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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
The Breeding Slime

There was a curious superstition
which prevailed in Essex half CEN
fury ago. 1t was believed that certain
stones possessed the power of breeding
other stones. l remember being taken
by man of the upper laboring class
to see a well known breeding stone
which lay on the sward by the side of
a lane in the parish of South Weald.
near Brentwood. 1t was seemingly a
water worn block of sandstone or pos
sibly, have since thought, of pudding
stone, which would explain a great
deal.
1t was larger than mans head
with cup shaped cavity the size of a
small orange, in which lay a pebble
about es big as an acorn. | was told
that this pebble continually grew lar.
ger and that if it were removed the
breeding stone would begin to breed
another. 1t was evident that the man
firmly believed what he told me, and
he got quite angry when l ventured TO
cast a doubt upon the story.-Notes
and Queries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

| (Seven hundred eggs in four years--the
world 5 record.l
for layers only those hens which will
lay the most eggs in two years. Any
one can see that the formation of
/ complete egg by hen is very differ
{ ent thing from making butter fat by a
COW. The fat production is the more
simple operation.
J Yet the dairy type" does not always
' prove a true guide. There are cases
where the use of a Babcock test has
] shown that we'll shaped cows were
I pretty close to robbers-"living on their
! shape" In like manner the trap nest"
' has shown that the true egg type" in
{ a hen is often inside the feathers and
not indicated by the size of the head,
6 the length of the neck or body or the
| general shape. \ trap nest may be
' called a Babcock test for hen. The
Q nest is so arranged that when the hen
| enters she closes the entrance and must
stay there with her egg until released.
u AS each hen is numbered on leg band
and cannot get out of the nest without
help, it is possible to identify every egg
I she lays. Some careful tests of this sort
I We're conducted at the Utah experiment
Il station by Professor James Dryden.
o The contrast between individual
Brown LeGhorns in those tests is great.
i The Brown Leghorn in the cut has the
{. worlds record so far as known She
laid pol eggs the first year. 241 the sec
ond. 126 the third and over 100 the
fourth. on the other hand, a Brown
Leghorn kept in the same pen and of
course. fed and cared for in the same
way laid only 200 eggs in the four
years, or less than third as many
as the other 1t is singular thing
that the record breaking hen was class.
ed as poor layer by people who pride
themselves on their ability to pick out
hen by her shape, while the drone
was selected as u good type of layer.
1t will be seen that the hen does not
| carry all her character on the outside
! Mr. CroSgrove of Connecticut from q
| number of pictures of the hens tested
at the Utah station selected the hens
with strong protruding breast and
sharp curve under 1t as the better lay
erS. but we have found that different
people. when questioned separately,
have different types in mind.-Rural
/ New Yorker
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
Watering Carlyle.

A lady was one day approaching thc
modest home of the Carlyles in Cheyne
Walk. Poor. long suffering jeanne
Welsh Carlyle, up in the balcony, look,
ed down at her. "Oh, do she called
out. come in! Mary Ann and are SO
tired of watering Carlyle" The lady
entered and was escorted 10 the little
garden at the back of the house. There
it was hot day-sat the great man
in a pool of water. For hours the two
devoted women had been taking turns
in Gelpging the fagstOnes around INN
ly means Of large watering pot. lie
was very particular that not drop
should touch his sacred person, when
no doubt doubled the difficulty OF the
operation. The same authority relates
that Mrs. Carlyle had dog which she
loved. But it would come in with dirty
feet, and the splenetic philosopher OBJ
iected. No one was willing to wash
the creature, yet he had to be cleaned
somehow. Finally there was an ar
rangement made with a local laun-
dress. and she washed him every week
sending him home in basket with the
clean clothes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

Two newsboys stopped before a fruit
stand, says writer in the Denver
Post, and one of them asked the price
of apples. Five cents EACH" said the
stand man, pointing to one pile. 1.-TWO
for g." indicating another.
Gotta have three for s." said the
boy, starting away.
"All right" said the stand man.
there's three. Gimme your nickel"
The boy took the apples and paid
over the nickel. He gave one to the
other boy.
what are you going to do with the
extra oneY' asked the other.
The first boy did not reply. On the
next corner was blind man seated on
a stool. The boy with the extra apple
approached him.
Here" he said, giving the fruit to
the blind man, here's an apple fer
you"
As the two boys moved away the one
who had bought the apples said:
THAT Teller didn't have any dinner.
] been hanging round that corner, and
he didn't have n thing to eat"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
ALASKA'S VASrNEa
Our Big Territory Eouo,
Twelve Great e..

