search of a barrel to
catch rain water, applied TO the village
mnkeeper,
Have You a hogshead that l could
buy" she said. with the careful eaun-
citation that she had learned in child
hood.
The innkeeper shook his head.
Not any sort of hogshead| she
asked, with gentle persistence. u
thought you must have a good many"
Il wonder what set you thinking
that" said the landlord, looking as if
he considered her demented. Il haven't
KEEP L single hog for ten years back,
and when l did keep 'em l never had
any call for their heads"
1t was the young woman's turn to
look Mortified
"Oh. l don't know anything about
hogs heads she said eXcitedly. Il
want a hogshead. an old molasses
hogshead or something"
The landlord looked ut her, and light
dawned mt last.
Il believe you mean you want a
hugshud" he said. smiling broadly.
You step this way and take your
choice of what I've got"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

In some parts of China the natives
are in dread of the bloom of the BAN
boo, at which season all kinds of dread
full disasters are predicted ana conf
IDENTITY looked for. Like some other
superstitions. this one has a slight
foundation. The fact is that the BAN
boo only flowers once and then dies.
and as a rule the whole lot of plants,
often covering large areas, bloom to-
gether. The reason of this is that the
individuals of species are commonly
gregarious and all are of the same age
having taken simultaneous possession
Of ground rendered vacant perhaps by
a similar depopulation. A somewhat
analogous case is presented by some
Of the strobilanths of tropical Asia
These plants live about seven years,
then all burst out into glorious mass
Of blue flowers and then die away.
leaving, it may be, hundreds of acres
Of ground destitute of the luxuriant
vegetation it previously supported.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Gilbert of Colchester.

Gilbert of Colchester who flourished
three centuries ago. has been called the
founder Of the science of electricity
Gilbert discovered the augmentation
OF the power of loadstone by arming
or Gaping it with soft iron cheeks, the
screening effect of sheet of iron, the
method of magnetizing iron by ham
mering it while it lies north and south,
the destruction of magnetism by heat
and the existence around the magnet
Of magnetic field. Generalizing from
small to large, he advanced the entire.
" novel idea that the globe of the earth
Is itself magnet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

The vital necessity for the qualities
Of inspiration, reality and magnetism
was brought home to me when was a
schoolboy tiddling at college functions
! saw speakers who came forward and
who-well. just spoke so many words
Then would come an orator, man who
acted the part, who lived the part, who
was the part because he believed it,
and so swept the people off their feet
J. ?. Sousa in london Interview.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

Recommended for potato blight, bios
som rot in tomatoes, apple rust and
scab, brown rot i'll peach, etc: Copper
sulphate (blue vitrioD, four pounds;
fresh lime, four pounds; water, fifty
gallons. Dissolve four pounds of cop
per sulphate in two or three gallons of
water by placing the sulphate in sack
and suspending in the top of jar or
tub of water Do not put this in tin
or iron vessels, as it will rapidly dis
solve them Before mixing dilute this
to about twenty gallons. Slack four
pounds of fresh lime by adding a small
amount of water and after Stacking
is finished add about twenty gallons of
water Stir the lime and water thor
oughly and strain before mixing. Pour
these two solutions into the barrel or
tank at the same time and stir vigor-
ously while mixing. This may be di-
luted to fifty gallons.-Oklahoma Sta
ton Formula
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
The Oueer MN.

OF all forms of temper there is none
more tiresome to deal with than that
which is known as queer" Down
comes a bolt from the blue in the
midst Of apparent sunshine. and a sud
den gloom ana moroseness hide our
friend completely from our view. An
injured attitude is assumed, mar
tyr's halo carefully pinned on, and
happy, everyday life becomes an i'm
possibility. People who want to be
loved or even liked should never be
difficult. Society has not time even if
it had the inclination, to study their
idiosyncrasies and play up to all their
petty prejudices. The passionate and
even the sulky temper is forgiven soon
er than the difficult one and is perhaps
more possible to cure.-Edith II. Fow,
Ter in London Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
why They Come Back TO Land.

1t is surprising how many city people
are thinking, talking and actually 60
ing into farming nowadays Men of all
classes, from the successful business
man to the laborer, are interested.
Probably the most potent cause with
those who have to earn their living is
the increased cost of living in the city.
There are thousands of careful, indus
trious men in the cities today who are
making a living and nothing more,
with the uncertainty of steady work
always before them and the possibility
of sickness which would place them in
an embarrassing position. These are
the people who are vitality interested,
and some of them have already solved
the problem by going to the country.
National Stockman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
HOMEMADE ONION wEEpER.

