davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Met His Match.

A rough, overbearing counsel Is al
ways disliked. There was a barrister
Of this kind who did good service for
many years for one of our big railway
companies. But at last he met his
match. The case was one Of damages
claimed on account of severe bodily in
juries received Oh the railway in cues
ton and due, the plaintiff claimed, to
negligence on the part of one OF the
company's servants. AS usual, the bull
lying barrister tried to beat down and
discomfort the witness. But the latter
stood it quietly until the counsel began
to fairly roar out his rough questions.
Then the plaintiff looked him full in
the face and said: "Mr. H., am an
invalid. | cannot allow you to ques-
ton me in this manner 1t is an in
jury to my nervous system, already
shattered by the carelessness of your
clients. am troubled, through that
accident, with sclerosis of the spinal
cord, the effect of which is to make the
sufferer see double. At this moment
can see you double, and you know by
experience it is generally enough to up.
set man to see you once."-T. P.'s
Weekly, London.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
The Good Ones Nlsre Conc.

The Good Ones Were Gone.
In 1863, after the fail Of Vicksburg,
a man came to Lincoln seeking an Of
fee. He had known Lincoln very well
in the early fiftles. but had drifted
south He wanted an office and
good one, and he was very importu-
nate.
At last Mr.. Lincoln said to him:
"John. when was Il young man about
the time ! first went to Springfield to
live, ! was invited to a dance. and |
was very proud of the invitation l
remember that l bought a new his
ald very good one, for it cost ~
more than any other hat | had e,'%
bought, and i was very proud to weSg
it TO the dance. Well. | enjoyed my
self so much at this hop that | stages.
very late, about the last one to leave,
as | remember. and as | was ready te
go | said to the colored man who ha&
charge of the coats and hats, Now,
John, | wish you would bring me my
hat He brought me a hat that had
been worn for long time and was
very rusty and shabby, and l said 10
him: This isn't my hat. | wore good
9ne' And then he replied, Mr.. Lincoln.
the good ones were all gone two hours
ago. So John, the good offices are all
zone"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Sense of Smell.

The olfactory nerves are wonderfully
sensitive. Much has yet to be investi.
gated with regard to the differentia-
ton of the points in these nerves so
that they may discriminate with such
apparently miraculous accuracy, yet
even the results in the scent of dogs
show how wonderfully fine is thei,
discriminating power. Our sense of
smell, unless in the trained chemist, is
not even so acute as that of the semi.
savage. Much have we gained by civil
lizatiol- but not without some loss to
our bodily energies and senses. Mans
recuperative power after an injury Is
said frequently to be in inverse ratio
to his social advancement. Similarly
he seems to become less acute and del.
icate in the sense of smell as he fares
better and lives more comfortably.-St
Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
ENGLISH GHOST STORY.
A Vision That Saved a Life on the
Yorkshire Dales.

A Vision That Saved a Life on the
Yorkshire Dales.
1t is not often that we hear of
ghost saving mans life. There is,
however, IN instance. and it seems to
be tolerably well authenticated, and
materialists will hardly know how to
account for it, Here is the story 1t
is of the Yorkshire dales and of good
many years ago. A, clergyman whose
duty lay in that wild country, where
strong race of men and women lived
principally on bacon and oatcake and
knew not save rarely butchers meat,
used TO ride or walk to visit the people.
He had been raising subscription in
time of scarcity and had to be out
late at night One evening on his out
ward journey he suddenly became
aware of a figure moving beside him,
and in the cleaning he recognized his
brother. who had died some time be-
fore. He was too awestruek for
words, and after keeping by his side
for some distance over the lonely moor
the figure disappeared. He noted the
time and the vision, but nothing oc
CURED to throw any light upon it.
However, some years after he had
taken the duty at Jail in another part
Of the country one of the prisoners ly-
ing under sentence desired to make a
confession. After telling him of a lot
of crimes he said: 81 wor very near
once taking your life, sir. 1t was in
that bad year, and I heerd as how you
went carrying money about in those
lonesome dales. l hid behind the big
powders Of the brown moor. saw
you coming up and waited till you
should be near enough, but that night
you were not alone" This is a star
Ting tale and the stronger because
the vision or whatever 1t was was seen
by two people. The anecdote occurs in
an article twenty years ago in Mac
millan's Magazine by Lady Verney.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
DRYING APPLES.
Fruit Evaporated on Racks Is Attrac-
tive In Appearance.

