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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
WILD 0UTBURST OF JOY.
Mafekins Night, When London Flung
Aside All Dignity.


"Mafeking night gave a verb to the
English language ITO maffik," de-
fined in phrase. means to turn every
thing upside down in wild outburst
Of JOY. Certainly we did turn every
thing upside down that night-Friday.
May Is. 1900-in London. and we had
Joy and TO spare to justify us. 1t was
not merely that Mafeking was relieved
the town in which Baden-Powell and
his men, edging close to starvation. had
sat tight so long and so puc ~ it was
the far greater relief that came to all
England at the end Of that dark win
ter through which all England, silently.
doggedly. had taken its nasty punish
ment, with the winning at last of a
substantial victory. The tense strain
was relaxed suddenly, and London.
with good cause for it, maffiked ex-
ultingly through all that glad night
long.
Tiddlers are peacock tail feathers
Tiddling is tickling other peoples
noses with them With my own hap
py eyes that night | saw two White
chapel girls. with proper Whltechapel
curls twirled on their temples. fiddle
the nose of Pail Mall policeman,
And that policeman-imagne if you
please, all possible impossibilities fused
into one single ultra violet ray of in
credibilty-fairly thrust forward his
law embodying nose to be tiddled by
II iaf1 i, -
Pail Mall policeman, remember-and
benignly rewarded them with the
sneeze Of their desire.
On the same lines / may cite another
example from that same evening. |
saw on Piccadilly an intensely re-
spectacle looking Englishman-middle
aged. stout gray whiskered. dressed in
seemly black and wearing a seemly
top hat-who most obviously was 4
member of the conservative middle
class, a well to do city man, | should
say, with tidy villa at Shepherds
Bush or Hackney. who on Sundays
very likely handed the plate. And
this by rights typically phlegmatic
Briton was seated, with his chubby
legs very wide outspread before him,
on the roof of four wheeler, and he
had the union jack in one hand and
the standard in the other, and he was
coming along the middle of one of the
great streets of London in the thick of
the roaring crowd filling it waving
those national banners with an incOm-
parable fervor and hurrahing just as
loud as he possibly could hurrah.
But I saw no mote in the eye of my
phlegmatic English brother-we were
about of an age-flag waving and hur-
raining up there on the roof of his
grower, possibly because at the mo-
ment | had something of beam in
my own. Strictly speaking. the relief
of Mafeking was not my affair at all.
But, God bless me. there was. too,
with my standard and my union jack
(they cost me siXpence apiece, mount
ed on little bamboo poles. and as long
as | live | shall cherish them, and l
went about London that night waving
those flags just as crafty as anybody
and roared away with the national
anthem and SOLDIERS of the Queen"
and the "Absentminded Beggar" just
as loudly as anybody. - Thomas A.
Janvier in Harper'S.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10

through the mot hers wAtrhI..g
and toll: aMy child sill rpa,
me when it grows up" AMI al
last, after the long journey of
years has been YEARLY travelled
through. the mothers heart is
weighted down by heavy bur
d-n, and no hope remsins but the
grave. We hope that this may
not he the case with any who
weekly read this column, but all
must admit that il is often q true
history of a woman's hopes.
The best bank ever known 10 q
bank OF earth; it never refuses to
discount honest labor The best
share is the pillow share on which
dividends are always liberal.
The greatest glory is not In
never falling but in rising every
time that We fall.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Horse Talk.

Half the pleasure of country life
lies in the ownership of good horse.
Every farmer should have a horse
that the wife and daughter can ride
and drive as well as the boys.
In selecting such horse choose one
about fifteen hands and one or two
inches high, weighing about $50 to
1000 pounds.
He should have good. even dispo'
sition and go equally well in harness
or under saddle.
Small horses are better than large
ones for light driving. Their feet are
apt to be firmer and finer in texture
and more likely to remain sound
Farm Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
A BLESSING In Disguise.

Five Lands brothers were born on
farm in Indiana. Two of them are
now members of congress, one is the
now famous federal judge in Chicago,
one is supervisor of posts in Porto
Rico and one is a physician in Cincin.
natl.
1--WE had to work from daylight to
dark on that farm" says Congress
man Charles lands. Father had a
team, and it took up all our time to get
enough off that farm to support that
team. We were working night and
day to get provender for those horses.
Fortunately one Of the horses died,
ard couple Of us got away. Then
the other horse died, and that let the
rest of us out. and since then we have
hoped along as best we could"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Not Much Choice to Him.

