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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Winter Care of Poultry,

In order to get early eggs some ex-
ira feed in addition to the ordinary ra-
ton generally given by farmers is
needed. AS rule the trouble on the
farm is that after corn is gathered
there is an overabundance Of grain ly-
ing around, and in consequence the
fowls become too fat. All farmers
have hay to spare. At least they
should have, and q few pounds per
week fed to hens will greatly increase
the egg production. Glover hay is
best, but any kind is good. Feed as
follows: Cut into as short lengths as
possible (one-fourth to one-half inch,
and in the evening fill a two gallon
bucket full, cover and place on the
kitchen stove and allow it to boil as
long as there is fire. When the morn
ing fire is built allow the hay to heat
again, then drain off the water and
mix with the hay three quarts of
wheat bran or enough to make 1t
crumbly. This will make nearly two
gallons of feed. Give it to 100 hens as
morning feed. Remember, this is
for cold weather and for fowls that
are at liberty ON the farm.
Late in the evening supply what they
will consume of corn one day and
oats the next, and SO on. Be sure to
give plenty of fresh water every day,
and on very cold mornings it is a good
idea to make the water slightly warm
If you do not, it will freeze at once
and be Of no service. Be sure the hen
house has good, tight ends and sides,
and always front the house to the
south The warmer the fowls are in
winter without supplying artificial
heat the more eggs they will lay and
the earlier they will become broody.-
North Carolina Experiment Station.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Recognizes. Them by Nccktics,

There is ticket taker in one of the
Broadway theaters who occasionally
exploits his memory IN rather curl
GUS way. Generally he gives each man
who goes out between the acts a re-
turn check. but occasionally he omits
this and relies solely en- his memory to
recognize those who are entitled to re.
enter the theater A meu who saw him
doing this the other night remarked
that he must have s remarkable mem
DRY for faces.
NO" replied tho ticket taker, 81
have very poor memory for faces. l
do not rely on their faces at all. In
deed, seldom look at the mems faces
What l go by is their neckties. If you
will watch the neckties YOU will OBJ.
serve that no two are exactly alike.
They differ much more than the mems
faces do, and they are easier to re-
member. l might forget mans face,
but his necktie. never. l have follow
ed the rule for years. and have never
made a mistake "--Nsw York
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

A prominent Englishwoman who has
visited Tibet says that the people
of that country have long ago solved
the question which has been causin,
much discussion in England for years
In the lama country, she says, you
hear no cry "Why don't men proposeY'
Every girl is married and old maids
are unknown. The matchmaking
place, or the "shambang," as it is call
ed. is a low hut, generally situated
midway between two villages, where
maidens and young men in every class
Of life congregate around small fires
which they kindle themselves. If a
man is attracted by a certain Cir, he
invites her and her relatives to partake
of the warmth around his fire. This is
taken as a gentle hint that he is think
ing of proposing. The parents very
seldom if ever visit the "shambang"
The girls spin, assisted by the men, tell
stories and sing until they tire. When
a man has made his choice he dresses
In his best and takes wine and food
to the parents of the girl he has cho-
sen. j. his suit is approved his food
is eaTen and his wine is drunk and
the gtrl is his after he has paid small
amount of money to her father.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
poNHAM PORTABLE HOG HOUSE

