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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
Plain Conditions.

Tie walking craze gave a man in
Liverpool an idea that there was money
in It.
lie kept Il small refreshment estab-
lishment, and the neighborhood was
greatly startled one morning by the
appearance of bin outside the shop
which read:
-. Wilkins will present f20 to the
man. woman or child who arrives first
at this shop after walking from Crosby
4 distance of six miles. Upon arrival
here competitors must drink a bottle
Of my famous ginger beer buy a meat
pie ana walk round the Wellington
monument ana eat it. First arriving
back here to get the prize"
The excitement was tremendous. A
great cheer arose when 4 well known
local character, meat pic in hand. was
seen to be leading by fifty yarls rs the
munching walkers tgudacd round the
monument lis pie was soon demol-
ishcd. ami. fu he'd ANA triumphant. he
claimed The 20.
ave w11" ne painted "Hand oop
I twenty"
"WeN Tn aa~7r sel".' cried Wilkins
81 didn't th.rl, aay man could have
done t. TIE moa@HsYt is so precious
har1."
Whats th3t "yt - d with IL"
"r'esty to j, with it. Haven't ye
etc it,"
"N+,.f mnuu,-e-,tq Are ve daft
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
The Wrist LOG cnhIn In k.n,n.,.

Harrodsburg. the county scat of U.-
Ger county. Ky. was the scrda M tba
latter part of the eighteenth century of
some very exciting cpiso les IN 4 . A.s
tory of the early settlers In The v.s-.
state On June lG. 1874. C.ata,a
James Iarrod Of Virginia. w., had
brought party OF settlers 70 Ill. now
country, laid oil Il town site H-
Spring camp, where they had erected
the first cabin ever built In X. t...g
They allotted 20 each man ls.. nero
lot and a ten acre out lot. The WINS
first name was Haw03stowu. hut later
this was changed to IIawofslgrs A
clearing was mace in Tie cas o.f Of
the town boundary. ana here Fl was
that John Hartman planted ANIL r',l
the first corn that was known t5 have
been grown in the state. Only fe.,
weeks after this auspicious beginning
of the towns promoters four of Har.
rods men were ambushed by Indians
Jared Cowan was killed The other
men escaped only one of them beine
injured.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
Look UP When Speaking.

Il don't talk half as much as you
do" said the preacher to the lawyer,
yet your voice holds out twice as long
as mine. Why is it?'
The lawyer said he couldn't tell.
THE difference in the position OF
your head when you are talking ex
plains it." said the elocutionist. "a
preacher looks down upon his congre
CATION. lawyer looks up to the judge
That dropping of the head cramps the
vocal cords ana makes the preachers
voice more difficult to preserve thar
that of any other professional man."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
SLAVERY IN CHINA.
Savage Cruelty Melted out For the
liuSt VcniaI OTcnscs.

Most EcniGl GHcaScS.
Says an editorial in the Picking
Times: The position Of the slave girl
in Chinese home is Il very hard one as
a rule. These slaves are generally the
property Of the wife, and no one inter-
fercs with the mistress in her treat
mcnt Of the poor little things, who will
as often as not be subjected TO the
most savagr cruelty for most venial of
fcnses. \ few weeks ago we recall a
case of great hardship being brought
INTO the mixed court, Shanghai in
which a small slave girl had been gag
gel with a piece of iron and severely
beaten because when half starved, she
helped herself to some scraps Of food.
Our attention has now been called
TO piercing cries which emanatc from a
house near Canton road and are said to
proceed from a little slave girl who for
some reason is beaten almost daily
with a thick knotted rope, but for what
reason is unknown.
Our informant thinks Il word in
public. showing that the incident has
been noticed. may suffice to check the
cruelty without lodging a formal com
plant with the municipal police, which
might make matters worse for the poor
little sufferer in the long run
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
Very Wealthy Men Consider
Themselves as Being
Apart From the People
BY Rev. Dr. s p. cADr1AN. Brooklyn. N. Y.

