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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
BETTER THAN A PLEDGE.
How DR.. John Wesley Brown Helped
n Man to Give ~ LiqaOF.

MAN 10 "lNe I bhHaoE'
A Cleveland man tells this pathetic and
characteristic story of the late Rev. Dr.
John Wesley Brown, the incident occur
ring while he was rector of Trinity
church in this city The story was told
the narrator by the doctor himself.
One evening stranger called at the
rectory on Superior street adjoining the
church. lie was we'll dressed. well ap-
pearing man, but evidently III deep trou-
bic.
"Dr. Brown" he said, Il have come to
you for advice and assistance. ! am 4
victim of the drink habit. | have an cX-
cellent position-I am cashier for a
wealthy curporatior-and | know | can
not retain it unless | reform. | want
you to draw up pledge for me-makc it
as strong as you can, pleasc-and | will
sign it, and you will witness it.
Dr. Brown leaned back and looked at
the man.
How long have you been drinking to
excess" he asked.
The man told him it was five or six
years; ever since he obtained his present
position. He only drank To excess when
he was with his friends. lie never drank
at other times When he was with his
friends, he would forget himself and over
step the limit. Sometimes lie didn't 20
on spree for a whole month. but the at
lacks were growing more frequent. lie
seemed To hr losing his will power.
My friend" said the doctor, you
don't need Il pledge. see in you vic
tim of good comradcship. You are far
from being an ordinary drunkard. If
YOU signed temperance pledge and
broke il, as you undoubtedly would do,
it would still further degrade you in your
own eyes. do not advise the pledge"
The man looked dumfounded.
"But what am | to do?" he gasped.
The doctor drew Il card from his desk
and rapidly wrote few lines.
There" he said, "read that
This is what the man read:
ITO my friends: | find | am becoming
a victim of the liquor habit. If do not
quit, | am sure to lose my position and
ruin myself For Gods sake, don't ask
me to drink with YOU
"Thcrc," said Or. Brown, Sign that,
and | will sign it as a witness. All !
ask of you is to show the card when
temptation is at your elbow, and if you
fall come here and tell me about it.
There Good night"
1t was full month before the man
returned. worried and detected.
II expected you long before this, said
the doctor as he greeted the stranger.
"Tcll me about it. Did you show the
card:'
yes" replied the man. The first
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
LOVE SONG.

II could sew pillow for your head
Soft, silken, stuffed with every pretty thought;
II | could lay a carpet where you tread
OF all my life's most radiant fancies wrought
Could spread my soul as canopy above you,
Your sleep, your steps should know how much
love you.
But, as life goes, TO the old sorry tune,
stand apart and see thornI wound your feet,
Your sleeping eyes rcsenting star and moon,
Your head rest. restless, on breast unmeet
And say no word. but suffer without moan
Lest you should guess how much you are alone
Pail Mall Gazette
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
Real Property for Sale.

Having more business to look after than !
can properly attend to, have decided TO sell
a portion of my holdings, and now offer Tor
sale.
500 ACRES OF FINE, WELL-IMPRoVN
LAND.
| will sell it all in one body as ii is or wllP
divide il in tracts to suit purchasers. rms
land is all in high state of cultivation, and
crops equal to any in the County or state.
EVERY ACRE HAD FROM 50 To 100 BUSH
ELS OF LIME,
and the most of it been heavily MANFRED in
the last 10 or II years.
ALL UNDER GOOD FENCING-THE MOST
OF IT POST AND RAIL,
divided into convenient fields, with pure run
ming water in every field. Improved with
several good dwellings, a couple of good
barns, with all other outbuidtngS necessary,
and about 1000 choice apple and peach trees
on the farm, all in full bearing.
also desire to sell my
MILL PROPERTY, KNOWN AS GREEN
VALLEY MILLS,
consisting of one flour and grist mill, one saw
mill, one good dwelling house, one barn and
other outhuildings, with all the privileges per-
tanning thereto. This is one of the best built
mills in Frederick ounty, built in 1880, 36X44
feet, 4 stories high, one of stone ana three
frame, weatherboarded with cypress and
wainscoated from top to bottom with yellow
pine; two (2) l412 foo. water wheels, 4 run of
burrS, with Il watel-power and mill capacity
of producing from =
25 TO 50 BARRELS OF FLOUR PER DAY,
and i'm one of the best wheat growing sections
in the County or State and with "A country
custom of a radius of from 10 to 20 miles,
makes this desirable property for industrious
NJ a. n % ii npnnIp Will
above-named property at low prices ana on
easy terms. ! will also sell my blacksmith
shop property, adjoining the mill property
and farm, consisting of dwelling blacksmith
shop, whcelwrght shop and other outbuild-
ingS, on one or two acres of choice land, to
suit the purchaser.
LEVI PRICE.
mch-l6'00-lyr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

