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The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
Strict Neutrality.

Little Betty was in the habit OF
praying for her naughty playmate,
Tommy. One evening she omitted to
mention him Asked by her mother
why she did So the child replied: He
was howwid to me today. He frew
mud in my face. So | won't ask God
to bless him"
Her mother tucked her in bed, and
then went into the next room. leav-
ing the door open.
She heard Betty toss restlessly
about for five or ten minutes. Then
there was a sniffle; then sound OF
getting up, and, finally. a furtive voice:
Please, God, you en- bless Tommy IL.
you want to--but you needn't do it on9
my account
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
MARKET FOR CHEWING GUM
veIopment of the Trade With
the Chinese.

Julian II. Arnold, American COM
mercial attache at Shanghai. writes
to Commerce Reports of the oppor-
tunities which China presents to the
chewing-gum and playing-card indus
tries While" he says, the con-
sumption of chewing gum in China is
at present negligible It would seem
that this republic offers a splendid
market for the introduction of
American chewing gum The Chinese
people are fond of sweets, and, | be-
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Concrete roads have shown a
marked increase in popularity during
the past five years, according to the
bodybuilding specialists of the u. s.
department of agriculture. In 1909
there were 1854, 900 square yards of
such roads in the United States, while
for 1914, the amount is estimated as
100000 square yards.
The durability of concrete roads has
not been proved by actual practice be
cause there are no very old pavements
as yet in existence, but from the condi-
ton of those which have undergone
several years service, it seems prob
able that they will be found to wear
we'll.
The principal advantages of con-
crete pavements which have led to
their increased popularity are:
Durability under ordinary traffic
conditions.
A smooth. even surface Offering lit
tie resistance.
Absence OF dust and ease with
which it may be cleaned.
Comparatively small cost of main
tenance until renewals are necessary.
Availability as base for another
type of surface if desirable.
Attractive appearance.
On the other hand. concrete as a
road surface is noisy under horse
traffic, and has tendency to crack
Unless these cracks are cared for at
once, they lead to rapid deterioration
of the adjacent pavement and finally
require difficult repair work.
In the past efforts have frequently
been made to overcome these objeC-
tons to a certain degree by covering
the concrete pavement with bitumi
nous wearing surface. At the pres
ent time. the specialists in the de-
ment of agriculture hold that this
cannot be economically justified, al
though ii is possible that future inves-
tigation may change the situation in
this respect. In the present state of
road science, however, it seems that
where traffic conditions are such that
bituminous surface on a concrete
road is practicable. a bituminous sur
face macadam road would be equally
practicable and certainly cheaper.
Where traffic which is too heavy for
macadam road uses a bituminous con
crete road. the bituminous surface is
likely to give way and the uneven
manner in which il fails tends to pro
duce excessive wear on portions of
the concrete. For successful con
crete road. hardness. toughness. and
uniformity are the most essential qual.
tiles. These can be secured to q
great extent by care in the selection
OF the constituent materials and the
proportions in which they are mixed.
Sample specifications are included in
ment Pavements for Country Roads.
These specifications are believed to
typify the best engineering practice
as it has been developed up to this
time. They cover such points as ma
terials, grading subgrade and con.
struction.
The cement, il is said. should always
conform to some standard specitica-
tons for Portland cement, such as
those issued by the United States
Bureau or Standards or the American
Society for Testing Materials The
sand should not contain more than
per cent of foreign material. and
sand with more coarse than fine grains
is TO be preferred. The coarse aggre-
gate may consist OF either crushed
stone or gySvai, In either case it is
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
One Of Them Came Out Ahead.

Hoping TO be the first to relate
some unwelcome news, the youth
rushed into the house and said:
Father, | had fight with Percy
Raymond today"
Il know you did replied the father
soberly. NIX. Raymond came to see
me about it,
Well said the son. Il hope you
came out as well as | did '-Ladies
Home Journal
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24

and the feed does not have to be car
ried from some other building to the
chicken house. 1t will be a wise pre-
caution to place a spring on the door
between the feed room and the rest of
the house so that there will be no
danger of the door being left open so
that the chickens can get into the
feed and eat too much.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
Grave Of Fra Anaellco.

