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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
Gets the Furlough He Wanted

now. This Is sure healthy life. Plen-
ty Of work and all you can eat. Now
don't forget to send cake once in a
while. for a box Of things like you sent
makes life better. You can write and
let me know when you send some more
cake. With love for all, your son. d.
E. RambO."
"Well, Private Rambo," the general
doomed again, you can have that
weeks holiday home. like boys who
don't grumble all the time"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
OLD SEA PORTS COME TO LIFE

their cables and sailed away by night"
In those times there was more per-
sonal touch in voyage, than now, as
every man making a voyage was al
lowed certain space in the hold for
goods of his own. People in the home
port Of ship outward bound intrust-
ed their savings to their seafaring
neighbors for ventures in far coun-
tries.
This spirit Of commercial adventure
is finding expression today on larger
and less personal scale, say the experts
of the shipping board; and these stu
dents Of conditions trace the present
enthusiasm of the nation for seafaring
to beginnings in definite periods In
which our old-time ports were at the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
FIRST NAVEL ORANGE DYING
Parent Tree Of California Citrus Or
ehards Planted ~ Years Ago,
Seems Near End.

Riverside, Cal.-The original Wash
ington navel orange tree, planted here
forty-four years ago. producer of the
first navel oranges grown in the Unit.
ed States and parent of millions Of
trees now growing In California, Is be-
ueved to be dying.
This tree came originally from some
point inland from Bahia, Brazil. It
was planted here In 1873 by Mrs. G. L.
Tibbetts, who obtained 1t from the b0-
tanical gardens In Washington. Eff
forts to discover in Brazil other navel
orange trees have so far failed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
Revival in Shipping Brings Pros.
perity to American Sea.
board Towns.
ONCE BUSY MARTs Of TRADE
Same Spirit That Made Old Salem
Rich Now Seen In Merchant Ma.
rines's Deveiopment-New
Ports Sprin0in0 Up.

Neutrality-suspicious. effect Of the pres
eat rapid expansion Of the American
merchant marine is a sudden and I'M
precedented revival Of business at GER
tain American ports which few years
ago were thought to have passed their
zenith.
Bath, Me-, is cited as an example.
In the prosperous nineteenth century
days of sailing ships Bath was the
country's leading shipbuilding port. 1t
declined steadily after the introduce
ton of steel as a building material.
Now Bath. building both steel and
wood vessels, is SO prosperous that the
housing Of the workmen taking Jobs
there Is pressing problem. The sumo
is true Of several other North Atlantic
ports, while In other sections ports
are springing up where none existed
before.
Close observers Of the present re-
vival In shipping say that before the
United States shipping boards present
construction plan Is c0mpleted-a plan
by which a vast new merchant feet Is
to be brought into being-the develop
ment of American ports will parallel
on a larger scale that which took
place in the good old days Of the
square riggers."
In earlier times, as at present, every
body in a port touched by the pros
perity Of seagoing was keenly inter-
ested In shipping. Present-day secre-
cy about contracts. sailings and divi-
dends. had its prototype in the secrecy
that enveloped such matters more than
a hundred years ago. in score Of
American ports. notably in Salem,
Mass.
In those days. we are told. rival
merchants sometimes drove the work
Of preparation for voyages night and
day. Ships which set out for foreign
ports were watched when they slipped
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06

vorite Prescription, the ever.Iar
friend to ailing women, and Ii. rle.essss:
Golden Medical Discovery, the $780, ss
general tonic, are both put
LIQUID and tablets and are to DC
in drug stores. Tablets Cue.
Send 1Oc to DR.. Pierce, Invalloe
tel and Surgical Institute, Buna.
Y. and he will mail trial packa al
either tablets.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
VICTIM OF GERMAN RAID
ENLlSTS IN RED CROSS

Chicago.-Aiiss Victorine Van
Dyke, whose home was destroyed
when the kaiser's army crushed
Belgium and who escaped from
German bondage and came to
Chicago, is on her way back to
her war broken country to aid
the Red Cross.
Her mother is In Belgium and
her two soldier brothers are pris-
Oners In German prison camps.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
HELP! SEND FUEL! PET
CANARY HAS YOUNG ONES

(By International News Service.)
DetrOit.-"Please, sir, oh,
please, II you are humane,
send coal to my home at once"
This was the ag0nized appeal
of q woman over the telephone
to the fuel administrators Office.
The coal was produced and,
when pressed for explanation,
the woman added:
MY pet canary is Matching
young ones"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
TieIess Day 10 Latest.