Fruit Evaporated on Racks Is Attrac-
tive In Appearance.
In evaporating apples it is common
practice to treat the floor of the kiln
and the racks with tallow to prevent
the fruit from sticking The tempera-
ture maintained in kilns or other dry
ing compartments in actual practice is
largely a matter of experience, not a
factor governed by any definite stand
ards or regulated in accordancI with
thermometer readings, as might re ex-
pected. In general the object in view
is to force the heat as high as possible
without endangering the fruit. A prob
able temperature which has been sug-
gested by some of the operators is $50
degrees f. or more when the fruit is
first put into the drying compartment,
dropping to about 125 degrees f. as
the drying process nears completion.
Sufficient and proper provision for con-
trolling the indraft of cold air below
the fruit will aid in maintaining the
desired temperature.
urnlng the FRUIT.
The objects to be obtained by turn
ing must be kept in mind and the fruit
handled accordingly. 1t should be ex-
amined from time to time and turned
often enough to prevent scorching or
sticking and to insure uniform drying
In the case of the tower evaporators
and other types in which the fruit is
handled on racks no turning more
than an occasional stirring of the fruit
with the hand or with a small wooden
paddle is required. Sometimes the
relative positions of the RACKS are
changed to make the drying moNe uni
form. This is one reason why the
tower dried fruit is generally of rather
better quality than that from kilns.
The repeated turning on the kiln floor
is likely to make the fruit more or less
mussy, while in that which remains
practically undisturbed on the racks
the rings are maintained in better con-
dition. The fruit also dries more
quickly and is often of better color
than the kiln evaporated product, and
hence is more attractive in appearance
The same general principles must be
observed in tending the fruit where
steam heat is used in place of direct
hot air from furnaces.-H. P. Gould.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
heraldic seals of interest.

Survivals Of mills employed in colo
NAL Maryland; also typical household
implements used in early days in
Maryland, photographed in Dorchester
county by Miss Mary V. Dorsey of
that county.
Photograph of superb communion
service engraved with royal arms Of
England, presented to st. Anne's
church, Annapolis, by King William
III. and inscribed with his initials,
W.R.
Photograph of the memorial ring
given by Queen Henrietta Maria to
her maid of honor. wife of an early
settler, Captain James Neale, still
owned by descendant. Mrs. Clara
Earle Tilghman of Maryland.
Shown through the courtesy of the
land commissioner, Hon. e. Standby
Toadvin, are the many facsimiles Of
rare state documents
Mrs. Richardson collected the entire
executive exhibit by cleaning from
original sources all that could link the
individuality of the early settlers with
their public acts and thus preserve to
all times the names of those who BRAY
ed dangers and hardships of pioneer
life to help lay the cornerstone Of Thu
great nation. ~
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
DOGS IN BAGDAD.
Why They Do Not Loot the Food
Bazaars of the Town.


Bazaars of the Town.
Bagdad is alive with more or less
hungry dogs. How is it that such
packs of furies do not loot the bazaars
of the town? The explanation is as
simple as it is interesting. The Bag
dad shop fronts are absolutely open.
The goat and mutton carcasses are
hung where every dog that runs can
reach them. But time out of mind
the first glance of a dogs eye toward
forbidden dainties has been visited
with the swift descent on him of a
cudgel or a Ratchet.
On one of q series of marches paral-
lei with the Euphrates | Glanced to
meet desert horde whose greyhounds
are in high repute. Buying brace
of saplings. | took them on with me-,
lodging them in the tent and doing
everything that was possible 10 make
them feel at home.
Surprising to relate. they obstinately
refused both food and water The re-
mains of a vcnison pasty seemed at
once TO attract ana rcpel them. A pan
of water appealed to them even more
strongly, but they would not go up
to it.
After a time a Persian muleteer ex-
planned the mystery in twinkling.
| No sooner did he upset the water and
toss the viands on the ground before
them than the silky cared ones ran in
like Trojans and made up in a few
moments for days fasting.
Accustomed to lap from the river,
/ from irrigational channels and from
sheets of surface water and reared
| among people who do not use tables,
| they had been taught by many buffet
| to keep their noses out of cooking pots
and vessels of every description.
In Bagdad man and beast alike drink
of the great river, which also forms
| the arterial common sewer of the city,
the place where clothes are washed
and the "Stygian wave" into which is
dragged every beast of burden when
1t is not left to lie where it has fallen
The muddy bottom, with the water
ever receding. the exposed surfaces
thick with impurities and the tropical
sun sucking up all the infections, u
must be regular hotbed of miasma
and pestileDce.
And yet, mirabile dictu, Bagdad is
not, as eastern cities go, unhealthy.
But let the reader imagine to himself
what the Bagdad of the foregoing
slight description would be like with
out the dogs that scavenge it. Refuse
animal and vegetable matter is largely
disposed of by the dogs, in situ.-Nine-
teenth Century.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Clean Chopsticks Sure.

