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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Account Book Of Long
Ago Is Interesting


Some interesting sidelights on the
dealings of the Hudson's Bay COM
panIs agents with the Indians Of
northern Ontario nearly century
ago are shown by the entries in a
book Of records just recovered from
an old desk found floating on the On
tario side of Lake Timiskaming.
Part of the volume is missing, but
apparently the records are those Of
the, agent and his assistants estab-
lished at trading post on Lake Timis-
kaming. The records cover parts of
the years 1S30-35.
Most Of the entries have reference
to payments made In goods to Indians
for the long trip to Moose Factory, on
James bay, perhaps in time the ter
minus Of the Timiskaming & Northern
Ontario railway. The, journey appears
to have occupied from two to three
months, and the redskins received 5
pounds ($25) goods to that value, at
least-for the voyage. The custom
appears to have been to advance
certain quantity Of supplies at the
Timiskaming post, while the balance
was paid to the Indians at Moose
Factory.
Powder and shot, ribbons, blankets,
tobacco, knives, wearing apparel, corn,
flour and an occasional purchase of
rum are the principal entries, and the
values in those far-off days make in
teresting reading in the light Of pres
ent-day prices.
Three pounds Of -four cost 25 cents,
which was also the price of quart Of
rum, pair of mooseskin shoes or five
plugs Of tobacco. A supply of ammuni-
fion for the chase meant an outlay Of
$3.50. Green and red cOlored cloth
came high, costing $1.25 a yard, while
the price of 10 cents pound for sugar
will bring back memories of the war
period to the present generation
The braves could deck themselves
out in corduroy trousers for So and
could add vest for similar outlay.
If they bought ribbon for the squaws
at home they were called upon to ex-
pend IL cents yard for this article
Of adornment. Three point blankets
cost $3.50. A mans calico shirt was
valued at $1.50. and scalping knife
could be secured for IL cents. Soap
cost so cents pound. One ivory comb
was priced at 25 cents, and the price
for fine blue cloth was $2sa yard. A
bag of corn was entered at about 81.
Tor fwn davS' lahnr q Youth Voc crad.
tied with IS cents-Toronto Globe.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
The NesOs

swell, no." said lobe Sagg Of Sandy
Mush, in reply to the inquiry Of the
able editor of the Tumlinville Torch Of
Liberty and TOcsin of the Times. II
don't reckon there's no pertickler news
out my way-come to think, though:
Some fellers dug up nest of rattle
snakes luther day, killed fourteen and
hung 'em on the fence beside the road
About six or eight moonshiners and
bootleggers came along in course Of
the day, gave yell apiece, tumbled
over the bank on luther side of the
road and into the creek. Looks sorter
like rain off to the southland, don't it,"
kansas City Star.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27

and goat, and in tiny pasture back
Of that she saw a COW.
"She said the other children were
all very much excited. Oh yes, there
were other children on the ride. too.
"The other children shouted out:
"'Oh, see the COW! Oh. see the
cow
Now fancy, Cow friends, living
where the sight Of one cow is some
thing to shout about!
"Can you imagine such a placer
"She seemed surprised herself, but
she said she hadn't seen cows at the
seashore. B.,
Wasn't that a very curious thing to
think Of cow being such an aston
fishing sight that they had to shout
about it?
mo one goes by here and shouts
out:
See the cowp
t"Off course they couldn't speak of
seeing just one cow as there are many
Of us here. But can't help thinking
Of that strange, strange place with
lots and lots Of ocean and no cows.
Moo, moo, what funny world it
IL when you think in some places they
don't have cows.
1.-THE world must feel very queer
in such places if may speak in this
fashion.
MOO, moo, I wouldn't want to be
anywhere such as a seaside place
where there was sand instead Of a
meadow.
$50 I can understand why cows
don't 60 there. But don't think such
q place can be very nice.
"And I'll tell you another thing.
Cow friends, she seemed very glad to
get back to the farm again.
"She liked the seashore but you
could see she liked it here best.
1T all depends upon the point of
view, as people say. but from my cow
point Of view an enormous ocean and
q lot Of sand doesn't make for happi-
ness.
mo, give me pasture or meadow
or "a field and a stream and some
woods, but don't bother about your
big ocean or your quantities Of sand"
MOO, moo" said the other cows.
1--WE agree with you, Mrs. Cow. And
what an astonishing thing to think that
one cow caused so much excitement
to the children who went driving!"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Sails to See Mother, 100

