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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
Culture and Strength.

OF late the athletic girl is to the
fore. but DR.. Kate Lindsay, in the
Housekeeper. lays that there is new
ertheless danger from parents
thinking that culture is removed from
strength. Disease suggestions by
fond. and unwise parents, especially
mothers. are often the cause of many
cases of weakness and ill health. This
is especially true in the cases of girls
who are often made to believe from
the cradle up to adult life. that Il is
an evidence of culture and refinement
to be delicate and ailing. This senti-
ment prevailed very extensively a half
century ago. While il is not as DO
tent an influence for evil at present.
vet it is the experience of the physi-
clan that many ailing young school
girls owe their acquired weakly, in
valid habits to the fact that they
nave become self-centred from trying
to practice the unwise exercise re-
strictions of their over anxious moth
ers.l Fix the idea on the mentality of
any girl that she is elected to be an
Invalid end in nine cases out of every
ten she will live up to the idea and
succeed to the ancient colored wom-
ans condition. who enjoyed i'll
health. Many other causes of i'll
health might be mentioned as the in
stigators OF youthful invalidism, such
as the lack\ of proper moral training
and the development of the habits of
self-control. thus preventing waste of
nerve energy from brain storms of
passion and Nany over emotional ex-
citement, over work at school. want
of proper sleep and too much of in
door, sedentaFy work, want Of fresh
al: In the sleeping rooms and lack of
some healthfull occupation which will
give normal exercise to mind and
body But the article would be too
long to morei than indicate these
causes OF juvelhile i'll health. 1t may
be safely stated that the great major
ity OF weakly, ailing children can be
cured because their feebleness is due
TO some avoidable cause which can be
overcom; by suitable treatment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
The Real Miss Blank.

Somehow l cannot feel very
friendly and cordial toward Miss
Blank" said one girl to another.
She does not ring true, although |
cannot tell just what the trouble is.
Do you ever feel much like that when
you talk with herr"
The other girl laughed before she
answered: Eyes, 7 do; and ] had often
wondered if any one else felt so.
But l think I know what lies at the
root of the trouble. She is not the
real Miss Blank at all, bu. only an
imitation"
What do you mean?" was the
astonished question, while visions of
an impositor masquerading under
the name of an absent girl fioated
through her mind.
Again her friend laughed. ooh,
not that she is not the actual indi-
vidual, but that she tries to be diff
ferent from what she really is. Did
you ever notice that she laughs
affectedly almost exactly like Miss
Bee, and losses her head like Jennie
Williams, and says Really, how
FUNNY just like Sue Brown-and
lots of other things like other people?
When she first came here she was a
quiet, pleasant little person with
cheerful laugh and rather old
fashioned but attractive way of say
ing things. I suppose she thought
she had better try to be up-to-date
you know she came here from a
little country village. But she has
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15

very distinctly and the pilot haze 60
guess his meaning.
Philips senses were sharp enough
even If his body was numb. and he
took in the significance of several
sharp orders given by the command
er OF the tug during the next sixty
seconds, in answer. to which two men
cast off the hawsers leading to the
three barges. Then the man at the
wheel rang for half speed ahead.
Philip heard and understood the
signal and was filled with a fear that
the PROV of the tug, forcing its way
through the ice, would push the big
cakes against his dory and sink it be-
fore he could be taken on board.
Some such thought must have flashed
through the pilots mind at the same
time, for he suddenly left the wheel,
and leaning out of the window again,
scanned the floating ice that tum-
bled about so threateningly between
the two crafts.
The ice cakes here are big ones,
and you'll crush my boat if you're not
careful" Philip called.
The helmsman observed the mass
OF floating ice with critical eye, then
gave another order to the engineer
through the speaking tube, in obedi-
ence to which the tugs propeller re-
duced its revolutions until the vessel
had just Roadway enough to keep sta
tionary in the current.
Half dozen men-all of the crew
except the engineer, who remained
at his post, and the pilot, in the
wheelhouse-crowded to the bow of
the tug, ready to lend hand if need
ed, for the ice, impeded by the larger
craft, was piling around the frail
looking dory, now and then striking
the gunwale with such force that
only the stanchness of the little boat
kept 1t from being demolished.
With the oars, Philip tried to clea,
a passage ahead toward the tug, blu,
in his eagerness he bore down toe
heavily on one of the blades and
broke it off short. Throwing the use.
less piece of wood aside, he picked
up the other aor and went to work
with that, but he was afraid to strain
that one very hard for fear of snap.
ping it also, and slowly the ice hem.
med him in. Clearly he saw that il
was only question of time wher
the dory would go down and its sole
occupant be precipitated into the ic,
water.
All hands realized that this would
occur before the boat could reach the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
AS Lawyers Clerks.