HERE is natural tendency among men of great wealth to
IL ossy They regard themselves apart the people,
~ great and aar off and hold themselves as immune not
only from the opinions of their fellows but FROM THE
fEhAlONS OF THE LAWS that have been formulated for
e protection of all That the result all men who toadv to
oney or who belong to the acracy that depends not upon birth
re attainment but upon the possession of vast sums of
rONEY.
One of the greatest which we have to contend arises
ON the aduaon particular that leads forget equal
riding down the street the other day when companion
aned out of the cab window and pointed to a man.
II "There is the great fnancier So-andso" he said
replied 81 don't look him. fact I'd much rather
honest workingman."
The TRUE AMERICAN would read the history of
ody washerwoman that of the greatest society leader that
Ved Franklin asserted equality He took HIS OWN
HATURAL LIFE and said nothing about it.
3 AVERAGE MAN FROM WHOM FRANKLIN CAME
COULDN'T RISE, FOR NEVER FALLEN, HE
ULDNT SINK BECAUSE THAT WASN'T
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23

y - he moral awakening lnaI 10 no" sweeping t g
SIMPLY tne IAI[Io ,I In' comes l'ol IN
HEARTS, VI LIE [EoFl-E' "pe'erLln"aon 70 stamp
out the Things na' dshonor IN PuO"' me anu the [ng'
naL Cypress III Pr%'g Ie a I 'SJ-'g ,l"' 0n
1S-vME>I oLl-Al-- DE I'I'l l'i Ia l. W M "O0D'
WI of LIE Dali =,
: Ie" years ago men %0u s'e am" ~ anu , .
hemselye5 noes. IAlt nave rgen 'usH U nov" lie
Az OON'olI1-'NI- Ii-l' -ii--' y -A " % ''
putting stop 10 the oenSe na strikes at e neaF' Oh Tree gov
I Tnment
Inc ene2IeS o! 'li' P"'1' 'oi'eHoe are "s ~ % |
p 49, 80 ~ oI :, ,cr7,Tc n1,
hODINU M LIZ C-1i'i' A-''' Wv W ~ ~
VEN hlND Inc olea Oh some o. rio g'! insurance COM
anes were 1oulu " oe ""s 'i' l " ~ ~ ~
minority LOT 'nelr own gam lreI oo no u 'orueeu e
ewes noneST ana 'neF 100 no" NAV llD LIE OiNAl
AooON'
IN our nalonal congress our are now uealnS N
le question o. oAer4.@nS J nA'o-AD 'l'Af LEI.
,'ND SA' I' NNIH 'hA Len h'o''s are lHe arteries Oh
ol''ra'' I"eE are " '"' I'i''' 'L our vast re-
ur'e9 ana arc eoea TO lar , 'F same as "I' ,a.a ana
more I4eN sa'l" ne gwen E} Al AND EAAlI JlSlllE'
i 'uI NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
TIE roWEH 10 FIX FHEoHa HAIlS Is THE POWER TO
~ pos,ra To 0gsTeoI lie ezc,I, arIou or paTre Ie
ssENrlALLY MATTER FOR THE GOVERNMENT AS THE REPRE-
ENTATE OF THE PEOPLE, TO TAKE HAND N IN ORDER THAT
UsTlcE MAY BE DONE TIE PEOPLE WITHOUT DOING INJUSTICE
TIE COMMON CARRIERS
lponte same principle the government has the right to EAOI-
GALE HE CHARGES to bc eNacted from the people ~ ALL
1lONOPOIIES WHEN any number of INDIVIDUALS Sc
TIRE MONOPOLY ~, Soma. ,...tt, II 1fo ND tx ACT
+I.l NOPE TIT ~ THIS ii ,Tr-pt At pprCE THAT
4s ar MR. srcU ,pr TINE GREAT V0vOpOrIrs or
ArRI-STS TIHOrGU WHICH ST-CU COLOSSAL FORTT-vFS
4 rlyE RrFv RI-ITT Up in t, Ia.t f.,r roar.
This ,,,,,nt ,.,,io.t ar /. NOT - ,o,,oro,t G,TvST
i, Wealth. BIT AGAINST THE ARISE OF WEALTH. Tho
isipguiIi n, characteristic. Of this crusade for HIGHER IDEALS
4 PI-BTIC TTrF AND IN pPIylTr RrsTyrss i tlo con
rv,t j.% Of dt the People ,.,ro 70 ,rn o nc
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
In New England Orchards.


One method of renovating an old or.
chard which f. w. Rane of New
Hampshire reports as successfully
used at the state experiment station
consists in breaking up the soil in
spring and after thoroughly preparing
1t planting to dwarf peas or bush
beans. BY this method the ground is
frequently cultivated, the pods pay for
the labor, and the crop is turned under
early enough so that a cover crop can
be planted
1t is believed that the Hitchings
method of mulching the orchard by
moving and letting the crop remain
on the ground may possess some adj.
vantages for New England. One in
stance is cited in which an orchard Of
about 10000 trees is THIS cultivated
Titles In Germany.
G'he question of title is one of the
most delicate in Germany, a fact of
which the stranger is constantly re-
minded in intercourse with the people,
particularly with the women. Frau
Professor, Frau Director, Frau Doctor,
are most particular about their hug.
bands titles being attached to their
own names, But when it comes to mil
1tary circles it is different, and both
men and women protest vigorously
against this sharing of titles Lieuten-
ant Won B objects to having his wife
addressed as Frau Lieutenant, which
title belongs as well to the wife OF
Lieutenant Schmidt or Half of less
aristocratic regiment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
The Chestnut Forests of Corsica.

