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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-12-26


~I1i take you. I'm against gambling.
but this IS n sure thing. tell you
never Hsnin.,
Hubert retired early and was tossing
and tunbllng among the blankets,
when Al stole softly from the shack
and made his way to a shed where the
engineers supplies and surveying In
plemenfs were stored.
Lighting a lantern he seated him
self on box Of groceries, and then
grlnning somewhat ruefully. produced
a letter from a pocket Of his coat.
Can you beat It2" he mused. Il
clean forgot 10 mail that poem. and
never would bavc thought Of It again
II he hadht mentioned II. Wonder II
the Forest Trail Magazine suffered for
want Of ~ I guess not. though. for
Hub is always sending out such stuff
and getting It back. But I wouder-I
wonder"
lie looked curionsiy at the address
on the envelope.
Editorial Department. Forest Trail
Magazine. New York he read. That's
the address all right. but this is rather
bulky for poem"
lie brought ciaspl,nlfe from bis
trousers and opened II.
Maybe this isn't lust right" he
said, "but something tells me all Is not
rs It should be-
lie hesitatcd only moment, then SIT
the envelope. disclosing several close
~ written sheets Of paper. one Of
which started out with Dear Jean.
That's enough he said, as he blew
out The light and left the shed. I'm
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MADE SEASON oE HAPPINESS
First Day of the Year, Given Its Pc
cuiiar Significance by the Chris
tian Religion.

