The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-31
a+tar from Manchester District.

IN 81 jttle drops Of water,
&I little grains OF sand'
Make the mighty ocean,
and the pleasant land.
nba above verse was plainly Il
\ ,I4ro+ad TO me when the Workmen
lu't tbo nv, Branch Of the w. M. *
Ul thonght Of and built tWo-toot
~ Tn, arToss the bridge between Mel
rose and Ebbvale. lt was only
title act Of thoughtfulness, put ~
I,noans much to one who mas occa-
lion 70 cross it frequently, ana may
orovent an accident. In the past
tphirtv-five years there were one or
,nnra accidents at that place.
IN Saturday business man, with
omnhasis. declared Never In the
1 siat1 of the world has there been
mich money in circulation" We
~ ,ne+ believe it, since learning that
UNTO UNTO number of people at Hanover
Ma a 90 per minute to ride in an
pproonIane during the 35th annual
sair and carnival held there.
Ahout 80 years ago, l was one OF
+hs sight-seers at the fair and re-
n,omber distinctly the horse races,
+bn few exhibits of vegetables and
lilies and the street fakirs selling
rolortd balloons at DC each. A drink
then in vogue, "Mo2le, was a.
eagerly drank as the coca cola OF me
present day.
Recently we received package OF
dahydrated fruit from California.
There is now a process of dehydrat-
mo or driving ripe fruit to retain its
natural flavor, only extracting the
water. By adding water, it resumes
ifs natural shape and flavor.
One of the twelve demands asked
for NV tens of thousands of men
in the steel factories, j. that they
are not to BE- compelled to work on
sundays This is a reasonable de-
mand as our Lord plainly says in
His Message to us, "Six days shalt
thou labor, and rest the seventh
day
Apples are only plentiful, through
ont this locality, it seems, where
the owner of the trees took time and
money to spray them. 1t requires
mnch work and considerable expense
and then, if it is not fruit year,
the crop may be small. In California
thew cover the trees with canvas and
"gass" them, which is dangerous,
and sometimes fatal, to the human
bang who chances to get some OF
the gas.
In Canada, quite recently, gold
was discovered, and a rush was made
for the fortunate neighborhood,
which reminds us of the injunction,
"Ye lust and We have not, We kill
and desire to have, and cannot OBJ
tain" found in the book Of James.
One of our farmers recently told
me that his chickens destroyed dol
lars worth of grapes for him, never
doing it before. He attributes the
reason to the fact that his chickens
are crazy since the locusts were
here last June.
Two soldiers had an argument
during the late. World War. The
American soldier said, Over in
America we have lilac bushes 80
feet high" An English soldier re
piled. Wish | could lilac that
In Detroit, Michigan, as well as
some other places, houses are so
scarce that hundreds of families
can not buy or rent home, but will
be compelled to live in tents, keep
ing out zero weather and billiards
as best they can with furnaces and
heaters. Truly, this il a mysterious
age.
There are parades, and parades,
just for show, but there il large
parade going on before our eyes, in
sections, every week day, which does
not cause any excitement. And it
is the most important parade in the
world the twenty-five million school
children of the U. S. going to
schools, academies and colleges.
What a power for good the teacher
can have in moulding noble man
hood and womanhood! Recently
lady asked me to take a child of
hers under my care and supervision
in the school room, saying, "The
school she was attending had no
Bible reading, singing, or prayer"
In the rush of these modern times,
even the great and immortal Wash
Ington is forgotten by many VINO
study history. In Valley Forge, Pa,
where he and his Continental Army
spent the winters, and where they