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Money Mark Twain Refused.

By the time that Mark Twain had
finally succeeded in paying off the bur-
den of debt that had fallen upon him
with the failure of his publishing VEN
ture he found himself one of the best
paid authors in the world. He refused
many offers of money that did not
agree with his literary conscience He
declined S1n.a00 for a tobacco indorse-
ment. though he liked the tobacco well
enough. lie declined $4,000 a year
or five years To lend his name as ed
i,0r TO Il hr,Gu"ouS periodical. He de-
lined anuIlirr $IpCOn for ten lectures
aid another Tor fifty lectures at the
same rate TIA: is. $1,000 night. And
he WAS offered 81 a word for his writ
ing. which he also declined. making a
final arrangement with his regular pub
fishers that they should print whatever
he wrote. tie payment being 20 Cater
30 cents word. Boys Life of Mark
Twain in St Nicholas.
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When Chocolate Was Denounced,

Strong ASSIGNS were reused in the
seventeenth century among those who
thought chocolate was an invention of
the devil. y formidable treatise was
written in order to denOunce the use
IF the beverage by monks. The trea-
tise appeared in 1924. but the monks
saw to it. by destroying every copy
that came their way. that its circula-
ton was small and brief. Chocolate
houses succeeded coffee houses in Lon
don as centers of a supposed greater
refinement, although Roger North de
scribed them us centers for the benefit
Of crooks and cullies of quality, where
gaming is added TO all the rest and
where plots against the state were
Matched by idle fellows. - London
Graphic.
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Old Engraved RINGS.
Weekly.

Among the legends of Greece it is
told that the father of Pythagorus. the
famous Greek philosopher. was a cele.
brated engraver of gems, and, accord.
ing to classical history, both Helen of
Troy and Ulysses Of Greece wore en-
graved rings.
Engraving on stones that were partly
precious was an art at a very remote
age. The British museum proudly
boasts the possession of small square
Of yellow jasper bearing the figure of
a horse and the name and titles of
Amenophis H., believed to date back
to about the year 1450 B. G. The very
finest specimen of engraved gem now
In existence Is a head of Nero carved
on a first water diamond by the broth
ers Castanzi in the year 1870 A. DIST
James Gazette.
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Shaw Didn't Like Himself.

MANY years ago in house in Ash
10y Gardens" writes G. Bernard Shaw
in the New Witness, 81 was walking
alorg a corridor with other guests at
q musical evening when l saw coming
toward me a man who produced an
extraordinarily disagreeable impress
sion on me. tall young man in even
ing dress. with blond beard and, as
it seemed to me, hateful expression.
"He was coming straight at me. l
moved aside to avoid him, and he
moved, too, apparently to get into my
way again. An impulse of rage at
this insult was checked just in time
by the discovery that instead of walk
inc along a corridor | was crossing a
square landing and that the detestable
apparitiOn who had chilled my very
soul with his abominable aspect was
a reflection of myself in the wall of
mirror which the tenant of the Ashley
Gardens fiat had put up to give his
cramped dwelling an appearance Of
spacious magnifcence."
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SXmpathY With Nature.

'Tis an evidence of how directly we
are related to nature that we more or
less sympathiZe with the weather and
take on the color of the day. Goethe
said he worked easiest OH a high ba-
rOmeter. One is like a chimney that
draws well some days and won't draw
at all on others. and the secret is
mainly in the condition of the atmos-
phere. Anything positive and decided
with the weather is a good omen. A
pouring rain may be more suspicious
than a sleeping sunshine. When the
stove draws well the fOgs and fumes
will leave your mind. - John Bur
roughs.
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Just Used Him.

They met again ut Atlantic City. The
young man asked the girl:
Now that you have become engaged
to George why have you firted with
me so long and let me take you motor
ing. golfng and theater going? Why
did you encourage me so long when
you intended to accept George?"
The girl blushed little and sighed
Il wanted" she said softly. Ito test my
love for George. Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
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Hard to Kill.

An alligator's tenacity of life is re
markable. Il remember one time,'
says an English traveller in India, 81
was with Il shooting party on the
Gauges when the natives brought in
a six foot alligator. They hoped some
one would want to buy it. but no one
did, so it was determined to kill the
creature. 1t was hauled out of the
tank and tied to tree. Bullets from
a small rife or an ordinary twelve bore
gun seemed only to irritate the sau-
rian, and he did not seem to care very
much when a native thrust a spear
down his throat. Finally they were
obliged to get axes and chop off its
head. Even then the tail thrashed
around, and the body was almost cut
to pieces before all movement ceased"
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Gained Her Object.