The world in general could never
accept gloomy observance Of Il day
50 full Of hopes for better future.
and as Christianity spread throughout
Europe the custom Of many countries
Of being especially happy on the first
day of the year was transferred into
The life Of the new religion. Among
the Druids of northern Europe. for
instance. It had long been a ceremony
on New Years day TO cut the lnistie-
toe. the symbol Of friendship. from
the oak and allow 1t 10 drop into
pure white sheet held by Il priest.
Then The mistletoe was draped about
the neck and horns Of two white bull
locks. and after songs and prayers and
mystic ceremonies the animals we're
sacrificed on vast stone altar as n
form Of pleading with God to send
blessings to The people And all the
time tha ceremonies were going on a
constant effort was made not to ali
low the mistletoe to touch The earth i:
for it was supposed to be strictly a
creation Of the air To this day do
we not hang the mistIetoe high?
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You can see tie shaking the dust--I
mean the snow-of the Washington
woods from my feet and beating It
for-well dunno, but I guess I'll
make it Hongkong."
80 she turned you down." was AIS
comment as he watched a ring Of
smoke soar ceilingward. After all
these months she has gone back on.
you. And how loyal you have been to
her! Never once have you looked 1T
another woman OF course. there
haven't been any around to look al.
but just the same. you haven't. Well,
unbosom yourself"
"rhere isn't much 10 IT." Hubert told
him II wrote her, asking If she'd
marry me when got out of here.
told her If she couldn't accept me She
needn't answer at ALL Well. It's been
IA month, and haven't heard, so that's
my answer And she's had my letter
three weeks. 1t only takes a few days
to get mall to st. Paul"
"Sure you mailed itT inquired Al.
NO question about 1t. / remember
distinctly reading her address on the
letter when dropped it in the box
at the Sheffield post Office after walk
Ing the necessary two miles for the ex-
press purpose Of satisfying myself
there was no hitch in the proceeding
Of proposing BY mall. had two let
tiers to mail, file other one being that
poem wrote for the Forest Trail Mag
azine. forgot the letter containing
the poem and gave It to you to mail
the next day. Remember"
Al gave slight start at this, opened
his mouth to speak. bit his lip and re-
mained silent for moment.
"And so you swore oif7" he annIly
said. "why can't you wait until mid
night tomorrow. when We can usher N
the new Year, And what did you
swear on. If may ask againg"
Hubert borrowed another match and
relighted his pine. on which he had
neglected to draw.
Il swore OF on ever associating with
or writing 10 any girl any more in my
whole lIre-and I'm going to stick to
it, he said firmly.
AL burst out laughing.
1T can't be done,e he asserted. Il
have five dollars in my pocket that
says you'n break that resolution with
in week.
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not reading my pals love letters. It's
a bad blunder, but my forgetfulness
has saved the situation. 1t would have
been scream If the editor Of Forest
Trail had received this manuscript.
And wonder how 5ean liked the poem"
lie walked back toward he shack.
"I'll give 1t to Hub III the morning"
he thought. but after he had gone to
bed he got to turning 1t over in his
mind. with the result that early the
next day he liked to Sheffield Enter
ing the railroad station, which also
served as telegraph Office, he busted
himself with a yellow blank.
The message he had written wns ad-
dressed to Jean Penbrook, at certain
address in ST Paul. and II said:
"WIll You marry me in Mays Must
Know before the new year starts. Don't
answer IL you refuse. Hubert"
I'm a meddier as well as a forger."
thought AL as he retruced his steps
toward camp after loading up with to
bacco.
Shortly after the engineers had fin
ished supper a knoex sounded On the
door and when Hubert opened It a man
lourished telegram IN his face. HUI
bert signed for It, opened 1t and read
while Al got very busy with the T.
squares and the compass and the TRAN
giles.
Not Il word 'sssass ssld aheat the tele-
gram during the entire evening. Both
men busted themselves with their
drafting for an hour or two. then got
cut books and read, waiting for the
new year to dawn.
The only timepiece In the shack was
an alarm clock, and this had been set
to ring out the old year.
Shortly before the hour approached.
Hubert seated hlwsslf ut his desk and
became active with writing materials.
Al kept one Of his eyes on his bool.
and chuckled softly. while the other
surreptitiously watched Hubert.
Presently the clock tangled the mid
night hour.
Happy New Year. Hub" called al.
How are you starting its"
Hubert continued scratching with the
pen.
"None of your ccnfounded business Is
he growled, without looking up.
al laughed aloud.
I'll hand you that Eve tomorrow"
announced Hubert, as be started on
the eleventh page.
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Pop wns smoking In his morris
chair with his feet up on anuther chair
Inst mite. and ma sed TO him, Well, VII
lynn. its pritty near New Yeers and
you haven't made your annual resolu-
tion to stop slnoaking.
I'm going to make a sensible resolu-
ton this yeer. sed pop. I'm going to
make one can keep. I'm jest going to
resolve to smoak only one or 2 segars
a day.
Jest one segar a day. how Iuvly, sed
ma.
One or ?, to quote my exact words,
sed pop. man shood be temperate In
all things. even in smoking and going
to church,
If you didn't smoak eny more than
you 60 10 churtch. you'd be a teetotal-
Ter. hee hee, sed ma.
To mulch smoaking obstrucks traf-
fiels in the lungs. makes the hair fall
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settles IT. Never
- again."
Hubert nloeklocl, Jerk

as :,.,: ..'''s, : '''''
Hubert nlaeklock jerk
ed open drawer OF
the decrepit wahbly. wooden strrc-
ture that served as his desk and
took from II packet Of letters bound
with 0 piece OF string. He ran tn m
over easually. somewhat desponde1tly.
Wild thumb. and gazed abstrnetedly
through small space in the window
rane That had, through some neglect.
escaped the cczi Of grease with which.
the remainder Of the glass WAS bur.
dened.
A forest Of white met his eyes-a
pretty picture from a purely scenic
standpoint, bit not inspiring to ore
who had been living In the midst Of
It for two months and faced three more
before seeing civilization again.
Happy New Year" said Al Stuart.
looking up from his drawlng-boaFd. r.
square and compass. and scratching
his ear with q Tlght-triangle.
Hubert favored him with glare.
rose to bis feet and administered two
kicks, one Of which closed the desk
drawer while the other sent the oh .ir
beneath the desk.
= few steps took him TO a box stove
that was glowing and cracking. &c
changed open the door. balanced the
letters IN his hand. as though weigh
ing the Justice OF his decd. and hurled
the packet Into the blaze that reached
for it.
Never again." he reiterated. as he
directed one more kick and closed the
stove.
Lovely evening, observed Al, as he
laid aside the tools and lighted n plpe.
What's all this 'never-againing'
hNar? Are you making a New Years
reSolution7"
you've hit it, was Hubert's re-
Spouse, as he borrowed some tobacco
an a match from his friend and pro-
cf fled to cooperate in the process of
smhdglng the room.
pipes make men closer friends and
tend to pry open the overs that hide
the secrets Of their hearts, especially
when there is sorrow connected with
the secret and the troubled one feels
the need Of consolation Moreover, the
two months spent in eacn others so
ciety had welded a chain of friendship
between these two men that was firm.
and already they had exchanged some
condolences.
Its an alIurlng future" said 1u-
bert. Believe me, when we get this
old railroad mapped out--whlch prob
ably will take about three months more
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WHY POP RECONSIDERED HIS NEW
YEAR RESOLUTION TO STOP SMOKING

