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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

I posed and wrote part of concerto
so difficult, his father said, that no
one could play it. At five he played
| in public; at six he toured Europe.
petted at every court. At seven he
played the harpsichord. the organ,
the violin, and had published two sets
of sonatas.
At ten he had written an oratorio
and had played at HARLEM on the
then largest organ in the world. At
fourteen he heard the Miserere in the
Sistine Chapel at Rome, and going
home transcribed every note of it.
This feat created great sensation,
for it was forbidden by severe penal
ties to take down note of the music
as it was being sung in the chapel.
and any mortal less a wonder than
Mozart would have been accused of
breaking the law
Handel, too was by way of being
child prodigy. He taught himself
music on an old harpsichord in the at
tic, for his father wanted him to be a
doctor and would not encourage the
child's evident inclination for another
profession. He was discovered play
ng a great organ one day when his
father and he We're at the court of
SAKE Weissenfels. and the Duke
forced the unmusical old gentleman
to promise not to thwart his sons &C.
MUS.
But of all stories the most touch
ing is that told by Sir John Evelyn in
his diary when he records in his
quaint. diguitied style the death OF
his wonderful little boy.
Died my deare son Richard. to
our inexpressible griefe and affection.
. yeares and three days onely, but at
that tender age a prodigy for witt and
learning. To give only
little taste of them, and thereby glory
to God, sense of God. at
two and a halle old he could perfect
~ reade any of We English Latino or
French or Gothic letters. pronouncing
the first three languages exactly. He
had before the 5th yeare or in that
yeare got by heart almost the
entire vocabularie of Latin and French
primitives and words, Guild make con-
gruous syntax. turne English into
Latino, and vice versa. cOnstrue and
prove what he read. and did the gov
eminent and use of relatives. verbes.
substantives, elipses. and many fig
ures and tropes and made consider
able progress in Comenius' Janua;
began for himself to write legibly
and had a stronge passion for Greek.
AS to his piety astonishing
were his applications of Scripture to
the occasion. He declaim' d
against We vanties of the world be-
fore he had scene any. So
early knowledge. so much piety and
perfection, Such a child never saw
and for such child blesse God in
whose bosom he is" - New York
Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
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Scientific Forestry.

A Consular report comes from Ger
many which shows that scientific for
estry is practical and money-making
proposition. 1t is stated that the Ger
man Empire has nearly $4,000, 900
acres of forests, of which forty per
cent. belongs to the State. German
forestry methods have resulted in
raising the average yield of wood per
acre from twenty-five cubic feet in
1880, to siXty-five cubic feet in 1904.
During the same period it has trebled
the proportion of the sawed timber
secured from the average cut. In
fifty-four years it increased the money
returned from an average acre of
forests sevenfold, yet to-day, the Ger
man forests are in better condition
than ever before.-Farmers' Home
Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Disappearance of Lakes.

Whether the globe on which we
dwell is gradually drying up or not is
a question that has been much de-
bated. Recent discoveries in central
Asia have been regarded by some as
favoring an affirmative answer, but
others have replied that the observed
Phenomena are simply periodic
changes. DR.. Walser, of Zurich,
champions the affirmative view on
the ground that great number Of
European lakes have certainly dis
appeared within the last $50 years.
The canton of Zurich, for example,
had 149 lakes a quarter of a century
ago, and only seyenty-six to-day. He
believes that similar tendency to
disappearance has affected the lakes
OF Germany and Russia.-Youth's
Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Harvesting Alfalfa.

The first point to accentuate as we
approach the subject of harvesting is
the pre-eminent value of the leaves.
These contain from seventy-five to
eighty per cent. of the protein of the
whole plant, that valuable compound
that goes to produce milk and meat.
1t has been estimated that a ton of
properly cured alfalfa leaves is equal
in protein to $500 pounds of wheat
bran; and when it is also estimated
by careful observers that the loss of
leaves in harvesting, even under
favoring circumstances, ranges from
fifteen to thirty or more per cent, it
is readily seen that the harvesting is
an important part in alfalfa hay-mak-
ing.-From Coburn's The Book of
Alfalfa"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Taking Precautions.

