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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
TREES.

Thank God for the trees. What Glad
ness they dlffuse into our lives and how
they adorn our world Who would ex
change existence with the inhabitants of
some ice bound coast or a shadeless
ard desert, even to have the soul SUI
premacy OF such region? Better were
one little wood within our happier cline
whose trees form a grateful shelter from
the summers heat, and a protection
against the winters storms.
What voceless significance is there
in these sylvan friends. Is not the forest
monarch. the proud and lofty oak. that
could tell the story of centuries. an en-
blem OF grandeur and magnificence? And
the snow loving pines. they symbolic
the brave, and fearless spirits, ever erect
in tempest and in calm-the changeless
pines, and clothed in perennial beauty,
whether filling the woods with fragrance
or forming in dark masses along some far
of mountain ridge.
What charm lies within the soft.
deep shadows OF grove OF elms7
Whose interlacing boughs,
Festooned in arches, meet for lovers
vows"
Or the wide spreading chestnuts. so
glorious with their snowy blossoms and
rich perfume.
The affluent of foliage of whose
branches made
A cavern of cool.shade."
Surely these are the types of repose
and sweet content, giving a homelike
loneliness to each scene, whether It be
the canopied avenue or the solitary tree
that by Its blossoms, white and sweet
imparts poetry even to the "village
smithy"
But the variety of these forest children
is infinite, each possessing a different
beauty. And how we hail our old com.
panion, when after months of dreary
winter and springs long. lingering APP
proach, we find ourselves in those I'M
forgotten wood paths. and there in the
gladness Of a sweet day dream. exclaim
once more, thank God for trees"
Which way IS your life pulling? Is It
upward on downward? Are YOU helping
some where or hindering and anywhere?
Is this weeks record the best chapter
of your life story? Are you ready to
have IT printed and left as a legacy to
your friends? If not, what is the matter
with it? Important problem. is it not2
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
BETTER THAN RICHES.

The desire to accumulate something
for ones children is a most commenda-
BILE one, but it is well to bear in mind
that one of the very best things that can
be given to the children personally, is
good examples, kind words and thought
ful teachings. "A very sensible writer re-
Gently said about this most important
subject: 'Children must be taught what
the parents wish them 10 know. Teach
them truthful, gentle ways and then they
will be true and gentle If a boy learns
bad language from his father, he will re-
peat 1t just as certainly As he has tongue
IN his mouth, and if little girl hears her
mother gossip she will gossip Just as soon
as she meets a playmate People who
devour their food like cattle must not ex-
pect their children to have good table
manners. Gentlemen and good women
are home made There is nothing. on
earth for which one ought 10 be more
thankful than for having been brought up
IN the atmosphere Of a pure and good
home. Such home may be narrow and
even hard, and it may be deficient in the
material comforts. A man as sturdy as
an oak, once said: 81 was the son of
poor parents. and from my youth I'D was
injured to hardshipS and self denial, but
do not remember of ever hearing a
word from the lips of either my mother
or OF my father that was not as it should
be. Better such recolections than a
great inheritance
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

Many mothers pay too little attention
to the laws of health; they allow the
children to do things with impunity, that
will wreck a sound constitution, and the
future holds for them a sad harvest Do
not shut out all of the air and crowd all
of the children into bed Be careful in
the way that you handle and play with
your children; it is very painful to wit
ness the way many parents throw their
children up in the air or let them hang,
head down
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
A Monument to Him

Deep mourning Is being put on ri,
John G.. Wendell. who has just diek
at Santa Monica. Cal. With the ef
ception OF Aston, Mr. Wendell ownet
more real estate on Broadway. n. "
than any other person. He inheriteE
II, sat on II until surrounding int
provements raised its value and, bf
ing OF strong moral proclivities, has
gone TO his heavenly reward feavinl
fortune OF $50.000.000, or more.
Made a fine offer for his place u
Fifth-ave. and Thirty.ninth-st., Nev
York. Mr. Wendell said: mo, mi
dog must have place to romp."
IL is a sad, a terrible thing TO Sc.
t a dog lose his t=friead,+Net= man
dogs have 100000 repiping plae!
and one can hardly imagine the dis,
tress OF a dog who has TO part yiti
such a one Alas the cold. crud
grave contains the kindly heart thai
beat for the Wendell dog, Let vi
hope that the executors of the Wen
dell will. II any, devote some portioj
of the so millions TO The dog. A dol
accustomed to 100000 rompina
place should not be forgotten whed
the fight comes over what his great
hearted master had TO leave when Id
died.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
How the Ant Salutes