Great interest was shown in the
two women who were in attendance
In Mr.. Justice Neville's court during
the hearing of the action concerning
the identity of Mrs. Taylor, the bank
er's widow
Neatly dressed in blue, the two,
armed with documents which they
placed in front of them on the solicit
ors' bench, keenly followed every
point in the case, and whenever called
On to produce document whisked
out the right paper in the twinkling
Of an eye. They also made notes,
gave hints to counsel and in every
way attended strictly to business.
They were in the employment of Mr..
Ballard. of Cliffords Inn, one of the
solicitors engaged in the case.-Lon-
don Evening Standard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There is at least one redeeming
feature about air castles, and that is
We do not have to pay taxes on
them.
The kindness of insincerity is like
the beauty of artificial roses; we val.
ne it for what it is intended to repre-.
sent.
When you are in error never be
ashamed to acknowledge it. 1t gives
the other fellow no excuse for keep
ing up the argument.
If you want to know how people
speak of you behind your back, lis
ten to the reckless manner in which
they pitch into others.
The man who is always proclaim
ing that he is in the right is intoler-
able; the man who admits he has
been in the wrong is charming.
A couple of interviewers spent the
night in a cell with a man who was
doomed to be hanged, and in the
morning the prisoner was perfectly
willing to die.
Better be defeated in an honest eff
fort than to be discouraged and cease
to make that effort. Up and at it
should ever be the watchword of the
man who feels that he has right on
his side.
There is always more than enough
brightness in life to Offset the gloom.
if we will look for it. And there is
still enough gloom in life to quench
all brightness, If we are determined
to have it that way.-From "Nuggets
of WISDOM" in the Beehive,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
A@ FRZLs 1EH
krAAAEAsHloMA|

lie dernier cri is parasol handle
in the shape of large gold knob.
Rajah is used for entire hats. as
scarfs about the crowns and as bows.
The very latest face veilings are
those having an open single thread
mesh.
Copenhagen blue linen embroid.
cred with white makes a girlish and
pretty coat set.
Clover is one Of the prettiest of the
small designs for embroidering linen
liar and tiny cravat.
Laris lazuli is smart with navy
rigs, and, indeed there's no limit to
harmonious possibilities.
The owls head of straw with largo
beads for eyes are the work of the
French makers and real.
The new French cuffs that appear
on some tailored waists of the better
grade have a colored lining and Dor.
der
Some large straw hats show a mar.
row lace rutfie underneath the 5rim
that gives a quaint effect to a pretty
face.
The wrinkled sleeve is as becoming
to one arm as another and very fash
ionable. The :ule is to keep it trans.
parent
4, New York hat of black straw
that accompanies a two-toned silk
coat and skirt suit in lue is trimmed
with Copenhagen blue taffeta and
black wings.
! Cerise is 50 fashionable that those
who have dared to wear whole hats
OF 1t are now planning entire ccs-
tunes of this brilliant hue in a fine
quality of broadcloth.
White pique bands for relieving the
deafness OF all black are in good
taste and are fastened with cuff pins
or with the black and white crochet
ed links that are newer than either
the pins or buttons and very neat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15