The chestnut forests of the island Of
Corsica have for ages been the crown
ing glory Of its mountains and valleys,
just as at least once in it's history they
were its salvation by offering to its
army of defense a secure fastness and
a means of sustenance against invad
ers. Now disafforestation is in active
progress on every hand, and over wide
tracts the woods are disappearing, leav.
ing the hills and dales nothing but
bleak wastes. Strong protests are be
ing made by many of the older inhah
itants against this shortsighted devas-
tation. which. besides destroying the
attractions of the island as a resort for
tourists, removes the most effective
protection against ruinous landslides
on the mountain slopes under the ac-
ton of winter torrents
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
PIG PORK.
WOrb to Catch the Spring Market.
1t Is Always Good.

1t is an encouraging sign of the times
to know of so many farmers inquiring
as TO the methods of pasturing pigs
Some are still skeptical as TO the ad-
visibility of fattening pigs by the car
load, but to such all we can say Is to
count up the number of cars of hogs
coming thousands of miles from the
west that are landed daily at local
packing houses here in New England
Then consider whether it would be safe
for us here to make a try at it. An
other fact in our favor is that we pro
duce a pig entirely different from the
lard hog of the west, Il pig that profit
ably cuts up into the highest priced
class of meat-ham, bacon and sausage
meat. Any one having land of the
proper quality need not hesitate a
minute as to the question, says Mas
sachusetts farmer in New England
Homestead
Ready For the Customer.
The provident farmer will watch
market conditions closely and plan to
have these pigs ready when the GUS
toner comes around. A patch of rape
ought to be so located that 1t could be
cut out when fattening time comes
and do service the remainder of the
season for some other class of hogs
These pigs should have month Of
good feed composed of a mixture of
corn and oats, barley if possible and
the best quality of wheat bran. For
high quality of meat nothing can excel
this. Add skinned milk if possible
Your packer will tell you that such
juicy hams cannot be found anywhere
Market From the Pasture.
l think it the safest and most profit
able plan to market these pigs from the
pasture and even if kept into Novem-
Der make them comfortable where they
are. When the pasture is cleared clean
up everything in the way of old bed
ding and haul on to some field to be
plowed under Dash OH by the pailful
a saturated solution Of sulphate of iron
under the shed where the pigs have
laid; also over the platform Of the wa
ter arrangement. Wash the trough
clean and put under the she'd ready for
spring. Three or four feet Of old
meadow hay would protect the water
arrangement from the weather very
effectually.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23

I&c!l-I suppose there is nothing that
pleases Il woman more than the deyot-
ed attention Of the man of her choice!
Bess-a Except, perhaps, the devoted at
tenti0n of the man of some other girls
choice -Evchpnua
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
THE HARVESTS.
Record breaking Grain Season In
This Country.

Small but perhaps as important as
any item in the government crop re-
port of Sept. II is that showing an in
crease of half point in the condition
of cOrn-viz. $50 as against 50 last
month. The favorable corn season is
thought likely to result in record break
ing figures. and crop of 2,SO0OOOOO0
is now talked Of by crop experts. This
would mean fm the country at large an
average of thirty bushels per acre.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
sound waves.

The sensation OF so1nd, as is well
Known, is produced by d certain to and
fro or wave-like movement of the air
striking upon the drum of the ear and
so setting il in vibration. Each sound
wave consists Of two portions, in one
of which the air is compressed beyond
and in the other rarefied below the av-
erage pressure. If two sound waves
are travelling in the same direction, but
one of them starts half a wave length
behind the other, the compressed half
of one will fall upon the rarefed half
Of the other, the average air pressure
will remain undisturbed, and the two
sounds will combine to produce silence.
If sounding tuning fork be slowly
rotated near the ear four positions will
be found in which the sound will be
barely audible. This is due to such in
reference of sound waves as has been
described
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
rrgI,xb unnse Gardens.

