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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
SYNOPSIS.

John Variant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor,
which mis- laaner hs
wealth, had failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
1Sr the corporaton HIS entire d o remaining
white bull dog and Dsmory court. neg
lected estate In Virginia. On the way TO
IDamory court he meets Shirley Dahd-
Icides that he is going TO like virginia Inn
mensely shrley's mother. MIS-. D sn,
that the major. Valiants father. and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand Of Mrs; Dandridse In her youth nth.
account in which the former was killed
Valiant finds Damory court. ovcrgrown
with weeds and creepers and docides 70
shirley from the bite Of snake. which
bites him. Knowing the deadliness OF the
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
for the first time that his father left Vir-
gtnia on account OF duel In which Doc
tor Southali and Major Bristow acted as
become good friends Mrs. cambridge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
first time. Valiant discovers that he has
Tournament. a survival of the jousting of
feudal times, Is held at Damory court. AT
the last moment Valiant takes the place
n of t hs knh w Ts0 d is ssf
Shirley cambridge as queen of beauty to
the dismay of Katherine Fargo former
sweetheart who Is visiting In Virginia
draws the elite of the countryside. Shir--
ley is crowned by Valiant as queen OF
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley Of his love
and they become engaged. Katherin,e
Fargo, determining not to give up Vail
ant without a struggle. points out to Shir-
ley how terrible II would be for the worn
an who caused the duel to meet valiant
who looks so much like his father. Shir-
ley, uncertain. but feeling that her moth
er was In love with the victim OF VAIL
ants pistol breaks the engagement
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
WIN Lecture in Amerlo,.

Celestin Demblon. whose books en-
deavor to prove that the plays attrib.
uted to Shakespeare we're written by
Lord Rutland. will come to this coun-
try to lecture on his theory. Ee Is
deputy and professor Of literature at
Brussels university.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
Our Golden Moments.

ITO every man there comes golden
moment"
YES, but the trouble is that few of
us are able when our golden moments
come to copper them"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
CHAPTER xxx.
In the Rain.


Shirley stood looking out at the
rain. 1t was falling in no steady
downpour which held forth promise
of ending, but with a gentle consistency
that gave the hills a look of sudden
discomfort and made disconsolate
miry pools by the roadside. The
clouds were not too thick, however, to
let through dismal gray brightness
that shone on the foliage and touched
with glietening lines Of high-light the
draggled tufts of the soaked blue
grass. Now and then. across the drip
ping fields, fraying skeins of mist wan
dered, to lie curdled In the flooded
hollows where, here and there, cattle
stood lowing at intervals in a mourn
full key
The indoors had become impossible
to her. She was sick Of trying to
read, sick of the endless pacings and
purposeless invention of needless
tasks. She wanted movement, the
cobwebby mist about her knees, the
wet rain in her face. She ran upstairs
and came down clad in a close scarlet
jersey, with leather CATERS and soft
hat.
Emmaline saw her thus accoutered
with disapproval. 'Lawdy-mercy,
chile!" she urged; you amt goin
out? It's rainin' cats en- dawgs!"
I'm neither sugar nor salt, Emma
line," responded Shirley listlessly
dragging on her rain-coat. land the
walk will do me good"
On the sopping lawn she glanced
up at her mothers window. Since the
night of the ball her own panging self
consciousness had overlaid the fine
and sensitive association between
them. She had been full of horrible
feeling that her face must betray her
and the cause of her loss of spirits
be guessed.
Her mother, had, In fact, been
troubled by this, but was far from
guessing the truth. A somewhat long
indisposition had followed her first
sight of Valiant, and she had not
witnessed the tournament She had
hung upon Shirley's description Of 1t.
however, with an excited interest that
the other was later to translate in
the light OF her own discovery. II the
thought had fitted to her that fate
might hold something deeper than
friendship in Shirley's acquaintance
with Valiant, 1t had been of the
vaguest. His choice of her as Queen
OF Beauty had seemed a natural hon.
age to that swift and unfiinching act
Of hers which had saved his life.
There was In her mind more OBJ
vfous explanation OF Shirleys altered
demeanor. Perhaps it's Chilly Lusk,"
she had said to herself "Have they
had a foolish quarrel. wonder7 All,
well. In her own time she will tell
me-"
-
There was some relief to Shirley's
overcharged feelings in the very dis
comfort Of the drenched weather: the
sucking pull of the wet clay on her
boots and the flirt of the drops on her
cheeks and hair. She thrust her dog
skin gloves into her pocket and held
her arms outstretched to let the wind
blow through her fingers. The mole
sure chung in damp wreaths to her
hair and rolled in great drops down
her coat as she went.
The widest. most secluded walks
Sad always drawn har most and she
instlnctiyely chose one of these today.
1t was the road whereon squatted Mad
Anthony's whitewashed cabin. "Dah's
or man gwins look In 5sm eyes, hcnsy.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
What He Wanted.
| can't Sleep

