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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
A VOCABULARY TEST.
Some Words Strange TO You That Are
In the Dictionary.


The number Of obsolete words that
are to be found in Websters Diction.
airy is considerably larger than people
have any Mea of. The following letter,
written by an alleged poet to an editor
who had treated his poetry with deri.
sion, furnishes some idea of them:
"Sir-You have behaved like an i'm
petiginous scrogle! Like those who, en-.
vious of any moral celsitude carry
their ungicity to the height of creating
symposically the fecund words which
my pollymathic genius uses with uber-
ty to abligate the tongues Of the weet-
less. Sir, you have crassly paYodied
my own pet words as though they were
trangrams. l will not coascervate re-
proaches-i will oduce veil over the
atramenatal ingratitude which has
chamfered even my indiscerptibe
heart. l am silent on the focillation
which my coadjuvancy must have CIV
en- you when l offered to become YOUR
fantor and adminicle. l will not speak
of the lippitude, the oblepsy, you have
shown in exacerbating me, one whose
genius you should have approached
with mental discalceation. So l tell
you, without supervacaneous words,
nothing will render ignoscible your
conduct to me. l warn you that l
would vellicate your nose If 1 thought
that any moral dlarthrcsis thereby
could be performed-if l thought |
should not impignorate my reputation.
Go, photographic scrogie, band with
your Grass iquinate fantors; draw OBJ
jectations from the thought, If you
can, of having synchronicaIly lost the
existimation of the greatest poet since
Milton"
And yet all these words are to be
found in the dictionary.--Chicago Jour
nal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10

make two tubs. Set ,hese tubs on the
granary floor nearly eight feet from
wall (see illustration and nail one end
of the trough to the wall about six
inches above the top Of the tub, Put a
concaye six inch board under each
trough 10 strengthen it and carry off
leakage. Use gunny sacks and dip one
bushcl at 4 time. letting the grain re
main in the mixture about two min
u;es. Six sacks can he set in each
trough and will quickly drain SO as to
be set on the floor III this manner
have dipped grain early in the morning
and sowed in an ordinary seeder after
dinner without removing the grain
from the sacks to dry. l have always
made the solution stronger than rec
commended"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
GRAIN SMUT.
4 Dakota Farmers Method of Treat
Ing Seed Wheat.

]. IL. Wilkinson in the Dakota Farm
er gives the following method of han
ding wheat when treated for a smut:
y have seen wheat treated for smut
by sprinkling and shoveling on barn
Goor: by dipping with a perforated
scoop in a trough; by filling a barrel
with wheat, then pouring on the mix
ture and after soaking letting the wa
ter off through vent then emptying
the wheat out and drying it; also by
using the wagon tank method. But the
quickest. safest and most successful
method is as follows: Take two boards
sixteen feet long and one foot wide
and make two troughs eight feet long.
Cut n kerosene barrel in halves to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
How an Orang outan,- -

1t is a most interestinr a''
watch an orang outang mako S 't 70
through the jungle. Ii wall. ~ way
along the larger branches IN ' SLOWLY
erect attitude, this being an, semi
caused by the length of jts p arrl'
the shortness of its legs. 1t inr -ls al@
selects those branches Which int @'Iaoll
gle with those of neighborin 'ernl'
on approaching which if strotot ,s Uee,
its long arm and, grasping tba Es out
opposite, seems first to Shake ,s UousA'
if to test their strength ana ,h ,,'u g
liberately swings itself across 'tu Qe'
next branch, which it walks alo " Tue
before. 1t does not jump or snr Jus' az
monkeys usually do, and never ans ms |
to hurry itself unless some rao1 d lpV''s
presents. Yet, in spite Of its onn aa.sei
ly slow movements. it gets alone ,.'a
quicker than person running T,s.. 'a'
the forest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Noga oasa
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
WHISPERS as Toothpicks.

Nature has armed the walrus with a
growth of whlskers which extend
three or four inches from its snoui.
with the apparent motive Of enabling
1t to detect the presence Of an iceberg
before actual contact has resulted.
These whiskers are quite stiff, and this
quality improves with age. When a
walrus is killed the natives proceed to
pull out, with the aid Of rude pinchers
each separate whlsker. After thor
ough drying they are arranged in neat
packages and exported to China for use
rs toothpicks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
cntherine EMIT the Palace.

