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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-30
ohlo,s aFlre Lands.n

The term fire lands" was applied to
a tract OF country in northern Ohio.
AFTER the Revolutionary war when Com
necticut had ceded to the United
States her undetermined land posses
sions in the West, she reserved tract
embracing 100000 acres, now included
ID the northeastern portion of Ohio. to
DO as she pleased with. The land so
reserved was called the Western re-
serve, or Connecticut reserve. The
state of Connecticut subsequently sold
1t on easy terms TO certain of her citi-
gems who had suffered at the hands Of
the British during the war. Because
they had thus suffered. the lands par
celed out to them We're called "suf-
ferers' land and as most of the suf-
ferers were made such by fires, the
lands were also called fire lands"
Ihe latter designation outlived the for
mer and was current in the history Of
Ohio for many years. The fire lands
hre now included In the counties of
Huron and Erie.
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Greatest Of Letter.Writers.

While letter-writing in Somewhat
crude and cumbersome form was prac-
ticed among the ancient Greek writ
ers, there are, strangely enough, no
existing examples of the epistolary
correspondence of Socrates and Keno
phon, of Plato and Pythagoras. But
of the correspondence between Cicero.
the greatest and perhaps the most at
tractive of all letter-writers, and his
friend Atticus, there are 800 examples,
all of which, in the purity and beauty
of their original form or in the many
translations, may be read by anyone
who visits the New York library. The
only other extant letters Of the Ro-
man period are those of Pliny and Sen
eca, all prolix, heavy and unutterably
tedious.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-30
The Hlahest Greatness.

There are different orders of great
ness. Among these the first rank is
unquestionably due to moral greatness,
or magnanimity; to that sublime
energy, by which the soul, smitten with
the love of virtue, binds itself indis-
solubly, for life and death, to truth and
duty; espouses as its own the interests
of human nature; scorns all meanness
and defies all peril; hears in its own
conscience a voice louder than threat
enings and thunders: withstands all
the powers of the universe, which
would sever it from the cause Of free
dom and religion; reposes an unfalter-
ing trust in God in the darkest hour,
and is ever ''ready to be offered up"
on the altar of its country or of man.
kind.-William Ellery Charming.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-30
WORLD FULL OF c0MPLAINERs
Some Wall About III Health, Many
About III Fortune, but Most Of
All About III Luck.

The world is full of complainers
Some complain of i'll health, many of
i'll fortune and most of all of Ill luck.
A pound of pluck is worth ton Of
luck. It is not perfect world. Who
is well every day throughout the year
without an ache, pain or a cough?
Who is perfect in physique, In tenn
per, In deed and word and consciencef
What man or woman is without a
weakness or reason at times for mis-
givings or cause at times for repent
ance?
It is world of foibles, fads and
fanatics. If we were all perfect, the
preachers would be needless. Heaven
would be on earth.
There is comfort in the thought that
the striking differences we find among
men and women make the world at
tractive. If all were alike, the mo-
notony would be unbearable.
Think of these things when you feel
like repenting over i'll health, Ill for
tune, i'll treatment or i'll luck.
Misery loves company and there are
always "others. "--Leslie's.
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lnsurinq the Apple Crop.

OF late years scientific attempts
have been made to insure the apple
crop. Formerly apple growing was
sort of gamble. Perhaps Jack Frost
might slip down from the hills into an
orchard, some spring night, when the
trees were in Gloom, and with touch
of his icy fingers, blast the entire
crop. Even if he passed up the oppor-
tunity of freezing the incipient crop
the worms and bugs and various dis
eases got in their work. All the way
through apple growing was more or
less of a gamble. Not so today. The
apple producer provides himself with
smudge pots filled with oil, and when
the temperature drops to the freez-
ing point in spring time the grower
lights the heaters and maintains safe
temperature. Then at the proper time
he goes forth with a spraying ap-
paratus and wards off the danger ana
damage of a myriad host of creeping,
crawling, flying singing insects ana
some tree diseases as well.
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NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN
There Is No Past So Black or So Bit
ter That II Cannot BE Redeemed,
Declares Writer.

