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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11
CANADA CLOSES ALL
HER EASTERN PORTS
Prevents Ships Sailing
and Gives No Reason
for Rigid Precaution.

Ottawa. Aug. l0.-The reply of mill
tary authorities here TO inquiries for
the reasons Of the closing Of the ports
of Montreal, Quebec and Halifax
leaves it to be inferred that they are in
possession of information which 1t it
not considered wise to make pubic.
They would not say so, however, in so
many words.
A high official said that from time to
time certain information was received
pointing to the necessity of precaution-
airy measures, and that action in such
cases had to be taken without giving
reasons. The ports, he said, were not
actually closed, though vessels were
forbidden TO sail. The order might not
be maintained for longer than a few
days.
Owing to the rigid restriction on
news of all strategic moves, 1t is dlfh-
cult to obtain explanations of orders
issued from military headquarters.
Halifax. y. S, Aug. 1O.-Naval Off
Gals announced to-day that no ships
now in port will be allowed TO sail un-
Til further orders. Any British ships
arriving off the harbor will be conveyed
in after the regular examination. once
in port they will not be allowed TO
leave.
Custom house officials have been or
dered not to clear any more vessels.
One vessel was given her clearance
papers this morning, but these were
hastily recalled.
Several coastwise ships now in port
will be affected. Fishing vessels and
others from ports along the eastern
and western shores are not permitted
to go out.
Toronto, Aug. 9.-The first detach-
ment for the cruiser Niobe, fifty-one
ex-members of the British navy, left
to-day for Halifax Most Of them are
first class stokers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11
MARSHALL SAFE IN FRANCE
American Chess Player Ar
rives at St. Malo, Is Report.

That Frank J. Marshall, the United
States chess champion, who was IN
Mannheim, Germany, playing in the
international tournament when the war
broke out, is in good hands and being
we'll looked after was made evident
Yesterday when cable message
reached Mrs. Marshall in Brooklyn say
ing that her husband was heading Tor
St. Malo, in the north CT France, ,where,
NJ leo Nardus. the artist and well
known chess patron, has his country
seat. =,
The cable message was signed by NJ.
Souget. secretary Of NJ. Nardus, who
lives in Amsterdam. From this it is
urmised that Marshall succeeded in
making his way north to Holland. Once
in France, he must necessarily await
his turn for the opportunity to obtain
passage back home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11
NAVY STRICTLY NEUTRAL
Withholds News of English
and German Ships in Pacific.

San Diego, Cal, Aug. 10.-Strict Sc
crecy regarding the movements Of the
British and German warships off the
Lower California coast was maintained
by the officers and crew of the L. S. S.
Glacier. which arrived in port to-day
from Mazatlan. Captain Tozer de-
clared he had nothing 70 say, and init
mated that any member of the crew
disobeying the order not TO talk would
be subject 10 court martial.
1t is believed here that the Glacier
GIFTED ships Of both squadrons in the
vicinity of Magdalena Bay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11
PARIS FINDS SPIES
IN WOMEN'S DRESS
Every Possible Disguise Used
by German Emissaries-Ar-
rests Made Hourly.
vf~c nDICI
BY JULIUS PRICE.
fspeciai Correspondent Of The New York
Tribune and London STANDARD. y


Paris Aug. 1O.-Arrests Of spies n
Paris are almost hourly occurrences.
A big motor car. wanted since Friday,
was captured at Coulommiers with
seven German occupants who were car
rying explosives after an exciting
chase.
In another case cyclist caught a
man on telegraph pole cutting the
wires. When challenged the man drew
r revolver, but was instantly shot.
A man disguised as a priest was dis
ooTored AT Mont Lugon placing dyna-
mite under a bridge.
AT Tours a German was found at
tempting 10 blow up the railway bridge
He was saved with difficulty from
Iynching and was handed over 10 the
court martial, by whose orders ne was
shot.
Others caught were dressed as
women, postmen or soldiers. Every
possible, disguise seems TO be used.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11
No Money Orders to Austria.

Washington, Aug. 1O-Postal money
order service with Austria was sus-
pended to-day by the Postoffice Depart
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11
WILL HISTORY REPEAT
OR REVERSE THE
WAR OF 1870?