Florentines claim to have found
the tomb of Fra Angelica, the famous
painter, who died in 1855. His fame
rests on his work in wall frescoes and
altar pieces and he was long q pro.
tege Of the pope.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
WEAVING Time.

WEAVING time Is from six to twelve
weeks. IL the sows are to be rebred
at once, the pigs should be weaned
at eight or nine weeks of age. If one
litter per year only is planned. the
pigs may be allowed to run with
the SOW until twelve or fourteen weeks
of age.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
IN STERLING
LIVES A GIRL
Who Suffered AS Many Girls
Do-Tells How She
Found Relief.
Sterling, Conn. 81 am girl of %
years and l used to faint away every

month and was very
weak. l was also
bothered a lot with
female weakness. |
read your little book
Wisdom for Wo-
men, and l saw how
o tn e RS h ad been
helped by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
decided to try it, and
il has made me feel
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
The Spirit of His Ancestors.

Visitor-It's a terrible war, this.
young mana terrible war.
Mike (badly wounded )--'Tis that,
ssorr--a tirrible wswr. But lis better
than no war at all.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24

One of the best ways to build a
poultry house is with shed roof.
In addition to being fine for the poul-
try it is also easy TO build. The de-
sign shown here has a depth of ten
feet, which will allow the sunlight to
penetrate to the back part of the
building. There is nothing that en-
courages the hens to lay, more than
lots of sunshine. In the early spring
when eggs are out OF sight in price
plenty of sunshine will keep the hens
on the Job, which means that the man
who owns them is paying for a we'll
lighted house easily out of what they
make for him
1t is absolutely necessary to have
a concrete foundation as it is very
discouraging to rats and mice to at
tempt to dig through this material.
In this little house the concrete walls
are carried up l foot 6 inches above
grade, which forms a very effective
barrier against the rodents that think
chicken houses form ideal dwellings
for them. The floor is also made of
concrete, so that the rats cannot bur-
row up from underneath. The floor
should be we'll covered with straw and
the feed can then be scattered
through this.
Strong. vigorous hens can only be
maintained if they are given plenty
of exercise. This is furnished by
making them scratch for their meals
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24

Wash day is smile day if you use Red
Cross Ball Blue, American made, therefore
the best made ADV.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
Mistake to Stint on Expense
When Building a Dwelling
for the Hens.
is MONEY WELL EXPENDED
Building That Admits Plenty of Sun
shine, for Instance, Means Eggs
in Early Spring - Design
Presented Here Has
All Good Points.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm. for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer. he is. without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William a. Rad
ford No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago.
Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24

The empress OF Russia is said to be
the finest royal singer in the world.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24

like new girl and am now relieved
of all these troubles. / hope all young
girls will get relief as have. l never
felt better in my Mrs. JOHN
TETREAULT, Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
Massena, N. W have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and l highly recommend it. If anyone
wants to write to me / will gladly tell
her about my case. was certainly in
bad condition as my blood was all turn
ing to water. Ihad pimples on my face
and bad color, and for five years l had
been troubled with suppression. The
doctors called it Armenia and Exhaus-
ton, and said was all run down, but
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound brought me out all right. Miss
LAVISH MYREs, Box "a, Massena, NY.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-08-24
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.

Girls who are troubled with painful or
irregular periods, backache, headache,
dragging-down sensations, fainting
spells or indigestion, should Immediately
seek restoration to health by taking Ly-
dia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
Right of Way to be Secured.

Just as soon as the rights-of-way
can be secured for the proposed route
for the Brunswick road the construc-
ton of the two-mile highway for that
town will be started. The commits
sioners now have the survey of the
State Roads Commission providing
for new route for the last mile, or
less, of the road. The new routes
will cut considerable grading.
Road petitions, requests for special
aid, questions and queries on taxation
and other matters, fairly oozed into
the offices of the county commission
ers yesterday 1t was one of the
rush days of the year.
A petition, signed by about 40 per-
sons, was presented to the commits
sioners asking for the construction
of a road elading from Evansville to
a blacksmith shop. The petition asks
for a stone road No action was TAX
en-.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
Trying to Catch Firebugs.

