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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-14
na0dloI Work Thai PAYS.

In the winter Of 1915. the writer
applied at the Office of the State
Forester for plan OF profitable for
est impTOyemzn Oh her HoodIoI. gII=
mated In Frederick county. near TN
Ion Bridge The timber consisted
chiefly Of large sIze White Oak. Of
excellent quality, with n smaller pro
portion Of black oak. hickory. walnut.
gum, and miscellaneous hard woods
The Board Of Forestry. whose Office
L in the Johns HoDIns University. In
Baltimore, makes preliminary exam
ination of anY woodland IN the State
Of Maryland. The facts thus obtain
ed are embodied IN a report With \
plan Of suggested management and
sent 10 the owner
In this wo0dlot the preliminary e.
animation, free of any charge but
travelling expenses. showed that The
trees H whole had come to financial
maturity, In fact had passed It The
plan suggested was the removal Of
mature and merehantable timber and
the Improvement and safeguarding OF
The rest In order TO accomplish this
scientific examination and marking
Of the trees was made. Those to be
cut down because Of overrlpenaas. de-
feetiveness. Or for any other cause
we're hlazed with 4 marking axe and
stamped with an M" In two places.
one few inches from The ground.
the other four or five feet above II.
The higher mark shows clearly what
trees are to be cut the lower serves
a. safeguard to the owner.
The amount and value of the tim
Der on this tract was estimated when
the trees were selected and marked.
also tables Of value and volume were
prepared for the owner. A list OF the
number. kinds and sizes of the trees
for sale was sent out to large num-
Der OF sawmill operators, who from
their location might be expected 70
take an interest In 1t. IN this way a
purchaser for the marked trees was
adily found and 1t very satisfactory
terms.
In order That the Young timber
should be protected while the old
trees we're removed and preeaution
taken against fire. contract TO that
enect supplied by the Forester was
signed by the contracting parties.
The charge made by the State for
this transaction vas ss.13; 3 small
amount In comparison With the work
accomplished. 1t secured to al own-
ers Of woodlots profitable sum for
mature trees and also q future stand
Of the right character Of timber In
such way that the maximum pro
duction Is aasured.-Eslher L. Coz.
Union Bridge. Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-14
SeH Issue Of Halves, Quarters and
Dimes.

Dimes. quarters and half dollars of
new design will be minted after July
l, Secretary McAdoo announced. for
the first time since 1891. a change
will be effected in these pieces.
The half dollar and dime models
were made by Ado1ph A. WeIman.
and the quarter dollar by Herman A.
MacNeai. both sculptors OF note.
The face of The new half dollar
bears full length figure of liberty,
with background of the American
flag flying to the breeze. The goddess
Is striding toward the dawn OF a new
day. carrying laurel and oak
branches. symbolic Of civil and mill
tary glory. The reverse side shows
an eagle perched high upon a noun
tain crag, wings unfolded. Growing
from rift In the rock Is a sapling
OF mountain pine, symbolic of Amer
lea.
The design Of the twenty-five cent
piece is intended to typify the awak-
enIng OF the country to its own pro-
lection. Liberty, a full length figure,
is shown stepping toward the eoun-
try's gateway. bearing appraised a
shield from which the covering Is be-
In drawn. The right hand bears an
olive branch Of peace. Above the
head is the word Liberty and be-
low the feet. 1916. The reverse
bears q figure of an eagle In full
flight, wings extended, and the in
scription United States of America
and e plnribus Unum."
The design of the dime is simple
Liberty With a winged cap is shown
on the foreside. and on the reverse is
design of a bundle of rods and a
battle axe, symbolic Of unity, where
In lies the nations strength"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-14
efficiency theHeompany.

efficiency Of the company.
The last of the work was eomnlet-
ed about four weeks ago on the west
ern division between Cumberland and
Connellsville.
The W. N. Is gradually equippIng
It's entire line Tor dlsnatchIng trains
by telephone. This dIspatehIng Hys-
tenn Is becoming more popular thru
out the country. and many of the
large systems, including the Penn
sylYania. ;. q O., Seabord aud South
ern, have adopted 1t On some of their
divisions.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-14
Automatic Signals on Whole ". J
System.