August 10, 1s7O.-Strassburg invest
ed and. Lichtenberg captured by
the Germans.
August 10, 1914.-Altkirch captured
and passes of the Vosges occu-
pied by the French.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-11

Glasgow, Aug. TO- American and
Canadian tourists numbering over one
thousand who are stranded here owing
TO suspension Of the sailing Of steam
ers from Glasgow held meeting to-
night at which John n. McCunn, the
American Consul, presided. A COM
mittee was appointed to register the
names Of the refugees and render them
financial assistance when needed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
Sneezinu,

ut is worth remembering" says
the Woodbury. Reporter, that a sneeze
may always be suppressed by firm
pressure on the nose shutting off the
wind" 1t is better worth knowing
and remembering that though sneeze
may take the form of an unseemly dis
turbance of dignified occasion, 1t is
too beneflcent provision of nature
TO be suppressed.
The Greeks, we know, accepted @
sneeze as a favorable omen. For a
long time we called them superstitious
and laughed at them for thinking so
If we use our modern knowledge as to
nature and purpose of a sneeze, we
shall stop calling them superstitious
and deem them prophets Physi
ologically considered, sneeze is q
spontaneous action by which nature
elects a foreign substance, such at
dust, from the sensitive nasal pas
sages In these days we are coming
to understand that what we used t.
think merely irritating dust Is often q
compound of many harmful germs. Let
alone, they enter the human system
and do injurious or deadly work
Elected by a sneeze-they are often
passed on to somebody else.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
MAKING Capital.

The New Reporter going to the
telephone and ostentatiously starting
the machinery Hello! Central!
Let me have 2745 c, please. "a pause
You Giddy little thing! No. said
twen.ty-seven. Twenty.sev- Hello!
Is that 2745 C.? Is Mr.. Safgertees De
voy In the Office? viii you tell him
that Mr. Jefferson McAddister would
like to speak with him? Yes, that's
the name. McAddister, journalist
The other reporters listen in awe.
struck silence)
The New Reporters this really
Mr. Dewey? My name is All. you
recognize my voice? You perhaps re.
member that | interviewed you yester.
day. What's that? Best report? Oh,
thank you You're very kind. ] tried
to make It SO. Has anything turned
up In regard to that case since noon
Well, sorry to trouble you. Eth? Din.
FER? You're extremely kind. At
Sherry's? What? And bottle? (Surg.
ing interest in the entire staff IT,
awfully kind Of you. Well, say Tue
day, at eight. But really +
City Editor lin his everyday voice.
i have some work here, McAddister,
when you are quite through talking
TO yourself. That telephone has been
disconnected since morning.-Puck
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08

out joint or crack in the whole area
covered. 1t is impervious to water;
moisture cannot pass down through 1t,
nor can ground damp pass up. 1t can
be worked into forms required in such
places, and 1t wears well. A further
advantage is its comparative cheap
ness. Another is the effective resist.
ance that it gives to rats; these un.
firing "sappers and miners" are non.
plussed when faced by a well-laid con
crete floor.
Open channels alone are permissible
in the buildings we are dealing with
covered drains can never be kept SAM
tary in these places-not, at any rate,
under the treatment 1t is found practi
cable to bestow upon them there
Here, again, concrete comes to the
front sn account of the regularity and
smoothness of outline it is possible to
give them in that material. A con.
crete channel can be effectively swept
or scraped with ease, and bucket or
two of water swilled along it's course
will leave 1t comparatively sweet and
clean.
Limitations Of Concrete.
But while concrete is eminently well
adapted for flooring the parts of farm
buildings that are label to be soiled
BY the tied-up animals, it is not so well
suited for their stalls or lairs. 1t is all
right as regards smoothness, but 1t
seems to be too cold for both cows
and pigs to lie upon unless abund.
ance of bedding or litter is at the dis
posal of the attendants. When heavy
horses come 1t is hardly durable
enough; the pounding of their iron.
bound heels are too much for concrete
The passages and channels of the
three places we started with can have
no better flooring medium than con
crete, but something a little warmer
and less unyielding Is required fol
both cows and pigs to lie upon. Horses
might be left to take advantage of its
smoothness were it more durable
against their heels, because they usu'
ally have more bedding afforded them
and they have less time to lie down.
Brick Pavement
Makes very suitable floor for the
cows stall, and it answers equally
well for the pigs bed. Well shaped
building bricks laid on a bed of lime
or cement serve the purpose admira.
bly,. The cows can never soil Their
stall floors, provided the building is
arranged to meet their requirements;
neither do the bigs mess their sleep
ing place provided it is kept clear OF
the rest of the floor space. At this
rate there is not much likelihood o.
the soil beneath the brick pavement
ever getting contaminated by excretal
matter, even when the bricks are sim.
ply bedded on sand or ashes and are
not grouted. But when bedded on
Ilime and grouted with cement firm,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
/, found that