Of this is bent upward to throw away
the dirt and to dig up the onion tops.
At about the middle of each of these
wings is fastened a small wing about
three inches high, two and one-half
inches wide, which projects about one
inch downward and does the wedding
near the plants. The front edge is
sharp to cut off the weeds. The width
between the teeth and wings can be
adjusted by clamp on the handle. also
by wrought irons one foot high, which
are likewise fastened to the handle.
The weeder can be worked very close
to the row and will take out all weeds
except those which grow nearly in line
with the onions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

Il can tell in 4 minute simply by
looking at a man whether he shaves
himself or is shaved by barber" said
the wielder of the razor and brush
no. it isn't u question of cleanliness
nor yet question Of hacking the face
There. is no reason why a man who
is accustomed to shaving himself
shouldn't make as clean job of it as
the average barber And yet l can
spot him every time. See that little
lock of hair that grows down the side
Of the face just in front Of the ear?
Well. when a man is shaved by bar
Der those two locks don't vary in
length more than a sixteenth Of an
inch. The man who shaves himself
on the other hand, is invariably lop-
sided. He always begins to shave
higher up on the left side of the face
than On the right side, as a conse-
quence Of which one side of the face
looks longer than the other No, !
don't know that | can explain this
phenomenon. | only know that the
condition exists" 49, Philadelphia Rec
ord
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Do AnimnIs DrenmY

Much research and investigation war.
rant the assertion that man is not the
only animal subject to dreams Horses
neigh and rear upon their hind feet
while fast asleep; dogs bark and growl
anG In many other ways exhibit all
their characteristic passions. 1t is
highly probable that at such times the
remembrance of the chase or OF a COM
bat is passing through the dogs minds.
Besides the above signs of feetin9
pain, anger and excitement these no
bic creatures often manifest signs of
kindness, playfulness and of almost
every other passion. Ruminant ami
mails, such as the sheep and the COW.
are believed to be less affected with
dreams than those of higher passions
which spend their waking hours in
scenes Of greater excitement.
Philosophers and investigators tell
us that if we trace the dream faculty
still lower in the scale of animal life
we shall probably find that the same
phenomena exist, and judging from
analogy it is only reasonable to reck-
on dreaming as one of the universal
saws-almost as universal as sleep it..
self.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

Arabian horses need no praise. Of
the many beautiful stories told of the
Arabs that given in the well known
poem "Achmid and His Mare sur
passes all. Achmid had a mare of won
drous speed and guarded her with jeal.
Gus care. \ robber stole her, leaped
upon her back ana shouted to Achmid
TO catch her if he could. Achmid and
his tribe mounted and went in hot pur-
suit Suddenly the fought came to
him, If l oyertake my mare she is
then outrun; she will lose her fame"
Shouting to the robber, Quick, pinch
her ear he revealed the secret sign his
darling knew SO we'll Achmid lost his
mare, as he knew he would, but her
glory was secure.
knew that if her ear be nipped
The darling prize could never be out
stripped
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
NATURE STUDY.
A Talk Before New Jersey Society
of Practical Observation-Disclosures.


BY LOUISA X MILLER Ohio
Professor John Hamilton invited me
TO address the Pennsylvania state
board of agriculture and employed me
10 make out a course of nature study.
1t included great many things, en-
/ bracing insects, forests, soils and
great deal of experimental work, hop
! Ing this subject would enter the pub
lie schools but they say the teachers
are not prepared for it themselves.
| Now. whnt does that mean? 1t sim
ply means the school authorities are
not prepared to take up this nature
study work, and it is a matter that
should be taken into consideration.
Three or four years ago President
Snyder of the State Agricultural col
Iege of Michigan invited me TO come to
the farmers institute, and he said,
Miss Miller come and try to interest
the children in country life" And ]
went there and said. What shall we
, talk aboutY" Here were 500 farmers
and about II children. | talked about
corn. The farmers became limp al
once. They said the idea of woman
coming from the town and talking on
corn. knew they were disguised, but
l began to talk to them about the ger
mination and cross pollenizations, the
history of the cutworm and of the
smut, and the first thing one farmer
Strengthened up and then one after an
other in other directions, and the chill
dren became Interested, and | Think Z
the children We're taught these things
that are right around them they would
not want to take up their residence In
the city but would stay where they
are in the country. There is nothing
more effect-,al in the mental, moral
and spiritual development of children
than this subject.
He Hits the Nail on the Head.
a New Jersey Fruit Grower.-There
is much talk in the rural districts con
corning agricultural teachings in rural
schools. l know as a fact that the city
schools are educating their scholars
better in rural affairs than the country
districts. Nature study is taught, 20
ology is taught, and the plant life is &
part of the course. Each scholar has
to terminate seeds in saucerS of water
sketch their appearance, carry them to
the school laboratory and examine
them under the microscope; then at the
final examination for graduation they
have to pass written examination il
zoology and plant life. The CONNER
cial men in cities demand that thes,
be taught The residents of the rura
districts talk too much ana do nothin.
toward havih- nature study in theil
schools. Rural school trustees talk to.
much. What they should do is make il
a part Of the course. and if the people
really desire they have remedy, which
is to elect no one school trustee whe
will not establish it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Keeping u Circulating.

This" hoarsely spoke the hero,
shaking a roll of bills in the face Of
the villain-"this is blood money!
BLOOD money! echoes the villain.
pausing to light cigarette
"Yes. Take It back. will not have
1t about me"
Every WELL" replies the villain, puff
ing disdainfully; II shall blow it In
myself. Blood money! Ha-ha-a-a! It
shall not be spent in vein."
At this point lady in the third row
Of the orchestra tainted Chicago Trib-
une
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
DodsinE the Dangers of Hercdity.


