The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-08
Letter rom Maaehester DI.lrIct.

Letter rom manchester UIsITicI
The newspapers this week state
that any American soldier or sailor
marrying a German girl Is violating
the Law. and will be prosecuted.
AS we stated two weeks ago. more
than hundred American soldiers
were anxiously awaiting the decision
on this subject by those in au=
thority.
Another new experiment Is being
made, this time in sixty trucks,
starting from Washington en- route
to California, to test the efficiency of
both the trucks and the roads. The
trucks easily aYerage IL miles per
hour. -
1t seems that Europe, after going
through that which no other eoun-
try has experienced, is not alto
gether down and out" as many
would suppose An aerial service
mas been started between Paris.
France and Brussels, Belgium. The
cabin of the huge aeroplane has
comfortable quarters for ten people,
There surely must be money in
truck farming by The report Of. John
d. Mineh, of Cumberland county, n,
j.. who was offered. $4,000 :. for his
small farm last winter, and the past
season sold $4,000 worth Of stray
berries from It. besides growing
other profitable crops.
The most OF our .spoois for cotton
and silk thread, are made IN Maine
from the best quality of White Birch
wood at the rate of 80 each minute
from machine that Is very compile
Gated in Its mechanism.
Those who will have the privilege
and pleasure OF attending The Chris
tian Endeavor convention at Buffalo,
August. D to 10. will have an oppor-
tunity 10. see the wonderful Niagara
Falls. where thousands OF tons OF
water fall a distance Of i50 feet
every second, making a noise that
can he heard for miles.
Serbia. that small country which.
directly. or indirectly. was the cause
of the great World War. it, effects
which will be fell for centuries 10
come, l. in a. serious condition fl
nancially. with no schools. no hospi-
tails. no banks. no fuel. and nothing
but starvation staring them In the
face.
Someone who has made II sub
ject of hard study has learned TO his
satisfaction that there are Il acres of
ground. cultivated. or nncuIIiYated TO
each human being This may be
true. but the majority must live on
the products Of much smaller
space m ground
BY the last census. the population
Of the largest cities Of the world
are as follows. New York. 5.s72.l43s
London. i.522.9g4 Paris. 2.ssS 900
Berlin. 2.07l 600. Vienna. z031 900 j.
Petrograd. ISL fetersburg1. 1905.
900; Philadelphia. 800 600: Moscow,
l,4S1 600
On one of my strolls for berries |
found field full Of the rare. Wild
flower called. aBlaokeyed Susan
Until late years this wild flower has
seldom found place I'm our fields
or hearts OF our people. On one Of
my strips 10 Baltimore, by way OF
trolley, from GIynden. heard a
woman exelaim - she pointed 10 \
few Of the bright flowers. oh.
aren't they beautiful" Later ON in
the day. as I passed Lexington Mar
keti people were eagerly buying the
flowers Al 10 cents per bunch.
The newspapers sportad John
RockerfelIer's picture this week. tell
ing ghe fact that he was 20 years
old and Is the richest mn in the
world. Il did not give Ia any thrill
of pleasure as The poor nan would
who had done some great deed for
humanity We are told thai Rock.
erfeller makes large donations for
honors. after raising the price of
gasoline or coal oil. vim Is the
real donor. the consumer. or the
rich oil magnate7
Last week we had the pleasure of
again meeting one Of our former
pupils. Dr. NJ Y. Zeigler. Who has
been doing good work In the Govern
ment Health Service, in different
parts Of the South and West. original
ing some sanitation plans which
were adopted By the Public Health
Department In answer 10 an In
quiry. he stated that about sky per
cent Of the Inhabitants OF orr coun-
try have had the epidemic. influenza.
and. rs the germ often lies dormant
in the systems If some individuals.
there may be quite a number Of
cases during the coming months
He Is now spending sometime In our
National Capitol. taking lecture
course To prepare himself as n
specialist TO take up The cpl
chronological work In the state of