our Big Territory Eau
Twelve Great State. =
DO you know that Nome j.,
Bon miles west of Honolnlr, a''
know that Alaska has almost !
a half times as much coast N.
rest OF the United States2
If you start at Seattle and :.
coast through 400 miles If =,
inland waters to the Porl,,,
you will come to that imaa ra-a
that the Alaskan boundary e.,'.
decreed as the place where AI,'s
gins. This inland sea is va,r n
fiords Of the coast of NORWAY y
tined in time to become on,
worlds great pleasure raso,'
when you know this region y,
deplore the lack Of dlplomaor !,
lost us this picturesque coast h,
left the Alaska of today detacbs,l
tory, In very truth the cry Of !,
"54-40 OF fight was right
At the Portland canal Alass, /,
and as you sail up the tbouss5
of this wonderful inland sea. a /
beauty and grandeur surpassi,,
thing in the world, you are in ,
eastern Alaska, which inclnda, /
lands along the coast and the NH
from the shore line to the SIM,
the coast range as far north asl
St. Elias. From the summit +
high peak the boundary line h
Alaska and British Yukon IA,
runs directly north to the +
ocean," az the old Russian trqar,
1t.
The territory of Alaska Il
equal to the combined states Of
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin
nesota, North Dakota, South D
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Nilsson
Kentucky. Maps are decepfr
comparison unless they are dn
the same scale, and unfOra
maps of Alaska are generally drl
q small scale. But put ALASKA
United States, and it will extern
Savannah, Ga, to Los Angels
The climatic conditions differ as
ly as those of North Dakota dlfe
those Of Florida. The mean
temperature Of Sltka is about hl
as that of Washington, though
tremes of heat and cold are grs
Washington.-William 7. Peri
Worlds Work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

It will not he long before the coming
Of the birds BE friend instead of an
enemy. Welcome their arrival with joy
rather than with tolerance and indiifer.
ence. We cannot appreciate their full
value to us, as we do not know what
their absence means. They are as faith
full as the spring. Besides the mere
pleasure of having them around, they
are Of inestlmable value as destroycrs
Of bugs and insects which attack the
orchards and crops. If you are not in
terested in cats. you can encourage the
birds TO come up near the house by
keeping an open dish of fresh water
where they can come to drink and
battle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
Dust For the Poultry nou.e.

The dust box ought to stand in the
sunshine out Of all drafts. Under the
front window is good place. Road
dust is excellent We have found dry
sifted coal ashes good. \ large shallow
box is best Do not fill il too full so the
hens will kick the dust over the floor
In some cases a small quantity Of lime
IS added to the dust. but we do not like
1t, as it takes the gloss from the feath
ers. Do not let the dust remain too
long 1t must not become damp or
caled. In freezing weather the dust
box should be emptied frequently so as
TO keep the dust dry.-The Business
Hen
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
Dry Water.

1T has been so wet for the last three
or four years." remarked Truthful
James, that good many people have
forgot how dry it used to be. remem-
Der one year when the Missouri river
was dusty all the way down from Kan
saS City to the Mississippi OF course
the river was running all the while.
but the water in it got so dry that it
turned to dust and blew away. | took
boat down the river at that time, but
1t was so dusty on the boat that you
couldn't see the hind end of it when
you was standing on the front end. 1t
was little the worst l ever see. My
mouth got so much grit and dust in it
that l could strike a match on the roof
OF it any time. One day the boat got
stuck in fifteen feet of Missouri river
water. 1t was so dry and dusty that
the wheel couldn't turn. What did we
do? Wen, sir, we went out and hired
farmer to haul fresh we'll water for
fifteen miles TO mix with the river wa
ter until it was thin enough to run the
boat through kansas City Journal.
As the native inhabitants of the
warm countries seem to be lacking in
the provident instinct and for the most
part live in the present, so is it also
with some insects and animals. The
honeybee, for instance, makes no
honey in the warm climates, the stor-
ing up instinct seeming to be entirely
wanting. This is due Of course to the
fact that this Industrious insect is en-.
abled to find some sort of bloom upon
which to work the year around.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
How Ten Chest Lining Is Made.