Mrs Simpson has profound belief
In the doctrine of heredity as she un
derstood it, Mrs. Simpson is coIored
She washes for living y rev years
ago her husband passed away not by
death or divorce but by the simple
process of abandonment He left heI
10 support a little daughter who is q
bright child
What is your lutte girls name"
asked one OF Mrs. simpsons patrons
the other day.
Helen" replied Susan.
"Oh. indeed Named after some Of
your relatives"
"Waal no. | kinder liked the name
mahsclf But dat amt what called
her fuSt"
mo-"
NO. Fust she was lhri~'ene ANN
Coruelia after a pusSoa what was u
particular friend ob mine at dat time.
but me an dat pussou had trouble aft
err dat, an anyhow she TUX to drink. 81
jes' changed lat chilc~ name fear
she might Inherit New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
klG4GzElasRNhkk
FlE I. GRRpEN
1T SAVES THE BACK.

Homemade Device For Reducing La
bOr In Growing Onions.
A new machine for wedding onions
perfected during the past few years
by Fred f. Meeker, an onion grower Of
Fairfield county. Conn, is illustrated in
American Agriculturist 1t was made
from an old hand cultivator. The il
lustration gives a good idea of its con-
Etruction. There are two wheels which
straddle a row. The working device
consists Of two short, broad teeth, on
the inside of which are two wings
about 2l2 by 8 inches in size. Each end
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
His Presentation Failed.

Doctor (after the diagnosis)-AppaI>
emily your system is run down from
nervousness superinduced by loss of
sleep. My advice would be for you
to try sleeping on your left side awhile.
Fair Patient-But, doctor. l am slight
ly deaf in my right ear-and my hus-
band talks in his sleep.-New York
Times
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Not 81 End.

did you tell the landlord what an
awful leak there was in the roofT
Yes. told him"
'What did he say"
He said he'd fix the roof as soon as
you pay the rent you owe"
Did he? | guess it amt much of
leak. '-Clevaland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Print For the Corn Farmer.

A strong, rich soil, well cultivated,
well watered and well drained, may
grow good crop Notwithstanding an
amount of infestation by chinch bugs,
root lice, root worms and white grubs,
which would be fatal on poor or poorly
managed land. The good corn farmer
may thus escape with profitable yield
under insect attacks which will leave
his less intelligent or less careful broth
er in debt after his crop is harvested.
This is not merely because the vigor-
Gus plant will easily support an amount
of injury under which the unthrifty
one will suffer or succumb. 1t is an
established fact that many insects
themselves will not thrive as well or
multiply as rapidly on a vigorous.
quickly growing plant as on one in
feeble conditions. \. Forbes, Illinois.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

A visitor at a small resort on the
coast, says the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune, asked one of the men whom
he saw at the village store what he did
all summer.
loaf and fish," replied the native
"What do you do in the winter?' con-
tinued the inquiring visitor
Eve don't fish,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

Life is what we are alive to. 1t is
not length, but breadth. To be alive
only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money
making, and not to goodness and kind
ness, purity and love, history, poetry
and music, flowers, stars, God and eter.
nal hopes, is to be all but dead.-MsJ
THE d. BabcOck.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

Princess Likelike daughter of Ka-
paakea and mother of Princess Kalu-
lani, died on Feb. 3, 1887. She had not
been seriously i'll. but a lava flow from
the great volcano Kilauea. in Hawaii,
which occurred a few days before her
death was to her mind a sure sign that
a chieftainess was required by the
goddess Pele. that heartleSs old deity
suggested to the children of nature in
the ages of volcanic terrors. So firm
We're Likelikes convictions that the
wrath of the furious Pele had to be
appeased by her death that she lost
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07


During Queen Nictoria's reign one of
the solicitors of the queen who had
jurisdiction over capital cases CHANGED
to be a man named Bacon. BY curl
Gus chance Il man named Eogg was
condemned to death under his iurS-
diction The day before the execution
Hogg sent for his eXecutioner. Bacon
The prisoner pleaded for interference
in his case because of his claims Of re-
lationship to Bacon. The solicitor, all
ways ready with Il reply, answered:
Il have no proof Of our relationship
You are doubtless mistaken. At any
rate. the execution must take place for
only in that way can matters lie set
right. Hogg is not Bacon until it is
dead" 1t is said the prisoner laughed
in nte of himself.
The BioOdStOne.
"Most persons know very little about
the stones of which they so glibly
talk" remarked a gem expert. Very
few have any idea of what a blood.
stone is. though the red spotted green
heliotrope commonly goes by that
name. Here are two pieces of real
bloodstone. the bloodstone of the an
clients. AS you see. they are black By
rubbing one on the other l draw what
looks to be blood. Touching it to my
hand 1t leaves a bloodlke stain. No
there's no trick about it, These bits
of black stone are simply hematite
and hematite is the real bloodstOne
Not one person in 10000 seems to know
this -philadelnhia Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

At the New Jersey experiment sta
ton tests have been made of nitrate Of
soda as top dressing on forage crops
in connection with the manures and
fertilizers generally used. In all cases