SiX-year-old Dick was preparing,
much against his own sweet will, to go
calling with his mother. 1t was the
first time that Dick had been allowed
to get ready alone, and, together with
boyish disgust at being obliged to go
visiting, he felt the Importance of the
situation.
After having put on his hat and coat
he suddenly remembered something
and called downstairs, Mother, shall
| wash my hands or wear gloves?"--
Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
THE SOCIAL SHOW.
AS 1t Was Announced.

At church entertainment the mas
ter of ceremonies announced:
Miss Bates will sing oh. that l
had wings like dove, for then would
fly away and be at rest accompa-
MED by the minister"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Self interest.

Self Interest.
The real estate firm of Solomon &
O'Sulivan had lots for sale in new
suburban addition. O'Suilivan. young.
enthusiastic ana Irish, was writing the
advertisement and urged impenC ing
purchasers to seize the passing mo-
ment
Napoleon not only met opportunity;
he created it,
Mr.. Solomon read this line in the adj
vertisement slowly and carefully. This
fellow Napoleon he said-"what's the
use of advertising him with our mon
ey?'-Lippincott's
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10

Martial. a Spanish poet Of the first
century. wrote. "A face that cannot
smile is never good"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
EVAP0RATED APPLES.
Various Influences That Affect Their
Economic Value,

There is an increasing demand for
dried apples of the highest quality.
The tendency has sometimes been to
make quantity at the expense of quail.
ty. But prices are governed not only
by the supply. but also by the grade
The cleanest, whitest fruit that is we'll
cored, trimmed, bleached. ringed and
dried is most in demand. Careless
ness in any particular Injuries the prod
uct
Utilization of Windfa!Is.
Primarily the economic usefulness OF
an apple evaporation is through its
utilization of windfalls and the poorer
grades of fruit which cannot be mar
keted to good advantage in fresh
state and it is these grades that are
most often evaporated. But the mag
nitude of the crop also influences the
grade of the evaporated product in
decided way. In seasons of abundant
crops and low prices for fresh fruit
large quantities of apples that would
ordinarily be barreled are evaporated,
and the grade of stock produced is cor
respondingly improved. On the other
hand, in years of scanty crops, when
all apples that can possibly be shipped
are in demand at high prices, only the
very poorest fruit is evaporated, as a
rule, thus lowering the grade of the
output.
Commercial Grading.
The commercial grading of evaporat.
ed apples is based primarily on appear
ance rather than on dessert quality,
and the fact that one variety may
make better favored product than
another is not considered. AS rule,
a product of high commercial grade
can be made from any sort which has
firm texture and beaches to a salts
factory degree of whiteness. A va
riety of high dessert quality. such as
the Northern Spy, may be expected to
make an evaporated product of CORE
spondingly high iavor.-H. P. Gould.
Going Some.
TN TO- aa&
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
RAISING SHEEP.
They Add More to Fertility of the Soil
Than Cattle.

They Add More to Fertility of the Soil
Than Cattle.
1t requires about the same amount
of feed to produce pound of flesh ON
steer as ON sheep. The investiga-
tors show that to be true, as rule
But sheep will thrive on weeds and
grass that cattle will not touch, and
when the fact is remembered that
sheep produce a clip of wool every
year in addition to mutton the balance
is in favor of sheep.
On High Priced Land.
1t is often said that it does not pay
to raise sheep on high priced land. If
that is true, then it does not pay to
raise cattle or hogs on the same land
1t costs no more. pound for pound, for
one than the other
Fat lambs always find ready sale at
good prices. and choice lambs are gen.
orally scarce at high prizes. If lambs
are kept till they grow fleece the
price of the wool is generally the profit
of the sheep over the fat cow or the
fat steer. OF course sheep will not
fatten on weeds or brush nor thrive in
cold, wet lots upon neglect. but they
will show up in the sales pens favor
ably with steers or cows if they are
given the same feed and the same care,
or even less
Time of Fattening.
Sheep can be fattened in less time
than cattle. 1t is generally found that
the steer is not finished in 100 days,
but must be topped off with about two
weeks extra feeding. The sheep can
be ready and prime for the market in
100 days.
Sheep add more to fertility Of the
soil than any other animal The cat
tlemen on the big western farms are
just beginning to find that out, an(
many of them. particularly in Texas
have sold their cattle and gone int,
the sheep business.-Colman's Rural
World
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Time of Fatteninq.
THE MANGEL-.
Deep Fall Flowing and Lime Are Good
For This Crop.