A young "Briefiess" was peram5u-
lating the courts with an air Of
scarcely being able to find time to do
anything-when his boy tracked him
down in one of the corridors.
"Oh, sir!" said the boy, there's a
man at your office with a brief. sir.
What, a brief. Great heavens!
And the young fellow began to run
through the passages as fast as he
could, for fear the prey should es-
cape him.
Stop. sir, stopi" cried the boy,
VINO could scarcely keep pace. "You
needn't hurry, sir; I've locked him
in! M. A. P.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
SEzafIaF 1IfIzs

keep up their regular flow of mill
while on the other hand if thew bo
hard mixers the mixer becomes dis
couraged and impatient, and fails to
draw out the natural quantity. Tba
COW or heifer will then soon show tbe
effects of this by drying up on her
milk. In this way many valuabla
COW has become practically worthless
as a milk producer.
Hard milking in cows or heifers
can be positively overcome in a short
period of time and in a very econom.
ical way, not by the use of the milk.
ing tube, but by the use of the teat
plug.
The teat should be washed with an
antiseptic solution, the teat plug
should be dipped in a like solution
then in a little ointment and passed
into the point of the teat, and being
self-retaining, should be permitted to
remain in the teat from one MILKING
to another. In this manner hard
milking can be made a thing of the
past.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Hard Mixers.

DR.. David Roberts. the Wisconsin
State Veterinarian. writes us on this
subject:
A COW or heifer with nice, large,
well developed udder with four good
size teats placed squarely upon same.
seems like source of pleasure. pro-
viding that they are easy mixers. but
the same sort of COW or heifer being
termed as hard mixer is as a rule a
source of annoyance, especially 10
those who do the milking.
Owing to the fact that cow or
heifer is a nice, easy mixer, they are
usually MIXED out clean at each milk
ing. In this way they are enabled to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Partridge Invades Court Room.

A big partridge became frightened
few days ago and flew into the court
room at Machias without noticing
that the window was closed, according
to the Kennebec (Me.) Journal. The
janitor heard the crash of breaking
glass and put the intruder out. The
bird did not care to leave and made
its way through the window into the
Jail dining room. 1t was taken to an
open field and liberated
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Neatly Hit or

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, at one
OF her dinners at the Bungalow, her
picturesque residence at Short Beach.
Conn, hit off in a neat epigram
notorious difference in the worlds
treatment of the sexes.
TO say" she observed, "that every.
body is talking about a young man is
an eulogy: but to say that everybody
is talking about a young woman is an
elegy. Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
London has trackless trolley.

One-third of the poorest families of
New York that manage to exist in an
underfed condition spend about TWEEN
ty-two cents a day for food.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
New Shaving Brush.

In few lines of business has sani-
tation made as much progress in re-
cent years as it has in the BARRIERS.
Nowadays that extremely unpleasant
skin disease known as the BARRIERS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

There is one mill in Minneapolis
which turns out between seventeen
thousand and eighteen thousand bar
rels of -four each day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Must BE Retained.

Mr.. Hitchcock may go any length
in cutting down the department de-
felt as long as he does not abolish the
stove in the country office. - Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

New York City is now producing
1852 600 barrels of beer each month,
but New Workers don't drink it all
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Marks Names on Clothes.

Persons who have peculiar ideas
of ownership, and who are as willing
to wear other peoples clothing as
their own, should be baked by the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

The Standard Oil Company's real
estat. holding in Bayonne. n. j.,
where its largest oil refining plant in
the East is situated, have been in
creased from s7,36O,O0O. the value
fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation.
TO $4,000, 900.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
sN@s
Sod Basins For Trees.

