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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
uroes civ Improvement.


The American City, publication re-
viewing municipal work throughout
the country and promoting civic de-
veiopment, urges that cities In this
country formulate three-year I'M
proyement program Immediately fol-
lowing the termination Of the Euro
pean war. 1t points out that such a
plan viii serve greatly to diminish the
III effects Of the sudden st0ppage of
the heavy operations Of munitions and
other factories In the country and the
consequent throwing Of thousands Of
men out or employment for the time
being. The suggestion is a good one,
and II generally adopted would. be-
sides accomplishing the effects above
indicated result in many public i'm
proyements that nearly every munich
pality needs and must have In the
course Of time II It hopes to be num-
bered among the ''iive ones.'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
sele-contaIned Houses.

II has been suggested that archi.
tects could do great deal toward
Improvement Ia city planning by en-
couraging owners to build self-con-
tanned houses--that Is, structures that
would contain the entire establish
ment In itself. whether Il Is house
OF business or factory. says Con-
struction News. Next TO nature ar
ehItects have more to do with max
ing this world beautiful than any 9th.
cr agency, human or divine, and II 10
grave responsibility. and one sees
about him every day evidences OF one
kind or another as to how they live or
attempt to live up to It. particularly
In the matter Of house, a self-con-
talned establishment. that Is wholly
house without annexes, leantos or
projecting parts, which, in a few years
are used for such wonderful cons
blnatIon OF purposes that people won
der at the original intention OF the
owner or the architect.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
Hometown
P[filLIlIpS9
o. ~
GARDENS AND CHILD WELFARE
Experiment Being Made In New York
IL Of interest TO the Entire
Country.

or far more than ordinary interest
Is an experiment conducted this spring
Ia New York. There. under the d.
rectlon Of the International Child Well
fare league, and with the cooperation
Of state and federal departments. a
practical demonstration Of the value
Of vacant-iot gardening for children Is
being made. At first II win be con-
fined 20 Wcstchester county. where It
began In February under the guidance
OF President Jarvis of the Connecticut
School Of Agriculture. Outlining the
purposes Of the experiment, an officer
of the league says:
eve believe that TO abolish child
labor we must do constructive work.
II has been found BY actual practice
that where children have taken up
gardening they can earn more In a
summer In that work than they can
during an entire year Ia factory. The
garden products Of the children are
used first for the family and the sur
plus Is then marketed.
when the parents find that the
children con make more money 10
this way they win be willing to allow
them to remain longer In school to
prepare them for better positions. In
the meantime the children have been
building character as well a. building
themselves up physically. Taking the
children from the factories viii lessen
the lumber Of the unemployed There
are now 100000 children IN the fac
tories and there are 100000 unem
pIoyed. When we are able TO take
the children from the factories va
win leave their positions for the adults
who are now idle"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
MUSIC OF BARBARY STATES
Strange and Weird Tunes Are Thosd
Played by Men Of the
Great Desert.

sThe four Barbary states are Moroc-
co, Algeria, Tunis and TrIpoIl." Is q
lesson most Of US learned In childhood.
and most OF us know very little mors
about them today.
Mrs. Mabel L. Todd comments on the
wonderful mental quickness OF the
children Of Tripoli. In Tripod the
Mysterious" They acquire languages.
she declares, without effort, and the
street urchins use easily French, ItaI-
ian. and all the languages that are
current in their narrow streets. The
strange music Of the city, too, the
weird chants, the cymbals. flageolets
and queer stringed instruments, all
deeply impressed tile American visitor.
Sometimes at dawn. when roofs and
minarets were dazzlingly white against
the sapphire sky, while yet the laby-
rinfhine streets at the bottoms Of stuc-
co canyons lay in twilight gray. strange
men from the desert would stalk bys
making uncanny music.
One Of them. very tall and bIacIer
than most, was dressed In low
necked, short-sleeved gafnent. greatly
abbreviated as to skirts; playing meIo-
dies In minor mode unknown 10 the
West. and his stride was full Of dig
nifty well-nigh appalling.
The instrument slightly resembled a
Scotch bagpipe decorated with bar
barrie strings Of shells and beads. an
inflated skin with primitive mouth
piece, and at the opposite end two
pointed projections like horns. His
companion beat upon curious little
tomtom, and now and then sang q
bloodcurdling chant.
Black boys followed, jumped, shout
ed, danced like wild creatures. excited
beyond all bounds by this oddly COM
polling music, as the rhythm penetrat-
ed and seized their Imagination. Al
though these men OF mystery generally
passed about sunrise, they sometimes
went by in the night; once or twice the
weird performances took place about
two o'clock in the morning. The min
streis always walked with peculiar
swiftness, intent upon the serious busI-
ness in hand.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
MARYLAND, DEIlxARr & VIRGINIA az, CO
PatuXent River Line.