method is adopted it will be found that
the pigs rarely mess these plat
forms" When feeding they void ex
crement enough, but then it falls on
the concrete floor between the trough
and the raised bed. The liquid matter
escapes either underneath or round
the troughs into the channel along
side the passage; and the solid matter
can easily be removed from where II
fell with shovel or scraper, without
leaving much trace behind 1t. The
feeding troughs are of a glazed fire
clay. They are low in front, but have
high sloping backs, tending outwards
into the passage, over which projec.
ton the food can easily be tipped from
bucket or ladle. Cross-pieces from
front to back keep each snout from
boring from right to left In the trough
The high back of the troughs help to
make out the front barrier of each di
vision or pen. Iron rods stretched
above these, as the section shows
complete 1t effectually, while they ad
nit of a clear view of the place. Il
5implifies matters when doors to the
pen can be dispensed with at the
passage side and be put in the bacl
wall instead. This affords increased
trough space, and is otherwise con.
venient enough. The semisolld ex
creta can be easily removed by the
back, concrete barrow track being
carried along one end OF the platform
to the doorway, If so wished, but Il
narrower strip will serve. A run OF
water from one end OF the house to
the other will do the rest of the clean
ing effectually. The efIluent will cas-
lily repay the cost of tank placed
where such can be conveniently inter
cepted. The figures, it must be borne
in mind, are suitable only for small
ish pigs; for larger animals they must
be increased proportionately. Light
ed and ventilated as advised for the
cowhouse, a place such as the above
merits the nj me OF pighouse in place
Of pigstye.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
FEW REASONS FOR LAUGHTER
English Physician Advances Opinion
Which Many Will Be Slow to
Indorse.

An English physician, Doctor Nc
DouGal, has advanced an entirely new
theory as to the cause and reason for
laughter. He starts with the admitted
fact that we laugh easily when a man
sits down on his own hat, or does
some other equally painful thing. 1t is
difficult for us to restrain our risibili-
ties when a person tumbles down,
even though in the next moment We
may be very sorry for the hurt that he
or she has suffered.
From these instances the doctor
concludes that laughter is really an
invention of nature to serve as an an
tidote to sympathy. which is painful.
II we could not laugh, we would cry
much more frequently, and the nerv-
GUS excitement would be most baneful.
But when we laugh the circulation Is
increased, the respiration is deepened
and the system is generally toned up.
If we did not laugh we would become
so depressed in the course Of short
time that death or insanity would SUI
pervene.
The smile and the laugh, he holds,
are different, even in kind. for he
points to the fact that babies smile
when three weeks old, but do not
laugh until they are at least three
months old or more. II thiA bbe true,
1t will change the views of many psy-
biologists. who have long believed
that smiling was only the earliest
manifestation of visibility, and that
1t flowed from a sense of well-being.
If laughter be the antidote to sym
patty, we must always laugh at and
never with any one which is hardly
likely to prove true. The doctor may
be keen observer, but he will hardly
be credited with any great psycholog'
ical power for every one else would
be wrong and he alone right
II he be correctly reported, he has
omitted much tina: goes to make up
laughter, which is not always the re.
suit of trying to avoid pain. In fact
it is much more frequently sympa.
thetic act. and is we'll known to be an
initiative action. for we often laugh
when others laugh.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
Very Simple.

