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

Manchester District Letter.
One day last week we had occa-
sion to 90 into bank i'm the Key
stone state. Remarking to the act
ing cashier at the receiving teller's
window that my hands were cold, she
asked why don't you wear gloves?"
To this lady and many others, allow
us to 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 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 i'm 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 warlike or peaceful.
On New Years day I had occasion
to walk over the macademized piece
of road between Melrose and Man
chester, built in 1915. We found a
great part OF 1t in critical condi-
ton. After heavy rain some Of the
deep ruts filled with water, might
have been mistaken for small fish
ponds. An automobile passed, go
ing at the rate of 40 or so miles an
hour, making us feel as if walking,
though a laborious method of travel
was yet the most comfortable to the
mind and body, on such roads.
Meeting Mr.. Ross Blocher, one of
our soldier boys, on the street, we
were pleased to notice how well he
seems after having passed through q
siege of influenza. 1t will be remem-
bered that he was drafted into the
service Of Uncle Sam early last fail,
being sent to Lakewood, N. j., where
he was elected as a teacher i'm the
higher branches in educating the re-
turned crippled soldiers, who are be-
ing fitted with that which will en-
able those who fought bravely and
were crippled in their efforts to free
the world Of tyrannical German rule,
to again return to civil 1ife,to be busy.
helpful and useful to their families
and fellowmen in general There
are now 900 such men in the q. 8.
General Hospital, where he is one of
the instructors.
| Near Altoona, Pa, five barrels of
whiskey were seized by officials and
dumped into small stream. Several
hours later, people on the scene de-
clared the fish were acting wildly,
apparently intoxicated. If any were
caught and eaten, perhaps the fumes
would have affected the human
bodies.
Jerusalem, the ancient city, since
it fell into the hands of the British
is being modernized. Water pipes
have been laid from Arroub, and
fresh water is now delighting the in
habitants. Fully 10000 men, women
and children have been given work
trying to make the city more sani-
tary, and to work on the roads about
the city, earning self-supportine
wages. IT is said that for several
years not an ounce Of sugar wai
within her walls. The inhabitants
are thanking God for sending Genera
Allenby and his British forces t.
: wrest the city from Mohammedism.
Speaking of our largest watel
creature-the whale-it will be inter
esting to know that one whale, meas
uring 100 feet in length, yields abou
five and half tons of fat, which il
used in making oleomargarine, tn
newly-found substitute for butter
Or the coast OF Norway in Europ
these large fish are plentiful.
. In Alaska, as we all know, mail i
! carried on sleds drawn by dogs
J Just recently motor sled was shipp
; ed from Cleveland, Ohio, which Il
rs feet in length, and is expected u
cover at least 100 miles of ice O.
snow track each day with burden o
500 pounds. We shall watch with in
terest the new experiment in tn
Arctic regions.
Perhaps some of the readers do no
know that in 1906, the first oficia
newspaper was published In Venice
. Italy. In 1909, the first daily news
paper appeared in England called
'The Daily Courant." That wa
more than 200 years ago In the 19tl
century, less than 100 years ago, tn
daily paper became an established
fact in the United States. A few
papers, such as the Baltimore Ameri
can, and some others. began publica
ton in the 18th Century.
: Belgium, is indeed, an interestin,
little country. Before the war
! counting it as the smallest independ
! ent nation in the world, i'm are;
about the size Of one of our states
had population Of ~ millions 0
4 people. Everybody works in Bel
GUM, even father. While the peo
pie, generally, are poor, yet thert
were no paupers. The lacemakerI
of Belgium are famous the worlt
over. Neither men nor women ar,
much given to amusements. Sine,
the war is over, much of this pro
gressive little country has been ma
terially changed, but if Germany will
repay her for the damage done since
1914, she will soon erase most O
the horrors OF modern warfare.
We learn that all the u. 8. sol
diers who we're cover there" will
receive a gold medal to wear, ant
those in camps here in this country
n 49, 49, 49,