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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

'eNothing. Just tip the doorkeeper
to say you called"
"Doorkeeper! It's the stage mana
ger. and he is bear
What harm could it do to miss one
night when she had reported for three
months?
After the theater they went to sup
per. Betty had long forgotten every
thing but the passing moment. \
friend stopped to exchange greetings.
And where have you been tonight"
inquired Petty.
Nowhere. Had tickets for the -,
but the leading woman was taken sud
denly i'll, and they closed the theater.
Jolly strange they had no understudyw
Then, bowling, he rejoined his friends.
"Oh. OH" gasped Betty when she
could get her breath, the understudy
is here" Then she laughed hysterical-
ly. Il business woman, And at the
first taste of pleasure l forgot every
thing"
Its my fault" protested Deering
contritely
The manager won't recognize your
responsibility. and he never gave you
an envelope
a WHAT"
They'll discharge me. What shall I
do" There We're tears in Betty's eyes.
Enter into another engagement"
suggested Deering promptly. "one
where you can't get your notice. where
you won't be understudy. but the real
thing"
The next day the manager sat at his
desk when the office boy brought him a
card. Send her away. I'm busy"
commanded the manager angrily.
But its most important" pleaded
Betty, slipping past the boy. 4 don't
suppose you will forgive me-
1T was so unprofessional that have
nothing to say. Miss Seers.''
Mrs. Deering." nterpolated Betty
Mrs Robert Deering" The name was
well known. The manager turned to
listen.
You see. my husband Betty al
most tripped on the word-"feels it
was his fault. We were married last
night His lawyer will settle whatever
monetary loss YOU sustained. He thinks
I'm cheap at that price. But for my
self must apologize Under the cir
cumstances''-
u wish you every happiness" said
the manager CALAMITY.
Thanks" cried Bob, appearing in
the doorway. Il want to shake hands
too. Her fear of you won me my
wife"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

In 4 case in san Francisco once"
said a lawyer. I'VE We're trying to
break the will of an elderly man who,
ignoring his relations, had left the bulk
of his property to a total stranger. 1t
was part of our case to prove that the
dead man had been eccentric. irregular
cruel and diSsipated. and after we had
proved this point the defense summon
ed witness in rcbuttal
The first question put to the de-
fense's witness was, What do you
know about the character of the, de-
ceased% And the man answered, sir,
in words Ike these:
HE was n man without blame, be-
loved and respected of men. pure in all
his thoughts and
But l Interrupted the witness
Where I said, did you Learn all
that?'
81 got it, the man answered, from
the tombstone salt Lake Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12
Roth Won.

a judge in certain court has his
own quick way of getting into the
heart of Il case The following is told
as true story:
The lawyer for the plaintiff had just
finished presenting his argument. and
as he mopped his brow and sat down
the judge stared at him admiringly
with wide eyes and open mouth. Then
he turned TO the other lawyer. who
had risen TO his feet.
Defendant needn't plead. Plaintiff
wins" he shouted.
But, yonr honor" protested the
lawyer let me at least present my
case"
Tie judge looked weary. We'll 60
ahead" he gruI.ed.
So the lawyer for the defendant went
ahead. When he had finished the judge
looked at him, too. with wide eyes
and open mouth.
Don't it beat the Dutch" he ex-
claimed. Defendant wins" - New
York Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

caught my eye. / was properly thank
full Just then that Esther'S pretty eyes
were a trihe nearsighted The boys
We're dragging their wagons slowly to-
ward Us.
Esther, let's hire the wagons and
coast down the hill-just once. for the
happy old times sake"
She laughed nerrouSly.
How absurd. Jack. Suppose some
body saw uS|
Its a small request when YOU deny
me happiness" l whispered.
She was silent, 50 | made the bar
gain with the grinnins boys. With
some weak protesting from Esther,
assisted her into the back wagon and
took my place in the front.
Not a great amount of room, but we
can't always have everything just to
suit Us" | remarked cheerfully, put
ting my feet on the axle and taking
the wagon tongue in my hands
With considerable advice from the
oflicious owners. we were off. Faster
and faster we sped. lodging rocks.
running perllousiy near 1--we OAK tree
ana drawing up on the little wooden
bridge into the dignIlied presence OF
Judge wells.
Good morning judge said Jaun-
lily. Great sport. tlS Caliiornla coast
ihg. 80 You ever indulge:
But the Judge took no notice OF me.
His h2rr'ned -3ze was upon Esther
his aiiian''d VIE curled unSracefuLly
in the trailer her hat gone her yellow
haIr ripping over her shoulders ana
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12
A Complimentary Contradiction.