Ants have long been known fol
their excessive industry. but from 4
curious communication which had
just appeared they seem to have surf
passed all other insects by organizing
an elaborate system of signaling
Prof. Bugnion, who has recently inI
vestigated the habits OF the white
ant, reports that the soldiers" Of
that species give warnings or encourI
aging signals by knocking with theid
Jaws upon dry leaves, thereby emit
ting cracking sound. Placing some
OF these ants on big plate, and COW
ering IL with paper, he found that the
soldiers" among the ants responded
to his taps with rustling. cracking
sound.
Moreover. apart from this audible
signaling, there appears to be some
inaudible form OF signal for the pro-
lessor asserts that the soldier" ants
salute the worker ants.
To do this, 1.-THE insect stands firm
ly on its legs, with the head raised
and the body slightly oblique, and
shakes itself for an instant with a
convulsive shudder. This seems to
mean something "-Top-Notch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
The Groove That Isn't a Rut

Or. Gunsaulus, the eloquent Chi
cago preacher makes an apt distinc-
ton between a rut and groove
In groove machinery functions;
in rut Il rusts.
A man in groove is where he
ought TO be, geared for usefulness,
kept true TO what he is trying to do,
not popping about bothering other
folks like the Fourth of July firework
which the boys call snake in the
grass"
But let that groove become rut
and tie man hFfFels, slows down
and soon becomes little more than a
nuisance cluttering up the landscape.
It's very easy for groove TO be-
come a rut. It'll do IL unless. every
little while, you grease IL with new
interest
DR.. Gunssulus proposes an eleventh
commandment Get a fad"
A fad is something You like TO
work ar when your regular work be,
gins To tire. It's the grease that
keeps the groove from wearing down
into sharp-angled rut.
George Eastman, the kodak king,
used TO be a bank clerk, pouring over
figures eight hours a day Vacation
coming, he wanted way 10 push the
figures out OF his mind. A fri/l
counseled taking photographs in the
country, The kodak resulted. East
mans lad pulled him out Of ru,
into the right groove, and IL mas done
the same for many others.
Napoleon, on the contrary never
took time off from butchering and
plotting. Consequence Cancer OF
the stomach and Waterloo
Better a fad than funeral
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
By GILSON GARDINER

WASHINGTON, Dec g.-Wide.
spread interest has been SHOWN by
farmers in the plan to organize a per-
manent rural credit league which grew
out OF the meeting in this city OF the
executive council OF the state oranges.
Organization of the league has been
going forward and already consider.
able public opinion Is making itself
felt III favor OF commission OF ex
perts TO investigate the needs OF the
American -farmer-for personal credit
rather than land mortgage bands AZ
the conference In Washington a com
mittee was appointed. headed by Her
bert Quick, editor OF Farm and Fire
side, and consisting In addition OF
Western Starr OF Westover, Nd; VII
liam L Greasy, master OF the Penn
sylvania State Grange: =. II. Hobbs
OF the Farmers Union, Clinton, North
Carolina: George p. Hampton, secre
tary OF the grange conference. and G.
b. Kegley of Washington, who was
chairman OF the conference. This
committee was changed with organic
ing the permanent rural credit league
ment among the grangers that what
the farmer needs is not land mortgage
facilities--money To buy u tarm-but
small short-time loans on his personal
credit TO enable him TO harvest his
crops. make improvements and gener
ally TO run his farm. There are LOT
more farmers who own their farms
but need some capital 10 run them
than there are people who want to
borrow money for the purpose Of buy
ing farm.
The best developed plan for per
sonal rural credits so far set before
congress is that originated by h. G
Milliken. OF Texas. and introduced by
Senator Owen, OF Oklahoma, the es
sential feature OF which is TO provide
for farmers cooperative associations
which will control the banking opera
tons and unable. the farmers 10 dc
their. own credit business for them
selves. The plan provides for unlim
tied liability of members OF each loca
association, with operations confined
10 small zones rot exceeding 80 miles
square, and with bill OF exchange
representing commercial transactions
used instead OF deposit system
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09