Doctor, cant Sleep"
IL will give you something for your
nerves"
NO, don't want any medicine for
myself, but for heavens sake can't
you let me have some kind of dope
for our baby?"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
A Hundred Years From Now.

,'She comes Of rich and distin-
guished family, believe" N
y Yes. Her greatgrandfather Rad the
moving picture rights at the opening
of the Panama canal"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
Aaka LlttIe Of HImseIf.

'Gadson is a man whose distinguish,
Ing trait is self-approvai."
II understand now why everybody
says he 10 easy to please"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
Miss Mildred KreSs Surprised.

a very enjoyable party was given
at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard Kress in honor of their
daughter, Mildred, on May z. The
guests began to arrive about o'clock.
At late hour all were invited to the
dining room where refreshments were
served.
Those present were: Messrs. and
Mesdames-Leonard Kress, William
Mcclellan Samuel Pittinger; Mes
DANES n. Hesscn, Minnie Graham,
Harry Lambert; Misses-Emma Stul-
Ter BERTHE Brown, Mary Farver, Ad-
die Boone, Bessie Brown. Mildred
kress, Naomi Haines, Lamora Robert
son, Elva Lowell, Gladys Lambert
Hilda BowersoX, Belva Graham, EN-
ma Lambert, Cora Pittinger, Mamie
Kress, Margaret Baker; Messrs.-
Benjamin Waddell, Drescot Lambert
Merle Crumbacker, Carbrey Moore
Earle Lowell, Spurrier Norwood. Patty
Bale, Norris Robertson, Norman Utz
Harvey W.T., Ray Hyde, Moses Haines
Roy Nail, Earl Bowersox, Monroe
Lambert, Herman Haines, Harry
Kress, Earle Pittinger, Clifford Pit
finger, Cleveland Kress.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
Birthday Party For Hilda Lowell.

On May ., the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. w. Lowell, at Finksburg, Md, was
the scene OF pleasant birthday
party, given in honor of their daugh-
ter, Hilda, 1t being her sixteenth
birthday. Plays and games were in
dulged in until late hour when they
were all invited to the dining room
by Mrs. Lowell, where a table was
prepared with fruit and delicacies
tempting to the appetite. After this
All returned to the place OF amuse-
ment- at late hour all departed
for their homes expressing them
selves as having had very pleasant
evening, and wishing her many more
happy birthdays.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
e. w. Lowell, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C.
Lowell, of Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Meckley; Misses-Hilda Lowell,
Maggie Bloom, Goldie Spencer, Edna
Peeling, Dona Lowell, Ethel Brown,
Virginia Armacost, Berkeley Peeling,
Mamie and Edna Lowell, or Balti-
more; Clara Bloom, Annie Smith,
Eunice Brown, Francis Moore, Daisy
Mayhem. Lizzie Barnhart, Gladys
Peeling; Messrs.-Ira Dorsey, Wilbur
Shreeve, Maurice and Charles Dixon,
of Glyndon; Earl Zepp, John Peeling,
John w. French and Harry R. Brooks,
Of Baltimore; William Bush, Elmer
Mayhem, Clyde Green, Claude Arma-
cost, Edgar Barnes, folly Spencer,
Edward Leppo, Earl Spencer, Charles
Smith, and Masters Elwood and Ken
meth Lowell.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
Six To Graduate From Mt. Airy High
School.