Peoria, HIN keeping with the gov
ernment's wheatless, meatless and 9TH
er "ess" days, students Of the Peoria
High school agreed to attend classes
without necktie on Thursdays Of
each week. Cloth conservation 10 ths
idea, they declaro.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
Form Baby Beef Club.

Carlinville, nl.-1iacoupin county
has q "Baby Beef club. It has 80
members, organized BY Mayor Robert
Whiteley. Jr.. Of this city. Its pur-
pose II to purchase and raise calves.
The members recently bought large
number Of the animals from the Kan
sas City stOckyards.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
Life is a cheap restaurant, where ~
things you want fail to show on the -
Of fare.

Bad Colds, Pneumonia, and Crop
may be prevented by using Vach9}
Balm In time. Everyone should keek
1t in the hOuse.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
WHEN A TONIC IS NEEDED
Oklahoma City, Okla.-"T can trut

ana tnankIully o
l have taken u
Pierce's medl cine
the 'Favorite PIe
scription' and g. 3
Golden Med
Discovery an Z. 9
they did me q wol
of good.".MIs |
GUSSIE HUDSOl q
stock Yards
ton. -.
Dr.. Pierce's
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06

A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.
Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin air after using
"Femenina." Price soc and e1.oo-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
CoIleuiate Soldiers.

Collegiate Soldiers.
Camp Sheridan, Ala.-Of the $4,000
members of the Ohio National Guard
division in training here 3 per cent,
or 1850 men, have had college train
ing.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06

Misdirected energy is when young
man runs after a girl who doesn't ~
preciate him.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06

The foolish little moth looks on the
bright side of things-and you have
doubtless observed his finish.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
Next.

Knicker-What is the only solution
Of the servant problem?
BOcker-A director general OF COOK
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06
Jokes.

Casey is me pertickeler friend. Ord
have We know" "G'wan! If he was
pertickeler he wouldn't be yer frind."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-04-06

You can't discourage the prohibition
movement by throwing cold water
on 1t.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
RED CROSS NURSES
NEED COMFORTS

Miss Virginia Lountz. Superintend-
ent of the Maryland General Hospital
Nurses Alumnae Association. has
written the President of .he Annapo-
lis Banking and Trust Company. Mr.
James \. Walton. asking that his hank
omen a subscription fund for the Red
Cross nurses about 10 be sent 10 the
front and who are in need OF certain
comforts. aside from which they must
each provide for herself
Yesterday an account was opened
with the Annapolis Banking and Trust
Company. where money will be re-
ceived from the Maryland General
Hospital Nurses Red Cross Unit, to
provide comforts for a building for
nurses to occupy in France, and for
other necessary equipment
Annapolis is asked to raise $500, a
small sum. toward these comforts for
the Red Cross Unit
Any amount may be left at the bank,
or if left at this Office Will be acknowl-
edged and duly turned over TO the
bank.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
AIDING FARMERS
TO RAISE CROPS.

The executive committee of the
Maryland Council of Defense made i'm
portant extensions in it's educational.
agricultural and labor programs yes
terday. An appropriation of $500
was given to the agricultural commit
tee for it's work for the four summer
months and the Boys Working Re
serve was given an appropriation of
$4,000 An appropriation of $1,000
was made for industrial training in
the public schools during the summer
months. and an appropriation of $500
was made for the teaching of public
speaking in the summer schools.
The educational committee was in
structed to begin at once preparations
for a great celebration of the Fourth
of July in Maryland. The committee
is seeking a plan to increase the num-
Der of nurses in Maryland and to meet
the needs of the hospitals. The COM
mittee is also considering the estab-
lishment of a center for war activities
in every county in Maryland with a
paid secretary in charge. A confer
ence to consider this will be called
on Monday, June "a, in Baltimore. and
will be attended by all the 80 members
of the Council.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
Early History of Gas.