One of the many industries in cou
nection with the tea trade is the co..
lection of the lead with which tea
chests are lined. China has been not
cd for many centuries for the purity
OF its lead. and this tea chest lend,
it is called, is regarded as the finest
in existence. There are many uses fol
it. 1t is found very valuable in max.
ing the best kinds of solder. Machin
cry is not usually employed in the pro
duction of this sheet lead, every sheet
being generally made by hand in the
most primitive fashion. A large brick
is provided the size of the sheet OF
lead to be made and is covered with
two or three sheets of paper. On these
the molten lead is poured, and another
brick is placed on top, which flattens
the lead OUT to the required size ain
thickness. The sheets are then So
dered together to the size of the !.
terror of the tea chest, the tea is pa,
ed in, and the top sheet is fashioned
place. The workmen are very expert
and they turn out an immense number
Of sheets in the course of the day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

youth forsakes the cheek, and the
fire of youth dies out of the eye.
Such often turn to their homes
f + sympathy and love, only to
find that they too have vanished
with their personal charms, and
when it is too late the sad truth
dawnS upon them that they are
unhOnored and unlOved. The
path of duty is the only safe
path, let it be ever so thorny, and
the only safe guide board points
to the Christian home.
There is no earthly tie so
strong or sacred as that of mother
hood. Society is held together
by social ties. Civic societies are
bound by money aud oaths These
obligations are like girths of steel,
yet none hold like the marriage
bond when inviolated and unpo-
luted by vile theories.
There is only villainOus abomi-
nations in the-dncirine THAT leads
nth the MORAL SENTIMENT /
also the radical form Of authentic
included in the word pictv, if we
such as we still find in filial pietv.
ID cultivate this piety in order to
table to humanity! THIS DE
he more healthy human religion
the divine will, which is
bel, who understood the spirit of
at which is basically and authcn-
lie of understanding the divine"
he believes. IT is IMPOSSI- /
RWISE. The contradictions be-
'rocecd from this, that at bottom
believe. And here believers and
of making the most loyal confes-
re question: Too many believers
I free thinkers are unfaithful TO
Ewhere that he meets a little of
illness and of thirst for justice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

There are three factors closely asso
ciated with successful farming-good
seed. a proper supply of available plant
food for the crop and good weather.
Now. a part of these are under the
farmers control. and part are not The
matter of good seed and proper soil
conditions he can control, the climatic
conditions he cannot, though by intelli-
gent methods of culture, tile drainage
for wet seasons and the conserving of
moisture in dry ones he can do much to
overcome the excess of rainfall and
drought. The matter of good seed is
one factor which is wholly under his
control, and 1t is something which is in
a general way most grievously neglect
ed all over the country. Men exhibit
more faith in Providence in this matter
OF seed than In any other thing, sow
poor seed year after year and trust to
tuck. and this applies with just as much
force to all other crops as 1t does to
corn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
The Luxurious Romans

The Romans had no flower shows.
There were dread and circuses," but
not bread and flowers. The luxurious
Roman used roses in enormous quanti-
ties at his banquets. 1t was fine joke
to have roses fall from above on guests
reclining at their tables and the flow
ers in such quantities as to smother
them. A writer recalls picture of AL
ma-Tadema's 1.-THE Rose Feast of
Elagabalus," which shows the SUPER
abundance of roses. To spend on a
banquet in roses 100000 sesterces.
equivalent to about 100000, is record
ed by Suetonius. but possibly Suetonius
exaggerates.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

According to the invariable custom OF
the Duke of Richmond's family, 1t is
prescribed that the eldest son and the
eldest son Of the eldest son shall be
named after King Charles H., to whom
they owe so much. The same principle
Is preserved In Lord Sallsbury's family,
where the eldest sons are named James,
after James l.. who bestowed the earl
dom OF Salisbury and viscounty OF
Cranborne on the original founder Of
the house.-London Graphic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

