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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06

be greater for Latin, German or Nath
ematics. She is anxious to get full
credit for her labor, so she takes a
topic for which she has no real liking.
IN OTHER WORDS. OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS ARE PUTTING A PRE-
MUM UPON WORK WHICH HAS
SOME MENTAL AND CULTURAL
VALUE INSTEAD OF COMMON, Ev-
ERYDAY HOME VALUE
At the Henderson high school both
domestic science and domestic arts for
girls and manual training for boys have
been given very prominent place In
the course Of study. The school is now
offering three year course, and a
fourth will be added next September.
It is a four year course that calls for
two forty-minute periods each day in
the week, that real, strong, helpful
practical work may be accomplished.
Too much of our school work has been
theory, and we must have time enough
for the practical side of domestic SCI
snce and manual training
Two years of this course, the fresh
man and the Junior years, are used for
sewing, pattern making, designing and
a study of cloths and materials of va
rious kinds. 1t is the aim of this
work to have girl strong enough to
design a garment or plan a wardrobe
nationally. to alter a pattern that does
not fit or suit her. In a course of
study of one period per day this would
be impossible, but with eighty minutes
each day of her school year at a sew.
ing table results can be gotten.
In domestic science the work is rath.
or out of the ordinary in that it seems
so thoroughly commonplace and so
disable in the home life that most of us
have to live 365 days in the year.
There is nothing that is fancy, but a
very great deal about breads of va
rious kinds, yeasts, baking powders,
the care of sinks, refriserators. etc.
As one goes through this high school
and sees the girls at this work there
is the feeling that many of them are
to be saved from the disappointment
that comes to most young housekeep.
ers.
That this work in Hendersoa appeals
to the girls is shown by the fact that
out Of total enrolment of 126 girls
eighty-seven ere taking domestic sci,
ence or domestic arts.
MAY MANY SUCH BE FOUND IN
THE STATE IN THE NEXT FEW
YEARS
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
AN EYE FOR BUSINESS.
The Way Disraeli "Put One Over" al
Publisher CoIburn.

Publisher Colburn.
When the Hon. Mr.. Ward wrote his
novel "Tremaine" he was fearful Of
acknowledging himself the author un-
til its fate should have been ascer-
tanned. He accordingly, the better to
preserve his incognito, sent the manu-.
script copy by the wife Of his attorney
to Mr.. Colburn. The work, although
accepted, was not considered likely to
pay extremely we'll. and consequently
a trifing sum was given for It. Con-
trary. however. to Mr.. Colburn's ex.
pectations, it ran to three editions.
The ingenious author of "Vivian
Grey" then twenty-five years old, hav-
ing heard Of the circumstances, deter.
mined to use it to advantage, and &C
cOrdingly, having arranged his work
for publication, he proceeded to find
out the honorable gentleman's fair
messenger. This he quickly effected
and upon promise Of giving her EGO
induced her to be the bearer of his
novel to the same publisher.
The woman was instantly recognized
by Mr.. Colburn as the same person
who brought him "Tremaine," and,
recollecting the great sale Of that nov.
el, he leaped at the manuscript pre-
scented to him with the utmost eager.
ness. 1t was quickly read and a hand
some sum given for the copyright. a
short time, however, enabled Mr. Col
burn to find out his error, but too late
to remedy himself. The work was not
successful, and considerable sum was
lost by its publication.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Birds and Insects and hesitation.

A we'll known French scientist has
asserted that without birds to check
the ravages of insects upon vegetation
human life would vanish from this
planet in the space Of nine years. But
for the vegetation the insects would
perish; but for the insects the birds
would perish, and but for the birds
vegetation would be destroyed. Ma
ture has therefore formed a delicate
balance of power which cannot be dis
turbed without bringing great loss and
unhappiness to the world. - London
Tit-BitS.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
OLD IDEAS ARE
PUSHED ASIDE
Schools Must Have Contact
With Activity Of People.
"WHY NOT TRAIN FOR LIFE?"
Higher Grades Are More Than Mere
lncubators For Embryo Lawyers,
Doctors, Teachers and Preachers.
Domestic Science and Domestic Arts.

