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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Good Roads in Texas.

The city of Beaumont aud the
county of Jefferson in the State of
Texas have authorized bond issue
of 100000 for the purpose of inn
proving the roads that radiate from
the city of Beaumont. A great shell
bank on the Sabine River has been
purchased by Ireland & Co., the con-
tractors of Port Arthur, who contem-
plate getting from that bank 10000
cubic yards of shells for the making
and improving of these roadways, and
it is thought that 100 miles of road
way will be thus secured, which, If
done with the bonds in hand, would
show cost of about $4,000 per mile.
1t is supposed that one of the roads
shall reach through to Port Arthur.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
New Way For Getting Business,

One large establishment, employ.
ing in its delivery service alone 600
men and 165 wagons (including
electric vehicles), summoned boys
and men last Monday to a CONNER
cial conciave in the basement, and
the superintendent made this state
ment: II want all you fellows to
get out and hustle. You have been
pretty faithful. We are going to
give you chance to add something
extra to your wages. Hereafter you
are authorized to book orders when
ever you deliver goods. But, mind
you, don't approach any house unless
YOU have package to leave. Be po.
lite, sober and energetic. Don't try
to persuade customers. Simply in.
quire in gentlemanly way If you
can take any further orders; that
the firm has extended to you that
privilege. We will allow you three
per cent. on all sales. New York
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
STATE ITEMS.

Mrs. Lillian E. Bowdoin. wife Of
William G. Bowdoin. was adjudged
insane by a jury in Cumberland. Her
husband is o printer. Mrs. Bowdoin.
in order to become Christian Sci
ence healer, 1t is thought. broke her
health down by overstudy.
The residence of David II. Hol-
linger, at Broadfording, was entered
by robbers Sunday while the family
were at church. A silver watch, $40
in cash and a railroad mileage book
were carried off.
The general store of j. Wilson
Lewis at Magnolia. w. Va, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was
robbed Tuesday.
The home OF Anthony Richards,
Homecoming. was entered by robbers,
who secured s14 belonging to Mr..
Richards and $50 and gold watch,
the property OF Mr.. George Treziss'
q guest. Mr.. Trezise is a minecwner
and It is thought that the thieves
were prompted to steal by the report
that Mr.. Trezise brought much
wealth with him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
The Whole-Car Hog.

The railroad companies say they
clean their coaches frequently
enough to comply with the require
ments of health and that If any coach
is dirty the blame belongs with I'M
tidy passengers. not upon faulty
company rules. This may be true.
1t is unbeatable that many travellers
are inexcusably slovenly in their
manner of throwing things upon the
car floor. Our smoking cars, as a
rule. would shame the Zulus. 1t
could be wished that trainmen would
be more severe with travellers, few
in number, who initiate the hog when
aboard public conveyance
ester Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
The Age of Rirds.

Birds of very small size and slen.
der build not only live to very old
age. but in their old age are freer
from accidents and sign of senility
than is always the case among ami
mails. 1t used to be said that crows
and cartons crows lived over one
hundred years. If this statement
seems rather exaggerated. there is
no question that we'll known natural.
lists speak of crows fifty, sixty or
even seventy years old. Eagles,
horned owls and herons attain SIM
liar ages, and Mr.. Guerney, the Eng
fish naturalist, cites condor fifty
two years old, horned owl of sixty.
eight and royal eagle that died in
its ffty-sizth year. But the record
OF longevity undoubtedly belongs to
the parrot. NJ. Abrahams declares
that an Amazon parrot reached the
ripe old age of 102 years, and a
Frenchman, M. Levaillat, tells us of
a parrot, Jacko by name, that had
lost its memory at sixty, it's sight at
ninety, and had died at ninety-three.
Tame birds live just as long. A
swan reached the age of seventy
a tidy length of days, though con-
siderably short of the 800 years
which legends give to the age of
swans. A wild goose attained the
age of eighty years, and tame duck.
belonging to DR.. Jean Chargot,
died, still robust" and without any
signs of senescence, when over TWEEN.
ty-five years of age.-LaMatin, Paris.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
WARNS AGAINST YELLOWS.

College Park Especially The re-
ports coming in from inspectors oil
the State Horticultural Department
show that peach yellow is again be-
coming epidemic in the northern
counties of the Eastern Shore, and
that this destructive disease of the
peach is still alarmingly prevalent
in mountain peach orchards, as well
as in all Northern Maryland, where
growers have not kept it cut out.
State Pathologist j. B. S. Norton
says that only vigorous effort OF
orchardists to keep the diseased trees
cut out as soon as the premature
fruit appears, this being the surest
sign of the disease, will prevent the
loss of large part of our orchards
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
SELF DELUSION
Many People Deceived by Coffee.