There can be no more wrecks like
that On the high Irestle in the Thur
mont gulch. couple years ago.
Automatic block signals are now n
service on the entire main line. Of
the v. M. n al. approximately 20
piles Of line have been equipped with
his modern Isignal system, ana It !
adding greatly % u. Z Kfatias|
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-14

You must KePp your mouth shut
when you are IN 1.-THE water said the
mother 70 little Thomas.
.Nby7p asked Thomas.
.Bee1uee ron mIent swallow some
Of = :" ahe replied.
Veil, what fl res plenty
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-14
RUM FROM PORCELAIN COFFIN
SERVED IT aBLIND TIGER
Chester Police Raid Unlicensed Bar
Maintained b. Brother OF
Politician.

Chester, Pa. June 25.--A porcelain
lined coffin, from which whisky was
drawn direct from the wood" was
found by Chester cops and members
OF a detective agency, when the un-
licensed hotel OF John ]. Leary. a
brother of Police Magistrate Vim. J.
Ieary. and active IN ward politics.
was raided this afternoon. The coffin
was nearly full of cheap booze"
Forty-eight prisoners found n the
barroom and other parts Of the build
ing we're locked up. Since the Court
refused to regrant Leary q license six
years ago Deary has conducted .
boarding house.
AS evidence of good days bust
ness the cops found over 500 In
money, cigar boxes with Sits In their
lids being used in lieu Of cash regis
ters. 4 stock of beer and whisky that
would have netted a couple Of hun
dred dollars more was confiscated.
The Tacoma Washington Ledger
contained the following account Of the
great number OF liquor permits taken
out by residents OF dry" Tacoma
More than 10000 permits to ship
intoxicating liquor into this state
have been granted by the county au-
ditor since the beginning of the year.
This means that G. w. Chesbrough IL
perhaps the most visited man IN the
courthouse, for he Is the officIa1 CIV
CT OF permits In Auditor Norris ONCE.
new form of intemperance pre-
vailing In dry" states has been dis
covered in Mississippi by the Jackson
Miss News. II shows how easy It
Il for people to beat the prohibition
law. The News declares
4 press dispatch from Chatawa.
Miss. states that the surplus straw
berry crop OF that section was made
into vine and that on last Sunday 4
large number Of persons who had i'm
bbed too freely Of strawberry wine
we're drunk and disturbing the peace.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10

are practicing better methods be-
cause of the influence of the county
agents. They are demanding more
information They see that demon
stration methods are making them
money and they will go on until they
have mastered their problems.
There has been Improvement in
other crops also. General farm con-
ditions have kept pace with the
crops. Live stock has been stressed
and the work of agents is just be-
ginning to show In some counties
the increase in the number of hogs
has been from 100 to 300 per cent.
Along with the live stock increase
has come the construction of dipping
watts and silos.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
FL0RIDA's CORN YIELD BOOSTED
County Demonstration Agents Work
Results in Increase Acreage

Do you know what the corn yield
for Florida was nine years ago? 1t
averaged nine bushels to the acre,
according to estimates by the United
States Department of Agriculture. Do
you know what it was last year?
The average was little over fifteen
bushels to the acre. Now If that
average grows as much in the next
nine years as it has in the last, Flor
ida will be among the States which
make the highest yields.
Twenty or twenty-five bushels may
seem too much to expect, but the
same methods which produced the
increase from nine to fifteen will
boost the average yield to twenty or
more. According to C. K. McQuar-
RE, State agent for the University Of
Florida Extension Division, farmers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10