The great detective climbed through
the kitchen window, followed by his
faithful assistant
"Ah!" he exclaimed, surveying the
surroundings, Il find that his wife is
away"
How long has she been awayT'
asked his ally.
Exactly 80 days"
And how on earth do you know
that"
by the unwashed dishes and cups
and saucers. There are 80 of each in
all, which shows that he used three
a day for 30 days, and left them for
her to wash when she comes home
same as we all do. Simplest thing
in the world"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
GOOD FARM BUILDINGS
Materials for Cow Houses, Sta.
- bIes and Pigstyes.
Floor Of Structure Intended for Ac
commodatlon Of Live Stock Should
Be Impermeable and Non-Ab-
sorbent as Possible.
CBy w. R. GILBERT.)

Since the introduction of Portland
cement concrete as hoor-laying ma
terial there has been no excuse for un.
!, comfortable and inefficient floors at
the homestead. To be efficient, the
floor Of a house intended for the &C
Acommodation of live stock must to as
great degree as possible be both i'm.
permeable and non-absorbent. If 1t be
neither, it viii be liable to become Of
fensive itself, and will lead to the
same condition in the soil upon which
1t lies as we'll. Flagstones of good
quality and finish and flooring tiles
may reach high standard in these re-
spects. but unless they are very care
fully jointed liquid matter will leak
through the seams and polute the soil
underneath. If with such as these it
is difficult to keep the subsoil whole
some, it need never be attempted with
irregularly finished slabs, far less
with small boulders, as paving stones,
Concrete can, however, be laid with
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
Mothers' Pensions.

Criticism of the mothers pension
law during the first few months of its
operation may very easily be prema-
ture and unfair. The fact that counties
are finding the payment of these pen
sons burden may account for a
great deal of 1t. This, however, does
not disturb the fact that the law was
passed in response to an alleged pub
tic demand, after full discussion Tho
frequent statement Is made by coun'
ty officials that the law opens the
door to fraud and improvidence. The
same statement was made regarding
the industrial insurance law. The
same criticism is characteristic of al
most all effective legislation of &
paternal character. II is not the
fault, however, of the law that at
tempts are made to impose on the
generosity or bounty OF the public
pursc-Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08

from the stable. There Is never SO
much urine from horses rs from the
cows, however; but Their Ais usually
more fall given in the 81 of the sta
bles than in those of cowhouse,
and the stances for the teldings have
to be floored in such a way that the
stalings may be readily concentrated
and led to the gutter. 1t is some
times necessary, however, to make
use of short lengths of these.
Fig. 2 represents the cross-section
of a good
Double cowhouse.
The cows face the walls, their beds
or lairs being feet inches long
from the wall to the edge of the
grip" The beds are almost level in
this direction. They have more or less
incline the other way, in accordance
nth the general rake of the building,
but as little as can be given. A glazed
ilre-clay trough sits on the floor in
front of each cow. The troughs are
kept back from the wall about the
breadth of a brick, so that the ami
mails, when in the act of using, may
not damage their horns against the
wall. The grip" is 81 inches broad,
inches deep at the side next to the
cattle stances and from 3 inches to 4
inches alongside the central passage.
The bottom of the grip" has dip of
IL inches from the one side to the
other, and lengthwise as much fall as
will quickly lead fluid matter to the
outlet provided for its discharge. II
sometimes happens that the cowhouse
may be too long to admit of the chan
nels being run continuously or on the
same grade the whole length Of the
building. Were the floor in general
given a good rake or incline from
one end to the other there would be
no difficulty in giving a fairly long
stretch to the grip" Its conforma-
ton and smoothness enable 1t to clear
itself quickly of liquid matter. But as
we have indicated, it is not advisable
to give a building of the kind much OF
O hang lengthwise, else the COWS will
have tilt that way when lying. Their
level as is practicable from wall to
grip" and this holds good with re
gard to their cross-section, too. 1t will
be noticed from the figure that the
passage up the center of the cowhouse
is little lower than the COW stands
on each side. This is in order to give
the COWS a better position when crit
les are about. The travises or dlvi'
sions between stalls are of concrete
and between three and four inches
thick. Each stall, we need hardly add
holds two cows. A cowhouse, finished
as | have been describing, and proper
ly ventilated, does not call for much
improvement, one would think.
The cross-section of
A Double Pigstye
Is represented in Fig. 3. Concrete Ia
again much in evidence, as will be
seen. The beds are of brick, however
They are raised a few inches above
the general floor level. Where this
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08

