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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12
War!
James Logan Mosby.

| was conceived in passion, hatred,
envy, and greed, born in the morning
OF antiquity, and have genealogy
whose every page drips with the red
blood OF murdered innocence. j re
spect neither the feebleness or gray
hairs, the helplessness OF infancy,
nor the sacredness OF virtue, and
walk. iron-shod, ruthlessly and i'm
partially over the form OF the weak
ling or the form Of the giant
/ paint the midnight skies lurid
glow from the burning homes / have
ravaged, and l turn peaceful scenes
OF rural beauty, where Gods own
creatures dwell together in amity,
into a. raging hell. set neighbor
against neighbor in deadly combat,
and I incite the brother to slay his
brother
| make puppets OF kings, princes
of paupers, courtiers of courtesans,
and thieves OF respected subjects.
and empires melt before my breath
al does mist before the morning sun
light.
1 make of religion fanaticism; the
heather i make fiend incarnate;
and OF all men l make playthings de-
void of reason and justice. Through
intrigue I make the intelligent
powerful, the INSCRIPTIONS wax fat
on the spoils of blood-won victories
gained by others, and the less learned
suffer for their own ignorance.
Famine, want, and misery follow
in my path; l lay waste green fields
and still the hand OF industry. I pill
age the land Of its resources but con-
tribute nothing Of benefit to man
kind, leaving pestilence to stalk
ghostlike in my wake and complete
the work of destruction. i lay a
heavy tribute upon my most loyal
subjects for the maintenance of my
establishment; I squander the vital
ity and lives of those who serve me
faithfully, vet return to the world
nothing but ruin and ashes. The
baubles of fame confer on some are
the empty shells OF false standards
wherein the license to commit
murder and rapine il held to be the
insignia OF glory by mistaken civil
ization.
+ can offer no excuse for my nav
ing come into existence, nor can
give one plausible reason why !
should not cease to be, other than
that so long as men who WELD in
fluence are permitted to crafty their
selfish desires and ambitions at the
expense Of the many who must carry
the burdens and endure the suffer-
ing, that long will I continue to exact
my toll or sorrow, devastation, and
death. For I am pitiless-devoid Of
all feeling; fear neither man nor
God; I am amenable to no law and
I am in myself the law and the last
resort.
AM WAR;
1.-THE foregoing won the $500 prize
offered by Life.l
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12
Good TiIth.

Soil that Is heavy to pillow, that
holds water and dries with big
cracks il despair OF the farmer. IL
takes three things to do any good with
it in ordinary farming. First, hard
work in blowing; second, more work
in repeated rolling and narrowing;
third time, which means work again,
in cuItivating. And, even then, a
satisfactory mulch that holds mois-
ture in drouth, is barely attainable.
Such land is discouraging in a wet
season and equally SO i'm dry one
But, there is an effective remedy and
one that costs less than the extra
labor or two seasons. That remedy
is soil flocculation or correcting the
sickness of clay by a chemical
which counteracts it. Flocculation in
agriculture is accomplished econo-
mically only by quicklime. Nothing
else takes its place, and when thor
oughly done, it lasts. In this case,
there is little danger Of overliming
for the quicklime attacks the clay in
preference TO the humus.-By Karl
Langenbeck Of the Lime Service
Bureau.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12
Senator Smiths lit l. = follows:

Senator Smiths list IL a. follows:
Income Tax Agent. Hubert
Wade, BoOnebOro.
Office Deputy, Joseph L. Wickes
Baltimore.
Field Deputy-John NJ Roberts.
Westminster.
Four Deputies-DennisI 2. Hayes
Baltimore; Thomas Durkin, Balti-
more; J. Sewell Thomas, Baltimore,
and Raymond w. Boston, Berlin.
Those recommended by Senator Lee
are as follows:
Income Tax Agent-D. G. Gilbert
Hagerstown.
Office Deputy. Nathan Deane,
Belair
Field Deputy r. Lee Manning, Ac-
cokeek.
Six Deputies. IT. J. Brown, Prin-
cess Anne; Calvin Hicks, Gambrills;
Andrew !. Wright, Baltimore; John IT,
Dawkins, Island Greek; Basil Dorsey,
Woodbine, and Charles V. Anders,
Middletown.
Since sending In this list Senator
Lee has withdrawn the name Of one
and perhaps two or his friends, but
he has not stated who lost out. He
did this after learning that Senator
Salisbury had been given two ap-
pointments for which the junior
Maryland Senator had proposed
names.
IL f. quite possible that Secretary
McAdoo will send for the Maryland
Senators upon his return and after
indicating to them that a division Of
these Offices between them will be
made propose that each Of the Sena-
tors pick out the names which they
might wish favored.
&C all events, 1t seems that the State
is soon to receive a few plums from
the Administration basket. Under the
law the income tax officials are named
by the Secretary Of the Treasury
without reference to the President or
to the Senate. Once appointed, there
fore, these officials will be able to go
to work without the formality OF a
Senate Observation-Disclosures Sun.
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FrankIin,s Pursuit Oh Humility.

