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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Abraham Lincoln was Il captain OF
Illinois volunteers in the Black Hawk
war Mr. Norman Hapgood in his
"Iife of Lincoln relates that during
this campaign Lincoln once had his
company marching in a column 20 men
wide when he was suddenly confront
ed with a high fence with an open
gate, through which only one man
could pass at time. He had no idea
of the proper way to get his men into
single file, so he halted the company
and said:
"This company is dismissed. but It
will come together Immediately after
getting through that gate"
While 1t Is desirable to have the fields
nicely squared up it is still poor pol
icy to break up and try to cultivate the
wet spots unless they can be first I'M
derdrained or well drained by an open
ditch Without such drainage such
lands are far better kept in grass, for
when cropped only in dry seasons will
they produce anything, a heavy July
rain often drowning out the crop and
making an ugly tract of weeds, when
if kept in grass it might have been
moved and a good crop of hay secured.
During Il recent extended trip through
the middle west we saw thousands of
acres of just such lands.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
All Fear Fire.

All really wild animals have an Unborn
dread of fire, partly on account of novel
ty and partly through the memory, in
herited or otherwise, of prairie and forest
fires. An animal may, however become
more or less familiar with fire and still
be in the wild state, such, for instance,
as lions, tigers, hyenas and wolves, ac'
customed to seek their prey near the
habitations of men. There are cases on
record Of such animals showing little if
any fear of fire. Travellers have also OBJ
served that monkeys soon get used to it
and will even come and warm themselves
at a deserted campfire. They will sit
around till it goes out. They see the
sticks burning, but they never think of
putting fresh ones on.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Mrs Susan Il. Anthony wrote to the
board of education of Virginia. asking
whether there was any discrimination
in favor Of males in the public schools
of that state.
The secretary Of the board has an
swerrI that if there is any discrimina-
ton it is in favor of females, women
doing tiye-eighths of the teaching in the
public schools of the state, and that the
courts recently recognized woman as
the head of the family.-Philadelphia
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
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store and there hain't none in the city
replied the learned grocer. But
know what Won want, sissy, and I've
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Uncomfortable.

Mary-Im positive Fred loves me
and intends to make me his wife.
Helen Why? Has he proposed yet?
Mary-No, but he dislikes mother
more every time he sees her.-Jugend.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

She had been reading the health Off
GERS monthly report when, turning
around to her husband, she said: "What
an awful malignant disease total must
be. Why, just look herc-quitc as many
people have died from that disease as
from all of the rest nut together "-Bos-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

A man is q fool to be jealous Of a
good woman. and he is a fool to be
Jealous Of q worthless one. Now draw
your own nclusions.-Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

NO" said Farmer Meddergrass,
that Boston folrr that comes here TO
run the paper doesn't seem to get along
very well Our folks amt much for
style an when be referred to skin
game as an epiderInal pastime' they
thou@ht he was becomin a little too
hfar fautin Baltimore American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

WHAT TO GET AND WHERE TO FIND 1T is THE QUESTION.
HAVE NOT ALI. THE GOOD THINGS THAT MAY
BE LOOKING FOR BUT DOUBTLESS WE HAVE MANY
USEFUL PRACTICAL ITEMS THAT APPEAL
TO YOUR JUDGMENT AS BEING COMMON SENSE
MOST ACCEPTABLE GIFTS.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

be "
daughter? We sell reliable goods nothing
GIFT JACKE1S.Al greatly reduced them out
GIFT FRENCH WAIST back of
this materal-o IOpular2D
SKIRTS i Wool nd tine ost desial goodnd
C0MFORTABES BTANKESThe mital inside and The
blankets and sold
cost
GENTS
a
UMBRELLAS for Ladies and Gents New sparkling goods.
HANDKERCES
We marked selecting Linen Goods The finest
0 o so
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Pitch and Toss.

