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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

deyouring the rice shoots and stalks
In extensive fields. To a more limit
ed extent they have thinned out
stands near the ditch banks in our
more depressed Lower Coast cane
fields; and, as our State engineers
and sugar planters we'll know, they
are proving source of annually
greater danger to our great levee
system during periods of high water
along the lower part of the Missis.
sippi River.
If the salvation of our alliSators
should rot result in the desired
damnation of the vastly multiplied
muskrat species, the parochial gov
ernments of the parishes most
affected and the State at large will
be forced to take some practical
means to bring about their reduc-
ton or destruction. Perhaps in de-
fault of the replenished alligator
supply. public trapping, wholesale
poisoning of their villages, and the
payment of bounties on their scalps
might accomplish this result.
The muskrat must go.-The Louis
lana Planter and Sugar Manufac.
turer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
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An Early "Good Road"

The desire to speculate a hundred
or more years ago YVES apparently
as great as it is to-day. An example
Of this is shown by the organization
of company in 1892 to build turn.
pike from Philadelphia to Lancaster,
Pa, a distance of sixty miles. The
charter was secured, and in ten days
2235 subscribers made application
for stock. AS this was more than
the law allowed, the names were
placed in lottery wheel and coo
were drawn; with these subscriptions
the work began. The road builders
Of that day knew little or nothing re-
garding the construction of high
ways, and the ridiculous mistakes
made on this occasion taught them
some valuable lessons. The land was
condemned, the trees felied and the
roadbed prepared. The largest
stones that could be found were
dumped upon it for a foundation,
and upon this colossal base earth
and gravel were spread; then the
work was declared complete; but
when the washing rains came deep
holes appeared on every hand, sharp
stones protruded from the surface,
and the horses received scratched
and broken limbs as they sank be-
tween the powders up to their knees.
The gigantic error of the road build.
er was then made plain Indigna-
ton meetings were held, at which
the turnpike company was con.
demned and the legislature blamed
for giving the charter. Had it not
been for an Englishman who offered
to rebuild the turnpike on the mac.
adam plan, as he had seen roads
built in the "old country" improved
road construction would have re-
ceived severe blow. The English.
mans proposition was accepted by
the company, and he was successful
in completing the Lancaster and
Philadelphia turnpike road, which
was then declared to be the best piece
of highway in the United States
"a masterpiece of its kind. &C. E.
NJ, in the Indiana Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
Near Dead.

The ship doctor of an English liner
notified the death-watch steward, an
IrishmaD, that man had died in
stateroom As. The usual instructions
TO bury the body we're given. Some
hours later the doctor peeked into
the room and found that the body was
still there. He called the Irishman's
attention to the matter, and the lat
ter replied:
IL thought you said room 46.
whit to that room and noticed wan Of
thin in a bunk. Are We dead?' says
]. No. says he, but I'm pretty near
dead
so buried him. The Wasp.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
The COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection Of
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honestly desired. Itmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
1t means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
K. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia Z. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come hid See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, forshe also
might just as well regain her health
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
"MR. DOOLEY"
ON CONGRESS

IA the American Magazine "Mr.
Dooley." writing on Congress. pokes
fun at the Government for putting up
a 500-room building in Washington
for the use of members. He says:
II see be tn pa-apers that tn gov
ernmint has put up sumchuse PAL
ace f'r tn comfort Nv tn nations law
givers, as Hogan calls thin. It's
mansion where they will have all tn
comforts Nv home an nanny that are
not home-like, but betther. Ivry
Congressman will have a room to
himself, decorated in mahogany, in
laid with pearls. where he can put
his feet on an ebony desk an throw
his peanut shells an apple cores into
myriad lapus lazuly cuspydors. Ad-
linin' each room there will be q bath,
which a Congressman can take or
leave, as tn mood seizes him. Be-
side each tub there will be specific
INSTRUCTIONS, prepared by thrained
government experts, FIR tn use Nv tn
bath in case Nv necessity. Insert plug
firmly IN bottom Nv tub; turn faucet
at right. Congressman are respect
fully requested to remove shoes be-
fore enthering.' An so on. Down.
stairs there will be a Turkish bath,
where Congressman can be invigor.
alter afther settin' up all night dis
cussin' tn river an harbor bill with
tn head waiter. On tn desk " each
member, tn pa-aper says, there will
be tillyantyscope, a CONTINUANCE
be which, when tn mimber is pre-
vinted be work or fatigue firm at
tindin' tn session, he can hear what's
goin' on in tn house, an thin hang
up tn receiver an remark: 'Cy Lum-
ley Is still gassin' about tn tariff.
How nanny cards?'"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on
Ankles-Opiates Alone Brought
Sleep - Eczema Yielded to
Cuticura

