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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01

For two years the United States has sought
under trying and aggl waiting conditions to mann
tain, at least, peaceful terms with the German
Government. Every expedient has been in
turn applied, and now, despite her lair promises
to abide by the rule of civilized warfare on the
high seas, the German Government has openly
Aaunted her defiance in our teeth and has, with
what looks remarkably like malice aforethought
and deliberate generalization, brutality murdered
unarmed persons exercising their privileges Of
using the high seas and contrary to her fair
promises and the accepted provisions Of Inter
national Law
That the time has come for us to re-assert our
self-respect as a world power and as champion
of the rights of humanity at whatever costs
seems, to close students of affairs, to have dawn
ed, and that we will have to apply as the last
appeal for the enforcement of our rights, the re-
sort to arms seems equally certain.
Despite the fact that we are peace-loving,
collaborating nation and desire the luxury of
friendly intercourse with our neighbors, none
but Germany has ever dared to provoke us to
asserting and maintaining our rights as a
sovereignty.
Upon every re-occurance OF direct insult
from the German Government, we have patient
ly awaited an exp anation and have accepted
her lame excuses and apologies, but her far
words have been repudiated by her actrocious
actions and her sacred promises have shared the
same consideration on her part as her ledge to
assist in maintaining the sovereignty OF Belgium.
The rigors and horrors Of war when our
honor and national dignity are weighed in the
balance and found purchasabe at such price
will be answered by the deep-mouthed roar Of
our cannon and dread sacrifices Of enduring suf-
fering and hardship and the ills that are attend
ant upon wars, when we are thus grossly insult
ed.
We deplore war and hope there will yet
come to light some mitigating circumstances to
lessen the depriyity of Germanys crimes, but
should this not be the case, then there remains
the consolation that we avoided war and its
horrors until the inevitable was forced upon US,
and even now our fervent prayer is
ERE yet we loose the egions---
Ere yet we draw the blade,
Jehovah of the Thunders,
Lord God of Battles, aid +
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01

Onlnc~.n~ with push and taei,
SWA~ShSh ter lo handle county
territory IN which yos llfe Tor tbs
celebrated Arrola, strictly temper.
anee drink. sole agents az JsniioF
Building. WashlnRlohs ID, So H.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01
Rank Fooashns.s

You occasionally SEES II stated that
colds do not result tiom cold weather.
Thank Is rank toolishness. We're IL
true colds would be as prevalent IN
midsummer as In midwintcr, The mi.
er0be that causes colds Boarishcs In
damp cold weather, To gei rid OF a
cold take Chamberlain Cough REM
edy. II - eaectual and IL highly rec.
nmmended by people who have used IL
for many years as occasion required
and knoE it's real value Obtainablo
syerywhcrs adv
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01
DpIicai D. fir Oyster Gr0uEd

: Applicant Brother Norbert John
r. Cowhig).
Address Leonardtown.
Acres = Not more than 80.
Located In Breton's Bay, on the
northeasterly side thereof, and adj
jacent to the ''Landsdale Estatea
The ground desired lies between Fox
wells Wharf and u. s. Government
Station on first point easterly of said
wharf, as shown on published chart
No. 25.
Protests must be fled In Circuit
Court for st. Mary's county on or be
fore March ;, 1917.
Conservation Commission of Mary
land. iI-ll-4t.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01
Tenant Wanted for Drum
Point Farm.

Wanted, u tenant he Drum Point
FHrm, Calvert County, a colored farm
er with two sons old enough 20 help.
have one pair OF horses but would
prefer d tenant Who has another pair
sO rs 10 work four horses. viii
make a liberal agreement with @ salts
factory parry. Address,
ROBERT ~ BARRfL,
Solomon's =. o., Calvert Co, Nd.
2.s-lm.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01
Out-PensiOneTS.