Gas for street lighting was nrst
used IN Pail Mall, London, more than
a century ago. A few experimental
gas lights previously had been used in
Golden Lane but it was not until a
few years later that the new form of
illumination was generally adopted in
London streets. The first attempt to
introduce the use of gas in America
was in Baltimore in 1916. The project
was unsuccessful. In 1922 il was in
troduced in Boston, and in the follow
ing year New York streets were light.
ed by gas. The system did not prove
successful, however, until 1927 TIL
use of gas sprf%~l rapidly to other cite
in the United States and Canada.
Rosin and oil were used for producing
gas in America In the early days Of
the industry. Until half century ago
the price thousand feet ranged up to
81, the average being about $3.50.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
At The Colonial Tonight.

Bessie Barriscale, in tense and
thrilling film version of Harold Nc
Grath's widely read novel, Madam
Who" will be the pleasing attraction
at the Colonial this evening.
The superstition of a Southern negro,
and his fear of ghosts is responsible
for a series of thrilling incidents in
this story What old Nose, the faith
full old darkey, thinks to be ghosts,
proves to be none other than a band
OF mysterious masked men who are
meeting for the purpose of bringing
destruction TO the community which
they arc infesting The locale of the
story is laid in the South during the
period of the Civil War. but the at
mosphere of the trench and battle do
not enter the story which is a power
full and dramatic portrayal of a deter
mined gounG girl who becomes a Sc
crct service agent to avenge the
death,of her father and brothers. who
have lost their lives in serving their
cause
Jennie Beaufort. the girl, played by
Bessie Barriscale. matches wits with
the most. shrewd and powerful secret
agents of the enemy Endeavoring to
capture them she, herself is captured
by eleven masked men, and to save
her life, is compelled to marry one o.
them. The ceremony is performed by
their leader viii is clergyman. She
notices a peculiar tattoo mark on the
wrist of the masked man 20 whom she
is being married With this mask as
clue she begins a search for her I'M
known husband. but the mysterious
sign binders her; more it helps and
leads her into an ENHANCEMENT of
battling mystery and intrigue which is
only solved after a series of nair-rais-
ing adventures. which ultimately
brings her together with the man she
really loves.
Critics have been unanimous in pro-
claiming Madam Who" as the SUI
preme achievement of Miss Barris-
Gales career. As ii offers her great
OPPORTUNITIES for tha display of her
wonderful histrionic ability. The sup
porting cast is one of notable players
including Edward CoXen and Howard
Hickman Pathe News also
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
Republic Tomorrow.

Macgc Kennedy as stage-strucr
typist who does not achieve her am
bition but finds herself in ISaze OF
high society OF complications instead
this Is Tie cruX OF the newest Gold
wynn production, The Fair Pretend
or" which comes to the Republic to
morrow
The star is Sylvia Maynard, work
ing in the Office OF a play producer.
In her enthusiasm to prove her abil-
ity TO act, the girl shows the manager
what she would do if given the star
part in play then being put on. It
Is a passionate love scene, and while
Sylvia uses her employer as her mag
mary loyer, his wife enters the office
She is discharged to keep peace in
the family.
In new lodgings Sylvia discovers
the manuscript OF a play. She recog-
Mes it as having been rejected b.
her former employer. She remem-
bers, too, the engaging young man
who wrote IT, The play details the
adventures of a poor girl who put
il over" to the extent of being taken
NJ by the smart set Sylvia detef-
mines 10 do this very thing
The erstwhile typist blossoms out
as a dashing widow, She is taken up
by society after inventing a romantic
story Of her husbands death in the
service of his country There She
meets Don Meredith author of the
play, though he is ignorant of her
knowledge of his affairs
Matters take a dramatic turn when
her fictitious husband turns out TO be
real man and not dead At all Don.
VINO has fallen in love with the sup
posed widow, is heartbroken to find
that she is not free The ensuing COM
p,icatIons and the manner in which
they are circumvented make a film
play at once absorbing and thrilling
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
A WORK OF
HISTORIC VALUE.
War Portrait Book OF Boys OF
Annapolis And County Now
In The Service.