"At last my belated cavalier" she
tried to say viciously Il shall be
marble-and ice-quite!"
Footsteps crunched on the gravel
walk. Her head was turned and she
gave no token of recognition or inter.
est. The footsteps sounded on the
steps, and then"
my dear Miss Rogers-I am indeed
unfortunate!"
A vivid revulsion passed through her
frame. Instantly she recognized the
unwelcome voice. 1t was not that of
Paul Leslie. It was that of his antithe.
sis, Bryce Willard.
II there was one among her numer.
GUS suitors whom Grace despised II
was this overfastidious, self-conceited
individual. He was a man of wealth
and leisure. 1t had come to her ears
that he had boosted the Miss Rogers
was the nearest to his ideal OF lovely
girl and he had half a mind to settle
down and marry her" But this intelli.
gence was vspid. He had a suit of
clothes for each day in the week-on
the present occasion two. for he wore
an outing garb of immaculate white,
even to the cap, gloves and shoes.
Il was on my lonely way to the func.
tion," he observed, coming nearer 81
made out someone on the porch May
l hope that | will have the company
OF good angel for the rest of my
route?"
you may" spoke Grace, promptly
and deliberately, thinking to herself
that her frame of mind at the present
moment was very far from being an.
gelic. Here was her opportunity to
teach that presumptuous Paul Les.
lie" a severe lesson! That he
would arrive later, profuse with
excuses, she doubted not He should
find her gone, with another and
all that evening Willard should be at
her side, while Paul-she would freeze
him with a look!
you see, don't know the exact way
to the WaIthams." explained Willard,
as they started down the steps.
Neither do l." said Grace, and she
quite hurried him for fear that Paul
would put in an appearance before
they got started
And it's deucedly dark, no moon, 4"
proceeded Willard, as If announcing an
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
FRESH
PAINI!"
By Jessie Ethel Sherwin
Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)

Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)
81 shall wait for Mr.. Leslie" spoke
Grace Rogers to her cousin.
well, don't lose your way If you
find he does not come"
THE ideal" flashed out dainty and
petite Grace. She ruffied at the thought
Of any swain, foresworn or prospec
tive, daring to place her in such a pre-
dicament, and Paul Leslie was pro
nouncedly of the former class. Thes
were not engaged, but of all the eligi
BILE young men of the village he had
the most fully attracted her.
Paul had admired her from the first
day he had seen her, and had told hel
so. More recently he had insisted thai
they were made for one another. and
that he was gathering up the evidence
to prove it to her! She liked his
bright breezy ways.
Grace was on a two months visit t.
her cousin, Norma Ellis. The pre-
scribed period had nearly passed. Tha
evening there was party at villa
two miles away. Paul had promised t
call for her at seven o'clock. She pre-
ferred to go on foot, she had told him
Now she sat on the porch awaiting tn,
arrival of her expected escort.
The clock inside the house strucl
seven, then the quarter. Grace began
to grow impatient. Half past. A daint.
foot began to tap the porch floor taste
and faster. She darted a look town
ward full of real temper. She spranl
to her feet quite angrily as the clocl
announced that Paul Leslie was forty
five minutes late.
"How dare he'll" she fiared out. "Oh
/ could almost scratch him!"
Then she jumped back into her sea;
affecting in her pose the utmost indii
ference to everything in the worl
save the most intense enjoyment @
rest and the soft perfumed evening all
She had seen a white-garbed massey
line form coming down the road.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
New England chestnu,s Doomed.


Our native chestnut tree, for all It's
long tenure of our hills and pastures,
Is officially reported as facing complete
extinction. "Cut at once and market
quickly" is the state forester's advice.
Unlike moth and borer, the bacterial
blight that Is killing the chestnut trees
attacks with an infection as subtle as
the breath of a pestilence. The dis
ease Is working across the state from
west to east, as If with the prevailing
winds. 1t has already overrun FIVE
counties and has established centers
six of our timber trees is a chestnut,
the commercial loss in many areas will
be severe. No more farmers will send
their boys and girls to college, winter
by winter, from the sale of ties and
planks and posts from the rapidly
growing stands of straight chestnuts.
But the sentimental loss will entail
even more regret. The chestnut tree,
like its close cousin, the beech and the
oak. has made its own place In our
rugged New England life. 1t enters
our stories and poems and fireside talk
as olive and palm enter the legends
and songs of the Mediterranean. Its
furrOwed bark and open branching &C.
cord with our scenery and climate as
the durability and bold figure of its
wood accord with the old-style virtues
Of New Englanders themselves.-Bos
ton Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
Treatment of Walls.

II a molding Is liked from which to
hang the pictures that do so much to
make our rooms homelike, the best
height for the molding is in line with
the top of the doors. The modern idea
seems to be to bring the window wood
work to the floor by using a paneling
beneath the sill. and to carry the tops
of doors and windows to a fixed line
the molding line. Thus the walls are
divided into rectangular spaces, and
the decorative effect of a good paper
is enhanced. A plain paper has the
dignity of a panel when so used.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
How They Save.