Seeing these quill toothpicks
up in paper envelopes in the hofeI
here" said the man from the far easI
reminds ME of the Japanese eatin.
places. In the bigger hotels or restai
rants they hand you the chopstict
done up in sealed envelope. This \
with the idea of convincing you thu
they never have been used befof
which is not always So In the ched
er restaurants they have much b(
ter plan for setting your mind at reS
There you get a piece of wood a.
Lroad as two chopsticks split to with
In an inch of one end. When you TAXI
this piece of wood you split it the RESI-
OF the way. and there you have thu
two sticks. You can be sure then TIA
no other person has used them n
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
No Common Niger.

As well known evangelist was pay
ing pastoral visits some years ago in
the state of Tennessee a lady said to
him:
I'm very glad you've come. l was
reading in the Bible the other day
about Moses marrying a niger, and
wish you would explain the matter"
at doesn't read that way in my
Bible" he replied. 1T reads that
Moses married an Ethiopian woman"
well, doesn't that mean a nigger?
81 will tell you how it was. There
was terrible war waged by the ETH
opians against the Egyptians, and two
great armies sent from Egypt against
them had been destroyed. The Ethio-
plans were governed by magnificent
queen, something like Semiramis, who
led out her own armies and knew how
to gain victory. But when Moses
was sent with a third Egyptian army
against her he asked help of God and
managed so wisely that the queen
agreed to surrender all her forces to
him and become tributary to Egypt
provided he would marry her."
''Well," said the old lady, I'm glad
to hear it wasn't any common Niger"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
THOUGH ALL WE'RE FABLES.

THOUGH ALL WE'RE FABLES.
Though all great deeds were proved but
fables fine;
Though earths old story could be told
anew;
Though the sweet fashions loved of them
that sue
Were empty as the ruined Delphian
shrine;
Though God did never man in words be-
nign
With sense of his great fatherhood en-
due;
Though life immortal were dream I'M
true.
And he that promised it were not divine;
Though soul. though spirit, were not and
all hope
Reaching beyond the bourn melted away;
Though virtue had no goal and good no
scope.
But both were doomed to end with this
our clay;
Though all these were not, to the I'M
graced heir
Would this remain-to live as though they
were.
lean IpoaIavv
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
HARVESTING STRAWBERRIES
It Requires Training, Good Judgment
and Honest Work.

