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

J A new banking institution il 70 be
built by the Iittlestown Savings Bank
Several cooking utensils have been
patented in which downward draft
carries all the odors away by divert
ing them into the stove on which the
utensils are used.
Rambling noises in hot-water boil
ers just after gas heaters are lighted
are caused by the cold water rushing
up from below to displace the ex-
banded water above.
According to a French scientist, d.
| gestion proceeds more swiftly when
erect because in the process of evo-
| luton the stomach has not advanced
as rapidly as other organs.
Mr. Daniel Seipp, this city, cele-
brated his 73rd birthday on April LIST
when he received 100 birthday cards.
He wishes to thank his many friends
| for their kind remembrances.
Don't forget the entertainment to
be given in the P. o. S. of A. Hall, in
Pleasant Valley, for the benefit of the
Ladies' Aid Society, Saturday, April
8th. Refreshments will be sold. Ev-
erybody invited.
Fearing tie pest which destroys
/ the mulberry tree, thereby menacing
the silk industry, France has pro-
hibited the importation of cut flow
ers from Italy between May l and
November 1 each year.
The word stop" appears on one
side of a new rear lamp for automo-
biles that is so mounted that pres
sure on the brake rod swings it into
position for drivers Of following We
hicles to see.
To protect motor-cyclists from
storms, waterproof apron has been
invented that fits over their hands
and legs and is supported by frame
from the handle bars of their ma
chimes.
The Geological Survey has esti-
mated that the Colorado River in an
average year discharged into the Gulf
OF California $4,000, 900 tons of silt
and salt equal to 20 tons for each
square mile of land the river drains.
St. Benjamins Union Singing Class
will hold a Number Social and chick
en- supper, at the home OF Milton A.
Yingling, Wednesday evening, April
18th Should the weather be I'M
favorable it will be held the first fair
evening. Everybody invited.
The largest cotton-producing coun-
ty in the United States, Ellis county.
Texas, yielded 1914 bales last year.
This is more than six times the
amount produced in the whole state
OF Virginia and more than was
raised in either Missouri or Florida.
Tariff bullatin No. AZ, issued by the
Public Service Commission, makes a
rate Of At cents per net ton on lime
in barrels or sacks by carload
from Union Bridge to Baltimore, al
so reduces 20 y cents net ton flint
and ground from Glen Morris to
Glyndon.
Twenty-Five of the employees of
the I4ittlestown silk mill are on
strike, and work at the factory is
greatly hampered The force num-
bers about one hundred, of whom
nineteen are Spinners. OF these,
seventeen struck, and the work of
those who do the other kinds of
work is held up.
Lutheran Church will hold an Easter
Bazer Friday and Saturday afternoon
and evening. April IA and Is, next
door to Babylon & Lippy's Store, West
Main street Easter candies, fancy
articles, baskets, eggs, home made
bread, rolls and cakes will be for
sale Orders will be taken for color
ed eggs and delivered for Easter.
Phone rom.
Fifteen per cent. of the timber cut
in the United States is wasted every
year and government experts in
Washington are engaged in expert
ments to determine how much may
be saved by utilizing the waste. One
experient is the utilization of saw
dust in the manufacture of alcohol.
Another interesting possibility is the
utilization Of hydrolzed sawdust as
a carbohydrate cattle food.
Rev. Edgar T. Read, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant church, Is at
tending the Maryland Annual Con-
| ference of the Methodist Protestant
Church in Baltimore this week.
Peachgrowers in the Smithsburg
| belt assert that the crop has not been
badly damaged so far, and that IL
there are no killing frosts before
April 25 the Western Maryland yield
will be very large. In Northern
States the fruit has been ruined by
climatic changes.
Tired of farm life and seized with
a desire to embark on career in a
larger city, 17-year-old Louis Gerbert
ran away from the place of his en-
ployer, Morris E. Corbin, at Wood
| bine and went to Baltimore early
Sunday morning. When he alighted
from a train at Camden Station he
was taken into custody by Patrolman
Rudolph BiDler, of the Western dis
! trict. When taken to the Western
| Station the lad said he was d Phila-
delphia orphan and that he left the
farm to start life afresh. Mr.. Corbin
was notified by telephone that the
police had the lad in custody, and went
to Baltimore and took the boy home.
| Every dollar you send out of town
! flies away with a value that rightful-
ly belongs to your community Spend
it at home with your home merchant
where it's value stays with you and
helps build up your interests. When
you come to think Of it, there are on
ly two kinds of dOllars-the dollar
with wings" and the development
dollar" The dollar with wings"
r~o. FRS build mn tho fo distant