tom" Brennan, at the age Of
eighty-ive years, when most men are
tired and retired, has left for Ireland
to visit his mother, one hundred nine
years old. who is too busy to come
over and visit her young" son, who
Is an active accessory salesman.
One of the infant statesmen was con-
templating visit to his mother.
"Tom," spoke up and said he had not
seen his mother for twenty years.
what, your mother still living,
Tom'?' asked his employer.
"Sure; hale and hearty at one hum
dred nine," "Tom" replied.
You're going to see her." COM
manded his boss. "You can get ready
at once"
So Brennan is off to dear old Dub
lin, near where his mother lives, to
spend some time with her, and return
sometime In the fall, as suits his whim.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Dpdddys
E6Evenin8
Fairy Tale
MRS. cows STORY
WwARY GRAHAM BONNER

"A very strange thing happened not
long, ago." said Mrs. Cow.
She chewed her cud for moment
or two, then swished her tail and
whisked an annoying fyNoff and looked
about her.
Il heard this story from one Of the
children who had been visiting at the
seashore. She didn't tell it to me but
she told. the other children about 1t
and was listening.
"As / said. she had been visiting at
the seashOre. ~
''She told about the ocean and the
swimming and the sailing.
"She told about the castles which
they built in the sand and of houses
made of sand which the ocean came
and washed away. i.
Il thought it rather, rude of the
ocean but then l suppose the ocean
isn't so very mannerly. Anyway she
didn't seem to mind.
"But she said that one. day they
took drive and they drove lalong a
road which went back little way
into the country.
''At the seashore she said there
: were no country things at all; 1t was
Jest a little seashore place with an
enormous ocean and a lot of'-sand as
far as I could make out from her de-
scriptiOn.
1.-THE ocean at times became very
rough and there were some bad storms
but she seemed to like 1t though ]
am sure ! wouldn't. t., ED
"She didn't speak Of pastures or
mer'ows or fields or streams.
1.-THE ocean. it seems. is a great deal
larger than this stream of ours near
by heard her say that.
"It made me think wouldn't like
the ocean, as have said. Or, rather,
l should say wouldn't like to live
where she went a-visiting.
But upon the day she went for this
drive she spoke about they passed by
little house and back Of the house
were some hens. chickens. ROSTERS
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Congressman Hill
Indicted By Jury
To Be Tried On Six Counts.
Liable To Paddock Law
And Contempt.

Congressman John Phillip Hill has
been indicted BY the Federal Grand
Jury for violations of the prohibition
laws in the manufacture and posses
sion of liquor.
HILLS indictment contains 6 counts,
going as far baclNas Setember 9th,
1928, when he with notification to the
prohibition authorities in Washing
ION, made Is gallons of grape wine.
Carefully the Congressman, in that
house squeezed the juice of the grape
into jars as crowds gazed on. He set
aside each jar, dated the time Of the
first motion and awaited fermenta-
ton
He does not deny it. HE sought
publicity. So much, for the first count
in the indictment. III
The second count accuses him of
possession after manufacture. The
third count accuses him of the manu-
facture of cider September 10, 1924,
prior to the party Saturday night.
A fourth count charges him with
the illegal possession of 30 gallons Of
cider.
Then comes the fifth count, charg-
ing him with maintaining nuisance
because of the first manufacture.
The sixth count charges nuisance
IN connection with the manufacture Of
the cider and the holding Of a cider
party in his house.
Congressman Hill has rendered
himself subject to the paddock law,
which might lock up his residence as
nuisance; and he has also laid him
eslf open to charge of contempt in
openly violating a Federal law.
He has, however, courted these pro-
ceedings and will, doubtless. get
much satisfaction from the test.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Fate Was Against
His making Good

