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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
MOST POTENT OF WEAPONS
Nothing Devised by Humanity Is Able
to Stand Against the Assault
OF Laughter.

In "The Mysterious Stranger"-the
just-published posthumous book by
Mark Twain-that authority on humor
declared that most men possess only
"a mongrel perception of humor."
He Celebrates his idea by saying:
"The multitude see the comic side of a
thousand low-grade and trivial things
broad incongruities mainly; gro
tesqueries, absurdltles, evokers OF the
horse laugh. The 10000 hlgh-grade
comicalities which exist in the world
are sealed from their full vision.
"Will day come when the race will
detect the funniness of these juvenlli-
ties and laugh at them-and by laugh
ing at them destroy them? For your
race, in its poverty, has unquestion-
ably one really effective weapon
laughter.
Power. money. persuasion, supplica-
ton, Observation-Disclosures can lift at q
colossal humbug-push 1t a little
weaken 1t a little, century by century;
but only laughter can blow 1t to rags
and atoms at blast. Against the as
sault Of laughter nothing can stand"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Peculiar Disease Of the Teeth.

The Colorado Dental society has two
of Its members engaged In the investi-
cation of a mysterious malady Of the
teeth known, for the want Of a better
name, as ''mottled teeth" which oc-
ours In this country In a number Of
districts. principally In the southwest
ern portion of the United States. II
has been noted In q somewhat more
violent form In Italy. Is years ago. 1t
manifests itself In children and per-
slsts through life, and il often 30 dis
figuring that the victims resort to art-
fcial browning. 1t Is a defect OF the
enameLformiDg substance, and n
suspected that the cause is due to
some clement in the drinking water.
which II has been impossible to ded-
nKefy determine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Your BIB Gun.

inexpensive toys are often well
made, but never proof against wear,
and hard usage, and all shooting
weapons are subject to the latter. Mos;
frequently the trigger fails to hold the
spring plunger when the action is
lowered and in this case the catch has
worn round. Simply unscrew the bolt
on which thu trigger piece pivots and
file the catch sharp on the back, being
careful to keep the angle the same.
The plunger catch rarely wears down,
bnt when 1t does get new gun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Muck Radioactive.

1t bus been recently determined that
the penetrating quality of musk is due
to certain radioactive properties which
it possesses that cause odOr of the per-
fu.ae to he carried through the air in
an extraordinary way, says the III
dianapolis News. The radioactive
property of musk affects strangely the
natives who carry 1t to market If a
package of musk is held close TO the
body f r any length of tine 1t pro-
duces sores that are similar in charac-
ter to those caused by pure radlum.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
GIRLS EXCEL IN SPELLING
Boys Take Second Place In Schools
. Where Competitive Examinations
Have Been Held.

Complete tabulated returns OF the
statewide spelling contests in which
State Commissioning Finley was so
much interested show that in the TO-
500 schools where "bees" were held.
the girls showed generally the great
er proficiency in spelling, and that OF
the silver medals awarded to county
champions only 30 per cent go to boys.
The original plan was to give each Of
these county winners free trip To the
state fair at Syracuse. but the infantile
paralysis scare interfered.
Why girls are better spoilers than
boys might make a good subject for a
monograph. 1t is pretty commonly
accepted theory that good speHer Is
born, not made. Which means, perhaps,
that visual memory Is an inherited
faculty, capable, 1t may be, of develop
ment, but only within a limit fixed by
the brain of the pupil. Logic helps very
little, almost none at all, till after
study Of Greek and Latin and French
has forced attention on the origin OF
words. The boy or girl or man or
woman who most rarely mis-spells q
word Is fortunate rather than admir-
able. The memory visualizes the print
ed form which reading has made ia
millar. And this was the secret of
the way our grandmothers and grand
fathers got a mastery over the old blue
spelling book. Doubtless the pre-Froe-
bel "Webster" book, like all other
books used for the purpose. helped Wis
ualization by concentrating attention.
We are inclined to believe that the
average school girl reads more than
the average school boy. After school
the boys interests are outside inter
ests. He is fishing or skating or play
ing ball. We would not have him 9th.
erwise for all the spelling in the world
After all, the learning of things Is bet
ter than the learning of symbols, and
words are nothing but symbols. They
aid In writing and in speaking. But In
the education that leads up to doing
things one hour in mathematics OF
chemistry is worth more than a hun.
dred hours of spelling.-BroOklyn
Eagle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Re-edueatIna the Manned.

