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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-06-11
DREAMS THAT COME TRUE
And Those That Don't and the Work.
ingS OR Cline Sleep Mind.

OF course, some dreams come true.
The most hardheaded business man
will have to admit it. But the pro-
portion OF them? That's where peo-
pie differ.
Few people. liz any, sleep without
dreaming, and even on the basis of
only one dream night this would
mean over seventeen thousand dreams
for each person fifty years old. Yet
few OF us can recall even seventeen
occasions in which a coming event
has been forecasted in a dream. The
prophecy that comes true is remem-
bered because the actual occurrence
brings To memory the concepts i'm the
dream, the others are forgotten
Since our dreams are woven from
the fabric of our lives, and our lives,
after all, run along I'm fairly narrow
grooves, IL would b. astounding liz
some OF them did not juggle our i'm
pressions in such wise as to seem to
forecast something new. The mathe-
NAUTICAL doctrine of chances alone
suffices to justify the dreams that
strike right. After all, one fri a thou
sand isn't SO many.
The dreams that give right answers
~ PAODACAu0b w. dIC GNluenC0S uOL
only Of prophecy, but also OF the ex-
istence OF sleep mind which works
differently from the waking mind.
The sleep mind, which works by
intuition, gains, as well as loses, by
It's freedom from the shackles of logic
and reason. Conclusions based on
reason are often utterly ungound, Be
cause we do not know all the reasons,
whereas an iptuitive conclusion which
is the outcome of emotion, may be in
herently right
Wherefore when "a serious question
awaits decision 1t In not a sign OF in
determinateness, but an evidence Of
to say, 81 want to sleep on
that"
Quite unConsciously we do this
sometimes, believing the answer to
be merely ruse to gain time. Truly
our intent is to take change Of ven
ne, to have the point settled by the
sleep mind, which il free from shack
T. OF prejudice and custom.-New
York American
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A GERMAN ANSWER.

IL German submarine sent a tor
ped0 into the Nebraskan, an Ameri-
can ship, flying the American flag
there need not be further answer to
President Wilson's note in the Lusi-
tania case.
Germany, evidently, means to con
tinue her warfare on all ships alike
The stars and stripes mean nothing to
her In her ugly, reckless rage he
will do that which appeals to her In
her frenzied condition.
There is an effective way to reply
to Germany's violation of her treaty
and OF International law and ali neu-
trail countries can join in enforcing it.
There should be closed to the Kais-
er's land every avenue Of supplies;
there should By seized every German
boat in the United States ports; there
should be withdrawn every facility for
waging war on any country.
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UNION MILLS.

Stanley, the son of Ephraim Myers,
OF Mt Pleasant, who was reported as
missing i'm last weeks issue, returned
to his home on the morning follow
ing his departure. The strange man
Stonersville, where they found shell
ter In a vacant blacksmith shop own
ed by MIR. Wesley Geiman. Fearing
his companion and seeing that no cat
tie were to be driven as promised, the
boy ran away, followed by the strange
man, who threatened to tic him He
reached the home or a family, whom
he knew, about 10 o'clock at night
and spent the night with them. 1t is
reported that the man is in Jail.
Judge r. N. Koontz and wife are
visiting their son and daughter, Ed
ward Koontz and Mrs. Charles Myers,
in Baltimore.
Bernard Nusbaum and Miss l..
Miraud Nusbaum spent last Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs Oliver Ill Brown
and family, near Tyrone.
The B. F. Shriver Company will be-
gin packing peas on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hollinger and
son, and Mrs Wilmer Frock motored
to York last Sunday and spent the
day with friends.
Prof. w. A. Burgoon and SON, of
Gettysburg, are visiting his mother,
Mrs Emma Burgoon-
Bernard Susbaum left last Monday
for Towson, where he has obtained a
position.
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america FIRST lin WAR ALSO.

