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The citizen., 1914-04-24
Frederick DRAWS MOTORISTS.

Because of its historical associations
Frederick has always been a drawing
card for motorists. The roads from Bal
umore and Washington and other lead
ing cities Of the State are excellent. Last
year the national pike, between Freder.
ick and Baltimore was in bad shape, for
it was then that the resurlaclng work was
done. The torn-up roads kept hundreds
of people from Frederick. Now that
Frederick is surrounded by network
bllists come to Frederick by the hun
dreds. II is felt that the crowds will be
much larger this year than last. II the
Improvements on the roads from Freder-
ick to Gettysburg are made the traific
will increase.
The citizen., 1914-04-24
Auto Run to Frederick.

The first run of the season of the
Boumi Shriners' Automobile Club, of
Baltimore. will be to Frederick Sunday,
May 3. 1t is expected that there will be
ments have been made with Proprietor
Cox of the New City Hotel for dinner.
Mr.. Cox plans to have an especially fine
menu prepared, and the dinner will prob
ably be very enjoyable feature Of the
outing.
The citizen., 1914-04-24

No agriculture can rise higher than
the measure of the men who till the
land Hence, the vital necessity of
specially trained men, in this progress
sive age, who shall be able to master
these problems.
The citizen., 1914-04-24
O. o. F. Reunion August 8.

At meeting of the committee appoint
ed TO arrange for the fifth annual reunion
OF the Odd Fellows of Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, West Virginia and the
District OF Columbia at Pen Mar. il was
decided to hold the reunion on Thurs
day, August 6.
Features of the reunion will be address,
es by prominent members of the order,
band concerts and drills by the Patri-
archs Militant and the Daughters of Re-
bekah.
The general committee, appointed by
the grand master of the five jurisdictions,
is composed by the following: Frederick
A. Groom. chairman, Baltimore; c. A.
Geeseman, secretary, Wrynesboro; DR..
E. d. Thompson, treasurer, Washington;
Jesse EW.H Briggs, York, Pa; H. A.
Shaffer Hagerstown; NJ. F. Thompson,
Carlisle; r. L. Gray, Winchester; D. l..
Clayton, Cumberland; r. ID. Beeman,
Harrisburg; E. T. Licklider. Shepherds
town; R. G.. Molesworth, Mount Airy,
and George w. Appleby, Martinsburg.
The citizen., 1914-04-24

In the last year I3.2I4,346 letters ar
rived at theDead Letter Office in Wash
ington, and of these 6.44o, ,o44 we're re-
turned to the senders.
The citizen., 1914-04-24

A Wyandotte hen belonging to Mr..
Francis Raines, Of Wiltshire, England.
has laid 5S8 eggs in the three years that
she has lived.
The citizen., 1914-04-24

China in 1912 exported h$a, 573, 279
worth OF peanuts.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Modsrn Spinster.

She need not be rich, but she must
be perfectly dressed; she need not be
very wise, but she must certainly be
witty. If she is as well equipped with
tact. good health, and good humor as
she is with becoming evening gowns,
has a serviceable knowledge of places
and people, and a certain amount of
bonne volante, she may be as indis-
rensable at dinner parties or in coun-
try houses as the most ornate bache-
lor-man. For the popular spinster
nowadays leads an almost ideal life.
She is free to come and go where she
likes, without asking anyone's leave;
she can choose her own friends, male
and female after their kind she can
entertain at her club, at home or at
restaurants; and she can travel to the
far ends of the earth without anyone
being scandalized. A cynic recently
suggested that the reason why the
modern spinster is often SO genial and
so cheerful Is that she retains all her
illusions about man bright and lus-
trous. At any rate she does not in
dulge in those querulous complaints
which make the society of the married
a questionable joy.-Pitts Dis
patch
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

