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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13

regarded by the historian VINO pens
these lines, ne would kick the footboard
out Of his casket and bite himself Sc
verely in four places
To add to his foul history, happening
to have a few inoffensive Danes OF
hand, OH the 18th of November, the fes-l
tival Of st. Brice, 1902, he gave it out
that he would massacre these people,
among them the sister of the Danish
king, a noble woman who had become
u Christian (only it is to be hoped q
better one) and married an English earl.
He had them all butchered.
In 1908 Sweyn, with revenge in his
heart, began a war of determination or
subjugation and never yielded till he
was, in fact, king Of England, while
the royal intellectual polyp, known as
Ethclred the UnwhOles0me, fled to Nor
! mandy, i'll the 1013th year ammo DOM.
mi.
But in less than six weeks the Danish
king died, leaving the scepter, with the
price mark still upon it, to Canute, his
son, and Ethelred was invited back,
with all understanding that he should
not abuse his privileges as king, and
that, although it was a life job during
good behavior, the privilege Of behead-
ing him from time to time was and is
vested in the people, and even today
there is not a crowned head on the con-
tinent CT Europe that does not recognize
this great truth-viz, that God alone,
speaking through the united voices Of
the common people, declares the rulings
of the supreme court Of the universe.
On the Old autograph albums Of the
world is still written in the dark cor
ners of empires 1.-THE king can do no
wrong" But where education is not re-
pressed, and where that Christianity
which is built Oh love and charity is
taught, there can be but one King who
] does no wrong.
Ethelred was succeeded by Edmund,
called the Ironside." He fought
bravely ard drove the Danes, under
Canute, back to their own shores. But
they got restless in Denmark, where
there was very little going on, and re-
turned to England in large numbers.
Ethelred died in London 1916 A. D.
DoIOIe CauuIe reached I'm. he was
called by Dunstan ''Ethelred the I'm
ready and had a faculty for erring
more promptly than any previous king.
Having returned cheerily from Ethel
I reds rather tardy funeral, the people
took oath, some of them under Edmund
and some under Canute.
Edmund, after five pitched battles,
offered to stay bloodshed by personally
fighting Canute at any place where they
could avoid police interference, but
Canute. declined, ON what grounds it is
not stated, though possibly on the Pole
grounds.
A compromise was agreed to in l01e
by which Edmund reigned over the re.
gion south Of the Thames, but very
shortly afterward he vas murdered al
the instigation Of Edric, a traitor, who
was the Judas Iscariot Of his time.
Canute, Or ''Knut," now became thu
first Danish king Of England. Having
appointed three subkings and taker
chMue himself of Wessex. Canute sen,
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13
WHY the West Grows.

The home market for American farm
ers exists wherever there is a factory or
an employment which depends in any
way upon manufacturing. The marvel
of American industry has been the d.
versifcation Of industry generally dur
ing the last third of a century. particu-
larly toward and in the west. Take, for
example, the prodigious manufacturing
industries of Illinois, not to speak Of
Indiana and Ohio. Manufacturing in
dustry has likewise, although a little
later, been developed in the southern
states.
Even west Of the Mississippi river
vast manufacturing interests have been
developed with unprecedented rapidity,
down to the time when the Democratic
party two years ago took hold Of the
government under pledge to revolution
ize industry to the basis of Glow tariff
or free trade. sioux City Ga. Jour
nal
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13

the two sons Of Edmund to Olaf, re-
questing him to put them to death, but
Olaf, the king Of Sweden, had scruples,
and instead of doing S sent the boys to
Hungary, where they were educated.
Edward afterward married a daughter
Of rhe Emperor Henry Ii.
Canute as king was, after he got the
hang of it, a great success, giving to
the ha-assed people more comfort than
they had experienced since the death Of
Alfred, who was thoroughly gifted as a
sovereign.
He had to raise heavy taxes III order
to Squire himself with the Danish lead
ers at first, but finally began to harmo-
nize the warning clements, and prosper
ity followed. He was fond Of cid ballads
and encClcaTad the wandering min
strels, who entertained the king with
topical songs till a late hour. Sy1mpo-
Sums and after dinner speaking were
thus i~naugurated, and another era of
good feeling began about half past II
o'clock each evening.
Queen Emma, the widow Of Ethelred,
now began to set her cap for Canute,
and thus it happened that her sons
again became the heirs to the throne al
her marriage, A. D. 1917,
Canute now became a good king. He
built churches and monasteries and
wen went Oh a pilgrimage to Rome,
which in those days was almost certain
to win public Endorsement.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13

