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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

Crs' bulletin 1871 some information en-
bodying the latest science and up to
date practice along this line. In dis
cussing the proper use and manage
ment of catch basins and the protec-
ton of drain outlets it is advised that
surface water be excluded from tile
drains unless sufficient provision is
made for conveying it into them in
such way that dirt, sand and rubbish
will be prevented from entering. This
may be done by the use of catch ba-
sins constructed of two lengths of
sewer pipe set in vertical position
and covered by an iron grating (A) to
prevent rubbish entering the drain.
This CRATE may be covered with a pile
of bricks or small stones OBJ to act as
a coarse filter and prevent the clogging
of the crate. The bricks or stones may
be rearranged and the silt removed
from the bottom of the basin occasion
ally, so that with proper care such an
arrangement will serve an excellent
purpose for removing surface water
from places where it cannot pass
through the soil with sufficient readi-
ness and at the same time do no injury
to the drain. Such basins should not
be connected with drains of less diam
eter than six inches. Under the condi
tons which make it desirable to use
them the surface water will be re-
ceived and pass away before the soil
water reaches the drain.
While a substantial stone or brick
bulkhead at the outlet of each main
drain when well made has a perma-
nent and workmanlke appearance, it
is expensive and in many localities i'm
practicable to use because of the lack
of proper material. One of the most
common as well as most efficient pro-
tections is the plank box with wire
bars placed vertically across the end
about two inches apart. Such a box
should be made of two inch plank
twelve feet long and large enough to
admit of the insertion of the tile into
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
THE USE OF LIME.
Lime Not n FertIIizer-Advicc From
the Ohio Experiment Station.

Lime Not n FertIIizer-Advicc From
the Ohio Experiment Station.
Lime is absolutely indispensable to
plant growth, yet it is required in COM
paratively small amounts. Our cereal
crops, for instance, contain about two
pounds of phosphoric acid and three
pounds of potash for every pound of
lime, while all soils except the clear
sands contain much more lime than
phosphoric acid and at least as much
lime as potash.
Lime. however, serves other purposes
than as simple plant food One of the
most important of these is the correc-
ton of acidity in the soil When soil
becomes acid clover will not thrive up
on it, and when this condition occurs
an application of lime may be neces-
sary.
Lime performs still another impor-
tant function - liberating plant food
already in the soil If little lime be
mixed with strong manure, such as
hen manure, an odor Of ammonia will
become apparent This means that
the lime is liberating the ammonia
from the manure and that it is escap-
ing into the air. If lime be mixed with
the soil similar action will take place.
If crop be growing upon the soil it
may absorb part of the escaping am
monia, and larger crop will result,
but this larger crop is made at the eX-
penSe of the soil stores of plant food,
and if these stores are not maintained
by manuring or fertiliZing the soil will
soon refuse to respond to lime, because
all the material in it upon which lime
can act has been drawn out, and the
soil is poorer than if no lime had been
used.
European farmers who have used
lime for many years have become so
convinced of its injurious effect when
used in this way that they say ''lime
enriches the father, but impoverishes
the SON." and it is customary in some
places to prohibit the use of lime in
leasing land.
When used as an adjunct to liberal
manurng or fertilizing lime may be
made to perform a most important
service. but its use as a substitute for
manure or fertilizer means ruin to the
soil.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
News and Notes.

1t is claimed that the daily weather
forecast is now furnished by telephone
to $4,000 farmers in Iowa.
The total beef output for the state
as reported at the annual meeting of
the Montana Stock Growers associa-
ton was 100000 head, with 100000
cattle brought into the state.
The export trade in live hogs is no
longer an important factor of the in
dustry.
An Oregon grand jury recently adj
dressed an arraignment of the public
land laws to the public land commits
sion at Washington.
Cooperative creamerles have proved
popular in the central west.
Germany is an important buyer of
horses. According to consular informa-
ton, it is not price, but quality I'M
satisfactory to the German farmers,
that keeps down the demand for Amer.
lean horses.
Many will learn with regret that
Chief Coburn has been obliged by i'll
health to retire from the active man.
agement of the live stock department
Of the worlds fair. Colonel G. F
Wells will probably serve as acting
chief.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
COnSpiratOrs.