work of especial historic value is
being compiled at this time under the
direction of r. f. Motley, of Balti-
more, and no boy in Annapolis or in
Anne Arundel County who has answer
ed the call to colors should be omitted
from it's pages.
The book is a war portrait book of
the local boys serving under Uncle
Sam. "a page is given to the photo
graph of each boy, underneath which
is a sketch of some three hundred
words When complete the book will
be a valuable war souvenir, which will
appeal as no other publication. II
has received the endorsement Of the
best people Of the city and county, in
Guiding Governor Harrington, Mayor
Strange. DR.. Fell, Col Harry j. Hop
kins, all the pastors Of all the churches
in the city, and many other distin-
guished people
Those who do not know Of this work
and would like to have their boy in
cluded in its valuable pages, will do
well to write at once to Mr. II. Il. Mol
ley, Light and Lombard streets, Balti-
more.
See advertisement in another col
umn.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
BOY FARM VOLUNTEERS
MAKE GOOD AT WORK.
Letters Declare Youths Are
Quick To Learn And Are
Doing Well In Counties.

The farmers of Maryland are more
than pleased with the work of the
boys who have been assigned to them
from the ranks of the Boys Working
Reserve, according to Frank e. Calm,
director of the reserve. Every day
letters come in from the farms to
which the boys have been sent, COM
menting upon their work, their eager
ness to learn and their skill at pick
ing up and applying knowledge which
to many of them is new.
Most of these letters are followed
up by others from farmers in other
parts of the State, asking for boys
to help harvest the crops. SO far, 227
boys have enrolled, and Mr.. Calm es-
Inmates that he can use about 500
more.
With the release of boys from the
grammar and high schools of the
towns of the State the directors hope
secure large numbers of additional re-
cruits A pamphlet of instructions to
the boys warning them against things
they might experience in their new
occupation has been compiled by Mr..
Calm, and a copy is given to each
how
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS.
At The Republic Tonight.

Beautiful Jewel Carmen win be seen
in the William Fox special feature
The Bride Of Fear at the Republic
Theatre tomorrow. This striking por-
trayal Of a woman's struggle for hap
piness against fearful odds shows the
lovely star at her best AS the woman
pursued By a convict who had tricked
her into marriage, her remarkable
histrionic ability is displayed to splen-
did advantage
Miss Carmen is seen as a girl all
alone in the city who, overcome BY
despair, attempts suicide. She is
frustrated in her purpose by a crook
who persuades her to marry him. She
does. but on their marriage night he
is taken 70 prison by detectives.
Years later, after she has learned to
love the son of a wealthy man, her
husband appears Confronted by this
terrible problem she solves it in a
most unexpected manner.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
APART FROM r. c. ..-ni-0
People Dwelling in High v>.y Ct tbs
Indus Are lsoIetca CON-
pIetely S=''.,.-5.

In the high valls= of The Indus,
guarding the cntrancn II mysterious
Tibet. lies Leh. the c.ri.al # an In.
dian province, writ N.hSah in Chi
cago Daily News. Lyh is not haven
for tourists. Occasionally a few trav-
elers with n passion fcs adventure and
lack Of consideration FOR the com
forts Of home. work their way through
mountain passes and over rivers, on
caravan ponies and primitive RATS,
and ut last reach Leh.
Usually the journey is taken for the
pleasure of unconventional travel and
not for the purpose of visiting Leh, for
merely TO view the town is hardly
worth the hardshipS of the trip. If
you are an astronomer, however, you
look ut the matter differently. The
meteorological observatory Of Leh is
the most elevated in Asia; and your
true lover of the stars will not balk
at the binding snow and scOrching sun
which follow one another in such mad
dening succession in the Himalayas.
Devout Buddhists find congenial sur
IOulullSS III Len, 1OT the uelSuuOEuOOu
Is filled with lamasseries, as the mon
asteries OF Tibetan Buddhists are
called. Over half the men are priests,
or 'red coats" and spend their days
in the worship of Buddha. Nowhere
else are there so many prayer wheels
endlessly revolving. On these wheels
are manuscripts bearing the inscrip-
ton, "Jewel in the lotus, Amen" writ
ten many times. AS the wheel turns,
the paper unwinds and the prayer is
considered said.
The people of this section know little
Of outside affairs. They live at an al
titudc of from 1000 to 10000 feet
above son level, in the highest popu-
lated altitude in the world. If they de-
scend as low as 5000 feet, the unac-
customed atmosphere causes illness.
But they are happy in their isolation,
and view complacently the monOton-
Gus grandeur of the mountains, which
cut them off so effectually from the
rest of the world.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
Cracking Palm Nuts.