There's method In some peoples seem
Ing miserliness. although the reason for
so much privation does not strike ordi-
nary folk as sufficient A Swiss village
owes its fine peal Of bells to this sort of
self sacrifice
About ten years ago a widow who
had lived in great misery for no less
than fifty years went to the commune
and presented 1t with over $4,000 for a
peal or bells for the old church. She
had saved the amount penny by penny.
dressing like a beggar and starving
herself. She said she had gained the
object Of her life.
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Very Set In His WAYS.

The people of Fitchburg in the eight
cen thirties resented Joseph Palmer's
beard. He was the only bearded man
in that part of the country. and he
was prosecuted for it. When he re-
sisted the attack OF several neighbors
who proposed TO shave him he was put
In jail on Il charge of unprovoked as
sault He far Outstayed his sentence.
said his son. because he had to pay for
all his food. drink and coal for heating.
and he considered they cheated him, so
he refused To go. The sheriff and jail
er, tired of having him there. begged
him to leave. Even his mother wrote
to him mot TO be so set" But nothing
could move him. He said that they
had put him in there and they would
have to take him out, as he would not
walk out. They finally carried him out
I'm his chair and placed it ON the side
walk. The neighbors were irritated.
not only by Joseph Palmer's beard. but
by his general attitude of mind-he
WAS $50 set Atlantic Monthly.
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Teeth as SentineIs.

when thou sittest to eat with a
ruler consider diligently him that is
before thee" says the Hebrew prov
erb, warning kings guest to regulate
his appetite by his hosts temper. Bos-
well, DR.. Johnson's biographer. gives
in his notebook a modern paraphrase
of the old Jewish proverb: 81 said of
a rich man who entertained us luxuri-
ously that. although he was exceeding
ly ridiculous. we restrained ourselves
from talking of him as we might do
lest we should lose his feasts. He
makes our teeth sentinels on our
tongues said l."
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
A Famous War Horse.

BucephaIus, the charger that carried
Alexander the Great through all his
campaigns, received his name from
the fact that. although white, he had
a black mark resembling an ox's head
on his forehead.
A Thessalonian had offered the horse
for sale to Philip Of Macedon, but as
none of the monarch's attendants could
manage him the king ordered his own
er to take him away. Alexander, who
was present, expressed his regret at
losing so fine an animal, and Philip re-
piled that he would buy the horse If
his son could ride him. The offer was
accepted by Alexander, who succeeded
in the attempt. Bucephalus would new
er suffer any other person to mount
him.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Shorthand Pioneer.

That the ancients were thoroughly
conversant with shorthand is an un-
disputed fact. 1t subsequently became
a lost art until revived or rediscoverel
toward the end of the sixteenth cen
fury. At this time there lived William
Lawrence. who died in 1921 and was
abbey. There the visitor may read his
epitaph. which includes the following
lines:
Shorthand he wrote. His flower in prime
did fade,
And hasty death short hand of him hath
made.
London Standard.
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Crust of French Bread.

There is one precious quality which
distinguishes French bread from all
the other breads in the world. the
quality. namely. of an extraordinarily
thick crust.
French bread has a thick, crisp, ap,
petizing crust because ii is baked with
a fuel composed of poplar branches.
The light poplar wood gives an intense
heat. which for some reason makes
crust as no other fuel will dO.-Ex-
change.
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Fire and Matrimony.

In Persia the wedding service is read
in front of a fire. In Nicaragua the
priest, taking the couple each by the
little fingers. leads them to an apart,
ment where fire is lighted and there
instructs the bride in her duties, extin.
gushing the fire by way of conclusion.
In japan the woman kindles a torch
and the bridegroom lights one from it.
the playthings of the wife being then
burned.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
He Won the Trick.

"Oh. George. dear" she whispered
when he slipped the engagement ring
on her tapering finger. how sweet of
you to remember just the sort of stone
I preferred! None of the others was
ever so thoughtful
George was staggered but for q mo-
ment- Then he came back with: mot
at all, dear. You overrate me. This
Is the one I've always used"
She was inconsistent enough to cry
about It.
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Breaking Q Looking Glass.

The breaking Of a looking glass su.
perstition Is a very old one. Hundreds
Of years ago it used to be a common
belief that those who wished to harm
others could do so by getting pictures
or making images Of their enemies and
destroying them. The destruction of
the picture would be followed by the
death of its original. Even the vic,
Tins reflection In a mirror was enough
for the purpose. provided the mirror
was promptly broken.
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Airing q Room.

