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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-28

our supply vanished during the
Christmas holidays. Several of
them bought it by the bottle to send
back to their friends for Christmas
presents.
after the persimmon beer was all
gone we had to fall back on blackber-
ry cordial and Scuppernong wine.
This we served with fruit cake-the
kind we call black wedding cake.
81 used to think there was no end
to the appetites of our customers
when we first began to serve that
cake and wine. l have seen a man
drink whole bottle of the wine and
women were almost as bad. Why
they didn't die from indigestion Is a
mystery to me. Often l used to tell
mother they wouldn't be able to come
the next day, but they always did.
"Our marble cake was almost as
popular as the fruit cake. AS it is
much less expensive to make, of
course we were glad enough to have
it taken as a substitute. No, we
didn't find Lady Baltimore or angels
food very popular. People would
take them when they couldn't get the
fruit or the marble. They said after
playing golf they wanted something
stronger than the usual light cake
and tea.
Besides our lunches anu teas we
now have good demand for pre-
serves and pickles. We make them
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-28

The output of white salt in tba
United Kingdom in 1908 amounted TO
1 ,9S4,656 tons.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
WeddIna Zee counterfeIt.

A well-dressed stranger entered the
office of Justice William B. Williams,
Montclair, N. j., and after shaking
hands astonished the justice by say
ing: I'm here to redeem that coun-
terfeit $40 bill passed on you. Two
years ago called on you with my
girl and two witnesses and you mar
ried us. l handed you $40 bill. I
had a counterfeit in my pocketbook
that I'd carried for several years. l
never missed It until yesterday. Then
remembered that I'd accidentally
handed you the bill" The caller pro-
duced good $40 BILL, but the justice
refused to take it. Don't let that
worry you, my dear fellow" he
laughed. 81 never knew it was
counterfeit. No kind of money sticks
to me over night. I'm married. my
self"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
Woman as a Social sueeess.

There is no quality more to be de-
sired to make a woman a social sue
cess than that OF tact. It's possessor
knows the right thing to do and
the right time for doing 1t and thus
gains reputation for cleverness and
for many virtues which a tactless per.
son would never win from her circle
Of aequaintances. no matter how ex-
cellent her qualities of both heart and
head.
The tactful woman is not only pa
tient listener, but she is a thoroughly
good one. She shows no WEAKNESS
even when she has heard the same
story more than once from the same
person and she smiles in the right
place and appears to enjoy hearing
jokes as much as her companion en-
Joys telling them. says Woman's Life.
A tactful woman generally gets her
own way with her husband and with
other people and yet in such man.
ner that people always suppose that
they are following their own and not
her inclinations. The fact ia that she
knows when a man is approachable
and likely to be amenable to her
wishes and when Il "a best to leave
him alone. Tact Is weapon guided
with multitude OF precautions and
feminine wiles by the wise woman ana
It is only the wise who possess It.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
why Have You Lost Your Appetizer ~