The PetroySky palace is charming
monument to the more picturesque side
of Catherine the Greats character. II
was her villa without the walls of Mos.
COW, where she could live ut her ease,
surrounded ny her intimates the
ApraXinS the Eolkonskys. tie GolitsinS,
the Razum0vs. She would have nc
soldiers to guard her She preferred to
rest under the protection of her own
people. and the people came crowdins
about the palace saying: Make nc
noise. DO not disturb our little moth,
err she loved the fields and woods Of
Petrovsky, as well she might. 1t was
in this neighborhood that she herself
awaited the approach Of her coronation
staying in Count RaZumov's wonderful
villa, which so astonished Lord Herbert
and William Cox in IT'S. She had
the palace built to commemorate the
Russian victories over the Turks and
intrusted the task to Il native architect
who knew how to adapt Gothic lines to
Russian taste and to combine splendoi
with comfort. The red walls, with
their white stone facings and round
towers. seen among the trees, give a
delightful impression of elegant seclu.
sion. Since GATHERINGS day all the en-
perors of Russia have awaited the day
Of the triumphal entry in the Petrovsky
palace.-London Standard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
View Crossbred Sugar Corn.

The New Jersey experiment station
is pursuing a unique line OF expert
mental work in the breeding of sweet
or table corn and has already estab
lshel some promising crosses, an &C,
count Of which is given in bulletin 1872
Of the state station ut New Bruins
wick Solid black ears of Mexican
Gentleman are one OF these. Ears Of
mixed white and black or purple are
other interesting results The station
offers sample packets of rhp croa'
seeds to those who wish 70 tssH MN
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10

TIE Cari',Uu - i Swimmer.
Cl.I with il coat OF oily wool next his
skin. tnt caribou is covered eXteriorly
with desc palage cf fine quilts Ev-
cry caribou. indeed, wears Il cork jack
ct, and when this is prime, the crea-
turc seems ON the water rather than in
tie water. No other quadruped that
know swims as high as the caribou
Their speed aloat is so great that It
takes the best of canoemen to overtake
Il vigorous buck. y good paddler is
supposed to cover about six miles an
hour, so the caribou probably goes five.
There are many kinds of woodland and
rough country over which the caribou
cannot travel so fast as this. What
wonder, then, that they are SO ready to
take to the water as soon as they find
it in their course! Mr. Mum assured
me that several times he saw caribou
swim a broad bay that was in their
line. though trining detection would
have given them easy walking along
the shore 10 the same point and with
but little increase of diStance.-Ernest
Thompson Seton in Scrioner's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
Ontsidn tie Meeting Rnnm.

When agricultural societies of any
description are not making satisfac-
tory progress it is because they are
really doing nothing, creating nothing.
In order to be alive the society must
be aggressive. 1t must carry its tenets
and principles beyond the confines of
the meeting room and attack its prob
lens in the open.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
Home
Circle
Depart
lllent.

UntidineSs is something that
every girl should beware of. Her
personal appearance is ruined by
it, her chances of success di-
minished by it; aud oftentimes
home life is made almost intOler-
able by the presence OF one UNI
tidy person.
1t does not take wealth to ere.
ate home, neither does it take
riches to make girl good to look
at, but it takes that indeScribable
charm of neatneSS. 1t is "a virtue.
and if girl possesses it to a
high degree she can SurpasS many
girl OF wealth in stAle and APP
pearauce, aud ar, too, on a
small income Every faStidious
woman loves dainty things. but
unless she knows how to take care
of them they will not look so long.
Have we not all met the gentle,
kindly, good natufed woman, WHO
takes life Serenely and simply,
who reaches out after happiness
wherever ii may be found aud
does all she can to make others
happy! Often she is careless in
her home, and the little things
that makes a tine houSekeeper.
Seldom is she very wise or witty.
She does not talk much, but she
Is wiling to listen. She has a
lovely smile, a soft touch, a re
sponslNe glance aud a kind word
for everyone. She has many
faults aud as they are on the
surface they are readily Seen-but
everyone loves her, The siren
uous turn to her for rest; the
hasty tempered 90 to her for coun.
sci; the sorrowiul 20 to her fol-
comfort; the errlng 20 to her fol-
sympathy She is not so perfect
that she fails to understand the
mean and tut wicked. People
do not judge her, for she Judges
10 Que. They offer her love, and
as love is the one thing in the
world that seems TO her worth
winning, she Is content with
what they give.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
In THE GARDEN