out and cats holes In the pocketbook
sed pop.
Yes, that's II, Its so Expensive. that's
the name thing sed ma. Jest think hos
nice that VIII be, ony one segar a day.
look At all the money you'll save.
I'm closing my eyes and looking at
1t, sed pop.
Dollars and dollars and dollars, sed
ma.
And dollars and dollars. sed pop.
We can buy a new china closet with
It, sed ma.
Who, wichf sed pop. And he sat Up
and took his feet down of the uther
chair, saying. All, .hah, Mrs. MackiaveI.
y, | have unmasked you In time. |
hereby amounts to hersoever It NAY
concern that all New Yeer resolutions
are discontinued, null and void, and
oil.
And he leened back and put his feet
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SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS


There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that il has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands Of distressing cases.
Swamp Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. It is q gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles Of two sizes. medi-
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR.,
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper--Ady.
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GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Constipation invites other troubles
which come speedily unless quickly
checked and overcome BY Green's
August Flower which is a gentle laxa-
tive. regulates digestion both in
stomach and irtestInes. cleans and
sweetens the stomach and alimentary
canal. stimulates the liver to secrete
the bile and impurities from the blood.
II is sovereign remedy used in many
thousands Of households all over the
civilized world for more than half a
century by those who have suffered
with Indigestion, nervous dyspepsia.
sluggish liver, coming up Of food, pal
pitation, constipation and other in
festival troubles. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere. Try a bottle,
take no ubstitute.--Adv.
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surely proved to be. / feel better and
stronger IN every way since taking it,
and the annoying symptoms have disap-
peared. 49, Mrs. NJ. Golden, g25 Ma
poleon St, Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms as heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
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be speedily overcome and the system
restored TO normal conditions by this
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Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound.
If any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co.,
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overcome them. The result Of forty
years experience is at your service and,
your letter held In strict confidence.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-12-26

A YEARS completeness Is but o
IA twelvemonth. Our human lncom-
pieteness covers many twelvemonths.
How fortunate that each dawning year
means new opportunity to live and
learn. Again aud again we may take
up the thread md advance toward the
goal of apprehension. We may study
Gods works and year by year come
nearer to an appreciation Of them, We
can never fully appreciate them, for
our minds are finite. and they are In
finite. But each succeeding year IS a
new opportunity. 1t offers the perfec-
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BAD BREA : :
Often Caused b.
Aeid-Stom9