by 112 feet in front to let in the sun.
light and keep out the rain and cold
may be provided. This adds a little to
the cost, but makes an ideal shelter for
spring litterS, when sunshine is never
in excess and of inestimable value. In
very cold weather we add swinging
door, but a gunnysack hung at the top
of the door will do. If the weather is
below zero and windy a lighted lantern
hung to the roof inside until the pigs
are dry and have had their first meal
of the sow's milk will keep them COM
Portable in the coolest weather. The
warmth of the SOW is sufficient in 9TH
er weather to keep the pigs comforta
BILE in such pen.
"This house is by feet. Four
scantlings by inches by ~ feet and
two scantlings 2 by inches by II feet
will make the frame and roof supports.
The bottom rail is 2 by 4 inches, the
others 9 by 2 inches. The three pieces
for the roof are cut 6 feet by 6 inches
roof beyond the sides.
1.-The first figure shows the house set
up and the drop window partly down.
The second figure shows the top off.
The construction is readily seen. After
the house is ready to set together have
the floor made just large enough to let
the sides of the house set outside the
floor. The cost of this house is about
S.. 1t pays to paint the roof every
three years, but the sides will last
without paint as long as the roof is
well painted. Taken down each fall
and spring and whtewashed and set
up against a fence or in shed until
needed it will give long service"
The chief advantage of portable
house over the piggery system of sew
eral pens and large number Of hogs
under one roof is its ease of manage
ment in times of epidemic. Only few
animals can be kept in one pen, and
the isolation of the diseased animals
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The most inexcusable thing in the
world is to unjustly abuse decent cit
izen.
1t doesn't do people any good to be
old enough to know better unless they
are also too old to enjoy meanness.
Every man needs a chart to tell him
the degrees of kinship in his family,
but his wife knows them so well she
can say them backward.
The truth about some people who
seem to be doing SO much is that they
always put things off until the last
minute and then have to rush.
The early bird may get the worm,
but the late bird has as good an argu-
ment: He gets his rest which the early
bird misses and has never yet starved.
Be patient with the girl who takes
so long to dress. By and by she will
be able to do up the work and dress
herself and three or four children in
half the time she takes for herself now
-Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
New Yorls,s Hnrhor Eagles.

Above the pier-close to it and to-
gether, as if for comfort-huddled a
cluster of tugs, those curious, power
full, persistent little steam craft that
ply back and forth and up and down,
saucily and busily important, their
rows Of tenders trailing in the water,
their black smoke bannering out be-
hind. Often l had watched them nos
ing in and out among the heavier craft,
nudging a great ocean liner into mid
stream and singly or together pushing
or pulling some huge helpless bulk, as
an ant or as two might seize and
trundle great dead bumblebee. Their
power and their impudence had filed
me with wonder. Viewing them now
in repose. was impressed by the fact,
hitherto unconsidered, that upon al
most every pilot house was golden
eagle with extended wings-a symbol
Of power and swiftness-and it was
borne in upon me that the tug in truth
is the harbor eagle. with all other craft
Tor its prey. -.Scribners.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
A WALK IN tnc WOODS.
Emerson Says It's One of the Secrets
For DOdEing Old Age,

Olu Age
Few men know how to take a walk.
The qualifications of a professor are
endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an
eye for nature, good humor, vast Curl
osity, good speech, good silence and
nothing too much. If a man tells me
that he has an intense love of nature, |
know, of course, that he has none
Good observers have the manners of
trees and animals, their patient good
sense, and if they add words it's only
when words are better than silence
But a loud singer or a story teller or
vain talker profanes the river and the
forest and is nothing like so good COM
pany as dog.
When Nero advertised for a new lux
ury Il walk in the woods should have
been offered. lis one of the secrets
for lodging old age, for nature makes
like impression on age as on youth.
Then | recommend it to people who
are growing old against their will. A
man in that predicament, If he stands
before mirror or among young peo-
pie, is made quite too sensible of the
fact, but the forest awakes in him the
same feeling it did when he was a boy,
and he may draw a moral from the
fact that it's the old trees that have all
the beauty and grandeur l admire the
taste which makes the avenue to a
house, were the house never so small,
through wood; besides the beauty, it
has positive effect on manners, as it
disposes the mind of the inhabitant
and of his guests to the Difference due
to each. Some English reformers
thought the cattle made all this wide
space necessary between house and
house and that if there were no cows
to pasture less land would suffice. But
a COW does not need so much land as
the owners eyes require between him
and his neighbour Waldo EN-.
erSon in Atlantic
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION.

when an outbreak begins is thus rem
dered comparatively easy. When chol-
era breaks out in crowded piggery
every animal in the building is ex-
posed, and the farmer, though he may
isolate the unaffected animals at once,
does not know how soon the second
outbreak will occur. He has no check
whatever on the epidemic. But with
portable hog houses each house is itself
cholera check, and only infection di-
rectly from diseased animals can
spread the disease.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
England's MIX Bill.

