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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
SHALL HE GO IN pERT2

That depends somewhat on circum
stances. If he is young man Of per
sistence and industry, has no habits
which would tend to dissipate his sub.
stance or his energies and is endowed
with a fair degree of physical health
we should say that he would be justi
fed in assuming a debt Of reasonable
amount. governed somewhat by bis
earning capacity and energy. If, on
the other hand. he is lazy, has little OF
no initiative. is a bad manager and is
generally listless and Indifferent in the
things which he undertakes and per-
forms. he would better continue
through life in the capacity of some.
body's hired man and not assume a
larger financial obligation than he can
discharge with months wages.
While going in debt unquestionably i'm
poses financial burden with more or
less anxiety, it also inculcates habit
Of saving and more strict attention
to ones receipts and expenditures.
With hard work during a period of
years, coupled with prudent manage
ment. one will find himself in posses
sion Of property that will sell on the
market for several thousand dollars.
Had the opposite course been followed
and no debt assumed the same fellow
would probably have been working
along in much the same rut as at the
start, with little or nothing to show
for his efforts. Shall he go into debt?
Yes; If he's made out Of the right stuff
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Weather Forecast.

For the balance of April Hicks pre-
diets as follows:
A regular storm period covers the
18th to the 23rd AS we enter into
this period the temperature will rise
phenomenally high in southern, west
ern and central sections, the barom-
eter will fall to CORRESPONDENCE low
readings, and from about the 21st to
the 23rd many vicious storms of light
ming, thunder, rain and hail will visit
wide areas as the storm centers sweep
from west to east across the country.
At the elimination of this period, say
about the 21St,22nd and 23rd mo reader
OF these forecasts should be wholly
surprised by violent if not tornado
storms. Central and northern parts
Of the country may reasonably an
ticipate snow and sudden change to
unreasonably cool on the western and
northern tangent of these storms, say
from about the 23rd to 26th As the
Jupiter and Saturn influences are now
decreasing we believe that the Mars
period will not fasten upon us such
prolonged cold and unreasonable con-
ditions as prevailed in the spring of
1907, in which event the weather will
be warmer, rains and storms will be
more tropical and be followed bymilder
changes to cooler.
"A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th, 9th and 2Sth. On
and touching dates named look for de-
cided storm development-high temper
ature. falling barometer, great humidity
and south winds. Thunder storms, ex-
cessive rainfalls, hail and violent winds
will reach crisis on and next to the
2Sth.''
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Power Of the Press.

The press can be a potent factor in
creating a good feeling among the sew
eral villages in the county. We do not
realize what a history is that of the
press. How potent, how farreaching,
it's influence! Its mission, to civilize,
to educate, to enlighten to ennoble, to
record the pulse beats of humanity, to
stand for the right, to declare the
truth, to preserve the priceless heri-
tage of rights and liberties to mankind
by the maintenance of equality and
justice in government The modern
journal is a marvel. 1t has become
an absolute necessity to mankind. 1t
is the instructor of the people, the
guardian of their rights and liberties.
1t leaves an impression which is felt
upon the individual, the family, the
community and the state. The press
benefits the public. 1t matters not
how humble may be the newspaper, 1t
had its influence for the good OF
the community in which it is pub
lished.-L. B. Green, President Suffolk
County IN. " Press Association.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
MORE IRRIGATED LANDS.

On June there will be open for en-
try under the terms Of the Carey irri
cation act $4,000 acres of land il
Eden valley. in Sweetwater county
Wyo. This is the remaining portion
of a tract of 100000 acres, $4,000 acres
Of which have already been advertised
for entry by the government. The
tract in question will be ready for wa
ter during the season of 1909. but will
be open fer entry June l next. The
entire cost to the entryman is $30.5(
an acre, which includes the perpetual
water right. An initial payment OF
1925 an acre is required when the en-
try is made. the remainder being pay
able in ten annual installments. terms
which enable the settler to pay for bis
land from the crops which he raises
thereon. Any person twenty-one years
old or over is entitled to the right Of
entry if he has never made use Of the
Carey act right. One can make entry
for the land without leaving home ant
without having to go upon the land un
til after Ne wafer Is turned on. Thirty
days residence upon the land is re
quircd in order to obtain title. Fur
Their Information relative to the condi
tons under which the land can be Sc
cured may be obtained by addressing
the register of public lands. Washing
ton
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Compulsory Pluck.