Set out the Prizetakers into the open
ground as fast as the plants are of
proper size. Sow seed of other on
fons if you want them and of picking
onions and sets in well prepared soil
having rows a foot apart. Keep ahead
of the weeds by the free use of the
wheel hoe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
CONCERNING ALFALFA.
The Nature of the Plant and Condi-
lions Favorable to Growth.

Alfalfa is perennial plant ana once
well established will last number OF
years-from four to- ten or more, de-
pending upon the character of the soil
and treatment of the plant in reference
to manuring and methods of cutting
The mature plant is vigorous feeder,
its roots often penetrating to depth
of ten feet or more. Its upright stems
do not Spruut on cutting. but die back
to the crown, from which new shoots
start Immediately and grow rapidly.
This accounts for the fact that from
three to five cuttings can be harvested
annually.
Soil and Drainage.
Alfalfa is adapted to a wide range
of soil. provided the suhsoil is open
ana porous and we'll supplied with
lime. The most favorable soil, how
ever, is Il deep loam preferably sandy
in nature. everything a not too compact
Suhsoil. Good drainage is highly es-
scntial, and on soil everything heavy
clay or hard pan subS@ils great care
must bc taken to provide free escape
Of surface water. The alfalfa plant
will soon die where water stands for d
few days.
The physical character Of the soil
especially in reference to its ability tc
retain moisture. has much to do with
the success Of the crop. Deep blowing
is essential. and if the subsoil is hard
and compact the use of the subsoi
plow is beneficial, as it breaks capil
larity. retarding evaporation in The
Subsoil causing a greater retention OF
moisture in the second and third foot
below the surface, where the deeT
growing alfalfa roots penetrate. The
incorporation Of organic matter by
green mauuring or otherwise with lib
eral applications of lime one or two
years previous to seeding will no doubt
aid the retention Of moisture, over
come the aciiity and prepare tn,
ground more thoroughly.-G \. Bill
! ingS. New Jersey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
The Way With Lettuce.

Sow lettuce seed in open ground.
The soil cannot be too rich for it. Thin
the plants early to stand about four
inches apart. When the plants have
begun to form little heads you may
then take UP and use for the table
every other plant, leaving the others to
come to full growth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10

The lovage plant is not celery at
all, the stalks being only useful as a
substitute in the same manner as the
blanched shoots of chicory or fennel:
The root of lovagc is long lived and
may be increased by division like rhu-
barb. 1t is quite possible that the
promoters of the new hardy celery"
believe they have a valuable new prod
net and are reasonably justified in de-
handing a large Introductory price for
the roots, but if Professor IIilborn's
Identification is correct and they are
really disseminating the old and com.
paratively valueless lovage plant as 6,
sensational novelty they cannot be in.
formed too soon.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10


