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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
By A. a. PATRICK

Mrs. Miranda Bilks was a widow
that is to say. Mr.. Bilks had suffered
demise from the effects of a too
hearty meal ON peach cobbler, thus
leaving his spouse, Miranda, and his
daughter, little Miranda. to live as best
they might off his none too generous
estate. which same was comprised of
an ak, hoe, a spade, pair of soleless
shoes and a pair of trousers, with sun
dry repairings fore and aft.
Mrs. Bilks therefore did not desert
her calling, but continued TO bend over
the washtub and rub and scrub from
morning until night. And so the years
slipped away, bringing Mrs. Miranda
to middle aye and browning Miss Mi
randa with the dover of sweet sixteen.
l use the word dover" advisedly,
for it was about this time that Miss
Miranda was thinking seriously of
matrimony, and nothing under the sun
had she but-just sweet sixteen. The
real cause of her cogitations on so i'm
| portant a matter was to be found in
| the person OF one Zekc sharp mild
/ hammered, easy going widower with SIX
| children. Zeke was not burdened with
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
The PUEBLO INDIANS.
Their Religion Is In Way n Speciel
of Water Worship.

Eagle feathers are much used in the
ceremonials of tho Pueblo Indians. and
in order TO make sure Of n supply the
Iuni keep the birds in cages, plucking
few feathers whenever they happen
10 want them. On the other hand, the
Moki have eagles nests located at va
riOus spots within thirty or forty miles
Of their towns. which are considered
the property of different clans among
them. The eagle lays its eggs in the
same nest year after year, and the
clans inherit rights to certain nests
from generation to generation.
The eagles are not killed. but the
new tlcdged young ones are taken
from the nest-that is to say. all but
one or two which must be left. To
remind the eagle god to encourage the
laying Of more eggs by the birds an
egg carved out Of wood Is placed
where the divinity Will be sure to see
it; also, after being pluckcd. the ca
glets are carefully buried in a certain
cleft in the rocks. which is the eagle
cemetery. Here the eagles have been
Inferred fer centuries, and the place is
very sacred.
The Pueblo Indians have a tradition
Of the flood, and they say that the tur-
key is marked in commemoration of
that event, its tail being black at the
end whore it was dragged through the
mud after the water had subsidized.
The duck is another sacred bird, be
Ing associated with water. From tina
Pueblo point of yi"w, anything that is
related 70 The all precious water in any
way is an object Of worship. Their re-
ligion is made up TO a great extent of
aquatic dirinitios and might be called
species Of water worship
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

You poor girl" He t1'l her hand
commiseratingly. 1t g sully hard
on you, but l wish to IL, you could
sit with me throughout lie instead of
throughout a dance"
She gave him quick smile. We'll,
maybe If you asked me- She hest
tated.
IF l would ask you" he exclaimed.
That's what l have been trying TO do
for four years. | couldn't imagine you
could care for Il man SO much older
than yourself. | don't believe | would
have the courage now, but your lovely
white hair makes US seem more akin
He leaned over and touched the white
fluffy mass with his lips.
Miss Wesley sighed, then gave way
to an irrepressible giggle of amuse-
ment.
Colonel do you think you could love
a decetful woman:" she asked.
The colonel. although fifty. used the
perfectly proper reply to such a ques-
ton from a woman.
Il could -you-under any conditions"
rapturously.
Listen to this story, colonel" She
took both his hands in hers and kept
her eyes on his. Once upon a time
there was a girl of twenty-four who
had so severe an attack of fever that
when she recovered and her hair grew
again it was snowy white. Her rela-
tiveS thought white hair at her age
would place her in trying position,
so they insisted that she dye it its nat
ural color-brown."
The colonel looked startled, but she
motioned him to keep still.
"She kept it dyed for fourteen
years" She continued. land kept look
ing nliculouSly young. She didn't
mind that-except for the fact that the
man she cared for was-tifty-and was
afraid to ask her TO marry him on ac-
count of the seeming difference in their
ages"
The colonel again grew FESTIVE, but
she held his hand fast ana hurried over
the rest of the story.
at was Celcstc's plan" she said, land
it struck my sense Of humor very forci
bly,. Celeste has Il dramatic soul-ShC
made the plan ana l acquiesced. Yor
scc. the poor old family ghost gave me
an excuse for letting my hair be nat
ural without people finding out that
had been imposing on the public al
these years. DO You think you coult
care for fraud:" There was a Sigh
note of anxiety in her voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
DESERT HEAT.