A New York publisher has puta-
ton for employing the homeliest ste
nographers and typewriters in the city.
Efficiency rather than beauty is what
he wants, and he knows the prettiest
ones are not the most efficient. Just
the same, it is said of him that he
doesn't know pretty woman when he
sees one. Still his wife is an unusually
handsome woman.
Not long ago she came into his Office,
where she appears only at rare inter
walls and only when it is absolutely nee
essary. She was met by an Office boy,
a bright Irish lad, who had never seen
her She asked for Mr.. Blank
"Who shall say wants to see him,
menu" he inquired.
His wife," she replied.
He looked at her in open eyed sur
prise and genuine admiration.
Sure, mem, I'll tell him." he said,
starting Off, land bad cess to thin that
says he has no taste In ladies, menu
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12
Betty SeerC,
UnderStudy
BY ETHEL HARRINGTON

\ Copyright, 1905, by Ethel harrington
A~-~o-~O~-No~
"Wnl nothing change you?' Bob
behring's voice was almost tragic, but
it made little impression ON Betty.
"Ive signed contract" She cried,
waving the document before his be-
wildered eyes. Il am to report for re-
hearSal next week. I'm an understudy.
That is the technical term. play
when the leading woman doesn't"
1T seems $3.50 indecent that you
should work when l am simply foolish
with money. Consider what cad
must feel consider
Bobby you are the dearest of chums,
but you are dense 1T times. A girl
could not marry fJr muAey.'
It's not unheard Of" suggested Deer
ing
I'm thinking Of nice girls-myself,
for instance"
Il asked YOU while you had plenty"
he offered ty way Of excuse.
"Ot course you did. You always do
the correct Thing. But ! refused you,
so it would look mercenary to take you
now. Bob. You must understand. 1t is
4 sort of crisis with me. l want to
work. to be self supporting, Fathers
death and our other losses ought to
make a woman of me- l shall not be
less desirable then if some day
u hope the time will come before
work and disappointment eat the sun
shine out of your heart" And Robert
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

Il don't see any wrong in it, an
nounced stoutly.
Esther laughed.
There had been a time when Esthers
laughter was a privileged sight rs we'll
as sympathy. DimpleS played hide and
seek around her challenging mouth but
the very birthplace of laughter lay in
her eyes, cerulean and black dashed.
Now l was troubled over Esther's
laugh II began and ended with her
little mouth and never reached 10 her
eyes at all.
III owned something" / continued.
"aui willie | was away some one took
1t, whether by mistake, not knowing it
belonged 70 me- or by intention,
shouldn't I have a right to take it away
from him."
oh >ophstry. thy name is Jack,
How came you 10 own me?' Esther
queried gently
by right of discovery" I answered
promptly. Years and years ago
Not so many" murmurcd Esther.
well. the day that You walked shyly
into the schoolroom and the teacher
gave YOU desk next to mine and with
out once glancing my way you went to
reading i'm your little book"
"And You uaughuly Interrupted my
dilieent study by smuggling over to me
a white candy. which Haunted crimson
" on its somewhat sticky surface the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12
The FataliSrn Of
Esther
By INA WRIGHT HANSON

Copyright, 70 8, BY Ina Wright Hanson
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12
GOOD MORNING. JUDGE.