After all the labor and expense re-
CURED in growing large crops of straw.
berries unless the harvesting is prop
erly done our labor will have been in
vain. AS in the case of plant setting,
"most anybody" won't do. 1t requires
training, good judgment and honest
work Here is where another trouble
begins. Often we arH-compelled to en-
ploy thoughtless children, who think of
but little except eating berries and
playing, things that must be firmly
prohibited at the start.
Women the Best Pickers.
Women make the best pickers be-
cause they have better judgment in
sorting and caring for the fruit, are
much less inclined to idleness and play
and know better the value of their
wages. In field of considerable size
a superintendent constantly on the
ground is essential. He must so divide
and separate the pickers as to prevent
visiting and play. see that the berries
are picked clean and at the proper
stage of ripeness, that none is destroy
ed by being lounged upon, that assort
ing is properly done and the baskets
are we'll filled and dressed and to crate
the baskets ready for the delivery
wagon.
Leaving the Stem On.
In this work two things are supreme
-neatness and honesty. Berries should
not be pulled off, for in doing so the
| stem is often drawn out of the berry,
| leaving wound in which the juices
soon begin to ferment, but the stem
/ should be cut with the thumb nail.
! leaving half inch of the stem on the
berry. Neither should the sides be
abraded so as to start flow Of Juice,
! destroy its appearance and soil the
| basket. To avoid this each large ber-
ry should be laid in the basket as soon
as picked When several are held in
the hand while picking others, some of
! them are sure to be bruised or smash
| ed. With the small berries that 60 in
| to the basket of sorts less care is neces-
sary. The berries should be as good
in one part of the basket as in another.
For finer appearance the top Of the
basket may be dressed" by turning
the berries on their sides.
Grating the Baskets.
The same rule should apply in crat-
ing the baskets. They should be alike
from top TO bottom. AS far as possible
4 crate should be made up of one va
riety, but where this is impracticable
| each variety should extend from top
to bottom, so that the grocer when
lifting the cover can see at a glance
the grade of the entire crate. This is
not only honest, but in the long run
there is more money in it than the be-
ginner may suppose. In an exacting
market there is much Importance in
this asserting and care of the fruit. In
my market four bushels of assorted
berries will bring more money than
will the same four bushels mixed with
another bushel of sorts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
THE coon GREAT MAN

How seldom. friend. a good. great man
inherits
Honor and wealth. with all his worth
and painsi
1t seems a story from the world of spirits
When any man obtains that which he
merits
Or any merits that which he obtains
For shame, my friendl Renounce this idle
strain.
What wouldst thou have a good. great
man obtain
Wealth. title, dignity a golden chain
Or heaps of corses which his sword hath
slain?
Goodness and greatness are not means.
but ends
Hath he not always treasures. always
friends,
The great, good man. three treasures
love and light
And calm thoughts, equable as infants
breath
And three fast friends, more sure than
day or night
Himself. his Maker and the angel death7
-Coleridge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
She Was Welcome to tho Rest.

As several travellers got into the sta.
tion bus one of the men noticed that a
young woman had grip exactly like
his. but that 1t was placed with the
rest of the baggage ON top. Thinking
there might be some mistake made. he
kept his inside and placed it at his
feet He was soon engrossed with his
paper and did not notice the young
woman reach over and draw the grip
close to her side. He waited until she
was occupied with a book and then
pulled the grip to its former position,
the rest of the travellers looking on
with amused expressions.
In turning over a leaf she looked
down and suddenly became aware of
the removal of the grip. With some
force In her voice and manner. she
said. "That is miner and jerked it
back close to her feet
Touching his hat politely. the owner
said: "All right, madam. But may
please get my pipe and nightshirt out?
You are welcome to the rest of the
things"-Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Slightly Mixed.

Two correspondents wrote to coun-
try editor to know respectively the
best way of assisting twins through
the teething period and how to rid an
orchard of grasshoppers. The editor
answered both questions faithfully,
but unfortunately got the initials mix
ed, so that the fond father of the teeth
ing twins was thunderstruck by the
following advice:
IF you are unfortunate enough to
be plagued by these unwelcome little
pests, the quickest means of settling
them is to cover them with straw and
set the straw ON fire."
The man who was bothered with
grasshoppers was equally amazed TO
read:
THE best treatment is to give them
each warm bath twice day and rub
their gums with boneset."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Stockton's Chickens.

otoCktonS OnickenS.
When Frank Stockton started out
with his Rudder Grange experiences he
undertook TO keep chickens One old
motherly Plymouth Rock brought out
a brood late in the fall, and Stockton
gave her good deal of attention. He
named each of the chicks after some
literary friend, among the rest Mary
Mapes Dodge. Mrs. Dodge was visit
ing the farm some time later, and, hap
pening to think of her namesake, she
said, by the way, Frank, how does
little Mary Mapes Dodge get alongT
THE funny thing about little Mary
Mapes. Dodge" said he, "is she turns
out to be Thomas Bailey Aldrich."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
The WORD "QUACK."
Its Origin Traced Back to the Sixteenth
Century