holidays and learn to crochet and tat
in time Of war. He gave these invaders
10, 900 pounds of silver at the first, 49,
900 at the second and 24, coo on the
third trip i'll order to buy peace.
Olaf a%fterwarl, however. embraced
Christianity and gave up fighting as il
business, leaving the ring entirely to
Sweyn, his former partner from Den
mark, who continued to do business as
before.
The historian says that the invasion
of England by the Norwegians ard
Danes was fully enual to the a~ssassi-
nation, arson and r..pine Of the Indians
of North America. A king who would
permit such cruel cuttings up AS these
wicked animals We're guilty of on the
t,..r face of old England should live in
Ais ~ only as an i~nvertebrate, royal
.faii re, a decayed mollusk, and the
Oh, l;sical head Of a lettering dynasty.
In order TO strengthen his feeble
forces. Ethelred allied himself, in 1901,
to Richard II, duke Of Normandy, and
married Emma, bat the Danes contin-
ued to make night hideous and elope
with ladies when they had never met
Def 20. 1T was a sad time in the history
of Epy.,nd, and poor Emma wept many
a.hot g. bitter tear as she yielded one
Jewel efter another to the pawnbroker in
order to- buy off the coarse and hateful
Danes.
If, Ethelred were to know how he is
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13
Pottery From the Orient.

We feel sore that our artists and arti-
sans must be brought into such close
competition with the wretchedly paid
pottery labor Of England and the CONT
nent of Europe. hut we see still worse
things in the distance. China and ia
pan, with pottery employees who can
work for from s to IA cents a day and
live OH half that amount, are preparing
to furnish America with large lines OF
staple goods and are being stimulated
to do SO by American importers, who
have, it is reported on good authority,
sent out full lines Of samples OF toilet
and table wares and stand ready TO OF
ganize large concerns in those countries
and utilize the cheap labor that there
abounls. d. +. HAYNES d Son.
Baltimore.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13

Disguised with the %t1atterlng of his
courtiers, one day as he strolled along
the shore he caused his chair to be
placed at the margin Of the approaching
tide, and as the water crept up into his
lap he showed them how weak must be
a mortal king in the presence Of Om-
impotence. He was Il humble and right
eous king and proved by his example
that after all the greatest of earthly
rulers is only the most obedient servant.
He was even then the sovereign of
England, Norway and Denmark. In
1881 he had some trouble with NAL
colin, king Of Scotland, but subdued
him promptly and died in 1896, leaving
Hardicanute, the son of Emma, and
Sweyn and Harold, his ons by a former
wife.
Harold succeeded to the English
throne, Sweyn to that Of Norway and
Hardicanute to the throne Of Denmark.
In the following chapter a few well
chosen remarks VIII be made regarding
Harold and other kings. BILL NYE.
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copyright, 1896. by j. B. Lippincott Company. !
CHAPTER VI.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13
Killing the Dead Languages.

And now Columbia has let up on
Greek too. After this year it will not
BIZ required for entrance to the college
nor for the degree Of bachelor Of arts.
The dead languages appear to be getting
more and more extinct every year
Boston Herald.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13
The Farmers Good Judgment.

The farmer is often a more Jealous
protectionist than the manufacturer or
the wage Garner. he knows the value
Of a good home market from actual ex-
perience.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13
Tho Ins and Outs Of It.