good sense We were children then. Ii
We had grown up together it m.s-l
have been different but your path lay
In the east, while mine led me west.
where l met Judge Wells l had for
gotten you
Esther" protested.
Had forgotten YOU" she repeated,
though flush belied her words. 80
when Judge Wells did me the honor,
the very great honor Jack, TO ask
me to marry him. l consented. If you
had stayed in the east. where you be-
longed, all would have been well. but
you must come out here and make
me miserable She turned suddenly
toward the window. and Der little hand
made a quick move toward her eyes.
Esther, dear it We're better that
you are miserable now for little time
better that l came before your mar
rage than afterward. 1t isn't too late
to rectify matters now, dear"
1T is too late" she insisted, and l
am not your dear 1t is right for me
TO marry Judge Wells. or it wouldn't
have happened so. If you We're the
right one, why didn't you come soon
err"
Esther, you are fatalist.'
You may call me what you please.
but must do right. l have prom
ised TO marry Judge Wells
1T isn't right for you to give your
self TO him when every time you see
him you wish it were some one else
When you shrink from his highly re-
spectacle kisses
Esther turned sharply toward me-
What right have you TO say-how
do you know l do-that?"
Poor little innocent darling.
Il know you love me-" l answered
gloomily.
Esther neither denied nor assented.
She stood quite still and looked out
the window left my chair and went
over to her
Little girl, you won't be happy. l
should say 1t even If didn't want you
so badly myself. Judge Wells is i'm
maculate in appearance, manners,
morals, but he is not sympathetic. He
never palliates an offense in his legal
work nor overlooks an indiscretion In
his private life. He
81 think you misjudge him, but any
way it isn't a question of my own
happiness. / settled all that since
you came, but can make him happy,
and l promised, and will Oh. Jack.
II you won't go away. lets 90 out in
the air. I'm sitting"
l brought her garden hat. all wreath
I'd with flowers the color of her dear
IS, and we went out We went
=. the walk ento the dusty high
We assembled a hill and stood
y. watching some boys coast
e other side. They sat in
they had two roped tan
their feet upon the
course, they steered
own the slope.
IN sleds down
ner," remark
1 in the distance
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

STANCES
Deering. multimilhOadire went home
convinced that at times money is 4
drawback
When George Seers. Betty's father.
had died suddenly no one had sus-
pected that he was financially crippled.
But such had proved the case. His
widow had found herself bereft of
everything. but she had cared only as
it had affected her daughter. They
had moved into a tiny fat and prac-
ticed rigid economy. Mrs. Seers had
believed it only Il passing phase for
Betty. behring's devotion was well
known. and she approved of him.
Then suddenly Betty had announced
her determination to join the army of
independent women and become
wage Garner She had kept her plans
to herself. fearing that her efforts
might prove fruitlesS. AS an amateur
actress she had won recognition, 50.
naturally. it was to the stage that she
turned in her need. After anxious
days of uncertainty she obtained tho
coveted contract. She was engaged at
a small salary to understudy a promi-
nent actress. then playing a successful
engagement in the city.
Just think, Muzzie, could anything
be easier? Night and matinee l re-
port, one hour before the play, remain
awhile and then come home, earning
thereby on Saturdays fat envelope
to meet the bills"
You are such u featherbrain. You
will tire of work and lose Bob with
your whims"
Betty made a grimace. DO you
think could? Id appreciate him
more if | believed it possible Bob is
SO hopelessly-mine."
The next week Betty's occupation
began. In the morning she attended
rehearsal and spent long hours in be-
ing drilled and coached by an irasci-
BILE stage manager In the afternoon
she studied by herself. When she had
mastered the lines perfectly she com
menced reporting at each performance.
At first she felt her importance. But
as the weeks passed into months, and
the leading woman remained unnatu-
rally healthy. doubts of her own useful
ness discouraged the girl The only
comfort was the envelope" She miss
ed her friend and-Bob. She had not
seen or heard anything Of him in two
months.
n az hn
these things Deering entered as though
there had been no lapse of time,
"Oh Bob-Bob"- If Deering had
absented himself for a purpose it was
answered in Betty's glad cry. He
looked supremacy happy.
NOW you just must come to dine
with me-" he declared The invitation
was accepted. Deering, Betty and her
mother We're soon seated at coy
table in fashionable hotel.
"How good it tastes" cried Betty.
Its so long since I've really dined.'
Her spirits ran riot. her eyes grew
bright as they had not been for days
Deering beamed with satisfaction.
They talked sense as though it were
nonsense, and nonsense seriously, both
ridiculously happy.
i've a box for Mrs. Fiske. You
will both Gomez"
After reporting" agreed Betty, re-
membering duty.
Report what? WhereT"
"At the theater. I'm understudy,
you know. But it won't take long.
go about or half past"
Seven or half past" repeated Deer
ing. well, it's too late nowl'
"What will they say Betty hest
tated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12