Take heart and begin again AS
Npling says. there Is for you moth
ing irremediable. nothing ineffaceable.
nothing irreconcIIable in anything you
may have said or thought or done"
There is no past so black or so bitter
that Ii cannot be redeemed. Though
thy sins are as scarlet they shall be
made whittier than snow"
There is no better time to have
mental house cleaning than now,
writes DR.. Orison Sweet Marden in the
Nautilus. It is a good time to get rid
OF the rubbish that has so long been
handicap. Don't pull along with you
through the door of the present all the
miserable black. painful things which
worried you. married your success and
your happiness in the past. Shut all
of these horrid ghosts out behind the
closed door of your past life. Take
across the threshold of the new day
only those things that can help you, the
friends of your success and your hap
piness; take only the pleasant memo
ries, the helpful thoughts and sugges-
tions with you. Leave all the others
behind. Bury all your skeletons so deep
that they can never come TO live with
you again.
Say TO them: "You miserable devils,
you have logged my steps, hindered
my progress, destroyed my peace of
mind. and strangIed my efficiency long
enough. / will have nothing more to
do with you. / am Gods child, and
was not made to be bounded by these
enemies who are trying to thwart my
ambition and to dwarf my career by
deyitalizing me, and then cutting down
my efficiency"
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SNAP SHOTS.

Why isn't vacation a sort of
head rest?
Fish stories and movie scenarios
are romances of reel life.
Money often wins the first battle.
but seldom the second.
When man is bore he 10 always
the last to discover it.
The man who doesn't advertise
gets more dust on his goods than in
his cash drawer.
"A cynical woman says men are
like colds-esaily caught, Ibut hard to
get rid Of
Shakespeare, though no broker.
furnished stock quotations.
The back of BARRIERS chair in
vented by Philadelphia is made in
tive parts, the lower swinging out
horizontally to form seat when q
child occupies the chair.
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Hankow FIourishing City.

Hankow is in the heart Of China,
600 miles from the ocean, with which
the Yangtze river is the only practic-
able communication. 1t Is a flourish
ing city with many modern conven-
fences, and with a trade passing
through the maritime customs of $113,-
94O,933 in 1915. exclusive of treasure
and coins. which amounted to S20,957,-
900. It's foreign trade equaled that of
the port of Baltimore in 1914.
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To Clean Paint.

Common baking soda works miracles
in washing painted walls it has been
found. Use two pals of tepid water.
wet cloth, sprinkle a little Of the soda
on It and wash space that can be easily
reached. Rinse in clear water and wipe
dry. Be sure to wash in one direction
in order to avoid streaks when dry.
All grease and dirt will disappear with
very little rubbing Use the soda SPAR
ingly. In cleaning paint add tea.
spoonful Of kerosene oil to warm wa.
ter.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-30

On the little, misty, storm-swept
Island of Iona, in the Hebrides to the
west of Scotland, lie the ruins of the
monastery whence came the men who
Christianized the British Isles. The
island has changed but little from
what it must have been in those remote
times. The same dense fogs still veil
it, rising from the warm gulf stream,
the same westerly gales howl over it,
and in the little sheltered grassy hol-
lows the simple people live and till
the soil, as they did in the days of st.
Columbia, who founded the monastery.
Their implements may be more mod
ern, but they are the same silent, kind
" Celts.
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Law Regulating Germs.

New York state has new law
regulating the possession of disease
germs by scientists and experimenters.
All laboratories and experimenters
must take ont a state permit before
propagating, possessing, handling or
dealing in any germs of deadly ail-
ments. The purpose Is to prevent
germs falling into the hands of per-
sons likely to use them for malicious
or murderous purposes, and to keep
track of all such media Of disease in
the state.
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Seven His MAGIC Number.

President Johnson had seven letters
In his name. When he was fourteen,
twice seven, he became a tailor's ap-
prentice, which he remained for seven
years. When he was twenty-one, three
times seven, he gave up tailoring.
When he was twenty-eight, four times
seven. he became an alderman. AT
thirty-five, five times seven, he entered
the legislature. In 1912, six times
seven, he was member of congress.
At forty-nine, seven times seven, he
was a senator. On the 7th of March.
1862, he was military governor of Ten
nessee. At fifty-six, eight times seven.
he became vice president.
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Practical Enough.

II certainly got shock yesterday"
confided the broker to friend. "a
young man telegraphed me from
Maine that he-had married my young
est daughter"
"Great heavens!" returned the 9TH
er. ssWell, all you can hope for now
is that he may turn out to be a prac-
.tical business man."
"Oh." interrupted father Il guess
he's practical enough. He sent his
message collect I"
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Chile Protects Mothers.

