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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07
THE GIRL WHO FOUND HERSELF.

It is not often that a thing done for
pastime turns out to be ones chief re-
source and the serious business under
taking becomes a pastime but GER
tain young New York woman has
lately experienced this odd reversal
of interest.
She sits in an Office all day now
and evolves puzzles, acrostics and
catch-combination riddles for business
advertisements. But her original aim
was to be a professional tourist and
public entertainer.
Always when at college she was
called upon to supply the nonsense
rhymes and character hits that the
girls wanted for private circulation or
for the college ANNALS. And now
this aptitude for playing on words and
looking at matters from lively, face
tious standpoint brings her good pay.
"There are about as many declaim-
ers and dramatic speakers in the
amusement world now as can work
proftably, and not many people
making commercial riddles. So l
cast my lot where there is the most
likelihood of appreciation" she says
regarding her work.
"A rebus that I wrote and illustra-
ted for friend on her birthday and
that brought in several of her char
acteristics was seen and commented
upon by a business man.
why don't you put that lively
instinct to business use 7 he said.
People are compelled to have their
business brought before the public in
takiug way, even if they never bear
dramatic recitation. You must
change your calling
"And he sent me my first adver-
tisement to construct. 1t was to be
a puzzle hitting on certain brand of
Swiss cheese. My work was liked.
got into the spirit of it and made
several sample puzzles just on imag-
mary wares which were pronounced
good.
THAT was nine months ago. Now
I devide proverbs, enigmas and arith-
metical puzzles, sometimes in NUM-
bers, sometimes in Roman letters, fol-
business folks all over the country,
for shoe dealers, plumbers apparatus,
chicken powders, what not. And
am getting more and more confidence
and experience" :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07
FAREWELL.

When COWS comes home, an sun is low,
An chickens shine agin de sky,
Good by, my love, I'm bleeged ter go,
Good-by, my love, good-by.
ffndI hFgt hFgtiYRfKh iRK lsalye, q speed sA5waV-
Good-by, my love, go.
go whar white foxes slumber SCUM,
go ter fotch dat hen,
tells dat rooster please cum down
Good-by, my love, till den.
Good-by, my love, put on dat pot
Good-by, my baby love
Be shore an keep dat water hot
Good-by, my turkle dove.
&C. II. Bedsley, In Macon (Ga.) Telegram
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07
SURE TO OCCUR.

Judge Pennypacker in public ad-
dress once predicted a certain popular
movement as sure to occur within a
given time. A friend asked the judge
if it were not rash to make positive
statement regarding a specific date
for any occurrance, arguing that moth
ing is certain. In reply the judge
told of Celtic cook who asked her
mistress one Monday for leave of abb
sence the following Sunday to attend
her brothers. funeral.
why" exclaimed the mistress,
"this is only Monday Surely, no.
body's going to keep dead body
whole week
Hes not dead yet, num-" ex-
planned the cook.
''No ! Well, he may die today or
he may live month. No doctor can
safely say that a person will die at
such time that day may be set for
the funeral.
"The doctor nothin' to do with it,
num- was the further explanation.
"Oi'm sure Sunday'll be all right; f'r
he's sintinced to be hung Friday"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07
WHY DO MEN GET OUT OF L1FEl

In every town, big or little, there
is a gang of fellows with acute mental
cholera morbus. The evolution of
their brains is always cramping and
they have doleful time. If calam-
ity threatens town they multiply its
certainty by ten, and its destructive
ness by thousand. If good thing
is coming they divide it by two and
sniff at it.
And when a man gets out and digs
and makes a dollar and a half or two
dollars they intimate that he stole it,
and it is counterfeit, anyway. These
are men Of a type the world over.
They never build churches, their
names never head subscription papers
for Libraries or schools, they never go
deeper in their pockets than their
suspender buttons, and when they
have a scheme they expect to call a
public meeting and have it put
through with a whoop; work is not
in their bright lexicon. Sometimes
the Lord gives them money-proba-
bly, as a horrible example to show
that money and happiness aren't alb
solutely welded. But when these
fellows get money they put it out at.
interest in another county and, keep
the mortgage in another State to es-
cape the assessor.
The question that naturally arises
is: What do they get out of life1
Where are they ahead of the game?
Board and clothes are little compen-
sation for living What else is there
in it for these old roosters? Certain
ly there can be little fun in peddling
gossip and gloating in the mistortunest
of others. Certainly these sour head
ed codgers would be happier if they
would lend hand, not hammer, to
the world. Certainly their children
would be prouder among other chill
dren, and their names more blessed,
if they put in little time "for the
good of the order l'
But what's the use wasting time on
that crowd? The bad places must
have some fuel, and it might as well
be them-might, indeed, be better
than to be good, stright timber that
is bent by the wind of circumstances
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