lights of vessel anchored in the riv-
er. The ice was bearing down upon
the stationary hulk, and hope rose
high in his heart when turn in the
current caused the foe to veer, and
he passed by so far away that his
shouts were not heard by any one on
board.
Then little further on ferryboat,
loaded with passengers bound for the
suburbs on the opposite side of the
river, plowed through the ice not fifty
feet ahead of him, but the pilots at
tention was on tug and its tow
crossing his quarter, and he did not
see the small boat and its occupant
fraltically waving his overcoat. The
passage of the big ferryboat disturbed
the water so much that the blocks
of ice were thrown about more rough
ly than ever. One huge cake fell di-
rectly across the bow of the small
boat, and for few seconds Philip
thought the dory was going down
then and there. But the block slid
off into the water finally, and imme-
diate danger of sinking was past.
On swirled the ice foe uninterrup-
teddy. 1t soon reached the point
where the river widened into the bay.
There were fewer vessels there, and
Philip was forced to the conclusion
that his chance of rescue was >ex-
tremely slim. But he comforted him
self with one thought. The wider
expanse of water allowed the ice
cakes to float further apart, and I'M
minent danger of being sunk by con-
tact with a huge block was over.
Encouraged by this he placed the
oars in the row-locks and tried again
to row, but the floating ice was still
too thick to admit of any progress
that way. Giving way to his despair
he crouched as far forward in the
bottom of the dory as he could, draw
ing his heavy coat about his form as
protection against the piercing
wind. But the keen blast penetrated
beneath the thick garment and
numbed his whole body.
Then a change came over him.
TRANQUILITY he viewed the situation
and resigned himself to his fate. In
half stupor he sank further in the
stern as the blood began to move
sluggishly through his veins.
For fully fifteen minutes he sat
thus, so oblivious to his surround
ings that he failed to see a tug with
tow of three barges approaching in
line that, if continued, would have
cut the dory in half, until the hoarse
whistle, warning him to get out of
the way, had sounded twice. The
second blast aroused him. He looked
up duly and saw the lights of the
tug.
In a second he was all animation.
Leaping to his feet he pulled off his
coat and began waving 1t around his
head.
The pilot had comprehended the
situation when Philip failed to heed
the first warning, and as soon as the
young man began waving his over
coat, rang for the engineer to stop the
engine. Then opening the wheel
house window he leaned out. the bet
ter to see through. the deepening
gloom.
''I'm fast in this ice-fioe and can't
get out" Philip shouted, but his lips
were so cold that he did not speak
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15

tug, and at a suggestion from the
pilot a sailor threw Philip a rope.
Tie that around your waist. and
when | give the word, jump for the
tug. Well haul you aboard" he
cried cheeringly.
Philip did as he was told, and, pre-
pared to leap at the signal, stood
watching the distance between him
and safety lessen. One moment il
would seem to the. anxious lad as
though the space between the two
craft was not diminished an inch /:
then the heaving mass of floating ice
would thin out a trifle and the cur
rent would bear the dory forward
perhaps six inches.
With the line securely fastened
about his waist, Philip felt a tenn
porary assurance of safety, followed
Immediately by an almost overpower-
ing desire to throw himself overheard
and trust to the rope and the eager
crew to haul him upon the deck of
the tug. But he put the temptation
aside, assured that the older man
knew best.
Slowly the seconds dragged along,
and foot by foot the little boat and
the tug drew together. The distance
narrowed to twelve feet, and although
the ice cakes were threatening every
instant to capsize the diminutiye
craft, the dory still held her own.
Ten feet was the distance when the
long looked for deathblow was re-
ceived. With loud crash huge
block slipped over it's fellows, and
swapping short the light oar Philip
interposed, hurled itself against the
dory and struck it a glancing blow
that stove in the gunwale. The boat
began to sink slowly, but Philip,
whose control over himself had
grown more rigid as the danger in
creased, heard no order to leap, and
held his position, although it seemed
like counting death to do so.
When eight feet away the gallant
little craft was still above the water
but struggling painfully to keep
afoat. Not until the distance to the
tug had narrowed to six feet did the
pilot shout loud, Now them" and
Philip leaped, just as a big wave
washed entirely over the boat send
ing it down instantly. The great ice
cakes came tumbling together in the
spot where the dory had been. Philip
found an instant's footing on one of
the largest of the blocks, and was
just about to lay hold of the out
stretched hands, when a wave tossed
big cake on top of the one giving
him his temporary footing, knocking
his feet out from under him.
Had the man with the rope re-
tanned his presence of mind and
hauled in on it when Philip leaped,
the latter would have escaped an
other narrowing experience. But the
sailor was slow, and Philip went in
the ice laden water, the huge blocks
and smaller pieces tanning together
over the spot where he. had disap-
peared, and when he would have
thrust arms and head above water,
he found barrier over him whicA he
could not pierce. The strong current,
pushing the ice-floe against the hull
of the tug directly in its path, kept
the cakes wedged together so tightly
that to break through from beneath
was an impossibility.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
French VS.. American Roads.

