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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
SAVED BY CLEAN HANDS.
Thrilling Incident OF the Days of the
E.r.i- q ~. -,rlr,n

Thrilling incident Of the Days of the
9s Paris Commune.
Frederic Yinlers Peaceful Person
alities and Warriors Bold" contains a
striking ana somewhat bloody tale of
the terrible days of the Paris COM
mune. An unnamed Englshmap tells
the story of himself and Archibald
Forbes, the great war correspondent;
'There was a good deal of fighting in
the streets ut the time, for the Yer
sailles troops were pressing bard upon
the communists. One afternoon, in a
street not Far from where we were sit
ting, was rounded up by a party Of
rebels and made to work erecting a
barricade. when | found another Eng
lishman pressed for -he same business.
1t was Forbes. the war correspondent
We chummed together at our distaste-
full work. which we were compelled 10
co or risk being shot for spies.
! "Preceutly the barricade was attack.
led by the NerSNlle.s's, and the cC.4
munists, after sharp fight, We're driv-
en- helter sEelter down the street.
Forbes and ran with them. Presently
he shouted. Dive into that wineshop On
the leftr i Immediately did so, and
Forbes, catching hold of me. pushed
NE through a shop to a back yard
where We found pump. Now said
he wash your hands quickly ana let
me have a turn. After our ablutions
he hurried me back into the street
That simple incident Of washing my
hands saved my life, and l always re-
member 1t with gratitude.
I'VE had hardly gained the street be
fore we were roughly arrested by tn
victorious troops, who would not liste'
10 any explanation. and were hurried
along with many other prisoners till
we came to blank wall, where halt
was made About 4 dozehsof us were
made to stand in q Iiue with our backs
TO the wall Hands upr cried the Of
ficer Ia charge.
"The poor devils who had soiled
hands were tod to remain. Forbes and
were the only men who were allowed
to fall out, for our hands showed 90
sign of barricade wq or soil of pow
der upon them. Before we realized
what had happened the rest We're rid
died with bullets 1t was a CHASTITY
sight"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
G,owino Ruseaao as.

RutabagaS are grown as main cror
for winter use. and their culture Is
similar to that of the fat turnip. They
require a good. rich, moist soil and
must be grown quickly. Seed may be
sown any time from Iune 10 to July
10 In drills one inch deep and eighteen
inches apart moderately thick. Thin
to six inches apart. Stir the soil al
least once Il week 10 kill weeds and
conserve moisture They are a ricl
succulent vegetable. heavy yiellel
and an excellent re;able for winter
use. They may be subjected to few
heavy frosts, but should be harvested
before heavy freezing, weather sets in
They may be stored in any ordinary
cellar, provided they are well covered
with moist rot WEI. ,san1sor soil. The
best varieties are Family Rutabaga
sud Champion or Swede. Garden Mag
aZine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
SILVER. KING OF THE SEA.
The Feats That Tarpon Will Per-
form When Hooked.

If you have never seen 4 tarpon i'm
agine the Mediterranean sardine that
you take from the box for lunch
heightened out to six or seven feet
Give it two enormous staring black
eyes. Il superciious lip of the most
grotesque shape coming down and
twisting up again. mouth that can
be thrown so wide open that thirty
feet distant when the fish is in the air
you can see blue sky down its throat
and out through the arched gills. Give
the fish I; greenish back and long
spine al the dorSal. a powerful sardine
like tail and equip its belly and sides
with scales which look more like new
" minted trade dollars than anything
else. dollars often twice their natural
size. into which the purest molten sill
yer has been dropped. scales that fash
thousands of rays in every direction.
scales that CLEAN. corruscate and in
the full glare of the sun form so many
sunbursts to dazzle the eye and con-
fuse the excited angler.
| have taken the "sabalo' under va
rious circumstances and have seen ii
leap along the outer Florida reef and
down by the Rio Grande. where it
forms in gigantic schools and moves
south in winter. and everywhere it is
the same sensational equilibrist. the
same air climber and sky scraper when
hooked or shared. What the sensations
of the tarpon are when hooked it
would be difficult to say. but | fancy
It is frightened and leaps in the direc
ton away from the pain center. and
no two leaps are alike.
1t may go directly up into the air,
carrying a big wave with it. and lash
the air. or it may go out of the water
head first. rising like ray of light ten
or fifteen or more feet then fall
gracefully. Every possible position
have seen the frightened tarpon take,
from standing on its tail as upright as
a soldier to exactly the opposite direc-
ton. and an old angler informed me
that he had seen a tarpon maze a
lateral leap of thirty feet.-Charles F.
Holden in Recreation
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
PAsrURlNG WHEAT.
Little Injury From Stock In Fall and
Winter.