1--WE want to get at the root of this
business and we don't care who it
hits, just so we get the guilty parties" :"
From the reports that | have at my
office from the forest wardens in this
county two-thirds of the mountain
fires which have occurred here in the
past two years are of incendiary or
igin, and that's pretty serious stu
alton" These were a few of the
Forester F. w. Besley, of Baltimore,
on Saturday morning during a confer
ence with the county commissioners,
States Attorney Samuel A. Lewis and
several of the forest wardens of the
county, when plans were drafted to
conduct a systematic campaign to ar
rest those who are guilty of firing
Frederick county forests.
1t has been reported there was inn
proper "back-firing" at Yellow
Springs in the fire of last Sunday,
which swept that section of the Ca
toctin mountains. An investigation
will be made of this report The
question was mentioned at the con-
ference.
Mr.. Besley has in his possession
many reports from the various COM
munities of this county. Some de-
clare that persons have been firing
forests with the purpose of receiv-
ing pay from the county and the
State for the work of fighting the
fires which they lighted. A number
of wardens declared Saturday they
took little stock in these rumors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF

THE FREDERICK TRUST COMPANY.
At Frederick, in the State of Maryland, at
the close of business, March 4, 1915.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
To Improve Fair Grounds.

The directors of the Frederick
County Agricultural society held a
meeting Saturday afternoon at the
Fair Grounds and they considered a
number of important matters looking
to improvements to the grouuds. One
important change that will be carried
into effect will be ~ connection of
the midways on ef r side of the
main exhibition building. This will
be accomplished by cutting out the
first story of this building, where the
incline now is. and making an arched
opening, so that instead of being COM
PEELED to pass through the main build
ing to get from one side of the
grounds to the other persons will go
through this archway, which will be
on level with the ground. The op-
ening will be about 40 feet in width,
thus affording ample room, and it
will make splendid approach to the
east side of the grounds, and make
continuous midway from the new en-
trance to the east side of the fair
grounds, something that has long
been desirable.
This change will doubtless make
necessary other changes, all OF which
will be in line with the policy of the
fair management to do everything
possible for the convenience of ex-
hibitors and patrons of the fair. 1t is
also proposed to give all the buildings
except the grand stand a new coat of
paint and handsome new signs will
be placed at the new main entrance
and at the carriage and automobile
gates.
The board decided not to rent any
pasture on the fair grounds this
year it being the intention to use
the grass for hay in the hope that a
good crop will be harvested. The item
of hay for use during the fair is an
expensive one and often it is diff
cult to get first-class quality.
There had been some talk of re-
moving the baseball grandstand from
its present position and locating it
facing toward the west. 1t was an
nounced at the meeting that the stand
would not be moved this season, so
that there will be no material change
made in the baseball grounds and
the diamond will remain as 1t was
last year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
ARM0RY REPORT SUBMITTED.
Commission Sends Statement To Ad-
iutant General.


The Frederick Armory Commission
has submitted to Adjutant-General of
the Maryland National Guard a COM
plete itemized report of cost of con-
struction of the Frederick armory. All
expenditures are itemized. 1t is prob
ably one of the most complete re-
ports submitted by building COM
mission.
Extracts from the report follows:
Receipts from all Sources-1913.-
Janua y 13, Draft from State Treas
urer, $4,000; March II, draft from
State Treasurer, $14,460.O5; May /,
rent from old house, $3.50; June 1,
sale of two houses, $500; October %,
State Treasurer, $19,416.20; 1914
September l, State Treasurer, $11,-
4OS.59; interest on money in bank,
S3l9.72; total received, $51,111.06.
EXpenditures-Mary G. Eckstein,
land, $4,000; NJ. f. Reifsnider, land,
$l20; l.. c. Cutler, contractor, $685.
$3.50; A, e. Fisher, heating contract
or $2,457; John b. Hamme, architect,
S1,100; &. z. MantZ, cement paving,
S34O.5O; equipment of armory, $685.
o.; electrical equipment, $1,S71.24;
swimming pool, $1,514.50; extras on
armory, $l,424S0; miscellaneous ex-
penses, $1,27752; interest on notes in
bank, $50; total, $52,7S192; amount
appropriated by legislature, $51,5OO;
amount actually received from state,
$50,2S4S4; amount lost by sale of
bonds below par, $1,215.16; totally ex-
penditures on armory, $52,7S1.92;
amount expended over all receipts,
$1,670.S6; amount raised and paid
since armory opened, $1,O25; balance
owed on armory, S645,S6; amount of
permanent equipment furnished
since dedication, $3.50.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
CASE WILL GO HIGHER
Action Brought BY {. NJ. De Carmen
din Against Il. And o. Appealed.