Some of the privileges of members Of
foreign legislative bodies are unique
Danish NJ P's can have free seat in
the Royal theatcr at Copenhagen when
ever they like. The lawmakers of Nor
way receive free medical attention and
nursing if they fall i'll during the ses-
sion. The NJ P.'s have extended this
privilege to include courses of gymnas-
tics, massage baths. wine (''medical com
forts"), drawing and stopping teeth-all
gratis!-London Express.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
HnIpvOn Dnyz

The term "halcyon days is derived
from pretty little fable of the Sicili-
ans, who believed that during the sew
Ell days preceding and following the
winter solstice, Dec. 81, the halcyon or
kingfisher hoated on the water in a
nest in which her young We're deposited
and that during this time of her brood
ing the seas were calm. Our Indian
summer corresponds to the halcyon of
the Sicilians.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
Wonderful.

Norah, fresh from old ireland, stared
at the baby's toy balloon, which wayer-
ed at a place two or three feet higher
than her head and was anchored 10 the
back of chair.
"'Tis Quare and wonderful entirely"
she said raising her hands, ''to see it
up and ba!ancin its own self and it
shtandin on a string"--Youth's Compan-
ion
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
|Rhe Reformation
u Of Henley
An Episode OF Army Life In
the Philippines.
ill Leviagton Comfort.

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o."o"o"o"osoooo "ososo~oMo..6
Lieutenant llehl'y was the son OF
nch man. The lieutenant went out to
Manila in a volunteer cavalry regiment
When the volunteer horse reached Ma
Mia. il lappcncd that cavalry was nccd
oJ Tho rn,i,uant ,.,s ,.;,.,.,, , h,,1,ol
,.li,,, ,.,,i,,,.. ..,.,..,, ~.
.,,I
''''u It ,'''''N VI ""''',' ""'" '''N anu 'o'
nee linen II was 'old TO get busy seek
ING S""Elcs I" dcHour. 1t was told TO
tree all the rebels it encountered and to
drive the rest on the running jump into
the China sea. II was old shoes for tbr
colnupI IIe wbisucrcd ,I.cfrlIv to lis
,,,i,,r,.
-, ...... -,
'''' - anu ~ 'l''' .'"s '''". w. i
'"Ne '"e Sou"-S''I' '"' VI some r'S'Fl'd
pace ana teach them winch Is the front
end of saddle
~ moment or two before the start was
made the colonel perceived Lieutenant
Henley approachiue Tho youu, man
was mounted upon n fancy ri.av rrllin,.
Int his saddle ,y,s ot lrnst FINN. in..I,n.
too far back. The Colonel sranrrJ nj.
teeth together vim n force vLrrb Womb
have broken stones and greeted his sub.
ordinate This way.
"Youpg man. do Won know Won sit an
that horse like a shoemaker? t;o,' off and
let one of your mon fix your saddle Ar
attention. sir. when Won ink lone Now.
what do YOU want?"
Il last want 10 suggest" said Henley
at last, that be allowed to stay in Ma
Mia for few days. There are some
things | want to get. ] would like to see
Manila too. Besides, father
Henley, if | hear another word from
you for ten days which doesn't concern
duty, and if you are not in your proper
place IN the line before - seconds have
passed, II give you a chance to see Ma
MA through barred windows. AS to
your iather' he haSn got anything more
TO do with you now man a rabbit
ne regiment was broken IN by proc.
eSs as pltlleSS rs the combined efforts of
the torrld sun ana regular army dISclpthc
could make IT, 1t was only skeleton
oh'nt al'er SIN weeks nut inns skeleton
was formed OF the best bone produced in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

