The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-04-07

There are 81, 400 passenger cars on
th4 railroads of this country.
An excursion will be run to Pitts
b,rgh over the Western Maryland
on April p.
Fireworks are said to have been
first used in Europe in the city of
Florence in 1860.
Approximately 100000 was real
jzad by the farmers of Adams county
in The sales held during the past two
months
4 simple horse-drawn machine has
Been invented by a Michigan man to
sprinkle sand evenly over slippery
streets.
brilliant and permanent green
can be procured from the juice of
the stalk and leaves of nettles. 1t
Is sometimes used to dye wooden
stutts.
Wireless stations to be erected by
The United States Navy in Hawaii
and the Philippines will be the most
powerful in the world, having a 4,70G
mile radius.
Mrs. Mary K. Rindge, of Los
Angeles, is caid to be the first woman
railroad president in California and
one OF the three women executives of
railways in the United States.
The King of Spain has an income
of $l4OO,000 and he is at peace with
the world. And yet some of the 9TH
or monarch3 used to think him very
poor representative of royal blood.
The motion-picture industry, which
uses silver salts for sensitizing films,
s estimated to consume 15,OOO,OOO
ounces of silver each year in the
United States alone.
Above and below the air chamber
i'm a new French automobile tire are
which come together and support the
tire in event of puncture.
The machine invented for stacking
lumber in high piles has been i'm
proved by the addition of monitor
nozzle to which hose can be con-
n"ctpd to fight lumber-yard fires.
The most heavily insured man in
the world is Rodman Wanamaker
who increased his life insurance to
81 SOC. 900 His annual premium on
thai amount is estimated to be about
$i25,H0
A ath without water is said to
TO one OF he latest novelties. A
thick robe is entwined with wires
and when put on current OF cleo
t-ic!ty is passed through the wires
The vearer of the robe soon finds
hi fody getting warmer, until in a
l,o
Most of The armored motor-cars
u>ad IN the present war for outpost
ami scouting duty are encased in
light frame of tough steel plate,
ranging in thickness from three
siXteenths Of an inch to a quarter
Of an inch, and are impervious to
rifle and machine-gun fire.
The efficiency of parachutes in
saving the lives of aeroplane pilots
appears to have been proved in the
recent demonstration of Colonel
Maitland, of the British Royal Naval
Air Service, who jumped from an
aeroplane at an altitude of 10000
feet and landed safely, thanks to the
parachute o: special design which
ne used. 1t required Is minutes for
the decent.
The HAMPSTEAD COrnet Bani has
elected the following officers: Presl-
dent. f. l.. Murray; vice-president, 5.
F. FrankfOrter; treasurer, }. William
kelbaugh; assistant treasurer, f.. +.
AIbaugh: trustees, Harry Sullivan, l..
S Lester c. A. Snyder and Lewis
S-ger; advisory committee, n. k.
Iippv Harry Bixler, Charles Horick
to- Nj
A.baugh.
Strayer's Business College opened
its season by defeating Franklin
High School, to ), in a 1O-inning
contest at Baltimore Saturday. Frank
lin held the lead until the eighth in
ming. when Strayers tied the score.
The features were the all-around
playing of Diffendal for the winners
and SchaeTer and Eppers for the
losers.
Under the auspices of Conway's
Band comic play entitled Teddy, or
the RunaWays," was presented Satur-
day evening in Firemen's Hall, at
hampstead, by local amateurs with
music by the band Those who took
part in the production we're: Mrs.
Harry Rigler, Misses Rose Copper
smith, Ida Iippy and Cora Royston
Me5Srs. Albert A. Phillips, John
Shank, Paul Hynson, Raymond Buch-
man, Earl Belt and Elmer Richards.
Inc play will be repeated next Satur-
day evening.
The W. NJ. Railway Company il
considering the possibility of double
tracking its line between Williams
port and Cumberland "A miles, and
Investigations are being made by the
engineering department accordingly.
authority has not yet been given by
The board to undertake this construc-
tlon, but it appears probable that it
VIII begin within a year. Already
passing sidings have been heightened
ana additional passing tracks built
70 accommodate the long and frequent
freight trains.
superintendent F. l.. Brendel, of the
eastern division of the w. NJ, with
HEADQUARTERS at Hagerstown, was a
VISITOR TO Waynesboro to confer with
chlef of Police Staley as to means
LOT breaking up the practice Of tres
pdsslng on the w. NJ tracks Many
"aynesborO citizens and workmen in
me shops use the railway tracks to
shorten the distance between places
occasionally accidents occur because