Consul General l.. j. Keena of VAL
paraiso reports that the Chilean gov
eminent has recently adopted meas
ures of consideration for mothers
working in factories. A special room
Is to be provided in factories where
mothers may keep their children I'M
der one year of age and mothers may
spend one hour of the working day in
caring for their children without any
loss in wage.
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Easy. IL You Know How.

A local preacher tells an interesting
story of an incident in which he took
part while in another city. 1t seems
that while in his study two middle
aged people called with marriage IL
cense and a request that he tie the
knot. The woman was a widow Of
Swedish birth and did not understand
English, and the man, who was q
Ecotchman, did not understand her
tongue. This gave the pastor puz-
lie to solve, but he decided to ask the
usual questions IN their respective lah.
guages. After the ceremony had been
performed the pastors Curiosity led
him to ask the question, you do not
understand each other : how did you
manage 70 propose to the woman?"
AFTER hdgeting about d BIT and hitch
lng.up his belt Mehappy groom smiled
and. Said, ITO tell the truth. pastor, I
mdhitN have 70 say muchs -Worcester
POST
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Why Not?

Thomas, aged four, was having the
mysteries of the thunder storm ex-
planned to him. His mother explained
that the lightning was electricity in the
air, that God sent 1t and that the thun-
der was caused by the humping togeth-
err of two clouds. Thomas parted with
the query, recalling that the back
fence kept him from communication
with the driveway beyond: But, moth
err, why don't God build a fence be-
tween. the two clouds, so they can't
bump together?"
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First Aids to Resuacitation.

An effective means of resuscitation
after an electric shock is said to be a
sharp. blow on the soles of the feet
without removing the shoes. In all
cases, however, it is necessary to pull
the tongue from the throat, as the ac-
ton of the current is to cause con-
traction of the muscles and the tongue
lis drawn back into the throat, COM
Ipletely sealing the air passage. Part
Of many first-aid equipments consists
of a device which will grasp the tongue
and hold 1t in a dlstended position so
the throat is open to permit of arti-
fetal respiration.
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CASE AFTER CASE
Plenty More Like This in Annapolis.


Scores of Annapolis people can tell
Won about Dosn's Kidney Pills. Many
q happy citizen makes a public state
ment of his experience. Here 10 q
case of 1t. What better proof of
merit can be had than such endorse
ment:.
j. C. Jones, ga Prince George St..
Annapolis, says: 1.-Two years ago my
back panied me so severely that could
hardly lie in bed The kidney secre-
tions were scanty and burned intensely
in passing. My eyes bothered me
and my sight blurred. Mornings |
felt as If had not had any rest at all
and though doctored, / wasn't helped
Finally / read about D0an's Kidney
Pills and tried them. was benefited
right away and two boxes cured me.
Doan's Kidney Pills are surely q won
derful medicine.
Price 6Oc, at sll dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Jones had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Props, Buffalo, NY.
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They Knew.

'Now, little folk" said the lovely
young teacher, "does anyone know
what gloves spells?" No one did.
"Well, that is pretty hard word for
such tiny people. so I'll let you guess.
What does father wear on his hands
when he beats the rugs and spades in
the garden?"
"Blisters !" .shrieked a small-sized
anvil chorus.
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Clock Has $4,000 pieces.

At Beauvais cathedral there is
clock which is composed OF 92,OOO sep
arate pieces. having 50 dial plates
This clock gives the time in the big
capitals of the world. as well as the
local hour, the day Of the week and
month, the rising and setting OF the
sun, the phases Of the moon and tides.
as wen as considerable other informa-
tion.
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Some people are. away. up in the
social scale. because they are too light
to bring it down.
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Remembers

As q delicious CONNECTION that is abb
solutely pure and clean, our candy
authorizations cheaper its excellent
quality, but every ingredient is of the
highest grade and selected with the
greatest care. Rich In the nutritive
Of pure sugar, rich cream and fresh
fruit favors, 1t is wholesome food
as well as pure, high-grade candy.
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Subscribe to THE CAPITAL.
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1connecta at Odenton with +. II. r., and
., Annapolis Junction with the B.&O.R.R
7" scounects at Odenton with p. K. r..
oLocal Annapolis TO Baltimore.
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LEAVE WAsHTNGTON

son GAS. sos. sos, 1905, u.05 A. II. 1905.
eVV1 III 2O5. 500, 3.50 a4.O5, A30, 6.O6,
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-26
Marttna Forty Briefs

