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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
Public Sale
At my Farm on Smith Greek,
Near Miller's Wharf,
Wednesday, March 10

2 Horses,
| Colt,
, Cows,
2 Heifers.
1917 Ford Touring Car,
! Grain Binder,
| Grain Drill,
| Mower,
! Corn Planter,
| Sulky Cultivator,
2 Single Cultivators,
No. 40 Oliver Chilled Plow,
2 No. Farmers Friend PlnR,
] Wheat Rake,
Roller,
: Harruws,
/ 2-Horse Wagon,
] Road Cart and Harness,
Lot Of Corn,
Lot Of Timothy Hay,
Hoes, Pitchforks, Shoyels, plow
Harness and many other articles
Sale begins at 10 o'clock.
Terms will be made known on dag
OF sale. In event OF bad weather, sale
will DO held following day At same
time.
ALFRED q. sANHER,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
ESCORT RETURNED FOR RINGS

Warned Woman to Leave Them al
Home Because Of Footpad Threat.
AT the advice OF her escort. John
Burke. Mrs, Katherine l.. Gibbons Of
Cleveland, o., LEFT her diamond rings
at the home OF friends before going to
the theater. The rings were gone
when she returned.
The casual mention by Mrs. Gibbons
that Burke left the theater In the sec
ond act and returned late caused POI
lice to arrest him. He was released
and returned to police headquarters
to demand an apology. The police be-
coming suspicious, rearrested him and
found the rings In his possession.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
Great Device

For the first timei in the history
Of the United States an inaugural
address win be heard in Wash
ington by everyone of the humid
reds of thousands of men and
women who will crowd the broard
open space which stretches for
fifteen hundred feet in front Of
the inaugural stand at the Capt.
tol Building. The reason for this
is found in the loud speaking de-
vice which has been installed for
the benefit of the public, and
which is the only feature of the
entire simple inaugural ceremoni-
es outside of the taking of the
oath. By means of this device,
f, which is hidden from the eye, the
human Voice is made to carry
half a mile under perfect condi-
tor
Although there are three rooms
full of machinery and electrical
devices in connection with the
loud speaker, none of it is in evil
dence, and the huge horns
through which the speech will be
heard are camoufaged by being
made a part of the roof of the
speakers stand.
When the President-elect
speaks, his voice win generate
energy by means of the transmit
ters. This energy is transferred
by wires to the complex appara-
tus now being installed under the
Capitol steps. The energy is led
into a little glass bulb, which the
engineers call a vacuum tube am
plifier", the function of which is
to receive energy, multiply it and
send it to the other amplifiers UNI
til il reachs a stage sufficient to
turn it loose in voice form through
the hidden horns out to the dis
tant crowds.
The voice, when it energies
a + -
from the horns, is almost an ex-
act duplication Of the original,
but greatly increased in power.
1t is possible for the loud speak
ing system TO obtain an aInplifica-
ton of several million times with
out great distortion of the origi-
nal wave form.
The mouths of the hidden horns
are depressed just enough SO that
the audience near at hand within
range of the speakers voice di-
rect, hear very little from the
horn, those further away hear
both the speaker and the loud
speaking system, those furthest
away hearing the horn only.
It might seem that this add
tional source of sound might ere
ate a double effect or an unnatu-
raj effect, but it does not. The
sound from the horn is exactly
IN phrase with the speech, and
almost the same quality. AT any
point where the sound from the
horns Is heard. 1t is practically
impossible to tellIthat one is not
listening to the speaker himself,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
LEFT WIFE FOR FRENCH MAID
Poet Fled TO MexIeo With Girl ne
Met In France During War.

In Monterey, Mexico, where the long
arm Of the United States immigration
inspector and the tongue of gossip
cannot bother them, Madeline Babin,
young French girl, and Lee Shippey,
Missouri writer and poet. are attempt
ing to live out a romance begun in
France during the war.
Mrs. Mary woodson shippey, the
poets wife, is convalescing at Kansas
City, NO., from nervous prostration
which followed her husbands an
nouncement that he loved French
girl and expected HIS wife TO obtain a
divorce.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03

GET busy, keep busy. rs your job
uusAief Isit permanent You want
"a lifelong business. You can get in
to such 4 business, selling more than
~ Watkins products direct 10 farm
ara IL sou owh auto or team or can get
one. II you can give bond with person
al securities We back you with big
selling helps; ~ years Ia business DO
8V0. 80 users OF our products, Write
for Information where Won can get
territory j. r.. WATKINS Co,
Dept III. Winnna, MINI.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03