The landscape gardeners of one
of New York City's parkways have
devised an attractive way of protect
ing the base of tree-trunks by arrang-
ing square border of sod, two feet
wide, around each one of the trees
bordering the boulevard. In this way
the soil between the border and the
tree-trunk may always be kept loose,
allowing the moisture of rains to soak
into the ground and nourish the roots.
Were it not for this sod basin the
gravel path, coming close to the tree,
would, in time, become firmly trodden
down, causing the tree to suffer ac-
cordingly.
The idea is one that could be adopt
ed elsewhere to good advantage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

1t is planned to extend the New
York Central identification to North
White Plains.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
Protection of Cows.

Far better to rig up a pine-brush
shed than to let the cows or calves
SILVER during a bitter cold night in
the lea of an old straw stack. When
storms are brewing see that all the
stock is safe and warm. Then you
can go to bed satisfied and sleep.
Either feed your stock well or sell it;
don't have anything lean, hungry,
cold and sore-eyed.-Farmers' Home
Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

The City Council of Cincinnati is
planning subway to connect the
business section of the city with the
outlying residential sections.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18
a Large Order.

Wanted - A steady. respectable
young woman to wash. iron and milk
two cows. Home Chat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

The pen point production OF Biz
mingham. England. is ago, 100000 Q
week.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

In Paris. owing to the increasing
length of women's hatpins and the
list of accidents, such as eyes put out.
ears, noses and cheeks torn, the police
officials propose to place some restric-
tion on wearing hatpins in omnibuses,
railway cars, theatres and other pub
lie places.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

Penny postage is proposed between
Great Britain and Turkey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

More than fifty thousand children
were enabled by the authorities of
Berlin to spend this summer on land
within easy reach of the city limits.
They were assigned plots where they
could play and cultivate gardens pro-
fitably with the help of their families
and the advice of public instructors.
Edward B. Sterling, of Trenton, n.
j., has discovered in the outskirts of
the town the largest specimen of poly
porous on record. This mushroom
weighs forty-three pounds. is thir-
teen inches in height and measures
l05 inches in circumference.
Forty years ago the stretch be-
tween FL Monte. in Los Angeles
County, and San Bernardino wa
known as the "Forty-Mile Desert"
and was somewhat dreaded by teams
tiers. To-day, thanks to irrigation.
there are to be found in that section
some of the finest vineyards and
orange groves of California.
When the llama is too heavily
loaded. about 125 pounds. the wise
beast lies down right then and there
and goes on strike and refuses to
bulge a peg despite any amount of
coaxing. beating or swearing-actual-
ly knows the weight his burden
should be almost TO an ounce, or
that's what they all say in the Andes.
During the last eight years Cana.
dian immigration has been 1,336,650.
OF this number 540,621 came from
the United Kingdom. 425.4l2 from
the United States and 400.61T from
other countries. The total population
of Canada is now estimated to be
about seven millions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

The advantage of this steel horse is
that it is not likely TO run away OF
throw its rider and needs much less
attention than the fiesh-and blood art
Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-02-18

Fast freight line service of this
uses $4,000 cars.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06
A Rival for the Diamond.

Carborundum as known today is an artificial stone of a dark. .eharred color, being second in hardness on- ly to the diamond which is consid- cred the hardest stone known to the world. Carborundum is cleo tfically made, being a compound of silicon carbide and is produced from sand, coke, salt and sawdust by treatment in an electric oven. This artificial stone has up to the present time been used more especially in grinding, sharpening and cutting, the lack of refractive- ness caused by it's dark colorlng uniting it for ornamental pur- poses to which the diamond is or dinarily put.
 Yet, if a recent discovery is made commercially practical, colorless carborundum may soon be on the market, as a carborun- dun expert recently succeeded in changing the ingredients so as to oct this result. Colorless carbo- rundum was made by mixing the parts used in making the ordinary stone thus: 50 of pure carbon, 3Z of quartz, 9 of sawdust, 4 of salt and the rest of metallic OK ide like oxide of chromium, which caused it to loose it's color. The resulting crystals are said to have hioh refractive power, more so even than the diamond, which quality, being the greatest impor- tance to the costliness of such a stone, may probably cause carbo- rundum crystals to outrival this natural gem.
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attempt at levity. Co on. ;