Schools will attract and hold the at
tentiOn Of the public in proportion to
their contact with the everyday life
and activity of the people. The old
idea of a high school being an incuba-
tor for embryo lawyers, doctors, teach
ers and preachers is being pushed
aside.
wide awake school people-have seen
this proposition clearly for some time,
but they have been afraid of what the
general public might think The pub
lie has sensed that there was some
thing out of gear in our school ma
chinery, but it was afraid of what
the education expert might say. And
so the public and the school people
have been seesawing.
Boys and girls welcome any study
that tastes of everyday life and activ-
ity. The little girl in the lower grades
mothers her doll, makes her clothes
and mends them and cooks wonderful
dinners on homemade stove of brick
out In the back yard. She keeps house
and plays her part In mimic world
because 1t is the only outlet for what
she sees of the activities of the world
in which she is eventually to take her
place. The years slip by, and she is
ready for the high school. She must
put her doll aside, and she can no
longer with dignity cook on the brick
stove in the back yard. Her own feel
ing would prompt her to go forward
in sewing, cooking and the other house
hold arts, but she is in a high school,
in which no such course is offered, 50
she loses an interest that had been
part of her life and development II
she happens to find such i course IL
the high school the chances are that
it is for single period each day, and
her credits earned for graduation would
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
DOMESTIC DRUDGERY.
No Matter How Surdensome II May
Be, Homes Will Always Exist.

No Matter How Burdensome II May
Be, Homes Will Always Exist.
No matter how many girls spurn
housework, homes will still exist. No
matter how many women stink dis
couraged into hotels and boarding
houses, the best Of families will al
ways live in separate homes. No mat
ter how many men remain unmarried,
the majority will always have wives
and children. The millennium itself
will not be without the family.
Hotels and boarding houses, even,
are merely megatherianized homes,
and no matter how much sensible CO.
operation in washing and sewing, cook
ing and the care Of children and sick
folk, may be comprised, even those
millennarians will still have beds to be
made, floors to be swept, doors to be
tended, clothes to be sorted, buttons
to be sewed on, papers to be burned,
dishes to be washed, errands to be run
and windows to be locked.
Folks may live without concerts and
trolley cars and books, but they cannot
live without sleeping, dressing and eat
ing, sickness, visitors and children, nor
can they live without that perpetual
disorder that has to be perpetually
cleared up, and that perpetual disin-
tegration of the material universe
which has to be perpetually swept up.
Domestic work there will always be.
The family itself may do ii, or they
may pay some one else to do it, or they
may do part and pay some one else to
do part, but done It must be.-Aznie
Winsor Allen in Atlantic Magazine
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
YELLED LADIES.
Three Men Who Won Literary Laursls

Three Men Who Won Literary laurela
Under Feminine Names.
One Of the most famous cases of d
man writer winning fame under a wo-
mans name was that Of the late Will
liam Sharp, who kept his identity with
"Fiona Macleod" a close secret during
his life, and it was only after his
death that the public was made
aware that her remarkable novels
and essayist. Their style seemed so
Enthusiastically feminine that even
the most astute critics believed that
they were written by woman's hand.
Another famous writer, Laurence
HOusman. known already as a poet
and artist, made third and most sue
cessful appearance before the public as
a ''veiled lady" A remarkable book
appeared entitled AN Englishwoman's
Love Letters" which all the critics
praised and all the clubs and literary
circles talked about. Who was this
woman who had laid her heart bare?
The critics agreed that, whoever she
was, she understood her sex to perfec-
ton The secret was kept very close
for time. and then, to everybody's
immense amazement, the real author
was revealed as a man after all.
Very few people probably will recall
the undoubted fact that one of the
greatest of Victorian poets, AlgernOn
Charles Swinburne, hid his identity &C.
casionally under the very matter Of
fact feminine nom de plume Of Mrs.
Horace Manners" while another and
much beloved singer on the other side
of the Atlantic. the charming Quaker
poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, used
frequently as a pen name the unro-
mantle one of Margaret Smith,
London Answers.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Butterflies That Live on Fish.

The butterfly was blue and transpar
ent AS through blue glass its tiny
heart could be seen beating inside its
body. and the professor read a news.
paper article through its lovely blue
wings. This" he said, sis the pier.
opoda. a Mediterranean butterfly. II
eats fish. On its tongue are rows OF
pointed hooks. They serve as teeth
This beautiful creature would turn up
its nose at garden of roses and lilies
but it would feast ecstatically upon a
putrid eel Now and then a pteropoda
Is found on the Florida or the Califor.
MIA coast 1t is only abundant, though
in the Mediterranean"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Ancient and Modern,

Mr.. Choate, the well known Amert
can diplomatist, was being shown over
a very old English parish church.
Pointing out an oak screen, the rector
informed his visitor that 1t was "cen-
turtles old" "And this paneling on
the door," inquired Mr.. Choate, much
interested. "Oh,' replied the rector,
that is quite modern! 1t was put up
only forty years before the discovery of
America, you knowv'-London Globe.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
For the Sake of Others.