The professor happened in at the
doctors the other morning and found
him polishing the belongings on the
sideboard.
Improving the shining hours, are
you?" he said.
mo, sir" replied the doctor. I'm
improving the shining ewers."
Him. calculated the professor
"Whose are they"
"They're ours"
"Well, isn't that what l said?-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Beet Pulp In the East.
Last fall 200 young cattle were pur-
chased and fed through the winter on
nothing but beet pulp ana refuse mo
lasses, one quart per day, the sugar
factory being near by. The stock did SO
well and fattened so nicely that it is
proposed TO try dry cows this fall and
feed them in the same way. The pulp
costs ST per ton at the factory. 1t is
perhaps as nearly comparable to silagc
as anything, though a recent bulletin
shows that it contains only about 40
per cent as much of solids as silage. 1t
is believed to be good feed for those
who can get i without too much eX-
pense, says a Rural New Yorker writ
or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
MODEL /. )"
TELEPHONE CALL, 3S
TELEPHONE CALL, 3S

THIS, THE WINDING UP OF THE MOST INTERESTING
WEEK OF THE YEAR, WBEN EVERYBODY IS
THINKING UP GENEROUS SURPRISES FOR
THEIR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
Women lawyers have at last been ad

Women lawyers have at last been adj
mittcd to practice in the French courts
after a five years battle. The move
ment for equal rights goes steadily for
ward. victory after victory. -Womans
Journal
Miss Bertha Hopkins has for four
years made a good living supplying
water ground c2rnmral TO large num-
Der Of patrons in Georgia ana tn- Caro-
linaS She clear o 200 last year
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31

saints who have died and the martyrs
who were slain for the word OF God and
for the testimony Of Jesus
History tells of the sacred holocaust
at Fhecmopylae OF the ch3rge Of the
Six Hundred and Of the heroisn At
Lucknow; but history in all It's pages
usually dwels upon the glories OF
kings and yalorous chieftains, who
claimed and received all the honor that
came of the deeds Of their followers IS
we'll as Of their individual acts In tae
struggle between the states, all were
kings and mobiles with hearts Of
mighty and proud Clieftains, brave 10
endure, courageous TO act daring to
die. To these, to al. of these men and
officers alike, belongs the one sacred
day of memory, in which flowers are
placed on graves and tue flag the sleep
ing ones loved floats proudly over
them
None are neglected. but all anke re-
ceiye the ministration Of loving hands,
while grateful hearts grow tender in
recollection of the stirring scenes
through which the heroes passed. They
TANK upon a union saved and a people
forever free, and they feel that they
themselves are honored in enjoying the
distinction of paying homage to the
dead VINO died for God and native
land
Come the years and 90, Time has
brought whiteness to soldier locks
that We're brown or black when the
bugle call summoned to war; steps
then elastic with youths glowing
blood have grown stiff and weary; but
Memorial day is now fresh and radiant,
instinct with the reverence OF millions
of benehciaries of their transcendeut
courage. The nation lives. and breathes
and glows with the strength and beauty
of unity Its oneness is the glory
crown Of Memorial day
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
MEMORY GROWS STRONGER

AS the men who fought the battles Of
the Union on land and sea pass away
the memory of their splendid deeds
grows stronger year by year, and the
generations whose institutions they de-
Tended are touched with a larger sense
OF gratitude for their courage and sac
ridce. Loving hands on Memorial day
cover all the sears Of var beneath a
wilderness OF flowers. The resting place
Of every soldier viii receive the fra
grant token of grateful nations ten
derness. and the land from sea to sea
will thrill with a sharpened sense OF
obligation as the thinning ranks Of sur
yiying veterans march feebly past 70
pay another tribute 10 the memory Of
the comrades who have gone before
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31