Plant horseradiSh sets between the
rows of early cabbages or have sepa-
rate row OF one side in the garden,
where it can be given regular atten-
ton with the cultivator and hoe.
For Greens.
Sow dandeliOn seed in open ground
as you would SOW carrot seed, perhaps
not quite as thickly, and be sure to thin
plants to stand few inches apart,
Growing Strawberries.
A plan that has worked we'll when
summers are hot and dry and the sun
scorching is described by a Kansas
gardener as follows: Plant strawber-
rieS in spring, rows four feet apart,
plants two feet apart in the row. Gull
tivate we'll until June 10, training the
runners in the row; then put between
the rows plenty of coarse stable ma
nure, but without covering the plants.
A little careful placing and tramping
will be necessary in order to get the
ground well covered close to the plants.
/ never thought one could mulch too
heavily and have been liberal with it.
Mulch settles and rots quite fast, and
plants will root through a good depth
of 1t. If the season should be dry no
more attention will be required until
fall, when runners should be clipped
and weeds kept down. In practicing
this plan for eight years l have not
failed once to get splendid crop.
Cabbage Planting.
Let the cabbage plants that were
wintered over in cold frame or grown
in an early hotbed or greenhouse go in
open ground just as soon as the latter
can be made ready to receive them.
The ground should be very rich and
kept well cultivated right along. Try
tablespoonful of nitrate of soda to
the plant, scattering it we'll around.
Push the Eggplant.
Transplant the eggplant seedlings
into good sized plant boxes and try to
get them Of good size by the time they
60 INTO the open ground. They like a
rather warm temperature Mt all times
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
INTERESTING PRODUCT.
Expression of Opinion Concerning
the New Perennial celery"


the New Perennial Celery"
Writing OF the Silver King Hardy
Celery in Rural New Yorker. W. V. +.
says: The name of Professor w. w.
Hilborn, superintendent OF the Ontario
experimental farm, bennington, Ont.
being given as reference we applied to
him for information. inciosing Il circu-
lar exploiting this phenomenal novelty.
Here is his reply under date of March
10:
Il did not see the circular until last
week. They have no authority to put
my name to any such testimonial
What l did say was that lit is very
good substitute for, hut would never
take the place of. celery At the date
| gave that testimonial had not seen
the foliage and did not recognize the
plant We tested large sample of
the stalks last spring At first our
family ate quite freely Of it and
thought it a very good substitute for
celery, especially as it came early in
the spring when there was no other
After using for three or four days
most of the members of the family ate
very little of the vegetable. During
the summer | saw the plant growing
and believe ii to he the same thing we
grew in our garden over forty years
ago 1t was called 'lovage' or smell
age The leaf is not unlike celery, but
when you crush it between your
thumb and fingers it has a very rank
odor not at all like celery"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
Hardy Celery.

While stating that he has had no
personal experience with it, L. X. Taft
has the following to say in Gardening
concerning the claims made for the
new Silver King hardy celery by its
disseminators: The description given
by the firm seems to Ue quite accurate,
The plant IS a hardy perennial which
sends up numerous stalks from thick.
tleshy CORN The plant also has large,
fleshy roots. so that Il clump Of it APP
pears much like rhubdrb, although
white in color and considerably small
err. The leaf stalks are round, solid
and smooth. The stalks are readily
blanched either by banking with earth
or covering with box or barrel. They
seem free from rust and are quite crisp
and tender The flavor quite closely
resembles that Of celery. although it
does uot have the distinctive ''nutty'
flavor that is characteristic of the best
celery. have never seen anything
that even reScmbled it, but from The
descriptions given Of archangelica Il
may he European species Of that
genus.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
GARDEN NOVELTIES

Buttercup lettuce is a bright chrome
yellow in color-a popular new sort.
recommended by Green as very beau
tiful. tender and desirable.
May King n novelty in lettuce, Is
said to make an extra large, round,
solid head. light green outside, with a
clear yellow heart; is very tender and
of fine flavor. An advantage that has
been suggested for it when grown for
market is that it fills up the package
well. giving very attractive appear
ance to the whole package.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10

Plant horseradish sets between the
rows of early cabbages or have a sepa-
rate row OF one side in the garden,
where it can be given regular atten-
ton with the cultivator and hoe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
Cabbage Planting.
Push the Eggplant.