BENJAMIN Franklin's story OF how
ILL., endeavored to acquire the grace or
humility is very amusing and truly
Franklinian in its instructiveness. -
says that he had long practiced ms
famous u virtues, drilling himself 10
each one in turn, round and round
the years. Then a Quaker friend in
formed him that he lacked humility.
He was oYerbearing in talk and SEEM
ed always to wish not only 70 pc
right but to force his conclusions Oh
others. So he decided to include
humility i'm the list OF particular
qualities that he ives striving TO &C
duire. He confesses very na1vely
that he IL not sure that he ever &C.
tanned a very great measure OF 1t
inwardly, but that doing some vlo-
lence 10 his natural inclinations ne
did succeed in gaining an outward
conformity to his IDEAL He made Az
a rule always ito forbear all direct
contradiction to the sentiments Of OH
ers," and 'all positive assertion OF
his own. He even forbade himself 10
use the words undoubtedly and cer-
tainIy, but to say only, II apprehend
or II imagine" or so It appears 70
me ut present"
When wishing to controvert anoth-
er he would say that under some con-
d.tions his opponent would doubtless
be right, but in the present case there
seemed some difference, etc lie soon
found the advantage that this change
of manner meant to him All nls con
yersations went more pleasantly Inc
modest way in which ne proposed
opinions procured for them reaoler
reception and less contradiction. lie
had less modification" when he was
proved. to be wrong and more easily
prevailed on others to give up their
mistakes and join with MIN When -
happened to be right.
He concludes the question in hls
autobiography as follows: 10 this
habit (after my character OF lnlegriIyl
II think it principally owing that had
early ~ much weight with my fellow
citizens when I proposed new 1nstltu-
lions or alterations i'm the old ana 20
much influence in public councils
when / became a member; for ! was
but a bad speaker, never eloquent,
subject to much hesitation In my
choice Of words, hardly correct In
Language, and yet I generally carried
INV points. In reality, perhaps. no
one Of our natural passions is SO hard
to subdue as pride. Disguise it, strug-
lie with it, beat 1T down, st1ne ~,
mortify it as much as one pleases, 1t
is still alive, and will every now ana
then peep out and show itself; you
will see it often, perhaps, even in this
history; for even il I could conceive
that I had completely overcome it
should probably be proud Of my
humility. christian Science Monl-
TOR
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12
COL. AYIRETT DEAD.
Cumberland Editor Victim OF Heart
Disease.

Colonel John W. Avirett, editor and
proprietor of the Evening Times and
Alleganian since 1854, died suddenly
on heart disease last Friday at his
home in Cumberland.
Colonel Avirett had not been well
recently, and, although he was at his
desk al usual Thursday, it was noticed
ne was i'll. He was prominent ia all
public affairs in Cumberland for years
and knew intimately all men Of prom
inence in Maryland.
Besides his widow he leaves one
daughter, Miss Donnell Dunbar Avi-
rett, and two sons, John Williams and
James Alfred Avirett-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12

a minister, spending a holiday in
the north or Ireland, was out walking.
and, feeling very thirsty, called at a
farmhouse for drink OF milk The
farmers wife gave him q large bowl
of milk, and while he was quenching
hi thirst number of pigs cot round
him. The minister noticed that the
pigs were very strange ira their man
ner, 50 he said:
MY good lady, why are these pigs
10 excited2"
The farmers wife replied, Sure,
its no wonder they are excited, sir |;
it, their own little bowl YOU are
drinking out Of Philadelphia Rec
ord. yl&
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12
HORSES AND MULES.