The commencement week of the Mt.
Airy High School will be held the first
week in June, and preparations for
the exercises are in full swing. The
baccalaureate service will be held on
Sunday, May 81, at 1890 o'clock in
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Mt Airy, and the sermon will be
preached by the pastor, Rev. Thomas
Hart On Wednesday the junior ora
torical contest will be held in the
High School auditorium
On Friday the commencement prop
er will be held in Masonic Hall. The
address to the graduates will be de-
livered by Rev. NJ. L. Beard, of Thur
mont. There are six graduates, three
in the academic course and three in
the agricultural course. This is the
first year for class to graduate since
the school became an accredited high
school Of the State. with a four-year
course. IL Is also the first class
which has completed the work in the
agricultural department, Of which
Prof. J. X. Smith is the teacher. The
graduates are: Misses
frankie Wetzel, Olive Mount, Lydia
Selby; observation-disclosures Jones
Paul Horn and Victor Kreh.
The alumni banquet will be held on
Monday night, June 5, In the II. 8
auditorium.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
NATION HONORS IT'S HEROES
President Pays Tribute to Men Who
Fell Mt Vera Cruz.

President Wilson's address in New
York was feature Of the ceremonies
held Monday in honor OF the Is sail
Or and marines who fell at Vera
Cruz. The President rode in the pro
cession from the Battery to the navy
yard. Among the marchers were
mounted police, combined bands.
batallions from the Wyoming and the
Texas, naval militia, Spanish war
veterans and other civilian organiza-
tons. The navy yard service was
opened by the playing of a hymn by
the bands and prayer offered by the
Rev. John r. Chadwick Secretary
Daniels spoke briefly and President
Wilson followed. Gen. Horace Porter
then delivered short address and
Rabbi Stephen r. Wise pronounced
the benediction.
At city hall the procession halted
while Mayor Mitchell placed a wreath
on the leading caisson. Here school
children sang a hymn.
A few paragraphs from the Presi-
dents tribute follow:
The feeling that is uppermost is one
Of profound grief, that the lads should
have had to 20 to their death. But
yet i feel a profound pride and envy
that they should have been permitted
to do their duty 50 nobly.
Their duty is not an uncommon
thing. Men are performing it in the
ordinary walks of life; but what gives
these men peculiar distinction is that
they did not give their lives for them
selves, but gave their lives for US be-
cause we as nation called upon
them.
Are you sorry for the lads? Are
you sorry for the way they will be re
membered? 4 hope to God none OF
you will join the list; but If you will,
you will join an immortal company,
and while there goes out Of our hearts
an affectionate sympathy Tor them,
we know why we don't go away from
this occasion with our hearts cast
down, but with confidence that all will
be worked out.
We have gone down to Mexico to
serve mankind if we can find the way
We don't want to fight the Mexicans /;
W. want to serve them.
a war Of aggression il not war i'm
which It j. proud thing to die, but a
war Of service Is a war in which it is
a proud thing to die.
They were not Irishmen, or Ger
mans, or Hebrews when they went to
Vera Cruz. They were Americans,
and no matter where their people
came from, they did the things that
were American.
War is only a sort of dramatic rep
resentation-a symbol Of a thousand
forms of duty.
4 never was in battle or under fire
but fancy it il just as hard to do
your duty when men are sneering al
you, for when they shoot at you they
take your natural life. and when they
sheer at you they wound your heart.
AS l think of these spirits that have
gone from US, know that the way is
clearer for the future, for they have
shown US the way.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
Dogs Do Millions Of DoRars' Worth Of
Damage,

N
In the current issue or Farm and
t1reslde, the national farm paper pub
lished at Springfield, Ohio, Herbert
Quick, the editor, begins an important
series or articles entitled The Dog or
the Sheep. Which," in which he shows
the tremendous damage done to the
sheep industry by dogs. In the course
or his article he reports, as follows,
the testimony of Frank Kleinheinz.
sheep husbandman in the University OF
Wisconsin:
il know positively that many farm
ers sold Off their sheep on account OF
dogs, and that the fear of this injury
tO sheep h. discouraged 10 many
farmers that W. would have at least
nifty per cent more sheep In the State
OF Wisconsin to-day il it were not for
this fact. And it is almost too sad for
me to say that at farmers meetings
where l have been called upon to talk
about sheep-raising in Wisconsin
some of the oldest farmers have got
up and told me that there is no use
talking sheep in their locality-not
because the farmers were not aware
or the profits derived from sheep ON
the farm, but because they could not
afford To raise sheep for dogs to feed
on. I often feel very much discour-
aged and disheartened over the dog
problem in our State Last winter
worked at our legislative session day
and night to get law passed My
bill was passed in the assembly and
senate, but unfortunately was called
up for reconsideration and killed
May the Lord spare me, 50 can get
into the fight again"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
WOcdbine Defeats Stringtown.