Some of our Basque fellow residents in
Mexico have long and unpronounceable
names, but the record long name Ga sur
name) is:
orrigotcoetacocchea!
This marvellous name means 'the new
red mill of the house above"
The historic name of lturbide is also
Basque by origin and means "the road to
the fountain. Mexican Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

Teutonic peasants were the providers
of blond hair for rich Roman princesses,
who loved the contrast of its flaXen hue
with their black eyes. They even had
morning wigs, small and tightly curled,
of any color, and kept the beautiful, fair
ones to wear when receiving their adj
mirers in the evening.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

"You sketch with a free hand, Miss
Brownsmith,' remarked the professor,
who had been critically examining her
portfolio.
Entirely free" said the young lady
as she cast down her eyes in soft con-
fusion and waited for the professor to
follow up the opening.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

additional trains leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge aud Intermediate Stations ut ~ y a. m
and 22j and Top. m, and leave Union Bridge
for Baltimore and intermediate Stations at
D ana 6.2j Il. m, and l2.50 p. IN. daily, except
sunday
Sundays only-lcavc Baltimore for Union
Bridge and Intermediate Stations at 9.35 a. IN,
and 2.35p m Leave Union Bridge 615 a IN
and iu5 p. IN. for Baltimore and intermediate
StptipuS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

Wigs were in vogue in Rome toward
the end of the republic and so well made
that Ovid says, "Nobody could tell If any
one else's hair was real or not"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

about the affair, as soldiers will. The
word coward" might have been heard.
II was asserted in whispers that the lieu
tenant was responsible for the death of
Connely. Early in the evening. while
Henley was moving through the ranks of
his own troop. somebody struck him from
behind Others followed the example.
No faces were seen. An hour later lieu
tenant Henley. bruised ana dirt stained,
had made connections hy wire with the
cable office in Manila. and the following
in cipher was destined to reach father the
next day.
"Can't stand This Work NV Immediate
RESIGNATION cable renlv"
"Eo M colonl nat that"
The colonel was ordered IN mako tbis
town ternorarv rngimental haodonortrrs
Tboro Ma. = Li,, .1in,l, ~ FORAGE rnr tbo
horses. The infantry which Ind rarri-
sonnd tho tnvvp ,v,s no,rd out ,t nu.a
On the third day telegram came for
Lieutenant Henley, and in less than an
hour aftcrward all messages stopped sun
denly. The "niggors" had cut the wire
somewhere along the line.
Once the voice of u torn soul gave ut
tcrance, Let the day perish wherein |
was born and the night which said, There
is a man child conccivcd.'' The son of
his father gaZed at the paper which had
been handed him for many minutes. In
truth young Henley had gone down deep
into the dark. Had the father known he
could not have had the heart to pile upon
n universe of misery one added burden.
Oh Mt insuItnd hoatop viii m,rv IJn,v.
From y home where desire knew not the
meaning of denial he had been cast upon
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28
By WILLIAM PERRY BROWN.


'." '''.''. '''H N"'
le'"'" ou' % '"' F.''' "'"~' 'ue"" ".t
dropped an apple core upon iu' h''d
head If q man on thn deck below. WHO
was watching two tgchAaud> yo.liug 4
shore line near the bow. The man look
ed M qujchIv.
"Gn,In,.."r .<.rair,,J Tr.l dr,o.i,,.,
bprri,,,,, hack ami, ,,r .,,l., .r ,,,..,,t., r.,
$50. s. -,
wa - my ''N ".'sS' '"''H
1t nov.
\ NoIIey OF angry tNl'uN'N came surg
Ing up the ladder. Then ia" si-lt II
Pilot Baird, iuluurd yi~ase appearing
above the deck rail was too much f1r
Frcd's resolution.
He lert fine ,,borI lolt,l rI,r,,i..b ,I..
u,. i..,..., l ...I ....
-. ''.''.r
''i''" ""' was '"Fi' ''"- SOM,
He"E P"lAltu STRIPES around the TAN
smoheStachS
Catch him, Steve called Mr.. Baird.
'Ill learn him where To- drop linss."
Steve laughed loudly willie thr pilot
administered several vigorous cuffs that
sent Fred Keeling back into the pilot
house.
Grab that wheel" roarcd the master.
Fetch her round. II the river was low.
we'd been aground Then you would a.
caught fits
Fred supprcS>iuS tendency to sob.
caught the wheel, swung the boat To her
course and gloou,ily starred straight ahead.
Look here, kil,' added Mr.. Baird,
wipins his smooth bald place. "What
d'you mean by such impudcnce:"
Il thought YOU was Mr.. RaWlev. In
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

at is folly to meet old age half way"
81 think so; | wouldn't meet him at all
If I knew how to get out of it."-Ietroit
Free Press,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