What is the matter with the Unit
ed States?"
AS | have been residing in London
since the beginning OF the war, |
have been hearing this question asked
on all sides. have never heard any
satisfactory answer. No one seems
10 know.
Why are the American factories not
running night and day? Why are the
railroads not opening up new terri
tories and getting ready for the mil
lions OF immigrants who have already
made up their minds TO leave Europe
as soon as the war is over?
WHY are there not 90 American
drummers in London right now, try
ing TO sell 5000 100000 worth OF Amer
lean goods in place of the goods that
were bought last year from Germany
and Austria?
WHY have advertisers become quit
tiers, Just at the time when their ad.
yertisements were most needed and
most effective in cheering on the bus
mess forces OF the United States?
From the European point OF view,
the United States is a haven OF peace
and security and prosperity, II has
no troubles that 10 dare mention TO
Belgium or Austria or France or Ger
many or Servia or Great Britain or
Russia.
Every tenth Briton has enlisted.
Every tenth Frenchman is at the
front. Every tenth Belgian is dead.
What does the United States know OF
trouble?
IL could AFFORD II, would charter
the Mauretania and Lusitania, and
convey a party OF 5000 American ad-
vertisers TO Europe for trip of ed,l-
cation. would give them a week In
London. a week in Paris, and a week
in Antwerp.
would let them look AT the United
States from the scene of war. would
give them a look at real trouble. ]
would let them see trains, 10 at a
time. Ave minutes apart, packed with
the manned and the dying.
would let them hear. from frag-
mentary survivors the incredible
story OF battlehelds. 100 miles wide,
and armies that are greater than the
entire population OF Texas.
| would let them see graves 100
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
Farmers Plan Formation
OF Rural Credit LEAGUE

There Is no central control and 1e
bankers rakeoffs
The monthly bulletin OF the n
tional City Bank of New York says I
the business situation: I'm BRIEF, =
though still suffering from derang.
ment brought on by the war, the bug
ness OF the country is on a safe basll
and in the way OF being better. III
machinery OF our domestic exchane
Is nearly In order again and althouq
II Is running slow, II is in condition
give service our banking system hei
become more efficient than ever b
fore. There is no reason to fear az
other sudden contraction OF cred
facilities. Rates will fiuctuate, b.
credit viii be obtainable by those 81
titled TO IL. The only uncalculabl
factor IN the financial situation Is RI
garding the business demands updl
the country for gold. and upon tn
there Is a more confident feeling thd
ever before. Our Offsets will be largI
the Federal Reserve System will a.
ford moro effective organization I'd
dealing with such demands than VI
have had in the past and the warrin
countries have now demonstrate
their ability 10 raise great sums 4
home at very moderate rates OF II
terest.
Our school histories all convey III
impression that the Revolutionary wd
was won by George Washington wiz
a few ragged continentals and minut
men frcm much superior force 4
British redcoats. The official record
in the war department, however. q
not hear ont this popular fiction. Til
total number of American troops
the Revolutionary war, according I
these reports, reached 395,S5S, Will
at no one time were more than 42,07
British troops on American soil. Ind
dentally the present full strength 4
our regular army. plus the pOssibI
militia Is less than 100000 men.
During the war of 1912 the Unite
States had in action 527.654 troops 4
against force OF British In Canad
of $500 The war OF 1912 ought 4
be an everlasting warning To- put OF!
coast defenses in order The eneml
at that time had no difficulty i'm sal
| ing up the Chesapeake Bay, landin|
near Annapolis. and walking into til
nations capitol, which they burne
and looted without let or hindrance.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
Anothsr indictment.