Il was foolish. ignorant girl" she
would say TO herself. But, ah, me,
how terribly | am punished for my
5ins"
II she could have forgotten her
trouble for one-half hour. it would
have been the greatest relief to her;
but In her dreams by night, and her
thoughts by day. it was ever present
No matter how bright the scenes in
which she moved, no matter how great
the magnificence that surrounded her,
the one thought was ever in her mind:
u have no right to be here-I have
no place here-for ! am the wife of a
5elon
The beautiful face had not lost it's
exquisite loyellness; the sorrow that
always seemed to cloud it softened It,;
the proud serene calm that never
changed its brightness suited the noble
features
Those who saw Ethel could never
forget her; from a crowd of thousand
faces, hers with its ideal brow. its
violet eyes, and sad, sweet mouth. stood
out quite clear and distinct.
That first season one OF the most
eminent artists in London asked per-
mission to paint her portrait. Lord
st. Norman was quite willing, but she
objected. In vain her father tried to
discover why How little he thought
that this proud, peerless daughter OF
his dreaded lest people, looking at her
pictured face should say in after
years: 81 saw her portrait once: she
was the wife of a dishonorable mana
common forger!"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
BERTHA M. CLAY.
7zJ ETzEElFlfElTFlJg
Continued

II she had given smile Tor slhIIe
II she had seemed proud from the adj
miratlcu lavished upon hers she had
sought in the least degree to attract y
might have been different AS 1t was
no man could boast OF one mark OF IA
vor no man could fatter himself that
Ethel ST Norman cared for him
II was debated WI Their more ANNA
ton or dash Of coquetry would I'M
prove her The decision always was
that she could not be more winning
than she was in her calm, cool PRIDE
that she could not be more charming
than she was In her proud. serene IN
difference.
She had numberless admirers. ana
would have had many lovers, but she
shrank with pain from all such NO
man had the courage to make love TO
her They called her Snow Queen, but
she never even smiled when she heard
the name.
She knew why she could never sun
herself In the warm light Of kindness,
or even of love, she knew why no man
must win a smile from her lips, or
bring a sparkle into her beautiful eyes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
LESSON or THE DAY.

Out OF the throes OF the republic
came the new nation that is indiviSible,
the people that are one in aim ana re-
solved in their purpose that popular
government shall ever be maintained
upon the broad ana sure foundation OF
absolute freedom for men of all classes
and conditions. The issues that led up
TO the interneciue strife are become but
memories that are fading, Of the long,
long ago. They are being forgotten in
the living questions that have sprung
from the greater nationality that points
20 % greater and sur,r development in
the coming days
These ante-war contentious led to
strife, when blood flowed like torrents
made of the summer rain. Brother
dealt brother murderous blows and the
death angel lowered constantly over
the camps OF north and south alike
Che days of those years were long be-
fore the coming of peace, but their per-
Ills called out the nOblest qualities Of
leaves upon the ground In autumn
days, men went readily 70 death for the
glory of their cause; the republic sur
viyed because valor was all-abouuiiug.
Why count the reckoning one by one,
or urge that one was Drawer than an
other2 The glory OF the individual is
swallowed up in the general action Of
ALL which led to the final consumma-
ton. Heroes die, but the memory of
their deeds shall never perish from the
face 81 the earth Because the brave
were so many, the nation, grateful
and glad people, said Let there be
one day set apart in each year from all
the remaining days in which TO recount
the prowess OF all the brave, the llv-
ing aud the dead who fought 10 make
men free. and save the union 1f states
forever Thus was horn Memorial
Decoration day time In the pa
triot American calendar similar 10 that
in the church consacrated TO all the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
MIKES PIG

The most sociable pet we ever had =
said the corporal was Mike pig. He
became a member * the company
when he was a squealing little fellow.
and Nike took great comfort in snug
Cling him up in his blanket at night.
washing him and coming him every
day, and taking as much care Of him
as though be had been a baby. tie
called him Little Mac and managed in
some way to transport him from camp
10 camp for two or three months. bur
when the time came 70 transfer TO an
other part Of the country Little Mac
was lett behind The last we saw 81
MIN was as he ran s4uesllng after the
company following MS FOR 4 mile 81
tao. Mike falling out at lasr 10 bi3 him
q fearful goodbye
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
THE GOOD OLD WAR SONGS.