1t will surprise many to know that
Washington Irving was confessed
orchard thief Once, while picking up
an apple in his own orchard, he was
accosted by an urchin of the neighbor-
hood, who, not recognizing him as the
proprietor offered to show him a tree
where he could get some better apples
than those
But" said the boy, 1--WE must not
let the old man see u.s."
Il went with him." said Irving, land
we stole about dozen or two of my
own apples and then went shares"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
Diamonds on Board shin.

Millions of dollars worth of dia-
monds are imported into this country
every year. In carrying packages of
such tremendous value over seas ex-
traordinary precautions are taken. They
are immured in strong safes and so
carefully guarded that not an instance
has ever been recorded in which dia-
monds have been lost or stolen, though
a man could easily walk off with half
a million dollars worth of gems in his
waistcoat pockets were it not that it is
one of the most difficult undertakings
in the world to commit such theft or
even to find where the gems are stored
ON shipboard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

"Any ordinary horse on the street
might well feel insulted at being named
IN the same class as a domestic ami
NAL with that four legged impressive
vehicle, the camel" writes a traveller.
Fidelity in a camel does not exist. An
artist might as well depict devoted
crocodile fondling a lost child as
faithful dromedary standing over the
corpse of its fallen master. Lockwood
Kipling touched the core of the matter
when he avowed that Il man might as
reasonably lavish his affection on
baggage wagon. In short, the camel is
an unredeemed bOor, more british than
a mule, less sensible of endearment
than even of extremes of temperature
and weather. Its virtues are Of the
body, its great endurance compensating
for a mental and moral depravity that
must be labeled nothing short Of
amazing"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
A Courtroom Joke.

Lord Erskine, when chief justice of
England, presided once at the Chelms-
ford assiZes, when case of breach of
promise of marriage was tried before
him in which Miss Tickell was plain
tiff. The counsel was pompous young
man named Stanton, who opened the
case with solemn emphasis thus:
"Tickell. the plaintiff, my lord" Err
skine dryly interrupted him with: "Oh,
tickle her yourself, Mr.. Stanton. 1t
would be unbecoming to my position"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
Dancing Birds.

Sailors visiting the island of Laysan,
In the Hawaiian group, are greatly
amused by the curious antics OF the
Laysan albatross, or gony. These birds
sometimes perform in pairs kind of
dance, or, as the sailors call it, cake
walk" Two albatrosses approach each
other, nodding and making profound
bows, cross their bills, produce snap
ping and groaning sounds, rise on their
toes, puff out their breasts and finally
part with more nodding and bowling,
only to come together again and repeat
the performance. Occasionally three
engage at once in this singular amuse-
ment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

All the world knows the remark of
the governor of North Carolina to the
governor of South Carolina, ITS a
long time between drinks" The true
history of this famous anecdote was
told by a South Carolnian. 1t appears
that the phrase was first heard at a
political dinner when the governors
of both North and South Carolina were
present. The first governor had deliv-
cred u fiery political speech The stu
alton was intense when the turn came
for the governor of South Carolina to
speak. 1t seemed that any word the
governor might say would complicatc
the situation Even should he keep ST
lent his opinion would seem clear 1t
was ut this critical moment that the
governor of the other Carolina rose
and, inspired by a stroke of genius, re-
marked. ITS long time between
drinks" The absolutely noncommit-
tai remark saved the situation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
RenIing.

Reading is not a lost art to the same
degree that conversation is. but it has
in most cases an arrested development
through so much reading that makes
no demand upon aesthetic sensibility,
so that one is apt to bring to a fine
story full of delicate shades of thought
and feeling the same mind which he
yields to newspaper. putting a blunt
Interrogation as to its meaning as con-
veyed in the terms of a rational prop
osition, and the writer's charm is Who'll
~ lost upon him.-Harper's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