The funds used in the construction
and repair of roads in the state of
Washington are derived from two
sources-a property tax and a poll tax.
The property tax is levied by the
boards of county commissioners and
consists of:
a general road and bridge tax of not
more than mills on the dollar on all
the taxable property in the county.
y road district tax of not more than
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
POINTED PARAGRAPH

We never knew any one who'd
talk "shop" too much.
How you admire the man who
es you doing a good deed on thes
What a sorry spectacle a /
child is when away from its mot
A whipping never hurts 50 nj
the thought that you are being Vh
Some men are washed of Their
much that they finally have q
look.
Tell a bad story without namH
every one will have an enemy To-
ute it to.
Ambition dwindles away in tin
q cake of soap, and by the time
is seventy he can't remember
ever had any in the tub with
Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
Why the Horse Acted |

~ wonder what's the matte
that horse" said a man 10 BIZ
while he was in the act of uIAl
the animal. The horse was reari
plunging and displaying signs Of
whenever his master came nell
A passerby came to his aid, and
quieting the animal explained
owner. 81 noticed" said be, TO
just came out of the zoo over ODE
slight scent Of the wild anina
chung to your clothing, and al
your horse has probably ne'e
anything wilder than a cow
stinct tells him that where tnal
is there is danger. 1t will va
soon and you will have no m0le
hle."- Philadelphia Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

10 10 mills nIll on the dollar on Al !,
Bile property in the rooG y ~ y
side the limits of incorna.u 'ftl
towns. PO'aIed III
A special levy for turnDn
not o 10 exceed 1 mills on The T.
miles of the road 10 ba ir, Vlds|
Every male inhabitant i g,S'sl
the limits of lncorporataasS ls
and fifty (unless by law VI -. '7s9
quired to pay an ANNA, aYa
for road purposes. pOu IA
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
THE LAYING HEN.
Shape Not n Safe and Sure Guide to
an Egg Type"

Some poultrymen claim that there is
50 called egg type" in poulty-that
is, the extra good layer will carry GER
tain shape and outward appearance
quite as distinct as those of the dairy
COW. Offers 20 50 far as to claim that
every hen contains 600 embryo eggs
and that some individuals have power
TO produce 400 or more of them during
the first two years of laying.
The object Of studying an egg type
is TO enable a poultry keeper to select
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18
POPULAR COS LETTUCE.
soris white Is Best For Either Fri-
,.ote ar Market Garden.

Paris White is a typical cos variety
,trictly self closing, extremely large III
comnarison with either the butter or
erisn sorts-large even for this group
late in season and slow to shoot TO
seed: plant fairly compact, decidedly
unriebt; color very dark green, never
snotted nor brownish in any part;
oroIitv excellent, very hard in texture,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

~ POChEIS OF the countr'
who takes money which
the pockets Of the people, at the gam
in an industry in which young child
IN ORDER TO SUPPLY CHEA
7IhE HuTnEKs On me N,ul.-..s,..
The first mother of whom we
have any knowledge was the
mother Of Cain and Abel, the
much bused Eve, who has been
held responsible for so much of
the trouble that exists in the
world. 1t is written that Eve
was created after Adam, so
woman has always occupied a
second place in the management
of the worlds affairs. Yet Eve
must have possessed superior
mental qualities or she could
never have led Adam into such
evil ways, and the circumstances
attending Ewes unhappy inter.
view with Adam all point to the
fact that Eve was mentally Ad
ANS superior.
Notwithstanding the fact that
in the beginning woman was sec
ond in the race, it has been dem
onstrated beyond cavil that
mother love is the hottest, purest
passion of the human heart. The
mother instinct is almost super
natural. Even the brute mother
will die for her offspring and
when the light dies out of the
mothers eye, no othtr eye, save
the eye of OmnipOtenee will ever
follow the child in all his wan.
behring's as she has done.
1t is not pleasant To record the 4
truth that there are mothers. who /
have sacrificed motherhood to
to worldly ambition, aud the
most unhappy women on earth
are those who have set aside
filial ties in order TO live lives
Of social frivolty, and the time
te all such, when the bloom of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

BE true, be hopeful and be
happy.
Never open the door to little
vice lest a great one enter it.
True merit is like a river; the
deeper it gets the less noise it
makes.
See the bright things, pass the
somber things and do the right
things.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

A Way to Greater Profit In Raising
Early Winter Lambs.