II had eczema for over two years. | had
two physicians, but they only gave me re-
lief for short inc md / cannot enum-
crate the ointmen,s md lotions l used TO
no purpose. My ai.,,Ies were one mass of
sores. The itching and burning were so in
tense that | could not sleep. I could not
walk for nearly four months One day my
husband said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three times,
] had the best nights rest in months un-
less took an opiate. ] used one set of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment. and Pills. and
my ankles healed in short time. 1t is
now year since used Cuticura, and there
has been no return of the eczema. Mrs.
David Brown, Locke, Ark. May Is and
July u, 1907"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
A Grateful Son.in-Law,

H. H. Rogers, on his return voyage
from Bermuda last month, said one
evening in the smoking room, of his
travelling companion, Mark Twain:
He is an incorrigible humorist.
Even in his most emotional moments
he can't help being funny.
When he married in Elmira in
1870 his father-in-law made him a
present of fine, well furnished
house in Buffalo.
"The present came as surprise.
Mark Twain knew nothing of it till,
amid party of relatives and friends,
he was shown over the luxurious
place. Then, when they told him it
was his, tears filled his eyes.
But he was still the humorist,
and turning to his father-in-law he
said, though in voice that trembled
a little:
"'Mr. Langdon, whenever you're
in Buffalo, If it's as much as twice a
year, you are to come right up here
and take tea. You can stay all night.
too, If you want to, and it shan't cost
you cent. Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
THE LITTLE COMMODORE
And Seaman's Seventh Trip Through
the Inland Sea.

@AAssAA0 sN@s
He came aboard at Nagasaki,
dressed all in gray. every snap of his
keen black eyes telling that he was
not delighted with his berth, and for
that matter neither were we, the
crew, exultant when we looked to our
gallant-mast and saw that we had
lost star, for instead of an ad-
mirals pennant with two stars we fly
the one star of commodore. 1t was
Commodore Dewey who was succeed
zng Rear-Admiral McNair. McCue
timed his sweeping to accompany his
cracked voice. and sang:
"Hurrah, hurrah! for southern right
hurrah!
Hurrah for the bonnie blue flag, that
bears single STAR"
But the swallowtail saves it. oh,
the determinations of flags and pen.
nant! Some day, when l have moth.
Ing to do, will go to the flag locker,
just around from the ships library,
study them out, and write a descrip.
tive poem about them. A flag that
means "yes" at the main truck means
mo" on the after gaff. We carry the
ensign of every country under the
sun, and among our rating flags there
are blue fields with one, two, three
or four white stars, standing respec.
lively for commodore, rear-admiral,
vice-admiral and admiral. OF the last
our navy has had but two-Farragut
and Porter. 1t will cost another wa:
to restore the Office.
Purdy recognized the newcomer on
sight; says he cruised the Mediter.
ranean with him when he was a
MILDLY, and Scotty says, Him and me
was shipmates with Farragut at New
Orleans" These two, with others Of
the old guard, having approved, we
have nothing to do but accept their
verdict, and certain 1t is he can rem.
der an admirars inspection quite az
miserable as hts predecessor. This
through with we started back for
Yokohama, making our seventh trip
through the Inland Sea.
hoVS oCCA ~ III Tic TUSy DlOOW
spring; in summer, when the purpling
mists from the hills came down and
nestled among the pendant wistarias;
in autumn, when the rose had deep.
ened into crimson and the golden kiss
Of Midas awakened 1t to unwonted
splendor. But on this, my last voy.
age, thought it more beautiful than
ever before, for the cold winds COM
ing down from the home Of eternal
snow crisped the air until the halos
on the heads of the sailors, guardian
angels shone with uncommon radi-
ance.
Some time I am coming here again:
coming when may sleep all day I'M
disturbed in my berth, and lie awake
all night upon the deck, watching the
stars as they guide the mariner upon
his way. Or will loaf all day upon
the deck and sleep at night. Oh, joy
in the thought to sleep again a whole
night through!-From "Three Years
Behind the Guns. in st. Nicholas.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
A Recent Decision.

A recent opinion by Attorney
eral Malone, of Massachusetts, is Of
interest to cities and towns that have
adopted the plan of oiling highways
to keep down the dust. Mr.. Malone
holds that there is no liability on the
part of the authorities for damages
resulting from the use of oil and tar
on roads. His reasoning is that there
is no more ground for holding town
or city responsible for injury to
clothing or vehicles by oil than there
is for assessing damages when some.
body is SCATTERED with mud. Among
nearby places that have taken to
employing oil on highways is Yon.
kers, where the splendid macadam
in North Broadway has been heavily
sprinkled with crude petroleum,
much to the satisfaction of residents
and motor enthusiasts.-New York
Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
The Price of Bad Roads.