"Have you ever done anything for
the sake of promoting the happiness of
others without selfish reward?" asked
the ideals.
81 should say So" replied Mr..
Growcher. 81 have bought any guam
tity Of stock that never paid div1-
dends. "-Washingto Star.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Buttons Barred.

sour collection today, my dear breth-
ren," said the rector. sis for the cloth
Ing fund. At the same time. may 1
earnestly impress upon you that.
though the collection Is for the cloth
Ing fund, it Is not necessary to con-
tribute buttonsT'
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
The Hero.

First Critic-I understand you saw
Scriblers new comedy last night
Who played the hero? Second Critic
did. sat through the whole thing
Philadelphia Record.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Good Reason.

"Hello. SpraddlesY'
Hello, Boron. I haven't seen you
for a week.
"No; I've been seeing you first
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06

Neither walls, theaters, porches nor
senseless equipage make states, but
roen who are able to rely upon them
,elves.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Plenty of Room.

Shea woman has greater capacity
Tor learning than a man. He-Yes; a
woman is never so full of gossip that
she can't hold more.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06

If am building a mountain and stop
before the last basketful Of earth 10
placed on the summit have failed
Cs1fncius.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06

Unless the fattening steer has
all the pure water he can drink
at all times he will not lay on fat
quickly.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06

1t is best not to put sawdust in
the poultry house, as it gathers
too much moisture and causes
dampness.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
Spelling Contest Of TaneytoHn Dis
IrIef

The spelling contest scheduled for
the public schools OF Taneytogn dIs-
trict came of at the appointed time.
Monday, March }. and vas decided
success. There we're fourteen con-
testants. and all showed evidence Of
excellent training and preparation
for the contest
In the written contest 80 selected
words were written from dIetatIon !:
of the fourteen who took part In The
contest. three spelled all of the fifty
words. and TWO spelled fort.-nine of
them correctly.
In the oral contest tie words were
pronounced in succession aud any
pupil mis-spelling a word was elimIn-
ated from the contest I'll but Two re-
manned. who were declared ne vim
nera IN the contest
The names of those spelling the
nifty words correctly were NexIn
RidInger, clyde Hiiile and Ernest Eek
eT: Of those spelling - Of them were
Helen Ohler and YIN IaEore. Tho win
ners n the final contest. were Clyde
Rifle. of pIney Creek school. and Er-
nest Ecker. OF Walnut Grove school.
who we're declared tha representa-
tlvea 10 the general eontest
An account of The other three con-
tests held If uuIontoWn. Silver TIN
and Gambler respectively. VIII be pub
lished nexI week
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
Mr. and Mrs. Algire Surprised.

L.ast Friday night Mr. and Mr.
John II Aigirc we're rendered a COM
plete surprise b. their friends nd
relatives. The evening WAS very en-
Joyably spent In games. vocal md
instrumental music. - a laIs hour
refreshments were served n abun=
dance
Those present we're SIR and Mr.
John II. AIgire. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
shaffer. Mr. and Mrs. Edward shafTar
Mr.. and Mr.. John Brummel. Mr. and
Mrs. Constant Elasroad. Mr. and Mr.
George Wagner. Hr, and Mr. John
Richards and son. Mr. and MFs y I
Basler. Mr.. and Mrs William shaffeF
Mr.. and Mr.. Walter AIgire. Mr. md
Mrs. Garnet Spencer and children.
MIR. and Mr. Vernon Spencer and
children, Mr.. Ada Rill and children
Mrs. Grant Dell. Dir. Daniel Runp
Misses Edna Smith. Winnie shafIsr
Ethel iHister. Treasa Mossmllier. II.
Ian Sykes. Elsie EbauEh. Edna Ri
Ethel Dell. Eta Chew. Ellen Chew
iottie Wagner Jennie nfnmmnl
Jennie Wagner, Hazel Rill, Lola ri
Ruth Shaffer. Mary Wagner. Messra
Walter Elaeroad. Win Wagner, John
Manebey, Albert Zimmerman. Earle
Rill. Raymond buchanan, Albert
Reese. William Basler. George Basier
Russell Dell. Eddie Banner. Walter
Blaufelt, Roy Dell, Marshall hi
George Wagner. Paul shaffer. CLARK.
son shaffef and Herbert AlgIre.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
MANCHESTER

