The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-02-28

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- ~ Iast week We had occa-
J aIon . % into bank in the Key
aI0ns zIale. Remaining to the act
IN cashier at the receiving telIors
window that my hands were cold, she
asked Why don't you wear glovesT'
10 this lady and many others, allow
u % say that our faces are seldom
protected from the cold, yet that part
Of our bodies does not cause any
trouble By being cold. Is not the
wearing of gloves a habit?
One Of our old residents said TO me
that this past New Years day was
the Warmest he had ever experienced.
And there was less shooting of guns
and other noise, making devices to
usher IN the New Year than ever be-
fore. probably due to the fact that
enough was heard and seen the past
four years Of noise and cruelty to
satisfy the majority of individuals,
be they Harlike or peaceful.
On New Years day had occasion
10 walk over the macademiZed piece
Of road between Melrose and Man
chester. built In 1915. We found
great part Of 1t In a critical condi-
ton. After a heavy rain some of the
deep rnts filled with water, might
have been mistaken for small fish
ponds. An automobile passed, go
ing II the rate OF 40 or 30 miles an
hour. making us feel as II walking,
though n laborious method Of travel
vas yet the most comfortable to the
mind and body, on such roads
Meeting Mr. Ross Blocher, one of
#s444 ~ H. -
we're pleased to notice how well he
seems after having passed through .
Siege Of influenza. II will be remem-
hered that he was drafted into the
service Of Uncle Sam early last fall.
being sent to Lakewood, n j.. where
he Has elected as a teacher in the
higher branches In educating the re-
turned crippled soldiers. who are be-
Ing fitted with that which will en-
able those Who fought braYely and
we're crippled In their efforts 10 free
the world OF tyTannical German rule.
10 again return to civil 1ife,to be busy.
helpful and useful TO their families
md fellowmen in general. There
are nov 300 such men in the u. 8.
General Hospital. where he Is one OF
The instructors.
Near Altoona, Pa, five barrels OF
whIakeY we're seized by officials and
dumped into 4 small stream. Several
hours later. people on the scene de-
clared the fiBh were acting wildly,
apparently intoxicated. II any were
caught and eaten perhaps the fumes
would have affected the human
bodIaa
Jerusalem. the ancient city, since
i feI. into the hands OF the British,
= being moderniEed. Water pipes
have been laid from Arroub. and
fTsah water IL now delightinE the in
habItanIa. Fully 10000 men, women
md children have been given work,
trying - make the city moro sani-
taTY. md 10 work on the roads about
the city. earning self-supportinE
: wager. Il Is said that for several
years aoI m ounce OF sugar was
: within her walls. The inhabitants
. are thanking God for sending General
7 Allenhy and his British forces "a
: s1szl The city from Mohammedlsm.
Speaking of our largest water
: ereaInre==the vhale--it will be inter.
: citing 70 know that one whale, meas
: arInz 100 feet In length, yields ahou
7 IITa and half tons Of fat, which II
: nd n making oleomargarine, thu
: newly found substitute for butter
: n ne coast of Norway In Europe
! theHe large nah are plentiful
: In Alaska. a. We all know, mail Il
carried On sleds drawn by dogs
: 1nHI recently 4 motor sled was shipp
! Il from Cleveland. Ohio. which Il
: = Ieet n length. and Ia expected q
: cover n Least 100 miles OF fee o.
j anoH track each day with a burden o
: - pounds. We shall watch with in
: Izr1zI The new experiment In tn
: Arctic regions.
!. Perhaps some OF the readers do no
: EnoE fhat In 1868, tho nrst ofieia
: newspaper vas published in Venice
: Itaiy. IN i709. the first daily news
: paper appeared In England called
: The Daily Courant." That wa
: more than 200 years ago In the lot
s century. ieaa than 100 years ago. tn
2 daily paper became an establishes
: fael N the United States A fe,
s papers. such as the Baltimore Amer
: can. and some others, began publiea
: ton IN The 18th Century.
: belgium. Il indeed. an interestln
: Title country. Before the wal
: counting IT a. the smallest independ
$ en- nation In the world in are
: about the aize of one Of our states
: had : population of ~ millions @
> people Everybody works IN Bel
GUM. even father While the bee
: nIa. generally. are poor, yet thcr
Rere no paupers. The lacemaker
4 0f Belgium are famous the worl
: aYef Neither men nor women ar
! much given 10 amusementa Sine
i he Kar l. over. much OF this pre-
: ETeaaIxe little country has been ma
= IsTIallY changed. but IL Germany wi
4 repay her for the damage done sine
III. she will soon erase most G
the horrors Of modern warfare.
i We learn that all the U. s. sol
= dIeTH who were over there" wi
receive = gold medal to wear, an
those IN camps here In this country
! ready 10 do their bit when called M
IN. VII wear q silver medal.
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