To the British newspaper press,
which is discussing the issue between
the United States and Germany with
characteristic short-sightedness, a
few words of instruction and admo-
milton may properly be addressed.
WI ar not contemplating war with
Germany very seriously as yet, for
we cannot believe that its rulers are
SO infatuated that practices certain
I'd justify war will ~ persisted in
But if, unhappily, this country should
find that its honor and interests can
be maintained as against Germany
only by war. We shall engage in the
conflict On the same principle that
has guided our course as a neutral.
That principle is expressed in the
words America first"
we went To war with Great Britain
In 1872 at time when that country
was fighting France, but we acted
for ourselves. We did not ask the
permission of anybody in Paris. W.
made no formal alliances. we did
not think about and we did not care
what the effect of our hostility to
Britain would b. upon France. and,
% far a. IL known, the Bonapartist
press Of that time did not presume to
advise US concerning the methods by
which We could b. Of most service to
it, master.
The trouble between the United
States and Germany today is not I'M
like the quarrel between the United
States and Great Britain then. WE
are no less determined now that our
rights at sea shall be respected than
we Were century ago. Now as then
the difficulty Ia it, origin in cen
eral European war. Now a. then II
will be argued out, and, If inevitable
fought out, with the sole purpose OF
establishing those rights.
For some Of the embarrassment
encountered by us in foreign waters
Great Britain is clearly responsible
IL has not lawlessly taken life, but
Co. time AZ lawlessly took property
With neither the will nor the power
to declare true blockade of Ger.
many, it has subjected our commerce
w vexatious restraint md loss, max
i'm amends at times, but persistint
nevertheless
II Germany forces war upon tn,
United States, W. will respond i'm oul
own name, under our own colors ant
with our own arms. we do not figh
for Britain, for France or for Russia
We fight as Americans for America
From the New York World.
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SYkESVILLE.

Miss Anna Spaulding, of Baltimore,
was the weeks end guest Of Mrs.
Levi Barnes.
Miss Mary Leight, OF Ellicott City,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Jos.
Barnes.
Mr.. Frank Hale has purchased a
Ford touring car.
Miss Janet Sprecher has returned
from q visit to Winchester, va
Mr.. William DeVires, who is attend
ing school in West Virginia, is home
on his summer vacation.
Miss Ruth Dorsey. who il a student
at Mt. DeSales Academy, il home for
her summer vacation
Miss Ruth Berrett, who had been
spending several days with Miss
Estelle Sullivan, has returned home.
MT Howard Chronister, son or the
late Charles Chronister, late resi-
dent of Sykesville, was drowned in a
creek of the Chesapeake Bay, Sunday,
at p. m, and was buried in Spring
field cemetery Tuesday, at ID I'll.
Among those that visited Gettys-
burg Tuesday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Phelps, Major and Mrs. Hall,
Mr.. John Harris, Misses Margaret and
Adele Harris and Master Paul Har-
ris.
Mrs. Arthur Fuller, Of Philadelphia,
has been the recent guest of Mrs.
Harry Gosnell and Mrs. w. II. Ben
nett.
The opening or the John Hubner
Psychopathic Building OF the Spring
field State Hospital, took place We'd
nesday, June 9, at 2 p. m. A special
train from Baltimore brought a large
delegation. Governor Phillips Lee
GoldsbOrough, on account OF the
death OF his mother, was unable to be
present. Addresses on Selecting the
Site, by DR.. Henry NJ. Hurd, Review
OF State Care Of the Insane 1910-1915,"
by DR. Hugh III Young, President OF
the State Lunacy Commission; The
Psychopath and the State" by DR..
E. E. Southland, Director Boston
Psychopathic Hospital; The State
and IT, Wards" by DR. T.. NJ Brush,
President American Medico-Psycholo-
gical Association were delivered. Pre-
sentation of the Cup to Hon. John
Hubner" by Hon William III. Forsythe.
After this the building was opened to
the public to inspect AT o'clock
the graduation exercises OF the gard
yates of the Normal Training School
took place in Amusement Hall at the
Women's Group. The graduates be-
In Misses Hattie Boone Barnes, OF
Baltimore county; Elsie Virginia
Brandenburg, Of Carroll county, Vir-
ginia Alice Robertson, of Virginia;
Deria Smith, Dorchester county, and
Hazel Geneyieve Summers, OF Fred
erick county At eight o'clock a very
prettily arranged dance was given the
graduates. A large crowd attended.
Gaups Orchestra, of Baltimore, fur
nfshed the music
MIR. Thomas Anderson, or Randolph
Macon, is home for the summer va
cation.
Mrs. William Hepner is spending
several days with relatives in Balti-
more
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Soil For The Next Corn Crop.