thing. OF course they can't marry.
No woman in her senses would con-
slider such a thing"
Il don't know why" cried the girl
in blue, Indignantly.
"You don't?" The exclamation of
her companion indicated mingled dis
approval and surprise.
well, for one reason, he couldn't
make love to you"
He wouldn't need to-" declared the
girl in blue, trifle sentimentally. 'Tf
only he looked" she broke off with
a laugh and her companion said, re-
provingly:
''Well, Winifred, don't wonder you
blush"
Allan longed to see how she looked
when she was blushing, but he did not
dare to raise his eyes. And her name
was Winifred. Somehow he liked the
sound of 1t. He repeated it musingly
to himself
The talk at the table on the right
turned into other channels. but
though Allan listened eagerly for
clue to the identity of the speakers,
none reached his ears. 'In few min.
utes We'll leave or they'll leave,6 he
reflected, "and I'll never see her
again" 1t seemed to him that II was
a piece Of malice on the part of fate
to have placed the girl In such tan.
talking proximity, at the same time
setting between them the barbed wire
fence OF social convention. why
couldn't he have met her? He wished
for a hurricane or an earthquake.
something that would AFFORD him an
excuse for hurrying to her side and
profering his aid. But nothing han.
pened except that George finished his
crabs and asked on his fingers the
leading question:
Why have you lost your appetizer"
Allan took final glance at the girl
as he rose to go. She was even pref.
tier than he had imagined-aud
sweeter. What pensive little mouth
was hers. dropping at the cornersl
And what brave, tender-hearted lit
tie girl she had proved herself IN her
impetuous challenge TO her friend. It
seemed hard that he was turning
away from her without any assurance
that he would ever see her again. AS
he stepped aboard the street car he
had so burdensome a sense OF heavi.
ness at heart that the ludicrous side
Of the situation forced itself on his
attention and he laughed aloud.
In the nature OF the case, an ener-
getic young lawyer who is also a so
ciaf faVorite has little time to give to
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
UNSlGHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use of Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for
toilet, bath and nursery purposes not
only preserves, purifies, and beauties
the skin, scalp, hair and hands, but
prevents Inflammation, irritation and
clogging of the pores, the common
cause of pimples, blackheads, redness
and roughness, yellow, oily, notify and
other unwholesome conditions of the
complexion and skin. All who delight
In a clear skin, soft, white hands,
clean, wholesome scalp and live, glossy
hair, will find Cuticura Soap most sue
cessful in realizing every expectation.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are adj
mirably adapted to preserve the
health of the skin and scalp of in
fants and children, and to prevent
minor blemishes or inherited skin hui
mors becoming chronic, and may be
used from the hour of birth. Cuticura
Remedies are sold throughout the civ
ilized world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, sole proprietors, Boston,
for their free Cuticura book, 80 pages
of invaluable advice on care and
treatment of the skin, scalp and hair.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
mATEklY your ideas: sa-page book ana
AEE Ss sSSn Box SSn9sasS 81.
STOOD WHERE SHE WAS PUT
Wife obeyed Orders to the Letter, but
Unfortunately Workmen Moved
Post Hole.

In western state workmen began
to dig post hole. for an electric light
in front of a Dutchman's dwelling,
when the master forbade them to con-
tinue. After some discussion the
Dutchman babe his wife stand on a
large, fiat slate with which he COW
cred the hole. Now, Gretchen" be
said, dat ish where you shtands TIL
comes back NIT Elm enjunction." The
solid frau stood there like a statue,
her hands on her hips. When the
husband disappeared, the leader of
he workmen ordered the slate, with
Che frau on 1t, to be removed. With
perfect politeness the lady was set on
one side as If she had been a fat tea
pot on salver. The Dutch wife stood
like Casabianca, but the hole was we'll
ia its place when the householder re-
burned with the injunction. He was
overcome with establishment and
wrath. ivy vas you not stood on dat
hole?" he demanded OF his wife, 1T
was on dis stone dat you vas puts
me-" she answered. He looked at her
in helpless indignation a moment, and
then cried: Il vas not mean dat you
shtand on dat stone ven dat hole was
carried awayi"-Christian Register.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

There is a reason
Why Grape-Nuts does correct
A weak, physical, or a
Sluggish mental condition.
The food is highly nutritious
And is partially pre-digested,
So that It helps the organs Of
the stomach
To digest other food.
II is also richlin the
Vital phosphates that 60
Directly to make up
The delicate gray matter
Of brain and nerve centres.
Read "The Road TO WelIviIlen
In pkgs. There's a Reason. I"
POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, La,
Basue Creek Mich.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

DEAF AND DUMB!
By HARRIET LUMMIs SMITH
Copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary Press)