American children learn that Lon
don is the center Of trade, with a dense
population, and they grow up with The
idea that it is a mart perpetually over
hung with fog and smoke. To have Z
private residence in New York city is
luxury possible only to the rich, and
none but multimillionaire could live
in a house with a garden.
When the American girl therefore
went to have tea with some friends in
moderate circumstances she was aston
ished TO find them living in large
house, with a little garden in front and
a spacious one in the rear. Tea was
served in the garden.
Her mind reverted to Il suburban
house at home that had about as much
land as this English one. The back
yard was used as a drying place for
clothes. The front yard was 4 smooth
" clipped, flower bedded lawn kept for
show, so open to the street that it was
of no use to the family.
mo; it IS not like home" said the
American Girl, wondering if every ono
in London had Il garden or a terrace OF
q park.-Londau Telegraph.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
Wheat and Oats.

A liberal spring wheat crop is indi-
Gated by the figures S7.3 for condition
this season compared to &C., last year
at the same time Estimates from diff.
ferent authorities on the combined
winter and spring wheat crop range
around I00o00C00 bushels, more rather
than less
The condition of oats, 90.3, against
$3.50 last year, promises crop esti-
mated at least at 900,OO0,000 bushels.
The three foregoing crops as a whole
will therefore represent a remarkable
year in cereals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
THE MORAL
AWAKENING
AG A IN ST
GRAF NC
By
JOSEPH w. FOLK,
Governor of
Missouri

- HE moral awakening that is sweeping the country is
simply the PATRIOTISM that FROM THE
HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE, determination stamp
out the things that dhonor in public life and the things
that Cypress in private life-a firm resolve that Gov
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23


Where Beecher Got His Sermons.
Wherever he went Beecher continued
bis study of life through observation
Nothing else was half so interesting.
To him man was the greatest study in
the world. To read human nature, to
place the right values upon men, to
emphasize the right thing in them to
be able to discriminate between the
genuine and the false, to be able to
pierce their masks and read the real
man or woman behind them, was an
accomplishment which he regarded as
one of clergyman's greatest weapons.
Like Professor Agassiz, who could
see wonders in the scale of fish or a
grain Of sand, Beecher also had an eye
like the glass Of a microscope, which
reveals maryels Of beauty in the dross
and common things. 1t had magn.-
flying power which sees the miraculous
and beautiful in the commonplace. He
could see beauty and harmony where
others only saw ugliness and discord,
because he read the hidders meaning in
things. Like Ruskin, he could see the
marvellous philosophy, the Divine plan,
In the lowliest object. He could feel
the Divine presence in all created
things.-Orison SWEET AIarden In Sue.
cess Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23
The Russian Crops.

The September estimate of the Rus
sian wheat crop represents total re-
duction in spring and winter wheat OF
135,000,000 bushels as compared 10 last
year, while the estimated decrease Of
rye from last seasons figures is $780,
100000 bushels, a condition that au-
ours we'll for future grain prices in
this country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-30
INCREASING YIELD OF FARMS.
Vast Possibilities of Intelligent Guilt
walton of the Soil.
a. Inuia Ropuh1Ic


In Joining James ]. Hill in the forecast
that our population is approa aching the
point at which the products OF our farms
will no more than sufflce to feed It, Sec
rotary Root seems not to take into ac-
count the mighty forces that are working
together to double the acre yield Of our
agricultural lands
The farmers were never so alert as they
are now to acquire knowledge that Will
enable them to add to the productiveness
OF their soil. The vast resources Of the
Department Of Agriculture are steadily and
successfully employed to ascertain the
crops that grow best on certain soils and
in certain localities, and the results OF it's
research are spreading steadily over the
country.
The average OF about thirteen bushels
OF wheat to the acre and Of forty bushels
OF corn Is so far below the capacity OF
our lands that as land values increase and
knowledge spreads the average acre yield
If likely to double within the next twenty
FIVE years.
In every state there is an agricultural
college whose practically useful work is
fast overcoming the ancient prejudice Of
the farmer against book farming" In
every state may be found one or more ex-
pertinent stations in which competent men
labor with devotion and success to make
the soil more productive and the farmers
life easier.
The irrigation Of arid lands and the find-
ing OF crops suitable to those that cannot
be watered are adding vastly to the an
nual products of our agriculture The
new durum wheat, Of which we have raised
some 100000 bushels this year, is an ex-
ample OF this latter kind. Others will be
found.
The United States, especially that region
Of them lying between the great mountain
ranges. Is like'y to remain the Egypt OF
the world for a century. The produce OF
our farms bids fair to double long before
our population does.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-30
FIN1sH rHE FEE BUsINEss.