Threw wits Out TO Give Friends Bed.
n her suit for divorce against Sam
uel A. Anderson Of Washington, Pansy
G. Anderson, seventeen-year-oId show
girl, declared her husband forced her
from her bedroom 10 the middle OF the
night SO that i've Of his business asso-
ciates could use the room.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03

Detailed List Of Supplies Turned Over
to Allies 10 Made Public by Rspara.
lions Hody--Lareest share Goes to
France, Belgium Next and Italy
Third--Dyestuffs and Lorrles AIiot-
ted to the United states--seven-
teen cabIes Delivered.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
FoR SALE

or COLONIES OF BEES, all patent
20 hives with dividing boards and
sections and springs Price So,
GEO. HASSELSW WORTH,
2-24-4ts Leonardtown, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
NoTlcE on FITNEss TEsTs.

The State employment Commission will hold
fitness tests at Annapolis. Baltimore, CumbeY
land, Fredenek and Salisbury Saturday. Mach
~, 1921. to establish lists q persons eligible e.,
appointment IN The following classes Of posiiions
IN the Stats Seryice. The usual annual starting
salaries arc 81 indicated,
JUNIOR Gl ERIK ....... .$720 10 $500
JUNIOR TYPiST .,...... $40 to 500
SENIOR TYPtST 5000 10 $500
JUNIOR BANK EXAMINER. .si400
PAROLE OFFICER. ...,... 5000 1920
Fitness tests viii be held 81 Baltimore and
Salisbury on Saturday March 10. 1921 lor:--
STEAM FfREMAN--sS40 to $3.50 and
meals, lodging and laundry
SHIFT ENCINEMAN : $500 10 1890
and meals. lodging and laundry.
BUILDING ENGIkE.NiAN- $1,000 10
sl440 and meals, lodging and laundry.
ENGINEMAN tOyaes BoAt $40 to
$40 and full maintenance on boat.
Fitness tests will be held 10 Baltimore, March
81 al Annapolis, March n; at Frederick. Mach
"a and At Salisbury; March "a; ior
ASSISTANT $3.50 to $40 and meals,
lodging and laundry:
COOK $500 to 5000 and meals. lodging
and laundry.
CLEANER : $500 10 $40 and meals Iods-
ing and laundcy.
Application blanks and iuriher information
about any position can b. obtained by address
ing the State Employment Commissioner. n
Light Street, Baltimore. Maryland Telephone
Calvert 200
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-03
FOR SAL

-Four milk COWS; will be fresh ID
April; all bred to purebred sires;
Holslein aud Jersey; ages from 3 years
up. +. 9. STONE,
Oakley, Nd.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
COVERED HEADS IN CHURCH
Remove Their Hats During
Religious Services

About 1861 an agitation commenced
to have men remove their hats in
cEurch-Pepys makes gentle fun of it,
The custom was first TO remove the
hat Ia cover the eyes in prayer, and
later IL WAS taken of altogether.
The Introduction of the w!. helped
the cuStum-for il proved difficult TO
keep ones hat ON over Il touSled
mass Of false curls. This also led TO
large hats with plumes going out of
style.
Then. Instead of wearing hats in
doors. nen went to the other extreme.
and often carried them I'm their hands
when OUT of doors The Pur!ians in
England continued 10 wear their
broad-brimmed hats. however. indoors
and out.
Mems hats and clothing were
changed with the French Revolution (;
wigs went ont. and then with the rise
of Napoleon. dress became military
In style In 1915. during the RestOra-
tion period. arose the "Stovepipe hat"
and hrcecheS. NJ the same time be-
gan To be worn to the ankle.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
How, Old Armor Was Made.