1t the public sale Of Ross Honacker
on Monday last COWS brought the rec
ord price In this section OF the county;
prices from s51 to 800; COW With calf
BY her aide, s101.25; horses, $17b and
$3.50; shoats way up and chickens 10
cents per pound.
Mr. George L. Hoffacker and wife,
OF Salem. Mass, spent q few days
with the formers father. Mr.. George
W. Hoffacker, also visited Washing
ton on Inauguration day.
|. o. o. Fellows held their annual
banquet IN their hall on Friday even
Ing last With large crowd in attend
anee.
The play Which One Won" had Q
successful production at Hampstead
on Saturday night last, and the school
has now swelled its library fund to
more than $50.
Mr. Charles Warner, OF Baltimore.
visited our town over Sunday last.
Quite : lot Of our town people at
tended the Inauguration On Tuesday
last.
The Frank S. Davidson Company Is
giving q play here In Odd Fellows
Hall on Friday and Saturday nights
of this week, called The Days Of 49,
Romance of Cuba. The play II a
good one and large crowd of people
is expected to turn out to see IT,
We were visited by a light snow
storm between and o'clock on
Thursday morning.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
IIAMpsTElIl.

Mrs. Il. /. Stansbury was N BalII.
more during the past week.
Mrs. Alyerta Hunt, Who haa spent
the past two months IN Baltimore
has returned 10 her home On North
Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Murray. d
Philadelphia. Pa. are visiting Mra
Rebecca Murray.
Mrs SallIe Honek and brother
Clifton Murray. both Of Baltimore
visited at the home of ]. w. Murray
Isr.
Rev. Il. Buhrman, OF near Bait.
more. and former pastor OF the Meth.
odist Episcopal church. visited friends
here few days last week.
Mrs. Edward Gardner and sister
Mrs. Kate Wilson. OF Baltimore, ar
visiting relatives and friends.
Several gentlemen from here spenl
the 4th in Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Edward Hnpy moved to Bait
more on Tuesday morning.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
TAX COLLECTORS SALE |

b virtue of the power and authority
vested In me By the Laws Of Maryland,
/ have seized and taken In execution
to satisfy overdue aud unpaid state
and County Taxes the following prop
srtg:
Al the right, title. interest and es-
tate OF the heirs at law OF David j.
Love. late OF Carroll county, Mary
land, deceased. IN and TO al that par
Gel of land. containing fifteen acres,
three roods and thiTty-four perehes
of land. more pr les. being the nn-
divided one-half interest therein,
lying In Westminster, or Seventh nlec-
tion District OF Carroll county, Mary
land. about one mile from me village
OF Mexico. adjoining the lands OF
Aaron Shaeffef. and D. II. shriYer A.
Co. and Of the late Jacob Hrehm. be-
Ing the same land that IL described In
deed from Cyrus SchreigarI TO
David ]. Lowe and Amos L. Lowe,
dated March 2slh, 1874, and recorded
among the land records Of Carroll
county, aforesaid In Biber +. T s.
No. "A, folio 80 etc. This i all Hood
land.
hereby give notice that On Monday
the 3fst day OF March, in the year
nineteen hundred and thirteen. al
eleven o'clock a. n. at the Court
House Door, IN Westminster, Mary
land. / shall offer At public sale the
above mentioned property 10 the high
est bidder for cash.
CHARLES v. WANTZ.
Collector of State ard County Taxes
Tor the Seventh Election District oil
Carroll county. Maryland.
j Charles r. Fink, Attorney.
mar Il
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
FROM NEARBY TOWNS
CHRONICLE OF HAPPENINGS AMONGST
QUIZ NEIGHBORS.
sYKESYILLE.