tiveness of his wife after his noble
battle at the auction certainly exas-
perated him.
"Blast it ALL" he cried, enforcing
his utterance by banging the dash
board with the whip, which caused
the mare to jump, "if you only knew
the confounded time l had battling
with that heathenish female bidder,
perhaps"
yes" broke in Symanthy excit-
edly, "and if you only knew what a
time I had with that horrid, pig
headed male bidder, over that very
table,"
"What?'' roared Hiram, rising
from his seat, an expression of comical
dismay on his face as the horror OF
the situation dawned upon him, "you
were"
eyes" said Symanthy, as if de-
termined to brave it out, "I was the
other bidder. ."-Hay1ovd Times.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

KANSAS MAN-"No, get out, don't
want your paper-wont have it. ;"
"Canvasser-'But we are Offering
superior inducements in the way
Of"
Kansas Man-"Don't care if you
are. Would not subscribe you were
offering a house and lot with each
subscription"
Canvasser-"A gallon of the best
rye"
Kansas Man =" you don't say.
Why, Mister, that's different. Just
put me down for seven subscriptions
may increase it after bit.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07
CO WIS MIL K.

Milk contains very digestible form
of albumen, though it is less easily
digested by adults than by infants,
on account of certain changes which
take place in the development of the
body, both in the form of the stomach
and in the character of the digestive
fluids. Milk is alone likely to commit
nicate disease on account of the germs
which it always contains. Tubercu-
losis of the bowels and other forms of
tuberculosis in young children is prob
ably due to milk in most cases. The
bowel toubles of children, and many
of the gastric and bowel disturbances
of older persons, may be traced di-
rectly to the barnyard germs which
are always found in great abundance
in milk. Milk should never be eaten
without scalding it for few minutes.
This destroys the germs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

ONE OF the standing jokes that the
public make new reporters the victims
of, if the new reporter will allow
himself to be the victim, is to tell the
new fellow that the train has run off
the bridge. The reporter may go
humping himself to the river bridge,
to see the wreck, but he never sees
it. When he gets back to the Office,
or even before he gets back, it dawns
on him that the train has, of course,
run off the bridge on its way to the
city.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

MRS. GADD-"That horrid Mrs.
Candid actually had the audacity to
tell me to my face that was mean,
spiteful old gossip"
Mrs. Holmes-"Dear me! Who
told her, / wonder"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

81 AM sorry to say it, Henry"
said the teacher, kindly, "but your
composition is not worthy of you.
The rhetoric is faulty, the logic is
weak, the statements are based upon
misinformation and the style is lamen-
tably crude"
"MyP' exclaimed Henry. won't
my dad be angry when 1 tell him
that3"
"But you can tell him. continued
the teacher, encouragingly, "that you
did your very best"
"Did my best !' replied Henry.
"Why, dad wrote the whole of it
himself"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

SILAs-"Did any one have any red
ears down to the huskin' bee ?"
Cyrus-"Yeas Zeke Crabtree had
two when Luther Crawfoot caught
him kissin' his gal"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

MRS. HENPEcK-"Tomorrow will
be the fifteenth anniversary of our
marriage" Henpeck-"You needn't
taunt me with it. +"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

TEAcHER-"Wha is secret? 7"
Bobby (whose father is butcher)
-"What father puts in his bolog-
mas"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

NEW WIFE-"Tomorrow is your
birthday, darling, and am going to
stop at the jewelers. and buy you a
present. ;"
Husband-"Get something cheap,
pet, haven't paid him for my last
birthday present yet"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-07

If YOU study mans arguments
carefully you may learn his real
wishes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
Assault TED BY NEGROES
James H. s. Gam Beaten In His Store
AT ST. Georges BY Two Young Negro
Men Saturday Night.