Century.
The original and acquired meanings
of many an old word have been clear
cd up in the law courts. When '.quack"
had its turn, Sir Edward Clarke, who
was probably quoting a dictionary, de-
fined the word as "a boastful pretend
err to medical skill" 'Quack" is I'M
doubtedly derived by suggestion from
the quacking of a duck. The quack
doctor has always substituted volu-
bility for knowledge "Quacker" and
"quaczing cheat were sixteenth CEN
fury words. "Quack" in its present
sense is certainly as old as 1896. when
it was included in the earliest of our
slang dictionaries. The original word
was 'quacksalver." travelling empiric
who quacked about his salves. and,
according to Henley and Farmer, the
dramatist Wycherly first shortened this
word to "quack."
The full term, quack doctor, is found
at least as early as ITO, when these
words were used as title to the Earl
of Rochester's mountebank speech on
Tower hill This witty and profligate
nobleman Che is always called witty
and profigate) took it into his head to
disappear from his friends and appear
to the mob on Tower hill as a quack
! doctor. The speech he made on that
occasion has been preserved, and it
shows that quack oratory has gained
nothing since.
1t is not all printable in these polite
pages, but the following passage will
show it's character:
"The cures l have done are as in
credible as innumerable. Toured Prester
Johns godmother of stupendous dolor
in her os sacrum, which had like to
cost the good lady the perdition of her
buckle bone. l cur'd the Empress of
Boolmapo of cramp she got in her
tongue by eating pork and butter'd
parSnips. l cur'd an alderman of
Grand Cairo of scarlet, burning, rag
ing fever. of which he dy'd. curd
the Emperor of Morocco, who lay sew
en- years sick of the plague. l cur'd
him in forty-two minutes so that he
danc'd the serabrand, flipfap and SON.
erset to the admiration of his whole
court For my pains he presented me
with 6000 Hungarian ducats and a
Turkish cymeter. Verbum sat sapienti.
| No cure, no money"
/ doubt very much whether Sir Ed
ward Clarke was right in saying that
the word "quack' was revived by
| Carlyle after it had died out. SO use
! full a word is not likely to have been
dropped, though in Carlyles vocabu-
larry of denunciation it certainly took
on a new Importance. 1t was from a
court of law, by the way, that Carlyle
obtained the word gig" which, with
| ferocious glee, he never ceased to use
as symbol of SNUG responsibility.
The trial of Thurtell at Hartford as
sizes for the murder of Mr.. Weare pro-
duced the following dialogue:
'What sort of person was Mr..
Weareg"
'He was always a most respectable
person"
"What do you mean by respectable?'
'He kept a gig"
Carlyle's sardonic humor seized on
this, and ever after when he was
storming at responsibilities and unreal
tiles gigs" were not far from his
mind. He even applied the word "g.g-
manity" to those classes of society
/ which held the gig" ideal-John
O'London in London Taller.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Neck and Neck.

The lawyer for the plaintiff had fin
ished his argument, and counsel for the
defense stepped forward TO speak,
when the new judge interrupted him.
His eyes were filed with wonder and
admiration for the plea of the plain
tiff.
Defendant need not speak," he said
plaintiff wins"
but, your honor" said the attorney,
"at least let me present my case"
"Well, go on, then"
The lawyer went ahead. When he
had finished the judge gaped in even
greater establishment.
Don't it beat allv' he exclaimed.
"Now defendant wins"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
They Naeded II Most.

A regiment Of soldiers was drawn up
In the barrack square for church pa
rade, but the church was being re-
paired and could only hold half Of
them.
Sergeant major" ordered the colo
mel, tell all the men who do not want
TO go to church to fall out on the re-
verse flank"
About half the number quickly avail
I'd themselves of the privilege.
''Now, sergeant major, dismiss all
the men who did not fall out and
march the others to church. They need
1t most"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-03
Talking of Ants.

Talking of ants" he said. we've
got 'em as big as/rabs out west I've
seen 'em fight VI long thorns, which
they used as Ia MS, charging like saw
ages"
''They don't compare to the ants l
saw in the east" said an inoffensive
individual near by. 1.-THE natives have
trained them as beasts Of burden. One
of 'em could tcail ton load for miles
with ease. They worked willingly, but
occasionally they turned on their at
PENDANTS and killed them
II say, old chap" said a shocked
voice from the corner, what sort of
ants were they?"
Elephants said the quiet man.