Ancient armOr cost money. \ COM
plete iron suit of exclusive design
might stick" the purchase for as
much as $1,000. which was a great
sum i'm. those days. BarOnial gentle
men. however. had their own profes-
SiOnal arm0rers 20 turn out such
metal garments. The common soldiers
went 10 battle with nothing better TO
protect them than leather jenkins and
steel caps. Recently samples were
taken from a dozen of ancient pieces
and put through n chemical and micro
ScOpical examination by experts In or
der tn find out something about how
the stun was made. II was found
that all the pieces thus tested were
made from very pure wrought iron.
converted into steel by the old 'cemen-
tation" process. The original iron
was produced much like our modern
wrought iron. II was carbOniZed,
hammered into sheets and the sheets
welded together. The whole was
then hammered into shape while heat
ed and plunged into water, thus pro-
ducing tie final hardening.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
PRIMER OF GRAMMATICAL
ERRORS

A ATH-E-LETICS
Might cause Mysteries.
RETWEEN you and
- Takes the green persimmon pie.
cHARIVARI is hard to spell,
Separate and receive, as well.
no not say
IL Kind of a.
FVERYTHING'S awful or nice?
L Today, she, he and spice?
For alright
Always all right write.
CENTS to the right; ladies to the left
" Of such let your speech be bereft
HADN'T ought
ii With danger is fraught.
| SEEN or done or taken
L For these you should be shaken.
JUST like l do it
u You'll surely rue it.
KNOW how to pronounce the word,
IA Otherwise you'll be absurd.
I IBARY, Iabratory, histry-
Il The missing letter, a mystery.
MISUSE lie and lay
III And the DEVILS to pay
MO saint
N Says amt.
OFF of and most all
Should cause tears to fall.
PARDON me, where am / at?
(Something lacking under his
hat.)
QUITE few
Y Will never do.
REFUSE to say these kind,
~ As the mark of thinking mind
GAYS the train: To, Too, Two
- Look out for these-you.
THOSE cheese or them molasses,
1 In good society, never passes.
Use the right word; never say, for {
u whim,
The girl fell out of tree and
broke limb.
VERY unique
What a strange way to speak,
ME stopped at the hotel.
w Stayed, you mean? Well! we'll
VANTHOSPERMOUS means yellow.
N seeded;
Don't use such words, unless
they're needed.
YOU must not forget
And confuse sit with set.
TEAL alone will grammar learn,
L And teach you your mistakes tc
spurn.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
BIRD THAT LOCKS ITS NEST
Central American Wren Takes Par
ticular Care That Its Eggs Shall
Not Be Harmed

In Central America are many
strange birds with stranger habits, but
probably none is more interesting than
little brown wren which may be
seen along the rOadsides or on fences.
This little bird, about the size of Il
canary. builds a nest out Of all pro-
portion to its apparent needs. He Sc
lects Il small tree with horizontal
branches growing close together.
Across two of the branches he lays
sticks fastened together with tough
fiber until It platform about six feet
long by two feet wide is constructed.
On the end of this platform nearest
the tree trunk he then builds Il huge
dOme-Shaped nest a foot or So high,
with thick sides of interwoven thOrnS.
covered passageway is then made
from the nest Ia the end of the plat
form in as crooked a manner as pos
sihle. Across the outer end as well as
at short intervals along the inside of
this tunnel are placed cunning little
fences OF thOrns, with just enough
space for the owners TO pass through.
On going out this opening is closed
by the owner by placing thOrns across
the gateway, and thus the safety of
eggs or young is assured.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
First published in the Hays Ere
Press, April z, 1929


First published in the Hays Free
Press, April z, 1929
Legal Notice
In the District Court of Ellis County,
Kansas.
Henry W. Miller, Plaintiff,
VS. Case Number 6941
Henry A. Miller and Mary S. Miller,
his wife, and H. A. Miller, De-
PENDANTS.
The above named defendants viii
take notice, That the Plaintiff, Henry
w. Miller, did on the - day of April
1921, file his petition in the above
named Court, against them, and that
they, the said defendants, must
answer said petition so as aforesaid
filed on or before the 21st day of
May 1921, or said petition will be
taken as true and judgment rendered
against them for the sum of Two
Thousand Eighty One and 7O-1OO
Dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate of eight (8) per cent per annum
from the End day of May 1921, and
for the Foreclosure of a certain Mort
gage made, executed and delivered by
them to said plaintiff to secure said
amount upon the following described
real estate, to wit:
The undivided One-half (1a) of
Section Thirty-one (31, Township
Eleven QD south of Range Sixteen
90 in Ellis County, Kansas, and ad-
judging that said plaintiff have a first
lien on said premises, to the amount
for which judgment will be taken, and
that said premises be sold and the
proceeds of said sale be applied to the
payment of the Indebtedness due said
plaintiff, and for costs of suit, and
forever barring and foreclosing said
defendants and each and all of them
from all right, title, interest, estate,
claim or demand of, in or to the same
or any part thereof.
AND FOR THE FURTHER SUM
of One Thousand Six Hundred and
Seventy-three and 72-100 Dollars,
with interest thereon at the rate of
10 per cent per annum from the End
| day of May, 1921, and that the real
estate Taken upon Attachment issued
in said action be sold to satisfy said
judgment.
Henry " Miller,
Plaintiff.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Ben Franklin, Reformer.