Among the mechanical devices for
re-educating the MANNED or crippled
limbs of soldiers that are now being
used In the French hospitals are BIZ
cycles for the arms and legs. ma
chimes for exercising the fingers and
wrists. for making supple the tendOns
Of the forearm. for intensifying the
sense of touch In the blind. for CIV
ing practice in manipulating artificial
arms and legs, besides many varieties
of artificial hands specially designed
for operating typewriters and tools Of
several kinds.-New York World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
is PATRON SAINT OF BIRDS
Squirrels Depend on Asylum Inmats
for Their Supply Of Butternuts
In Winter.

"The patron saint Of birds and squlr-
rels" is happy. And though he Is sixty
years old and has been a patient OF
the state hospital for the feeble-mlnd-
ed for 30 years, his hair is brown and
wavy, his eyes are bright and spark
ling and his health is good. He has
been in the institution more than half
Of his life, but his life seems TO be
more sane than the lives Of the thou
sands who have outstripped him In
the life race-and have become
wrInkle-cheeked. blear-eyed and hard
listed.
Albert Gentle has forgotten the
world, says the Milwaukee Sentinel.
He was entered In the hospital In 1880
because he loved the small animals
and food Of the forests. He has been
there since, spending most OF his time
gathering nuts or communing with ma
ture. never expressing the slightest de-
sire to get back to the outside world.
Last year 1 picked 27,5O0 butter
nuts for my squirrels" he said. Il
need Just that many to feed them all.
They get so hungry In the winter time.
I make so many Of them happy. I
must be here always to care for them"
He said 1t quietly, with dignity. I'm
aginatively he somehow emerged from
the character Of an old simpleton,
clothed In an absurd, rusty frock coat,
trousers Of another day and general
appearance Of Washington 1rving's
schoolmaster and became the sanctl-
fed keeper of great trust. What
was more important than caring for
those little animals?
"Most people do not know how i'm
portant 1t is that we should always
think of the tiny bits of life that God
has put on this EARTH" he said slowly.
soften they do not think of each
other"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Constipation Makes You Dull.

That drapgv. listless. oppressed
feeling ge eral results from con-
stipa ion. The int shines are
clogged and te blood becomes
poisoned. Relic this condition It
once with DR.. Xmas New Life Pills;
this gentle. non.griping laxative is
quickly effective. A dose at bed
time will make you feel brighter in
the morning Get bottle to-day at
your Drugs list, 25c. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Putting IL Formally.

The four-year-old had just been re-
proved at the table. He continued to
talk cheerfully, though unanswered, to
father. After some minutes of solilo-
guy he turned to mother and re-
parked: "YOur husband doesn't talk
very much this noon, does he, motherf"
-Harper's Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Eireweed,s Good Work.

Fireweed, otherwise known as the
great willow-herb," seems to have
been created as an antidote for one
of the ugliest sights a landscape may
offer-burnt-ove ground. The fire
weed is a genuine cosmopolite, for 1t
sends its consoling shaft above the
ashes of burnt forests not only
throughout America but in Europe
and Asia.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
Uncle Eben.

George Washington was de father
of his country" said Uncle Eben; IAN
he aim de only father whose. folks got
to thinkln' dey kn0wed NO dan he
did"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
A Suggestion.