% Will receive at myN
@ stables on East Chest M
%$nqt Street THURS 49,
DAY, JUNE Ill, 1914. Cby Express
Horses for retailing or exchange. Broke
and green mules on hand at all times.
IT. A. SMITH,
Jne . Hanover, Pa.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

hold the rollers in the notches. Nail
boards B to the two ends of the box
with the front edges projecting about
an inch beyond the front edges of the
box, and with the pair Of roller peck
cts in the upper board directly over
the pair in the lower board.
Broom-handles, curtain-poles, or any
other wooden sticks that you can find
are needed for the rollers D. Cut
them of the right length so their tops
will stick several inches above the
top board B when they are placed in
their pockets Gig. g.. A diagram of
a roller is shown in Fig. 4, and a de-
tail Of the crank for turning it is
shown in Fig. 5. For the crank Gig.
81 fasten a thread spool (E) to the
end of a short stick (F), and then nail
the upper end of the roller to the end
of the stick. The nails G Gig ~
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
For Handy BouS and
Girls 10 Make and Do
BY A. NEELY HALL.
A HOME MOVING PICTURE SHOW

A HOME MOVING PICTURE SHOW.
The fun of the little moving picture
show commences the minute you be-
gin work upon it, and it lasts as long
as you want it to because there are
always new pictures to plan and make.
The very first thing to prepare Is
the support for the picture screen"
for which you will need a box. Al
most any kind Of a grocery box will
do. approximately IS inches wide and
2 feet long Remove the bottom boards
Of the box Gig. u for a doorway
Then cut a piece Of cardboard long
enough to reach across the top of the
box from side to side CA, Fig p. Cut
an oblong opening in its center as
shown and tack to the box edges in
the position shown in Fig. 6.
The upper and lower boards 3 sup
port the picture rollers D. Make them
about IL inches longer than the width
of the box, and with a saw cut Inch
square notch in opposite corners, as
shown Figs. and Z. These notches
form pockets for the picture-roller
ends to set in, and the strips c Gig.
-, nailed to the edges Of boards B
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

or OF the rose into strong, rich Iuiier
and make it an important color note
OF the costume.
There is a deal of skill and some
coquetry in the placing of corsage
flower. and no woman who is not DOS
tive about her artistic instinct should
attempt an effect that may possibly
spoil her whole costume.
Huge punches of luscious looking
Concord grapes, with one or two
green leaves clinglng to the stem, are
particularly fashionable as corsage
decorations, and the the very lost
note from Paris
These grapes have misty purplish
color-exactly like Concord grapes
with the morning dew still on them.
and they are charming with gowns Of
gray tint.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
NINE. MERRPS ADVICE
TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR APPRo-
PIRATE ENTERTAINMENTS.
February Birthday Party May Be Made
One of the Most Pleasant occa-
sions for Young PeopIe-Ba-
gar Booth.

So many notable people have birth
days this month and if you have a
friend for whom you wish to celebrate,
[ wonder if Mary Mason Wright will
object to my telling you about the af-
fair she described once upon time?
1t seems that not only the honored
guest but all the people asked reioiced
n birthdays this month, SO the invita-
lions bore the zodiacal sign and the
lowers were carnations, which one list
says belong to February.
When all had arrived they were
handed little booklets with stiff covers
decorated with the Zodiacal sign, and
tied together with scarlet ribbon. The
following inscription was found on the
first leaf Of the book: Fortunate are
you if this is your birth-month. You
TOO may awake some morning to find
are already by guessing correctly the
names of six celebrated authors, six
celebrated musicians, six celebrated
statesmen and six others, not CLASH
fed, born in February. These names
are suggested by objects, words and
through music. Write the names down
in the booklet as they are suggested to
you, each class on a page by itself, as
indicated by the name at the top"
The authors represented we're Dick
and Lamb the musicians Mendels-
sohn, Handel, Paganini, Victor Her
bert, Sembrich and Ole Bull; the
statesmen, President Lincoln, Presi-
dent Washington, President William
Henry Harrison. President Fillmore,
General Sherman and Horace Greeley;
the unclassifled six were Daniel Boone,
Sir Henry Irving, Edison, Darwin,
Evangelist Moody and Elihu Vedder,
the painter. The picture of an Eng
fish inn with these words below, Born
February z, 100 years ago" suggested
Dickens; Lamb was represented by a
toy lamb on the mantelpiece; a pretty
landscape picture with the words be-
iow, by Modern Painter" suggested
Ruskin; "a little Indian doll suggested
Longfellow, and letter l. tackled to
the floor, Lowell. A wedding march
played on the piano made the guessers
think of Mendelssohn; violin with
one string, Paganini, since he was the
giollnist that was noted for playing
with only one string. A picture of the
Messiah suggested Handel, and selec-
tons from THE Wizard Of the Nile"
played by the hostess, spelled Victor
Herbert; Marching Through Georgia"
recalled General Sherman. A negro
doll suggested Lincoln. A copy of the
New York Tribune represented Horace
Greeley. A picture Of colonial times,
decorated with flags, suggested Wash
lngton, and a phonograph Edison.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