attempt at levity. Go on.''
 If Mrs. Curtis knew, she never said anything She wrote me charm ing letters, and in the summer, when they went to Cresson, she asked me to visit her there. was too proud to let her know that l could not go where l wished, and so-i sent Polly, my maid, to her aunt's in tic eonrtry, pretended to go to Seal Harbor. and really-went to Gresson. You see warned you it would be an unpleasant story"
 1 went over and stood in front Of her. All the accumulated jealousy of the last few weeks had been fired by what she told me-. If Sullivan had
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06
/ CHAPTER xxx.
In the pinina Room.

That was Saturday night, TWO weeks after the wreck. The previous five days had been full of swiftfolAowing events-the woman in the house next door. the picture in the Yheater of a man about to leap from the doomed
 train, the dinner at the. Dallaes, and
 Richey's discovery that Alison was the girl in the case. In quick success sion had come our visit to the Carter place, the finding of the rest of the telegram. my seeing Alison there. and the strange interview th Mrs. Con way. The Cresson trip stood out in my memory for it's serio-e omic horrors and it's one real thrill. 1hen-the dis covery by the police of fNe sealskin bag and the bit of chajh5 Hotchkiss
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Rev. J. A. Anderson of Little Rock will fill the pulpit next Sun day in Bro. Rhodes absence, preaching both morning and ever ing. Rev. Anderson is a well known preacher and an elegant lecturer. He will deliver a tenn perance lecture on Sunday even ing and everybody should hear him. All are welcome.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

come across the sands just then. I think I would have strangled him with my hands, out of pure hate.
 Did you marry him?' I demanded. My voice sounded hoarse and strange in my ears. That's all I want to know Did you marry him?"
 No" ..iA A
 I drew long breath.
 "You-cared about him?"
 She hesitated.
 "No," she said finally. .T did not care about him.
 sat down on the edge of the boat and mopped my hot face. l was heart fly ashamed of myself, and mingled with my abasement was great re l lief If she had not married him. and had not cared for him, nothing else was of any importance.
 'T was sorry, of course, the moment the train had started, but I had wired 1 was coming, and I could not go back, and then when got there. the place was charming. There were no neighbors. but we fished and rode and motored, and-it was moonlight. like this"
 put my hand over both of hers, clasped in her lap q know" I ac- xnowledged repentantly. "and-people do queer things when it is moonlight. The moon has got me tonight, Alison. If am a boor, remember that, won't you?'
 Her fingers lay quiet under mine. And so, she went on with little sigh, 'I-began to think perhaps cared. But all the time I felt that there was something not quite right. Now and then Mrs. Curtis would say or do something that gave me a qpeer start, as if she had dropped a mask for a moment And there was | trouble with the servants; they were almost insolent. I couldn't under stand. I don't know when it dawned on me that the old Baron Cavalcanti had been right when he said they were not my kind of people. But wanted to get away. wanted it des- perately.'
 of course, they were not your kind" I cried. The man was mar ] ried! The girl Jennie, housemaid, was a spy in Mrs. Sullivan's employ if he had pretended to marry you would have killed him! Not only that but the man he murdered, Harrington, was his wife's father And I'll see him hang by the neck yet if it takes every energy and every penny l pos sess.
 could have told her so much more gently, have broken0the shock for her: I have never been proud of that evening on the sand I was alternate ly a boor and a ruffian-like a hurt youngster who passes the blow thai has hurt him on to his playmate. that both may bawl together. And now Alison sat, white and cold, without speech.
 Married" she said finally, in 6 small voice. Why, I don't think it is possible, is it? I4 was on my way to Baltimore to marry him myself when the wreck came.'
 But you said you don't care fol him!" I protested, my heavy mascu line mind unable to jump the gaps 1T her story And then, without tht slightest warning, I realized that sht was crying. She shook of my hand and fumbled for her handkerchief and failing to find it. she accepted tht one thrust into her wet fingers.
 Then, little by little. she told ma from the handkerchief, a sordid stor, of a motor trip in the mountains with out Mrs. Curtis, of lost road and i, broken car, and rainy night wheI they-she and Sullivan. traRped eter nally and. did not get home. And 0
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