"Sal. there ought to be some way
to make the game laws apply to wom-
ems shoppingf"
.How do you meanf'
There ought to be some closed sea-
son for this bargain hunting"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20

Itch I.ch Itch Scratch Scratch
Scratch The more you scratch, the
worse you itch. Try Doan's Oint-
ment. For eczema, any skin itching.
EOc box. Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
RAILWAY STRIKE STAYED
BY AN ARBITRATION PACT
Long Controversy Over Wages and
Shop Regulations Settled by
Roads Concessions.

Twelve great military training camps
along certain railroads would have been
seriously handicapped for transportation
facilities had a big strike which was
threatened on the railroads been carried
out
The strike would have involved directly
over $4,000 men, directly and indirectly
approximately $4,000. The roads tied up
would have been the Atlantic Coast Line
the Central of Georgia, the Chesapeake
and Ohio. the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida, the Mobile and Ohio, the Norfolk and
Western, the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac. tie Seaboard Air Line the
Southern railway system. the Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific and the Virginian.
The controversy dated back to February
and involved both wage scales and shop
regulations. Early in July a deadlock re-
suited and strike involving machinists.
boiler makers. blacksmiths sheet metal
workers, pipe filters. electricians and car
men. with their apprentices and. helpers,
seemed inevitable according TO George G.
HILL representing railroad officials He
states that the railroads proposed to sub
nit the controversy to the Secretary of
Labor. which proposition was accepted
by the men
There have been almost continuous ne
gotiations since July 10. and as a result
an agreement was reached which il is
estimated will cost the railways upward
of Ss,000.0O0 a year while operating on
their present basis. This, Mr. Hill saws
the railroads accepted cheerfully for
patriotic reasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
LIBRARY WAR COUNCIL
NAMED BY Mr.. BAKER
Will Cooperate in Work Of Raising
$1,000, 900 for American
Forces.

Secretary Baker has appointed liz
brary war council headed by Frank A.
vanderlip. president Of the National
City Bank of New York, to cooperate
with the American Library Association
in the work of raising 100000 to pro-
vide libraries at the thirty-two canton
ments and camps where soldiers viii
train and books for the men at the
front. Chairman VANDERBILT has called
a meeting of the war council for Au-
gust 2s IN New York to adopt plans Tor
raising the money.
Others appointed are: Asa G. Caadlers
Atlanta; p. p. Claxton, federal commits
sioner of education; J. Randolph Cool
idge, Boston: Mrs Josiah z. Cowless
president of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs; John H Finley, COM
missioner of education. New York;
James A. Flaherty. supreme knight
knights of Columbus: E. T. Sotesburys
Philadelphia: Theodore N. Vail. New
York and Harry A Wheeler. Chicago.
Mr. yanderlip has called a meeting OF
the council for next Tuesday in New
York, at which plans Will be adopted
for raising the money In the shortest
time possible. The soldiers are now go-
ing into the camps. and IL is felt that
the libraries should be ready for them
either upon or soon after their arrival
The plan also oontemplates providing
good books for sailors afioat and ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
Accumulated 10000 Acres.

James Brooke continued making ac-
ouisition of lands in the Sandy Spring
neighborhood until he was the owner
of 10000 acres, and large tracts of this
land remain in possession OF his de-
scendants.
The early grants of land in the
Sandy Spring neighborhood were of
tracts called "Snowden's manor" In
|1715; Charley Forrest in HIS;
"Charles and Benjamin" an IT'S. and
"Realrs manor" in 1920. These grants
were for wild lands. covered with
primeval timber, sparsely settled by
indians and Astounding in bears. wolves
panthers deer and rattlesnakes. Most
Of the grantees were not members OF
the Society of Friends. but were Cath
olics. Presbyterians and Episcopalians
residing in southern Maryland. Some
of the first settlers and numbers OF
their descendants early became con-
verted Friends no doubt came into
this community from the older COM
munities of Friends in Anne Arundel
and Talbot counties and non-Friends
coming into the community embraced
the faith Of the Quakers.
Quakers fleeing from intolerance in
the other English colonies in America
came to Maryland. the Land of Sane
tuary and no doubt some of these set
tied in the Sandy Spring neighbor-
hood. Though the settlement OF the
neighborhood does not reach as far
back into history as the pilgrimage in
1872 of George Fox, the founder Of the
society yet Fox in way was the
father of the Sandy Spring meeting.
The Journal of George Fox. 1672-1673,
makes no mention of travels and meet
ings in that part of Maryland. but con-
tains much matter relating to meetings
in Anne Arundel and Talbot counties.
Among the other early Friends travel
ing. preaching and making converts
from the older faiths were John Burn
caster, John Cartwright. Robert Wild
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26