Every Is minutes somebody walks
into one of our four large savings
banks and opens a new account.
That has been going on for weeks,
months and years, until now there are
over 100000 different accounts. The
average amount of money kept in bank
by each depositOr is only little less
than $500.
Our thrifty folk have the saving
habit. Every minute OF every day they
lay aside SIS to put in the savings
banks. That may seem a small sum
until you multiply the minutes into
hours, the hours into days. days into
months and months into year.
Then you have a tidy total of S11,-
100000, which is s2.OO0OOO more than
1t cost to run the whole United States
government the year Washington cap
tured Cornwallis.-Girard, In the Phil.
adelphia Ledger.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
CUTTING CUIDE619z

impossible it is to waste material or
make errors in the cutting.
1t case the straight upper edge is
preferred for the corset cover, as so
many women like this outline, with
ribbon shoulder straps, cut off upper
edges Of front, side front, side back
and back along CROSSINGS of small
80" perforations. The small 90"
perforations at the lower edge Of the
drawers also show how the straight
line may be obtained in place Of the
round effect.
A bit Of embroidery is essential on
all fine underwear this season, even
where lace is used. The delicate
sprays used here .are quickly worked,
satin and outline stitches being en-
ployed for the purpose.
Pictorial Review Combination No.
6797. Sizes, "a to 46 inches bust.
Price, Is cents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10

individual and particular discovery. 81
know it's two miles. We can hardly
miss it."
He ratified on in his empty-brained
way and Grace tried to keep up the
conversation. Half an hour later they
found they had wandered of from the
regular road and came up against a
barbed wire fence, the road having
faded away into a mere footpath.
Il declare. I believe we are lost!
remarked Willard.
Grace was getting nervous. She sug-
gested that they retrace their steps.
They regained the road, branched of
into another one and halted again at o
crossroads.
Il know that we follow the Hub
bard road" said Willard, but which is
it? All. there is telegraph pole with
sign on It."
The same was in clear evidence. but.
standing even only ten feet away from
1t, neither could make out the letter
ing on the sign.
'I1l have to climb up and see II I
can make 1t out at closer sight," OBJ
served Willard. I'm something Of a
climber. Miss Rogers, believe me! At
the field sports last year l won In the
| creased pole climb, so this fifteen or
twenty-foot stunt is nothing to me.
Pardon, for moment"
Showily the Wanted athlete ascend.
ed the pole. Grace, waiting below,
! watched him reach the sign. A certain
growl of disgust echoed on the still
air. Mr. Willard came sliding back to
terra firma.
1T reads Fresh Paint" he an
nounced. "Ah, you seem amused?"
Grace was, indeed. She leaned
against a convenient tree stump and
laughed. She could not help it. Hel
merriment rang out In free-rushlng
volume. Her escort was a sight!
Gloves, garb, face, he was notified
daubed, striped and spotted. The blacl
paint plastered him, stuck to him.
Il had better see you safely II
sight of the scene of the function o.
the evening"" announced Willard, sol
EMMY, "and find my way back home
by sequestered paths"
He INDUCED In no further converse
ton. His dignity was offended at "th,
hoydenish merriment" of his compan
ion. BY accident they reached tn,
road. They came in sight of lighted
house. The sound of running footstep
sounded behind them.
"You will be safe the rest Of the dis
tance," spoke Willard. Il do not car
to be observed" and vanished Il
among the shrubbery lining the road.
Miss Rogers, Grace!" spoke
breathless voice, and 1t was Paul Lei
lie. Ran all the way. Hoped to ovel
take you. Who was the CHASTITY figur
that just left your"
Grace drew back with hauteur. Tn
, quick-witted Paul noted It.
Angry at me for being later" h
/ questioned in his jolly off-handed wa,
You won't be. You sec, was at tn
jewelers.. The question was: Shout
have the inscription read p. L. to
r. Or Paul to Grace"
What are you talking about?" quet
toned Grace, but her tones softeneG
I for she half suspected the issue a
stake.
Inscription on the engagement
ring" airily explained Paul. WAS &c
ing to lead up to 1t in our walk. Hav
to bulk 1t all in minute now. Mus
know my fate tonight, now. Resolved
upon 1t. Yes and you take the ring
No. and l fly abroad-war, battles
grave in the trenches, broken heart. I"
He held out the tiny circlet. H,
was so artless and persuasiveI
You odd persevering mortal" whis
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10