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced of their actual harmful
ness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him on a cold
morning, of beer on a hot summer
day-when be wants the whisky or
beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thou
sands of people suffer headache and
nervousness year after year but try
to persuade themselves the cause is
not coffee-because they like coffee.
while yet a child / commenced
using coffee and continued it," writes
a Wis. man, until was a regular
coffee fiend. l drank It every morn
ing and in consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
my folks thought 1t was coffee
that allied me. but l liked 1t and
would not admit it was the cause OF
my trouble, SO l stuck to coffee and
the headaches stuck to me.
Finally. the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Pos.
tum. They made it right directions
on pkg.) and told me to see what
difference it would make with my
head, and during that first week on
Postum my old affliction did not
bother me once. From that day to
this we have used nothing but Postum
in place of coffee-headache are a
thing of the past and the whole fam
lily Is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, is good, and does good
to the whole body" There's Rea-
SON."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
MELVILLE" 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, 1908-08-21
THE GAME OF GUESSING CAKE

This is charming party idea and
easily arranged, as it does not require
elaborate preparation, but brings Out
a lot of ingenuity on the part of the
guests who are to strive to win q
prize by giving the best idea of the
cake they are to represent.
Each guest must select the cake he
or she decides upon, and then veal
some ornament either on the Shout
der or in the hair which has some.
thing about it that will suggest the
name of the cake.
For instance, at party given MOI
long since, one of the boys had a to-,
hen fastened to his coat sleeve, neal
the shoulder. This was intended tt
represent layer cake. A young cir
had securely pinned to her hair
sawtuck made of light pasteboard
across which sheaf of wheat wa,
fastened. This was for buckwhea
cake. An ear of corn stood for corr
cake; a hoe for the old fashioned
Southern hot bread called hoe cake,
a tiny muff in box, muffin; PAL
with miniature turner, pancake; {
finely dressed doll with trailing gown
represented lady cake; spong'
tied with gay ribbons, sponge cake.
When YOU put on your thinking
cap you can find so many thingi
which will represent the cakes famil
lar to you that it will be easy to fine
one you like. The one who gets the
prize is the one who finds something
that will not be guessed the moment
it is seen, yet is correct representa-
ton of the word that describes tn,
kind of cake it claims to represent
Good Literature.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
1.-THE Morning Tub"

A few years ago a sister of mine
called in to see an old lady who lived
in little cottage in Lincolnshire,
and in the course of conversation
happened to mention that she had a
cold sponge-down every morning.
Law, miss!" said the old lady,
docs your mother know"
Eyes, certainly; and she quite APP
proves.
"Well," said the old lady,"a washes
mi face livery day, an washes mi
neck once a week, but ave nivver
bin washed all over since was a
,abby."
This good old lady lived to the
ripe old age of ninety-three. - Lon
don Daily News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
TO DEEPEN THE TUCKAHOE.

Denton Especially The Board OF
Engineers of Rivers and Harbors
came to Caroline County from Wash.
ington and held a meeting in Mr.
H. NJ. Thompson's office, in Hills
boro, with about 100 farmers and
business men of Caroline, Talbot and
Queen Anne's Counties. He discus.
sed with them the matter of deep
ening the channel of Tuckahoe Riv.
er from Wayman's Wharf to Hills
boro. Civil Engineer Fox, of Balti
more, who came in a Government
launch. was also present. He made
the preliminary survey for the i'm
provement of the Tuckahoe last year
After the meeting Mr.. Fox took the
board to Chesapeake Beach. 1t is
thought that the improvement in the
Tuckahoe River will be provided fol-
in the river and harbor bill.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
A Brakeman Killed.

Hagerstown Especially. - H. s.
Musser, Cumberland Valley Rail.
road brakeman. was killed at Dills-
burg Junction, being struck by the
engine of a fast freight while sit
ting on the track. He was q years
old and is survived by his young
widow and one child. His remains
we're taken to his home, at Cham
bersburg. Musser was member OF
the crew In charge of a work train
when he met his death.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
The Pothunters.

The police now patrolling the Cat.
skill watershed have disarmed
number of aliens found in possession
of dangerous pocket weapon, and it
is to be hoped they will go even fur.
Their and confiscate the shotguns car
ried by these men on Sundays and
holiday. In the first place, aliens
have no right to carry guns in close
season; and secondly, they shoot ev.
cry living thing they find in the
woods. The Croton watershed is
infested with gun-toting foreigners.
and the Catskill will probably suffer
the same fate, now that large mum.
bers of laborers are stationed there.
Forest and Stream.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Served, Sir?