| JAMES II. ;. Gam, proprietor of Il gen
eral St"r" AT st. Georges. Del, along
| til" Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
| eight miles east of Elkton. was hrutallv
| assaulted by two negroes last Saturday
night
The tw" negroes. George Curtis and
William Thomas, entered the store of
Mr.. Gam on Saturday evening. Mr..
Gam. thinking they wished t" max" pur-
| ChaSrS. stepped forward to wait upnn
them. As he did 5" one of the negroes
| drew forth n club which he had carried
concealed under his coat. and dealt Mr.
t'am heavy blow over the head. Mr.
Cam grapplrd with his aSSalant and was
| about to get rhc better of him, when the
other negro also rushed forward with a
| club and began to rain blows upon Mr.
| Gam, who began to shout for help.
This act frightened tn" negroes. who
| 'lartrl ont of the door and disappeared
Several persons who heard Mr.. Cams
cries. ran to tn" store. 4 search of the
premises was made. but the negroes
| could not be found. Later it was learned
| that they boarded Delaware City troll
| ry car hound for Wilmington
Thinking perhaps the negroes had come
to Wilmington, Mr.. Gam notified the
| Hohc" To arrest his assaiantS in case
the could be found. Accordingly Il close
watch WAS kept on all incoming trolley
cars, and South Wilmington was search
Cd for tn" men, but they could not be
found
Curtis is about 20 years of age. and is
of slender build. He is very black.
Thomas * tnllnr tbnn =. loo
very black. He is Of stout build and IS
about II years of age. When last seen
he wore Il light gray hat and dark
ov"rroat 1t is believed that robbery
was tn" object of the assault.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
The Secret o. Long Life.

Consists in keeping all the main organs
of the body in healthy. regular action.
md in quickly DESTROYING deadly disease
germs. Electric Rttcrs regulate Stom-
2"h, Liver and Kidneys, purify the blood
and give Il splendid appetite. They work
wonders in curing Kidney Troubles. Fee
male Complaints. Nervous Diseases
Constipation, Dyspepsia. and Malaria
Vigorous health and strength always fol
low their use. Only 30 cents. guaran-
t""d by II. Il. Frazer, ElktoM: and s. r
Wiley. CoIora. Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
Heads Should ever Ache

Never endure this trouble. Use at once
the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. n
y. Webster, Of Winnie, Va.,-she writes
"Dr. Kings New Life Pills wholly cured
me of sick headaches l had suffered
from for two years." Cure Headache,
Constipation, Biliousness. % cents at
r. B. Frazer's, Elkton; or s. #. Wiley's,
Colorn. Drug Stores.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
NEWS IN BRIEF

\ Special term of the Kent County
Circuit Court was held at Chcstertown,
this week
-Rcv. W. \. Wise. pastor of North
East VI. +. Church. has nearly recovered
from his recent severe attack of nervous
prostration.
In the pension report from Washing
ton. u. c., on Tuesday, was the follow
ing item Reissue, etc, George w.
Shippers. dead, North East. SD.
Victor X. Bennett, proprietor of the
"Elkton Meat House." has been distri-
huting neat and attractive calendars
among his friends and customers this
week.
The Calendar club of the North
East NJ. l.. Church. which is raising
funds for the new church in course Of
erection. has thus far collected about
$1,000 in various ways.
The degree team of National Lodge,
No. 81. |. O. O. f., of Elkton is rcheHr-
sing the drills twice II week, prepare
tory to the visit to Monumental Lodge.
Baltimore. ON January 22nd.
James Welsh. of Columbia. Pa. Il
freight brakeman ON the Columbia and
Port Deposit Railroad, was severely in
iurrd Monday night, by falling from Il
train near Conowingo. this county.
Til" site for the new Pennsylvania
Railroad depot at Ch"Stcrtown, has been
selected. Tn" building will b" located on
lot belonging to Chief Judge Penrce of
In" Elkton Court, midway between
Queen and Cross streets, and * to cost
about Sl."Uu.
Tn. y,In.,,,r IIus, r,mu.rv ,r
\Idd.rt,ou IL, L.,. ,.I,,,,.J t',, rnII,,..
ir,r u.ri,.,.r. for. th, ,.,..,ir,, farm, 1,ro.i.
dom / T. \i,.Wh,rtnr. Vfr..pr,.i.i,,,t.
~. y r;.,,. !, dim. S..,.r,,,.,.,.
{, I,,II.. Tr,.,.,,,.,r r,ln - S,i,,,... i,,n.,
"'"h' - ~ .r"E ""'"' .lNH.N'n"' f"'r'"an !
S,'''H' 81 - ''"'"' 81 W.
jobs ""' - - ""''S'
The crowned heads of every nation.
rhr rich mrn. poor men ANA misrrS
Al iuiu in having tribute to
DpWiti'S Little Early Ei4rrS.
II. Williams. San Antonio, TEXTS. write.
"li1tIr Early Riser PILLS are the best
ever used in my family. ! unhr,itat-
ingy rrcuHuuh them to everybody.
They cure Cuustipatiou. Bilinu4ur~S.
Sick Ucadurhr. Torpid Liver. Inundico.
Mallra. ANA all other liver troubles. i.
'''"'' '''''''' i''"''''' -'-'''
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
RAISES WAGES.
B. & O. Railroad Employees will Re-
tcivc More Pay-SChedule Will Not Be
Completed For Several Weeks.