Selling Crops For the Dry Season.
When pastures are dried up by the
summer heat and milk production falls
off from its highest point in June to al
most the lowest yield in August, the
desirability of soiling crops is most APP
parent. The following succession has
been found by the Wisconsin expert
ment station to be most valuable:
Fall rye sowed Sept. 10, ready for
cutting May 10 to June /. Alfalfa
ready to cut June to Is. Red clover
June 10 to %. Peas and oats, sowed
April 16, ready to cut June % to July
8. A second crop will run to July Is.
Oats sowed May 5, ready to cut July
10 to %. Second crop Of alfalfa ready
to cut July 10 to 80. Rape sowed May
26, ready to cut Aug. 1 to Is. Flint
corn, sowed May 20, ready to cut Aug.
to %. Sorghum, sown June 1, ready
to cut Aug. % to Sept. 10. Evergreen
sweet corn, sown May 81. ready to cut
Sept. 10 to 25. Rape sown July 20,
ready to cut Sept. 25 to Oct. TO-
This succession furnished green feed
for animals from May 10 to Oct. 10 and
proved highly profitable.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
Collins ns Fnrniture.

A man living at Queensbury not only
uses his coffin as piece of household
furniture but he has also grave made
in the local churchyard headed by a
gravestone on which his name is set
out in conventional style. Underneath
is the line, mot dead, but waiting"
One man at Tong, near Bradford,
kept his Sunday clothes in his coffin,
and another, who ate porridge at break
fast, used his coffin as meal bin.
Some years ago a Keighly man kept
butterfly specimens in his coffin.-Lon-
don Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
REvErMENr FOR PROTECTING RIVER BANK


stead of perpendicular and to keep it
covered with vegetation The willow
is admirably adapted to holding allu-
vial soil in place. 1t is far more sery-
iceable for this purpose than walls of
masonry, and the facility with which
it reproduces itself by seed, suckers,
sprouts and cuttings, both natural and
artificial, makes its use very simple
and inexpensive.
The great difficulty with planting
any sort of tree ON perpendicular
banks is that the caving of the soil is
so rapid that the planted tree has no
opportunity 20 get a start before it is
undermined and precipitated into the
river An excellent scheme has been
proposed by Mr.. e. Bayles of Kansas.
The plan is as follows: Green willow
poles eighteen to twenty feet long are
secured in the spring, just after the ice
goes out of the stream. These poles
are laid on the ground near the bank
two feet apart, with their butts ala
pointing toward the river. Woven
fence wire is then stretched along over
the poles and stapled fast to each one
Sections of wire about 100 feet long
can be handled to best advantage
After the wire has been securely fas-
tened to the poles they are all pushed
over the bank together, so that the
butts of the poles will fall and sink
into the soft mud at the waters edge
AS the bank caves off some of the fall
ing soil will lodge on the wire, partial
ly burying and weighing down the
poles, which will consequently strike
root and grow. The wire will serve to
hold the mass of Willows together I'M
til they have become firmly rooted.
The ends Of the wovei wire should be
made fast to wire cables running back
over the bank some distance and fas-
tened to posts set firmly in the ground.
The caving and erosion of the bank
will soon round off its top corners, and
the growing willows at the waters
edge will catch the soil as it rolls down
the declivity, causing a bank to form
of just the right slope to resist erosion
most effectually.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

Thanks" is a miserable expression
commonly used by persons who have
not had the advantages of good breed
ing. Every favor received and civility
shown deserves to be recognized, and
the smallest acknowledgment the re-
cipient can make is to say or write,
THANK you" The vulgarity Of
Thanks" is on a par with the postal
card correspondence.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
How Some People Manage.

81 believe" said Mrs. Borough, "that
If can get the use of Mrs. Noowedd's
shell cups and saucers next Friday and
Mrs. Hify will loan me her spoons and
Mrs. Housekeep will let me have some
of her nice oolong mixture-I believe
I'll buy pound of sugar and give
pink tea. louisville Courier-Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
Blame
No One But Yourself
if You Don't Get
Well When Sick.
All we can do is give advice.
OF course that's easy.