derS, George PatttSon ana two preacn-
ers named bankers and Sluyter. who
left journal of their travels in Mary
land in 1679-S0.
Settlement in Maryland.
In the Narratives of Maryland of the
period of 163s-1ss4. edited by Clayton
Coleman Hall of the Maryland Histori-
cal Society, Is the following, which re-
lates to the Quaker settlement in Mary
land:
Prior to the grant, by Charles II, to
William Penn in 1881. of the charter of
Pennsylvania many members of the So
ciety of Friends or Quakers had avail
ed themselves of the religious liberty
established in Maryland to settle in
that province, especially in that por-
ton on the eastern shore of the Ches-
apeake bay. These people had received
scant hospitality in other colonies. In
Massachusetts, a law was passed ban
ishing Quakers, with g. severe and cruel
punishment for returning. For the first
offense. foggfng and Imprisonment at
hard labor; for the second offense the
ears were to be cut Off, and for the
third. the tongue was to be bored with
hot iron. At length in 1858 capital
punishment was decreed, and in Octo-
Der. 1853. members Of the society were
actually hanged on Boston common.
ut is true that at one time in Mary
land there was an order of the council
which bore hardly upon the Quakers,
but 1t had no reference to their re-
ligious beliefs. 1t was required by the
general law that every settler should
take the oath of fidelity to the lord
proprietary. and that every man capa-
BILE Of bearing arms should be en-
rolled in the militia and provided with
arms and ammunition. The punishment
prescribed in the order Of council for
refusal to comply with these require
ments was Punishment from the prov
ince, and for returning after such ban
ishment the offender was to be whipped
from constable to constable until he
was again out of the province.
The Quakers refused compliance, and
they were accused of dissuading others
from military service, Of refusing to be
sworn as witnesses or to serve as ju-
rors; put IT does not appear that the
penalty was ever imposed upon any
one. This order of council was never a
law OF the province, and it continued in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
Agricultural Ups and Downs.

After many agricultural vicissitudes
and ups and downs in farm values, the
Sandy Spring or Friends section Of
Montgomery county has become one of
the most fruitful parts of the United
States. Its crops of corn, wheat, po-
tatoes and apples Will rival those of
sections about which Washingtonians
hear much more than they do of Mary
land The embarrassing industry in the
section is creditable and dairying is
extensive. There is some trucking, but
men who live on the soil of the Sandy
Spring neighborhood are generally farm
ers and not truckers.
Among the Friends in the neighbor.
hood who are large farmers or impor :
tant business men are Robert H. Miller,
Dr. Francis Thomas, Charles +. Kirk,
william ]. Thomas. A. w. Farquhar,
Roger B. Farquhar, Newton Stabler
Charles F.. Brooke, Benjamin Fl. Miller.
Tarlton y. Stabler, r. Bentley Thomas,
John ~ Bentley. Joseph f. Janney, John
II. Janney. Francis NJ. Hallowell, AL
ban G. Thomas, president OF the First
National Bank of Sandy Spring; Ed
ward P. Thomas. president of the Mutu-
al Fire Insurance Company of Mont
gomery county; F. l. Thomas, cashier
of the First National Bank and secre-
tary of the Savings Institution, and
Allan Farquhar, secretary and treasur-
err OF the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
The road from Sligo to Alney passes
through high and rolling country,
bright and prosperous with the green
of food and forage crops, and in places
along its course commands extensive
views to the west. One gains a fine
view of Sugarloaf mountain blue
dome standing high above all the other
features of the landscape. 1t would
seem that on a clear day the Catoc-
tins should be visible from this road.
Turning to the right at Olney, two
miles of dirt road, with many twists
and numerous stretches of rough going,
bring one into the village OF Sa ldy
Spring. Big oak trees grow along and
back from the main road, shading and
encompassing the hamlet.
Picturesque Scene.
80, Soat aef 49, .a,,.r ..a - ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26