completed fdr several W0SK>.
The increase i'll wages decided upon
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has bccom" effective The
schedule has been completed, hut two
weeks may rlapSc before it is in proper
Shap" and finally approved Ivy President
l.. +. Lore.
There will not be horizontal advance
as on Pennsylvania and other roads. hut
those who's" duties and ability are be-
li"vcd to deserve it will get an addition
to their pay. 1t it thought that about
10000 employees will be affected and the
raise will range from 10 to 10 per cent.
Many of the employees had their wages
increased during the past year. and they
will not bc included in the new rradiuSt-
mcnt of salaries.
Th" new scale applies to the entire
system. both east and west of the Ohio
river.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
RETAIL.
JOHN = LEE
(Selling prices
WHOLESALE
prices paid nv dealers :


Cabbage 4c 10 &c.
Burmudn ,'uions, 20c y peek.
APPLES lac half pcct Lemons, .5' dozen.
Oranges 80 to hOc dozen. Bananas, ne dozen.
COcoanut- Il and So.
Potatoes - cts halt peck.
Sweet Potatoes PIC PIX.
Pinnapplcs 3 to nc each.
Celery, Is cents bunch
Cranhrrrics Pets - quart
Chickens &c, Ducks I4e, Gees" l2&", Turkeys
" AID lsc.
Malaga Grapes 20c per Id.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10

men who live in the State of Oregon have
made arrangements to enter.
The course OF free lectures in the
T. kt"n Catholic Church. this week. con
iuctel hy Rev. Father Valentine. Il Pas
ShoniSt Father, were largely attended.
! Mrs. Annie Haley. wife of Thomas
Haley, died ut her home. in IIavrc de-
Grace. ON Sunday night. of PARALYSIS.
aged 'i years. She is survived by a hus-
band and four children.
Prof. Thomas II. Bowers. princpal
IoI iiavrr de- Grace High School. has
n"rn selected by tn" Transcript Publish
| irE company. to occupy the editorial
chair vacated lY c. G. Hopper who will
drv"t" his time To- his law practice in
| Kent county.
Will" Alexander Maxwell. OF Mid
l."town. Del. WAS ont driving Thursday
morning lust week. his horse became
frightened and ran away. Mr.. Maxwell
! ucce"G"d in keeping hold on the lines
and ut last obtained control of the fright
rnrd animal but in doing So. his back
was severely Stramrd and he has been
confined to his home ever since.
y SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.-K 10
'ol does for tn" stomach that which it is
| unable to Il" for itself, even when hut
| Sll"ht!T diSorl,rrl or ovcr-l LOADED Kodul
| supplies the natural juices of digestion
ana does the work of the stomach, relax
ing the nervous tension. while the in
llamcd muscles of that organ are allowed
to rest and heal. Kodol digrsts what
Won eat and enables tb. stomach and III.
.cStiyr or.,ns tn -r,n.r,rm MI r,nI ;,,,o
rich, red blood ! Frank E,.,y.r ISIL.
ton. Md.
|
| - r. "Hn't' formerly pastor
y '"'' "'>""' w. T. hUr'h' TINS
'""'H' n'S "'''PirI 'hr rall to b"c"ih"
- vi ,,P"" ~" W. T. 'hurch' VII
"'"- WV. MI snort was pastor OF ZIP
| VIZ "ur'" !"r several years. ANA last
| 'Pl'"S resigned 10 become Genera! Sec
position h" kept only short time.
| one, III.HnpI,n nor,,p nav.
| :. ~, ,,I,,. II ,r;.,',i,' $780,. =, '''>
| : - ,L,,,.. -, n.,,...., '"',
| S,I,., II. .,,., 81 h,I
,o v,,r. tr;nd ,,,,,. 'I'.. ' r.',, 'I'
| ci,o. l,,, al c,,iIaI Tn -,
| Wi,,J IIn,,I -
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tio, ,,r VIII, II,,,,I ,,.;4h .:'"7 piop,
,,,orli..nt.. ,ai;, '' l'''H anu
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.,I, rhor,, ,nI III ,i.;,, 49, r,,''' ''"'"'i'
En,,,i. E, ,,, ~. ''''"''>' -
"A dispatch from Chestertown. on last
| Friday. says :-"'Ihc last act in the troll
icy play waS consummated to-day. when
| honas w. lIliason paid to the Chrs-
| lyrtown commissioners 81 .nOO us Il for
felt. Last spring when the ChcStrrtown
commissioners gave the Baltimore and
''ho.te @town Trolley Company tAr RIGHT
to H. the :trrcts Of Chrstrituwu. they
r"'air'd Il forfeit of 81 Goo to be- placed
| ~ The Bonds Of Thomas W. EliaSun that
| ar road would be- completed by january
| list. i9'i. Not Il practical move has
| ,,'n 'Hlir toward even beginning it. ami
h"rc" the money was turned over to the
ipWr. The sane trollr. company has
ais" Forfeited $2lUU to TIN .iru' County
| 'unH.i.riuUrrS II Is said that the rrg-
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
New Building & Loan Association
Organized.

