The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-08-13

MISS EdUflnes AIlteFs H1SefSlOWH
is visiting Miss Elsie King. Chase
street, extended.
The Frederick Stars defeated West
Minister at Agricultural Park. Freder-
lex Il to 6 Monday.
The hottest place in the United
States is Death Valley, California
where the thermometer often regis
tiers 100 to 14e degrees.
A newspaper gave the following
Smoking is on the increase, nine bill
lions of cigarettes smoked the past
year" Think what it means.
Colonel E. o. Weant, a member OF
the, Conservation board. was photo
graphed on his farm on the feature
page of the Baltimore Sun Sunday.
In Norway, there is rule or law
that when man and wife disagree,
they go to magistrate. who very
.cleverly compels them to kiss and
make up.
Zion Methodist Protestant Sunday
School will hold its annual picnic
Saturday, August IA, beginning at 4
p. m. Orchestra from Baltimore will
be present All welcome
Howard Hixon, of Cumberland, a
brakeman of the Western Maryland
Railroad, has both legs cut off at Bor-
den, near Frostburg Sunday, while
setting brakes, and may die.
The annual Mt. Airy Fair will be
held next week. starting on Thursday
and continuing until Saturday inclu-
Isive. The usual attractions with
many new ones will be given this
year. lfsil@i
Mrs. Dominica ZazzaZi, Newark, N.
j., who from the profits OF a little
fruit stand amassed sum of $1S5.00O,
which she invested in tenements, died
Monday at So, mourned by her tenants
as the generous one"
Mrs. Paulina Friederichs, Of Elgin,
Ill, who on May shot and killed her
husband, Henry c. Friederichs, Sec
rotary Of the Elgin Granite Works,
died In the Elgin State Insane Asy-
Ium Monday Of tuberculosis.
In New York city two men bought
five barrels of sugar for az cents a
pound and sold it for 22lz cents a
pound Thus they earned a neat lit
tie profit. and also incurred fines of
500 each and in addition had a nice
little vacation in jail.
A.oxx.e4s,,.. ~ q ,.,,,,1s ......so,zt,s ~ -
the American Public Health Associa-
tion IN New York city, only 19,500,0O0
out of the 110,0O0,OO0 people of the
United States are in full health and
only 37,50O,0 900 in fair health 1t is
estimated that 100000 are in bed all
the time.
Mr. Philip Flater mail carrier on
Route No. 30, has presented his resig-
nation to the Postofice Department to
take effect September LIST. Mr.. Flater
was clerk in Westminster Office for
many years and only recently request
ed a transfer as rural carrier Mr..
William Kane will probably fill Mr..
Flater's place for some time.
1t Is interesting to look over a diary
during 1898, 21 years ago, Among the
household necessities, and theiF prices
we find the following: Butter 10c h.,
2 lbs. sugar, Sc; crackers, Sc; lard,
6c;> shirt, Csc; rabbit, 10c: cocanut,
SC; hair cut, SC; 8 bottles pop, sc;
s yards towel4ng, zoe: dozen banan-
as, &c; 2 yards muslin, 10c; prunes,
&c; pair heavy blankets, CSC: eggs,
10c dozen; moIasses, &c a quart.
People are of an ingenious mind. A
man in California found a Redwood
tree eleven feet in diameter Taking
off the bark, and using twenty-five
foot auger and gasoline engine, it
was soon transformed into a motor
car house, with bedroom, kitchenette
and all the needed improvements; he
now has the distinction or running
the car of its kind in the world. 1t
cost him $25, 900, but what does it
matter in these days of HI. C. of L.
Can you figure it? One year has
365 days, eight hours off for sleep is
1872 days, leaving ,243 days, eight hours
of for amusement is 122 days more,
leaving 121 days Taking off the Sum
QdySy %, VIII ledN6 s0J eudySss IodluI-
day, half holiday, will take off 26
more days, leaving 43 days Two
weeks vacation will bring it down to
20 days. One hour for dinner each day
means Is days, leaving 19 days, and
ten legal holidays, will bring. the ac-
tual working days down to three days.
An open competitive examination
under, the rules Of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission for the position
of clerk carrier in the postoffice in
Westminster on September IL COM
mencing at 9 o'clock a. m. Applica-
tions for this examination must be
made on the prescribed form, which
with necessary instructions, may be
obtained from the commissions local
representative at the postoffice, this
city. All persons wishing to take this
examination should secure blanks and
file their applications.
Sixteen hams, two shoulders and
several pieces of middling were stolen
from the smoke house on the Wood
ward farm, at Meadow Branch, Friday
might The thieves entered the smoke
house door after battering off the
lock. Did any merchant or citizen buy
any smoked meats this week that
| looked suspicious from the one that
maf1a fha sale II would ho q GOOD