The Woodbine Athletic Club de-
feated Stringtown i'm very interest
Ing game by the score OF z to a. The
feature of the game wa the pitching
of Grimm, who famed 16 batters and
allowed but scattered hits, and held
the StringtOwn boys at his mercy all
the time.
L. Grimm also pitched good ball
for the losers, but his teammates fail
to hit in the pinches Stringtown
scored its runs in the first and third
innings by single and a two-bagger
by Il. Grimm and A. Green. The
score was tie until the ninth inning
when R- Grimm smashed out a three
Dagger with men on second and third
and scored OF bad throw DIV Frank
lin to Gartrell.
The score:
Woodbine ......1 0 0 OIL i 0 81
Stringtown .....2 0 2 0 0 90 0 "a
% hits-LL Grimm. A. Green; 3b
hits-R. Grimm, G. Condor; stolen
bases-Condon, j. Grimm; double
plays-to Miller to Brown to Gosnell;
left on bases-Woodbine 6; String
town, 8; first base on balls-off y.
Grimm, 2; Off IL. Grimm-3; struck
out-by y. Grimm, 16; by I'LL Grimm,
l0; time or game ZOO; umpire, ID. c..
Grimm,
Woodbine would like to hear from
teams whose ages do not exceed IL
years. Address Boyd w. Gosnell,
Woodbine, Nd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
Good Roads.

The American people are awaken
ing to the fact that good roads are
Of the highest Importance to the eco
nomic and social developments of the
country. Roads and systems of trans
portation are the articles and veins
.of the body polite. They are the
medium through which the CONNER
clal blood of the nation flows out and
IN, Keeping every part in a healthy
state OF growth. Any locality which
Is not served properly by the common
highways of commerce becomes stag
nant, atrophied and stunted in it's de-
velopment. The rural highways lie
at the base Of all systems OF transpor-
tation, and their Importance should
be measured accordingly. They reach
from every farm to every market.
Over the rural highways pass am
nually the food supplies OF a nation.
Every pound OF export freight must
begin its journey on the rural high
way. Good roads add to the value
of farm lands; they increase the net
return of agricultural products to the
producer by decreasing the cost of
marketing, while they lower the ulti-
mate price to the ultimate consumer
for the same reason; they build up
the local churches and schools, and
add in countless ways To thu attrac-
tons and comforts of social life.
Wealth, health. intelligence, refine
ment and political freedom follow In
their wake.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
Abe Martin on Spring Fever.

In the May American Magazine
Abe Martin, the famous Indiana funny
man, writes an amusing piece about
spring fever. Following IL an g.
tract.
When Teller tits spring fever he
don't rush Il doctor. He knows what
u do. He knows he needs rest an
quiet. He don't pay somebuddy t. tell
him t. cut out coffee an terbacker, an
he don't take t. his bed. He takes t. a
settee or a bread box Spring fever
don't require no dietin' an Their hain't
no habits t. eliminate but workin'. II
TIERS urgent plowin' u be done tn
patient has th' cool hours before TIN
sun rounds th' K of P. hall an after
An sinks magestic'ly behind th' tile
mill.
lin a little town where you don't
have t pay sixty dollars fer cotton
an wool fiber business suit an fifty
dollars per month fer one half o. a
double house, with your choice o. any
three-cent wallpaper, a Teller kin af-
ford t take advantage o. spring
fever"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
College Farmers.

From the Department OF Agricul-
ture there has been issued a bulletin
giving the results OF the recent in
vestigations In three representative
areas of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa,
with respect to the effects of educa-
ton upon the income of the farmers.
OF the farms examined II per cent. OF
the owners or tenants had only a dis
trict school education, is per cent
had high school training and one in
every b was college graduate.
Those with high school education
made about double the income Of
those that had been limited to the
country schools, but it was also
found that those with the higher
education had the further advantages
Of the much larger farms and more
capital to work them with.
The tenant farmers were found to
be better educated as class than the
farm owners. The investigation also
tends to establish the fact that those
who start the earliest to farm make
the most profits"
This leaves ii doubtful whether the
farm boy starting early might not
make an equal income with the col
lege-bred farmer il he had equal
capital and equal land In a defense
of the college agriculturist. however,
Dean Hunt, of the University of Cali
fornia, recently pointed out that he
often has little opportunity to show
the worth of his training. He can
not enter upon his fathers farm, for
that j. occupied, and he has to be-
come tenant Or the employee OF a
rich farmer. IT, starts, therefore,
often with less money than the farm
bred boy, and his success II more In
his education than in his wealth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
MnE. NORD1CA DEAD.
Great Singer Passes Away FMr From
Home.