The Home Building & Loan Associa-
tion OF Van Buren is the title OF the new
building and loan association organized
at the court house last Tuesday evening
The capital stock of the company is
placed at $500, 900 of which SIS, 900 WAS
subscribed rs soon as the organization
WAS perfected, and it was expected that
before the close Of the week the suo-
scriptions would amount to not less
than 500 200.
The meeting was we'll attended and it
did not take long to get matters shaped
up. After short discussion the fol-
lowing were elected directors W. G.
Furry, F.G. Kerr, S. A. Pernot, Giles
Lucas, o. NJ. Bourland, Lewis Bryan
and d E. Welch. These In turn elected
Lewis Bryan, president s. A. Pernot.
vice president; VIC. Furry, secretary ;
Giles Lucas, treasurer, and Z. l..
Mstlock, attorney.
Attorney Matlock will at once draw
up the articles of incorporation and
prepare the various blanks needed.
A good number OF the subscribers are
prospective builders and in that way 1t
Is expected that the association will
start out under most favorable condi
tion and the town will at once begin to
get the benefit Of such an association.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
openedsne Drainage Ditch

Last Friday Messrs & b Fontaine and
Joe Paine had removed the last obstacle
to what they hope will result in the
drainage of Rose Lake and the reclaim
alton of several hundred acres o. land,
heretofore unavailable except as feeding
ground for ducks, for the plow Of the
husbandman. From all reports so far
received the drainage scheme is working
like charm and the water has been pour
ing out into the river in heavy stream
ever since the opening Both Messrs.
Fontaine and Paine are highly gratited
at the outlook and Mr. Fontaine claims
the title for IL as "Fontaine 8 Drainage
Canal. At the time when everything
was uncertain he stated that II the plan
proved n success it would go down in
history ~ 'Fontaine 8 Drainage Can
al. - but should it prove failure, 1t
would be known Ms "Paine's Ditch. -
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24

A. J. Blackstock this week received
entirely new cases and fittings for his
jewelry store and when all is in place
will have one Of the handsomest stores
OF its kind in the state.
The water mains for the extension In
the third ward have not arrived yet and
they are being anxiously awaited by
Supt. Molloy, who would like to take
advantage of this fine weather to get
them under ground.
wANTED-SEvERAL PERSONS OF CHAR.
actet and good reputation IN each state loue in
this county reQuired) to represent and advertise
old established wealthy business house OF solid
financial standing Salary S2l 20 weekly with
expenses additional. all payable in cash direct
each Wednesday from head offices, Horse aud
carriage furnished when necessary. References
Enclose self.sddrcssrd envelope. Colonial, 1882
Dearborn, ST., Chicago
A split switch caused an annoying
wreck in the new yards Thursday
Five cars were dersiled but none turned
over and no great damage done, except
from loss Of time in getting them back
on the track.
The last few days there has been n
sharp advance in the price OF cotton
and 1t il steadily climbing toward the
10 cent mark. IL growers will not be
In rush to market their crop we believe
they will get 10 cents.
Hon. Rob't l., Rogers attended the
county fair vt Berryville this week, he
will meet his two opponents, Judge J.V.
Bourland and Judge Byrne in joint
discussion today. His friends here feel
satisfied he will be able 10 hold all his
old friends and make many new ones,
The Presbyterian Sunday School
children accompanied by the parents OF
= number and Rev. Pillsns and Mr., A.
Shibley spent last Saturday In the bot.
toms below town hunting pecans and
picnicing, The men were made 10 climb
30 many trees they have not recovered
vet,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Charley Banks u tough negro youth

Charley Banks tough negro youth
last Monday, while viii Garrett was
absent from his meat market darted in
and tapped the til for 80 and ran out
the back way. He WAS seen running
ont the back Of the shop by Mr.. Garrett
who latter discovered the loss Of the
money and had Marshal Garrett to ar.
restthe negro, Mr. Garrett s experience
with the negro loafers that frequent his
place has been somewhat on till-tapp
ing order, for on several previous oc.
casious others have attempted to steal
from him. Banks had hearing before
Justice Ferguson Tuesday and there
being no corroborstive evidence he was
discharged.