The colonel of IL crack cavalry regi-
ment was impressed with the efficiency
of certain volunteer infantry divi.
sion during some recent maneuEers
and in order TO test their courage sug-
gested to their leader that they should
face Il charge made by his men.
The officer in command consented
and drew his men up in the required
position to face the ordeal.
Hitherto the courage of the foot regi-
ment had remained unquestioned, but
when they saw the cavalry laundering
down upon them and almost on top of
them they turned and fed in a most
disorderly manner. save one man, who
remained steadfast on Bonded knee
and with fixed bayonet
BY dexterous movement the cavalry
charge was brought to d termination
within Il foot or so of the hero, and
their commander. approaching the va.
liant one. said:
Bravo. You are the bravest man in
the regiment and worth all the rest OF
them put together. But tell newly
didn't you 1y with the others?"
$50 l should have DONE" said the
hero. but my foot got stuck in hole.'
London Answers.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Socialism and Anarchism.

Socialism and Anerchism are anti
podes. Christ was the Father of social
ism, and the devil is supposed to have
founded revolutionary anarchism.
Socialism means all government; an
archism means no government. So
cialism is collectivism, the welding to-
gether of society into a compact eco
nomic mass, while anarchism is in
dividualism, the disintegration of So
ciety into individual units. Socialism
recognizes the supremacy of society
as a whole, whereas anarchiSm de-
clares for the sovereignty of the indi-
vidual. Socialism builds up; anarch-
ism tears down. Under socialism we
would have real government of,
for and by the people" through the
initiative, referendum and right of re-
call, while anarchism is against all
rule except by unanimous con-
sent. Socialism is practicable and
tends toward a higher civilization;
anarchism is unthinkable except coupl-
ed with mind picture of barbarism.
Socialism stands for the highest or
ganizatiOn, and, on the contrary an
archism would result in social chaos.
Only upon one point do these OPP
posite theories at all converge. Both
are founded upon individual selfish
ness, socialism being the outgrowth
Of intelligent selfishness, while ig-
norant selfshness is responsible for
anarchism. And, lastly, socialism is
evolutionary, while anarchism is rev.
dictionary.
Recently an eminent English divine
wrote: He who today confesses an
ignorance of socialism confesses
either to mental lassitude or moral
degeneracy." So the attempt to con-
found socialism with anarchism is
either the result of ignorance or an
effort to deceive the men that make
by the men that take" From this
necessarily condensed differential ex-
PLANTATION we trust that we have made
clear to even those afflicted with the
most severe form off, mental lassitude"
that 1t would be just as ridiculous to
condemn a man as being both tee
tctaler and a drunkard as it is to
claim similarity between socialism and
anarchy Fulton in Phila.
Record.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
PRESS AND PARLIAMENT
How DR.. Johnson Avoided the Pano,..
for Publishing Debates.