The English gardener had tried to
sell bulbs and been defeated, the Gus
toner alleging that this was not a
time for buying daffodils and hya'
cinths.
"Ah!" said the gardener, in the bit
ter moment OF defeat, this wars
playing avoc with everything. No
edge cuttin', no new lawns, and got
to 60 sellin' last years bulbs to my
customers. He's lot 20 answer for,
has that kaiser"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
What Is the Matter
With the United States !?
by HERBERT y. cAssoN.
In Associated Advertising for December

yards long and full, and Belgium, the
country that was, nothing now Out
10000 square miles of wreckage
Then, when they began TO under
stand, TO some slight extent, the mag,
nitude and awfulness OF this war, !
would say TO them
Now 90 back and appreciate the
United States Realize your oppor'
tunities. Don't start digging trenches
when nobody Is firing AT you. Don
fall down when you have not peen
hit Don't be blind 10 the most glori-
Gus chance you have ever had In your
life.
GO back and advertise, Get ready
for the most tremendous business
boom that any nation ever had. Buiio
your factories bigger. Train more
statesmen. Borrow more money Go
ahead. and thank God that you are
alive and that your family Is awe
and that you are living in land ths'
is AT peace. at a time when nearly
the whole world Is at war"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
Careful Statement.

Two farmers met IN q certain town
a day OF. two after cyclone had visit'
ed that particular neighborhood. i,
"She shook things up pretty bad
out at my place" said one, stroking
his whisKers meditatively.
by the way, H." he added, that
new barn o. yourn got hurt any,"
WAL" drawled the other, Il dunno.
I haven't found 1t yet"-Youth's Com
naniop
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
Tom SAWYER Outdone.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Fields gave an
autumn leaf party to a number OF
young people. in honor of their daugh-
ter Hazeldean's sixteenth birthday 1t
was an enjoyable affair." the guests
bringing rakes with them TO rake the
leaves from the lawn.-Fort Wayne
News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09

having dgarded the clear have
been.
If they they must first be helped
Do by others you would be done by
As is to the individual must help to make It,
part mission it is intention to perform IT WE'LL
must be to bearw others their misorunes.
THE ACT is NOT CoNDONED THAT is FORGIVEN.
strong is there anywhere matter
how vital that through the practice Of charity
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
THEY CEEERED CHAMP CLARK IN
CONGRESS AS THEY SHOULD HA We DONE
Young Man:

Step up something that has
your the world and
the place you shall have a among
your country the of the national house
representatives Washington, and
made amenabe The Times his and told
You all about it, thought ought know about it
thought duty tell warning that
pass along you poisonous and deadly
which will have unless society has awakened and
ed this monster for you
little closer, young man. going tell you how
when national capital and took his
place again Is IN officer of the government
Speaker the representatives in Wash
gOn Monday when member of that body
arose and applauded for minutes
make wish your wish be that
your congress respond people
genuinely did upon this occasion marked by
that had it so much of spirit of whose birthday
we will celebrate again.
As congressman
applauded Champ Clark felt like cheering
mighty doing it.
Because
Washington under the gold the capitol
SAFE they the hands of thorough Americans
WHOSE HEARTS ARE RIGHT.
Bless you young slight suggestion
quiry look but will explain and drive that
going tell something about this big
section of the country where the
have told you about quite domesticated.
Down that there seemed be with
particularly adapted the traffic but these constitutions
and the and the the better him
it always does when challenged
big rallied fOored the many years
cup and the lip met
The members Of the house representatives waiting Champ
Clark something had happened that upon them
congressman BROTHERS. duty performed
by yahearted Americans who calling another
mOuntebank had added periodically But he American the
core"
among congressman political Champ
Clark his party and the opposition party among
he hadoa eduith
whom he had made with quickly turned and bitter repa
There among them they cheered apauded
sentative whose Clark had nsued whose great ambition Clark
had rdiculed only day before part his
These what the feelings of this brother
appeared among them
They knew the the pain and the that had
realization and the place highest the gift
had been given him recognition to party
and country.
They knew this big mans heart; they fight
waged with himself they fight
with himself for greater glory has been
wins this fight than for him who takeh a walled city
They there add the weight brother
who had lost ONLY SKIRM1sH IN A GREAT BATTLE
They WERE there exempy the greatest saving grace
charity forgetting the fault yesterday give man. fellow
brother and fellow statesman courage strength morrow
And it fine and great
This, remember:
The way you go is not yours alone
will find many others down and some
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
From Another
Point of VieU

President Wilson says business is
not 10 be further disturbed, which
gives the chronic knocker a chance
TO pull his favorite observation that
there isn't any business 10 be dis
turbed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
Breaking Il 70 Him.