Deep Fall Flowing and Lime Are Good
For This Crop.
For mangels deep fall blowing is ad.
visable, with a cross blowing or a
deep disk narrowing in the spring. Nc
crop responds more readily to good till.
age than the mangel. and no crop will
be more discouraging to the man who
but half prepares the land, writes Sam
uel Fraser of Ithaca, n Y, in Amer.
lean Cultivator. Ten to twelve tons
per acre of barn manure should be ap
piled to the land in the fall previous
to blowing. This may be supplement-
ed with fertilizers in spring if desired
Before the seed is sown the land should
be well fitted with the disk and spike
toothed harrows. The successful grow.
er will give five or six borrowings if
necessary to make the seed bed fine.
Previous to the last two borrowings
apply 240 to $50 pounds of acid phos.
phate and 100 to 100 pounds nitrate OF
soda and 100 to 100 pounds muriate
of potash per acre. These should be
mixed together just before application.
The mixture should be applied early
in the spring. The fertilizers will slim.
ulate the young plants. In some cases
400 or 500 pounds of salt per acre are
applied.
If the land has not been recently
lined an application of 1900 to 2,00C
pounds lime per acre will often be
profitable. Lime is almost always ad.
vantageous on soils planted to roots
especially for those of the beet type.
Lime modifies the soil texture and cor.
reefs possible acidity The quantity
applied should be in the neighborhood
of 1000 pounds per acre. 1t should
be reduced to fine powder either by
shaking or by pulverizing and worked
In at the last fitting.
THE SOCIAL SHOW.
But the thirsty of soul soon learn to know
The moistureleSs froth of the social show:
The vulgar sham of the pompous feast
Where the heaviest purse is the highest
priest:
The organized charity scrimped and iced,
In the name of a cautious. statistical
Christ
The smile restrained, the respectable cant,
When a friend in need is a friend In
want:
Where the only aim is to keep afloat,
And a brother may drown with cry in
his throat.
-John Boyle O Reilly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Commercial GRADING.
Going Some.

Fanning-So the family in the fiat
next yours has photograph, eh? How
many records have they? Frick-Heav-
en- only knows. But they broke their
best previous record last Sunday by
five hours and twenty-six minutes
Puck
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
lie Remembered.


Old Com modore Vanderbilt was al.
ways very democratic in spirit. Sit
ting on the porch of fashionable ho
tel at a fashionable resort on one oc
casion, it is related that the commo
dore saw lady approaching with whom
he was acquainted His wife and
daughter. who recognized her, could
&arcely contain their anger when he
hose and politely addressed her.
IMd son't you know" asked the daugh
Ale tdter she had gone, that horrid
Nefomsed to sell poultry to us?"
bit esponded the old millionaire,
'ember when your mother
sE, Rand peddled oysters in
Net e'n Them.
ioAwas standing be
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
A chummy. Fearless Bird.

So unafraid are humming birds Of
man that they will readily enter open
windows of houses if they see flowers
within. | have even read of their visit
ing the artificial flowers on a ladys
hat when she was walking out, and
other writers speak of their taking
sugar from between PERSONS lips.
In room they become confused and.
being so frail, are apt to injure them
selves by striking against objects.
More than once | or members of my
family have caught the. frightened lit
tie waits for their good and released
them in the open air. 1t is of no use
TO try to keep them in captivity I'M
.'ss possibly it were in greenhouse
: -, are there were plenty of flowers, for
Y -tiilcial food has ever been founG
will nourish them. Yet even
IVY would probably kill them
hor%ing against the glass.-H.
Hting Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
SLAVES OF GOLD.