In airing a room there are two things
to be remembered-frst, that the i'm
pure air must be allowed to escape
and, secondly, that fresh air must be
admitted. Impure air in room is al
ways warm and will therefore rise to-
ward the ceiling, when it will escape
If the window is opened at the top,
while cold fresh air will enter through
the lower part of the window when
opened.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Bran as q Medicine.

o Bread or mullins made from I
o bran make a nutritious break (
o fast food. Because OF its coarse {
o ness and bulk bran Is highly lax {
o alive. Persons OF sedentary hab-
o its and those who eat much meat {
invariably suffer from cOnstipa- {
o ton Uncooked bran makes a {
o more active laxative for such {
o cases. II should he eaten once {
o day-two or three tablespoonful c
o OF sterilized bran mixed In with c
o the breakfast cereal or stewed c
o fruit or taken with a pinch OF c
o salt and milk or cream over It. Q
o A warm preparation OF nnCook- Q
o ed bran can he bad by stirring II O
o into spup o
o The aged enjoy the bran bread o
o for breakfast. dinner and sup o
o per. II does away with the need c
o for q cereal at breakfast for o
o them. Digestive disturbances are o
o apt to result from q too steady o
o diet OF cereals, and bran prepa- o
o nations prevent and correct dis o
o orders OF digestion o
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A BrassY Cheek.

"You," exclaimed the indignant old
gentleman-'you want to marry my
daughter. Why. sir. it is only a few
years ago that you were caddying for
me-
Yes, sir" said the young man, "but
don't intend to let that stand in the
way. ! hope | am philosopher enough
to realize that very bad golfer may
make a fairly good father-in-law."-
Boston Transcript.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS y
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Proper Eatinq,

" Eating is important to every
" one. 1t is a matter that calls .
" for thought, for eating anything
" and everything without thought
" is certain to breed disease. Good
" health is necessary to our happi-
" ness, and health depends largely
" on the food we eat. its quality
" and quantity and the regularity
" of our meals. Quality includes
" the cooking. There are some y
" who. as the Scotch say. dig
" their graves with their teeth"
u Louis Corano some hundreds of
V years ago wrote diScourSeS on
" how to acquire and keep good =
" health. The chief thing, accord
y ing to Corano. was to eat simple
y foods in moderation and lead a
" temperate life. His theories are
y quite as good today as in his =
" time. Cicero said. Eat TO live.
y not live TO eat" William Penn =
" gave advice. always rise from 4
" the table with an appetite and z
y you will never sit down without =
y one" Overeating, eating with =
" out regard to digestion. is the y
- cause of a large proportion Of y
- our sickness. Gluttony kills =
" more men than the sword. who =
y minds not his stomach will soon =
- mind little else" <
- 4
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A NoNeltX.

when l went home the other night.
said Mr.. Meekton. Henrietta mistook
me for burglar
1T must have been an unpleasant
experience"
81 rather enjoyed it. 1t was the first
time in my life Henrietta was ever
afraid of me."-WaShington Star.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Retort Caustic,

Artists Friend patronizingly) II
think those thistles In your foreground
are superbly realistic. old chap! Pom
my word. they actually seem to be
nodding In the breeze. don't you
know! Ungrateful Artist-Yes. have
had one or two people tell me they
would almost deceive an asst
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
An Old SMALLPOX Cure.

The following primitive "cure" for
smallpox was discovered by the Ley
tonshire England guardians in one of
their registers for the year 100: Take
thirty to forty live toads and burn
them to cinders in a new pot, then
crush into fine black powder. Dose
for smallpox. three ounces
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
All In.

Friend-I was just In the art gallery
admiring your Napoleon After Wa
terloo" The fidelity Of expression on
Bonaparte's face is positively wonder
full. Where did you get It? Mr.. Dob
ber-From life. l got my wife to pose
for me the morning after she gave her
first reception.-Puck.
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A Matter of Distance.

Aesop was asked how far 1t was to
a certain place. Let me see you
walk" replied Aesop. The man pro-
tested that he wished a civil answer
you foolish person. said Aesop
How can tell how far 1t is to that
town until I see at what pace you
trayel?"
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
A Grand CANYON Sunrise,

A sunrise in the Grand canyon lasts
as long as you please. Each hour is
a sunrise for some cavern deeper than
the last. and. in fact, there are many
where it has yet to rise for the first
time since the canyon was made by
those ages of running water
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
A Record In Governors.