Several suits are pending IN the
courts of this county to recover fees
collected and withheld by various
county oficers whose title to the same
is In dispute. One of these suits re-
lates to fees In excess of the $1,000
per year allowed to him by the law
retained by the clerk OF the district
court on the theory that as member Of
the Insanity board he is entitled to ad-
ditional compensation. Another suit
relates to fees for performing mar
riage services, which the county judge
has always claimed as his own aud as
separate and distinct from the fees Of
the once required by law TO be ae-
counted for and turned into the treas
ury. The sherif's ONCE. too. has
been absorbing fees of various kinds
on one pretext or another as perquis-
ties. which under more strict interpre-
tation OF the statutes should be cred
tied back to the taxpayers.
Whether the lawyers for these vari-
GUS Official fee-grabbers will be able TO
ind legal loop-holes through which
their clients can crawl, of course. de-
ponds upon the view which the courts
may take, but irrespective OF this lit-
CATION the fee business should be
ended once and for all by the enact
ment of suitable legislation at Lincoln
during the coming winter. Public
sentiment is strongly in favor Of pay
ing public ofncers definite salaries for
their services and leaving them moth
ing In the way of elastic perquisices
The game Of fishing for fees is always
a prolific source Of Generalization and
often Of corruption, because TO hold
a questionable revenue out of the pub
lie treasury the beneficiary OF the
graft must have the connivance. II not
the approval. of other ohicers in duty
hound TO interfere on behalf Of the
taxpayers.
We have made considerable progress
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-30
PAy or PosroFEcE cLERKs.

A civil service examination just held
in Chicago for postoffice clerks,
wherein only thirty-nine applicants
appeared for the 200 vacancies to be
filled, is more eloquent plea for bet
ter compensation for this class of pos
tai employees than is likely to be made
in mere words to congress. Such facts,
which have lately multiplied rapidly,
open a prospect for action at the com
ing session.
What HIS long impaired the force of
the argument in behalf of postoffice
clerks is the like urgency for increased
salaries in nearly every class and
grade of the public service, so that 1t
has not been easy for the public to
distinguish The matter is now
changed from one of justice to in
dividuals to one of necessity in the
postal service. The impossibility Of
securing sufficient men at salaries al
lowed by the law enforces in a prac-
teal and unacceptable way all that the
clerks have claimed.
The postal service Is so important
and vital that public interest cannot
permit It to suffer FROM lack of com
petent workers. II is indeed self-evi-
dent that the government cannot at
ford to pay less than corporation and
individual employers will pay for the
same talents and aptitudes that are
required to maintain the efficiency of
the postal service.
II is true that the government is a
sure paymsster and that now the ten
ure in the classified service is perma-
nent, but. making due allowance for
those advantages which of course bear
upon compensation, a salary schedule,
fixed for the most part more than a
decade ago, has been rendered obsolete
by increase In the meantime Of cost Of
living and of wages in private en-
pigments. The subject has been so
long neglected, especially as regards
the lower grades of clerks, that the
government Is now confronted, not
with theory, but with a condition
seriously requiring immediate atten-
| ton,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-30
oFFICfhL PROM TIE FARMs.

No circumstance more appropriate
OF Thanksgiving day could have Oc-
CURED than the publication Of the an
nual report Of the Department Of Agri-
culture. It's statement of the condi-
tions Of agriculture most signally en-
phasizes the solid basis on which our
general prosperity rests.
The schedule presented by the secre-
tary of estimated values produced this
year by American farm industry is
beyond precedent in this country and
unapproached in any other. The long
list Of items in the magnificent and
astonishing aggregate. each mounting
up TO fabulous figures, II elaborated in
detail tends at first sight to bewilder-
ment and confusion rather than to
enlightenment. Some suggestion, how
ever, is conveyed in the general state
ment that the farm products of the
year have farm value Of nearly So
500, 100000, nearly $500,000,000
above the value of 1905. and exceed
ing by over $4,000, 100000 that for
the last census year.
The significance of such figures, in
deed, is comprehensive only through
comparison. They are hardly needed
to strengthen the impression created
by the overwhelming proofs that press
upon us from every side.
The transformation of the Depart
ment of Agriculture from a popular
joke into one of the great branches
of the national administration, touch
ing the activities of the people, not
only on the farm, but everywhere, at
innumerable vital points and promot-
ing immensely the results embraced
in these summaries. is itself one of
the notable marks of our agricultural
progress. And not the least suspicious
reflection is that the improvement of
farm methods and conditions, through
the systematization and popularization
of scientific discovery and advance,
tends powerfully to establish perma-
hence of prosperity.