Early Winter Lambs.
1t is a mistaken idea for the average
flockmaster to suppose that twins are
not profitable. II is true that twin
lambs cannot be quite so cheaply rear
ed as single lambs, but where it comes
TO reckoning up profits at the end Of
the year there is a decided difference
on the right side of the ledger. Flock
masters as a rule overlook the impor-
lance of rearing twins instead of single
lambs in the management of their
flocks and as a result fail to get the
most out of their sheep. When one
considers that it requires just as much
time and practically the same amount
Of food to keep a eve that rears but
one lamb as 1t does the eve that sue
cessfully rears two it Is surprising that
more attention is not given to develop
Ing this part of the flock. Some breeds
are not noted for their prolifcacy
along this line, but no fiockmaster is
justified in'keeping any breed of sheep
that will not return the highest profits
for keeping
Quality In Fat Lambs.
The f1ockmaster who Is raising early
winter lambs for the market can well
afford to cater to the demands of the
article which brings the most profit. If
the market demands fat lambs Of uni
form size and weight and is willing to
pay extra for the assurance of GER
tain number to meet their trade the
flockmaster cannot overlook the trade
demands and realize the most from his
business. Some flockmasters often
wonder why 1t is that the smaller
punches of lambs often bring the high
est price on the market. This comes
from the fact that these lambs have
been well cared for and properly fitted
for the market
Rearing Lambs.
A great many fockmasters seem to
think that in order to produce these
high priced lambs only one should be
allowed to suck the eve. While
great many ewes are not able to rear
twin lambs successfully alone, if given
q little assistance with the proper kind
of nourishment these ewes will come
along all right. | would not care if
every one of my ewes would drop twin
lambs. In my own flock there are a
few ewes that are not free mixers
and unless they are properly fed and
cared for will not raise profitable twin
lambs. There are, however. others in
the flock that could well suckle triplets
with no more assistance than the ones
that have difficulty with two lambs.
This 1 account for in the breeding Of
the animals.-L. G.. Reynolds in Ohio
Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

o.
1t must be remembered that la,
reform bad husbands or make good v
inals or good tendencies into brutes,
ence of education, moral discipline,
the higher civilization that we must
character of humanity as will eventu
to be in fact what it is in theory
for poorer, in sickness and in health,
In France an interview of recon
the code Of civil procedure on separ,
TWO PRINCIPALS AND THE
terview of reconciliation, except tn;
does have his clerk present. This i
and confidential, and commentators
to be discreet in guarding this comic
NO PUBLISHED REPORT OF TIL
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

u Is pretty near time to be making
that hotbed The expenditure of a
very little time and trouble will enable
any one TO have fine supply of early
radishes and lettuce and plenty of early
cabbage plants, tomatoes and peppers
to set out In the garden later-a cou-
pie Of loads Of fresh horse manure
banked up against the south side Of
shed or fence. well tramped down and
wet down with water then n six inch
frame 10 place on top. then fill with
soil and lay on some old sashes. AS
soon as II cools down SOW the seed and
then watch things grow.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

We stopped at home not long since
where rice was served in the place of
potatoes on account of the high price
of the latter vegetable The substi-
tuition was a very good one and sug-
gests that much more could be done in
this line than many people are aware
Of Rice at the ordinary price is cheap
er than potatoes ut a dollar odd per
buShel and contains just about as much
nourishment. both being starch goods.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

Their culture is of the intensive or
model sort. They require good care,
good work. in all ways.
The cut from Country Gentleman
shows the seed going in in the Con.
necticut valley.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-18

We are asked whether wild animals
and birds ever die of old age. Not
often, though we once picked up a
Canadian goose, an old gander, which
gave every evidence that it was dying
of old age The very aged of all forms
Of wild life usually starve to death
owing to their inability to supply them
selves with food.