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FORTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 39
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I AS THE SPIRIT MOVETH ]
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IT is freely predicted by Garrett
county people that the Republicans
will win a sweeping victory in that
county on Nov. 4th. If one can judge
from the expressions most frequently
heard in Frostburg, the Republican
ticket in this county will also be an
easy winner, although some predict
that the Progressive candidates will
catch enough votes to elect at least a
portion of the Democrat ticket.
POSSIBI/V there would be fewer
divorce cases if there were introduced
into more families those two pleasant
little bears—Bear and Forbear, says
an exchange. No doubt of it, and
perhaps the introduction of a few
nice little bare babies instead of Ted
dy bears, dogs and parrots would also
go a long way toward lessening the
number of divorce cases.
The success of business depends
much on the “drive and push” you
put into it. Continual efforts count.
Spasmodic flurries soon expire, and
he who relinquishes his grasp a parti
cle will lose more in a month than three
mouths’ booming will make up. Keep
things moving. Judicious advertis
ing will do it, and we offer you The
Spirit as the best medium for Frost
burg advertising.
Bryan the leading Democrat of the
United States, also for many years
one of the leading demagogues and
fake reformers, would immediately
proceed to go into hysterics and write
several books, if a Republican was
filling the office Mr. Byran is filling,
and like Bryan making money on the
lecture platform while drawing a big
salary from the government as Sec
retary of State. Bryan is long on re
form and official duty, with his mouth,
but when it comes to setting a correct
reform example, he is weighed in the
balance and found wanting, and most
wofully wanting at that.
When is a man not a man? There
are many instances when a. man is
not a man in the true sense of the
word, but none of them are more glar
ing than when a man goes squarely
back on his word or oppresses a fel
lowman by taking a mean advantage
of him. Whenever a man gets his
heart full of guile and his head so
full of meanness that he has no regard
for the rights and comforts of others,
there is always a giggle in gehenna
when he “shuffles off,” for the devil
and his imps all know that they are to
get more company, and those in mis
ery love company. But many a mis
erly “grouch,” liar and oppressor is
too mean even to associate with the
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT
ghouls and goblins of gehenna with
out first being parboiled in lye, rolled
- in sulphur and laid in the attic of
( hades for a week to be thoroughly
disinfected before gaining full citizen
ship there.
Some kick on the prices of fodder
and hay; they kick on the prices of
t meat, all day; they kick on the prices
of corn and oats, as well as the prices
= of chickens and shoats. They kick
and they rant till they give us the
' blues, but never a kick on the price
of their booze. They swear that the
■ prices on dry goods are high, that
fickle dame fortune is passing them
j by; they swear and declare that a
. man has no show, but they’ve always
s got got money for booze, don’t you
* know. They rave and they rant and
they kick, by gum! but never a kick
5 on the price of their i um. The3 7 kick
5 on the prices of light and of heat;
1 they kick on the prices of shoes for
t
their feet; they kick on the prices of
- all that they buy, except on the prices
of beer, wine and rye. They kick
> when the3'’re tired and they kick when
' their frisk3’, but never a kick on the
price of their whisky. This world is
" a world of kickers for sure; some of
them rich and some of them poor;
’ the3 T kick in the darkness and kick in
l the light, kick in their weakness and
1 kick in their might. They kick asd
* they rant till they give us the blues,
= but never a kick on the price of their
. booze.
. Rvery once in a while we read of a
, high school strike, the strike usually
5 being caused by a gang of pupils who
[ want to dictate how the school shall
be disciplined. In ninety-nine cases
- out of a hundred, the high school
strikers are in the wrong, and what
’ they need most is t?) have the lining
kicked out of them and a little good
- horse sense kicked into them. The
parents and teachers should jointly
' see, to it that this is done, and then
. the directors should endorse their ac
tion. We will soon have a fine lot of
' schools if the pupils are permitted to
map out the school discipline. There
, are a great many self-conceited lob
r sters attending school, these days,
'that are sadly in need of a good deal
less parential indulgence and sym
pathy, and a good deal more of the
i good old birch, hickory and white
■ thorn of ye olden time, and laid on as
' ye old-time pedagogue was wont to
[ administer the same. There’s virtue
i in good hickory wood, there’s virtue,
5 too, in birch; sometimes they do a
1 youth more good than Sunday school
. and church. They knock the non
> sense out of him, and thus enforce
’ good discipline; and sense, you know,
I in some won’t dawn, until the rod is
well laid on. Wise Solomon opinion
t filed—“ Spare not the rod and spoil the
s child.” That saying’s never been re
t pealed, but oft its wisdom is revealed.