R. E. Haynie, who has had charge of the railroad yards here for the past two years, left Tues day for Portola, Cali. where he has secured a position as conduc- tor on the Western Pacific rail- way. Martin Evans has his posi- tion here.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Miss Ola, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Dan McLemore. living near Sadie, La. and MT. Frank Milan surprised their friends on last Fri Jay by slipping away to Farmer yille where they were united in marriage by Rev. A. w. King.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Capt. Sam D. Crawford of Fl Dorado was again chosen as one of the fifteen men who will represent Arkansas at the national shoot at Camp Perry. Oho,' the middle Of this month.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Miss Anna Stewart of Lewisyille, who has been the guest of W. r. Parks and wife for some, left for her home last Friday accompanied by Mrs. Parks. who will visit there for several weeks.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Sawyer and Mrs. L. M. Despair were made happy on last Tuesday morning by the arrival of a nine pound boy to brighten their home.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

pr. c. c. Cox. who is now prac- ticing at Carthage, was here Thursday to see his brother, pr. E. G., the dentist.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

The ten months-old son of MT and Mrs. Geo. Carver died at 7 o'clock last Friday morning of bowel complaint and was buried late that afternoon at Harper Springs cemetery.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

c. D. Edwards and family and his father-in-law, Mir. Ball, have moved to Kensett where he has secured a position with the rail road.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

The Ladies Aid society of the
 Baptist church will give a collar social at the Union hotel on We'd nesday evening, August 10, to which the public is cordially invited.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

J. H. Williams of Cecil, La, passed through Huttig Tuesday enroute to Little Rock on business.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

HowelI's mother, Mrs. Winbourne, and was buried at Harper Springs cemetery late that afternoon.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Mrs. R. B. Smith of Dubberay, La, who has been the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Wm. Wood, left for her home last Monday.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Your old hat made new for $1. 50 by the Wiener-Loeb laundry at Shreveport. Agency at the News office. Basket leaves Monday.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

w. H Wheeler and wife are spending several weeks at Mineral Wells, Texas, for the benefit of Mir. Wheler's health.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

R. E. Hammonds departed We'd nesday for San Augustine and oth- CT points in Texas, on a business triD
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Postmaster J. U. Brown has
 added AZ new lock boxes to his postofice equipment to accommo- date the new patrons of the office. which goes to prove that the popu- lation of Huttig is on the increase.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

W. H. Moore and family depart ed Tuesday morning for Nashville to visit several weeks with his par ents.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Doing the right kind of conner cial and job printing is a hobby at The Huttig News office.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

7 J. c. Walker. who travels in this territory for the Texarkana Casket company, was the guest of his son. Ben. here Sunday.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Mrs ". H. Reagan and daught- CT, Agnes. of Rayyille, La. are the guests of relatives here and at Felsenthal.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

The 19-months-old son of MT. and Mrs. G. W. Howell died Of con gestion at $50 o'clock last Satur- day morning at the home ot Mrs.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

w. R. Mauser visited at Monroe last Saturday and Sunday.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Miss Lucille Ripper arrived home Sunday evening from a weeks visit at Mineral Wells. Texas.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

J. G. Freeman of Sadie. La, was a Huttig visitor the first of the week.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Miss Mary Jeffus is here from Fl Dorado visiting her parents.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06
The News, $loo a year.

J. L. Taylor of Lapeer was here Wednesday on business.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Dr. R. A. Hilton of Fl Dorado was Huttig visitor Tuesday.
The Huttig news., 1910-08-06

Mrs. Lawrence Sharp is able to about agaln after her severe ill- ness.