All the principal French highways
or national routes,r of which there
are 1855 miles, are constructed and
maintained by the National Govern.
ment, which has expended on them
over 100000, The superiority
of these roads over those constructed
or maintained by the local authorities
is very marked, but even the local
roads are kept in good. condition, SC
that the standard French road is one
upon which in rolling country o
draft horse hauling load of 330C
pounds is expected to travel about
twenty miles per day. This fact alone
would serve to indicate the differ.
ence between the roads in France and
those of the United States, where the
load hauled by one horse over the
average level country road is only
lao pounds, and on roads with five
per cent grades only 1000 pounds.
A beginning has been made in a
small way in this country by the Bu-
reau of Public Roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture to
Introduce the methods by which the
French road system has been so salts.
factorily developed. The organization
of this bureau, and the funds at its
disposal are. however, wholly made
quate. What is needed is National
Highways Commission, which shall
have general powers to promote the
construction and improvement of the
public roads, and for which liberal
appropriations should be made by
Congress. The National Governments
cooperation in this matter will great.
ly stimulate action by the various
State. county and township authori.
ties, and will result in the establish.
ment of complete system of proper.
ly constructed roads, rivalling those
OF France, in all sections OF the coun.
try.-Circular from National Grange
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
essse eeee . . . eoeesesss sse.
THE REAL
HUSKING BEE
0ooeceeeeo eeo

There will be husking tonight.
The boys have selected about thirty
huge and solid pumpkins for seats,
and the stocks of corn stand twenty
feet thick, all around outside. Wires
are fixed, on which to hang the lam
terms of the workers. Inside the
seats, the whole centre of the yard
is left clear for the clean golden
ears after they are stripped. Josiah
Andrews and Ephraim Foote are the
chief competitors; only old man Dem
nison gives them a close race. 1t
is a curious and pretty piece of bust
ness. At o'clock every seat is occu-
pied with laughing, storytelling
farmers, farmers boys and farm
hands. Grandfather Hull gives the
signal. Lifting stalk deftly, so as
to bring the ear to the left hand, he
strips the husks down with the right,
and then twists the golden spur cum
ningly out of the stalk and the husks
quick as flash tossing the ear to
the ground Soon there is a pile,
and each man and boy has his own
heap. Now all are at work. The
jokes grow fewer, the talk lags. Ears
fly thickly through the air. There
will be one hours pull, and every
bit of it will be farmers science. With
all their inventions they have never
yet got better corn husker than the
two human hands, with brains run
ming through them. You will easily
see that it is brains if you watch
the piles. Modern invention has
spoiled moving and reaping, and
indoors there is no more sewing or
knitting or candle making, but corn
husking is, and l think it will long
remain.
The kitchen is lighted with I'M
usual brilliance, and there is a hum
of business inside. faint doors of
doughnuts come to the champions.
II you could only look indoors you
would see long row of pumpkin
pies, and there are seven Jars of
honey, for these huskers are hearty
eaters. Parson Chase is here, and
Deacon Hanford, and they are doing
work neither need be ashamed of.
After the feasting, when it comes to
the dancing, and the champion leads
the girl of his choice, the parson
smiles and says genially: Folks do
not see things as they used" l"Bless
the Lord, MOI" says the deacon.
There's no use manufacturing. sins.
There's enough of them in the nature
of things"
The hour is up; yes, good long
hour and half. The village clock
strikes . before the huskers Shove
back from the stocks-what there is
left of them. The girls are coming
from the house with arms full. Glider
first-a genuine brew. l should hike
to stop right here, to sing the praise
OF real cider-Septembe Cider
made half and half of pound sweets
and gravensteins. But really if /
were to tell you all that know, and
all that think of this pure brewing,
of the best fruit God ever made, Ii
should never get to the end of the
dancing and feasting, and We should
not get home until midnight. Only
this say, cider is fit for mortals only
when made of sound apples, and
every one washed at the spring.
Coffee comes for those whose blood
goes slow, and are already sleeping
or nodding. This is one of the fine
things about farm life, that as soon
as the work is done the worker
sleeps.-From Corn and Grapes"
by E. P. Powell, in the Outing Maya
zine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
why Not Some American Dul,es,