The two young men seated at the
round table in the little open-air res
taurant had kept up a desultory flow
of talk, such as was compatible with
doing Justice to the delicious soft.
shelled crabs for which the Sea Gull
is noted. But It was a soundless con-
versation, inarticulate, for the fingers
talked rather than the lips. George
Laveton was a deaf mute and his
cousin, Allan Merrifleld, though less
proficient in the sign language, had
mastered enough of its intrlcacies to
enable him to sustain a part in the
conversation.
Deaf and dump. poor thingsl Isn't
1t DREADFUL"
1t was a girls voice, coming from
the table at the right.
yes, dreadful And especially for
the handsome one," replied her com
panion.
Now, which of us does she mean?"
wondered Allan. His uncertainty was
a credit to his modesty, for Georges
lean, brown face, in spite of an ex-
preston of alert intelligence, lacked
every element of beauty. Fortunately
the speaker settled the question by
adding, What dark, beautiful eyes he
has! never care for blue eyes in
a man."
Allan heaved a sigh of relief.
Georges eyes were gray. He i'm
proved the first opportunity to glance
at the other table. The girl In blue
was beautiful. Her oval face was tint
ed like a seashell and the big violet
eyes with their long lashes were be-
witching in their frank pity.
George nudged his friend and his
nimble fingers spelled out warning,
Don't stare so. It's rude"
"The worst Of It is" remarked the
girl who had spoken first, that such
an affection shuts them out of every
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
II Made No Difference.

Congressman Ransdale of Louisiana,
recently told story Of Alec Trimble,
the valet and factotum of a physi-
clan in New Orleans, who took a fan
cy to one of the summer shirts of his
master, and finally went and bought
one exactly like it. He showed it to
bis mistress, who said that he had
done wrong, as the two shirts might
get mixed in the washing; and Alec
answered.:
It'd make no difference, missus,
cause deys both alike in size an
price"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
The Valuable Match.

There was a loud splash, and a mo-
ment later a dripping head appeared
above the waves. On the end of the
dock was a stevedore nonchalantly
lighting his pipe.
Help, mani" cried the chap in the
water. Cant you see / am over
board? l can't swim"
How often have you been DOWN."
asked the stevedore, shielding the
pickering match from the wind.
Once, believe, but hurry up, man!
Give me a hand!"
you wait! You have two more
times yet to go down, and I have only
one match. I'll catch you on the last
trip."-Exchange
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
Cor the Critics.

Creston Clark, whose untimely
death at Asheville robbed America of
a serious and capable actor, was
somewhat impatient of criticism. To
Philadelphia critic he once said:
you chaps are unwilling to accept
a man for what he is. You want to
change him to your own taste. But
each of you has a different taste. To
whose inclination, then, is he to
bend?
mo, no! Take the artist for what
he is. That is the right critical atti-
tude. Don't be like the farm urchin
once saw--an urchin who, as he
stoned frog to death. repeated Sc
verely:
"T'u Farm We to be toad"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
A Quick cat.

Some years ago the proprietor of a
holel in southern New Hampshire told
the following story: He said that
when he was boy he had occasion
to so into the garnet OF his house one
morning and that the family cat fol.
lowed him up the stairs. One of the
windows was open, and when they en-.
tered the garrett frightened mouse
jumped out of the window, and the
cat, Jumping after it, caught 1t In mid.
air and, whirling round, jumped back
again into the same window.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
TheY Surely Would.

A little American boy with his ia.
Their was visiting a market in Mex
lean city. He saw little native girl
with small basketful Of red peppers.
Of which she was eating one. His IA
Their was about to say: "She thinks
she is very smart" as the son called
his attention to It. The boy spoke up
quickly, knowing what was to be said:
PA, would those red peppers make
you smart If you eat all of them?" His
father replied: Yes, SON."
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
HoW's ThisP

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
CataTrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo o.
We the undersigned. have known +. ]. Cheney
for the last is years and believe him perfectly
orable In all business transactions and financially
able 70 carry out any obligations made by his firm
WALDING. KINNAN 4 MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo o.
Halls CatarEh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents par
brittle. Sold by all Druggists.
rake Hairs Family PMS for consultation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
From Habit.