How can anyone with sour. gaSss
stomach. who IS constantly beIching. haa
heartburn and suffers from INDIGESTION have
anything but a bad breeth7 All OF these
stomach disorders mean just one thing
Aeld-Slomach.
EAToNIc. the wonderful new stomach
remedy In pleasant tasting tablet form that
you eat like bit Of candy. brings quick
RELIEF from these stomach rnieeries EATON
&c sweetens the breath because It makes TIE
stomach sweet. cool and comfortable, TryiS
for that nasty taste. congested throat and
-heady feeling after too much smoking.
II neglected Aeid-Sfumneh may cause you
q lot OF serious trouble. II leads to ner-
vousness. headaches. insomnia, melanchoiia.
rheumatism. sciatica, heart trouble. uicer
and canesr Of the stomach. II makes IA
millions Of victims weak and miscrzblh
listless. lacking In energy. all tired out. II
often brings about chronic invalidlsn. pre-
mature old age shortening OF ones day.
You need the help that EATONIC can 81
you II you are not feeling as strong q
well as you should. You will be surry
to sec how much better you will feel ~
soon as you begin taking this W
stomach remedy. Get big SO 4
from your druggist today. He WI
your money II you arc not satishe1
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GOLD ON CHEST
and SORE THROAT
ENDED OVERNIGHT
You Get Action with mustarine-ii
Drives Out Pain In Halt the Time
II Takes other Remedies - It's
the Quickest Pain Killer
on Earth.

Stops coughing almost instantly. ends
sore throat and chest colds over night
Nothing like Il for neuralgia. lumbagu,
iistsrttis ard 70 s.eedily drive away rhelf-
matte pains and reduce swollen Joints
Mustarine is the original non-blisterins
prescription that takes the place but Is
10 times as efficient as Grandmother's old
fashioned mustard plaster. Use II for
sprains. strains, bruises, sore muscles,
stin neck. swellings, sore, painful or
frosted feet and chilbiains. BE sure It's
Begy's MustarIne in the yellow box.
s. c. Wells & Co. lie Foy. N. Y.
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As matter of fact man should
make new resolutions every day. ms
rell as making them at New Years.
.sut, If he can not or Will not make
hem ut any other time. We say let
him mike them At New Years by all
ueans Il is better 10 fnalse resolutions
hat may be broken than neyer9n make.
ekolutionH al asi There was ~ old
etlow who used to say thar he iouk
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SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
BRINGS SURE RELIEF

For 200 years COLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil has enabled suffesing human
ity to withstand attacks Of kidney,
liver, bladder and stomach troubles
and all diseases connected with the
urinary organs, and 70 build up and
restore to health organs weakened by
disease. These most important organs
must be watched, because they filter
and purify the blood; unless they do
their work you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, dependency, backache, stomach
trouble, pains in the loins and lower
abdomen, gravel. rheumatism, sciatiea
and lumbago ell warn you Of trouble
with your kidney GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules are the remedy
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you need. Take three or four every iays
The healing oil soaks into the cells
lining of the kidneys and drives
the poisons. New life and health
surely follow. When your normal
has been restored continue treatre-.
for while to keep yourself in condi-
ton and prevent q return Of the dis
ease.
Don't wait until you are incapaB
fighting. Start taking GOLD MEy
HARLEM Oil Capsules today.
druggist will cheerfully refund q
money il you are not satisfied ~
results. Bnt be sure to get the Of
imported GOLD MEDAL and acf III
substitutes. In three sizes. % i,
packages. Al al drug store =
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YEARS MERELY
LIES CHAPTERS
Offer Opportunity for Each Of
Us to Write Therein a
Record Better Than
the Preceding.

