The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-08
from Manchester District.

rna newspapers this ID, week q. stat. state
Ile NV American soldier or sailor
that 4na German girl il violating
marrylngs and will be prosecuted.
the iN stated two weeks ago, more
As We hundred American soldiers
than "nriouslv awaiting the decision
% w this subject by those IN du-
thorl.y ,har new experiment is being
ANU his time in sixty trucks,
nalV. from Washington en route
sTa[ rI1;7ornia. to test the efficiency OF
CA mo trucks and the roads. The
Dosn wv aasily average u miles per
hour. IT, E,rone after going
II that which no other coun-
tuI0' Ias. experienced, is not alto
Try down and out" as many
getle1i srnDose. An aerial service
wo1'1 haen started between Paris,
1 Tronce and Brussels, Belgium The
E L%i1 of the huge aeroplane has
clD atorrable quarters for ten people.
co ar,oro surely must be money in
.-,!at-farmfng by. the report OF John
u Winch. of Cumberland county, N.
Tho was offered $4,000 for his
d. N farm last winter, and the past
$40 snasor sold $4,000 worth OF straw
s s from it, besides growing
o+bar profitable crops.
I'm rrho most of our spools for cotton
- elk thread. are made in Maine
s-ar the best quality of White Birch
L rond at the rate of so each minute
srom a machine that is very compll-
oatad in its mechanism.
TTboee who will have the privilege
,,4 Measure of attending the Chris
Co., Endeavor convention at Buffalo,
,rgusr ; to 10. will have an oppor-
MT 70 see the wonderful Niagara
E,I1e where thousands of tons OF
a,,tar fall a distance Of $50 feet
ararT second. making a noise that
rar be heard for miles.
Serbia. that small country, which.
dirpctlv or indirectly, was the cause
If fine great World War, its effects
which will be felt for centuries to
comA is in a serious condition II
roncialIv. with no schools, no hospi-
tal= no banks, no fuel, and nothing
NM starvation staring them in the
face
Someone who has made it a sub
iocf os hard study has learned to his
satisfaction that there are IA acres of
yround, cultivated. or uncultivated to
each human being. This may be
true, but the majority must live on
tbe products of a much smaller
space OF ground.
BY the last census, the population
Of the largest cities of the world
are as follows: New York. 5,S72,143;
London. 4.522,964; Paris, 2,SSS,0O0;
Chicago. 2,596,6SO; Tokyo. 2,186, 900;
Berlin. 2,O71 900: Vienna, 2,031 900 :;
Petrograd. CSt. Petersburg), 1905
OOo; Philadelphia, 100000; Moscow
1,481,0O0.
On one of my strolls for berries |
found field full of the rare, wild
flower called, "Blackeyed Susan"
Until late years this wild flower has
seldom found a place in our fields
or hearts Of our people. On one OF
MS strips to Baltimore, by way OF
trolley from Glyndon, 1 heard a
woman exclaim as she pointed to a
few of the bright flowers, "Oh,
aren't they beautiful" Later on in
tn day, as I passed Lexington Mar
ket, people were eagerly buying the
flowers at 10 cents per bunch.
The newspapers sported John
Rockerfellers picture this week, tell
ing the fact that he was 80 years
Old and is the richest man in the
world 1t did not give us any thrill
OF pleasure as the poor man would
who had done some great diced fol
humanity. We are told that Rock
erfeller makes large donations fol-
donors. after raising the price OF
gasoline or coal oil, who is the
real donor. the consumer, or the
rich oil magnate?
Last week we had the pleasure Of
again meeting one Of our former
pupils, Dr. NJ. v. Zeigler, who has
been doing good work in the Govern
ment Health Service, in differen
parts Of the South and West, original
lng some sanitation plans which
we're adopted by the Public Health
Department. In answer to an in
qliry, he stated that about sixty pei
cent Of the inhabitants of our coun
try have had the epidemic, influenza
and, as the germ often lies dorman
IN the systems of some individuals
there may be quite number o
cases during the coming months
he is now spending sometime in oul
National Capitol, taking a lecture
course to prepare himself al {
specialist to take up the cpl
genealogical work in the state o