BEAD carefully as important changes
haa 9en made.
Leate Baltimore, pier 3, Light street
wharf, weather permitting) at bp. m,
every Monday, Wednesday, and Sat
urdry for the following river landings
Alexandria and Washington:
Baltimore, 3 pm. Miller's, Broomes'
Porto Bello, Grason's; Coan, 8 a. m.
Bundick's, Lakes, Walnut Point, Cow
arts, Lcwisctta, Kinsale, Lodge, Mum
dy's Point, .Cintra, Piney Point, 10 a.
M, Leonardtown, II noon; Abell's,
Cobrums, Stones, Bushwood, Lancas-
ter's, p. m, Riverside, Liverpool
Point, Glymont, Alexandria and
Washington.
:: Stops only on Signal.
Leave Washington, Seventh street
wharf, weather permitting), p. M,
every Monday, Wednesday and Sat
urday for the following river Landings
and Baltimore:
Washington, Alexandria, 445 p. IN.
GIymont, Liverpool Point, Riverside,
BushwOod, Lancaster. Cobrums,
Stones, Leonardtown, 8 a. M, Abells,
Piney Point, 'Cintra, Lodge, 10 a. M,
Mundy Point, Kinsale, IL noon; Coan,
Bundick's, lakes, Walnut Point, Cow
arts, kcwisetta, Miller's, 4 p: m,
Grasop's, up. M, Broome's, Porto
l}cllo, q ,. M, Baltimore.
:; Stops only on Signal.
Arriving in Baltimore early Wednes-
day, Friday and Monday mornings.
Special Notice; The extra steam
or leaving Baltimore on Saturday and
arriving on Tuesday, Is Withdrawn.
Freight received daily in Baltimore
on sailing days until 4'p, m,
This timetable shows the time which
steamers may be expected to arrive Az
and depart from th6 several Whapyes,
but their arrivals or departure pt the
lines stated is not guaranteed, nor
does the company hold itself response
BILE for any delay or any consequences
arising therefrom.
WILLARD THOMPSON, Gen'l. Mgr.
REARDoN & GRIMES, Agent.
Telephone so, Alexandria, Va.
STEPHENSON IL Bro, Agents,
Telephone 745, Washington, ID. @.
r. MURDOCH, Gen'l. Frt & Pas. Agt.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
EGGS EXTREMELY NUTRITIOUS
Contain All the Elements Required for
Building Up and Support Of the
Human Body.

Hens eggs contain so per cent
water, 16 per cent. protein, 33 per
cent. fat.
Ducks eggs, 46 per cent. water, II
per cent protein, SO per cent. fat.
Goose eggs, A per cent water, 10
per cent. protein, 36 per cent. fat.
Turkeys eggs, 48 per cent. water,
IS per cent. protein, 33 per cent. fat.
Protein, as lie generally known, is
the substance that goes to make mus
Gle and blood. Fat. of course, is fuel
for running the body-machine. Thus,
It will be seen, eggs, though half or
nearly half water, are extremely
nutritious. containing all the elements
required for the building up and sup.
port of the human body.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
Twas Up TO Her,

Mr. and Mrs. Nagg were visiting
friends in Brooklyn, and several times
were importuned to visit, before they
left, Greenwood cemetery, called the
most beautiful burial grounds In the
country.
But one thing or another hIndered
and as their visit drew to close, Mrs
Nagg said: Henry, when are you go
ing to take me to the cemetery"
Mr. Nagg, who had not yet recov.
cred from the effects OF scolding ad.
ministered not long before, moodily
replied:
With pleasure. my dear, whenever
you're ready"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
Woes In the "MovleD Rualness. roc

Downtown theatrical managers who
have to deal with jealous actresses
and fussy stars, and exercise diplom-
acy Thousand times a day, need not
haven't troubles of their own, says
the Kansas City Star. In all my ex-
perience in the show business" re-
marked the manager Of motion pic
ture place on Thirty-frst street, Il
never had such a time as / had last
night. l have two machines. One Of
them lost the governor belt, the other
snapped tension; three keys on the
piano stuck, and the trap drummer
broke the head of the sna1 drum"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-08
Dairy Calf Often ovsrIooknd.

Many dairymen ana farmers fail t.
appreciate the great importance OF
spending thought and feed in the de
velopment OF the dairy calf during
the first six months of Its life.