All we can do is give advice.
OF course that's easy.
But our advice is really worth q little
more to you than most peoples, for we
offer to give you the first bottle of our
medicine free, if it fails to help you.
We could not afford to do this unless
our medicine was good. Such an offer,
on the wrong kind of medicine, would
put merchant prince in the poor house.
DIR. Miles Nervine, however, as years
of experience have proved, is a medi-
cine that cures the sick.
Those whom it cannot benef1t-less
than one in ten thousand-we prefer to
refund their money.
All we ask of you is to try DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine for your complaint.
If you suffer from sleeplessness, nervous
exhaustion, dizziness, headache, mus
cular twitchings, melancholy, loss Of
memory, weak stomach, poor blood,
bilious troubles, epilepsy, st. Vitus'
Dance, ETC., we will guarantee to benefit
you or refund your money.
You are the doctor.
my son Bert, when in his 18th year,
became subject to attacks of epilepsy,
take him out of school. After several
physicians had failed to relieve him, we
gave DR.. Miles Neryine a trial. Ten
months treatment with Nervine and
Liver Pills restored our boy to perfect
health."--MR. JOHN. S. WILSON,
DeSaity Co. Clerk, Dallas Co., Mo.
TpTT Write us and we will mail
L 1OGG you a Free Trial Package of
Or. Miles Anti-Pain Pills, the New,
Scientific Remedy for Pain. Also Symp-
your case and tell you what is Wrong
and how to right it, Absolutely Free.
Address: DIR. MILES MEDICAL SO..
LABORATORIES, ELKI1ART, IND.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
shaftesbnrx,a Retort.

When member of church congress
at Manchester argued that the intro
duction of the custom of cremation
would endanger belief in the resurrec-
ton Of the dead the reply Of Lord
Shaftesbury silenced any further doubt
when he asked. what, then, has be-
come of the holy martyrs who were
cremated?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
The Reason For 1t.

She-No, Mrs. Gayley is not popular.
The moment she entered the room
where the sewing circle was assembled
there was painful silence everywhere.
Hell see. A silence is SO particularly
painful to women that the person re-
sponsible for such condition must Of
necessity be unpopular.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

OUTLET PROTECTION FOR DRAINS.
the upstream end. 1t should be laid
correctly, and more than ordinary care
should be taken in tamping the earth
securely about it. In fact, the entire
filling should be well tamped from bot
tom to top. A protection of this kind
serves two purposes-it prevents small
animals from entering the drain, which
they are most likely to do when no wa
ter is flowing from it, and obviates the
necessity of using vitrified tile at the
outlet, which it is wise to do, for the
reason that red tiles usually scale
when exposed to the weather under
such conditions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

TOMMY can count up to five on
me fingers, can't l, ma? Ma-Yes,
Tommy. but don't brag. I saw little
boy no older than you today who could
count up to fifty. Tommy-Gee whiz
Where did he get all them fingersi-
Philadelphia Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
The Preachers CLOSING Word.

The members Of the Rev. DIR. Fourth
ly's congregation settled themselves re-
signedly in their seats.
He had just said, zone word more,
and have DONE"
The doctor looked keenly at them
over his glasses for moment.
Then he closed the book in front of
him.
"Amen~ he said.-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

When you make a mistake, don't look
back at it long. Take the reason of the
thing into yorY own mind and then
look forward. Mistakes are lessons Of
wisdom. The past cannot be changed.
The future is yet in your power.-Hugh
White
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13

Mr.. Jones-My daughter is only eight
cen. You had better wait until she Is
older. The Lover-Well, I've waited
two years for her to get older. but she
still stays at eighteen.-Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
DETAILS OF DRAINAGE.
Catch Basins For Surface Water.
Protection of Outlets.

The growing movement toward the
reclamation of waste, marshy lands
and the improvement of wet lands by
drainage gives value to all details on
the subject. There seems to be an in
creasing desire among farmers for
knowledge in regard to draining land
and in response to it the Office of eX
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
Artistic DimcuIties.

ut is difficult for a beginner in the
drama even to walk across the stage
properly, isn't it?" asked the student
Eyes" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes absently. But it isn't as hard
as learning to walk between stations"
Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
OF More consequences.

Hanley-That man Wilkes is going
everywhere telling lies about you. Mer-
cer-I don't mind that, but if he begins
to tell the truth I'll let him know IT.
London Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
GAZING OF RIVER BANKS.
An Ingenious Scheme In Planting
Willows For Protection.