How long has this restaurant
been open?" asked the would-be di.
ner.
Two years." said the proprietor.
II am sorry / did not know it"
said the guest. II should have been
better off If had come here then"
"Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased. "How is that?"
II should probably have been
served by this time II had" said the
guest, and the entente cordiale W
ished. Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Bridge Constructors ON Strike.

Hagerstown (Special).-The car
penters and laborers employed by
the Nelson Construction Company,
which is building a bridge over the
Antietam Creek. near Leitersburg,
for the County Commissioners, struck
for higher wages. The carpenters,
who were getting 20 cents an hour,
demanded 20 cents, and the laborers,
who we're getting IA cents, demanded
Is cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Minnows in Water Tanks.

Tampa's efficient chief of SANTA
ton is determined to rid the city of
mosquitoes this summer with the aid
of fish as devourers of the wiggle-
tails which at times infest the els
terms about town and propagate mos
quitoes. He has trio of fishermen
catching minnows for this purpose,
and to-day proposes to distribute an
army of small fry among the tanks
and water receptacles around the
residences and business places
Florida yisaes-U Union.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

The old class of physicians were led
10 distinguish between good and bad
drugs by personal knowledge, while
the modern physician puts no Drugs
into the "bodies of their patients but
what the druggists tell them" It is
ID this way, therefore, that the nhar-
inacist or manufacturing chemist in
this country virtually prescrlbes. the
physician merely demonstrating the
case.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
EASTON TO LOSE TREES.

Easton, Md. (SpeciaD-The Mayor
and City Council have ordered the
work on the curbing of Dover Street,
between Washington and Harrison
Streets, commenced this week. All
trees on the left-hand side of the
street going east will have to be re-
moved in order to give more width
to this very narrow and busy thor
oughfare. There is considerable OBJ
lection to removing the trees by
property owners, but nevertheless,
the Mayor has ordered the Chief OF
Police to have them cut down.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
all the Time--Was Covered with Tor.
turing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Per-
feet Cure by Cuticura

"My baby niece was suffering from that
terrible torture, eczema. 1t was all over
her body, but the worst was on her face
and hands. She cried and scratched all the
time and could not sleep night or day from
the scratching. l had her under the doe.
tors care for a year and half and he
seemed to DO her no good. | took her to
the best doctor in the city and he said that
she would have the sores until she was six
years old. But if l had depended on the
doctor my baby would have lost her mind
and died from the want of aid But / used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
she was cured in three months. Alice l..
Dowell, 4769 Easton Ave, st. Louis, Mo-,
May and 20, 1907"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
FACTS FOR slcK WoMEN.

For thirty years Lydia T. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, hatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinllham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address. Lynn, Mass.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

A river is a very powerful geolog.
ical agent. In the hardest rocks riv-
ers gradually carve out valley or
gorge. This is accomplished partly by
chemically dissolving certain mineral
substances, but chiefly by mechanical
erosion, the stones, sand and mud
wearing away the bed of a stream as
they run and tumble over it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
ALL THE ALPHABET.

Each of the following sentences
contains all the letters of the alpha.
bet:
The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog.
Pack my box with five dozen liquor
jugs.
John quickly extemporized five tow
bags.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Horse Thief, Chased, Leaves Loot.

Hagerstown Especially A horse
and rubber-tire buggy, owned by
Willard Crilley, employed on the
Frank /. Barr farm, near Hagers-
town, was stolen, and after being
driven to Eakle's Cross Roads the
team deserted. George Eakle found
the team along a road and took
charge OF it. Victor Suman, Of
Tilghmanton, at daybreak saw the
thief, who was hatless, drive through
Tilghmanton at a break-neck speed.
He wore light suit. 1t is thought
the thief believed he was being pur-
sued and deserted the team along
the road. The horse was taken out
Of the stable and the buggy out Of
the wagon shed on Mr.. Bars farm.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Found at Last.

Hotel Proprietor-"Sir, you can.
not leave this hotel until you pay
your bill"
Mr.. o. A. Lott-"Ah, at last
have found man generous enough
to grant me the one thing have al.
ways desired-a permanent home"
Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
Didn't Want to Hear II.

Seating himself on the porch he
wiped his perspiring brow.
Il am going to ask you the old,
old question" he said to the girl al
his side.
Never mind asking it," said she,
wiping her brow in turn. Yes, II
is hot enough for me"-Philadel
phia Ledger.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
His Ambition.