Who are the leaders in our be at
society, generally speaking? Why,
a man may carry whole library
in his head, and if his coat be
sesdy and his pocket empty he
is now where; while a brainless fop
whose attire is faultless, and who
carries full pursc, is q frst-rate,
smart fellow. What chance has
ayoung lady little out of style,
who has to earn her own living,
to shine in society by the side
of one of our fashionable ladies
whose papa is . millionaire So
clally we are the slaves of gold.
Old fashioned people look at it
ha in the old fashioned way, and
10 hay that it is all wrong. And
uas ii is; but it is fact that
Hsng Ss us III the face that those
he oddse worth the most are con
actuaas of the most worth.
the, perhaps the wisest
Vou spright when he said:
separiwoney is the root of
~ svu, know from sad sx-
" is very incon-
tosse but no man
y offelhsppy homo
Vholece lace cur
will to make
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
FREAK OF THE TIDES.

TUOuI I,JUO,OUU tIduCS anu tHt H6t
its 10000 francs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
R0SSMAN CLIMBING. Former Holyoke Slugger Filing Points Onto His Average.

Hans Wagner of Pittsburg still leads the hitsmiths of the National league, while Criss of St Louis retains first place in the American league, according to the best unofficial rec ords obtainable. Mike Donlin of New York continues to trail the Pirate bounder by small margin, while Ty Cobb may soon overtake Criss. Claud Rossman of Detroit jumped from 300 to .315 and now stands fifth in the lineup of the larrupers. Tim Jordan now ranks as Brooklyn's best biffer, displacing John Hummel, who has dropped to PAY.
 The club records show the follow ing leaders; Giants and Tigers in batting; Pittsburg and Detroit in long hitting; Cubs and Maps in sac rificing; both New York teams in base stealing and both Chicago clubs in fielding. ...
 Following are the batting aver ages of the players of both leagues who have taken part in 15 or more games, and are hitting for .260 or better:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
LAPS STEAL <.
 AMERICAN SEALS.
Armed Teachers Resist Captors
 With Knives and Rifles.

Seattle, Wash, Aug 1S.-Cable ad. vices from Valdez say that the United States revenue cutter, Bear has arrived at Unga. Alaska, bringing seventy-fiye Japanese, seal poaehers from Seal is- land.
 The prisoners are part of the crews of two Japanese schooners captured while stealing and killing seals on American territory. +-,
 The Besr has started out again to bring the remainder. ,.
 United States Commissioner Drifield has ordered twenty-five prisoners held to the federal grand jury for exami- nation. "a rss sr. ...s
 One of the captured schooners was rigged to resemble the cutter McCuI- lochs It was heavily armed. and the crew showed marked animosity toward the Americans, Several of the poach- CTS offered resistance and started to at- tack the Americans with sealing knives and powerful rifles. s.F ...
 The knives had blades ten inches long.
 All were oyerpowered without blood shed. however, by the men of the reve- nue cutter. -., ,a
 The prisoners are nearly all middle aged men. and three are believed to be Japanese criminals. @~ ,-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
KEENE GETS TWO RACES.
Melisande Wins D.n,oiseIle Stake al
 Empire City Track.

Yonkers, N. l., Aug. 1S.-At the E n- pire City track James R. Keene won his second race of the afternoon in the Demoiselle stakes for two-year-old fil- lies, the first win coming when Foot pad took the opening event
 Melisande looked like the real good lilly she is all through the Demoiselle stake race and held her field safe at all times, coming in ahead by about length, with Notter easing her up all the way through the stretch. Cotytto was an easy second.
 Falcada and Tony Bonero were equal choices in the third race, and the two fought 1t out in the stretch, the former proving the best. The win ners:
 First Race-Footpad, first; Bird of Flight H., second: Kilcreen, third.
 Second Race. . woodcraft first; James B. Brady, second; Grimaldi, third.
 Third Race. - Falcada. first: Tony Bonero, second: Golden Pearl. third.
 Fourth Race-Melisande. first; Co., tytto. second; Arondack, third.
 Fifth Race.-Gowan. first; CymbaI, second: Boema, third.
 Sixth Race. Golden Shore, first, Rockstone. second; La1ly third.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
THE DIAM MOND
ONE MORE SHUT
 OUT FOR US
New Britain Did the Trick Again -The Colors of Hartford
 Lowered by Springfield.