Kingman, Ariz.-Antone w.
Wroblewskie. Detroit war vet
eran, who was released, from
the California state prison after
a skull operation to relieve him
from criminal tendencies result
ing from shell shock. was buried
here with full military h0nOrs.
He was ON his way home to
his fiancee when he died from
delayed effects" of the opera.
ton. After his conviction for
robbery. as a dangerous GRIM
inal," he was adjudged insane,
but the Judge was convinced Of
his recovery after the operation
and helped obtain his release.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Why 1t Was Smaller

'%Oh, papa" exclaimed little four
year-old Edwin, ''see what bright
star! !"
"Yes," replied the father, land it Is
three times as large as our earth"
"Oh. no, it isn't" said Edwin.
"Why do you doubt it?" asked his
father.
Because II 1t was it would keep
he rain off,"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Amateur Dentistry Fatal

Cincinnati.-Sam Allen, waiter on
the steamer Cincinnati. Ohio river
boat. had a toOthache. He tied a
string to the painful molar, fastened
the other end to the ships anchor and
cast it into the river. With 1t went
the tooth and part Of Sans jaw. He
thought the wound superficial and
went to bed. During the night he bled
to death.
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

M LITTLE bOOk by Henri BarDuSge called The KNIFE
Between The Teeth, i plea for international com
g A mnnism
AS an argument It is not convincing In fact it III not
an argument 80 aruch as an impassoned appeal
But In the frs part Of the book he says things ID
regard the duty Of ineectuas in politics which are
striking Very often what says by the way is much
interesting and convincing than the gst Of his preach
ment.
He tells that people, with the intelectuals at
their head affect despe politics. They regard politics
as field particularly full Of offensive vugarites
In tho present time and under the present conditions
where the struggle between right and wrong wagng he
considers that this attitude vicious that it is "a sign Of
aristccratc myoa or rather pretext easily explainabe
but little excusable, to remain comfortably hidden from the
rough and tumble Of life amidst clouds and phrases "
The tricks the petness the sorddness the dull and
row passions Of politics but scattered instances and to
build upon them the generalization that politics
a evil an rfantne sophism unworthy Of Intelligence
He proceeds thin to give very burning words Of
exhortation and Of warning in passage that is almost
classic.
the living world is to achieve better ORDER if il
is to remain where Isl the matter must be affected by
political measures and all words and ideas Of avail
To act politically IS to from dreams to things from the
abstract to the concrete.
Politics the effective working Of social thought;
politics is life.
admit any sort of connection between theory and
practice, we must take part in political life.
ITO leave the Of practical politics alone In their
efforts if do with amiable neutrality and
say that will have dealings with those men, this is to
abandon the cause Of humanity
BY syndicate, IncD
The Washington times., 1924-07-18
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON LIFE OF
IA GREAT ASTRONOMER
Flammarion, Now 49, Got Inspiration to Study
Heavens at Age Of Five.

of the family by day. at night
he worked to nourish and satisfy
his mind.
When he was only sixteen he
fell i'll from oYerWork. A Doctor
Fourier was called. Incidental
", he discovered that the sick
boy knew Latin, mathematics, as
tromony and had written g manu-
script book OF 500 pages on uni
versal cosmology" and that the
dream Of his life was to work in
an observatory. The doctor was
an intimate friend of LIE Verrier.
the great astronomer, and thus
was able to get his patient q
place In the observatory OF Paris.
In a few years young Flarn-
marion had published astronom-
ical works that won fame. When
at twenty he entered the army
to serve his term, as all French
boys must. they asked him If he
was ''the son Of the great Flam-
Marion There are not many
who have enjoyed an experience
like that.
F'lammarion is a remarkable ex-
ample Of precocity, not degener.
ating. When he was only seven
he wrote a little book on the signs
of the zodiac. He treasures q
book of the Gospels, on the first
page Of which appears in the
small hand of a child:
''Ce livfe appartient a Camille
Flammarion, 1S27." CThis book
belongs to Camille Flammarion,
1919 He was born in 1912.
Flammarion told this story to
his questioner:
"One day, when / was sevens
the prefet came to the school with
the board Of examiners He asked
permission Of the instructor to
question the pupils and added:
what part Of the program do
they know best?"
Monsieur le prefet.' replied
the instructor, here you can put
all the questions you please. for
there Is one who Is capable OF
answering them all
= 'Indeedr said the prefet, and
who IL this youthful savant?'
Camille Flammarfonr called
out the instructor, and reddenlnG
with pleasure. / mounted the plat
form and stood beside him."
Camille illumination has always
tried to iEnpart his knowledge and
the spirit Of his studies to all
who read. His science knows no
snobbishness.
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