Parliamentary bodies were lono
great stronghold of resistance tn tba
press. Reporters were strictly bor
red from them and reports of their
proceedings were Sternly punished
1t was among the triumphs for tha
right and for common sense, whicb
Franklin achieved, that he caused tho
chamber Of the provincial assemhlv
of Pennsylvania to be thrown open r.
publicity. Nevertheless, no reportS
were allowed Of either the ContinentaI
Congress or the constitutional CONVEX
ton.
Dr. Johnson's violation of the cher
ished privacy Of the British House of
Commons is a classic story He re-
ported its debates without entering its
sacred precincts, and in order to es-
cape the severe penalties of the law
lie reported them without mentioning
the body or any of its members by
name. Setting up an imaginary Sen
ste Of Lilliput," and giving fictitious
names to the leading members of Par
lament, he edited for years the read
ers OF the journal which then boosted
the largest circulation" in England
Receiving a few scanty notes of
what was going on at Westminster
be elaborated them into a brilliant
spread. He was,indeed, the illustrious
founder of the immortal craft of re-
writer's. His discerning readers came
to know not only that the Senate of
Lilliput was the House of Commons,
but that "Blefscu" stood for France
and "Mildendo" for London; that
'sprugs" meant pounds, that 'Nardac"
was the Duke of Newcastle, and so on.
What his notes lacked, his Imagination
readily supplied.
Never was the eloquence of Parlia-
ment more brilliant than in Johnson's
reports of the debates, in which, he
admitted, he took care that the Wing
dogs got the worst of it, although Pitt
himself must have felt Modified when
he read the wonderful outburst at
tributed to him by Johnson on "the
atrocious crime of being a young
man." 1t is the best remembered
of all Pitts speeches, and it was writ
ten by Johnson ''in garnet in Exeter
street"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Ideals That Are Possible.

As we advance into life out of larger
experience of the world and of our
selves are unfolded the ideals Of what
will be possible to us If we make the
taken as we are. Let these be as higf
as they may. they will always be low
er than those others which are per
haps the yelled intimations of our Inn
mortality. These will always be i'm
perfect. but life is not failure be
cause they are SO. 1t is these that arr
to burn for us. not like lighthouses In
the distance. but like candles in oul
hands.-James Lane Allen. 1.-THE Choii
Invisible"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Net at ALI Like Him.

To the studio Of an artist who had
just finished a portrait Of a distin-
guished resident Of a neighboring city
a friend of the sitter came to look at
the newly painted canvas. The visitor
was nearsighted and not particularly
well acquainted with studios He
wanted to see how good likeness had
been made Of his friend. He kept
walking nearer and nearer to the paint
ing and finally put out his finger as if
to touch it. The artist was getting
nervous at the approach Of the finger
to the paint. and he asked the visitor
not to touch the portrait, as it was not
dry. The nearsighted man put down
his hand and walked to the door, turn
ing only to say, eff it isn't dry it isn't
my friend" And he walked out-New
York Sun.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
AN EXPENSIVE NUISANCE.

There is probably no other single fac
tor Oh the average farm that is re-
sponsible for more expense. vexation
and annoyance than the weed pests
against which war has to be waged
unremittingly year after year. While
no one is looking for an agricultural
millennium. when weeds will be no
more, there are certain means. often
overlooked or ignored. which enable
the farmer to greatly reduce and hold
the weed pest in check. One of these
is a careful system of crop rotation.
in which clover has place. Added to
this there should be flock of sheep
to browse in the small grain and corn
fields as soon as the crops are harvest
ed. These two things-crop rotation
and sheep-will go long way toward
mitigating the weed nuisance and at
the same time will mean Il more ra-
tional and profitable handling of the
farm.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
MARIAN LIFE.
Conditions Make For Creatures OF an
Advanced Order of Intellect.