Leave Rocky Ridge for EmmitSburg at S26
and 1879 a. m. and 3.3l and 6.3I p. m Leave
Emmitsburg for Rocky Ridge at $50 and 1000
"A. IN. and 80 and AZ p. IN.
cave Brucevillc for Frederick at S.3S, 9.35
and 1910 Il. IN. and 532, and $50 p. m.
Leave BruccVille for Columbia, LittleStOwn
and TaneytOwn at AZ a. m. and 3.Ij p. IN.
Leave Frederick for Baltimore at 7.50a m,
and 800 and 50 p IN.
CONNECTIONS AT CHERRY RUN, w. VA
r and o. passengers trains leave Cherry
Run for Cumberland and intermediate points
Ghy al 92 s, a.. m Giimcinn9 -, LOUIS ana
Express, daily, at 1899 p. m.
*Daiy. All others daily except Sunday
J. N. HOOD, b. HGRISWOLD,
Pres. and Gen'l Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

Here is a paragraph from letter
which the colonel wrote to father after.
ward:
He is born again, devil this time,
who swalloweth the ground with fierce
ness and rage and smelcth the battle
afar off. He turned loose when he thought
you We're broke and developed in an aft
ernoon. Incidentally he made good citi-
zens out of over a score of niggers and
got scratched up a little. I'll watch out
for him and turn over TO you one Of these
days something that smells like man.
Yes, there is blood in the boy."-St. Louis
Renublic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
What of This I?

If Abbevile cannot raise money enough to
build large cotton mill, can we not raise
enough to build small mill? Think OF this.
While the price of lands outside the city
are cheaper, is 1t not possible that the city
could and would offer Inducements In facili-
ties to fight fire which might overcome the
disadvantage Of high priced land7 Think OF
this.
The city, with its water works and fire com.
panies. could be OF great advantage, to mill
In town. The saving OF the buying OF water
works for small mill would be great. The
city water works was worth much to the oil
mill at its recent fire. Think OF this.
These are questions which we are not able
to decide. They are. however. worth consld-
ering. What we save in the price Of land we
might lose In security against fire..
Another matter to be considered is, what
encouragement will the railroads give to
have any new enterprise located sdvan-
tageously to them? "
The Seaboard gave the Abbeville Cotton
Mill sidetrack and sum Of money.
Will 1t offer anything for any new enter.
prise? 49,.
What will the Southern do7 - IN
It is said the Coast Line is sometimes very
liberal, and other roads might help. Think
Of this. rHa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
what About 1t, Governor

We learn from the Stats that there are In
this State blind tigers, or illicit dealers in
liquor, and presumably they are in Colum.
bia?
II we are not in error, you have thirty or
forty constables whose business 1t is to see
that the liquor law Is obeyed.
The State seems TO be perfectly confident OF
his knowledge on this point. If the business
of the blind tigers become so notorious that
the citizen may know Of 1t, why cannot the
constables find these places where liquor is
unlawfully sold?
The people of South Carolina would like to
know why the constables are not discharging
their duty.
If they cannot shut up notorious blind
tigers, would It cot be well to turn them of,
and hire others who would be more efficient
In the discharge of their duty?
While on this subject 1t would be interest
ing to know what the constables are doing,
II they are not putting blind tigers to route.
Do the constables shut their eyes, and are
they, like the tigers, blind?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
The Legislature.