Schedule In effect April 4sh, 1915
Leave Baltimore. PIER 3. Light
Street, Tuesday 2 p. m, weather and
tide permitting, stopping 81 following
points
Fair Haven. Plum Point. Dare i,
Governors Run, Milestone, solomon 5
Island, Spencer's, st. feonards, Sol.
Iers. Sotsrrley, Cashner's, parker's
FORESTS, Dukes, Trent Hall, Iiol.
land Point. Benedict, Lower Marlboro.
Returning, steamer viii leave Lower
Marlboro, Wednesday, 1880 a. M,
weather and tide permitting, stopping
az pOinis as follows.
Megruder's Ferry, Holland Clias
Deep Landing, Trueman's Point,
LISTERS, Holland Point, iiI5 p M,
Benedict. ~ noon, Trent Hall, Dukcfs.
FORESTS. Parker's, Cashiers, Sol
tcrley, $50 y. M, Sellers, 81 Iron
ards, Spenccr's, Soiomon's Island,
$40 D. M, Milestone, 6 b. ~, Cove
Point, Governors Run. y. M,
Dares, $40, Plum Point, y p. No. Fair
Haven, 70 p IA, arrive Baltimore
nest morning.
Leave Baitlmorr, Pier [.ight Street,
weather and slao permitting, Thurs
daf, 3. "a.
Fair Haven, Plum Point Dare !.
Governors Run, Cove Point, MiiI
stone, solomon's Island, Spencer
Sotlerley, CASHIERS, parkcr's, For
rests, Dukes, Trent Hall, HOLLAND
Point, f:45 a. M, Benedict
iNoio Steamer Viii not stop on
way 10 Baltimore, but will not leave
Holland Point ansil 50 a. a., on
Fridays.
Re1arninR, STEAMER will leave Bcne
dies, weather and tide permitting Fri
~, . ., "a, stopping ~ al the above
lAndinR
Trent Hall, Duks's. Forrest, Par
ker'a, Cashner's, sottcrlny, ~ Leon
ards, Sellers. speneeF's. solomon
Island, $50 q M, Milestone, u q. %
Governors Run, IL noon, Pun Point.
| . ms Fair Haven, : p. M. Bats.
more, ! .. ~
Leave baltimore, Pier Z, t.lKhi 81
Rsathrr and TIDE permitting, sAtnf9iat
i. ~, for The foilowinR points
Fair Haven, Plum Point, DNrc's
0oyernor's Run, Cows Point, MIL
stone. Soiomon's Island. spencer
s. Leonard's, SolIer's, sosierlcy
Csshner's, Parker's, Forresls, Dukes.
Trent Hall, Holland Point. Benedict.
Lietci's, I'rncman's Point, Deep Land
Ing, Holland cliffs, Mngrudrr's Ferr,
Lover Marlborough, White Landing,
Ferry Landing, Nottingham Lyon
Creek
Returning. steamer viii leave Lyon 4
Creek, 100 a. m, weather and tide
permitting. Monday, stopping at tbs
above points Nottingham. $40 0. M.
Lower Marlboro. $50 a. M. BENEDICT.
~ noon, Sotterley. 2 30 p. M. Solo
mons Island, s 20 .. M, Milestone. g.. %
D. M. Cove Poant, Gogernor's Run.
500 p. m. Dare's. $50 y. M. Plum
Point, . 90 p. M, Fair Haven.
1000 p. M. arriving IN Baltimore next
morning.
This time. table shows the timta al
which steamers may be expected 10 ar.
rive nj and depart from the several
wharvea, but their arrival or departure
AZ the times stated Is not guaranteed.
nor doea the Company hold itself re.
sponslbIe for any delay or any conae.
quences arising thcrefrom.
WILLARD THOMSON,
General Manager.
ID. w. DOWNEY.
Agent. Baltimore.
I. MURDOCH.
General Passenger Agent,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07