But by the allpowerful dispensations of Provi-
dence have been protected beyond all human
probability and expectation, for had four bullets
through my coat and two horses shot under me-
yet escaped unhurt, altho death was leveing my
companions on every side of me!
I'VE have been most scandalously beaten by
trifing body of men, but fatigue and want of
time will prevent from giving you the details
until have the happiness of seeing you at Mount
Vernon. GEORGE"
War is not supposed to develop the latent sense
of humor in commanding general, but Washing
toms wit never forsook him. His successful strata
gems were little more than practical jokes raised
to the highest power. They always worked"
and then he waited, laughing in his military
sleeve, while his fat-witted enemies tried to play
his own tricks back on him. Even in his retreats
and escapes from the Brtish-as at Long Island
and before Princeton-he laughed and kicked up
nimble heels in the face of the sursuing enemy.
1t was while his headquarters in Jersey
that Washington perpetrated the great Jersey
joke still perpetuated by so many millions. He
told an English traveller named Weld that he
was never much annoyed by mosquitoes, for
they used to bite through the thickest boot"
When the war was over the victorious com
mander entertained the vanquished general, Lord
CORVALLIS, at dinner, with of the leaders
among the French allies Washington presided.
In calling for toasts, CORVALLIS, with oblivi-
business Of the changed conditions that was truly
English, proposed The King of England" a
subject for high praise
The other guests were in CONSERVATION. Would
the presiding genius, on whose very head King
George had set price resent this nsulto
THE King of England announced the toast
master general raising his glass. The guests
gazed at him. transfxed with establishment
Long may he" continued Washington. Long
may he stay there!'
He pronounced the last two words in stage
whisper, with ashrug and rueful grimace which
made all the company, including Lorn CORVALLIS,
who now saw his mistake, applaud with hearty
laughter and Washington's ready humor had
prevented disagreeable complication.
After the Revolution, Washington was permit
ted the ongcoveted happiness of living peacefully
under his "own vine and fgtree" as he called it
hundreds of times in as many letters 1t is great
mistake to think that his life at Mount Vernon
ed daughter is authority for the statement that
retired general was always full of gayety and
good spirits, surrounding himself with young peo
pies company, enjoying their lively conversation
particularly the jokes" he once said. Nelly
went far as to claim that she found no one
quite so willing to keep pace with her own ex
travagant spirits her dear, delightful old fos-
ter father.
How Washington did enjoy his home when he
was finally permitted to stay there! Mount Yer
non was a Mecca for pilgrims from all over the
world He once wrote to Tobias Lear, Unless
some one pops in UNEXPECTEDLY Mrs Washington
and myself will do what believe has not within
the last 20 years been done by us-that is, to sit
down to dinner by ourselves!"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
MADE USE OF THE SAMPLES
Truthful Traveller Tells Remarkable
Story Concerning Doines Of the
Ostrich In Africa.

Doubtless" said the professor OF
Eatural history, to the returned trav-
eler. you have picked up many
strange bits of information regarding
the animals and birds of the coun-
tries you have visited"
"A few" answered the traveller
"The most interesting thing l ever
heard however, was story | got in
Africa. 1t seems that year or so
ago a representative of a rubber
stamp house went through there and
lost his sample case, containing all
kinds of office stamping apparatus. 1t
appears that some ostriches found his
sample case, broke it open, and swal-
lowed the samples"
81 see nothing odd about that Os-
triches will eat anything"
"Yes; but now every ostrich egg
that is found there is seen to be num-
bered and dated!"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

it has now been six months since took
any medicine at all. / hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. / now feel perfectly well and in
the best of health" - Mrs. AUGUST
W. KoNDNER, 1852 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
Of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, Irregularities, ETC.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (confidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman
and held in strict confidence.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

my Companions. Had we not been very tired, I
am sure we should not have slept much that
night"
The next night he related that they had a good
dinner & good Feather Bed which was a very
agreeable regale"
In describing an Indian war dance he went on,
Some liquor elevating their Spirits put them in
ye Hnmor of Dauncing. Ye best Dauncer jumped
about ye ring in most comcle Manner"
Others of that wilderness gang told story OF
the boy surveyor which he was too modest to
relate about himself-how young George turned
the tables on Big Bear. the willy chief. who in
the habit of holding out his sinewy hand with
seeming friendly intent and saying, Indian fash
ion, "How?" Woe to the unsuspecting white
whose hand Big Bear seized in his terrible grasp,
while he laughed in savage glee at the pale
faces anguished contortions.
Young Washington had been warned in time.
He had huge, strong hand Of his and knew
a trick two that he thought he would like to
try that Indians wiry claw If he could just get
the right hold. His chance came soon enough for
Big Bear, who presented seemingly amicable
paw with an innocent Howl"
The young surveyor seized the Indians hand
with such friendly enthusiasm that Big Bear did
agonizng little dance "in very comca1 manner"
while the spectators both white and red, stood by
and shouted with glee to see the cruel savage
caught in his trap. Never again did Big
Bear show such solicitude for the health of George
At the age of twenty George was the chosen
envoy to carry notice to quit from the gov
OF Virginia to the French commander
camped in the Ohio region. He wrote in his jour-
nal of that expedition concerning the supper given
him by the French and Indians at the fort at Ven
ango
"The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty
plentifully with it, banished the restraint
which at first appeared in the conversation, and
gave license to their tongues to reveal their
sentiments more freely. They told me that it was
their absolute design to take possession of the
Ohio-and by c. they would do it,"
At the French fort, while awaiting the CON-
mandants reply, the young envoy from Virginia
played diplomatic game for the friendship of the
Indians When the French piled the Indians with
liquor, young Washington promised them guns; :;
and the game Of diplomacy, seasoned with savage
sauce went on between the grizzled chevalier, old
in the arts Of war and duplicity, and the young
Virginia major, who possessed common sense and
humor withal.
After the awful slaughter of Fort Duquesne.
into which he had rushed from bed of fever in
vain attempt to save Braddock and his army,
Major Washington was left in command of the
scattered forces At this time he wrote to his
brother Jack" letter. which at least suggests
Mark Twains attitude toward the grossly exag-
gerated' story of his death:
Forth Cumberland, Is July 1855.
Dear Brother: AS have heard since my ar
rival at sNplace, circumstantial account Of my
death and dying speech, take this early oppor-
tunity of contradicting the first and of assuring
you that have not as yet composed the latter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