In reducing the good roads ques.
ton to the dollars and cents basis,
the Department of Agriculture has
handed the farmers and country tax
payers generally an argument which
they ought to find irresistible. The
departments figures are based on
careful and exhaustive tests. They
demonstrate that the actual cost of
hauling, per ton-mile, is sizty-four
cents over dry, sandy roads, eighty
nine cents over earth roads of the
usual muddy and rutted variety, IL 9
cents on broken stone roads in ordi-
nary condition, and eight cents ON
broken stone roads in good condi.
ton.
This means, concretely, that good
roads pay ample cash dividends. and
that the saving which they make
possible far overbalances the cost OF
construction. A road of broken
stone means consistently reduced
expenses as long as it lasts. 1t cost
the farmers s21.650,000 to haul the
wheat crop to the railroads in 1906,
This was an average price. for all
drayage, of nineteen cents tom
mile. But where there were i'm.
proved roads, the figures show that
the drayage cost was only ten cents
per ton-mile. Had all the corn,
wheat and cotton crops of 1906 been
hauled over good roads. the pro-
ducers of them would have saved
$27,O00,000.
How long will Virginia farmers
continue to pay the heavy toll of bad
roads Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
CONTEMPLATING INSANITY.
A New Sort-Unflattering Estimate
of Hospital Corps.


Such is the lack of State or local
supervision over the hospitals for the
insane in South Carolina that it was
left to United States secret service
men to discover the fact that the
State Insane Asylum at Columbia
had a counterfeiting plant running
at profitable speed The perhaps
unique discovery was made that one
of the patients, a man dangerously
If not hopelessly insane. is an expert
counterfeiter of silver coins. 1t is
hardly supposable that the head
authorities of the asylum would have
allowed him to ply his trade in the
institution, but the attendants in d.
rect charge of this man knew of his
ability. and allowed him to exercise
it-for reason. They got him the
molds and the material and set him
at work. circulating the product
themselves and making, presumably,
what there was in it.
Though this is a new direction for
display of the depravity of the class
of men employed in many hospitals
for the insane as attendants, this
discovery will give little surprise to
those who know the general char
acter of these men. They are lack
ing in principle. A man who will
wilfully abuse those helplessly and
often harmlessly insane will rob his
grandmother-or circulate counter
felt money, If he gets hold of it.
New Haven Register.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
ALMOST A SHADOW
Gained 20 lbs. ON Grape.NutA

There's q wonderful difference be-
tween food which merely tastes
good and one. which builds up
strength and good healthy flesh.
1t makes no difference how much
we eat unless we can digest It. 1t lie
not really food to the system until 1t
Is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman
says:
II had been q sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got SO bad that the least bit OF
food such as then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
II lost flesh until / was almost Q
shadow Of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
First / dropped coffee and used
Postum. then began to use Grape
Nuts. although I had little faith II
would do me any good.
3But continued to. use the food
and have gained twenty pounds in
weight and feed like another person
IN every way. feel as II life had
truly begun anew for me.
Il can eat anything like now in
moderation, suffer no Ill effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me, this
spring have been able to do It my
self all alone.
my breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and cup of Postum. with
sometimes an egg and a piece of
toast, but generally only Grape-Nuts
and Postum. And can work until
noon and not feel as tired as one
hours work would have made me a
year ago." there's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, "The Road to
Wellville." In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
lie Guessed Right.

A one-armed man entered a res.
taurant and seated himself next to a
dapper little Observation-Disclosures
man. The latter noticed his neigh.
boris left sleeve hanging loose and
kept cycling it in how-did-it-happen
sort of a way. Finally the inquisitive
one could stand it no longer. He
changed his position little, cleared
his throat and said: II beg pardon,
sir. but see you have lost an arm. .
The one-armed man picked up his
sleeve with his right hand and peered
anxiously into it, Bless my soul. "
he exclaimed. looking up with great
surprise. Il do believe you're right"
--Everybody's
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
The Retort Courteous.

When Mrs. Grover Cleveland was
in the White House she had many
callers. Most of these were, OF course,
strangers to her, but. by appointment,
and otherwise, they secured an ad-
mission to her presence.
One day a sharp-eyed old lady, who
was very garrulous, had almost worn
out her patience. Finally the Old
lady said to her with a smile intended
to be inviting:
Does Mr.. Cleveland ever lose his
temper. my dear?"
Sometimes.
"Indeed What pity! May ask
what causes him to do this?'
Certainly. 1t is most frequently
when l tell him what some of my
callers say to me. Newark News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
BETTY's PLAYTIME.