Transplant the eggplant seedlings
into good sized plant boxes and try to
get them of good size by the time they
60 INTO the open ground They like a
rather warm temperature Mt all times
The Greeley tribune., 1906-03-29

selves, grasped her message and her
very name became term of derision.
She was caricatured, insulted, jeered at
and maligned. In the early days of the
movement Women's Rights was the
SYNONYM for dress reform, for neglect
ed home duties for rabid political
tendencies and for unwomanly women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was Miss
Anthonys earliest ally. Together they
conducted one campaign after another,
seemingly making but little headway
at first. They travelled all over the
country, going from place to place IN
open wagons, stage coaches or what
ever other conveyance was obta1nable,
and from door to door on foot. Ihey
endured many hardships and were SUB
iected to insults innumerable. People
said of them that Mrs. Stanton made
the balls and Miss Anthony fired them.
She proved her good craftsmanship Dy
making every ball count.
Partial Suffrage in Many States.
"I never saw that tall. stately Quaker
girl coming across my lawn, SAID MIS-.
Stanton, But what | knew announcer
bomb-shell was to be hurled into some
assembly of men,
Miss Anthony was arrested ana nneo
for illegal voting in 1872. she haa
cast q ballot at the election. she never
paid the fine. Since then four states
have granted the right of suffrage 70
women; 23 states have given them Tue
right to vote at school electlons' anu
New York permits women taxpayers ~
vote on all questions affecting the taA.
alton of property. For years Miss
Anthony hoped to live to see Woliai.
elected and inaugurated as president
of Tho IInited States, but she has a.
bondoned that hope now, realizing th,l
such n thing will not come to pass III
her day.
Her life Is now less strenuous ano
she and her sister. Mary nave w
pretty home at Rochester N. L: ene
keeps in touch with every cause III ent W
interest of or for the advancement. "
woman, and in her volum1nous corles
pondence continues to give ADVICE any ~,
counsel to women in all quarters y.
the globe. Out of her little workshoL
in the attic of the Rochester honls
comes much of the ammunition useo
in continuing the battle for sulrase III ui'e
Six years ago. at the age OF ov sn ,,,,
learned to operate type"rltef' "nan
she employs in her PERSONA eu,, ,.,.
pondence and in CARRYING on her "eS. e,,.
Time has dealt gently with her. 81 ane
ia still stately and erect. and her stei
has the vigor and elasticity OF ii.1s' ga,
women many years her junior ne, ne,
memory is undulled by age a., ,,oennas. o., nss
faculties seem to retain the kefnnrs. ths
which made her such power IN ~. ~.
prime of her life. Her interest," III ~, sn,
worlds affairs Is undated anu nn, nn,
mind is attuned to every ,ssmen, noss
having for its object the eee'ef nen
of mankind.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-03-29
MzzL1oXA1REs FOR WATERS.
Caddies Feasted as Guests of the
Germantown Cricket Club, Near
PHILADELPHIA.

MillionAires and men Of promin-
ence in the business and social life
of the city turned walters and fed
the little lads who have served as
caddies on the golf links Of the Ger
mantown Cricket Club, at "a banquet
at the clubhouse at Wissahickon
Heights the other night. The lads
were delighted with the feast, but
more pleased with the attention show
cred upon them by the dignified men
of affairs, who left nothing undone to
make them happy.
AS the eighty-six youngsters, rang
ing in age from eight to sixteen years,
sat about the banquet board, garbed
in their regular costumes, Samuel T.
Heebner, one of the old members OF
the club, welded the carving knife.
and huge slices of turkey were prompt
ly hurried to the hungry youngsters
by the millionaire walters.
First, ex-Minister to Italy, William
Potter would hurry away with
plate, then Sheriff Brown and Direc-
tor Of Public Safety Potter>would rush
from tie carver's side. carrying plat
ters heaped with turkey and tempting
vegetables. Edward s. Buckley. Jr..
president Of the club, took a hand and
was assisted by Vice-President H. H.
Kingston, Harlan s. Page, Howard
Perrin, Joseph s. Clark. Charles T.
Cowperwaite, Henry A. Lewis, Robert
C. Cooke, William R. Buckley, G. H.
Potter, William Disston and w. Find
ley Brown, and all of them were busy
looking after the wants OF their cad
dies. all Of them men Of great affairs
| After the collation. had been served
William C. Houston, chairman Of the
golf committee, called the gathering
to order and made q brief address, in
which he congratulated the boys upon
their behavior during the year. AS 8
means of still further pleasing the cad
lies, each was presented with a box
Of candy and prizes ranging from 81
to $3.50 in gold.