The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-31

crows thre9 times, and the twelve
apostles march by, each one stopping
and bowling al he comes It'll front OL
the Christ who holds His hand over
them apparently blessing each one
This wonderful clock was seen by
soma OF our III. .. soldiers.
AS the laborers in different parts
of the county are demanding from
81 to S. per day of ten hours, IN
Guiding board, for cutting corn, many
farmers are equipping their farms
with corn cutting machines. one
objection however, to this neWly-ln-
vented machine il, it throws the corn
on the ground, to be gathered up and
shocked.
Our farmers, realizing the enor-
mons rrDfits or the middle men In
handling melons, are devOting more
attention to raising this appetizinG
vegetable. Hundreds. of home-ra1sed
melons were enjoyed the past lev
weeks by the farmers and their
friends, the flavor and sweetness
being superior to the high priced
melons brought here from other sec
lions of the country.
The time for pumpkins and pump
kin pie is now here. We doubt very
much if any garden ln Carro!l coun-
ty can surpass that belonging 10
Mrs. VIM. Crumrine, i'm the village OF
Melrose, in producing pie pumpkins
OF size and flavor was SHOWN AZ
least a score Of golden yellow and
dark green pumpkins weighing from
40 to SO pounds each growing In her
garden.
There certainly must be more
money i'm circulation now than ever
before in the history, OF the world, IL
what clerk i'm large store SAID -
general over the country. He SAID,
sTen years ago=a $40 bill was only
used occasionally; now bills OF $lOO
denomination are being passed over
the counters every day" The use or
money to bring US comfort ana Lhe
right kind of pleasure, is right; put
il used as Isaiah 55:2 says, we are
making a mistake.
Do you know causes the High Cost
of Iiving?" asked a merchant. 1
can tell you," he continued. Just
recently I was in New York city and
saw thousands of men on the streets
in the afternoon, at a loss to know
how to occupy their time. InGy
only work and 6 hours each day
We were informed that more than
two thousand automobiles were on
the York Fair Grounds on Thursday
of. last week. AS about 300 passed
through our town, this part OF the
country certainly furnished its quota
of pleasure-seekers.
In a letter from Chicago we take
the following extracts: 1t IS very
pleasant here, one wants to be out
of doors all the time. Sugar is
scarce ARTICLE here. We can only
get one pound with every dollars
worth OF groceries. There is so
much thieving and numbering going
IN here"
Contentment Is the greatest thing
n the world. Why? Because there
: less of it than anything elser and
zach year causes it to diminish. If |
,nly we could learn the truths re-
orded in st. Luke 3:14 and l :
Timothy As. \
Rec emily a woman at the age OF
o. gave some of her recollections of
er girlhood. Then butter sold at
c per pound and eggs at SC per doz-
n. Men worked in the harvest fields
t SIC per day We have gone up the
Gale somewhat since those days.
A barber, now So years OF age, re
alls the fact when SC bought a
have and shampoo; and when he
earned his trade he worked three /
ears and received for his salary
air of trousers.
The French claim that besides Pub
c Buildings, nearly 100000 private
esidences were destroyed by the
ermans. <
Adelina Patti, the worldfamed
peratic singer, died recently at the
&c Of rs. With her voice, starting
/ the age of z, she earned more than 9
) 100000 in her life time.
From a Boston, Mass, paper we
ct the following: 1.-THE National :
EDUCATIONAL Association announces \
lat there is a shortage Of $4,000
:hool teachers i'm America. The :
portage has been so acute that :
,wns and cities have been obliged !
relax the teachers educational =
,quirements, with the result that =
lere are today $4,000 teachers who :
TO deficient i'm ability and training.
One of our farmers told me re- r
entity that he paid $4,000 for his farm :
bout a year ago, and now is offered :
$500 for it, MIR. George Hoffacker,
ear Dover, Della, paid $4,000 for T
10 acres and now has sold the farm
r $4,000.
At Oakland, California, i'm a speech,
resident Wilson said, Seven and a
alf million men were killed be- 2
Iuse we couldn't have arbitration q
Id discussion All this cost of life
Id treasure might have been saved
the League of Nations had been
existence in 1914, for Germany
ould never have declared war had Il
known that almost the whole
Orld would be against it,"
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