The damage suit brought by Carlos
M. de Garmendia against the b. and
o. Railroad company and tried dur
ing the February term of the Fred
erick circuit court, is to be reviewed
by the Court of Appeals. The COM
plainant asked for $500 damages and
was offered 1926 by a jury.
The court has overruled the mo-
ton for a new trial in the case Of
David Shankle against Ida A. Smith,
executrix of the estate Of William II.
Smith The case was tried during
the February term and the complain
ant was given $116.50.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
County Loses by Exemption of
Furniture

Fully 100000 was cut from the
taxable basis of Frederick county by
the enforcement of the $500 house
hold furniture exemption act" ac-
cording to a statement recently made
by Clerk Harman l.. Gaver. But this
cut in Frederick county. considered
to be one of the richest counties of
this section, cannot compare in size
to the slump in Allegany county. The
county commissioners for Allegany
county report that about $2,500,000
was cut from the basis and was
synonymous of an increase of eight
cents in the tax rate.
One of the deplorable tendencies
said a representative citizen of this
section a few days ago is that the
cut in the taxable basis will neces-
sarily mean a corresponding raise in
the tax rate. Irrespective of the size
of any contemplated reduction of the
county tax rate, the commissioners
must add four cents to the rate to
make up for the cut.
The Allegany county commission
ers, in spite of efforts made to keep
the rate from soaring, were compelled
to make an increase of II cents on
the tax rate Eight of the eleven cents
increase was due entirely to the en-
forcement of the furniture exemption
law. Allegany now has a tax rate
for 1915 of 81. In Allegany the rate
for state and county purposes is now
$1.32 1-3 cents on the $100.
The county commissioners of this
county have not attempted to fix the
rate. Irrespective of the fact that
they must add about 4 cents to their
rate, the commissioners are fairly
confident that they will be able tc
keep the rate below $11O, the rate
for 1914.
1t is practically assured that there
will be a statewide movement dur
ing the sessions of the Maryland Leg
islature. to have this furniture ex-
emption law repealed. One of the
Frederick county commissioners de-
clared a short time ago that a move
ment would certainly be started here
to repeal that law.
The exact amount cut from this
county's basis by the new law is
$S16,933. This is a loss of $S,9S6.26
reckoning from a rate of $1.10. In
Allegany the loss in taxes is $4,000
The following are the cuts made
in each district of the county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
Advertised Letter List.

Richard Holland, Joe Hill, Their
dore Hurley, The Onward Co.
Ladies' List--Mrs. S. l.. Emery,
Mrs. Alice Thurston, Mrs. Nansisa
White.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30

THE MODEL
TELEPHONE No. 272.


KEEP THE SUN OFF WITH NEW PARASOL
See window for sample display. We have all the
shades and shapes and with majority of the
blacks and white, show any other coors you may
desire.
New Putty and Green combinations in the "Little Cor
pora style which beautytapering point with hang
ing scaop edges See this wonderful shape in all shades
and the fast selling black and white. $3.50 $3.50 each
Extra quality Pongee, all silk parasol with ivory fxings
$500.
Soft ehangeabe blue and green tafea parasos Morie
Silk black and white and all black parasols for
ing, from $3.50 to $400 each
For the kiddies catering have included
with special 50 line beautiful allsik paraso
selling at 100 which is made very nicely
Keep the rain off with a lightweight rain
This new silk finished rubberized just the needed
thing for Apr showers and it will financially embar
ras you at $3.50 each. They in Tan Grey Black,
Etc
Other high grade doubeexture in all colors from
$500 to $500.
B-We have Turkish Towels for 10 cents each
JOHN D. AEMDRIcKsoN.
ian tf19O2
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
Ininred In A ColIIslon.