Seedlings OF corn are not nearly
% easily affected by acid water, than
are those OF wheat and especially
clover and the legumes- 1t Is a mat
ter Of extensive observation that
corn grows well on much land that
il imperatively I'm need OF sweeten-
ing for properly growing wheat and
producing any of the nitrogen fixing
crops From these circumstances,
there Is a wide belief among farmers
that corn land needs 10 lime This
belief Is confirmed by official bulle-
tins which class Indian corn among
plants but little benefited by lin
ing" The observations upon which
their belief l. based are perfectly
correct and can both BE- seen, at the
proper season. in many sections and
confirmed in records of experiments
by several State colleges. And yet,
il l. misconception that has caused
farmers great loss
In all cases where corn thrives on
sour soil, that soil contains an ap-
preciable amount of lime, derived
either from limestone by which il ia
underlain Oh from decomposing min
erals rich in lime, which ID thus be
ing added in sufficient amount to the
soil, although the amount is INSULT
cient for sweetening it. An mex
penSive chemical test will show this
and every farmer should BE- informed
about the available lime In his
soil. This simple fact has come to
light through comparing corn growth
on sour soils at experiment stations,
where it failed, with those OF stations
where ii succeeded without lime The
fact is, that corn is very much in
need of lime, both as a plant food and
for developing the best possibilities
OF at the other plant foods, potash.
phOsphoric acid and nitrogen, added
as mixed fertilizers. But il Is best
that corn lands do not have too much
lime, for its presence in liberal
amount furthers bacterial activity
unduly, and with IT, "a wasteful con
sumption Of humus not necessary
for corn growth.
If then a farmer lines his clover,
to just the extent required for
sweetening the soil, the latter will
still contain enough lime generally
speaking for the needs OF the corn,
when it is reached In a rotation that
is not too long. But, he can only be
safe o. this point by having the corn
land tested. The agent for lime can
have a test made by the Lime Service
Bureau at Washington telling If a
sample of soil submitted for the pur-
pose j. sweet or sour, and II sour, II
1T still contains enough lime for corn.
Where this ID not the case, the soil
must have lime in right amount with
the other fertilizers. The increase,
in the extended Ohio experiments,
both with and without fertilizers, in
Ill possible combinations, and for
six year averages, was ten to twenty
bushels per acre. Farming is a
business that is full Of chances and
uncertainties. But. number Of
these can b. overcome III the farmer
sees to 1t, that he learns about his
own soil what is already known
about soils in general. The lime
manufacturers are giving every aid
to this end as far I'd their commodity
ID concerned. The farmer must,
however. supply a fair average sam
pie OF his soils with which to find out
their lime need.-Karl Langenbeck,
Lime Service Bureau, Washington
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HIS HEAD IN SHARKS MOUTH
Black Diver Claims TO Have Had RE
markable Experience with Sen.

Writing in Harper's Magazine of
his visit to Thursday island in the
Torres strait, Norman Duncan mar
rates some astonishing tales OF the
adventures or the natives with the
savage tiger sharks OF these waters
1T is said that the coastal abort
CINE is not greatly afraid Of a shark
that he il a match for a shark, in
deed. in fair water, when not taken
unaware. He may lose a leg or an
arm, or he may be carried of bodily;
but in any event the damage will be
due rather to the cunning approach
or the shark than to limitations or
the diver. Fairly warned, he will
dive to the bottom, roll the water,
and thus elude the attack; and if he
il pugnaciously disposed at the mo-
ment (they say)-if the shark impo-
litely interrupts him at a critical or
deeply interested moment-he will
give fight. 1t is true, of course, that
the naked divers are accustomed to
escape by rolling the water; such i'm
stances are common. but \ have no
stomach for the tale that any man
will go out of his way to challenge
combat with a twenty-foot tiger
shark-even when angered by an IN
timely interruption.
III recall two stories OF narrow es-
cape. The one concerns young Jap
anese diver who was taking a cray
fish to the surface, and all at once
found himself i'm furious engage
ment- III was incautious OF the diver
to have crayfish; and this indiscreet
diver came out of the consequent en-
counter with lacerated thigh and
one arm missing. The other story Ii
hardly credible, related far from the
scene; / cannot vouch for 1t, at any
rate, having had no means of anthem
ticating it; but as / have not hesitat-
cd to swallow it whole and have been
pleasantly moved to shudder and
thrill and exclaim aghast, I will tell it
for what it is worth. 1t seems that
a black beche-de-mer boy, swimming,
naked and distracted, close to the
reef In search or slugs, aWOke all at
once to an amazing situation Tit was
not that the shark was near-nor that
it had turned and was darting; but
that his head was actually in the
sharks wide-open mouth. The black
boy acted sharply, he withdrew hi
head in fash, having at the same time
punched the shark (as they put it,
to distract attention from the matter
at hand; and he rescued himself af-
CT brisk tussle, and lived to prove
the adventure with SCARED cheek.
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many, insisted On applying II 70 her