Life Insurance Agent-The company
has rejected your application on the
ground that you lied In your answers.
Why did yod say that your circulation
is good?
Mr. Koloom-Honest, couldn't help
1t. That's my business. You see, I'm
advertising manager on the Daily
Boomer.-Pu0k.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
Despisery,

Little Girl-Mother, that's such a
nasty little boy; whenever he passes
me he makes a face.
Mother-Very rude of him. I hope
you don't do it back.
Little Girl-Oh, dear, no! 1 simply
turn up my nose and treat him with
despisery.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
The idea.

'"Jack sent me a handsome mirror
for my birthday"
"Oh, that accounts for It."
Accounts for what?"
Yesterday he asked me If a woman
ever got too old to be pleased with
looking glass"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

PERRY DAVIS PAINKIIIER
For sudden chill or cold finstend al i, hishov, Ne.
hainkiler For collie, diarrhea and summereom5 ainf
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Skill to do comes Of doing; hmowl.
edge comes by eyes always open and
working hands; and there is knowl-
edge that is not power.-Emerson
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

r Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar
Is made to satisfy the smoker.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

We are our best whes we try to be
It not for ourselves alone. but for our
brethren. Phillips Brooks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Dr. Pieroe's Pellets, small, sngar-ooated easy 10
iako as candy, regulate and inviEoTate stomaah
liver and bowels. Do not grippe,
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

I love everything that is old; old
friends; old times; old manners; old
books. Goldsmith.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethlng. softens the Eums reduces In
hammaton ,aliRys palm cures wi nd collie nc botso
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
An Instance.

THE rubber industry ought to be
able to solve one financial problem"
What problem?"
That of elastic currency"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Farmers and washladies get their
living from the soil.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

A trickster is merely person who
gets the better of us.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
A MINISTER'S
CONSTIPATION
Rev Kemp Tells Of His Digestive
Troubles and How He overeame
Them--You Can Do So Free.

The lack OF exercise In a minister's life
makes him very prone TO constipation
but for that matter, most everybody Is
eonstipated now and then. II is the ma
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
Equality.

Doctor (politely)-Good morning,
Mr., Schmidt
Janitor-Howdy, Doc.-Life.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

The man who plants ladder never
knows what will come up.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

FitchviIIe, OhiO.-"ATy daughter was all rum
down, suffered from pains in her side, head and
limbs, and could walk but q short distance at q
time. She came very near having nervous
prostratiOns had begun to cough O good deal.
and seemed melancholy by spells. She tried
two doctors but got little help. Since taking
Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound,
Blood Purifier and Liver Pills she has inn
proved SO much that she feels and looks like
another gtrl."-Mrs. @. Cole, FitchvilIe, Ohio.
Irasburp. Vermont -0T feeY IL INV d,,tr IN.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Ito n al disorder.
Many alre q d y
know that a sure
way to cure con-
stipation and 9TH
err stomach, liver
and bowel trou-
bles is with DR..
Caldwell'B Syrup
Pepsin, W h | c h
church pc Cpl Q
have been buying
for twenty years.
Rev. II. A. Kemp
OF Rising Sun,
Ind, Secretary OF
the Indiana Con-
ference of the
Methodist Episco-
pal Church, says
In part:
For years I
have been a VIC
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Put up with don't practise
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
II You Have Common Sore Eyes,

{ lines blur or run togesher, you need
gists or Howard Bros, Buffalo. N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

1t takes an oculist to make some
people open their eyes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

.bnt baye never ture on the package
found anything TO equal Dr. Caldwelps
Syrup Pepsin I also had indigestion
and heart trouble. can certainly recon-
mend IT,"
cents or 81 a bottle. II there is anything
about your case that you don't under
stand, write TO the doctor. II you have
never used this remedy and would like
to try It, send your address and free
sample bottle will be forwarded to your
home. Address DIR. w. B. Caldwell, 201
Caldwell Bldg. Monticello. Ill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
A SOLDIERS EXPERIENCE.
Hardships Of Army Life Brought On a
Severe Case Of Kidney Trouble.