In a collision Sunday night near
Funkstown, George Snyder, of near
Mount Aetna, was severely injured.
His motorcycle struck an automo-
bile.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30

More than half of the worlds pop
ulation lives in the tropics of the Old
World. Under British rule alone
there are more than S25,OOO,OOO dwell
lers in the tropics.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30
MAKES INTERESTING ADDRESS.
Mr.. Joseph ID. Baker Heard BY Luth-
eran Bible Class,

tTHU bIUIt VIHSSs
An address that proved to be of un-
usual interest was given to the mem
bers of the Evangelical Lutheran
Sunday school Glass SO, at the chapel
Sunday afternoon, by Mr. Joseph D..
Baker, president of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank of Frederick He used as
his subject Bankruptcy He took
up the question from financial and
a religious standpoint.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30

State of Maryland,
County of Frederick, S..
l, S. D. Hedges, Treasurer Of the above
named Institution, do soemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
S. d. HEDGES,
Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of March, 1915.
CHAS. B. T. HENDRICKSON,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
DAVID CRAMER,
MARTIN Z. KEFAUVER,
WILLIAM A. HAHN
Directors.
jan 16 If
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05

More than 10000 season tickets
are issued every year by railway
companies in the United Kingdom.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
ISLAND THREATENS
TO BECOME LAKE
River Plays Queer Antics With
Robinson CrusOe' Near
Memphis.

Memphis, March Robinson
Crusoe Island, off Hopefield point,
threatens to be body of land bound
ed on the east by the Mississippi
RIVER and on the west by lake.
United States engineers at Mem
phis say the point of land extending
from the foot of Robinson Crusoe
Island toward the Arkansas shore has
had more than 15 feet of mud and
sand deposited on it during the high
water in February, and it is length
ening out to points where it may have
a permanent connection with Hope
field Point when the Mississippi river
drops to a stage of five feet on the
Memphis gauge.
Robinson Crue Island was formed
in 1912 when the river cut away
from a channel it formed several
years ago, making big bend TO the
west of Loosahatchie Chute and
running due east from Mound City,
Ark, to Hopefield Point, then strik-
ing the old river line.
In 1913 this chute became the
main channel for steamboats, and
since the foot of the island has grown
sand bar it now threatens to cut
off navigation altogether and turn
the old river into a lake covering 81
600 acres of ground, say engineers.
In 1914 this island that had gone
for two years as nameless was chris
tened by doc" Hottum. He estab-
lished bathing pavilions along the
west side on sand bars, and because
of it's wild appearance, he named ii
Robinson Crusoe." So far that
name has stuck, even being adopted
by the government.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
POPULATION OF PEN
STEADILY GROWING
Months Report Shows Al Increase
and 20 More Are Due
This Week.

Little Rock, March 4.-The Feb
ruary population" report of the Ar
kansas penitentiary, which will be
filed with Gov. Hays, breaks all rec
ords, according to penitentiary Off
cials. During the month 100 pris-
oners were received, and on the
morning of March / there were ,1S1
prisoners.
March, however, promises to be an
even bigger" month. Monday 80
more convicts were received at the
penitentiary and 20 more are expect
ed this week. Tuesday 40 men were
sent to the state farm at Warner.
Feb l there were LAO prisoners
in the penitentiary. During the
month So were discharged because of
the expiration of their terms, by par
don or parole. OF the 100 received
at the penitentiary 33 were white
and 81 were negroes. OF the 1,181
in the penitentiary yesterday morn
ing 374e wre white.
The convicts received Monday were
brought in from Crittenden and Sa-
line counties. "a from the former
and six from the latter. OF the "a
from Crittenden county, most of
whom were negroes, two were wo-
men. They were brought by Sheriff
! Ed Monroe and three deputies. Sher-
| iff D. c. Cox of Benton brought the
conyicts from Saline county. The 10
convicts expected this week will come
from Lafayette and Sebastian coun-
! ties.