I'm his eighty-third year Ca
mile Flammarion, the most
popular Of French astron-
omers, tells through an interview
q brief story Of his life. It Is
that Of a man who during two
ordinary human generations has
occupied his whole time with the
stars and other celestial objects,
and with the endeavor to have
others share his interest and de-
light in them. He has succeeded
so well that his name should
stand on q level with that Of the
highest in his country and in his
time.
"Since 1 was five years old"
says he, 81 have worked regular
" ten hours every day.
What was the beginning OF that
ceaseless activity Flammarion
points it out in very character
istic phrases:
You ask me. sir'--fhe Is speak.
ing to one OF his countrymenl
what is my earliest recollection
of my youth. Behold 1t. Twas
then only five years old. but ! re-
call it as 81 it were but Of yes
terday. It Is one of the. most
striking recollectfons Of my child
hood. It Was the first time, per-
haps, that 1 had looked at the
sky with q sense Of (comprenantl
its uncomfortable mysteries. It
was the first time that / had
asked myself where we were on
this earth"
He has since caused millions
to ask themselves that question.
and tried to help them answer it;
that is why he has worked ten
hours q day all his life. That.
too, according to what he told
the interviewer, is the secret Of
his long life and health and Of
the longevity Of his mental &C.
tivity., He is right. The mind
stagnates without action. Man
was merely q base animal, as
sybaritic as q cat, as long as he
dwelt in the cool shades of Eden.
When the Lord drove him out
and forced him to work He made
a real man Of him.
Flammarion's parents were cul-~
tivateurs lfarmersh and although
he made q very brilliant start in
school, he had to quit 1t when his
father lost their little property.
But he never stopped studying.
He worked for the common life
The Washington times., 1924-07-18
ONCE-OVERS
SEE THAT YOUR CHILDREN HAVE DUTIES COM
MENSURATE WITH THEIR STRENGTH
AND ABILITY.

Are you going to permit your child idle the time
till school begins aganG
Because offspring has been at school several months
do you think long with freedom from all and
duties is advisablei
Your desire is to be kind and loving parent but you
are foolish
If your children in their early years do not have special
duties TO perform in accordance with their strength and
ability they bound to become too lazy to want to work
when they must take up LIES duties.
Rather than expnd the effort necessary overcome the
shftess tendency which has become habit you
the responsibilities which your children should have
Thus the matter is performed in the present but how
about the habit which you actually helping hang
around the neck Of your child.
Change Of occupation is the best kind Of rest abso
lutte lack Of something to do.
There is no handicap than lazy spirit.
1t will not hurt your children to work. you to make
them do it.
Copyright Service.
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

The eyes blind when the mind is engaged with other
matters.
Have care Of silent dog and still water.
Though thing has been false hundred years it cannot
become true.
Who doesn Keep faith with God keep faith with
man. FIFTH
The mind cannot get superior work out ofnferor moods
The true university Of these days is collection of books
The Washington times., 1924-07-18
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

I'VE who has lived well in obscurity has lived good e
IL
- TO confer favor frequently is to teach how 10 re-
turn favor.
It is the characteristic Of good hunter to take much
gamenot ell.
Pleasure is short and often the parent Of sorrow
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
Facts are more powerful than words
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

also has the cratic temperament Of the genius For
days at time he is absorbed in study and he is
regret to say inclined be irritable after such periods
He is Of course, very well read and fascinating con-
versatOnalst.
The girl he about to marry exactly his opposite.
brother But she below the average in intelligence She
hardly reads anything but the gtes novel and has
no interest outside her home.
1t to that such union presents very grave
problem. doubt very much If they will be happy What
do you Think AN ANXIOUS SISTER"
fail to any problem involved my dear. TO me this
bears all the earmarks Of an ideal union
In the first place, genius Is confusing all the time
The brightest human is only brilliant in comparatively
brief explosions During the rest Of the time he shaving
. fcnnr Iaaa ~ U
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