The Flemish form OF the name Elan.
ders IL Ylaenderen, and the word
means the country Of the Flemish. The
Flanders Of the middle ages was self
governing countship that Is. coun-
try whose ruler was a count, but at
times II was under the suzeratnty OF
France, and sometimes under thGt OF
the empire which then included the
Germanic states. The Flanders OF the
middle ages Is today divided between
France and Belgium, the greater part
being Included IN Belgium, and two
provinces In the western part Of the
latter country are known as East and
West Flanders. the latter fronting on
the North sea. Practically all the
country that formed the Flanders of
the middle ages Is low and level !:
hence 1t was commonly called the Low
Country. Ypres and the British lines
out to the North sea and south for a
considerable distance into northern
France, are In a country that formed
part Of old Flanders.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
First T.Isoraph Messaus.

Two or three articles about the first
message by telegraph have been print
ed by the Companion. Mr.. Vail. the
son Of the man who was so important
a figure in the history Of the magnetic
telegraph. writes to say that the very
earliest message was sent on Septem-
Der 2, 1887. In a purely experimental
way by Mr.. Morse and Mr.. Vail.
That was before the invention Of the
dot-and-dash alphabet, and the mes
sage was recorded in V-shaped charac-
tiers, each of which represented a NUM-
Der. The words correspondent to va.
rious combinations Of numbers, and
there was dictionary prepared BIZ
Mrs. Morse In which the words were
set down against the numbers that
stood for them. Youths Companion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
worlds rallsst Trees.

the talIest trees are the Australian
eucalyptus, which attain q haasht Of
$50 feet.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07

The neWest rs les ia .Ready IA Wear
Clothing Also agent. tof the Eng
|lishsAmcrlean and the Royal TnilOrs.
Endle0ti and sasly Shoes 10
ali styles We hvy right. src satisfied
with small profits and rs 20 please
our customers
Special gftoBiiOa given "a mail oi'-
dcra, HiThes, pfien paid for eRgs
GROCERIES Ne wili save ytsii
noaey Give us i call and b. cpn-
tlncsd
Fisk Automobile Tres "deliv-
cred by pareei post" 20 any part
Of county
ts3s'l54-V
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
old AZ.

sold age" said John Burroughs. the
great naturalist. ''iso mot 30 much q
bugaboo after all. He IL. in many
ways, better to live with than youth,
because he leaves you more AZ your
ease; you are in the caimer waters;
the fret and fever OF life have greatly
abated. Old age brings the philoscph-
ical mind: he brings . deeper, wider
outlook upon life; he brings more toll
erRnce and charity aud good viii
did not squander my youth In *
casHaa, and hence l am not bankrupt
Ia nv Old Raa.@
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
why Shafts Are Hollow.

By careful experiments Il bias been
proved that a solid column subject to
bending atrains A. no stronger than &
hollow one Consequently all iron
shafts which drive the screws Of
steamships have q hole bored down
tao center 20 that weight may be Is.
duced
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-07
Optimistic Thought.
One Illustration Ii worth a thousand
distractions
prIcea pecullarly Graded,

A Bgston man found at coal EN-;
porium Ia that city chap who man.
aged to infuae degree Of facetious'
ness into the transaction. How much
is chestnut coal timidly inquired the
prospective customer THAT depends
said the salesman A IA carte. IN
eight dollars culaasec, Il will cost
you 80 cents eAtfa
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-14
SECRETARY MoRHoUs RESIGNS,
Y. M g, a. County Committee
Accepts Resignation OF Pop
ular Secretary.