There are scores of simple headstones,
some gray with lichen and many new
white. There Is no imposing monument
in the lot The cemetery is tended
is as green. clean and well kept as
the newest part. The new frame build
ing Of the Sandy Spring Lyceum STANDS
a few yards north of the meeting house
The north wall OF the meeting house
is covered with q close mat Of ivy ana
above the single door In that side OF
the building is the date of the erection
of the edifice-1S17.
The builder of the meeting house was
William w. Farling. mason, the cost
of the structure was $4,1s4. and the
names of the original subscribers to
the building fund follow: John Thomas,
Roger Brooke. Bernard Gilpin. Caleb
Bentley. Samuel Lukens, David New
lin. Samuel Leeke. Ellis Pew, William
Thornton. Philip Dennis, Deborah
Peasants. Richard Brooke. Richard
Thomas. Philip E. Thomas. John r.
Brooke. Even Thomas, jr.. George Eli
colt. Mahlon Chandies. Isaac Knight,
Gerard Brooke. William Birdsall, Ste
phen Section. Robert H. Garrigues, Jo-
semi Mead. William Candy. Even Harry,
Whitson Candy, Thomas Candy, jr., Jo-
seph E Bentley A. Birdsall A. FouIke.
E. Fox, James P. Stabier. Deborah
Stabler, Margaret Brooke, Samuel
Thomas. Basil Brooke and William
Thomas.
Record Runs Far BACK.
II seems not to be known when the
first Friends Meeting House at Sandy
Spring was built. There is a record Of
a Friends. meeting at Sandy Spring in
1853, though it is known that Friends
were settled in that neighborhood at a
time much earlier, and certainly as
early as 1873. Mr.. Farquhar in the An
nails of Sandy Spring wrote:
1.-The Friends, who had been fortified
by the harsh but strengthening hand
of persecution in the old world and
fitted to bear the hardships of the new.
appeared at this place in sufficient mum
bers to organize a meeting, while be-
fore the middle of the last century. In
the minutes of an ancient monthly
meeting held at the Cliffs and Herring
creek is contained the first mention
that l have seen OF The Meeting at
Sandy Spring presenting Its report
to the former meeting on the 9th OF
the It'll month. 1852 The first mem
bers composing the meeting appear to
have belonged to the families OF the
Brookes. the Thomases and Snowdens.
1t was in 1742 that Richard Snowden
conveyed 500 acres, part of his manor.
to Philip Thomas. 1t is stated on the
genealogical tree of the Brooke fam
fly, complete and beautiful picture
recently produced Dy the dencate iaoors
of Mary C. Brooke of Avon, that James
Brooke settled at Charley Forrest in
172s and founded in our county the well
| known family of that name. He was a
descendant of one Robert Brooke, who
had emigrated from England in 1850 to
St. Mary county, bringing with him a
| large family and numerous band of
retainers. The Brooke family, like the
! Calverts, were originally Catholics. but
ancestor James had left the ancient
ct, ,r,1a 70 or L.
err. He married Deborah. daughter of
Richard SnoWden, in the year 1928"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26

Sandy Spring exists only in history.
Sandy Spring has often been ana 10
still often called Sandy Springs. In
those annals which were begun IN 1859
and continued in annual installments
until 1909. one may read this: TT 10
the sincere, earnest and speoal desire
Of the inhabitants that the letters ad-
dressed to our post once shall omit the
final s. SO often improperly used"