tograph mounting roller, you can get
good results by using that to roll
down the leaf. After pressing down,
or rolling down the leaf, remove it
carefully, and place the blackened
surface on a sheet of white paper and
press down as before. Then remove
the leaf, being careful in doing so to
lift it without sliding sideways, in
order not to blur the impression. You
will find very perfect picture of the
leaf impressed upon the paper
Impressions of flowers are more
difficult to make than those of leaves,
because flowers are more delicate to
handle.
By using printers ink of different
colors, or coloring the shoe-paste mix
ture with oil colors, very pretty COM
binations can be obtained.
With the hundreds of different
forms of leaves and flowers to be
found in the garden and in the woods.
just think of the possibilities for max
ing large scrap-book, and what
fine thing it will be to have such a
book to refer to. OF course you must
find out the names of all the leaves
and flowers you make impressions of,
and write them below the impressions,
so you will feel well enough acquainted
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

are driven into the roller, after the
roller ends have been slipped into
their pockets. Their purpose is to
keep the rollers from slipping up or
down Gig. g..
The picture strips are made of white
cloth and are cut about an inch wider
than the oblong opening in the piece
of cardboard A. To these strips the
pictures are pasted. Enough of the
strips should be sewed end to end to
make a continuous strip at least 20
feet in length.
Select your pictures from newspa-
pers and magazines. Color them with
crayons or water-colors, and arrange
upon the cloth strip in some interest
ing order. Fasten them with flour
paste. Tack each end Of the picture
strip to a picture roller, passing the
cloth over the front of the opening in
the piece of cardboard A.
To complete the work, there re-
mains only the enclosing of the front
OF the framework so the audience
cannot see you operating the roller
cranks. This Is done with cloth. Get
piece large enough to reach from
upper board B to lower board B, and
from end to end, and tack it to the
two edges OF these boards, stretching
II tightly. Then cut an opening in
the center exactly in front of the open
Ing In the piece of cardboad A. A
board nailed across the top of the
framework will conceal the cranks.
Reel the pictures from one roller on
TO the other, then back again, by turn.
ing first one crank, and then the 9TH
CT. A light placed inside of the box,
through the doorway. will illuminate
the pictures from the back.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
IN PAIN WITH HEMORRHoIDS

Bissell, Ala.--'I was troubled for
several years with protruding hemor-
rhoids. They caused pain OF the most
severe kind and some loss of blood.
They were so inhamed that the touch
OF anything against them was most
intense agony. 1 got no rest nights
and had to have my legs and feet
propped up in the bed.
Il tried all kinds of advertised
cures, and | was told that an opera
ton was the only relief. | suffered
untold agony 1 saw the advertise
ment of Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and sent for a sample. l tried it and
then procured box OF Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment. ] was cured
sound and well In three weeks time.
A cake OF Cuticura Soap and two boxes
OF Cuticura Ointment accomplished
what all else failed to do" (Signed)
l.. r. Cook, Nov 12, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address pest
card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
Beads Like cIeopatra,a

The colored necklace is the rage of
the day; it is to be seen on the neck
OF the great lady as on that of the
simple work girl
The mixture of amber with colored
beads interspersed with Venetian or
Bohemian beads is still particularly in
favor. The most extraordinary fanci.
fulness presides at the making of
these adornments, which have an ar
tistic cachet which is most charming.
The agate, the onyx and the aven-
turine contrast or harmonic In com
bination of color which are very sur
prising. Large geometric stones of
cut crystal are, interspersed between
many-colored globes.
We find in the windows of some of
our jewelers. necklaces which might
have adorned Egyptian beauties 5000
or 1000 years ago.
Another fancy is the glass brace
let of all colors. They are worn by
the dozen.
Some women have the forearm Gov
cred entirely with Veentian rings.
charmingly fragile but not at all prac-
ucal' as they require slow, gentle
movements to prevent their being
broken. The newest amusement Is
the play Of these glass rings on the
arm with subdued tinkllngs, for care
must be taken not to break them by
any brusque gesture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
sunnestions for a Bazaar Booth.