The word lobster" as a slang term
of ridicule and opprobrum is generally
regarded as of recent origin. On the
contrary, it would seem to go back at
least TO the seventeenth century. In
John Baldwin Buckstones play, The
Green Bushes" produced in London
about seventy years ago, the scenes
are laid at the time of the Irish rebel
lion Of 179S One of the characters
mentions the English soldiers derisive-
ly as HOLSTERS, referring no doubt to
the uniforms of the "redcoats" Eden
Phillpotts in his novel, The Farm Of
the Dagger published last year,
makes an American prisoner of the
war of 1912 speak of the British SOL
diers as HOLSTERS" A fanciful etymol-
ogist might easily find a connection be-
tween the present day slang use Of
lobster" and the sixteenth century
word lob denoting a sluggish and
stupid person, which occurs in Shake
speare and contemporary plays and
poems, usually as a synonym for club
Der" But the earliest known instance
of the derisive use of the slang term is
the coupling of HOLSTERS and tatterde-
malions." meaning soldiers and va
grants, by Tom Brown 1673-170D.
Brown is the satirst who made the
much quoted impromptu adaptation Of
an epigram by Martial. directing it
against his instructor and beginning,
Il do not like thee, DR.. Fell."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Don't CoddIc Rubber Plants.
OF all the freak remedies that are
sometimes proposed for sick house
plants those which are recommended
for rubber plants are the worst They
run all the way from applying beef
steak and castor oil to the roots TO coat
ing the leaves with milk. Give your
plants a properly prepared soil and
sufficient light and keep the leaves free
from dust and scale, and you will lind
no necessity for such nostrums as
these. Make it practice to 60 over the
plants daily with a soft cloth and re-
move any indication of dust. scale Or
lnsects.-Country Life In America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-12
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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03
FAIR PRICES.

The question Is, what are fair prices
for farm products and how cheap
should farmer he able to buy the
commodities which he needsf Taking
1t today at the primary markets, hogs
are worth about ) cents per pound;
beef. , To q cents; butter, 23 cents;
eggs, IL cents; corn, A. cents per
bushel; oats, 30 cents; hay. 50 per ton.
These commodities produced on land
of an average value Of say so per
acre. the farmer pays hand SO per
month, buys a mower for $37, a
harvester for SEQ, Il wagon for $50, a
buggy for $40, gets fence wire for
3 cents pound AMI Irvine for 10 cents,
pays to . per cent interest for money
he bOrrOws, ana we most seriously
question II in all the country's history
there has ever been time when the
values of commodities We're more near
ly balanced. or Il time when farming
as business was Il better all round
proposition. Still there are some men
who would like to sell corn for 81
bushel, buy nails ut cent
pound. and get hired man for ~
a month, and so they keep an ever
lasting howl going up at government
and the existing order of things.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

The struggle between III" steamboat
and the locomotive ms transportation
agencies has continued now for thirty
years, with the result that the locomo-
tive has whipped out the steamboat 10
a finish. Water transportation will
hold its own for all time. however, on
the great lakes and In the lower Mis-
sissippl valley. The simple question OF
time required In transit has settled the
contest in favor of the railway.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

