The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-03
Notes By The Way.

like drops of water in 1850, was sold
as junk. z. 4. Barnum, the great
Snowman, had the instrument made
to order, costing him $5O0OOO and
he paid Jenny Lind more than $780,
600 for her tour with him OF our
country in that year. BY the above,
i seems that not all the big salaries
are Of quite recent origin.
Since striking" has been so gen
eral, New York minister thinks it
would not be amiss to follow the
crowd" When our Saviour was
hene on earth, though sorely tried
and prosecuted, did He ask for less
suffering? Instead, He asked the
Father in Heaven to forgive them
for they know not what they do.
In spite of the fact that aeroplanes
were supposed to be used in guard
ing the forest fires woodland prop
erty to the amount Of million dol
lars was destroyed by fire in Mon
tana and Idaho recently, due, it is
thought to the wickedness OF the
T. w. w. people.
Several years ago, when the 7. w.
w. organization first began, man
from Pennsylvania, came to our
town. In conversation with him he
the I. w. w. do your" / enquired,
being personally acquainted with
the man. YES" he replied, Il be-
long to the Won't Work" Society.
Recently / visited a lunch coun-
ter. The lady in charge had the
courage to smilingly ask zoe for
dozen small buns, &C for a piece of
pie, and &c for cup Of coffee.
We, as Americans, do not know. or
realize how great and valuable
Alaska is, with its great natural re-
sources Of lumber, nearly all kinds
of furs, and the precious metals.
Coal is so plentiful that ridges miles
in length are exposed to view. The
highest peak in America, Mt. Nc
Knley, 10000 feet in the air, and the
ice walls SO to 100 miles in length,
are really wonders of America. 1t
also produces immense quantities of
fish, and will soon produce enough
reindeer to feed the world.
Again we are to have a creamery.
A Washington firm, through their
agent, Mr.. III. NJ Stokes, Of Han
over, Pa, have purchased a site
near the old blacksmith shop, and
a well drilling outfit from Myers
town, Pa, is now preparing for the
water supply. If competition will
advance the prices of milk and
cream, the farmers in this section
will receive the benefit of it, as a
Baltimore company is now buying
and shipping immense quantities of
milk to their condensory near
Fowblesburg.
The next Christian Endeavor Con-
vention will most likely be held in
st. Louis, the most centrally To-
Gated city in the United States.
A Boston grand jury began an in
vestigation to find why shoes are
so expensive. They learned that
some of the Massachusetts shoe
makers were making SIPS a week,
and that some shoes that cost the
manufacturers $3.50 a pair sold in
store a few blocks away for $1,000.
Daylight saving comes to an end
on the last Saturday in October as
result of the action of the senate
and the House in repeating the law
over the Presidents veto. Twice
vetoed by Mr.. Wilson in the interests
of greater industrial efficiency, the
rural people mustered enough votes
to pass the repeal 223 to 1O1 in the
House, and 81 to 10 in the Senate
a missionary in South America
writes that recently they had their
rainy season and it rained for
eleven days in succession. AS there
are no pavements and many of the
houses are poorly protected from
the elements, no windows in the
houses, it is quite a contrast to even
the middle class homes in America.
| A gypsy recently made the boast
in Western city that he had not
worked for Is years and had crossed
the United States at least sixty times
without paying one cent for railroad
fare. May We class such men with
the capital or labor people?, One
thing we have observed, that those
who perform the hardest labor
throughout our country, do not re-
ceive the large salaries.
The past week President Wilson
has pleaded with the people in this
wise: LET there be no further de-
mands for increased wages while
the Government is trying to reduce
the cost Of living Demands for in
creased wages would naturally tend
to increase the cost Of living, while
decrease in the cost of living would
amount to an increase in the wages
vi oil DeCduS0 IuG QOlldT WOulu
have greater purchasing power.
We learn that Hartford County,
Md, is perhaps the first county in
the United States to organize and
conduct successfully a transporta-
ton line to the nearest large city,
Baltimore. With several four and
five ton trucks, starting from Bel
Air and Churchville, they are con-
tinuously hauling farmers produce to
Baltimore, go miles Distant, and
after disposing at good price,
bring back all the farmer needs for
house, barn and farm. It is a. Far
mers' Stock Company, and by it's
growth, will be a wonderful success
to be initiated by many other coun-
ties.
Those who want to know all about
the "23d Psalm Band" having mem
bers in nearly every state I'M the
Union, will receive the information
by writing to
}. ALBERT ZEPP, Manchester, Md.