T1Cc1aEortIhIe.
1t has been nay fortune to visit some
Of the hotties, pi&cos in America at the
hottest period OF Tie year and the
reader may ne incrcjulous when say
that l have been vastly more uncom.
Portable in Boston, New York. phila-
delphia, Baltimore or Washington in
summer than | have at Yuma or in the
heart Of the NIojavc, California or
Apache desert, or any of the great
pseudo summer deserts that reach
away in 4 general line from Yuma TO
San Antonio, Tex.
I recall entering a restaurant at
Indio, on the edge of the Mojavc, when
the heat called to mind proximity to a
furnace. I suggested to a citizen that
it was hot NO" he replied. "Yester-
day was hot: it was 100 degrees in the
shade; today it is only 115 degrees"
Yet l have been more uncomfortable
in Boston with the thermometer at
90 degrees. In Boston the heat was
humid; one perspired. At Indio or on
the desert the heat was absolutely dry
and at night the chances were that a
blanket might be required, nature Civ
ing one an opportunity to recuperate.
which is not always the case in the
great cities.-Country Calendar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16


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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
With the Help of
the Ghost
By TROY ALLISON
Copyright, 1905, by Homer Sprague

Miss Wesley actually had begun to
wish She could look older. To be thir-
ty-eight and look twc..x five had its
trials. In this instances had its own
particular drawback-the colonel was
fifty.
If the colonel had been less certain
that the younger men of his set were
altogether desirable and that they were
in every way suitable for her to select
husband from. Miss Wesley would
have been better pleased and probably
would never have regretted looking so
young. As it was the colonel, although
his military bearing and iron gray hair
attracted attention under all circum-
stances. thought Of his age and hest
tated to ask the popular young woman
to marry him.
The incident at the Mabreys' dance
| convinced Miss Wesley that she had
( given plenty of opportunities. 1t ap-
/ peared necessary that she give him not
only opportunity. but helping hand.
] This. She decided. she was quite pre-
pared 10 do. 1t only remained for her
to decide the manner Of its doing
/ On the nicht of the dance he had
come nearer mastering the necessary
courage than ever before, but just at
the moment when the air became
slightly charged with sentiment young
Or. Howell had come to their corner
of the library, and the colonel, with an
almost imperccptibic sigh. had said the
young folks always had something tC
talk over and he would 90 get his sup
per and lie off to bed as an old MAJ
should.
Miss Wesley felt a moisture in heI
eyes and decided. then and there, upoI
the virtue of the helping hand. Their
was only the question Of when anC
how it should be administered.
The next week size announced her in
tcutigu of going south To inspect SOM
old family property that had been lef
:. to her six months before. Ail her If
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

1t may be argued from story in
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice's Life" of
the second Earl Granville that a wife
with a seeing eye can size up her hus-
band quite as accurately as an astute
politician. When Sydney Herbert the
first Lord Herbert of Lea, resigned
the war office in 1861, Palmerston, then
premier, fixed upon the scholarly Sir
George Cornewall Lewis to succeed
him.
Lady Theresa Lewis Immediately eX-
pressed her doubt of her husbands fit
ness for the office, but Palmerston's
messenger argued the point, saying the
duties would not be military, but civil.
He would have to look after the
accounts"
He can never make up his own"'
declared Lady Theresa.
"He will look after the commissa-
riat," continued Palmerston's mouth
piece. with assurance.
He cannot order his own dinner"
He will control the clothing depart
ment" with timid hopefulness.
IF my daughters did not give the
orders to his tailor he would be with
out a coat
Palmerston carried the day, however,
and Cornewall Lewis reluctantly ac-
cepted the office. Not long after the
understanding found him in club
trying presumably to inform himself
upon his duties. He was reading a
work on the military tactics of Lycao-
mans
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