The late war With Spain has aroused
q fresh feryor OF patriotism in the
lcagth and breadth of our country, but
it has given US no war songs which will
take the place Of the old ones. Forever
fresh in the hearts of us all will remain
Marching Through Georgia We will
sing it a long time after A Hot Time
has been relegated to the lumber room
of the mind That song has made its
mark upon our land. The heroes OF
the sixties marched through the valley
Of death into Georgia, but they
marched also into the undylng love Of
their couuTymen; surely that was
worthy compensation for it all,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
TIMES HEALING BALM.

Time. stretching out its hand in
blessing. has healed the scars of war
and assuaged the grief for the departed
heroes. but comrades OF those nation
slyiors whose tents were pitched upon
the eternal camping ground on Memoir
ial day make to blossom the graves
Of fallen soldiers, and in respect. love
and reverence garland their memories
Sacred custom, that has made Memoir
ial day the most hallowed of American
holidays, renews the testimonial the
country is glad to pay the mourned
dead
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
MAKING THE DAY COMPLETE

There will be old soldiers at The Dec
Grafton day ceremonies this year who
may never be with Us again; there Will
be children present for the first time
too. Then let us make the day a never
be-forgotten one for the child. a
tender memory to the ones the old sol
der leaves behind. The early-incul-
Gated lesson OF patriotism will never he
effaced, and a few words OF appree!a-
ton 70 the veteran VIII mean more
than will the haudsomest wreath laid
on his coffin when for him the last
huEle call has sounded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
WHEN JOHNNIE MARCHED AWAY.

Twas long ago and chill the day
When the little fellow marched away;
Full stature he had not attained
His sixteen years a manhood feigned.
His ear was deaf to shot and ball.
He simply heard the urgent call;
Responded with a patriots fire
Our mother wept, so did our sire.
When in the storm he marched away
With many blue" to meet the
gray"
From God | turned and rallied at fate
That robbed me of a brother mate
OF heavy knapsack. gun and coat
took a sad and silent note:
A nations burden flung, alack-
Upon a willing stripling's back.
We ne 'er again looked in mis- face
The grave-old comrades know the
place
Where boys" with griazled locks and
gray
Their garlands place this sweet May
day.
The wreaths by ruthless winds are
swept
And scared by sun, but fragrant kept
In memory is that rainy day
When Brother Johnnie marched away.
Marie Graham.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
NO USE

Il was just reading said Mr..
Family, that Ia case Of war with
China, which is very likely to begin
at any moment the enemy's first
move would be to lombard our sea-
coast towns, in which event
John interrupted the wife.
drop it, | see your base motive, and
You can't frighten me and the girls
from going to Chargehigh- by-the-Sea
this summer as you aid during the
Spanish war; New York Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31

A l. Harris and James A. stone OF
Reedsrurg are republican aspirants ior
the assembly nomination but J p
Morgan Of Spring Green II fairly apt %
get q third term Stcrs Is a La FOL
lette man Another candidate Is john
Fitzgerald of Ir0nton, who Is said 70 oe
the oldest notary public in point 81
service in the state He received his
first commission lie 1851 when Leonard
J. Farwell was governor, and be has
held the Office continuously since tie
is now % years OF age
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31
CHAPTER ANVIL
Althel.s Punishment