your brothers wife proves to BE- the he's going to
love that lady
I've to think that attach far too much value
to genius and ceveness of any degree The greatest culture
and the sures power spring not from study Of books
agile tongue, BUT FROM AN UNDERSTANDING
SPIRIT. The stupid" little of ready sympathy
and unsesh spirit is far easier to live with than the bril-
liant egotst She's truly greater genius in the art Of living
The only stupidity which is deadly to married happi-
is that stupidity which quite often found in the
famous student in the unettered peasantthe stupidity
Of intolerance, OF seshness of undiscipned person
atty For though you pack the whole alphabet after your
name if you car control your temper you're much
Of addition to the human And unless you have
learned to SERVE all your other learning but the
Ting Of dried peas in skillet.
aaanrna ennAcat IAnA :
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

kicking at the beefsteak, lodging bills,
Tuning at the telephone and engaged in
other normal human activities. "A wife
docs not need great intelligence to under
stand a genius during such periods. An
ability to make quick getaway is about
ali that's needed, and the stupidest woman
can manage that.
As for his spasms Of brilliancy, that
also is one-man job. have known quite
few geniuses, and have yet to find one
thSt feels any need for help when doing
his stuff Give 'em the whole stage and all
the spotlight and then retire and be Audi
ence-that's all they ask. In fact, there's
nothing that a fascinating conversation
alist resents more than another fascinating
conversationalist The shyer and dumber
The Washington times., 1924-07-18

UyHERE'S nothing new under the sun,
but some Of the old things are mighty
interesting. For instance, there's the
ancient problem Of Beauty marrying the
Beast--or Brains wedding Brawn--or, az
in this case today, Genius mating with .
common little Guinea Hen. Genius ism {
writing about it himself. Sister is doing
it for him.
Dear Miss Robinsin (she says):
II wonder what your opinion would be
on the following situation: MY brother is
considering marriage. He is q very bril-
liant lawyer Of thirty-five. For obvious
reasons, I do not give his name, which il
widely known. There is no undue boast
ing in the statement that my brother is a
genius. He not only has the brains, but he
The Washington times., 1924-07-18
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
and Politics
~ DR. FRANK ORANE.

LITTLE book by Henri Barbusse called, The Knife
Between tho Teeth " is pea for international COM
|. Nv uaunsm.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-03
Woman Who Crossed
VContinent in Wagon
~ Retraces by Machine

NEW YORK, May S1.-Seventy
years ago Mrs A. n. Gilbert crossed
the continent in a covered wagon.
She has returned to the east from
Salem, Oregon. in an automobile at
the age of IA.
When Mrs. Gilbert's father Joined
the gold rush to California he took
his family west Mrs. Gilbert vivid
ly remembers the hardships of the
long weeks of travel across the wild
country.
Only Mrs. Gilbert's daughter, Mrs.
o. Is. Schucking, accompanied her
on the automobile trip from her
home in Salem. They said they
would start on the return trip to
Oregon after visiting relatives here
a few days.
Mrs. Gilbert declared she enjoyeS
every one of the 5000 miles which
she traversed on the trip to the
, east, despite the fact that they were
caught in the guarantees against
the hoof and mouth disease in the
southwest and had repeated pune
lures and blowouts
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-03
Sons March On, After
Father Drops Dead, to
Save Mother Shock

CHICAGO. June 1.-Fcur sons
of Colonel William Finn, field sec
rotary of the central territory of
the Salvation Army, kept their
places in the band he organized and
marched in the memorial day parade
Yesterday so their mother would not
learn Immediately that he had drop
ped dead.
The band was standing in Ohio
street, and he was to lead it. The
sons saw him fall, and were told he
was dead. But over on Michigan
boulevard their mother and their
sisters were waiting to see the
parade. SO the boys remained and
marched smiling past their mother
She did not learn until she reached
home, and the sons had arranged to
prepare her for the shock