Advanced Order OF intShSS
whatever its actual age. any lie
now existent on Mars must De III Tue
land stage of it's development-on tue
whole n much higher one than the ma
rine. But, more than this, IL shouiu
probably have gone much further II II
exists at ALL for in it's evolving OF Terra
firma Mars has far outstrlpped tue
earth. Mars surface is now all lana.
IFS forms of life must be. not only ter
restrial as against aquatic. but even
rs opposed to terraqueous ones. IL
must have reached not simply the
stage of land dwelling where the pos
sihilities are greater for those able 10
embrace them, but that further point
of pinching poverty where Drain Is
needed to survive at all.
The struggle for existence In the
planets decrepitude and decay would
tend to evolve intelligence to cope with
circumstances growing momentarily
more and more adverse. But. further
more. the solidarity that the condi-
lions prescribed would conduce TO
breadth of understanding sufficient to
utilize it. Intercommunication over the
whole globe is made not only possible.
but obligatory. This would lead to the
easier spreading over it Of some domi-
nant crcature-especially were this be-
ing Of an advanced order Of intellect
able to rise above it's bodily limitations
to amelioration of the conditions
throuoh exercise of mind What alb
sence of seas would thus entail abb
sence of mountains would further.
These two obstacles to distribution re-
moved, life there would tend the
quicker to reach a highly organized
stage Thus Marian conditions them
selves make for intelligence.-Percival
Lowell in Century.
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mate ramIly expenditures. though oruen
pinched financially, has been scrupu-
lousy careful to meet all obligations
which he has, contracted. The result
Is that today his word is as good az
his note, and any one having money to
lend let's him have it without asking
any questions. 1t is matter of con-
graduation that there are SO many of
this honest type and so comparative
~ few Of the dead beat stripe The
young man starting out in life has it
in his power to say which of the two
classes cited he will belong to. He
should remember that. while the salary
which he may receive is an important
factor as affecting his financial status.
the character he forms while earning
and spending it is an even more vital
consideration.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
The Land of Fire and Ice.

An example of the strangeness of
Iceland is furnished by the volcano
Malta. This is buried under immense
snow fields. but from time to time its
fires burst through the glittering
blanket, and then such floods are pour
ed from the melting ice that a great
stretch of country between the volcano
and the sea is inundated and huge
masses OF ice are carried out into the
ocean. 1t is unsafe even to cross the
territory lying between Malta and the
sea, so suddenly come the foods.-Chf-
cago Record-Heraid
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
RAYS AND SKATES.
They Are Known to Fishermen as the
Jokes of the Sea.

They Are Known to Fishermen as the
Jokes of the Sea.
The rays and skates are the jokes of
the sea. Their bodies are as fat as
the pancakes made by the man in
white on a griddle in the window Of a
'beef and" restaurant. Their eyes
look upward. and they have tails as
slender and tapering as the whip of
ringmaster of a circus.
In the United States the most COM
mon rays are called skates" The
whip tailed rays because Of their long,
slender tails with their erectile spines
at the end, capable of inf1icting severe
and dangerous wounds, are frequently
called sting rays. The common sting
ray feeds on oysters, CLAIMS and other
valuable mollusks and in the Atlantic
waters is known as the "clam cracker"
OF the skates the commonest as we'll
as the smallest species on the Atlantic
coast is known as the tobacco box;
the largest is aptly called the barn
door. On the western coast of the
United States is found the big skate,
which reaches a length of six feet,
two feet larger than it's eastern rela-
tive.
Because Of it's habit of rolling itself
up when caught the common skate has
been called bonnet skate" 1t is also
known as the hedgehog ray"
On the New Jersey coast the trawl
fishermen cut off the broad, feshy
wings and they are sold for 'sad-
dies sometimes bringing 5 and even
10 cents a pound. These men call the
fish "possum." "sea possum" and bob
tailed skate" AS rule. anglers throw
the fish back into the water as being
Of no value.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Their Crimes.

Two boys of strict Free church par
entage and upbringing in a Scottish
town were comparing iniquities. One
boosted that he had furtively been at
a circus show. "Ah, but have done
worse than that" said the other. ''for
I've been once in the pit at the theater
and twice in the Established kirk
Blackwood's Magazine
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
CHARACTER RATHER THAN CASH

4 fact that Is observable in every
dag business life and one that the
young man just starting out in his
career should take serious account of
is that it is the character of the man
back Of j promise to pay rather than
the present or prospective size of his
Docketbook or bank account that makes
his word and bis note good and enables
him to borrow money in time of need.
To put 1t another way, it is ones dis
position rather than ones ability to
pay that is the largely determining
factor In the fixing of his financial re-
sponsibility. In the way of illustrating
the above truth there come to mind
two men. representative Of types that
are to be found in almost any COM
munity The one who draws salary
OF SIS a month is careless in his money
matters and makes business of beat
ing every man with whom he has a
financial transaction. This practice,
persisted in for years. has become a
matter of habit and character. and to-
day he justly deserves the title of
"dead beat" in the community. The
other man. representative of the oppo-
site type. though receiving but little
more than half the salary Of the first
and having considerably larger legiti-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