Lord St. Norman was growing rec
onciled to the fact that his daughter
would never be her own bright self
again.
81 have heard Of people" he said,
one day, to his wife whose features
and appearance generally have under
gone a change, but l have never seen
any one whose heart and soul have al
tered as Ethels have. She has not one
CLEAN Of the old, pretty willful defiant
pride about her. she used to be AL
sunshine all gayety. / can remember
that at times felt frightened lest she
should never grow sedate or womanly,
"She has never been the same since
that Illness at st. Inas' observed
Helen, with sigh; lat times | wish
we had never gOue there"
1T was a strange affair Helen, that
capture Of the bank forger It must
have distressed you. Did Ethel seem
TO think much about lt?'
mo: she as taken III on the same
day. She did not show any Interest in
the matter. so / did not often mention
II
Lord st. Norman and his wife we"e
sitting in Heleu's pretty morning-room
at Brookdale House; while they we're
speaking Ethel entered. Her fathet
locked at her with n smile.
Speak OF an angel" he said, and
you hear the rustic OF wings We were
just speaking Of you, Ethel
She seemed to shrink with such SEN
stiye pain from all mention of herself
that Helen was not surprlsd to see her
go up to Lord St Norman, and placing
bnc hand on his shoulder say.
90 not talk about me- papa, 1t
grleves me when you do
My dearest ethel said her father,
kissing the white hand that lay on his
shoulder how strange you are. | shall
never understand YOU What can give
me greater pleasure than to speak of
you2"
The beautiful face grew so sad ana
wstfu that Helen FASTENED to inter
fere.
We were speaking OF that affair at
ST. lna's, Ethel you remember it. /
suppose-the capture of that unfortu-
nate SIR Nugeut9'
Her face grew white and the shadow
ot deadly fear darkeneu her eyes; her
lips sprang apart with faint murmu~
th1F NtI pNay ur.u. fH.rnr ,gI tb,y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31

Mammd-WHiis. so and get your
hair trimmed after school tals even
ing
Willie Whore shall I 20. mamma
Edith ls.y-ye3r-olil silly to the
millinery store. ~ courset That's
where mamma sells all her trlmmln'
done Smar, Set
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-31

4 full. colorless face wore such an eX-
preston Of pain that he was startled
/ by it; he remembered what his wife
had said uothing ever distressed
Ethel so greatly as talking to her about
herself. Thinking to disturb her
thoughts. he asked,
why did you not like him, Ethel
this unfortunate MANI
She was silent for some seconds. and
then she replied.
u liked him at hrst, papa, but after
ward / faucied that he was not true
that there was something nsincere
about him
Even as she spoke she seemed 70 hear
Laurie Carrgtons voice, with its tone
Of passionate devotion: Il love you so
i love you 50 dearly my beautiful
queen.
lie might have been false in every
thing else, but he was true In this, his
great, deep, passionate love for her.
F'orger, thief. criminal reckless gam
bier dishonorable man he might be,
yet he loved her with truth, depth, and
purity, and she knew It,
She had answered all the questions
Lord St Norman asked, but the effort
to coutrol herself had been great; her
limbs trembled. her hands shook.
II must leave them she thought to
herself, "or they will discover my Sc
cret"
That was her one dread-the dread
that haunted her by night and by day,
| that stood like a grim, gaunt skeleton
by her side. that darkened the sun
shine, that took the last lingering
brightness from her life
How do people live. the unhappy
girl would ask herself year after year,
with secret like mine? How do they
bear the dread. the suspense, the con
slant haunting fear? But would
rather die any death than that my ter
/ rible secret should be known"
There were times when she could
hardly realize her position when 1t
seemed to her that she must have been
| in some long, terrible dream. She was
only eighteen, young and beautiful a
wealthy heiress, one of the most adj
mircd beauties of the day, the daughter
! of one of the noblest peers Of England,
aud yet She had been privately mar
ried 10 a felon. She wrung her hands
in silent dismay as she thought Of It,
and great dread cloud of hopeless
ness came over her OF what use was
her lite2 She could not enjoy IT, OF
what use was all these richest gifts Of
/ providence? She was bound icl heav-
est chains, and nothing could free her
She often wondered If the law could
| not free her, She was married TO a
| man with a false name and she would
have given much to know whether that
made her marriage Illegal; but she
! never dared ASH the question. II
seemed TO her that. if she did so, every
one would at once suspect. Gwen #
the law could free her. she dared not
apply to it, she could cot make that
wretched story known Married at
F.. eighteen, In secrecy and haste married
less from love chan from desire Of re-
yenge, who would believe herr She
could not bring such unuttcyable shame
ANA disgrace ur her proud, iadulgen;
father. There was no resource but ia
bear her lot with as much patieaee as
she could
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