! she had heard of the old plantation,
= with its queer old mansion, and her
! childhood had reveled in tales of its an
! cient ghost. 1t was such a silly, use
' less, mischievouS ghost, one that
:, amused itself humping down stairways
;. during quiet midnight hours or thought
;. it not mhecoming to ghost,y dignity to
: take all the covers off the bed on a cold
night and leave one trembling with ter
ror and cold combined.
Miss Wesley went, therefore, with
the ayowed intention not only of in
= specting the property, but Of meeting
: the ghost size had Inherited with it.
: She took with her Or. Howells box
: of candies, but she wore one of the
colonel's red roses in the bosom Of her
travelling gown Celeste. her French
!. maid sat near her smiling as if there
II were something amusing III the atmos-
d phcre
Three weeks later Colonel Carr met
a DR.. Howell coming down the club
Z steps
4 Colonel have you heard of Miss
{ Wesley's terrible shock?" he asked.
/, The colonel stopped abruptly.
"Terriblc shock? Mo- What's hap
3 pened?" he demanded abruptly.
. Howell told the story with what
seemed to the anxious colonel unbear-
q. able sloWncgs.
Ii seemed that Miss Wesley's coach
man, left in town, had received letter
from his fiaueee, Celeste giving all the
I details Of tho mysterious affair Ac-
rordng to Ca'estes animated narrative,
Miss Wesley Had seen the family ghost.
: md the shock had been too much for
= her. Her mistress hair had turned
" snow white from the shock.
- ut is strange phase Of nature" said
N DR.. Howell. And to think of such
:, = beautiful woman experiencing the loss
h, of tLat wonderful head of brown hair"
" sympathetically They return to the
city this afternoon. the goodman tells
me-" he added
The colonel rang the doorbel that
- evening, feeling i'll ut ease as 10 how
! he should cvnress his sympathy for the
% woman he loved.
,ol 1eS' MISS wesley is ut home anu
q viii be down in moment" said Ce-
% leste showing him into the library.
=, Frances Wesley came in. her lone
N black dress trailing softly. The coic-
-, nel'S eyes Iu.- .gugd them.
: selves upon tay s hair piled in
a fuzzy mass upon ,ha ,9p u her head.
- You see, l am TO ID classed. among
:" the old folks heneiyuh, colonel" she
= responded to the look in his eyes
g, q can't offer sympathy he said
~ slowly You are more beautiful than
:, ever"
81 The color that came into her face
g. justified his words. I'm sit out the
II dances with you now, colonel, instead
~ of filling my programme with names.
Al The younger set will stand too much
M In awe of my white hair to ask me to
,oi dance"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
How to Clean Old Book Plates.

To restore old book plates that have
been injured by age and damp proceed
as follows; Place upon a fat surface
q sheet Of white paper somewhat lar
ger than the print TO be cleaned. Care
fully dampeu the print on both sides
with a soft wet sponge and then satr
rate it with a mixture of chloride Of
lime and oyallc acid dissolved in about
equal proportions I'm pint Of cold
water. You can tell when the mixture
is right by its turning magenta color.
Continue TO apply it until every stain
or spot has disappeared and then With
a clean sponge wash the print freely
with cold water
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
AGarden Girl
By Martha
McCulloch-Williams
Copyright, 1908. by Ruby Douglas
Copyright, 1905. by Ruby Douglas

Bernice came down the garden walk
with the grand air that always pre-
sages trouble 1t was an adorable gar
den, sweet with June roses and Glove
pinks. spiced. too, with the breath OF
honeysuckle and the keen burning
fragrance of Sweet BetSyS. The flow
ers were in the wide borders at either
side Of the walks. On beyond there
were plots of homely kitchen garden
ing in full tilth and growth. Susan OK
planned the fact-Susan who was push
ing the wheel hoe steadfastly, rosy as
Hebe and well nigh as enchanting, not
withstanding her plentiful freckles.
Yet Beruice groaned AT the sight.
stop that, Come into the atbor." She
said. Even in this crisis she thought
of her complexion - rightly enough,
too. since She felt that her face was
not only her fortune. but that Of the
whole family. Aunt Patrick and
Lawrence VIII be here this afternoon
on the ( O'Clock traln," she said i'm
pressively as Susan Joined her in the
green bower. only think. If they
had come and found YOU this way
should have died Of shame.
"Oh, I reckon not" Susan said cheer
lily. Perry. you're pretty well harden
ed to shocks by this time. I'm sorry
you've had TO be hardened, but there
wasn't any other way | couldn't see
do3J, Ia.l- .,n,.ff mo-. ftot with pIl This
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