Mr.. and Mrs. F;ugrnc Conroy or Steu-
hcnvillc. were in the city yesterday, the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Webb.
\ nrat sum was cleared on tn" so
cinl given ut the ratton's Run school
house Saturday evening for the benefit
Of the y. VI. CO..
Misses katherine and Nellie Kelly, Of
StruhrnvilI" were in tho city yesterday
the guests Of local friends.
Tho weekly meeting of ihr ]. q. -. +.
will h" hold in their hall on Firth street
this evening.
Mrs. Owen Cnuroy and son George. OF
Stnulr.nvill" were in the city for n
short time yesterday. calling on friends
r. 6. Slaughter returned yesterday
after spending Saturday in Dilionvnlc
on business.
The school nj Flnrcnc". Will open again
this morning after being closed for the
past ten days.
Tho Martins Ferry band will meet toT
nract!cc this evening in tho. Central hose
house.
Ross Robinson returned SATURDAY eve
ming. after n successful hunting trip 10
! Guernsey county.
! School children will he given 4 holiday
this week ~ no school will be held on
Thursday. Thanksgiving day.
! Paul Martin. returned last evening
! nftcr spcndinl; the day with friends n
New MartinSvill"
/ 4 number of Heliairr rnotcrs accom-
rantcd the team IL this city yrstcrdn!
afternoon.
Miss Gertrude Morgan. left yrsi"r'
dov morning, for y several days visit
! with friends ut Ncw Martirsvillc.
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EnuWooi1 Briefs.

Special memorial services were h"ld
yesterday in st. Matthew's Lutheran
church IN honor Of The dead who have
passed away during the present year.
Those honnrcd wcr" M"$d:,mrs MARY
Bohl;nan. Augusta H"r". knth"rin" Nor
ris. Margaret II"iscnhcrC: Misses Mari"
Scnad Margaret kamS"y. Kath"riT
Oscr: M"ssrS. rrI"iolin User. Frederick
Scha"ffrr and John Chr"nka.
Fourteen girls who are part Of Mrs.
Moorc's Sunday school class "f IN" NJ.
T.. church. visited the Old l.adirs' Hon"
on Jacob street yesterday and carried
Il cheering word 10 tn" inmates. They
were kindly received and hope IN vis;;
the home SnnC again.
Private Eddie Morningstar q; Walor
street. who is now connected with Bat
terry +. 81 IN field artillery. in training
al Camp Lee Petersburg. Va. wrote y
letter Ia III" p"crl. of Bcnw'od and
Coccy Ecntz & Co. thanking them for
the donation hf III" ric.rola.
Evening Star .oGgH No. IS will meet
at the McMcch"n hall this evening. Bus
mess Of Importance will he discussed
and all m~u.hcrs are requested 20 be-
present
Jim DriscolI. who IS connected with
Tho government. has arrived home from
WASHINGTON. -. G
Tho routsrhr Nerrin. 4 society or
eaniard by III" German class Of Union
high. will hold Il meeting Tuesday aftsr-
noon Officers have hrcn elected and
this ncttinE will lac in the form Of /:
Thanks giving party. The officers arc:
President. Tillir Seth: secretary. Minnie
ticnGelrin: treasurer. Betty Dohhs: re-
rrcihnrnt committee Olive Baker nnd
Elizabeth Schad: entertainment commit
icc. Matilad 1.orcntz and Mir-i" GcoSc'
lin.
John OFT of McMcchcn street IS ~.
Mrs J. Marshall has returned from
MrnoHscn. "a.
Flora Erll of EoECS avenue is i'll.
Miss Mary Kep7cl " McMcch"n spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. l. Schad OF
McM"chcn street
Wllliaw Ritter and family Of Akron,
Ohio. will spend this week with his
father Fred Ritter Of Water street.
Laura Blake. young daughter OF Mr..
md Mrs. William lIlakc Of Marshall
street. is i'll with typhoid fever.
Folio" docket this evening contains
on, cnSc. John Doc. drunk. was ar
rested hy Officer Sauers.
Master William eaten nf North
Wheeling is visiting his grandparents,
MIR. and Mrs. J. Taicn Of Main street.
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Mound6Ytlle Briefs.