Mr.. Charles A. Warfield, who had
been i'll for several weeks, died at
o'clock Sunday night at his home neal
this place. His death was due 10 9
complication of diseases. He has
been farmer and dairyman Tor .
number of years IN Carroll county
and a relative of former Governor
Warfield. Mr.. Warfield was son OF
the late Charles Alexander War1eld
and Is survived by his wife and one
son, Wade Il. ID. Warfeld, who Il
president of the sykesville National
Bank. He was rs years of age. lie
received his carly education IN
Howard county, where he was born
and AZ years ago, at the death OF his
father. he moved to his farm IN Car
roll county. The funeral services
we're held at his home "Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock, and he was
buried In Springfield Cemetery.
Mr.. William Melville attended the
funeral of his cousin In Baltimore
last Tuesday.
Miss Lillian Schultz entertained al
cards last Tuesday In honor of Miss
Eleanor Dill, of Frederick.
Mr.. L. NJ. Bennett visited Balti.
more Thursday. -.
Mrs. ]. Harris entertained Mrs. W
Haslup Thursday and Friday OF lasi
week
Mrs. T. Marshall West has return
ed from visit OF several days &c
Baltimore.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Heasman VS.
tied Baltimore Saturday.
Mrs. William Gather, who hag been
critically i'll, Is very much better.
Mrs. Elmer jenkins attended the
funeral of her cousin In Winfield
Sunday.
Mrs. D. B. spreeher visited Balti
more Sunday.
Mrs. George Beeraft visited rela.
tiyes In Baltimore on Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Haslup lectnred on the Wo'
mans Christian Temperance Union
at the Methodist Episcopal church
last Thursday night, but on account
of the bad weather only few were
present.
Mr.. Wade Il. D. Warheld's store
was closed Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday on account Of the death
of his father. Mr.. E. A. Warfeid.
Mr.. Henry Bennett attended the In
auguration. Among others that Mt.
tended the Inauguration Of Wilson
we're Ex-senator Johnnie and Mrs
Beasman. Mr.. Frank Beaaman. Dr. ]
Fred Waesche. Pennington 7. Ben
nett and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ritter
Miss Dorothy Mellor left Saturday
to spend month with relatives IL
Piedmont, w. Va.
Miss Eleanor Dill who Ind been tbs
guest Of Miss Lillian Schultz, has re
turned to her home In Frederick.
Mrs. Willard Weer Is visiting Mrs
John Wolf, of Toward county.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
ASSAULTED IN HIS OWN HOME
Uriah Swartzbaugh, : Former Car
roll C0untlans Knocked Unc0n-
sciOus In lis Ohio Home.

The following clipping Is from a
newspaper published near the town
of Republic, Ohio, and tells of the
assault on Mr.. Uriah Swartzbaugh,
son of the late John Swartzbaugh. of
this city, and brother OF Milton
Swartzbaugh, living on Webster
street, this city. Mr.. Swartzbaugh
was raised near Uniontown:
"uriah Swartzbaugh. an aged and
well known resident Of Republic, was
knocked down and beaten uneon-
scious at his home on Kilbourn street
Wednesday night, by an unknown as
sailant, writes the Republic Reporter.
Mr.. Swartzbaugh had been spend
ing the evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Neikirk and had returned home
at an early hour to repIenish his fire,
when he heard the door slowly opened
behind him. A strong wind was
blowing at the time and thinking the
door had been blown open by the
wind he attempted to close IL AS he
advanced toward the open door he
discerned the figure of a man standing
just outside in the cover of darkness
and he asked him what was wanted
Without reply the man struck him
over the head with club, Telling him
to the floor In an unconscious condi-
ton. Mr.. swartzbaugh lives aIone
and how long he lay In this condition
he does not know, but when he re-
gained consciousness he was benumb-
ed by the cold. bleeding profusely
from numerous cuts and bruises about
the head and face.
That the deed was committed with
the intention OF robbing him Il shown
from the fact that his pockets were
thoroughly searched. Luckily. how
ever. he vas carrying no money At
the time and nothing vas discovered
TO be missing. No clue has been e.
tablished leading to the identity Of
the guilty person.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07

Owing TO the difficulty which haa
been experienced by passengers from
time to time in learning the cause 81
delays to trains On which they arr
travelling, 1t was announced yesterday
at the offices Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad in Baltimore that Instrue.
tons had beeen Issued 20 all passen.
ger conductors that when traiflc 1
interrupted trainmen shall pass I'm.
mediately through their trains and
announce the cause Of the delay
When a train is disabled at or neal
a station, trainmen are to notify tn
passengers as to cause and probable
extent OF the delay In order that the,
may continue on their journey or Re
turn on an available train. Will tn
i w. N. r. do likewise,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-07
IsOglIe.

James T. Logue, aged ii years. died
on March A. IN Baltimore. Funeral
will take place from the residence Of
his father-in-law, Joshua Walters
1903 Riggs avenue, Baltimore. today
at 8 a. m. The remains we're brought
TO Westminster this morning and in
TERED In st. Johns Cemetery, Rev. ]
{. Mallon officiating Harvey Bank
ard & Son funeral directors.