LLIlI-l.
self. He is coming here to marry me
if it can be managed. Aunt Patrick
and I agreed on that three months
back. But how Will he like having
Sister-in-law who works with her hands
and is as Sunburnt as a haymaker?
Not mt ALL being what he is. SO want
you to 90 away, right off, up to the
Grahams for. say, week. If you'll
sleep in a mask and gloves and wash
your face in buttermilk'-
(Which l won't do; that's fiat" Su-
san cried. Il won't - away either
and leave everything to run to seed
and weeds. Don't talk to me of hiring
somebody. Whoever you got would let
things 90 to ruin. Besides there's no.
body to be had Moreover, | can't and
> won't leave daddy"
$50 you'll ruin my prospects" Ber-
nice said bitterly. Susan looked at her.
swallowing hard. After II long breath
she said husliily: Il don't want to do it,
Berry. God knows I'd like you to be
rich and grand. You do crave it so.
Tell me, do you think Lawrence by any
chance remembers daddy or me? If he
don't-well. | see a way out"
what do you mean" Bernice asked
flushing happily. Susan was looking
away from her Mt a tiny deserted cot
tage, barely three rooms. and a play
house porch which stood in a bit OF
grass at the gardens farther end. II
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
VEGETABLE CATERPILLAR.
A Curious Combination of Animal
and Plant Life.

Vegetable caterpillar is the name Civ
en- to fungus-Cordycep robertsii-
found in New Zealand. 1t exhibits a
curious and mysterious combination of
animal and vegetable life and is in
variably found associated as a para
site with the bulruSh caterpillar. How
the spores of the fungus enter the in
sect, which has never yet been met
with as grub or MOTH is not certainly
known. Sir Joseph Hooker suggests
they get lodged in its neck as it buries
itself. AT any rate, the fungus springs
from the head of the buried insect and
gradually absorbs its inside till the
whole body becomes full of purely veg
etable tissue, though in outward APP
pearance it remains unchanged, head,
legs and claws being seen clearly in
detail. The PUPPY vegetable matter has
a nutty flavor and is eaten with relish
by pigs and greedily devoured by the
Maori wood hen. The fungus. after
growing to a height of about six
inches, dies and dries up. - London
Standard
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

would have seen to it that the market
garden scheme had been nipped in the
bud Since it was established and pay
| ing let il 20 on through the season.
Next year there might be changes.
! Lawrence would. She was sure, re-
| spoud no5ly to all legitimate claims
And the property was all his. She her
self had only a life interest. Other
wise her nieces- Susan had stopped
her there with a careSSing pat on the
! 81 hands overloaded with diamonds,
saving she quite understood, but Aunt
| Patrick need not worry. Once Bernice
was well settled the house and garden
| and the little remnant of money would
be more than enough for daddy and
| his garden girl
Bcluice got through the first week
! fairly, although She was in a torment
of trembling and impatient hope. Law
renee seemed fascinated If only Aunt
Patrick would 20 on 10 the mountains
and insist upon taking her lonely niece
along everything would arrange itself
beautifully Bur Aunt Patrick had no
thought of such a thing She was much
too comfortable where She was. Be
sides, in the mountains there was a
danger she had not limited TO Bernice-
namely, the Granger girl, whom Aunt
Patrick hated. but with whom dear
Lawrence had been. last winter. ut
J least half i'm love BETTER much better
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

raptain Frank Frantz. who was in
gurated as governor of the territory
oklahoma on Jan. l. owes his posi-
N as a territorial executive in part
the fact that he is good boxer. lie
a member of family of athletes,
Il one of his brothers is famous as
baseball player and known as
Tome Run Frantz." Governor Frantz
int to Harvard and besides studying
dead languages and mathematics
lrned how TO handle himself well in
sontest with gloves. When the Span
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