the law. but his tastes were all in the
direction of literature, and his legal
career was a brief and almost brief
less one. AT eighteen he wrote Let
ters of Johnathan Oldstyle." which
were published in the New York
Morning. Chronicle, newspaper
owned by his elder brother, Dr. Peter
Irving He was only twenty-five when
he wrote the celebrated History of
New York, by Diedrich Knickerbock-
er." From 1915 until 1882 Irving re-
sided In England, where his genius
was fully recognized. Later he re-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

to Missouri. The commodity is the
ordinary corncob pipe. The six facto-
ries produced 2S,171,872 cob pipes in
1912. The factories are located three
in Washington, Franklin county, and
one each in Boonville. Union and
Owensville.
Shipments were made to Canada,
Europe, Asia, South America, Africa,
Australia and New Zealand, not in
cluding the vast quantity sent into ev-
cry state of the union. Not less than
100000 corncobs were utilized for
the output of 2S,171.S72 pipes, allow
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Well, Does n?

France is considering a new method
OF checking her falling birth rate.
Every male head CT a family would
have by this arrangement as many
votes as he represents persons-"two.
If married without children; three,
four, five, etc., if he has one, two,
three children who do not themselves
vote" This adds our informant,
THE British Merical Journal" seems
logical"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

sic which could not be denied. His
first master, Spohr, a German violin
ist, was not much impressed by his
Norwegian pupil, and discouraged
rather than encouraged his ambition.
Bull wounded a German in a duel and
fed to Paris, where he was robbed
of his money and violin, and, deeply
despondent, threw himself into the
Seine, only to be rescued by river
men. A woman who had witnessed
the attempt at suicide provided him
with the means Of continuing his mu-
sical studies, and he soon developed
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

turned to Europe as United States
minister to Spain, and spent several
years in Madrid. In the opinion of
both American and English critics,
Irving has few equals for grace of
style and purity and elegance of die
tion and his works seem destined to
take their place among the great clas-
sizes of the English language.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
Artificial Wood.

French experimenters at work in the
city Of Lyons have just produced an
artificial wood according to the Amer
lean consul at that place. The new
product has been found after years of
study and practical experiments, the
most recent of which have given emf
nently satisfactory results. The pro-
cess consists in Transforming straw
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
OLE BULLS AMERICAN TOURS
Famous vioIinist Was Always Favor
ite in This Country, Where His
Ability Was Recognized.

The first American appearance of
Ole Bull, the renowned Norwegian
violinist, was at the Park theater in
New York 70 years ago on November
25, 1912. Bull was born in Norway in
1910, and his parents intended him for
the church, but from his early child
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
USE 100000 coBs IN PIPES
Peculiar Missouri Industry Output for
the Year 1912 Was Half Mil
lion Dollars.

Millions Of corncobs discarded by
farmers were In 1912 turned into an
available and useful commodity worth
more than half million dollars by
six factories of the state, according
to advance information of the 1912
Red Book of the bureau of labor sta
tistics. The industry is one peculiar
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

as to the relative Importance of the
modern inventions. Wireless tele-
graph received the highest number of
votes; next in order came the aero
plane. the X-ray machine, the automo-
bile, motion pictures, reinforced con-
crete, phonograph, incandescent cleo
trio lamp, steam turbine, electric car.
calculating machine, internal combus-
tion engine, radium, submarine boats,
picture telegraphy, Diesel engine, color
photography, dictograph, dirigible bal
loon, Kodak camera, Welsbach burner,
liquid air, etc.-Pathfinder.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
FIRST TO WIN RECOGNITION
Earliest of American Authors to Gain
the Coveted Praise of Europe
Mas Washington Irving.