A booth that attracted much atten-
ton at recent bazar was built and
ornamented at very little expense. The
background was a pink lattice work
made from strips of pink crepe paper.
Over this trellis there were masses of
autumn leaves which had been cut
out of crepe tissue paper and pinned to
the pink lattice work. The effect was
lovely The roof or top of the booth
was made of closely stretched strips
Of pink crepe paper. This scheme
could be worked out in daisies, holly
and the gorgeous poinsettia blossoms.
It takes time to cut the designs, but
he redeeming feature is the slight cost
with such pleasing results.
NINE. MERRi.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
Colored China Buttons.

BIZ china buttons of really garish
colors are used with good effect on
some of the white silk and satin
waists. One, with vest of white net,
edged at the top with band of brown
fur, is buttoned from the bottom of
the vest, which reaches to within six
inches of the waist, to the waistline,
with three big, yellow ball buttons.
each painted with a bright red flower.
These buttons give the only color on
the waist-excepting the little band Of
fur-and are of good finish.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

lmpiSSSlohS InlSuC appropriately De
called a memory scrap-book
All the materials necessary for max.
ing leaf impressions are several sheets
of white paper-common note paper
will do nicely-a tin or china plate,
piece of cotton rolled up into a ball
and covered with piece of silk or
soft cotton cloth, and about half
teaspoonful Of printers ink, or half
teaspoonful Of black shoe-paste mixed
with a quarter of that quantity of lard.
Spread little of the printers ink
or shoe-paste mixture upon the china
plate or tin plate. Then taking the
little ball Of cotton which you have
covered with silk or cotton cloth, pat
the surface of the plate until the
ink or shoe-paste mixture is spread
evenly over the center. All is then
ready for making the impressions.
Place the lower side of a leaf, the
side on which the veins are most
prominent, upon the linked surface of
the plate. Then lay blotter, or piece
Of heavy paper, over the leaf, and
press down upon every part to bring
the leaf into perfect contact with the
linked plate. If you have small pho
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
His Vow Came to an Anti-climax.

HIS vow came 10 an Antl-OlimaS.
A much-bearded man rambled into q
barber shop and submitted TO a shave.
a haircut, shampoo, SINCE. mas
sage and everything else the barber
could think Of at the same time listen
ing with keenest enjoyment to the
tonsorialist's remarks about all things
on earth and In the waters under the
earth. So long before that he had for
gotten the gentlemans name and
what office he was running for the old
man had vowed never TO be shaved or
shorn until SO-and-So was elected
When he at last awoke TO a realization
that nobody cared If he never shaved
he concluded to shave just to show EN-
that he didn't care whether they cared
or not. Kansas City Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

easy to make, and at the same time it
is very decorative and pretty.
1t represents an artists palette, and
Tor the foundation palette" must be
cut out in stir cardboard.
This card is covered with cream
colored art linen, the material being
turned over at the edges and fastened
on at the back with a strong adhesive.
On the material in front, dabs and
splashes of paint are initiated with
stitches Of various colored silks. and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06

at the top Of the palette small brass
ring is sewn on by which it may be
suspended from nail in the wall
If preferred smart bow and loop
OF ribbon can be sewn on in place OF
the ring and will answer the same pur.
pose. The handle of the brush is
slipped through the thumb-hole in the
palette, and thus held in place, and it
can be removed in a moment when,
ever it may be required
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
Cure for Chapped Hands.

To one part carbolic acid add two
parts pure glycerin. diluting this
mixture with its bulk in weak cider
vinegar. Rub on the hands whenever
you wash them and while still wet
Rose water, if preferred, may be used
for diluting this mixture, instead OF
vinegar. Be sure to tell your drug.
gist for what purpose you want the
carbolic, and get the right strength.