The laborer, it seems, is content with
8 gallons Of milk, 8 pounds of cheese
and 10 pounds Of butter in the twelve
months. Artisans and mechanics have
IL gallons Of milk, II pounds of cheese
and the same quantity Of butter. Each
member Of the upper class, however.
drinks on an average 81 gallons of milk
in year. eats 1917 pounds of cheese
and Al pounds Of butter. A member
Of the upper class drinks rather more
than six times as much milk as a la
borer, eats just a little more cheese
and uses three times as much butter
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
SEEING A PICTURE.
Try to Look at 1t Through the Eyes
of the Artist Who Painted 1t.

Try to Look Mt 1t Through the Eyes
of the Artist Who Painted 1t.
The first necessity for the proper see
ing of a picture is to try to see it
through the eyes of the artist who
painted it. This is not usual meth
cd. Generally people look only through
their own eyes and like or dislike pic
ture according as it does or does not
suit their particular fancy. These peo-
pie will tell you, "Oh, l don't know
anything about painting, but l know
what like" which is their way Of say.
ing, "If l don't like it right off don't
care to be bothered to like it at ALL"
Such an attitude of mind cuts one
off from growth and development, for
it is as much as to say, 81 am very
we'll satisfied with myself and quite
Indifferent to the experiences and feel.
ings of other men," Yet it is just this
feeling and experience of another man
which a picture gives US. If you con-
slider moment you will understand
why. The world itself is vast pano-
rama, and from it the painter selects
his subject-not the copy of it exactly,
since it would be impossible for him
to do this even if he Aied. How could
he represent, for example, each blade
of grass, each leaf upon a tree? Sc
what he does is to represent the subject
as he sees it, as it appeals to his sym
pathy or interest, and if twelve artists
painted the same landscape the result
would be twelve different pictures, diff
fering according to the way in which
each man had been impressed by the
scene-in fact. according to his sepa-
rate point of view or separate way of
seeing it, influenced by his individual
experience and feeling.-Charles H. COT
fin in st. Nicholas.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
lie Sent Another.

A few years ago Il well known law
yer RENTED in settlement of an ac-
count to the publisher of paper a
two dollar BILL which was returned
with the brief statement:
This note is counterfeit; please send
another"
Two months passed before hearing
from the lawyer again, when he apollo
gized for the delay. saying:
81 have been unable until now to
find another counterfeit two dollar bill,
but hope the one now inclosed will
suit, protesting at the same time my
inability to discover what the objec-
ton was to the other, which thought
as good counterfeit as l ever saw"
-Philadelnhia Ledger.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Machinery Tones.

Engineers judge of the condition of
their machinery by the tone it gives
out while running. Every engine,
whether stationary or locomotive, has
a particular tone of its own. The en-
gineer becomes accustomed to that,
and any departure from it at once ex-
cites a suspicion that all is not right.
The engineer may not know what is
the matter; he may have no ear for
music, but the change in the tone Of
his machine will be at once perceptible
and. being instantly recognized, will
cause him to start on an immediate in
vestigation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

The Tibetans offer daily prayers for
the minute insects which they have
swallowed inadvertently in their meat
and drink, and the formula insures the
rebirth of these microbes in heaven.
Yet they eat meat freely and square
their conscience with their appetite by
the pretext that the sin rests with the
outcast assassin. the public butcher,
who will be born in the next incarna-
ton as some tantalized spirit or agon-
lied demon. That, however, is his own
affair
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