Tho ms n Outs Of IL.
Under the new Democratic tariff law
imports of everything but gold have in
creased and exports Of everything but
gold have decreased. Tacoma Ledger.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
Tact in Bonneta

With most people bonnets are but
accidents, ornaments, obtrusive vani-
ties. irrelative appointments. jarring
discords. obtrusiye features. inappros
pirate after-thoughts. injudicious in
dulgences. ill-directed ambitions. Now
and then only are they part of the
general scheme, the whole makeup.
of an individuals dress. delighting us
by their non-insistence their not
coming out of the picture, as theatre
cal people say-while they convince o:
their necessary place in the great re-
suit
There ought to be as much tact about
a bonnet, sometimes think. as about
ones speech. says writer in Harper's
Bazaar. It ought never to SAVIOR of the
self-assertive or even. while being true
to ones own views and opinions. be
without due consideration for the feel
ings of others. appropriateness should
characterize it: for there is nothing
about ones dress-neither ones shoes.
ones Jewels. nor ones gown itself
which so marks the wearer for what
she is. We know by the bonnets we
see about us in the theater how much
selfish reconsideration and vanity rule in
the lives of some.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08

unless he had charpaigne bottle on
each post OF his bed. Thus it came that
in order to insure somnolence he in
variably called up and drank four quarts
after reti1 ing to his room in order to
get the empty bottles. He was very
notional man, this Lord Ogilvie. and
pint bottles only produced insomnia.
"The occasion l met him he struck
Denver tired and worn out. He went TO
his room early. and. after the customary
cork popping, went to sleep. An hour
after midnight sharp the loud and some
what truculent song of rooster came
reverberating through the corridors
and down the marble stairways of the
hotel. Again and again the bird
sounded his note. The clerk stirred up
his force of bellboys and they attempted
to find the creature which was breaking
the rest of the guests. Twenty bells
rang and the clerk had to send back as
many soothing explanations. One man
came down half dressed and pleaded to
be permitted to see the other cockights.
He was a clcan-strain sport from Mis-
souri,, he said, and would never open his
mouth where police could hear of the
main. lie was homesick and a good.
quiet cockight would cheer him.
AT two o'clock the clarion again
sounded. This time the clerk. knowing
the habit of the fowl. had deployed
skirmishers. Bellboys were on all the
floors, and the one patrolling the sec
ond marked the chicken down in Ogil-
vie's room. The clerk went to the aris-
tocrat's door and kicked upon it
Come in shouted Ogilvie, who was
aroused after ten minutes effort.
Come in: the door isn't locked
''On the head of the Englishman's bed
was perched a fine brass-backed game.
the winner of 100 battles. and the owner
of voice like bugle. he regarded the
stranger with hostile eye and crowed
again.
This won't do, my lord expostu-
lated the clerk. our rules expressly for
bid guests bringing pets or animals into
their rooms. One of the boys must
carry the rooster down.
"'Not in a thousand years. replied
Ogilvie, reaching under his pillow and
getting bad. hard-looling six-shooter
Not in ten centuries. This is not pet.
This is an alarm clock. The last time
l was here you let me miss train. and
this time I've brought something Lean
rely on TO call me at five o'clock. It's
all right. Adios; good night
''The bird remained on guard. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
Marvellous Results.

From letter written by Rev. ]. Gunder.
man, of Dimondale, Mich, we are permit
ted to make this extract: 81 have no hest
tation in recommending DR.. Kings New
Discovery, as the results were almost mar
velous in the case of my wife, While 1
was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives
Junction she was brought down with Pneu-
monia succeeding La Grippe Terrible par
oxisms of coughing would last hours with
little interruption and it seemed as if she
could not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DR.. Kings New Discovery; it was
quick in its work and highly satisfactory in
results Trial bottles free at A. L. Pearre's
Drug Store. Regular size SOC. and 81. co..
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
roeoooAN FOR HORSES.
They Get q Free Ride Down Hill Every
Day and Like the Fun.

Here is a street car for the accom-
mediation of horses which is the very
latest thing in the west Such car
is now in operation in Denver, and it is
pronounced {. great success by all able
10 give an opinion on the subject. The
horses themselves are dumb. but If
their Judgment could be had it would
TO doubt be favorable.
By the introduction of cable and cleo
trio motive power. the bicycle and the
automatic carriage. man has done
much of late to relieve the affections OF
the equine race. But this latest move.
that of taking the horse up off the
ground and placing him on board car
so that he may have ride just like the
other passengers is radical departure
indeed.
1t must be confessed, however, that
these free rides are given in spirit OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
THE GROWING CHILD.
Grave Mistakes That May Be Made by
Mothers.