New Britain, Aug 1S.--The New Britain baseball nine made it three straight from Harry Durant's tail enders yesterday afternoon by shut ting them out, to 0. Considering the threatening nature of the weath- CT there was good crowd out. It takes more than dark clouds to keep the wild New Britain baseball en- thusiasts away from game these days. Coughlin was in the box for New Britain and the Bristol boy kept up his good steady work, which has characterized him ever since he join ed the team. The visitors only se- cured three hits off him. Eastman was touched up for nine hits by the Mountaineers.
 The feature of the game was a home run by Almeida.. The Cubans played great ball all the way through and young Cabbage did all kinds of clever stunts at shortstop except standing on his head. He is improv- ing every game and O'Rourke's work for Waterbury looked shabby beside him. The score:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
WILL rHERE RE poLo7

Will there be polo in this city the
 coming season or will there not7
 This question will be definitely de- cided this evening, when the house committee of the Waterbury aerie of
 Eagles gets down to business. Man
 agers McMahon and HalliweIl were in the city yesterday and had con- ference with some of the Eagles rela- tive to again renting the Auditorium. Last season they rented the building for the week. giving roller skating on the nights when polo was not played and having moving pictures on Sunday nights. The roller skat- ing part of the programme was a de- cided failure and the city authorities stopped the moving pictures. The polo managers therefore have uf- fered this season to rent the build ing for the nights on which polo will be played only. They have made their bid and if it is accepted they will put a team in the city that should be winner There will be ten teams in the league this season and all the best of the western play CTS are clamoring for admission to some of the teams. If the terms are not accepted the old Waterbury team. with the new additions, vfli be planted in Taunton. where Man. agers McMshon and HzIIiweil hars an option on a rink. The Eagles. however. may decide to accept the terms. as no one else can set a frzn- chise for this eity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
DEFEAT WAS DECISIVE.

Hartford, Conn, Aug 1S.-If the Senators ,stiG. hold to- any sneaking suspicion that they really class wi h the Ponies, the praise that has been plastered on them down here must have gone to their heads. Going in- to yesterdays game with the knowl- edge that the contest must be won on its merits, they became groggy as soon as the Ponies set forth the real power of their attack. Before they had been beaten by a 6 to 1 score, they acted like men who had met their masters and who were painfully aware of the fact. Malone and Lyons were booked to umpire, Ghd when Lyons, was kept away be- cause of illness. Malone didn't have any hesitancy in tackling the task alone Neither did he have any friend he wanted to work in to share the receipts with him. -' 's
 After the drubbing had been de- cisively administered, there were a few sore ones who so. far forgot thmselyes as to hurl missiles toward the Springfield bus. And on the way up from the grounds one lout on a street car spat squarely on Maggert's coat as the car passed the wagon. Maggert made a break for the ground, but he couldn't catch up with the car and the thug was spar ed the, thrashing he deserved. and would have had. even if some of those with esthetic inclinations wobld have classed him as a rowdy for it. The score: R.H.E. Hartford ...1000 00000O0-1 Springfield .00001203O-6 sl|
 Batteries-Schuman. Swanson and Casey: Powell and Connor.
 Two-base hits. Fallon 2. Casey, conuor, Standard, Powell: sacrifice hit, McAndrews: stolen bases, Fall Ion 2, Connery, Maggert; double plays. Justice. Gardner and Connery: Yancev and connery; bases on balls. oh Schuman I; off Swanson l.. oil Powell 3: struck out. by Schuman (. by Powell g. hit by pitched ball. by Powell T.: passed ball, Casey; hits. 5 on Schuman in Innings. 2 off Swanson in two innings; left on bases. Hartford 10, Springfield 3; bases on errors, Hartford I, Spring field I; umpire, Mir Malone; time, l I:55. 's
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-18
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE.

Monday. Aug 1T.-Waterbury a, New Britain, Springfield at Hartford, Meriden at Holyoke. New Haven al Bridgeport. -.-
 Tuesday. Aug 1s.-Hartford a, Waterbury. New Britain at Spring. field, Holyoke at Meriden, Bridge. port at New Haven.
 Wednesday, Aug 1e.-waterbury at Springfield. Hartford at Holyoke New Haven at New Britain, Bridge. port at Meriden.
 Thursday. Aug 2O.-waterbury a. Holyoke. New Haven at Hartford. New Britain at Bridgeport, Merides at Springfield.
 Friday. Aug 2l.-waterbury at New Haven. Meriden at Hartford Holyoke al New Britain, Springfield at Bridgeport.
 Saturday. Aug 22.-springheld a, Waterbury, Bridgeport st Hartford 1.-two gamesl. New Britain at MerI- den. New Haven at Holyoke.