LittiS injury from Stock In Fall and
Winter.
( The pasturing of wheat is nm ola
practice about which opinions of nrac.
tical men differ widely The subject
has been studied during several sea.
sons by the Oklahoma station. In a
farmers wheattield a number of Mats
were laid out fenced and provided
with gates. On two of the Mats tho
gates were closed and locked and On
the others they We're left open.
Horses and cattle were turned into
the field in which these plats were eli.
uated on Oct. "a. at which time +ba
wheat furnished considerable feod
Up to about the middle of January the
pasturing was very fair, About tbis
time the weather turned cold and snow
fell. and during the greater mart or
February the weather was very cold
and the ground covered with snow aI-
most all of the time. During the grest-
err part of these two months littIa
wheat pasturing was available. and
the amount given the field for the son
son was lighter than usual. The lar
ter part of February the weather mod
Grated and the snow went of. ami II,
March The wheat was making . nioo
start to grow. On this date. March
the gates Oh the fall AID winter" ms
tured plats were closed and no stool,
allowed on the platS again At this
time the ground was Il little soft on
top. but not in II condition to allow the
stock to damage the wheat. mate
rally by tramping. and there was
some difference in the appearance Of
the pastured and the not pastured
plats. the former being covered wifh
considerably more growth Heavy
rains fell March II and showers on the
18th. On April Is but little difference
could be seen in the growth on the
fall and winter pastured plats and
the not pastured plats and the
wheat in the field. In all these cases
the growth was very good. 1t is well
to bear in mind here that the pasturing
given the field was lighter than usual
and at no time was the wheat damaged
by tramping and. aside from the rust
that attacked the wheat. the conditions
for growth were very favorable
throughout the season. From the
three years trials the indications are
that where wheat is judiciously pas
tured in the fall and winter and the
stock removed in the spring by March
l the yield of grain will be little if
any reduced.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Needless Ceremony

Peter had been hastily iidden to
Bobby Hunts party, and his mother
was rounding him up" in front of the
washstand.
"Oh, mother" he said, "do have t.
have whole bathY'
"Certainly."
Peter mumbled something, and his
mother asked him what it was.
II said were you sure it wasn't just
your idea" replied Peter. I'm certain
heard Bobby's mother tell you over
the telephone that the party was very
informal" -Youth's Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
HinnonhanY.

Hippophagy being in low water in
these later days. somebody has set
himself to show what an exceedingly
respectable history attaches to the
practice. Among the ancients. especial
ly in China. eating horsefesh was
general, and it was only killed in Eu-
rope by papal decree of Gregory ILL.,,
though why horse1esh should have
been interdicted does not appear. 1t
was only the famine caused by Napo-
Icons invasion that revived the prac-
tice in Germany. where it has survived
ever since.-London Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
The Second Cron Potato.