At a meeting Of the County Commit
tee Of the Y, M, C. A. Monday even
ing Secretary Lyman A. Morhou,
rendered his resignation, which was ac
cepted with regret, Mr., Morhous made
it clear that he had decided definitely
and positively to withdraw from the
work at the close Of the organization
year, May |, Resolutions commencing
him for his earnest and faithful services
were passed unanimously.
Mr., Morhous, who is a graduate OF
Middlebury College in the class of 1910,
accepted the position Of Secretary OF
the Y M. c, A. of Addison County and
Brandon about four years ago. At that
time the organization was in debt and
the outlook discouraging. He started
work with vigor and good sense and
soon had groups of boys organizing in
several towns in the county. Debts
were paid off and the finances put on
better basis, A better feeling toward
the organization resulted.
There had been suggestions of Coun-
ty Agricultural Agent at various times,
but nothing definite was accomplished
until Mr., Morhous began to put in his
time to work up interest and support.
His services in efecting the organization
which finally secured an agent for the
county have been gratefully rec
ognized.
One of the plans of Mr.. Morhous was
a camp for Addison county boys on
Lake Champlain. He put good deal
of work into this project and Camp
lroquos has been very successful in
giving many boys pleasant outing who
would otherwise have had no such
chance.
Mr. Morhous has been popular with
boys and will be greatly missed by
them. 1t is hoped he will remain in
the county, position having been Of
fered him in the State Industrial School.
Representatives of the State Indus
trial Committee were present Monday
evening and plans for the continuance
of the work were discussed. The meet
ing was held in the new local Y. M. C.
A. rooms in the Battell Block under
the post office. j. A. Bars presided
and A. w. Eddy acted as Secretary.
d. L. Wells, treasurer, presented a
report Others present were John E,
Weeks, Charles |. Button, M. A.
Thomas, DR., H. l.. Averll, w. N.
Cady, Rev. L. M. Isaacs and j. M.
Thomas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-14
HARRISON E. SANFORD.
MR.. ROWLEY'S LETTER.
TO the Editor Of the Register:

To the Editor of the Register:
Idesire to make use of the columns of
your valuable publication, to make
formal announcement of my intention
to become a candidate for the office of
High Sheriff of Addison County at the
primary this fall.
That | am qualified for this import
ant position feel quite confident, mas
much as | have served the town of New
Haven as constable for the past SIX
teen years, and have also performed the
duties of deputy sheriff in this town and
other parts of the county for the past
fifteen years to the best of my ability.
Being in the prime of life and having
gained considerable experience in actual
service, feel confident that can per-
form the duties attendant upon this
high office satisfactorily to the people
of Addison County.
The town of New Haven has not been
honored with county official for many
years, and my fellow townsmen inform
me that | will receive the unanimous
support of the voters of my home town
for the nomination at the primary.
| have no criticism to make of the
conduct of the office in the past, but
can assure the voters of the county,
that if elected to the position, | will
devote all my time that is necessary to
properly perform the duties of the
office, and | will give my strongest
efforts to accomplish firm, fair and
Just enforcement of the law and order
in this county at all times.
F. E. RowLEY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-14
CANDIDATES FOR SHERIFF.
n. E. Sanford of Cornwall and
Fred E. Rowley of New Haven
out for the Office

Candidates. are becoming numerous,
and this week we have the announce
ments of H. E. Sanford of Cornwall
and Fred E. Rowley of New Haven.
The letters are given herewith. Both
men have served as deputies and both
have many friends in the county. The
candidacy of George S. Farr of Bristol,
also deputy sheriff, has already been
announced. A good contest may be ex-
pected.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-14
MR.. SANFORD'S LETTER.
To the Editor of the Register:

To the Editor of the Register:
BY the request of many friends,
wish to announce that shall be can
didate for the office of sheriff of Addison
County at the September primaries on
the Republican ticket, and if nominated
and elected my ten years of service as
deputy will enable me to perform the
duties of the Office to the very best of
my ability.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-14

Continued on Page A.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-15

Cross Pharmacy of Lakeland, for best
glass of jelly, won by Louise Clark
Subscription to Home Needle
Work, for second best uniform, won
by Lille Levins.
Shoes, presented by Straw Shoe Co.
of Lakeland, won by Bette Rauler-
son.
Pair hose, presented by G. j. An
derson of Auburndale, won by Grace
Hebb
Two pairs silk hose, presented by
u. H. Adams of Auburndale, won by
Lois Peters.
I Ia yards hair ribbon, presented
by John Patterson Store of Auburn
dale, won by Nettie Levins.
Spoon, presented by Wilson Hard
ware Co., of Lakeland won by Sallie
Lowery.
SAVINGS account of So, presented
by Polk County National Bank oil
lBartow, won by Violet Sutton.
Food chopper, presented to county
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-15
FIGURE IT OUT.