Grave Mistakes That May Be Made by
Mothers.
A mother is too apt to take for
granted the confidence of her growing
son and daughter. She has led them
through childhood into young manhood
and womanhood. She unraveled all
their childish joys and sorrows. AS
children they conceal nothing. She as
sumes, without thinking, that this state
of affairs continues into their adult life.
She is sure she knows all about her
children" whereas the fact may be that
she knows nothing at all. They out
grew her long ago.
When this difference began the young
boy or girl could scarcely say. Some
times it is sudden, sometimes gradual.
1t is certain that with adolescence q
new life comes to each individual. and
that the mother who would retain the
trust and aid in forming the character
of the budding man or woman must
make special effort to do so.
It is here that mothers often make
grave mistakes, and never regain the
forfeited friendship of their sons ard
treating their children as children long
after they are grown men and women,
and require the implicit obedience and
blind belief of child from an adult of
reason and experience. Other women
make an equally unfortunate error in.
metaphorically, washing their hands"
of the child they have reared so soon as
it tries TO act upon its own judgment.
Il have nothing more to do with your
actions. Now do as you please" That
is their position.
One attitude represses confidence:
the other rejects it. Both are antago-
nistic to natural law. Children must be-
come men and women, and we have no
right to be angry al or to repel the idea
that it is so. But surely we may value
the friendship and trust and love of
these men and women as highly as we
valued the child's faith and loving re-
lance. That parent is wise who per-
ceiyes in time the change. and who
studies the needs of this formative
period. and adapts herself to the new
phase, and who begins by new methods
to retain the child's trust, while gaining
the mans confdence.-Harper's Bazal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
WOMEN AND BEAUTY.
A Privilege Not to BE Denied to I!,e
1Eair'' Sex.

A Privilege Not to Be Denied to i'ie
.Fair' Sex.
The intimate association of woman
and beauty is no vain thing fondly inn
agined, but fundamental interdepend-
ence that may be denied for a space
but can never be annihilated. So far
the denial of this truth has only
brought her to a condition of spurious
growth and fantastic activity, which
has in It neither the seed of the old
peace nor of the new perfection. 1t
has made of womanhood a thing OF
shreds and patches shreds of misdi-
rected energy and patches of misbegot-
ten passion. Nor can she ever hope
to become a whole and completed pic
ture with "a reasonable soul and human
flesh subsisting," without the sense of
proportion, which is the first element
of beauty. She has striven for liberty.
and already the keys of the gate of life
are in her hand. but, if she lacks the wit
to make freedom fair, what will it avail
her in the end? AS yet she has not even
knowledge enough to recognize her own
incompetence, her unfitness for work
and love alike. Labor that is neither
continuous or cooperative benefits none
but the isolated individual. and the
world could go on quite as well, per-
haps better, without it. Neither is the
modern woman a greater expert at love.
At present she is apt to take it as she
has her shoes mended, "while you wait. :"
and when she discovers what formless.
colorless thing is this casual Cupid she
jeers at the sentiment of which it is
but the shadows shade. For love can
never be lovely unless the desire at
beauty dwells in the soul of the woman
who loves. And only through the de:
velopment of this desire will the re-
demption of'woman be wrought out.
This creed may seem at first sight
to be nothing more than a diaphanous
doctrine fashioned of the stuff that
dreams are made of. But a brief study
of the principles of beauty will show
that the pursuit of it is by no means
incom patible with the conditions Of
practical life. The service of beauty
is not an activity, but an attitude of
heart and mind which, being a sub
jective influence, touches the person.
atty of a woman rather than her deeds
or words. Once in the possession of this
sixth sense. this exquisite consciousness,
even the least beautiful of women may
become fair, good alike to the sight and
the Soul-SarurCav Review
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08