The second crop potato has come to
stay. The yield from such is not ma
terially greater, but the vine is more
vigorous, resists insects better, ma
lures earlier and there are very few
culls. says southern writer In Coun-
try Gentleman. In the same cellar the
sprouting of the spring and fall plant
ing of the same kind varies six weeks
at least. and all potatoes intended for
late use are for this reason fall grown.
Another advantage is the fact that
when large second crop potato is
planted it is not prone to spring more
than two eyes, and to find Il three stalk
stool even in careless planting is an
effort. This is the reason there are so
very few culls. The northern potato
natures about with our second crop.
1t has won general acceptance in the
south, and theoretically it ought to be
as good. 1t has been tried by hundreds
of planters side by side. but the con.
sensus of opinion is that in every I'M
partial trial the native seed is superior.
The second crop seed is not disposed
to run out. The writer still continues
lineally the same stock he first pur-
chased. nearly or quite twenty years
ago, and the last planting is as vigor-
Gus and healthy as the first.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
A SHIFT IN D4IRYING.
The Milking shorthorn Pushing to the
Front.

Front.
In the readiustment of the dairy in
dustry that has been forced to some
extent by the prevailing high prices Of
f3odstulfs it e ms hat farmers will
he wise to consider not only milk pro-
duction. but such byproducts as calves
and steers. \ great deal has been said
to the disadvan age of the dual pur-
pose COW. bat circumstances alter
cases Shorthorns have been brel in
this country maialy for beef produc-
ton, but their dairy value is one Of
considerable dis melton Indeed. in
the old days. before special purpose
cattle had gained their present vogue.
the Shorthorn was quite as pre-emi-
nent at the pail as Mt the block. Thus
the Jonas Whit: ker WIS were cele.
brated throughout England for their
great udders and heavy mix flow, a
Bates laid as much stress on the but
ter records rs on the beef qualities Of
his animals. while the Fawsley Fill
pals carried in their names the sug-
gestion of well won reputation.
When they were first br ught over
here they were recommended quite as
much fer mix as TO beef production.
OF course the milking habit may he
easily discoura ged. and of late years
in the west this has occurred almo
universally. but at the Worlds fair in
Chicago, where they came in competi-
ton with the distinctively dairy
breeds, the result was anything hut
di appointing. While they were win
ming in the beef contests majority
their champion mi k produ er Nora.
In ninety days made 3,619.S pounds
against the Jersey Brown Bassie's
1854 and the Guernsey Materna'S
1872. Again, in tests two, three and
four the three best Shorthorns, one In
each class. including the two-year-old
heifer, gave 5.S6l pounds, while Jcr
sevs of the same description gave
$3.50. SHOW in- in favor of the Short
horns 531 pounds.
In dairying quality rather than
quantity is what is wanted. Here
dSdli tle cuOl lllOi uS nave an
excellent showing In the test of tn
Columbia Dairy school for large sup
ply of milk of the lest flavor Sh vt
horns led the other two breeds (Guern-
seys and jerseys and were good dairy
cows il every sense of the word
Today there is an ever increasing
4 demand for baby beef and fine native
sides. Why should we of New York
and New England let the west reap
all this profit? In central New York
there are a few enterprising farmers
who export Shorthorn steers to Liver
/ pool every year and make about $50
| profit on each beast
The foregoing are the views of an
eastern farmer expressed in Country
/ Gentleman. In the same paper occurs
the cut of the very handsome Short
horn bull of milking strain. General
Clay. son Of Duke Buttercup and Ma
ME Clay H. and member of the web
known Glenside herd at Granville Cen
ter. Pa. His dam, with her first four
calves, gave 47,4429 pounds of milk
an average of 11,S60 pounds for each
| milking period.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Wanted Help to Be Thankful.

The minister's children were out il
tne field one day, while visiting on q
farm, when suddenly a ram came to
WARD them all ready to "butt in" Lit
.le arthur, aged five, said to Dorothy,
prayersv'
one said' I can't think of any," SC
Iel protner told her to say any one
Una. sue heard their father say. The
sam was , getting closer, and in her
fright she said the only one she could
think Of: oAe 'i'e e''
..,, y Lord. help US to be thankful for
what we are about to receive -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Excluding Rats From Buildings.