"Oh, pshaw!" said Betty, when
mamma called her from play, some
body's always a-wantin' me to do
something" She ran into the house
with frown on her face.
Betty" said mamma. IF you
can't obey cheerfully@"
well, / always have to be dotn'
somethin'," burst out Betty. II
never can play"
"You may play this whole day
long," said mamma, quietly.
And not do aaythin' else?" asked
Petty.
Not do another thing" said mann
ma.
"Oh, good!" cried Betty, and she
ran and got her doll things and be-
gan making dress for Cora May.
her new dolly.
Grandma came into the room while
she was sewing.
Betty" she said. will you run
upstairs and get granny her spec
tacles?"
yes, ma'am," cried Betty. jump
ing up in a hurry, for she dearly
loved to do things for grandma.
"No. Betty" said mamma; you
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

Rabies is far more common dis.
ease than is generally admitted; 50
that DR.. z. c. Schroeder, of the Blu,
reau of Animal Industry, urges con-
muzzling in public places. Recent
progress has greatly iessened its eff.
fects, for. since Negri's discovery in
1903 of the distinguishing micro-or-
ganisms in the nerve cells. the disease
easily recognizable, and the Pasteur
treatment is effective in curing It
The mortality Of sixty and eighty pei
cent. in untreated bits on hands and
head has been reduced to 0.75 and
1-aa5 per cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
The Wrong One.

A young man had been calling now
and then on young lady when one
night, as he sat in the parlor waiting
for her to come down, her mother
entered the room instead and asked
him in very grave. stern way what
his intentions were.
He turned very red and was ABOUT
to stammer some incoherent reply
when suddenly the young lady called
down f-om the head o. the stairs:
Mamma, mamma, that is not the
one. Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

the kidney secretfors were badly dis
ordered. was completely worn out
and discouraged when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. have been
feeling well ever since."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
Needed Other Things.

Like most ministers families, they
were not extensively blessed with this
worlds goods. She. however. was
the youngest of ten children until
her father explained to her of the
baby sister who had come In the
night.
well" she said, after due
thought, Il s'pose it's all right. papa.
but there's many thing we needed
worse. "-Delineator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

five months In a
hospital / was dis
charged as incura-
bic. and given only
six months to live.
My heart was affect
ed. l had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. l got so |
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
was Unmarried and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

Hicks Capudine Cures Headache,
Whether from Cold, Heat, Stomach. or
Mental Strain. No Acetanilid or dangerous
drugs. It's Liquid. Effects Immediately.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
of the 100000 British schoolboys

OF the 100000 British schoolboys
to whom Lord Roberts letter on the
harmful effect Of smoking has beea
read by the Rev. j. NJ. Dryerre during
his anti-smoking lectures, 100000
have pledged themselves not to smoke
until they are twenty-one years Of
age.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

A mean trick to play on widow
is to expect her to remember that
she has ever had any experience
with the weak points of men.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

Hicks Capudinc Cures Women's
Monthly Pains, Backache. Nervousness.
and Headache. It's Liquid. Effects imme-
diately. Prescribed by physicians with best
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

The usual way for man to learn
how to propose to a girl is for her
to teach him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

What's the good of being good
IL you do not let people know 1t?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

The only difference between an old
fool and young fool is that he
has had more practice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.

Levi p. Brockway, s. Second Ave-.
Anoka, Mimi, says: After lying for
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Tn
the System

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL Tonic. Yol know what yol
are taking The formula is plainly printed
on every bottle, showing it is simply Out
nine and Iron in a sasteless form, and the
most effectual form For grown peopls
and children Soc.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-14

the pestiferous rodent by the police
jurors of Plaquemine parish a decade
agone is waited back in trumpet
tones from the far wilds of Calcasieu
on the eloquent lips of State Repre-
sentative Welsh.
Although the efficient sheriff of
Plaquemine parish has occasionally
captured and confined a hermit alli-
gator hunter, and made formidable
cruises after squads of them, who
have evaded him by fleeing to the
marsh domains of neighboring par
ishes, that parochial law has been
largely and persistently violated. A
State law would be likewise disre-
garded by the professional alligator
slayers unless 1t could be enforced
by the seizure and confiscation OF all
alligator hides at their points of sale
and distribution in New Orleans and
the towns near the coast and the rail-
road crossings of the buyers that
course through all of our extensive
marsh region. Officers of the law
might as well hope to find the proven
bal needle in the haystack as to
catch the professional alligator hunt
ers in our tidal marshes.
In the meantime. the immense
multiplication and the desirable de-
struction of the muskrats in most oil
the tier of Southern parishes in this
State are growing to be grave ques
tions. These vermin have alread,
largely added in several parishes te
the cost and productiveness of rice.
culture BY cutting the levees meant
to bc.s in the irrigation water and