The best things are not the largest
ones by any means, and yet in the mat
ter of fruits and vegetables the pub.
lie will always pay more for big things
than for the medium size. Size is al
most always attained at the expense
ture in both animal and vegetable tbs,
sue. The large potato is ALMOST always
hollow; same way with the big straw.
berry. The meat of a yearling steer,
of the young pig and sheep, is vastly
better than that of the OK, the old hog
or wether, Size is all right for show,
but not for real utility.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

A reader of these notes in Michigan
wrote us recently wishing to know II
capons would do well In that state
and requesting that we inform him
rs to the cost of n setting Of eggs and
where they could be obtained. This
was II very embarrassing request to
make and of necessity was disposed of
by letter. 1t reminded us Of the Eng
lishman who went to Dakota to start
Il mule ranch some years ago and who
was very particular about the selection
of his breeding mules.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

There are not a few troubles con.
nected with farming under nm irrignt-
ing system. 1t Is no such picnic as 1t
Is often represented to he. There Is the
partial or entire failure of the water
supply ana the monopoly Of what wa
ter there may be by those who have
the prior right up the stream; then
there are many places where irrigation
develops So much alkali in the soil as
to make 1t utterly worthless for tn"
purposes OF cultivation. The truth Is
that we get only the rosy side Of this
method of farming.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

Crops which may Ice planted ar SOW.
cd in July are not very numerous. II
will do to- put in piece of buchwhcnt
up to the 10th of the month. the Swcdr
turnpS may he sOwCl, II bit of corn
planted for fodder while mlllnt will
mature n crop Sow"d not later than
fiat turnips can be Sowel rs late as the
LIST of August.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

Here's an inquiry about goats--as to
whether 1t will pay to keep them on II
northwestern farm. The goat has but
one use for that territory, and that to
clean M brushy land, which it will do
to the kings taste. A friend has n
dock OF Angoras. about 20O-we saw
them recently-and forty acre brush
pasture which they had Just finished
mp in two years. The wool crop, or,
rather, hair crop, brings him 80 cents n
pound and averages about three pounds
to the head. Enough twins are pro
duccd so that the does will double
their number each year. They are not
nice beasts to have around from our
way of looking at it; would every way
prefer sheep, They are all right In
Arizona. Spain Gal Palestine
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

If everything went we'll with the
farmer all the time-pcrfect weather
conditions, no insect pests, no blight
or rust cheap ana docile hired help, no
summer hailstorm or untlmely frost,
no floods or droughts-therc would still
be trouble, for SO many would want
TO farm nnh so much would be pro
duced that the business would not pay,
So II Is just as well to regard the ca.
lamites which beset the business rs
really essential TO It's best interests,
1t Is only the diSagrceahlo features,
the slavery connected vii durying,
~, make 1t the most profitable bust
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

One of the representatives OF farm
separator company makes the claim
for his machine that lie can take hard
well water and extract soft water from
it 10y running 1t through his machine
at high rate of speed Maybe he
can. but we are inclined TO think there
Is one thing he cannot extract from his
machine, and that Is the truth.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

II one will take the trouble to secure
the cuttings of the male cottonwood
tree. he will have trees which when
grown are free from the very bad hab-
it the female tree has Of shedding its
lint. The male tree is very clean and
handsome quick growing tree for all
the northwestern p-ai-'e section.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

The Asintlc breeds Of poultry are the
only ones worth capOniZing. TO at.
tempt this work with the small hrcr,is
Is like trying to make beef critters out
of Jersey steers.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

Each year emphasizes the need OF n
reliable labor supply to meet the needs
Of the United States. both on the farm,
IN the nome. factory and mill. Labor
has become so aggressive and dictate.
rial in matters entirely outside the
mere matter of wages that If man
would enjoy life the less he has to do
with hired help of any kind the better
he Is off
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-03

Spraying the potato plant to pre-
vent the blight has become almost Il
necessity with the successful potato
grower. The spray Is what Is known
Ms bordeaux mixture and II applied mt
the proper time will entirely prevent
damage 10y blight. For the potato bee
tie, which will often finish up crop
In short order If not prevented, so.
luton Of paris green Is used.