The first American author to win
general recognition Of his genius in
Great Britain was Washington Irving,
who died In his seventy-seventh year
at Sunnyside. N. Y. The immortal
humorfst. historian and essayist was
born I'm New York. the son of a native
of Scotland He was educated for
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

into solid material having the re-
slstance OF oak. The straw, after be-
ing cut into small pieces, is reduced
to paste by boiling. Certain chemi-
Gals are then added When the paste
has been reduced to a HOMOGENEOUS
mass it is put into presses, and planks,
beams, laths and holdings of all sizes
are readily made. This new material
can be sawed like natural wood. AS
fuel it emits bright flame and little
smoke. 1t is further said to be adapt
able to the manufacture of match
stems.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

into a genius. His first American tour
lasted two years, and was financial
and artistic success. In 1852 "the
Paganini of the North returned to
America and attempted to plant a
Scandinavian colony in Pennsylvania,
but lost most of his fortune in the
project and returned to the concert
field. He was from the first great
favorite with Americans, and at his
death. which occurred at Bergen, Nor
way, in 1880, was sincerely mourned
by thousands on this side of the At
lantic.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
pawnsbop Refuses AeropIane.

There is no money available in the
French national pawnshops for loans
on aeroplanes. This discovery was
made recently by an airman in the
south of France. With the idea of
saving the expense of garage room
for his machine during the winter he
made a flight with it to the nearest
large town and there sought to pledge
it at the communal pawnshop. The
ecopoalical aviator was informed that
aeroplanes were not included in the
list of pledgeable articles and there
fore no loan could be made.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
lmnortant 40 Mothers
Acconmodatinn A piner.

Patience-What an awful noise
that man at the next table makes
taking his soup.
Patrice-Yes, dear, but he takes it
very slowly, so we can hear the music,
you see, between spoonfuls.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

v eg e table Com
pound did for me.
] suffered dreadful
pains and was very
irregular. / became
alarmed and sent for
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v e G e table Com
pound. / took it reg
ularly until / was
without a cramp or
pain and felt like
another nereon and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

A vote of it's readers taken by the
Scientific American is interesting as
showing what the average opinion is
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DIR. Peery's Vermifuge Dead
Shot" Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

ing two bowls to each cob and figuring
for those which we're wasted in the
process of manufacture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
His Einances

Say. Jack, lend me an x"
That's an unknown quantity with
me, dear boy"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

Unfortunately the peanut politician
doesn't always get roasted.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
this WOMAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Baltimore, Md. -"I am more than
glad to tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20
APE yoIJ coNsrIpArED,

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have
proved their worth for rs years. Test them
yourself now. Send for sample to 372 Pearl
St., New York. Adv
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-20

)STERITY sees stiff. formal pic
ture of Washington standing in the
bow of boat crossing the Delaware
amid floating blocks of ice on that
memorable Christmas night. to
fight the battle which turned the
tide of the revolution in the right
direction But no painter could
delineate the heroism of the actual
coona uie mon warp "a pped-half
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-07
sUMMERFIELD,4; ocALA, 3

Wednesday afternoon the Ocala
baseball team went down to Summer
field to meet the Tigers" in a game
of baseball, which turned out to be
a farce" comedy, in which appeared
one loyal Ocala baseball fan who ac-
cused Jim Johnson, who was umpir-
ing the bases, of betting on the game,
after which he admitted, to use a
tame expression that he did not know
what he was talking about.
The game started off well, and it
looked like it would be a very inter
esting game. Ocala had scored two
runs in the second inning and one in
the third when ball was hit to right
field down the first base line, and was
called fair by Johnson. The ball hit
at least two feet inside the line, but
when it stopped rolling in right field
it had curved out, and it was at this
stage of the game that this loyal fan
made the statement of the umpire
having a bet. Brown, who had scor-
ed on the hit, went back to third,
where he died.
In the next inning after play was
resumed the Tigers" took advantage
of balloon ascension and tied the
score.
The game remained a tie until the
eighth inning, when the Tigers
made one run off Harris, who was
then pitching for Ocala.
Alvarez and Hill of the Brewster
team We're the battery for the "Ti-
gers" but Hill had to retire in the
first inning, after getting his hand
badly hurt. Alvarez pitched a good
game, and it was his good work that
helped the Tigers to win.
Burford, who was pitching for
ocala, was doing very well until the
fourth inning, when he was. seized
with stage fright
Several of the Ocala players pulled
off some bones" in base running.
which probably lost them the game.