It is well for the good housewife to
keep in mind that the man Of the house
and youngsters enjoy variety of food
as do the animals in the barn. She
should vary the a-biscuit-fried-po-
tato-salt-pork ration now and then
and give them surprise. 1t is more
than likely, too, that she herself will
enjoy the change of ration. While
the change of diet may not make their
coats more sleek. it is quite likely to
brighten their eyes and whet their ap-
petites.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Idle Curiosity.

"Why are you calling up the various
hospitals?''
'My friend SniggIebat assured me
he'd pay me that S. today or break a
leg, and l want to find out which leg
he broke."-Kansas City Journal.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
Easy.

Lady ION street)-Do you know where
Johnny Tucker lives, my little boy?
Little Boyle amt home, but If you
give me nickel I'll find him for you.
Lady-All right. Now, where Is he?
Little Boy-Thanks. I'm him.--Judge.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

There is absolutely no method Of
protecting from the green goods man.
the swindler and CRATER the fellow
who doesn't read. And. as a rule, the
fellow who doesn't read and quite like
ly doesn't think hasn't the reasoning
faculty sufficiently developed to draw
helpful deductions from his own ex-
perience.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
A Pert Answer.

Mistress (astounded)-You can't read,
Norah? Good gracious! How did you
ever learn to cook so we'll? New Cook
Shore, mum, Oh lay 1t t. not bein' able
to rade tn ookbooks.-Town and Coun-
try.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Millet. which is just the thing to
SOW on the low places on the farm.
furnishes Il grain supply which. when
ground with oats or barley. makes an
excellent fattening ration for beef
While miilet hay makes fair rough
age ration for cattle if cured at tn,
proper time. it is not so good as tim
othy, alsike or clover.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Wherever one finds the silo and the
clover or alfalfa meadow a sensible
and profitable type of agriculture IL
pretty likely to be in vogue
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
His WEIGHT.

"What do you think young Chumpley
weighs?"
about ten ounces in the community
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Cuss words and blows in the dairy
barn mean just so many less dollars
in the monthly cream check. There are
lot of farmers who haven't got on to
this fact vet
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

1t is thought by many that politics
more largely than economics was re.
sponsible for the unprecedented slump
in hogs during the winter months.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

The American Beauty rose and tht
old Brahma hen don't usually thrive az
they ought to on the same lawn-that
is, the rose doesn't.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

1t is claimed that the sweetness and
flavor of a good orange may be in
creased by peeling, quartering and al
lowing it to stand in a cold place over.
night
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Where a business man has employ
ment in a city which is easily reached
from many points Of view to have
ones home in such a district. Here
his family have the sunshine and pure
air Of the country. while the advan
tages offered by the city are also avail
able. Moreover, he himself finds a
needed relief and relaxation in the
quiet of the country surroundings,
there being usually enough to do about
the place to give him the physical ex-
ercise which he ought to have If he
would keep in the best trim for his
city work.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Alfalfa hay at SIS, with five tons
raised to the acre. accounts for large
share of the prosperity to be found in
those portions of the country where
this valuable cereal thrives.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Some idea of the part old Biddy now
and then plays in the busting of the
egg trust is gathered from the fact that
during a period Of about four days in
the middle of March 44,570,52O eggs
were shipped into the city of New York
alone. AS result of this deluge of
hen fruit there was a slump in the
price of eggs of about cents per
dozen.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24

Flocks of sheep and substantial
fences are to be found on the best
farms of the country today. The man
who doesn't have either improvement
is certainly not living up to his agri-
cultural opportunities.