II the American people really de.
sire titled aristocracy, why do they
not establish one? If the populace
enjoys the sight of visiting duchess
and must throng about her automo.
bile in the street. why does not Con.
gress provide duchesses for their de.
lectation? A homemade title would
be Just as good as an imported one
safter generation. Meanwhile, the
desire in the hearts of American
girls for titled husbands is planted
by the common people. The slavist
obeisance of the average American
citizen to the American duchess turns
the head of the American heiress.-
Charleston News and Courier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
Lady Randolph. Blues.orls;n-.

Mrs. George Cornwailis West
thorn Jennie Jerome. OF New York.
afterward Lady Randolph ChurcnilD
practically liveS the life OF recluse
at the present time in Salisbury Hail.
st. Adams. London. where she Is COM
plotting her "Reminiscences. which be-.
gan some months ago in the Century
Magazine. The Isplendor of the beau
tiful house in (which this literary
work is being CARRIED on must be seen
to be appreciated. Tie last home OF
Nell Gwynne, thf place is crowded
with interests add associations OF
King Charles faf orite. Outwardly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
Good Roads and Population.

encouragement for good roads
comes from the Fredericksburg Even
Ing Journal, which states with power
full effect the heavy and intolerable
burden which bad roads lay upon a
community. Our contemporary noted
special telegram to The Times-Dis-
patch from Farmville, stating that
the voters were preparing to pass on
the question of issuing $4,000 for
the building of macadam roads. The
telegram further stated:
THE people of Prince Edward
have learned the advantages of mac
adam roads from the one leading
from Farmville to Hampden-Sidney,
and shorter roads of like character
in other parts of the country are de-
sired"
In commenting on this the Fred
ericksburg Journal makes a terrific
argument for good roads by using
the census reports for Spottsylvania
County Says the Journal:
Take a glance at the census re-
port, and see how our population is
steadily decreasing. In 1860 the re-
port shows a population of 1916,
while in 1870 there was only HIPS;
which could be accounted for in part
by the ravages of war and other OBJ
structing factors. But in the next
thirty years, from 1870 to 1900,
when all other portions of the South
have been showing signs of increas-
ing prosperity, our country, instead
OF showing any gains, shows a fall
ing off In population of 2491, or over
twenty per cent. To say that bad
roads is not to great extent respon-
sible for this, would be idle talk; for
1t is a fact patent to every observer
that nun -hrs of people have come
here to look at our lands with the in
tention of purchase. but the condi-
ton of the roads have blocked the
sale"
Fredericksburg has water and rail
transportation. 1t is connected d.
rectly with Washington and Rich
mond, and reaches the rich Piedmont
section of Virginia The Rappahan-
mock River puts it in touch with the
Chesapeake Bay and the great coast
wise traffic of America. It's climate
is salubrious, and the soil is not in
hospitable. Nothing is lacking to
make the farms of that section bios
som like the rose except good roads,
and these can be had If the local
communities will show a willingness
to grasp the situation. But two
things are first necessary: a plan for
the whole county, under the direc-
ton of one man, and enough money
to do more than fill the few mud
holes, whose temporary effacement
has heretofore been regarded as the
sole duty of road-builders.
Virginia is throwing away millions
OF dollars in the increased value Of
farm products by making it impos-
sible to deliver these products on
profitable terms to railroads or cities.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
Every Man Great.

Every man, in every condition, is
great. 1t is only our own diseased
sight that makes him little. A man
is great as man. be he where or
what he may. The grandeur of his
nature turns to insignificance all out
ward distinctions. His powers of in
tellect, Of conscience, OF love, OF
knowing God, of percciving the beau
tiful, Of acting in his own mind, on
outward nature, and on his fellow
creatures-thcse are glorious prerog-
atiSes.--William Ellery Charming.