The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-21

And papa said he did not drink
Siice that first n ght when we
Had hung the pledge upon the wall
Where he our names could see.
And ever since that pace was filled,
Mamma said 50 ouight
Though dark m4y be our little room
One curner's always bright.
\ great many more Young men
and women are sent upon the
road to ruin by money than by
poverty. AS a rule the devil
wants no better chance at boys
and girls than to have their peck
cts filled with cash and then set
down at some fashionable resort.
Rest is all right, but revelry is
all wrong.
You ask why the world is not
better, why there is not more
charity aud love than we find
therein? The reason is pl in.
There are too many in the world
who will not cast their bread
upon the waters unless they are
assured before hand that it will
come back in a few days with
full grown sandwich all Trimmed
with ham, butter and mustard.
My dear readers. is it not true,
we too seldom speak of our hearts
gladness, but dwell on its miseryi
Keep account of the people YOU
meet aud see how little they say
that is pleasant and happy and
how much that i 1reary and sad.
They will tell of bodily aches.
pains and iufirmiiies. They will
complain bitterly Of he heat if it
is warm. OF of the chill if 1t is
cold. They will speak of the dis
couragement in their business,
the hardships in their occupa-
ton, the troubles IN their various
duties, and all he manifold mis-
cries, real OF imagined, that have
fallen to their lot But they will
have but litrle to say of their
health, their prosperity, their
three good meals day, their en-
couragemeuts, favorS, friendships
and manifold blessings. Let us
learn the lesson not to empty our
tale of woe into other peoples
ears but dwell more on the pleas
ant things of lie
-
Husbands like peaches, will
not keep the year round unless
they are we'll preserved. First.
select one carefully. Be sure that
he is not too green; neither should
he be over ripe. He might look
very tempting and mellow in the
market but If he Is too old he
will not stand the test of the pre-
serving process, but Will expose
his hard and stony heart. Llus
bands grown in the tropics of
pleasure look very fine, but are
usually insipid. The home grown
are the best. Select your huS
band, if possible, from a family
tree growing on the sunny side
of a church. You viii he sure
then that he is sound at heart.
Unsonnd husbands. like unsound
peaches, often have to he sorrow
fully cast away. Having select
ed your husband you should have
q clear, steady, CHEEKY fire OF
love. Your preserving kettle,
should be neat and clean. Hus-
bands, like peaches, look very
black if this is unclean. Give
him plenty of sweetness. Much
sugar is needed. Vinegar is never
used in sweet preserves If you
think he needs little spice. use
1t with caution. Do not keep
stirring him up, neither should
you keep pOking him with sharp
points to see if be is done. This
will spoil his looks. If the above
receipt is followed. and you have
selected the right kind of a nus
band, you will find his love we'll
preserved.
TRUE STRENGTH OF MANHOOD.
Small boys often conceive the
false idea that it is manly to
chew tobacco, smoke and swear.
Older boys and young men are
prone to conclude that moral in-
tegrity and religious purity are
elements of weakness whilst i'm
morality and infdelity are evi.
dences of strength. No greater
fallacies ever entered the human
mind. Which is the strong est,
the boy or young man who resists
temptation and does right. or the |
one that yields and does wrongY
The one who resists the incIina-
ton to indulge in strong drink
and lives a sober, useful aud in