Aunt-But l thought you un1ets.
that George is a poor ~ears r,lr .rNo,
you became engaged to him. Niece
OF course | did, but I didn't imagine i
went 50 far as his not being able to &c
new automobile till next season.
Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16


hker, as this is the third engage
fnt resulting from the Philippine
b. the others being those of Miss
boswell and Mr.. Longworth and
lngressman Swager Sherley of Louis
lle and Miss Mignon Critten of Stat
Island, New York.
Senator Warren is sixty-two and Mrs.
igle thirty-two. He is large land
lder and owns sheep by tens of thou
DDS. She. too, is rich About six
hrs ago she married George II. Ma
|. wealthy merchant of Cheyenne.
f union was unhappy, and Il divorce
suited. While they were still living
tether their coachman. who had be-
PIE infatuated with Mrs. Maggie, but
bnd that his affection was not re-
irocated shot himself in the stable.
hator Warren was formerly govern
lof Wyoming.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

lSh war came along
he joined the rough
riders. He fought
rs a lieutenant on
San Juan hill, and
h is gallantry on
that occasion led to
his promotion to be
a captain. As lieu
tenant colonel and
later colonel of the
regiment Mr.. Roose-
welt became famil-
iar with the cOur-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

nous / dII ! lllllp-
ne excursion the
lator from Wyo-
ing and the sen
or from Colorado
ERE rivals for the
Ind of the same
pr lady, Mrs. Ma
y Nagle of Clley-
PIE. The Wyoming
btcsuan won. The
'cumstance Will
III further enhance
rretary Taft's rep
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16
LOVES SACRAFICE.

my dear" said Hero Field don't
give up If you yield this way us all
I'D with you for the rest of your mar
ried life. And the idea of bride in
her honeymoon being weighed down
with an old grandfather and grand
mother-in-law!"
Mamie Eastlake was a bright-eyed
girl of nineteen, a girl who had been
brought UP in a fashionable boarding
school And the first real heart expert
ence that ever happened to her was
Donald Aubrey's love.
But they are Donald's grandpar-
ents, pleaded Nan.
We'll. what then? Let him provide
for them as other people do. His wife
has the first right in the house, and SO
I'd tell him if l were you. A mother
in-law would be bad enough, but this IS
ten times worse"
So when Mr. Aubrey came to make
his usual evening call that night and
Aunt Ponsonby had discreetly made
some excuses for leaving the drawing
room. Mamie preached the subject at
once.
Donald" she said, Il have lately
been thinking
Yes dear?"
And I've come to the conclusion
that you ought not to ask me to make
home for old Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian
is it not right and natural, Mamie,
that their home should be with me?' he
asked. his face clouded over.
Il dare say it will be very nice for
them. said Mamie with toss OF her
head But how about me?"
DO you object TO theme
Very decidedly, indeed" answered
the pretty young bride, fondly imagin-
ing that she had but to lift her slender
finger TO win any boon that she asked
OF Donald AHhF&Tatcd to America
bout 100 years before The man look
+ At ne in a qrizZigal way and, with
'ort Of mili"wcd countcnance, said.
YOU'RE looking for Your anrcstors?' l
hid was. He replied; You said they
hnigratcd to America 100 years ago
Then why are You looking for them .
pre-: | said: Ny friend, that settles
/ l will daily with them no longer"
And he didn't.
There IS no moro energetic advocate
7 irrigation legislation in the United
oates senate than Francis E. Warren
I Wyoming. Not long ago Senator
| ~, f. ;,, l,. al
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

| FRANTZ. o~nouS rnnord Of
ptain FrantZ. and not long after
! became president he appointed his
, comrade TO Il poStmastership. A
tie later the president wanted
Od man for the Usage Indian agency
H asked Secretary Hitchcock to APP
int Frantz. The latter did not want
accept, as he thought the postmas-
rship was the better place. but when
heard that the president wished him
do so aud that there We're grafters
be cleaned out he said he would do
Fthing his old commander ordered
be day Captain Frantz was at the
bite House. and the president asked
h to put on the gloves. He did so,
ii the chief magistrate came out of
+ contest second be His respect for
captain was so much increased that
took the first opportunity to show
and at the same time reward him
his faithful service as Indian
fnt. That was how Frantz got his
bointment as governor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

larry 5. Lehr who was a witness
fhe case which recently brought in
such prominence the publication
Rwn as Town Topics, is a very YER
lie man. He has occupied a con-
fuous position in the smart set for
pc years, and his name has appear
frequently in the columns of Colo
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-16

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