Notice 10 hereby given that the Coun-
Is Commissioners 81 81 Mary County
viii meet on
WEDNESDAY. MARCH ", 1917.
to strike the names Of all Dat Pension
era from the Pension List of said county.
for the purppae of revising and correct
Ing said let Names % worthy ard dc
serving persons win be re. inptated. upon
the filing of petition ngRed By 9, lcsst
three taxpayers
BY Order,
JOHN l.. HILTON.
JOS. !. Couch. Clerk. President
9-i8t.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01

By r. Herbert Blackstone, OF Leon
ardtown, Md.
Not exceeding 20 acres. Located on
the southerly side of Breton's Bay,
bordering on land OF Walter n.
Dorsey, as shown on published chart
No. 81
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01

BY George F. insley, Of Hollywood,
Md.
Not exceeding 10 acres. Located on
the soutbwesteriy side OF Cuckuld
Greek, tributary Of the Patuxent
River, starting Just above Nat
Greek aud running up Greek TO point.
Protests must be fled op or before
April Z, lBli.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01
BY Herbert D Lloyd, OF California,
st. Mary's Go.


BY John 9, Smith, " California, Md.
Not exceeding 30 acres Located on
the southerly side OF Pathxent River
between natural oyster bars Bood-
win and La Grande. as shown on
published chart No 20.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-03-01
LEoNARDTowN. Nd THURSDAY MORNING MAR i 1917

Our correspondents are requested to get copy
in our office early. We are most anxious to
publish county news, but copy MUST be in
this office before Wednesday.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
The First Aerial Bombs,

1t may be remembered that GarrOs
came to the United States in 1911 and
amazed vast audiences by his au-
dacious flights. From here he went to
Mexico to entertain the populace there.
1t occurred to him on arriving that,
since fighting seemed to be the favOrite
pastime Of his Latin brothers, he would
be making lasting "hit" with them If
he could only arrange for an aerial
sham battle. To his good luck, he
found the general in command Of the
army, then in Mexico City, a willing
listener. Accordingly. one day he was
seen flying over the Mexican batteries,
armed with baskets Of juicy oranges
that the quartermaster had given him.
Suddenly the batteries opened fire and
sent shot after shot at him. The i'm.
mense crowd became wildly enthusi.
astic, although they knew, of course
that only blank cartridges were being
used. Garros then started to let 60 the
oranges upon the artillerymen. To his
surprise almost Immediately they be
gan to scatter in every direction. The
Quartermaster had not realized that O
Juicy orange dropped from so great q
height would rival small bomb. The
first aerial fight unquestionably was
won by bombs Of ripened oranges
Popular Science Monthly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
STARTS NEW MARKET SERVICE
Uncle Sam Believes System Will Aid In
StabiIizing Live Stock and
Meat Prices.

Uncle Sam has established a new
market news service on meats, supply
ing telegraphic reports of conditions In
three representative eastern meat-con-
Stunning centers. These reports are
now available daily to the trade and to
consumers in New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Chicago, Kansas City and
Omaha. They are intended to place at
the disposal of the meat producer and
of the wholesale and retail trade use
full information in regard to supplies
on hand, the demand for the various
kinds and grades of meat, and other
factors influencing the trade.
New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
where the conditions are representa-
tive of those in other large consuming
centers, government agents obtain early
each morning all available information
and send it by wire to Washington and
to the eastern and western local offices
of the office of markets and rural Or
ganization. There it is placed early In
the business day at the disposal Of all
interested persons.
Although the details Of operation are
different in many respects, the general
purpose and plan of this new service
are similar to those of the news serv.
ice for perishable crops, such as straw
berries and cantaloupeS, which is now
I'm successful operation. Fuller infor'
nation in regard to market conditions
is believed to be an effective method OF
stabilizing the live stock and meat
prices.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
FEEDING THE CHICKEN FLOCK
DO Not Try to Economic on Quality
of Feed-Musty Grain Produces
Diseases Among Fowls.

There should be no sudden changes
in the food of flock of chickens. II a
change must be made. make II gradu-
ally, even though the change Is for
the better. If there is any question as
to the quality of the grain fed. better
sell enough chickens to pay for sound
grain and do not try to economic on
feed. Musty grain produces disease of
the respiratory organs and even form
Of poisoning. Chickens will eat almost
anything if hungry, but this is not a
profitable way of keeping them. Count
sound chicken feed as one of the es-
sentials in making the stock budget,
and then feed as carefully rs possible.
that there may be no wasting of grain.
Grain is wasted when it is fed in un-
profitable quantities; chickens will not
eat freely Of new ration as of an old
standby; get them accustomed to II
by increasing the quantity given until
the limit is reached, and there will be
no diminutiOn in the egg yield and no
mysterious attacks of diarrhea.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
SET INCUBATOR IN BASEMENT
Several Principles Must Be Adhered
to II Success Is to Be Attained
Avoid Cold Drafts.

If artificial incubation is used in
Matching eggs several principles must
be adhered to If success is to be at
tanned. The incubator room and incu-
batOr must be well ventilated. The
atmosphere in both the incubator room
and incubator must be Kept moist. 1t
is, Of course, possible to 60 to ex-
tremes with each Of these require
ments.
A room in which strong drafts pre-
vail is not a good incubator room be-
cause of the difficulty thus encountered
in maintaining an even temperature.
A room too moist will cause mOlding
of the eggs and one too dry will cause
excessive evaporation, either of which
will kill many chicks in the shell and
cause the Matching of many weak
chicks which Will die at an early age.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
Fifteen Acres Of Daisies.

Despite the fact that we buy them
by the dozens In the cities, paying q
dollar or so for q small bouquet, dais-
les are menace to the agriculturist,
and q patch or field Of them Is any
thing but welcome. The Popular Me-
chanics Magazine describes the expert
ence of a Nebraska farmer, near Be-
atrice. Wishing to obtain a good stand
of Kentucky blue grass in his pasture,
he last season instructed a well-known
mail-order house to ship him several
bushels of seed. He prepared Is acres
of land and planted it, exercising par.
ticular care. The spring rains came,
and following them Is acres Of yellow.
centered daisies, luxuriant crop. The
unusual sight attracted motorists from
miles around and hardly day passed
without parties stopping to pick arm
loads Of the blossoms. 1t Is not clear
how the mistake occurred, but mistake
and serious one-it was. The
company. needless to say, promptly
made restitution so that the farmer In
the end got liberal return for his un-
expected and undesired crop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
TORPEDO IS COSTLY
Every One Fired Costs Uncle
Sam $1,000.
On Land, Machine Gun Is Most Ex-
pensive, Eating Up SIP Every
Minute II Is In Action.

A few years ago theatergOers were
much interested In production in
which the hero had to get rid Of mil
lion dollars in a year or lose a larger
estate.
Figures just compiled by Uncle
Sans ordnance officers show that if
the hero had declared little war and
1t had lasted few weeks he would
have experienced no difficulty in rid
ding himself of his wealth.
The figures show that each time
Uncle Sam fires torpedo 1t costs ST.
600.
Ordnance expenses in time of war
range from maximum of $1,000
for each torpedo to 2 cents for each
bullet fired from revolver.
If the dreadnaught Arizona gets
into action and fires a broadsisie from
Its II 14-inch guns and auxiliary can
non it will cost just $4,000 for each
of these performances.
On land the machine gun has about
the most expensive appetite of any
of Uncle Sans weapons. The ma
chine gun fires between 500 and 600
bullets of 80 callber a minute, which
makes 1t cost S12 for each 90 seconds
Of activity.
Every bullet fired from a rifle by an
infantryman or cavalryman costs 5
cents, while the pistol shots fired by
cavalrymen, officers and nOn-cOmmis-
stoned officers cost 2 cents apiece. The
shells and shrapnel used by field artil-
lery cost about $50 each, while a pro-
jectile for a 14-inch land gun costs
5000.
The torpedo, however, is not only
the most expensive means Of destruc-
ton used in American warfare, but 1t
Is the most delicately constructed
weapon at Uncle Sans command. 1t
is virtually a launch, being equipped
with two screw prOpellers moving in
opposite directions and being Is or 20
feet long. 1t will continue to pillow the
sea until its motors run down or 1t hits
the mark.
NitrOglycerine and copper contribute
most heavily to the expense of tor
pedoes. Expert workmanship ranks
next as an item of cost, for the deli
cate parts of a torpedo must be accu-
rate I'm their construction to One-five-
thOusandths of an inch. A thickness
or thinness of more or less than one
five thOusandth of an inch in any part
of the mechanism would prevent 1t
from working properly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
TWO FEEDS DAILY NECESSARY
MangeIs, Carrots and Cabbage Make
Excellent Green Food-cut Fresh
Bone Is Very Good.

Hens need some green food in win
ter If they are to lay well. Mangels,
carrots and cabbage are good. Hang
them up so that the hens can just
reach them nicely. Sprouted oats are
also good. Alfalfa and clover leaves
and lawn clippings carefully dried can
be soaked up and fed to good advant-
age.
In the summer when the hens lay
well they have bugs, worms. grasshop-
pers and other insects. In the winter
they need something to take the place
Of this kind Of food. Cut fresh bone is
very good. Half an ounce daily per hen
supplies all she needs Of this food.
High-grade beef scrap is good and is In
a very convenient form for feeding.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18

at the other. Some duck houses are
built with the entire south side open.
Small-mesh poultry netting is nailed
to the posts, and heavy curtain Is
attached inside. The curtain is to be
used in cold weather As the snow is
liable to drift in, it will sometimes be
necessary to nail or tack the curtain
to the floor and also to the sides.
Keep plenty of straw on the floor.
If 1t is several inches deep, 1t need
not be renewed every day. We take
pitchfOrk and turn it, or remove that
which Is badly soiled. 1t is best to
keep everything as clean as possible,
then there is less danger of disease.
Ducks are not troubled with lice, and
as rule they are very healthy.
A flock of laying ducks should be
fed four times day when they have
to be kept housed.
Their food should consist of both
raw and cooked vegetables, cornmeal,
bran, beef scraps, stem-cut clover, etc
The ground grain should be mOistened
with milk or water.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
THACKERAY AS A REPORTER
Records the Case Of Pat Fooarty, Who
Thrashed Enemy With q
Horseshoe.

Thackeray once acted as police re-
porter for the London Diogenes and
performed his work in no perfunctOry
way. How the future novelist must
have enjoyed observing and recording
this bit of courtroom humor" exclaims
a writer in the Los Angeles Times.
Pat FOgarty went all the way from
Manchester to London in order to
thrash Mick Fitzpatrick, which he did.
winding up the performance with the
assistance of an lawful horseshoe"
He was detected and brought before
Mr.. Justice Simpleman.
"Well, SIR" began the court, "you
came here from Manchester, did your"
"Your honor has answered correct"
You see the cOmplainants head; 1t
was cut by sharp instrument. Do you
know what cut it?'
"Ain't your honor afther sayin' that
sharp insthrumint did,"
Il see you mean to equivocate," said
the court, becoming FESTIVE. "Now,
sir. you cut that head; you came here
to cut it, did you not? Now, sir, what
motive brought you to LondOnT
THE locomotive, your honor"
"Equivocating again, you scoun-
drell" said the court. waxing warm.
Raising up the horseshoe. and holding
1t before Pat, he said, do you see this
horseshoe, sir?"
rs 1t horseshoe, your hOnOrT'
Don't you see 1t is, sir? Are you
blind? Can you not tell at once that II
Is hOrseshOe?"
"Bedad, no your honor"
mo" angrily.
mo. your honor; but can yersilf tell
itY
"Of course l can, you stupid Irish
man."
"Oh, glory be to goodness. see what
education Isl" solilOquized Pat, aloud.
"Sure, your honor, a poor, ignorant
creature like mesilf wouldn't know a
horses shoe from q mares"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
| DADCN'S[y[N|NG
FAIRY TALE
81 MAQY MAAAl1 BONNER
JUDGE ROCK.

''The Snow Fairies" said Daddy,
Thought they would like to take a
long walk along the top Of a noun
tain.
"'We'Il start right away one of
them said.
$50 little Fairy named Snow
Drop led the walk, and another Fairy
called Snow Flake made all the sug-
gestions.
"NOw Snow Flake was the mother
fairy Of all the little snow flakes and
she called all the children to the walk
ing trip.
Come Snow Flake children she
whistled through the wind. And along
came the Snow Flake children scam
pering and laughing.
Its going to snow again. said the
Grown-Ups on the EARTH and we
thought that the snow had almost
gone
1.-THE Snow Drop children and Moth
er Snow DrOp-the Snow Flake chill
dren and Mother Snow Flake all went
walking and dancing along the top Of
the mountain.
isn't 1t strange said the Grown.
Ups, that the mountain top is covered
with snow but that very little is COM
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
Roumania's Country Girls.

The girls of ROumanian country dis
tricts take great pride in clear,
healthy complexion, and just as the
girls in our own rural districts a gen.
GRAFTON ago would get up before break
fast and steal down unobserved on the
first dayof May to wash their freckles
away in the dew Of the morning, so the
girls Of Roumania take red and white
threads, twist them into cords. from
which they suspend coins around their
necks. These talismans they wear
from the dead Of winter until they see
the first blossoms of spring, feeling
sure that thereby they will guarantee
themselves milk-white complexion,
rosy cheeks and ruby lips.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
Kangaroo Skin Imports.

The latest government statistics
show that there were 1.O72. 494 pounds
of kangaroo skins imported during the
IL months ending May 81. 1916, as COM
pared with 672, 339 pounds in 1915 and
1,225,679 pounds I'm 1914 for the
same period. The imports last year
were valued at $685. 01, or an average
Of about 50 cents pound. There are
less of these skins received than Of
any other variety used In making shoe
leather, but genuine kangaroo skins
make excellent leather and large guam
titles would be tanned If the skins
We're available.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
UNCLE SAM AIDS HOUSEWIVES
Plans to Assist In Solving Servant
: Problem by Raising to New Dig
nifty Work Of Domestics.

Uncle Sam plans to enlist the Co
operation Of housewives to solve the
servant problem and raise to a new
dignity the work of domestics.
immigration Commissioner Caminet-
ii, who has charge of the employment
service, said:
by developing the consideration of
this work throughout the country, by
endeavoring to standardize the vari-
Gus kinds of work in households, by
truly Identifying household work, field
will be opened to thousands Of women
and girls who hitherto have stayed
away from It."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
TRADE TRAINING IS LACKING
Uncle Sans Chief Foreign Commerce
Booster Says Facilities Are
Not Sufficient.

DR.. Edward Ewing Pratt, chief of
Uncle Sans bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, declares that the
United States lacks facilities for pre-
pairing men for a career in foreign
trade.
1.-The great demonstration for foreign
trade in this country" he says, "began
literally before the echoes of the first
guns in Europe died away. 1t was
really ten months later, however, be-
fore we began to get our bearings and
before the business men of our cOun-
try actually get down to brass tacks
In this fOreign-trade business-sOme of
them have not got there yet. But in
spite of all this noise, backed up as 1t
has been recently by considerable
amount of real solid activity, the uni
versities and colleges have not yet
awakened either to the need in the
everyday business world or the OppOr-
tunity for practical service that lies
before them.
1T is not sufficient for the profess
sOrs to point to few language courses,
many of which do not really teach the
languages and to a general course of
commercial geography; nor to course
on the history of South America; nor
even to a general course on foreign
trade. Foreign trade has technique
Of it's own. No doubt many of the
courses in the ordinary school are ex-
cellent as leading to foreign trade.
But the mere assembling of few pa
per courses under denomination
which will attract students interested
in the subject is not sufficient.