Nine Lillian NOrdica, the world
famed singer, died at Batavia Sunday
she had been i'll since the steamer
Tasman, on which she was passen-
ger, went ashore on Bramble Bay, in
the Gulf Of Papue, December % last.
Nervous prostration was followed by
pneumonia.
The Tasman was floated in three
days and put into Thursday Island.
There Nine Nordica was placed IN
der the care OF physician, who re-
manned In CONSTANT attendance upor
her until April Al, when she sailed -
Batavia. 1t was against the advice
Of her physician that she made the
trip.
Arriving there. the singer seemed
very i'll but recovered somewhat after
a stay of three weeks. The improve
ment, however, was only temporary
and when a relapse occurred the
physicians gave up all hopes or her
recovery.
It wa the intention or Madame
Nordica when she arrived at Batavia
to sail for Genoa, where she was to
meet Ter husband, George w. Young,
a New York banker. She already had
taken passage for the voyage when
the relapse occurred.
Her admirers ranged from the men
of the Bowery section of New York,
where she had sung at mission meet
ings to the most critical boxhold-
-ers or grand opera houses in all Of
the worlds great musical centers.
The purity of her voice, employed i'm
many tongues, had delighted hun
dreds OF thousands since the day,
forty years ago, she first appeared in
public as soprano soloist at Grace
Church, in Boston.
Her true name was Lillian Norton.
She changed it to the Italian, Nordica,
twenty years later, when she began to
study in Italy for an operate career.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
No More Typhoid I'm the Army.

Typhoid fever has been banished
from the United States Army. In the
entire enrolment or 10000 men i'm
barracks or camps in the United
States, Philippines, China, Porto Rico,
Cuba and Hawaii, there were during
1913 only three cases Of typhoid fever.
Two Of these were new recruits who
developed the disease four or five
days after they enlisted. Only sin
gle case of typhoid fever in an inocu-
lated soldier occurred during the en-
tire year out Of the entire body Of
10000 men. This case occurred i'm "a
soldier in the battalion on duty i'm
China. All three OF these cases re
covered, 50 that not a single death in
the Army during the year resulted
from this disease. When it Is re
membered that typhoid has been for
centuries the most dangerous disease
to the soldiers and that every army,
whether on garrison duty or in the
field. has expected to pay heavy toll
of sickness and death to this disease,
the record of our troops is all the
more remarkable. The disappearance
of typhoid il due directly to typhoid
vaccination, which has been practiced
i'm the Army since 1909. Previous to
the introduction of vaccination the
best record which had been obtained
by sanitary precautions was in 1908,
in which, out of 1852 men, there
were 239 cases of typhoid with "a
deaths. Vaccination, begun in the
Army in 1909, was at first voluntary,
but later was made universal. In
1910, with 81, 434 officers and men in
The Army, there were 198 cases of
typhoid with TIA deaths I'm 1911, with
S2,S02 men in the Army, there were 70
cases and deaths. In 1912. with
SS,478 men enrolled, there were only
81 cases and deaths, while in 1913,
with 90,646 officers and men in the
Army, there were cases and no
deaths, and as has been shown, two of
the three cases were in recruits who
had just Joined the Army. As the
sanitary conditions, food, water and
all the surroundings were practically
the same in 1913 a. i'm 1908, the only
cause for such remarkable record ID
the general enforcement of typhoid
vaccination. These startling and
gratifying facts are from an article by
Major F. F. Russell in a recent issue
of The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
"THE LOCUSTS,"
A Fine Farm situated i'm Freedom
District For Sale.

+ Will selI privately the fine farm
known as THE Locusts" owned BY Mrs.
"a. P. Gordon-Cu cumming md containing
about 208 ACRES. The Mansion House
was burned this spring. the other i'm
provements consist OF tenant house, the
servant house, shop, two bank barns;
wagon shed, barrack and all other nee
essary outbuildings. About 70 Acres
of it is meadow land Water is pump
ed by gasoline engine to the buildings.
Plenty Of fruit, shrubbery, &C. It il
located about a mile from the new state
road and about four miles from Sykes
vile. Possession can be given All once.
Write or call upon
GUY w. STEELE,
Attorney,
july II If Westminster, Md.