Excluding Rats From Buildings.
The best way of excluding rats from
buildings. whether in the city or coun-
try, is by the use of cement in con
struction. AS the advantages of this
material are coming to be generally
understood its use is rapidly extend
ing to all kinds of building. Dwellings.
dairies. barns. stables. chicken houses.
icehouses, bridges. dams. silos, tanks,
cisterns, root cellars, hotbeds. side
walks and curbs are now often made
wholly of concrete. In constructing
dwelling houses the additional cost of
making the foundations rat proof is
slight as compared with the advan-
tages. The cellar walls should have
concrete footings and the walls them
selves be laid in cement mortar The
cellar floor should he of medium
rather than lean" concrete. and all
water and drain pipes should be sur
rounded with concrete. Even an old
cellar may be made rat proof at com
paratively small expense. Rat holes
may be permanently closed by mix
ture of cement. sand and broken glass
or sharp bits of stone. David f. Iantz.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
SQUIRREL WAYS.
The Little Animals Are Great Actors
on a Rail Fence.

1t is the furry gray squirrel that
love to watch as he makes his way
along the fence, says a writer in For
est and Stream. He is fond of sitting
on the top rail and surveying his little
world, but if anything disturbs him il
is worth long tramp to watch him
as he ZigZags back and forth, follow
ing the riders toward his home tree
If not suspicious, however, the gray
skips along from rail to rail, turning
back now and then to jump down and
examine something on lower rails or
on the ground. Often it is a nut that
he thinks he buried in a certain clump
of grass in fence corner. frequently
he is mistaken in the exact place, but
he finds it farther on and comes back
to the rider to eat it. Watch him close
~ when he finally sees you blocking
his way.
He looks at you with his head turned
sideways and you wonder that he
shows no surprise and cannot make out
whether he knew you were there all
ehO INV vi 10 OAAiy OiuAiihs5s ANON LIZ
turns back and traverses a few rails,
gets down on the next one and makes
a pretense of searching for something
there, comes back to the rider again
and feigns perfect composure, slips
down to the ground while, as he seems
to think, you have been thrown or
your guard and then makes his way,
now slowly, now like a streak, to the
shelter Of the woods, just as though
sou did not sabe squirrel ways.
Light Work.
want job. Rastus?"
mo, sab: no, sab. Done got Job,
sah."
"Indeed! What are you doing?"
"Takin' in washin' foah ma wife to
do, sah.' '-Lippincott's.
Grieving for the lost opportunity Is
the very worst way to find new ones
Baltimore American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Moant TIC. =. =.

In mountain climbing the world over
the climber usually arrives fresh and
unfatigued at the base of the peak he
wishes to storm and. rs rule. begins
his ascent at high altitude. On Mount
Mckinley, rs described by a writer in
Outing. it is the opposite. There are
twenty-five miles of rugged foothills
aud glaciers to be crossed-with heavy
packs-before the base Of the mountain
Is reached, and then the climber is con.
frDnted by $4,000 feet of rock and ice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Struck Blind.

After acquiring considerable
amount of money in the United States
a young Englishman returned home
and decided to give his old father u
treat by taking him to London. The
father had never been in a train be
fore and commenced the journey with
many outspoken anticipations of dire
events All went well until the train
suddenly dashed into tunnel Bang
went the old mans fist on his sons
nose as he cried: Il told you something
would happen. you young villain! I'm
struck blindw
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
DRAWING Out Manure.

There are lot Of men who use two
wheeled dump cares instead of manure
spleadels. They draw the manure on
daily and do not lave enough for .
spreader LOAF. Til Is especially true
in the east, where the farms are small
says Kimball's LARRY Farmer. The
cart is water fight and saves I'll the
liquid manure. If ther used spread
.er much OF the LIQUID would drain or
before II conll lie spread.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Respect at LAST.