A farmer died and in his will left
his II head of horses to his three
sons. To one son he gave one-half of
the horses. To another son he gave
one-third of the horses. To the third
son he gave one-ninth of the horses.
The sons could not divide the horses
equally so they borrowed horse from
neighbor and then divided the IS
horses. The first son took nine
horses, the second son took six horses
and the third soon took his two
horses. Then they returned the Dor
rowed horse to the neighbor How did
they do it?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-15

for demonstration purposes by Model
Hardware Store of Lakeland.
Club pin, to every girl who wrote
her essay and sent in her record
book
The Girls club was not alone, how
ever, in holding up to the world what
can be done in Polk county for the
boys, too, came in for their share of
the glory. They manifested to the
world that Polk can raise corn just
about as well as the best. According
to Mr. Herring ton, stands next to the
top. Nassau stands first with
yield of IS bushels of corn to the
acre at an average cost of 33 cents.
Hamilton really comes next with so
far as yield is concerned, with 80
bushels to the acre at forty-four
cents cost Polk next with yield of
so ITO bushels to the acre at an
average cost of 80 cents an acre.
fernando next with a yield OF AZ
Continued on page -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-15
Chamber OF Commerce
:: Notes ::

Sometimes the assertion is made by
settlers and others that
orange groves are not profitable as
yielding good interest on the invest
'ment. There are doubtless a good
many poor investments of this kind
as there are in other lines, but that
this is not the fault of the industry
may be proven by several cases in
point, showing actual facts.
One of our most prominent citi-
zens owns a thirteen-acre grove of
grapefruit and oranges close to town
Last year he received $13,55S for his
crop on the trees. Another promi-
nent citizen sold the fruit from his
grove of four and two-tenth acres for
$4,000 and the party who bought it
resold it for $500, less the cost of
picking. packing and shipping,
amounting to $1,10O. Another
equally prominent citizen has just
sold his crop this year for $16,250,
with total expense attached there
to of $4,000, leaving a balance of
S12,650, and is negotiating for the
sale of it for consideration of $75,-
900. Still another well-known citi-
zen realized from his grove last year
the sum of s624.50 per acre net
OF course, it is true that some
groves do not pay. There are some
other lines which do not pay. The
fault is not with the industry, but
with the particular grove or other
business and its proper care and
management
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-15
Lakeland, Fla, Nov. IA, 1916

Editor Evening Telegram, Dear
Sir: Have recently been a patient in
the City Hospital here, wish tc
ublicly express my appreciation OF
the ca and kindness received at the
hands OF those in charge of this in
stitution
The superinten dent Is highl,
educated, noble, Christian woman
whJ personally has the care of al
surgical cases, and to this one fact i.
due in large measure, the success,
OF the large number of operation
which are performed there. Not ;
single case has been lost since tn,
hospital pened three months ago.
Besides the superintendent, Their,
is head nurse. and three studen
nurses, all Of whom are devoted t,
their work and leave nothing undone
which will add to the comfort an,
welfare of the patient.
This institution is worthy GU
earnest support and patronage and
am sure every patient must be al
ardent booster and supporter.
Very respectfully,
MRS. NELLIE L. CANNON.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-15

You may chisel boy into shape as
you would a rock, or hammer him in.
to it. if he be of better kind, as you
would piece of bronze. But you can
not hammer a girl into anything. She
grows as a flower does. She will
wither without the sun. She will de-
cay in her sheaf, as the narcissus
does, if you do not give her air
enough. But you cannot fetter her
Ruskin.