thrift The managers of the road find
that by this means they save wear and
tear on the horses hoofs, and that they
are thus able to remain in the service
longer. The plan is a very simple one.
and like all other simple things that are
new it makes you want to know why
IL was never thought of before.
The riding car for the horses con-
sists of a platform mounted on small
wheels protected at the sides by a
sufficiently high railing, while the front
aud rear are provided with gates. These
Permit the horse to get on and off the
car without backing.
When the regular passenger car has
been drawn to the top of the long as
rent, the horse car" is hooked to the
forward end. the lorses are driver
aboard. and by few deft turns of the
brake. the descent is made safely.
At first the horses showed some hest
tation about embsrking on what APP
peared &c e a perilous adventure. But
they soon became accustomed to it, and
are said TO even enjoy the experience.
expressing their pleasure by broad
smiles and prolonged whinnies.
There is no reason why this plan
should not be adopted with profit else
where. There are many car lines which
run for almost their entire length on
E.ore or less steep inclines. The addi
tional force required TO be exerted III
drawing car up hill is turned into
I.ropelling force when the car begins
the descent. This force might well be
employed in giving the horses ride.
and thus saving wear and tear on their
feet.
1t might be supposed that the eddi-
tional pull impaired to this human pas
senger car, when on the down grade,
might cause the brake TO slip, but this
IS not the case. It is only necessary to
make the brake a little more powerful
than that on the ordinary street car.
Having arrived at the foot of the il
cline, the gate of the horse passenger
car is unfastened, and the animals once
more take their places in the traces.
drawing both cars behind them up the
hill. The entire load is not much heavier
than a single car on level street, as
the car in which the horses ride is very
lght-N. Y. World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08

The wearing qualities of Partisan
drapery are tested with mud. ANY
new tint that cannot stand the influ-
ence of mud being thrown upon it IS
Immediately put aside as useless. To
experiment with mud, however. has
been found unpleasant, foulsome. anil
unhealthy. An excellent imitation Of
the original was recently ordered of 4
chemist, which was composed of 4
solution of carbonate of ammonia. car
Donate of potassium, sulphite of soda.
and sea salt in water ~ 49,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
STYLE OF THE COAT.
That of the Present Runs to a Loose-Fit-
ting Garment

Tn0t or the Present Runs to LOose-Eit-
ting Garment.
After an era of glove-fitting coats.
which are too often assumed with the
assistance of a shoe-horn. the semi
loose coat is received with appreciation.
Some show fitted back with a ripple
skirt. and a loose front which NAV
button over to the extreme of one side
down to the shoulder and under the
arm to the end of the jacket; or with
the fitted back the more simple double
breasted effect is as often seen. Some
times the loose front has its fastening
in the center. but the hooks and eyes
are concealed and decoration of straps
and buttons is arranged. It would
seem from their appearance as If the
sewing-machine were only utilized TO
make the seams firm, for every other
part of the coat presents invisible stitch
ing that is done by hand. Fancy sill;
Innings. especially those of Persian and
brocade designs. are liked, but think
it rather better form to have the silk
Inning of one tone.
Buttons are large and small; they
may be the size of sixpence. of a SOW
ereign, or of the miniature of some
famous beauty as depicted by the cour;
painter. Raphael's cherubs. one on
each button. are noted. and so is the
head of Josephine, that of Marie An
toinette. of Marie Louise. of the CAV
Pompadour and of Henriette of Eng
land. When these very large miniature
buttons are used two are frequently
counted enough. and then they are ar
ranged like brooches. fastening straps
or collars. Many of the very large but
tons are framed in rhinestones, but
the smarter ones have no framing al
all.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-08
Meeting of Maryland Chassis.

A convention of the Maryland CIas-
sis of the Reformed Church Was held
in HageTstOwn on Wednesday last.
Following are the delegates from this
county: Revs. DIR. Eschbach and ].
H. Apple and Mr.. A c. McCardell, of
this city; Rev. Isaac NJ. Motter, Elder
j. Fenton Thomas. AdamstOwn: Rev.
w. c. Sykes and Elder w. s. Kefau-
and Elder David Miller. SabiIlasviiIe:
Rev. ). nj. Hench and Elder VIM. III.
Etull, Frederick; Rev. q. A. Whit
more, ThurmOnt; Rev. s. Miller, Mt
Pleasant; Rev. Atvili C0nnor, Woods
bor0'; Rev. III. F. Ditmar, jefferson:
Rev. F. T. Hoffmier, Middletown.