A certain New York judge has
habit which sometimes annoys men,
bers Of the bar who appear before him,
particularly young men, of talking to
his associates on the bench while the
lawyers are delivering their speeches,
but however eXasperated they may be
the lawyers have not, as a rule, the
holiness to complain, for they recog-
niZe the power of the court. An emf
merit lawyer of New York, however,
set them an example. He was about to
make the closing speech in a highly
important case. Forty minutes had
been allotted him for the purpose. He
had scarcely uttered a dozen words
when the judge wheeled round in his
chair and began discussion with his
associate on the bench. The lawyer
ceased speaking Immediately, folded
his arms and gazed steadily at the
judges. hush fell upon the court
room. The offending judge, noticing
the stiffness, turned and looked inquir-
ingly at the silent advocate.
'Your honor" said the lawyer "
have just forty minutes in which to
make my final argument. l shall not
only need every second of that time to
do it justice, but shall also need your
undivided attention.
"And you shall have it." promptly
responded the Judge, at the same time
acknowledging the justice of the re-
Duke by faint flush on his checks. 1t
was an exhibition OF genuine courage
but one that was more fully appre-
ciated by members of the profession
than by the others who witnessed it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

to 8 available phosphoric acid and
per cent of ammonia scattered along
the rows and hoed in at the second
hoeing will greatly improve the crop.
The roots are dug the first season
late in the fall and pitted for winter
and early spring sales. The side roots
should be removed and cut in lengths
of five to six inches for planting. This
can be done in the fall before the roots
are buried for winter. The cuttings
can be tied in punches and buried until
spring, as frost does not injure them.
They may be planted as early in spring
as the ground can be worked. The
roots are generally washed.
The figure shows small root taken
from the ground last spring to show
how the side roots APPEAR These side
roots are often one to one and half
feet in length, and, think, sometimes
more If the main roots are well grown
and trimmed they appear something
like a barrel of small parsnips in mar
ket, says a Rural New Yorker CORE
SDOndent
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Clover Seed In Demand.

Owing to the extreme drought pre-.
"aiiing in Russian Poland there will
be practically no second crop of clover,
and consequently clover seed for next
season must lie purchased abroad.
American red clover seed has been
tried with success on other occasions,
and it is now proposed by certain in
terests to purchase seed in quantity
from Nme"ica.- Consul Rice, Warsaw,
Poland
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
His Little Bill.

When Brander Matthews went to his
club one evening, according to the
Bookman, he went to the letter box
and looked through the compartment
marked IN" and found therein a very
pere.nptory dun from a tailor. Mr..
Matthews was puzzled, as he had had
no dealings with the insistent taller,
until he again looked at the envelope
and found that he had unwittingly
opened a letter belonging to another
member of the club; so he put the bill
back in the envelope and returned it to
the compartment. AS Mr.. Matthews
was turning to go he noticed the mem
Der fol whom the bill was intended
coming toward the letter box. A min
ute later he came into the reading
room, where Mr.. Matthews was sitting
with several others. Taking from its
envelope the bill, he read it attentively
FOR few minutes, sighed, tore it into
bits, then, with wink and the leer of
an invincible conqueror. commented,
Poor, silly little girl
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

On the statute book of Scotland is
still an act passed in 1925 ordering
that ma man play futeball," because
It is esteemed to be Improbable sport
for the common guide of the realmP
and defense thereof" There is also a
statute against alien immigration, pass
ed in 1896 and authorizing "all his
majesty's subjects" tn take. appre
bend, imprison and execute to death
the said Egyptians (gypsies), eithe'
men or women"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
JOB PRINTING

In general we can do anything
in this line, at prices that Will
command your attention and
your orders. We have tasty and
attractive ideas that we will be
happy to show you if you call
or write.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Gypsies carry their babies in old
shawls slung over their shoulders and
tied about the waist North American
Indians carry their babies on the backs
of squaws-c cradle and all. But the
Eskimo women of Labrador carry their
babies in their boots. These boots come
up to the knee and are wide at the top,
with flap in front. In these the little
brown babies live and are happy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Mutual slips.