The engagement OF Miss Margaret
Roesing. daughter OF p. Roesing, OF
this city, has been announced 70 Ar
thur xton.-Evanston (Ill.) News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
bis Honor Lost.

"she ought to drop dead for the
awful lies she's telling" SAID the
plaintiff excitedly. listening to the VII
ness for the defense.
Don't say that" admonlsned the
Judge.
She ought" repeated the plalntiH
Don't say that again?" warned the
Judge.
We'll, won't. but she ought.
Topeka State Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09

This young remember:
The way you 60 is not yours alone
You will find others in it. down and some
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09

Now an Ohio man has blown out the
gas. Nobody home but the story about
the meter and that's going around.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-09
FINE sENTlM EMIT.

Aezekiah Dorskins had slipped
slyly up TO the old oak tree and
through a. knothole that would
permit OF his arm, he reached in
and deposited a note In an en-
velope, addressed 10 his son, Jake,
and sealed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-05
Applicant.
Witncss:
(NaInc)


The residence, age and height of
each voter shall bu recorded opposite
the nnmc OF the applicant on the club
roll
-. Tho secretary bf each ward
club shall, within 48 hours of the re-
ceipt OF an application In the above
form enter tho name of said appli-
cant upon the club roll, provided he
Is satisfied that the application. is bona
flde and his signature Is genuine. II
l,o Is not satisfied OF this, he shall
at once, not later than 48. hours after
It's receipt transmit the application to
the secretary Of the county commit
tee.
10. The county comrlittoe shall
have all Of the names of applicants
whose applications haze been thus
transmitted to It.. together with the
name of tho witness to each applica-
tion published. II shall also call upon
each of said applic~ In said publ
cation to appear Mt IL fixed time ana
place to show why his name should ho
enrolled. All names wi,!c.l the coun-
" committee or any subcommittee
thereof appointed TO- this purpose, ic.
eide are entitled to enrolment shall no
sent back'to tho re ,ective secretaries
and by them ente.. upon tho respec-
tive club rolls.
16. The cour committee shall
give ample OPT. unity within the 60
days during W III the; clun rolls are
filed with the 60 uty auditor for filing
and hearing :nplaints OF the enroll
ment of thor lot entitled to vote In
the approach'ry primary. The name
C0p1 nln}nod tho vuitpaao n fha
plication all tho party complaining,
together WI the time fixed for the
hearing, W ,ch shall not be within
three day. of the publication. shall all
be published In the daily newspaper OF
hat city. I.
II. The county committee, through
n subcommittee appointed 4. for, : that
purpose. shalt; after giving ali oppor-
tunity for answering all complaints,
mako up o challenge list" of thost
In Its Judgment not entitled to vote In
the approaching primary, and shall
flo with the managers O feach polling
precinct 30 many of said NAMES al
shalt appear on the rolls constituting
the registered list or lists at said p0li-
ing precincts. Ono OF the managers
to be doslgnatod by the chairman oi
the count committee, shall challenge
any one offering To vote In any OF soid
names and shall place the ballot in an
envelope. indoraing thereon the nanae
OF the voter and OF himself ard the
ballot shall be kept separate and nos
counted but turned over to to . county
committee a. hereinafter provided in
section 40. g
.le. Tho chairman Of the subcom,
mntes:aboy referred to shall appear
before the county committee ut Ws
hearing on the subject of challenge
have been made with reference to each
maine In which q challenged vote on
the challenge llstr has been caat.
10. The clubs she'll meet IN tho eth
week In April OF each election yEar
tor reorganization on such day and ~
ouch honr as, the county cofnlstttes
anatt -acsormino, due adydrtls fniHRs
. l. -rtlA