Mrs. Richard Manning of South Car
DINA had the distinction Of being the
only woman on record who was the
wife of governor, the sister of gov
ernor, the niece Of a governor, the
mother of a governor and the aunt and
foster mother of q governor.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
White Snecks In Butter

White specks in butter are some
times simply fine particles of milk
curd, resulting from lack of care in
skimming. Sometimes they are small
specks of dried cream, having been
scraped from the sides of the pan and
being too dry to thoroughly soften and
mix with the rest.
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EAGER TO Practice.

"My boy. you want to practice
thrift
81 know. dad. but I haven't got the
tools"
What do you mean by that"
IF you'll let ME have the s. l need
I'll see how long can make it last
Detroit Free Press.
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A Perfect Being.

Once upon a time there was a hu-
man being who never made a mistake
the fact that he was one day old when
he died.-Springfeld Union.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Three Classes on the Cars.

An Italian drummer explains In the
Milan Domencia del Corriere that lin
the first class the passengers abuse
the trainmen. In the third class the
tralnmen are rude to the passengers
In the second class the passengers in
suit each other"
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Accounted For.

Aunt-My goodness, Eddie! Why did
you take the biggest apple in the dish ?
Eddie was afraid some one else
would get it-Chicago Herald.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Mumsd.

They tell me Jimson Is over bis ears
N debt"
"Yes; so much 80 that he can't hear
the doorbelI when bis creditors CALI
Exchange.
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Bad Habit.

I'm going out. Maria. TO get little
ozone i'm my system"
81 do wish. James. you would stop
taking them dangerous drugs. "-Balti-
more American.
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His Ashes.

$50 you prefer to be cremated when
you die?"
Il certainly do"
"WhyT'
$50 that my remains may be mingled
with the ashes Of the grate."-LondOn
Telegraph.
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As IL Will Be,

The New Woman-I'm going to the
club, Algernon. Algernon-Very well,
but I've done all | could to make the
home Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Causes.

Bix-A physician says that yawning
is caused 10y a lack Of oxygen in the
blood DiX-Or a lack of pep in the
conversational Boston Transcript.
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Could Help Her,

Pussy Lady Patient-I was suffering
so much. doctor. that wanted to die.
Doctor-You did right to call me in.
dear lady.-Londou Opinion.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Cotton Seed.

1t is estimated that one seed of cot
ton. given the application of all posi-
BILE care and skill. would produce 49,
OO0.O00OO0 seeds in six years.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Parental Care.

Did your brides father give her
away?"
ont a few things about her for my
Self"-Baltimore American.
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Lost and Eound-a Heart.

Nothing seems so hopelessly lost,
when it is lost, as heart. yet nothing.
when it is lost, is by the experience of
the centuries so absolutely certain of
recovery.-Puck.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
EnoIand's Army Rifle

The English rifle. the Lee-Enield
fires thirty-four shots a minute. 1t is
made in ninety-fOur parts, involvin;
over a thousand operations.
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Parfact Elf

Clara-Is she satisfied with her d.
vorce suit? Bella-Yes; she wouldn't
have 1t altered for the world-Chicago
Herald.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Directly Over Il.

Bacon-What is that matchmaker do,
ing at his bench at night? Egbert-
Oh. he's working over time.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23

Conscience is harder than our enc
mics, knows more. accuses with more
nicety.-(ieOrge Eliot.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
The Comeback,

Skintiint-I have no money, but 1 will
give you little advice. Beggar-Well.
II yer amt got no money yer advice
can't be very valuable.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Almost as Bad.

Kathryn-I hear that you said / was
double faced. Kitye-I never did.
merelv aid you were double chinned,
Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23

Sooner or later the world comes
around to see the truth and do the
right-Hil.iard.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23

Thine is money" yet lots of. people
with plenty of time on hand try to
borrow money.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23