many, insisted on applying IL to her
household.
The Denver home had prospered
md iourished with two children
therein, % The plaintiff alleges. she
was good "housekeeper," the child
rem were cared for and her hus-
bands appetite was appeased regu-
larly- Things were running smooth
ly when the defendant it il set forth,
began to pirate about lost motion"
and insisted that the kitchen utensils
were not arranged properly; that the
bread knife was across the room from
the bread; that the dishes could be
washed in eight minutes instead of
fifteen and that the time for bathing
the children varied d much AZ an
hour daily. Then, it is alleged, he
had certain other complaints about
household accounts, and he probably
even tried To teach The housewife
how to clean house in more sanitary
and expeditions manner.
The plaintiffs succinct conclusion
A. that the treatment he received
was brutal, and that, anyhow, had
she not been keeping house for
twenty years, and ought she not to
know more than any mere man about
~? One waits breathlessly for the
mans answer to that.
Experience versus theory never
has presented clearer-cut case. The
Colorado solon who IL to adjudicate
this difference, and decide whether
efficiency or alimony shall prevail
will be Daniel in his
own country.-Baltimore News.
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THE GRADUATES.

The sweet girl and manly graduates
will leave school this month. Some
To enjoy life Of ease and that quiet
contentment which only comes to the
home-loving-others to continue their
studies in highest branches of educa-
ton
The world IL blythe world some
times il thought hard, and the world
is strange.
BE patient, practice charity, work
energetically and always a little
harder than what you get paid for and
let the lack Of more knowledge be
made UP in good judgment and soon
you will out-strip those who have
spent more time in higher education.
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MunchRnSen.

The Travels of Baron Munchau-
sen" as we have them, are compound
from a great variety Of sources. The
first installment, which processes to
be based on the real baron's own
tales, is scarcely a quarter Of the
whole, and even this has been traced
in great part to various German,
Italian and Portuguese origins. Af-
terward the author cribbed avowedly
from Lucian and added a second
volume intended as a satire on
Bruce's Travels" Most Of the early
editions were entitled "Gulliver Re
viyed; On, the Vice or Lying Properly
Exposed. London Taller.
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EFFICIENCY VS.. ALIMONY.

Out in Denver woman has arisen
Aka protest against applied efficiency
in the household Many more timid
souls, who have long revolted in
wardly at that dread phrase, but
have stood in ave or the superior
persons who fling IL at one at every
turn. will applaud this Denver woman
in unrestricted glee. For she has
arisen Ia her wrath and applied for
u divorce On the ground that her hus-
band, after spending thirteen years
studying efficiency, here and in Ger
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WANTED.

WANTED-Will pay the highest
without stems and delivered at my fac
tory, Bethel Heights, during the cherry
season. Call or address K. R. Taylor,
Patapsco, Md. Phone 822-13. ju 4-3t
WANTED-High class man to sell
trees, shrubs, roses, vines, berry BUSH
q, bulbs, etc. Good wages. Perma-
nent. Exclusive Territory Brown
Brothers Nurseries, Rochester. New
York. jun Alt
WANTE0-Country Cured Meat.
Joshua M. Corbin. Westminster Md.
jun 4-3t
WANTED will pay the highest
market price for red and wax cherries
delivered at Carrollton Station before
p. 10. each day during the season e
cept Saturday. j. =. Evans jun Hit
Oldest company in the
business wants experienced man to sell
fertilizer in vicinity of Westminster.
Commission. Good proposition for
hustler State experience. Address j.
w. T., care Of Advocate Office. 1l-2t4
AGENTS WANTED-TheV anophone
Co., Inc, of New York, desires respon-
sible local representative III this terri
tory, to sell their wonderful Ten Dollar
Guaranteed Photograph, as advertised
in Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home
Journal, ETC., etc. Plays any 10 or IL
inch disc record Quick seller, liberal
commission, communicate at once with
r. Il. Cowman, General Sales Agent for
Maryland, Delaware and District of
Columbia. 1243 Calvert Building, Bal
timore, Md. jun lit
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Why Many Moving Picture Films Are
Crude.