p" HE coming year lies spread
like the whi;e plain that
sweeps from the roadside to
the distant forest where the
gray squirrels are making tracks in the
light snow. On this white sheet lit
tie record may be written; not a fun
life story. but merely a brief chapter
or two.
II is great mystery that lies ahead.
n treasure house Of endless possibill-
ties. The span of MINIS life is
short; shorter in absolute measure
ment than the span of year. For
each year. when October fades into
November has wrought completeness.
No human life can bring completeness.
It cannot bring completeness of knowl-
edge or completeness of happiness or
completeness of good works. The hest
man can do, in his poor, limited way.
Is to CLEAN as much wisdom and win
as much happiness and DO rs much
good as the number Of his days per-
miis. When the human October fades
it may thus be rich and peaceful and
without the Scars Of stormy days or
the blight Of wasted days and without
pndue regret that what should have
been seen and known and done has not
been seen and known and done.
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Would yon say Gadspur Is credit
TO his home town."
"The people in his home town must
think So"
''Why?"
''They don't seem able to organize
reception committee without max
ing Gadspur chairman, although that
may be because he is the only man in
Chiggeryille who owns silk hat and
long-tailed coat.v-Birmingham Age
Herald.
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New Years suggest intimate personal
views Of self. The annual crop of good
resolutions shows how near most
people are to becoming radically bet
ter. The day also brings a sense of the
inexhaustibie resources OF life. It is
The door into a wonderful future. new
inventions, new discoveries and new
achievements.
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g an acute attack Of Nasal catarfh, Per
sons who are subject TO frequent colds
IN the head" will find that the use OF
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build up the System. cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds
Repeated attacks OF Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catnrrh
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is TAX
On internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the System.
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
$1,000 for any cnae OF catarrh that
HALLS CArARRH MEDICINE will not
cure.
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with CUT.
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in.
clude Cuticura Talcum.-Adv.
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The greatest battle Of the late war
vas probably the battle of verdun, in
which hundreds Of thousands Of men
were engaged, and which continued
with brief interruption for more than
a year
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Little Rollo-How could the last
straw break camel's back, father?
His Father-He was inhaling mint
julep through it at midnight on the
Both Of 5une and broke his back reach
ing for the last drop.
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SIX Year, uA a8o tNA
had all the symp-
Observation-Disclosures
change-hest flash
es, nervousness, and
was in a general run
down condition, 50
lie was hard for me
10 do my work.
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound was recon-
|mended to me as the
best remedy for my
frouhlrq- which il
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3 ~ 1900 o>x 90

a bath once a year whether he needed
one or not. So let us MI make at least
one resolution now whether we think
we need 20 do 50 or not
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A monkey-wrench should never be
drawn backward from the jaws. as
this movement is likely to bend the
bar. The wrench should always be
pulled toward the Jaws.
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tian o. completeness. and by even a
partial Comprehension of Its fullness
we may move toward fulfillment Of the
measure Of our lives.
Il am not afraid" said Thoreau.
"that 1 shall exaggerate the value and
Significance Of life. but that shall not
be up to the occasion which 1t is. l
shall be sorry to remember that l was
there, but noticed nothing remarkable
mot so much as prince in disguise;
lived In the golden age hired man;
visited Olympus even, and fell asleep
after dinner, and did not hear the cen-
versation Of the gods
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Lately my husband has taken to
walking in his sleep"
'.The high car fares. 1 suppose"
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A man throws himself at womans
feet and woman throws herself at
q mans head.
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not be n bad year. Not half Of civil
ICED mankind but all mankind that has
not forgotten the meaning of civilian
ton has been unselhshly, heroically
engaged in the needful work of rid
ding the world Of noxious parasitic
growth. the poisonous fungus Of milf
tarism. For those who gave them
selves to this essential work 1t will be
a good year. For all who are suffer-
ing that the years to come may be
happier and healthier the year will be
a good year.
February will bring Its crystal
brightness. April will spread her
feast Of flowers. June will display her
green perfection of beauty. August
VIII offer the rlpening grains; October
the laden orchards. The year Will
take no heed Of the crime that has
been done by man or Of the vengeance
that marched inexorably.
D0ETS died in tire trenches Of Gal
Il lip0Il and France. watching Gods
sunrise or the wlspy clouds in the
blue. British gentlemen. eaked with
the mud of Flanders wrote detailed re-
ports Of their observations Of nigra-
tory birds and Of the effect Of drum
FIRE on bird life. French students and
scholars. bearded and dirty. made
careful notes Of the fora OF the
Mouse and the Somme.
These men visited Olympus and did
not fall asleep while the gods CON
versed. Neither did they permit the
roar of mans fury to drown out the
divine voices.
SO It must be good year Tint is
ahead. There can be no bad years.
The years are measured by God and
not by the evil that men do.
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DR.. reery's Dead shot" Is powerful but
safe. One dose is enough 10 erusl Worms Of
Tapeworrn- No castor oil necessary. Adv.
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NO. clarelice. I've not made niij
good RESOLUTIONS dis New Year. go
y whole LOT from last year dat 1 never
used.''