The most successful method of pro-
tecting a soft alluyial river bank is,
according to G. S. Clothier of the bu-
reau of forestry, to make it sloping in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
Napoleon and the DIRECTOR.

NMpOIeOn and the DIrecfOry.
"How did Napoleon get his assistants
at the time of the consulate"
"Oh, l suppose he looked In the d.
rectory. Yale Record.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-07-14
Indigestion Cured

There is no case of Indigestion, DYs.
pepsia or Stomach trouble that will
not yield to the digestive aud strength
ening influence Of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. This remedy takes the strain
of the stomach by diRestInR what you
eat and allowing IL TO rest until II
grows strong again. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure affords quick and permanent re-
lief from Indigestion aud all stomach
troubles, builds up the system and 90
purIAes that disease cannot attack and
gain fOOthold ~ when In a weakened
condition. Sold by Eagle Drug Mer-
camille 90.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-07-14

During the occupation OF Paris by
the allies In 1915 a French marshal
shOuldered an English colonel from the
sidewalk into the street. Thersupon
the Engllshman, being forbidden by a
general order Of Wellington to give a
challenge to or accept one from a
French officer, did what he considered
the only thing left him. knocked the
Frenchman down and later refused
him satisfaction in a duel. The latter
then made a formal complaint to the
duke, who to sOOthe the marsh0rs feel
ings sent a written reprimand to the
cOlonel. but in 1t inclOsed a cordial in
vitatiOn to dinner.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-07-14
AN ODD VERDICT.
why an Indians Horse was DeeIaF.
ed winner Of n Race.


ed Winner Of n Race.
A man who has travelled extensively
in the west among other anecdotes told
this one:
II was present at a horse race In
New Mexico one day, where a horse
belonging to an Indian had been
matched against a swift footed pony
which was the property Of a cowboy.
The pony was known by the white
men to be a better racer than the other
animal, and the race had been ar
ranged for the purpose OF fieecing the
redskins. An imprOmptu course OF
mile had been arranged, and the race
was to be four times over the course
The cowboys gave their rider lnstruc-
tiOns TO hold the pony back until the
finish, so that they could induce the In
dlans to make big bets.
''The Indians horse took the lead at
the start and retained II. The cowboys
offered more money as the race pro
gressed, and the Indiana, seeing their
horse in the lead. took the wagers. So
It went until three and a half miles
had been covered and the Indians had
bet all their possessions against the
money OF the cowboys. Then the cow
boy rider put the spurs to the pony.
He passed the horse in the last quarter
and crossed the line five lengths ahead.
There were three judges. Two Of
them were Indians. and the other was
a cowboy. We winp cried the cow
boys and started to collect the bets.
when the Indian judges interposed.
"'Uh, uh,' they grunted, Indians
horse wlnr
Flows thatT shouted the cowboys.
Didn't the pony come in frstY
but Indians horse was in front
most Of the way. Indians win,' came
the final decision Of the two Indian
judges. and there was no appeal
Louisville COurier-Journal.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-07-14

It's the old story OF murder will
out" only 20 this case there's no crime.
A woman feels run down, has back
ache or dyspespia and thinks it's Moth
ing and tries to hide It until she finally
breaks down. Don't deceive your
self. Take Electric Bltters at once.
It has a reputation for curing stomach,
liver and kidney troubles and will re-
vivify your whole system. The worst
forms OF those maladies will quickly
yield to the curative power Of Electric
Bltters. Only SOC, aud guaranteed by
all medicine dealers.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-07-14

Judge Ira Abbott on Monday at AL.
buquerque handed down bis decision
In the case Of the Bsrnalillo county
commission against County Treasurer
Frank A. Hubbell, in which the com,
mission seeks TO secure the return TO
the county general fund OF some SO, 900
withheld by the treasurer on the
ground that he Is entitled to the now
famous claim Of per cent OF all liquor
and gaming licenses collected 10 the
county. The case has been before the
court In one form or another for a
long time, and the charge OF with
holding this per cent was one Of the
charges heard by Governor Otero
against Hubbell last week.