The Woman's Home Companion II
conducting campaign for better NOV
ing pictures. Each month its editors
in New York are examining hundreds
of films and each month they recon-
mend to their readers the best. lin this
months Companion about one hundred
films are recommended and an article
accompanies the list entitled, How
Better Films Are Selected" in the
course Of which the writer comments
in part as follows on the imperfection
OF certain films and the reasons there
for:
Violations Of common sense are too
frequent The hero's hair turned white
following thrilling adventure, which
transformation was too much for the
credulity Of a twelve-year-old, who re-
Quired the assistance of an indignant
usher to quiet his discovery.
'-A slender Office clerk, unarmed
beat up trio OF BIZ, burly, armed
thugs and saved the cash drawer. The
murderer at bay. in another picture
picked off "a dozen policemen, straight
shooting without reloading his revol-
ver, before he escaped with a bag Oh
gold. 1t Is too much to expect picture
audiences to find such pictures enter
tanning. Life is too full of real
dramatic sensation.
The director has hi troubles, how
ever. The story, no matter how long
or how short, must be made exactly
into five hundred or thousand feet OF
film. The result il a congestion OF
plot, emitting necessary detail, % that
grotesque impressions arouse the
spectators ridicule or criticism, Oh
the padding with unessential details
to make the required length encour-
ages yawn-
The producer says this condition A
necessary because the public demands
daily change Of pictures, which in
turn demands a mechanical distribu-
ton, and this necessitates a mechani.
cal production
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Drink Plenty on Water.

II you would have clear complex
ion drink plenty of water between
meals md exercise out OF doors every
day
Cold water stimulates the mem
branes OF the stomach, and hot water
soothes them.
Slipping either i better than swal-
lowing rapidly. and when TIN taste or
hot water II unpalatable pinch Or
salt or a dash on lemon juice will
improve it. A pinch of soda with the
lemon juice is even better
IA rational habit OF drinking water
viii not only improve the health, but
will preserve 1t. Water and milk are
both very good to keep the kidneys
acting well
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE II, 1915
MIXING or DIRECTORS.

The Board of Directors of The Demo
cratic Advocate Company will meet in
the Advocate Office on
MONDAY, JUNE IA, 1915,
at 2 p. m, for the purpose of declaring
the semi-annual dividend payable July
30 and to transact such business as may
come before them.
J. II. BILLINGSLEA,
President.
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How 1t Works Out.

It'll never forget the favor you
have done me- said the man who
doesn't mind asking for what he
wants.
Don't say that" replied the cold
blooded person When man keeps
brooding over an obligation he's al-
most sure to get resentful instead or
appreciative. Washington Star.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
He Might Tell George About IL But
not Bill.

not Bill.
We'll, sir" said the book-agent in
"a patronizing manner" ''I am pleased
to inform you that you have been
designated as one Of the fifty persons
in Oil City who are to receive copies
of the book for which I am agent 1t
Is a history Of our Presidents. from
Washington down to Taft, and you
are fortunate indeed in being one OF
the chosen to get it."
Possibly that is so,' answered lhe
merchant, but just to save time I'LL
tell you # don't want It'll
What" exclaimed the agent in
feigned surprise. do you mean to
tell me you are going to permit me to
report to Washington that you will
not take the book2"
"I don't care a continental what
you report to Washington" replied
the merchant, as he turned to wait
on a customer, but don't tell Taft
about it"-Oil City Blizzard
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FOR SALE BY
WESTMINSTER HARD WARE
COMPANY.

SAFETY FIRST il NOT "A BAR
Der SHOP SIGN-IT GETS PEOPLE
TO BUY COAL IN JUNE THOUGH.
Many people are saying, "Pm going
To salt away some Coal this June, ltss
the only safe way. Vacations and
other things must come after.r-Or.
der today Of Smith & Reifsnider.
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ALWAYS STIRRING THINGS
UP--THE POKER. We are not pok-
ers exactly, but we would stir every.
body up to buy Coal in june, if WE
could. III would pay everybody to
order this month OF Smith & Reif-
snider.
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Leave Out the Pins.

Belts are popular with Venezuela
men said the shy young thing On the
sofa
So they are with men in this
country, but we don't like the girls to
put pins I'm 'em,' said the man by her
side"