H. N. Camp, 1856
Delaware St., Den
yer, Colo, says: Dur
ing the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, l contract
ed a severe kidney
trouble. After re-
turning home, l was
under a physicians
care for months, but
grew gradually worse.
Finally / got so bad
! could not hold the
urine at all. / also
had intense suffer-
ing from back pains.
Doan's Kidney Pills
m ade improvement
from the first, and
soon l was well and
strong"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

Pas Conclusion.
What is an old adage, par
Generally speaking, an old chest.
nut, my SON"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
MuspU
6M1
24zGiz

When shown positive and reliable proof that certain
remedy had cured of female ills wouldn't
any sensible conclude that the remedy would
also benefit her if suffering with the troublef
Here two letters which prove the efficiency of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26

say few words in praise of medicine
taking t had been very sick with kidney and bladder
tie of Lydia Ptnhams Vegetable
greatly improved My friends who
great change"-Ns A. H SanbOrn, Lasburg, Vermont
We will pay handsome reward to any person who will
prove to us that these letters genuine and truthful
or that either of these paid in any way for
their testimonials that the letters are published without
their permission that the original letter from each did
not come to us entirely unsolicited.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-02

superficial observer. With such Law
ish wealth of natural beauty it be-
came an easy thing for the hand OF
man to give the finishing touches
which have wrought out the colors
and outlines of the big picture.
Man did all this in the laying out
of the streets with their wide margins
of parkage. The entire city becomes
a great park, with driveways inter
,secting. miles upon miles OF drive
ways so goou as to attract motorists
from all over the continent.
And as for the pavements, pave
ments that look and act like granite,
where else between the eastern
and western seas are so many miles
in proportion to inhabitants? The
pavement question stands with the
street as one of the chief drawing
cards. Till some unheard of
place reports more and better, Day
tona throws down the gauntlet TO the
world
Squirrels, Flowers, Birds and Fruit.
Whatever comes shortcomings and
one may be to many things, the mere
mention of flowers and Squirrels,
birds and fruits" will send a thrill
that is reflected in distended pupils
and pricked ears.
| For every visitor with a spare goo
! Der there is a bunny ready TO come
and accept your gift. He will sit bolt
upright and knaw into the meat,
casting furtive. saucy glances at you
meanwhile.
| Flowers Usually fresh and bloom
ing the year round You are reminded
of Goldsmith's couplet where
Smiling spring its earliest visit paid
And summers lingering blossoms
are delayed.
In one yard roses of yarigated hues
predominant; another household has
penchant for the poincetta and the
premises are aflame; another is hid
den in jungle of tall cane. Variety
is the spice of life and here is where
1 you find it.
The birds fit in, and with their
joyous notes help TO give fullness
and symmetry to the picture
AS for fruits, choice citrus fruits.
Daytona yields the palm to none for
quality and quantity per acre. There
are scores of citrus groves in prox-
unity to the city, branches bending
to the earth with their burdens OF
luscious golden globes, which for
beauty, proflicacy and all desirable
qualities would truly astonish you.
The Fastest Autos and The Finest
Out.
| The seventh world wonder, do you
/ ask? Come, whether from Missouri
or from Maine, from Kalamazoo or
| Timbuckto. and You will be ''sho L.
Here is where the worlo record 70
speed is broken with every recurring
season. Autos, the biggest, the fast
est, and the finest are on daily parad
and the big show is as free as the
pure artesian water from the thous-
ands Of flowing wells 1t is con
tinuous show with constantly shift
ing scene.
Everything goes, from a 2-horse
power, up to a 20o-horse power, and
all degrees Of speed from acanter to
a twomile-a-minute clip. You viii
probably catch the spirit, when you
do the roads and the beach are yours.
i The Florida sunshine is free, the
balmy ocean breezes are free, the
birds and squirrels and flowers are
free, the sparkling fountain water is
free and you will have to go down in
TO your wallet only for coin for auto,
and bed and board
This is no faneiful picture; it's all
here. 1t is drawing other thousands
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-02

FOUND AT LAST
A place on Beach Street where
you can get Hot Chocolate taat's
made right and served with Whip
ped Cream Sc a cup.
T. F. CURTIS & SON