Il Is not every man that can afford
b wear q shabby coat-Colton-
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%EAEs
Evening journal., 1916-10-11
CECnT0N,s NEMSY SIDE.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
CECILTON, Nd, Oct. ia special
meeting Of the Community Club will
be held on Thursday next 10 complete
plans for the entertainment OF the
prize-winning boys Of the Corn and
Potato Club on the State tour when
they pass through Cecilton on next
Monday
One OF the wheat stacks on the
farm OF Mrs. Kathrine Wilson, tenant
ed by william Lollcr and Thomas
Craig. was burned last week
The First District Auxiliary Of
Union Hospital will hold a bake on
Saturday, October "a, in the parish
building.
Mrs. George ". Padley. Mrs. 5.
Wills Lushy and Mrs. William Coale.
Jr.. entertained friends at cards last
Friday afternoon AZ the home OF Mr.,
and Mrs. A. Johnson. near Sassafras.
Mrs. Margaret Black has been visit
ing Mrs. j. o. Clark. near Earlville
Mr.. and Mrs Windsor. OF Philadel-
phia, were recent visitors at the home
OF James Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Palmer. OF Phil
adelphia, have been here for visit
with MI and Mrs. Davis Taylor.
Mrs. Helen Hall has been the guest
of Mrs. L. p. King near Warwick.
Evening journal., 1916-10-11
NETHODISTS GIVE
S93.27O TO MISSIONS

At the forty. sixth annual meeting
Of the Philadelphia Branch, Woman S
Foreign Missionary Society OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. held in
Lebanon, Pa. October 4.6. Il was re.
ported that the total receipts for the
year were S9S 27O. The appropria-
tions for the next year is $4,000. The
delegates elected to attend the execu-
tive meeting. to be held in Minneap-
oils. October 20 to November ,. We're
Mrs. Clarence Stevens. Kingston.
Pa; and Mrs c. c. Benscoter Brook
vile, Pa. The branch superintend-
ents OF literature were invited as
guests OF the Minnesota Branch. Mrs
E. F. Shilling, OF this city. was ap
pointed TO represent the Philadelphia
Branch, in that capacity
Several missionaries. home Oh
their furloughs. addressed the con
vention. Fourteen hundred dollars
were pledged for the Cranden Insti.
tute in South America. The convon-
ton next year will meet at Warren.
Pa.
Evening journal., 1916-10-11
APPEALS FOR SERBIAN RELIEF.

Madame Slavko Grouitch. wife of
the permanent under secretary Of for
elgn affairs of Servia and a war
nurse and Red Cross worker on the
Balkan battlefields. who is in the
United States to secure relief for her
stricken people, will address a meet
ing to be held here on Wednesday
evening, October rs, in Trinity Parish
House. Madame Grouitch will speak
on The Present Conditions and Needs
Of Servia.' Her lecture will be illus
trated with lantern slides She is a
prominent speaker and will be re-
membered by having lectured here
last winter az the home Of Mrs. Lam
mot DUPONT
Evening journal., 1916-10-11
Try This If You
Have Dandruff

There is one sure way that never
fails to remove dandruff completely
and that is to dissolve it. This de-
stroys it entirely. To do this, Just
get about four ounces of plain, ordin.
ary liquid arvon; apply it at night
when retiring: use enough TO moisten
the scalp and rub it in gently with
the finger tips.
BY morning. most If not all. OF your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications will complete.
ly dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace OF it, no matter
how much dandruh you may have.
You will find. too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop in
stantly. and your hair will be fluffy.
lustrous. glossy. silky and soft, and
look and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. It is inexpensive, and
four ounces is all you will need. This
simple remedy has never been known
to fail.
Evening journal., 1916-10-11
ELkTON HAPPENINGS.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
ELKTON. Nd. Oct. IA rush OF
sewer gas rendered unconscious
George Shuster, one Of Elkton's best
known plumbers. He is now recover
ing in Union Hospital.
The Rising Sun Milk Producers
Protective Association has secured an
increase in the price Of milk to be de-
livered to the sharpless Company,
which is the largest milk customer
in this section Of Cecil county. The
increase is sixty-fve cents a hundred
pounds.
The grocery business established
years ago by Clinton J. White. on
West High street, at the corner o,
Bridge street. has been purchased by
Henry NJ Biddle.
Mrs. William T. Virsinger has re-
turned from q visit TO Middletown.-
Charles Foard of Chesapeake CITY,
spent part of last week IN Whining
ton.-Ross Biles Of Blue Ball. was in
town on Saturday. NJ. AleXan-
der. Of Blake. was a recent visitor
here-Mrs. NJ. e. Egee OF Chesapeake
City. was p visitor here on Sunday
George W Doble and Mary A. White
both Of Philadelphia. were married at
Trinity rectory on Saturday by the
Rev. William Schouler-Miss Roberta
Graham White OF Port Deposit has
been awarded scholarship al Couch
er College. Baltimore.-Miss Florence
E. Mcfarland Of Baltimore. was in
town on Sunday.