There is always place for gar
ments Of Individual style in the ward
robe Of the well-dressed woman. For
that reason this combination will be
wanted. It consists of a corset COW
ar and open drawers, the corset cover
having . round neck, though a square
effect may be used instead. The
model Is equally dainty developed in
nainsook, fine lawn or lingerie satin.
Delicate colors are used as much as
white this season in making smart un-
.derwear. Two and five-eighths yards
of material, with 9 yards Of insertion
and 8 yards of edging are required to
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
A Combination of Distinction

make this combination.
Two widths of the material are
laid, right sides facing, on the cut
ting board before the various pat
tern sections are placed upon them.
Each section occupies almost the en-
tire length of the goods. The front
comes in the first row, then the side
back, arranged little to the right
of the front. The back is placed on
the third row, with the shield to the
right, while the side front takes up
the remaining space. A careful sur
vey of the cutting guide Shows how
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
Effect of She'll Fire,

When a 12-inch shell strikes the
water it throws up a splash higher
than a battleship's mast. This splash
weighs about 1000 tons, enough to
sink small ship.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10

Hay and Straw on Platforms.
In Mexico, farmers instead Of fsno-
ing In their hay and straw stacks.
erect them on platforms out of the
reach of cattle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
What the Bible Contains.

Somebody possessed of unlimited
time and patience has figured that the
Bible contains 3,586,473 letters, form
ing 1858 words, 31,737 verses, 1889
chapters and &c books.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
Foxes Good Rat catehers.

Foxes have been trained to catch
rats by man residing in Ambergate,
Derbyshire, England. He claims that
they are better than dogs for the work.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
Many Reject Pork.

More than half of the worlds popu,
lation still regards meat Of swine as
unfit for human consumption.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
when Maklno Your Fortune.

When Making Your Fortune.
II you set out to be the architect Of
Your own fortune, keep in mind that
the building inspector will be along
iater.-Youth's Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10

No. ll75l Transfer pattern only yards and
price 10 cents .
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-08-04

k. T , -1 and pledge -t4se IsoSEiaees ot4this cos yention to do thefr utmost to enac' into statue the recommendations ther, i iu ccnained.
 We favor an economical administrG . uon of the affairs of Alaska. and are unalterably opposed to extrayagant appropriations or extravaganza in any phase Of government Unnecessary taxaaou is unjust taxation. and we be ieve that taxes should be equal and uniform and limited to Territorial needs.
 We favor the enactment of a law granting community property rights tc women
 We believe that 1t was the intention of Congress that 25 Der cent of the receipts from forest reserves should be expended in the vicinity of the forests from which received. and We believe that such receipts from each et the forest reserves ot Alaska should ae expended in tGe divisions in which such forest reserve is located
 We favor the amendment Of the act providing for local self-government in certain native villages of Alaska so that it will prevent the Indian muni- cipal governments and courts from aNercising jurisdiction over the per sons and property Of white citizens.
 We are opposed 10 t1e creation oI er.rare fishing reserves whether for he benefit of Indians ar otherwise.
 We pledge our nominees to the massage of laws simplify ing court pro. ceduye and le<sening the expense to 5dsaars and urge tho establishment n inexpensive small dahcs courts.
 We recommend the passage of a law hat will do away wieh the present AeaTy costs incident to the probate and settlement of small estates of de. eedeats.
 We believe lu the regulation of the #sheries in such manner as to re- plenIsh and protect the dsh supply of Alaskan waters. we are opposed To he creation Of special fisheries re serves for the be1eft ot any particular class: we believe that laws should be enacted that will simp1 the location e< fish traps in such Way as to cause less litigation and we believe that the authority Jo enact corrective legisla- t.aa for this important industry should be conferred upon me Legislature Of Alaska.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-08-04

Plants grow quicker on bright moonlight nights because sUch nights produce dew, which is very good for plants.