Like many of us today. Franklin
was no churchgOer. but firmly be
lieved I'm the desirability of other peO-
pies attendance at public worship.
In the goodness of his heart however
he was desirOus of making the Church
Of England'S morning service less
OnerouS to the faithful. So. while
representing the Colonies in England
he proceeded TO abridge the Book of
Common Prayerl He was assisted in
the task by an English crOny. the once
notorious Lord De Spencer.
The whole episode reminds us of
the day when. as a small hoy, he Sug
geSted TO his astOnished parent that
much time and trouble might he saved
If grace were said over the whole
family pork-barrel at once.-Asa Don
Dickinson in the New York Times.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Relation in Everyday Life.

The widespread impression that re-
ligiOn Is a thing of life apart and not
an essential part of profitable life is
at the bottom of all our social prob
lens. Were the people taught. not
merely preached TO on Sundays. but
taught I'm school from infancy to old
age. that 10 deal justly. TO he kind
and generous, and TO revere the pow
ers above earthly powers. our social
affairs would soon assume. or approx
innate. the conditions contemplated by
the Master. In these more enlight-
ened times men want 10 know the
value of religion as a personal asset
in life rather than a promised asSur-
ance of peace and comfort after
death. An occasional sermon on the
value Of religion rs a personal asset
In social and business life would be
helpful to many tOIIers.-Erasmus
Wilson.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Biblical Error

The following gem was sent TO the
London Morning Post by a CORE
spOndent. who says he had found it in
a private letter written by Charles
Dickens: THE story is about a little
boy 10 whom the news had been bro
ken by his mother that he was TO have
a French governess. Dickens tells ii
thus: After leaning his plump little
cheek against the window glass in a
dreary little way for some minutes, he
looked around and inquired in a gen.
eral way. and not as if It had any spe-
cial application. whether she didn't
think that the tower of Babel was a
great mistake altogether
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
GOETHE HERO OF ROMANCE
Minor Love Affair That Figured in the
Life of Germanys Most Famous
Man of Letters.

Goethe, famous man of letters, once
loved Il pretty little wife of middle
aged merchant, Peter Anton BrentanO.
who sold cheese and herringS.
Goethe. always careless of custom
aud tradition. went often 10 the Bren-
-tano home. II did not take him long
10 discover that the lovely MaXimili-
ane was extremely unhappy. and he
did what he could TO make her smile.
He romped with her step-children. and
he played a bass viol at family con-
certs.
Both were younger than BrentanO,
and both were palpably bored by
his merchant friends and their talk
Of sales and profits.
AT firT Brentano was delighted to
have Goethe come TO the house.
His visits made Maximiliane happy.
and that pleased the husband. who
had gr.eved when he saw his wife
smile SO seldom. But he grew suspi-
ciOuS. He cOunSeled Maximiliane
TO see Goethe less often. and ilfere
were violent scenes in the house
hold. Goethe sided with the young
wife. aud continued TO call frequent
iy. BrentanO could not conceal his
wrath and his flaming jealousy. He
upbraided them. and there were
terrible moments" Goethe finally
rushed away in anger from the
house. determined never 10 he EN-
broiled in such quarrels again. He
plunged into the writing of "Wer-
ther." and MaXimiliane passed out of
his life
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
RseIps for Good Memory.