Tom-What made you give me away
so when was telling that yarn at the
dinner tabls? Dick-I didn't mean to-;
1t was only slip of the tongue But
that's no reason why you should have
kicked me so hard Tom-Oh, didn't
mean tot was only slip Of the foot
Detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
OUTLINE OF HANDY SAW.

ing tool that can be produced for the
purpose, remarks an American Agri-
culturist correspondent.
have tried all of them and know
what am talking about. For pruning
it is very satisfactory. as it works cas-
Ter and is lighter than any other saw l
know Of AS 4 family meat saw it is
just as good as any butchers saw. 1t
can be used for almost any purpose.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
HORSERADISH CULTURE.
Late Fall Preparfnr
Rnnts Enr SnIe-MnIinm Cua.s

Late Fall Operations - Preparing
Roots For Sale-MnIkinG Cuttings.
Horseradish is grown from sets or
cuttings planted in the spring in rows
two and half to three feet apart.
Some gardeners usually plant between
rows of early beets and cabbage. l
should prefer planting by itself if pos
sibie, as better care can be given ear
lier in the season. The soil should be
just what you would select for good
parsnips or carrots-a deep mellow soil,
fairly well enriched with good stable
manure plowed in.
The sets are the side roots of the
plant, usually from the size of lead
pencil up to nearly as large again.
These are cut in lengths of about five
to six inches. and as the root is of near
ly if not quite uniform size the smaller
or lower end is sharpened by a slanting
cut This end is put down in planting.
a small iron bar is generally used
making the hole, about one and half
to two inches deeper than the cuttings,
the crown of which should be one and
half TO two inches below the surface.
Cultivate and hoe often as soon as
the rows can be seen through. A good
fertilizer of to 10 per cent Of potash,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
How He Evnded the Suicide Law.

Lord Chief Justice Hankford of Eng.
land. who lived in former century, not.
withstanding his high position became
so tired of life that he determined to
shuttle off this mortal coil. But he
feared to commit suicide, because at
the time verdict of felo de Sc follow
ed as matter of course and the body
of the suicide was buried at four cross
roads, with stake thrust through it.
Further he had to avert the conse-
quences to his relatives of forfeiture
of his goods, which was also one of the
penalties for self destruction. He adopt
ed novel eXpedient. Several of his
deer having been stolen. he gave orders
to his keepers to shoot any person they
met in or near the park at night who
did not Immediately stand when chal-
lenged. Then on dark night he threw
himself in the path of the keepers
and, not answering the challenge. was
shot dead on the spot The stump of
an old oak under which he fell still
marks the scene of the tragedy and
goes TO this day by the name of Hank
ford's oak,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
The Poor Printer.

One of Browuing's remarks is char
acteristic. He once said to Dr. Knight
that "all the unintelligibility OF 'Sor-
dello is due to the printers. They
would change my punctuation and not
print my commas, semicolons, dashes
and brackets"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
French Conceit.

Etienne Dumont. writing in the early
part Of the last century, said: 1.-THE
prevailing character of the French is
that of conceit. Every member of the
assembly considered himself capable
of undertaking everything. l often
said that if you proposed to the first
hundred men you met in the streets Of
Paris and to the same number in the
streets of London to undertake the
charge of the government ninety nine
of them would accept in Paris and
ninety would refuse in London"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
Optical Indecision,

The Daughter-No, mother, dear,
could not marry Mr.. Smith. He
squints. The Mother-My dear girl, a
man who has 100000 a year may be
affected with a slight optical indeci-
sion, but squlnt,- lSwer!-London Tat
tier
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

1t is said that rats may be driven
from the premises by the playing Of
bagpipes. Rats have great many
human traits after all.-Chicago Jour
nal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
A. FINE WORKING TOOL.
A Handy and Inexpensive Saw For
Pruning and Meat Cutting.

The saw shown in the accompanying
Illustration is one that made myself.
but did not have it patented. Since
manufacturing it l have used it exten.
sively and consider it the finest work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
He,ding HIS own.

"Stingy, isn't heT
"You've said it! Why, he holds fast
70 everything he gets his clutches on
and even bolts down his dinner"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

Ingratitude is a form of weakness.
have never known man of real abil.
ity to be ungrateful.-G
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03

A man who cannot exolain his ideas
is usually tho dupe Of his imag!natior
In thinking heI has any.-Bulwer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-03
The Cnnse.

Caller-W What makes yol say sister Is
fond of me, Bobby? Bobby Slster!
New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat.