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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-06-29
GREER-cARPENTER.

A quiet wedding was solemnized
at St. Thomas Catholic Church on
Wednesday last, when Miss Hannah
Virginia Carpenter. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Wesley Carpenter, Of
Marbufy, this county, became the
wife OF Mr.. John William Greer, son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Greer, Of
Bfentland, this county. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev Father
Bridges. pastor of the church. Fol-
lowing a short wedding trip, they
will make their home near Brent
land. where the groom is engaged in
farming. Our congratulations.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-06-29

The ever-popuIar hosiery, "The New
Wills" hotel, is better fitted than ever
to take care of automobile parties anc
others during the summer season.
This is the season when everyone
likes plate of ice cream or a glass Of
nice cold soda. Bowie's Ice Cream Par
Tor is always ready to serve you with
nice cool refreshments. Boys, it's Just
the place to take your girls,
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OF the SEASON and will CONTINUE
UNTIL ENn OF SEASON.
Ny Motto;-Large Sales and Small
Profits.
Prices arrange from $l2 IS up to
So 90 for the best suit 10 stock. That
will give you chance to wear tailor
made suit, made to your own measure
ment and guaranteed to fit. Not a
ready made suit from an agent-not
neutrality-suspicious. to be tailor made.
Take advantage OF this offer and
look my samples over before purchas-
ing.
1. CHOMET. THE TAILOR,
,pt. 3-'15-lvr. La Plata. Md
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The Baltimore Star

The Leading Evening Paper OF the
South,
The Baltimore Star established August
II, 1905, by the publisher Of The Baiti-
more American, has wod It's place as the
representative evening paper Of the
South. 1t gives more news and more
reading matter than any other Afternoon
paper In Maryland. IL is especially rieh
In departments-fnancial, sporting,
society, children, women, and to these
departments the best writer's Of A merica
are regular contributors. The Star ic
the grsat home paper, with something
for every member Of the family Itisa
cheerful newspaper, with plenty Of en-
tertainment. Those who try It keep on
taking it.
The Star is deliberately illustrated. II
has the first photographs Of important
events. Its portraits Of leading men and
women are unequaled.
The Star has two great ne VS. services,
with wires direct to its Offices from all
parts Of the world. The Star has a wire
less equipment. 1t uses every modern
invention and the best enterprise to get
all the news.
The Star is different from other South
ern papers. 1t has quality Of it's own.
| ONE CENT A COPY, One month,
% cents three months, 10 cents one
year, So
FELIX AGNUS, Manager and Publisher
G. c. FULTON & CO.,
Amersean Building, Baltimore, nd
JOi-4d
I
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FOR RENT.

Two 6 room houses in La Plata with
gardens. In good repair. Apply to,
A. POSEY, La Plata, Md.
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Great Opportunity.

MY ST RING
an d SUMMER
SAMPLES are
NOW IN. They
consist of the
largest and pref
tiest assortment
OF samples ever
shown in this
county l have
decided not to
make any speci-
al competition
sales this sea-
son. MY Gu T
PRICE SALE
BEGAN AT
THE START
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FOR SALE.

The old Brick County Jail, Apply
TO, County Commissioners for
Charles county.
G o. A WADE, Clerk
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NOTICE.

Two splendid young mares for sale.
Apply to, HENRY STARKE,
Wavside. Md.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-06-29

FOR SALE.

Two yoke OF good work oxen, well
brel en-. Two mares, good drivers.
work anywhere. Aged and years.
One COW with calf. One No. Geiser
Saw Mill In first class order. For
further particulars apply to,
B. B. COMPTON,
June 2}-3t PisgAh, Md.
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Announcement to the People Of
Charles County Of
M. SCHWARTZ,
tiead, Md.
next 70 Tie POST OFFICE BUILDIN

next 10 Cue IOSI OfflOb BUlLDlN
| sm well known to you, making
clothes for tie past seven years. 1
always gave you satisfaction. l will
continue now with better service. l
also keep ready made clothing, boys
suits. gents furnishings, high grade.
Patronize your home trade where it
will cost you less than in the city and
give better satisfaction. Satisfaction
given all my customers. This is my
habit.
NJ. SCHWARTZ,
Indian Head, Md.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
ROMANS BUILD MANY ROADS
Many of Those In France Have Left
No Traces but Location Of
Others Is Known.

Caesars army marched the 45 miles
which lie between Reims and Sois-
sons in one day, fact which proves
the existence of roads in that part
of Gaul. Tin from Cornwall took one
month to reach the Rhone from the
French side of the Channel, the route
being complicated by the necessity for
crossing rivers and mountains. Some
Of the roads Of old Gaul were mere
cart tracks, which ran through the In
terminable forests, and these have left
no vestige Of their presence. But the
direction of some of the roads which
the Romans built is known. Two of
them ran through Paris, forming
crossroads, one the modern Rues st.
Jacques and st. Martin, and the other,
running in a southeasterly direction,
the Rue st. Antoine and the fa-
nous Rue de Rlvoli.
The direction of the great Via Do
mitiana also is well known. Starting
from Lyons, 1t crosses the Gard
Herault region from northeast to
southwest, and passes over the Rhone
ut Aries, running through Mines, Pont
AMBROSE, Substantion, st. Thibery,
Beziers, and Narbonne, the Narbo
Martius of the Romans. and the city
which is famed In these days for Its
heather honey. Not far from st. Thi-
berry, the Via passes over the Herault
and the Ort. and then follows the an
cient road of Colombiers and crosses
the Capestand by Roman viaduct the
Pont Selmis at Pontserme.
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TALKS FROM A MOVING TRAIN
Canadian Inventor Develops Telephone
for Use on Railroad Cars, Uncle
Sam ls Told.

Successful experiments with tele-
phone apparatus installed on rail-
road car were carried out by repre-
sentative Of the signal department Of
the Canadian government railways
and the inventor Of the device, the
former in the car itself and the latter
in the dispatcher's Office in the None
ton yard, reports Uncle Sans consul
at Moncton, N. B. The transmission
IN this system Of communication is
lade through wheel and axle without
he assistance Of any contributing me-
lum.
Reports of the tests declare that
he communication established was in
very way satisfactory, although the
rain was In motion. 1t is said there
vas no difficulty In hearing distinctly
very word Of the messages exchanged.
The experiment was tried on a
iouble-track line where the rails are
properly bonded" for the block-signal
ystem, but Il is claimed that equally
ood results can be obtained on any
cack where the rails are similarly
bonded" without regard to the pres
nee or absence Of block-signal In
sallation.
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Matter of Fact.

Great is the power of matter-of-fact,
greater and made up Of richer elements
than perhaps we care to remember. It
is part Of the power-the eternal power
of the story teller over the mind of
man. There is no great story teller,
from Hunter to Scott and Guy de Maui
passant, who, whatever else he may
have, has not the faculty for matter-of-
factness.
1t Is the treasury from which the wit
and cynic draw their income, and often
the philosopher his capital.
Stranger still, it is the bed rock upon
which the poets build their palaces ;
glorious views from top windows are
made possible by the hard substance
below the basement, and the men who
build without 1t, trusting wholly to
Imagination, are not the men who en-
dure.
What reason is to faith, matter-of-
fact Is to imagination.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
1t Costs Uncle Sam $24.93
To Enlist "SoIdier of Sea"

1t costs the United States ex-
actly $24.93 per head to enlist
men in the United States ma
rines, according to a statement
showing the average cost in each
of the four divisions. "Even at
that it's worth it," contend ad-
mirers of the first at the front"
lads.
OF the four divisions the East
ern, which includes the New
York district, shows the lowest
expense per recruit, and the.
Southern division Is the highest.
San Francisco, where 1t means
an expenditure of $3.50 q volun-
teer, ranks first among local re-
cruiting stations for the low cost
Of enlistments, with New York
city, where 1t averages $9.92 per
head, running a close second.
This is the way the divisions
compare with one another in the
matter of recruiting expense:
Eastern division, $1S,4S per
man; Western division, $25.41
per man; Central division, $27.S9
per man; Southern division,
S27.94 per man.
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aires in the marvellous Worlds Treas
ure Corporation, Limited, prove my
prospect and 60 for that vast core Of
pure gold in the middle Of the EARTH"
"very well, am your obedlent serv-
ant" said Lyle, only half convinced
that his employer was not feather
Drained lunatic.
Lysle West, out of work and tired
Of the city, was not dislncllned to earn
liberal salary out among the wilds
of nature. 1t was only now on the
eve of departure that the professor
revealed the real details of his under
taking.
"What Pm after" he told Lysle in all
seriousness, "is to discover the vast
core of pure gold that has dripped
through the upper strata when the
earth cooled off. Naturally the heav-
lest mass would sink the farthest. I
can prove that by samples taken down
few thousand feet / am In hopes
that, two thousand feet down as a
limit, the core of Croesus can be To-
Gated. Then, boring Into the mex
haustible mass of precious metal, we
can begin to unearth It In cart loads, a
constant stream of 1t. Oh, have
figured 1t all out scientifically. 1t will
cost money, but the initial development
work done. capital will flow in to me
to carry out my work"
Lysle had learned that the old pro-
fessor had once made rich strike in
the far West involving enough to keep
him from want for the rest Of his days.
This he had ventured on an alleged ra-
dIum mine, where he had sunk all he
had.
"Then my wife died." the professor
explained to Lysle. "Her estate went to
my daughter. All, Dorothy my only
solace In the world-soul of generosity,
she has given me the last ten thousand
dollars of her little fortune to finance
me, ,rs-r ;ay experiment. She at least,
believes In my plans and myself. Dear,
loving, loyal Dorothyl"
1t was a desolate spot that to which
the professor took Lysle week later,
1t appeared that he had purchased a
large acreage, known as Basin Valley.
remote from roads and cities. Its
former possessor had tried agriculture,
and had failed, He had left habit
able house, in which the professor and
Lysle installed themselves quite COM
fortably. A mule team from the near
est settlement had brought on load
Of provisions. There were fish In a
near stream and game In the woods
and. therefore, no lack of good living.
All day Lysle measured, calculated
and explored to find the Ideal spot for
drilling. All day the professor submit
ted surface specimens of ore and
to analysis. ~
! and 49,
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BOOST FOREIGN TRADE
Uncle Sans Special Agents Have
Made Success in Work.
Great Progress Made In Recent Years
In Connection With Efforts Of
Bureau Of Commerce.

Great progress has been made dur
ing the past two or three years in con.
nection with the special investigations
that are carried on by agents of the
bureau of foreign and domestic com.
merce In foreign countries. A special
investigation now involves a program
of action of which the agents report Is
merely the most important feature In
stead Of being as often heretofore, the
sole object to be achieved. This pro-
gram covers, first, the widest publicity
possible for the proposed work among
the interests for whose benefit 1t is be-
ing done.
officials of the bureau have found 1t
to be almost as important to prepare
the ground for the reception Of the In
formation as 1t is to obtain the infor-
nation itself, and to do this it is neces-
sary to arouse the interest Of the In
dustry affected both in the subject OF
foreign trade and In the special work
Of the bureau. The second feature OF
the program, the careful selection of
~ n,on ~ ,,ndortoLa tho work "a of
mon,sas+ ,mnortonce
- !, ~, ay,.,o 20 49, omo,o,s +hot
~ 70 .ne o.,on W .sa ~ s,.hoIe ,,naorto,,na
nv. .no 'a.ue g. ~ .nas.man @ ~ a.. tha +rade
e - .a ne ,''s.n.os. 90 49, inuasti.
10. - .a :. ~ asaa..,., - hnuo = non
90 onnor;onoo ond ronrtotion whose
aa .;on MI, 20 NV yo,ob+ In
sr,,ta 90 . oarto,n amount of cvnicism
So "p,o.s y. san,o hns,nass mon 40 70 The
ao,,,a 90 aonarnmonto1 worL n is nov.
oatho,oas ~ - tu,,o that with largo mart of
tha hns,nass while an ofticial GOVERN.
,nont ranrasontot,vo !. ossnmed 70 he
non wbo con sneat with authority
IN tho snhiect
NM. eo,,..h eoo+rro ~ tho nroorom
T. ~ a,.aos,,,nnt,on ~ tho informo-
IT, nooo,uod 20 i,,s, q. w,do a nuhlfc
-. 80 .an 10 roaohod NOT onIv through
~ ~. ~ u,,,,tod ranorts hut also tbrouob
,ausanaI w oonforoncos of retnrned
- pua,.,, ,,,,., raanrea otrrors, And Anal.
It $50 4na nnoaron, 49, ,no,rdos oct,ve endaav.
~ ~ ~, ~ ~ nor+ - 10Th tbo aoants and
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BACK TO ORIGIN. or SLANG
Words That Are Considered staId and
Dlgnlfled Have a Meaning Known
Only to a Few Users.

Original slang is often poetic. Per-
haps the best way to prove this to the
professors will be to remind them that
some Of their own worthiest and most
classic and respectable words are
themselves, If we 60 back to their
origin, Just the same slangy vagabonds
as these. Examine, for instance, the
word inveigh, Max Eastman writes In
the New Republic. There Is q staid
and dignifled term, f1t to be incorporat-
ed In presidents inaugural: II will
not at this time inveigh against the
custom prevalent among my contem-
poraries." You can imagine how 1t
would sound. And yet, POLITICALLY, what
does that word mean? In means "fnto."
Vehi means to sail. II will not at this
time sail into my contemporaries" |"
Here is another Latin word-insult.
In its origin 1t means to jump on--ex-
actly what is said everywhere by the
schoolchildren of America when the
appropriate situation arises.
Diatribe is a pretentious term. 1t
implies something more thorough than
an insult, a more lasting denunclation.
You not only Jump on" somebody, but
you "rub 1t In" We used to say Of
crazy person that he was "off his troll
ley" And the word delirious meant
substantially the same thing In an
earlier stage of civilization. 1t came
from the Latin words de and Ira,
which mean off or out of your fur
row. The word precocious means pre-
cooked, or, as we say, half baked.
Capricious means like goat, and the
slang correlatives here are innumer-
able.
Imagine some worthy, refined and
graduated soul being offended by a
young upstart and responding some
what as follows: 1T seems to me you
are trifie capricious. l would hard
ly expect any one to inveigh against
me In this delirlous manner, deliver
ing such diatribe. Is 1t essential to
your precocity to insult your eldersT
And then suppose we translated this
somewhat according to the etymologic-
nj dictionary: "You goatl You must
be off your trolley to sail into me like
that and then rub 1t in Just because
you're half-baked you needn't think
you can jump on your elders"
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71e
Dreamer
"
BY Miriam Lee
BY Miriam, Lee

Copyright. by w. q. Chapman.)
well, young man, what do you
think Of it2"
TITS q dream"
"Ah, is 1t not, indeed-of grandeur,
Of opulence, of vast uncounted mil
lionsl' exclaimed old Prof. Peter Bur
ton.
II don't mean 1t In that way sup
plemented Lysle West. II regard your
proposition as visionary, impracticable
and unreal"
Unreal? ha ha you couldn't make
me more hopeful than by saying that, 4"
chirped the old man gleefully. 'It's
what has seemed unreal and impossi-
BILE that has scored the greatest tri-
umphs Everything is unreal until 1t
is accomplished. Then 1t becomes COM
monplace. But that Is neither here
nor there. You know all about me-
chanics. I know all about the pre-
cious metals. You have been recon.
mended to me as skillful engineer.
wish to employ you. offer you q
fair price for your services for say,
ninety days. You act as though you
don't want the job. Then say SOL
will hire somebody else"
"Not at ALL" Lysle hastened to say,
"only your scheme appeals to me as
chimerlcal and I must speak the
truth"
"Oh, we'll pass over that" exu'
berated the professor lightly. "All you
have got to do is to come out with me
to Basin Valley. You are to examine
the vicinity and lay out plan for me
to commence operations. When we
have settled on the point where these
will begin, you are to figure out the
equipment shall need. ! want to get
start. I want to get my boring ma
chinery on the ground. want to go
down couple Of thousand feet, so as
to bore out solid rock core showing
the strata formation. Then ! shall 80
to New York and interest the million
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain


You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once a week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison
are now told by Cincinnati authority
to use q drug called freezone, which
the moment few drops are applied
to any corn or callous the soreness is
relieved and soon the entire corn or
callous. root and all. lifts off with the
fingers.
Freezone dries the moment 1t ia ap-
piled, and simply shrivels the corn or
callous without inflaming or even ir-
ritating the surrounding tissue or
skin. A small bottle Of freezone will
cost very little at any Of the drug
stores, but will positively rid ones
feet of every hard or soft corn or
hardened eallous. II your druggist
hasn't any freezone he can get 1t ct
any wholesale drug house for you.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
Biting Reproof.

During dust storm at one of the
army camps, a recruit sought shelter
in the cooks tent.
eff you put the lid on that camp
kettle you would not get SO much dust
in your SOUP"
"See here, my lad, your business is
to serve your country"
yes" replied the recruit, "but not
to eat it. Christian Register.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
Not Pronerly Trained.

Among those who have heard their
country's call to "do their bit' at
farming was a retired brakeman. He
was blowing up piece of raw land
with team Of mules, and had the reinf
fatsened around his waist. Presently
he saw stump ahead and instructive
ly he began giving the railroad "stop''
signal with both hands. The plow
struck the stump and the brakeman
went head over heels. Picking himself
up, he shook his fist at the mules and
roared: "You fop-eared fools, don't
you ever look back for signal?"-Ex.
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o,,t+ino +i,oo oetornoons ond nranaro
@ snnna. nv n,e,, 80 III, hana ~ ,aa 81
tan oooa ,,aai, = a.nn
~ ono go san ~ : sou, rs,n,,.os @ ha.oro NOON
the t,no Slo,,,e.. : M araanod ,nstrunoents
~ has,,,,,s,. ~. 80 ~. v...taa .tp son.ha hoysa
suddenlv Moth holted and stared at one
anotber IN surnr,so
aDid Won hear tbat~ sbarnIv ex-
claimed tha nrosassor
awbv yesn ranl,od + r;vs,a-.,t,s the
dInner ball yo,, hronght ssSitb tn pro-
visions. Someone Is ripaI idt.sy
"And from the house. 3 What can 1t
meanY" ~
"perbans tbe Chinese aI,ousekeeper
Won tried to ,get at- Oreyille has
changed his mind and has come on"
"No. seer. cried the professor ex-
citedly .It ia q woman. a girl. Why,
it's Dorothyn
Dorothyit was. Dorothy Burton, the
old professors daughter. and as he ran
toward her and her father gath.
cred her up in a happy embrace, Lysle
West stood spellbound at realization of
the marvellous beauty of this unexpect-
ed visitor. He shyly acknowledged an
introduction, absorbed, bewildered,
drinking In her rare loveliness.
II Just couldn't keep away, papa,
dearr'' confessed the winsome sprite.
II got longing for you and was tired
Of boarding school. And come in the
house, both of you, and see the famous
dinner l have all ready for you"
1t was, indeed, rare, delicious meal,
and Dorothy persisted that she was
elected permanent cook and house
keeper. Her presence held Lysle to the
work he was convinced was bound to
result In nothing, and one day he told
Dorothy so.
II don't know how far you are right, !"
she said, quite sadly, "but before moth
er died she told me to live close to
him and his IDEAS AS to the fortune,
that is nothing TO his love-"
So time went on and the last $4,000
went into engaging drilling crew. II
was expensive experimental work. The
professor eagerly inspected the cores
as they were bored out.
"West" he said one morning "the
drillers have closed their contract for
NV canital has RIM ont am disan.
pointed IN tbe borinas They do not
alI carry out INV theorIes as to weight
and propinouity. I give 1t up."
The sneaker was strangely subdued
that aven,nu I,vsle was bimself de-
nressed for he foresaw q separation
from the girl he had learned to love,
ONLY Dorotbv wos ber no+praI cbaarv
self
Dorothy silent lightly. Her father
and Ivle were sl,imberino heavily and
did NOT hear her GET I'M to answer an
urgent summons at the front door
They heard her call nm the stairs a few
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
CUTICURA HEALS
SORE HANDS
That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap and
BIeed--Trial Free.

In wonderfully short time in most
cases these fragrant. super-creamy
emollients succeed. Soak hands on
retiring in the hot suds of Cuticura
Soap, dry and rub Cuticura Ointment
into the hands for some time. Re
move surplus Ointment with soft It's
sue paper.
Free sample each by mail with
Book. Address postcard. Cuticura.
Dept. l.. Boston. Sold everywhere
ADV.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
Touching.

The Girl-And can you manage on
your army pay, Phil?
The Sub-Hardly-but do lot of
writing besides.
The Girl-What kind of writing?
The Sub-Oh, letters to the guv'nor!
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
The Old Way and the New.

Old-fashioned people used to spend
the long evenings of fall and winter
at home, munching popcorn or apples
over the Bible, Shakespeare or Dick
ems. Moderns 60 to the movies and let
the Charlie Chaplins and Mary Pick.
fords improve their minds.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
OverwOrking Freedom.

Gather" said the small boy, "what
is free country?"
"a free country, my. son, is one
which compels peaceful citizens to put
up money for police protection for an
archists who are trying to destroy the
government. Washington Star.
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The Irish Method.

whats become of the dog you had,
Casey?"
"Oh, he was wort $40 an OF kept
t'inkin' if some wan should stale him
Oh could i'll afford the loss, SO Oi gave
him away, begorra. - Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-26
Change of Opinion.

"Don't you believe in corporal pun
ishment?"
"No," replied Farmer Corntassel.
"Not any more. My boy Josh has all
the best of it when it comes to physi-
cal culture. Exchange.
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First Nurse Girl : So you've got a
new place?
Second Nurse Girl-Yes.
''Do you like it?"
Like it? Why, it's right in front
of police station. Chicago Herald.