"Briefeigh is, think. one of the
greatest lawyers In this state"
"Why, l heare sou say once that you
didn't conside1 him any good"
ooh, tina, was years ago. He used
to give me pointers on legal matters
without charging me anything because
we happened to have offices adjoining
each other. Recently he has beer
charging me a stiff price every time
l have gone to him for advice" Chi
cago Record HeraM
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Use of Windbreaks,

The main use of windbreaks is to
shelter an orchard or a residence site,
field crops and to conserve soil mois-
ture within the protected area. They
may also be planted in open pastures
Fer the protection of stock. Incidental
ly the windbreak may furnish useful
material. but it must be placed where
it will afford the most effective protec-
ton without much reference to the
character of the soii.-Forest Service.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
True.

1T isn't true. is It," asked Rollo as
ne finished reading 1.-THE Pied Piper Of
Hamelin"-''it isn't true that he could
play on his pipe so that the rats would
go Off and drown themselvesg
Weil,' replied Rollo's father. 81
don't know about that. think 1t may
De true. Your Uncle George can play
.ne mute so that 1t will scare a COW
INTO a river and drive all the dogs In
the neighborhood crazy. Yes. should
say the poem is true."-London An.
gwers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
He Knew Them.

Once at an important function a,
Marlborough House Sir Francis Knob
lys came up to the Prince of Wales
and remarked. "Some gentlemen of the
press wish admission, your royal high.
ness"
"Oh,' said the prince, show them
In If they don't come in at the door,
they'll come in at the ventlator."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Net Broad encd.

"They say that travel broadens a
man." said the dark woman.
well. don't know about that" re-
piled the light woman. My husband
has been conductor on trolley iar
for seven years and see how thin he
is!"-Yonkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Law of Prcqress.

The law o. progress is the law OF
sacrifice--no sacrifice. no progress. The
secret of sacrifice is love. Without the
self sacrificing love of the mother life
itself would disappear from the earth.
---l.eview of Reviews.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Worse Still.

"a visitor to see you, sir"
"I'll bet he wants some favor"
grumbled Senator Greathead.
tits lady, sir"
"Ah! That means half dozen ia
vors. "-Philadelphia Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Won.en "a al, Tlleater.

The first ai. OF the modern play
wright Is TO please the women in the
audience The second thought is for
the female characters in the play If
q play finds fa or VITA the women IL
Is bound to he success The men
will go II only because she Is there or
to act as her esrnrt -Theater Maya
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
Concerning Soil Moisture.

So far as cultivation is concerned,
there are three principal steps in the
conservation of soil moisture:
The soil must be loosened to a con.
siderable depth in order to prepare a
reservoir to receive the rain and carry
the water downward into the soil. This
may be accomplished by deep blowing,
by listing or by disking unplowed lands.
The water which is carried down into
the subsoil must be brought back again
into the surface soil, where the seed is
terminating and the young roots ara
growing, and to accomplish this a good
connection must be made between the
furrow slice and the subsoil, and this
Is the purpose of the use of the subsur-
face packer Immediately after blowing.
Finally, in order that the water which
Is drawn up again toward the surface
may not reach the air and be wasted
by evaporation. the upper two or three
inches of the soil must be kept mellow
in the form of soil mulch, and this is ac.
complished in the growing of crops by
frequent cultivation, which is not so
practicable with wheat as with corn
and similar crops. However, the har.
row may often be successfully used in
preserving tne soil mulch In the wheat.
field.-A. NJ. Teueyck ia Kansas Farm.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

4 rough, overbearing counsel is al
ways disliked. There was 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 on the railway in ques-
ton and due, the plaintiff claimed. to
negligence on the part of one of the
mpany'sservants. As usual, the bul-
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: "NIr. H., l am an
invalid. I 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. l 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.
With SatiricsI Streak.
French tact is proverbial A rather
tiresome marquis came up yawning TO
the Prince de Ligne of the court of
Louis XVI
"That was exactly what l was going
to say to you" observed the prince
huavalv
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

Small Gilbert-Papa. didn't hear
you tell mamma we would have to
economize? Papa-Yes. my son. Small
Gilbert-Well. you might begin by get
ting me pony: then shouldn't wear
out so mauy shoes.-Chicago News