The General Assembly Of the State Of South
Carolina has now been In session for three
weeks and up to this time the indications
are that that body will do little harm. The
fact is, IL has been remarkably good Legisla.
ture. Various good measures have been pro-
posed with fair prospects Of success. and the
proposed evil legislation has made no pro.
gress
The effort to interfere with the rate of inter-
est on money failed.
The attempt to interfere with the rights OF
mothers TO call upon their children to help
them earn living in cotton mills met with q
signal failure-29 toS.
The wide tire bill is an effort In the right di.
rectlon. It has passed the Senate and may
become law.
The dispensary law will stand. with no
change to injure II. Various individuals,
however, In the General Assembly have pet
schemes Of their own, which have for their
purpose the yielding Of something to the H.
quor element. These bills will be killed.
The second effort to injure cotton mills by
making them responsible for accidents which
may be due TO the carelessness OF operatives,
was kindly put In It's little grave.
The bill to allow the people of the city OF
Abbeville to vote 5000 to pay for the survey
of the Black Diamond, will likely become a
law.
The fertilizer tax has been reduced from 25
cents to Is cents ton, the royalty going to
Clemson College.
The effort to interfere with labor contracts
and rent liens has failed.
The proposition to give county officers sala.
ries. instead OF fees has friends, and It's fate
may be uncertain. The bill would require of:
ficers to turn over to the treasurers all fees
which they receive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
City Limits.

Patton's bill relating to the extension of
city and town limits, or some such bill ought
TO be adopted, and we can see no reason for
limiting the application of the law to towns
Of 600, or 5000 inhabitants; the sc,all towns
need 1t worse. If we understand the present
law. corporations or individual land owners
on the borders Of q town can choke IL to
death. and the state will permit no interfer
ence The town gives the surrounding land
its value, while 1t gets nothing in return ex-
cept the privilege OF wearing garrote. A
town of loco Inhabitants may be practically
surrounded by the lands Of one man. On his
land there may be 1000 people, who may wish
TO become part of the town, and 1t Is mat
ter OF life or death to the town, and yet not
one Of these people has vote, the whole de.
cision depending on the vote OF one man.
There is no good reason, that we can see, why
all who can vote on other matters should not
be allowed to vote on this.-Chester Lantern
The constitutional provision whereby the
property OF citizens may be taxed by popular
vote may have most evil influence on the
material prosperity of the cities Of this State.
Besides mourning legitimate expenses for the
government of municipalities, eight per cent.
of the property Of the towns and cities may
be voted away for various purposes. AS EVIL
dence of this evil, 1t is only necessary to note
the location OF many of the new cotton mills
In this State. A majority OF them are placed
out OF towns because of the excessive taxa
tion which may be voted at any time, and un.
der almost any pretext.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
The Ind ustrial Edition.

The Industrial Art Edition of the Spartan.
burg Herald is valuable contribution to the
history of manufacturers In Spsrtanburg. 1t
in fact, is a map of the busy life Of busy
people. That part OF the paper which treats
OF the Cotton Mills is most interesting to US
and II that paper is read in other communi-
ties it will furnish an incentive to greater
growth and greater enterprises in the more
sluggish towns A large per cent. ofthe mills
were started as small mills, with $4,000,
$4,000. $4,000, and larger capitals.
The ability with which the paper is edited,
and the skill with which 1t Is printed, make.
the Industrial Edition a model OF its kind.
The cost for pictures alone must have been
enough 10 make the editor large stockhold.
er in one Of the small mills-if the ready cash
had been invested that way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
Oe6nitiOna.

Very many persons use tn word "environ'
ments," when they mean collective surround
ings. We have abundant authority for the
word "environment," but the authority fol
environments" we believe, lies chiefly In
usage.
Webster's International Dictionary makes
no recognition OF the word environments
though that dictionary defines "environ-
ment" thus: /. Act OF environihg; state ol
being environed. 2. That which environs OF
surrounds; surrounding conditions. infiu.
ences, or forces. by which living forms are In.
fuenced and modified in their growth and de-
velopment.
The Standard Dictionary defines environ.
ment thus: "Whatever encOm passes espe-
cially, ones surroundings collectively; all the
external circumstances of an organism; as,
man is not the product of his environment"
Worcester defines environment thus: THE
state Of being environed or surrounded"
Webster's Dictionary says: l. 1.-THE act OF
surrounding; state OF being environed. ..
That which environs or surrounds"
"Environments" may be correct when the
OF Jim Jones of York, the envi.
ronment OF Sam Jackson OF Newberry. and
the environment OF Tom Todd Of Lex ington,
are spoken OF collectively. No authority can
be found for the word "environments" when
reference is had to Tom Todd's environment.