Rose. the garrulOus domestic. can
give you facts of histOry-internatio
al. dramatic. scandalous-right on the
bat without a moments hesitation.
"How do you manage to remember
all these things. RoSe?" inquired her
employer the other day.
Then Rose cane back with the in.
fallible rule for memory training.
''rn tell We. ma'am," says she. 'All
me life never n lie I've told. And
when We don't have TO be taxin' yer
memory 10 be rememberin' what We
told this one or hat one or how ye
explained this or that We don't over.
work 1t and II lasts We. good as new,
forever"
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
SABBATH DAY" NOT SUNDAY
Modern Writers Display an Amazing
careiessness in Their Misuse
Of the Words

In English there is not more def
mite word than sabbath. yet IL is used
with an amazing carelessness rs a
translatOrs of the New Testament use
sabbath correctly. says a writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
II i always Hebrew and in no in
stance Is il associated with the New
Testament dispensatiOn-nOw univer-
sally known as Christianity. Indeed
the apostles were severely rehuked by
the Jews for breaking the sabbath.
Christians cannot break the sabbath.
for they do not have ii to break.
Sabbath and Sunday are observed
on separate days, but this is not nee
eSsary. as astronomy shows that the
identity of days from year 10 year Is
impossible; since the year and day
are incOmmensurable. The Heap years
show that any given date varies II
day; even this does not correct the
dates. as other correctiOnS-the cen
turial leap years-become necessary.
There Is Il still deeper reason for dis
carding tie severity of the sabbath.
uSulclA. our SeEeh-udN Ncrh - VII
counted thousands of years older than
the book of Genesis. Evidence is very
strong that II was founded on quarter
ing the Sidereal mOnth-the true
month" Long before anything even
approaching astronomy arose man no
ticed that the moon slowly moved into
another group of stars each night. and
bv rough eye measurement cOmpleted
her revolution in 2S days-"the 2S
mansions Of heaven" of the Chinese
and japanese
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
caprI.

wish you. could have walked down
10 the Piccola Marina with me yester-
day 1t is down one Of those wonder
ful roads hewn out OF the side of the
ciif. which one grows used to here,
and came back up the old steps.
Such viewsl The sea In afternoon
light. the FaraglionI rocks below. so
often painted and photographed. the
splendid cliffs OF Capri TO right and
leftl james Is. Taylor (Let-
ters).
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Use for Fire-KiIled Timber.

Prejudice exists in certain quarters
against the use of timber cut from
dead trees. and. some purchase speci-
ticatiOns insist that only timber cut
from live trees will be acceptable. AS
Il matter of fact when sound dead trees
are sawed into lumber and the wealth
cred or charred outside is cut away,
there is no method known to the Unit
ed States forest products laboratory
by which the lumber can be distin-
suiShed from that cut from live trees.
except that the lumber from dead trees
may he partly seasoned when sawed.
All the information available at the
laboratory indicates that timber cut
from Insect or fire-killed trees is just
as good for any structural purpose as
that cut from live trees of similar
quality, providing the wood has not
been subsequently injured by decay
or further insect attack.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
DANGEROUS maladics

There are more deaths from measles
and whoOplng cough than from scar
let fever. Greater efforts in school
hygiene would seem TO be the only
way in which this problem can be
coped with successfully, combined
with the education of parents in the
necessity for the observation of quar-
antine and isolation procedures ever
for these simple diseases.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Trapped.

Frosh-"I want leave of absence
for over the weekend TO visit my sis
ter in New York" Dean Quickly
How long have you known her?'
Frosh-"About two weeks."-Cornell
Widow.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Spanish Tongue Supreme.

Together with Portuguese. which is
practically a dialect. Spanish Is the
language OF the whole western hemI-
sphere south of the Rio. Grande, q
region OF incalculabie natural wealth
and vast trade possibilities.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
A Noble Language.

Painting, or art generally. as such,
with all its technicalities. difficulties,
and particular ends, is nothing but a
noble and expressive language, invaI-
liable as the vehicle of thought. but
by itself, nothing.-John Ruskin.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Imperfectlons Have Use.

All things are literally better. love
lier, and more beloved for the imper-
fections which have been divinely ap-
pointed, that the law OF human life
may be Effort and the law of human
Judgment, Mercy.-Ruskin.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
oroWdlnn Eather lime

1t was an Irish member Of parlia-
ment who. somewhat wearied with the
long debate. said: If you leave this
question to US for three years we viii
settle II tomorrow morning"
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
Sees to IL.

'In former times the man who lived
in small town saw little of life"
And now."
Now the same films go every
where. re."-Louisville Courier-JournaI.
The Hays free press., 1921-04-21
inexpensive Palm.

A pretty. Inexpensive palm can be
grown from one or TWO seeds of a
common dried date. The soil should
be rich and the plant should be well
vvafered