In Central America ten tons of palm
nuts an hour are cracked by machine
including a fast revolving drum-wheel
into which the nuts are fed from hop
per. A force of $500 pounds is re-
quired TO crack the half-inch shells. but
the drum-wheel, making 500 reyolu
tons per minute, skaters each one in.
TO several pieces by hurting it two feet
on tangent against the breaker blocks
continuously lining the inner surface of
the main drum shaped casting. The
wheel rotates on a vertical spindle.
The blocks defect the fragments down.
ward into discharge pipe, and air
from blowers separates the shells from
the useful portion of the nuts.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
Proper care al "a 80

Fish are not hard TO raise. The
greatest danger TO which they are
subjected in disease is the fungous
growth that attacks the fms and tail.
This can be detected By the dropping
off Of bits Of the fms and tail and
by the tiny red streaks that mars the
part that remains To treat. give The
fish bath In a strong solution Of salt
water, letting him remain IN this uu-
I'll he fops over on his side. Repeat in
the course Of 4 day or two until the
growth is checked. For more severe
cases, q weak solution of permancar
ate Of potassium is used. Allow the
fish to lie in this q minute or tive
then replace in fresh water.-Kansas
City Star.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
Printing Christmas Seals.

Spurred by demands which it at
tributes directly and indirectly to the
war" for an extension of its work
through State and local organizations
in combating the spread of tubercu-
losis, the National tuberculosis As
sociation announced at New York last
week that 500 900 900 Red Cross
Christmas seals are being printed in
preparation for the annual holiday
Embarrassing campaign. The Associa-
ton obtained last year $T750,0OO
through the sale of the seals, and its
announced object is to double the re-
ceipts for 1918.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
RED CROSS DANCE AT
BROWNSVILLE JUNE Is.

Under the supervision of DR.. Win
terode, of the State Hospital at
Brownsville, there will be dance
Saturday evening, June 18th, for the
benefit of the Red Cross, 20 be held
at the hall near the Station, at
Brownsville.
Dancing will be from $50 10 l1.30,
and there will be good music
During the evening refreshments
will be on sale. Generous patronage
is solicited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
Trustees Meeting.

a meeting of the Trustees of the
First Presbyterian Church was held
Wednesday night Immediately after
the mid-week prayer service.
1t was the first prayer meeting con-
Quoted by the new pastor, Rev. Maui
rice S. White, who was also present
at the trustees meeting.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
GEO. w. JONES
Cuculatingi Library

..ts- books were added to the
..N Guiding April 9. 1918:
a. Place " Light by Win
.....uf..
..-U.s Balance Sheet" by Ka-
......
.....I HHpr's WIFE" by Cora Har-
r.. ... Ih. King" by Mary Rob
.... ...#rt
... Iu.' by Arthur Guy Empey.
......f.Hs obadiah" by Joseph c.
..... Dos lruuorl Dalrymple.
SO. .... Years Iu Germany" by J. w.
....r.
..E
... ,.u. Goo The Air" by Isabel Os-
...r
IfI.v-.-New Books, &c. per day.
odd Books. ic. per day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14

German school children are taught
to swim by going through the notions
without entering the water Evidently
following the instructions conveyed in
the last line of the old nursery rhyme,
Mother may / 90 out to SWIM"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
LLANE nALTIMoRE

$50. g&5.. 1913, 1I.35, A. NJ.
.s5. a.35. 1905, 4.35. 1906.
..a 40. $50 l135. l.. M. i2.a5
..,..e ur discharge passengers
..nf- between AnhgI oils and
denny Junction and at Linth-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14

... ESQ. a1.2O. x7.JO, 500. 9.2J
. A. a. 1920 30. 20, d3.2J
~ 1870. $500, 100, $50. 1929
Academy Gate 10 minutes
stat. House Station, Bladen
. college Ave. seven ID minutes
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14
FAIR.

......rr..r ID c.. June "A, 1918.
.- ga-. probably showers in
..-... tonight saturday show
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-14

IiI.W~ New Rocks, &c. per day.
odd Books. ic. per day.