"What do you expect to be when
you come of age, my little MANI"
asked the visitor.
"Twenty-one," was the little mans
reply.-The Herald and Presb, -er.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-FIVE MEN

with teams are selling our products to
FARMERS In thirty four different States.
seventy useful articles that country people
need: we furnish the goods and give agents
time to turn them into money. Address,
J. r. WATKINS Co., Winona, MINI,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

urinary troubles, bearing down SEN
sations. etc., On June goth, 1907.
four and one-half years later. she
said: II haven't had kidney trouble
since. repeat my testimony"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster ilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
HER INHERITANCE

Jeannette-"Does Miss Boardman
get her lovely complexion from her
father or her mother?"
Gladys (sweetly)-"F From her ia.
ther. He's chemist. Tit Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Belching, Sour Stomach, and Heartburn,
from whatever cause It's Liquid. Effects
Immediately. Doctors prescribe it. l0c.,
25c., and &c.,, at drug stores.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
ONE EFFECT.

Knicker-"What would women do
II they could vote?"-
Bocker-"They would always look
cool in a convention hall. New
York Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

kidney troubles. Is
that relief. lasting?
Let Mrs. James M.
Long, of 113 N. Au-
gusta St., Staunton,
Va, tell you. On
January 31st, 1903,
Mrs. Long wrote:
"Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured me" (of
pain in the back,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever. .
Maude E. Forgie, of Leesburg, Va,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
al want other suffering women to
know what Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. For
months l Nered from feminine ills
so that thought l could not live. /
wrote you, and after taking Lydia e.
Pinlham's Vegetable Compound, and
using the treatment you prescribed
felt like new woman. l am now
strong, and well as ever, and thank you
for the good you have done me-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

Hicks Capudinc Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overworked, or
what not. It refreshes the brain and
nerves. It's Liquid and pleasant to take.
loc., 25c., and 50c., at drug storea
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

A Colorado currant bush will pro-
duce at least one gallon of fruit.
Some plants will yield 10 times this
amount.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

Chickens emerging from their
shells surely come under the head
of live issues.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
THE TINE TEST.
That is What Proves True Merit.

Doan's Kidney Pills bring the
quickest Of relief from backache and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
the System

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TOXIC. You know what you
are taking The formula is plainly printed
on every bottle, showing 1t is simply Qui-
nine and Iron in tasteless form, and the
most etfectual form For grown people
and children. SOC.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-02-12
BEGIN YARD WORK AT PASCO.
Many Men Will BE Employed There
This Spring.

PASCO, Wash, Feb. Work III
the yards of the Spokane. Portland
& Seattle railway at this place will
be commenced soon. The matter will
entail considerable work for the lay
ing of extensive yards and sidetracks
1t is stated upon authority that the
plans call for 10 miles of siding at
this place 70 be used by the new
road. Bulletins have just been issu-
ed for 500 additional men for the
work, which call will doubtless be
filled promptly by reason of suspen-
sion of work at other points where
the winter weather is severe.
The government dredging boat
Walla Walla, which has for some
weeks been employed in cleaning the
channels of the Snake river, is a Wis
itor at the Pasco docks, making min
or repairs and familiarizing the peo-
pie with her Importance and
strength.
\ heavy flow of ice in the Column
bia river has been making its appear
ance here for the last few days. The
run is heavier in thickness and quail
ity than that of many years. 1t is
sufficiently heavy and extensive that
the river boats have taken temporary
shelter behind the big island above
the Pasco bridge.
A new enterprise will soon be
launched by the business men of Pas
CO by the incorporation OF the Pasco
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-02-12
Wilcox and ]. H. Thomas.
Large Number of Insane.

OLYMPIA, Feb. S-There are
1898 insane persons in the two state
hospitals, according to the January
reports just received by the state
board of control from the superin-
tendents.
DR.. John NJ. Semple, superinten-
dent of the institution at Medical
Lake, reports that January there
was SO in the institution; "a were
admitted during the month. 4 dis
charged ) died and 5S1 We're on
hand February L.
At the Steilacoom asylum DR.. A
P. Calhoun reports 81 patients adj
mitted during the month, % dis
charged, died, making a total de-
crease of | for the month Five
male patients escaped, one of whom
was recaptured.
One patient Mrs. Bertha Stastny
committed suicide January 16 She
made a rope of her bedclothes
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-02-12
This Is Worth Saving.

The following simple homemade
mixture is said to relieve any form of
Rheumatism or backache, also
cleanse and strengthen the Kidneys
and Bladder, overcoming all urinary
disorders. if taken before the stage
of Bright's disease: Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com
pound Kargon, one ounce; Compound
Syrup Sarsarparilla, three ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after meals
and at bedtime.
A well known authority states that
these ingredients are mainly of veg
etable extraction, and harmless to
use, and can be obtained at small
cost from any good prescription
pharmacy. Those who think they
have kidney trouble or suffer with
lame back or weak bladder or Rheu-
matism, should give this prescrip-
ton trial, as no harm can possibly
follow its use, and it is said to do
wonders for some people. 3