DR.. Ralph l.. Woodruff Of Dayton o..
will arrive here toda" fo- Il visit with
his Parents IN Third street.
Walter Newman Of Detroit. Mich. Is
the guest Of his mother here.
MIssns Gertrude. and lm"ccne Smith.
students at Indiana. Pa. nomai 7choo!.
are visiting with friends aud relatives
here.
I"y Woodward If the /. :. navy. is
spending tn" ThaTksgivins hrIidays At
his home hire.
Lieutenant STANLEY b. Wilson. who IS
stationed at Camp Sherman Chillicothe,
o.. is visiting al his home here.
Mrs. =. y. Stevens Of Tulsa. Okla .
Is the guest of Mrs. ,loc Rloyt. Of Eighth
street.
Miss Rc,ha Grad Of Eenwood spert
Sunday with relatives in this city.
Thomas Wilson has resigned HIS
position rs clrrH nj the Y. II. Saylea
drag store.
Miss Rlarrhc Bates has returned 20
Somcrtnn. o.. after visit With relatives
hcr1
Mrs. r. n. GLASGOW has returned from
visit with relatives in Rcllairs. Q.
Tho scncia meeting cf III" county
agricultural sorir,y Ia have he"n held
Sal urday was post pon"d until! january D.
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M'MECHEN

Llynd Ful!rrt"s was pleasantly sur
nriscd at the homo If his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. II. ~. l';il"tr"n. III this city.
Saturday c"cninE. in honor Of his thir-
tccnth birthday. Games and music
wcrr the principal diversions OF the cVH-
ming.
Tho O'Kano club will give dance
Tuesday cvcninf. IN the hall at Fourth
and Logan str"rts. Eachmnn'S or2hes-
ira will furnish music.
The anniversary Of the founding OF
the McMcchnn Christian church was Oh
served here sunday. Special services
were conducted. At the evening serv-
icn n service flag. with three stars was
dedicated.
Miss Irene Phillips Of Wooster: o.. -
the cues, Of friends and relatives hern-
The AlcM.chrn bar6 will hold It's res
ular weekly rehearsal this evening.
4 number OF McMcchcn draftees arc
expected home this week for the Thanks
giving holidays.
Lincoln lodge. No. ~. ]. o. .. -
will hold business meeting this eve
ming In the lodge quarters in the Nc
Mechcn building.
Sheriff W. f.. Clayton NJ Moundsvtlie.
spent ycs 'erday here attending to- ousl-
ness matters.
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nrpau Dedicated Yesterday.

The INV pipe organ recently ilS'H'''H
in 81 rhn's German church on !Nort"
Fourth street. was dcdicht"d Win Ap-
nrorriatr. exercises yesterday morning.
'rl,r organ. which Is one of the finest in
his viciuity WAS viewed by the mem
h,rs of Tho congregation, who were sur
nrjsrA IT the wonderful tone. IT Is SAID
I recital Will he arranged for next
month by representatives OF tho COM
pnuy which installed the instrument
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men Meals can be served 10 about
thir!y-five men ut ono time, and about
forty can he liouscG in ono night. The
rooms are light. clean and airy.
Mr.. Brnz. EtoR. the secretary, is
very enthusiastic about his work and
has an able assistant in his wife They
came from Camden. y. J.. 10 do this
great wo-k. Both anticipate 4 full
house at the opening and arc DESTROYS
Of securing good help. II is decided
advantage to the city to secure tn" help
OF this couple and thn Y. NJ. T.. \.
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BENWOOD
e. & o. Y. NJ. c. A.

Work is being pushed on tn" Now Bal
ti.no-" & Ohio railroad y. NJ. 6. i.
building 1T Rrnwnod. and K is expected
shat il will hn ready for OCCUPANCY
about INC first Of the month. TIL" y
will l,n located in h" old Talan rrop-
criv. near tho railroad. which has hccn
entirely rcmndrlrd.
The building is fnur stories high. md
each floor is l"rntrd tn = special rur-
pose. Tho first story contains tho kit
chen. dinn;. ronrn. store rom and -
rirrs. 'rhc kitchen has all up-t"-datr
equipment. even II filtered water Tho
second finn- has Ia" game room. read
fnC .unrn AMI wash rooms. TIL" game
room has all IN" latest r-im'e. inrlut-
irC billiards.. CHECKERS and many 9TH
"rs In ~" r"ah!nE room will b. all tho
rIrrrt. pnr"rs md magazines. On The
'h!rl AMI fourth flnNrS arc The d"rn-
tories I'll" ihird Floor has eight semi
r,ivrtr rrnT}". r'Ich containing tw"
";r:-lr fr,de. This floor Also has wash
rooms Tn" fourth fl""r Is devoted IN
~" iarc" dorm ;"ry h"l'ilng "igh.rn