t The Pastor Russellites are contend
i ing that there is no fire and brim
i stone hell, while the orthodox people
t contend strongly that there is, or
1 rather some of them are contending
L that literal fire is meant in the bibli
cal reference to the infernal regions,
while others contend that something
- else is meant. They don’t know just -
1 what, of course, but are sure that it
t is punishment of some sort, after
s death, for the wicked. Others con
-1 tend that we get all our hell right
t here on earth. All sides have their
- arguments, and when one has heard
) them all, he hardly knows what to be
; lieve, and few people, we believe, act
ually know what they believe on mat
ters beyond this vale of tears. That
; there is all sorts of hell right here on
i earth, is a sure thing, and if some
. people have to get more of it yet in
1 the next world, they will surely get a
- plenty. But those Who obey the
: moral law or the laws of the land on
) ly out of fear of future punishment,
- are not made of the right kind of
: material to begin with, and are not
- good from proper motives. The gen
uinely good person is he or she who
tries to do right for the mere sake of
; right, for the peace of mind it brings
5 here and .now, regardless of promises
1 of reward or threats of punishment to
7 come hereafter. As to what comes
: hereafter, let that take care of itself.
5 The power that put us here will take
i care of us there, if we try to do right
- as we understand it while still in the
f flesh. If your neighbor believes that
■ there is no hell, don’t hate him or get
■ angry about it, for if there is a burn
> ing lake of fire and brimstone for the
t wicked, you will go there as sure as
5 blazes if you get to hating and perse
t cuting those who have an honest dif
ference of opinion with you. Any
way, it looks inconsistent to see people
: contending that there is a hell, and
3 then by there hateful intolerance,
: bigotry, persecution and unchari
" tableness manifested towards others,
r acting as though they of the intoler
" ant spirit themselves want to get into
: the hell they so stoutly affirm is 37awn
-3 ing for all of the ungodly. For who
5 is more ungodly than the bigot, the
* Pharisee, the person without respect
> for the rights of others, who has no
1 charity in his heart, no tolerance in
' his soul? The editor of this paper is
3 no Russellite, but he finds the Rus
" sellites just as moral and as law-abid
" ing as the people who have an all-fif
-3 ed lot of faith in the existence of a
; fiery hell.
FROSTBURG-, MD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1913
GRANTSVILLE’S BEAUTIFUL
NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH
A Magnificent House of Worship, Costing Over
SB,OOO, Which Amount was Contributed by
Jews, Catholics and Many Protestant
Denominations.
It is seldom indeed that a town as small as Grantsville can show as fine
a church edifice as the new Lutheran house of worship dedicated there only
a few weeks ago. The Lutheran congregation there is not large, but is
made up of a most excellent class of people—people who have staunch
friends among many denominations and religious bodies. It is therefore not
strange that Jews and Catholics contributed to the cost of the splendid new
structure that replaces the old one, which was built and dedicated in 1858.
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Grantsyille Lutheran Church Dedicated 1913.
The Spirit is under obligations to The Meyersdale Republican for cuts
showing not only the new structure, but also the old one it replaces. Nearly
all of those who saw the old church dedicated have passed to the great
beyond, or else have moved to other parts of the country. However, there
are four people who had the rare privilege of seeing both houses of worship
dedicated. Those four are Mrs. Sophia Winterberg, Mrs. Sophia Bonig,
Charles Bill, Sr., ajid Louis Horchler.
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Grantsville Lutheran Church Dedicated 1858.
The new church was dedicated free of charge, with a surplus of SSOO.
The fund for the new church was started by the late Mrs. Sarah A. Broad
water, who made a bequest of $1,500 as a nucleus of a building fund,
provided that enough would be added to it inside of two years to make the
erection of a handsome new edifice possible.
The building is of brick. It is Gothic in style. The auditorium is 33x50
feet in size with a Sunday school room 30x50 feet connected with it by a
movable partition. The church proper is nicely finished with oak pews; the
floor is beautifully carpeted; the pulpit furniture is of quartered oak, in
cluding altar and lectern; the windows are memorials, and are exceptionally
beautiful; the building is lighted by a gasoline system, and heated from a
hot air furnace in the cellar.
Owen Cooper Hitcliins Will Towr
the “Old World.”
Owen . Cooper Hitchins, of New
York, brother of Howard, Arthur and
Rmery G. Hitchins, of this city, re
cently arrived here to bid his relatives
and friends adieu, as he is about to
start on an extended tour of the “Old
World.”
He will sail from New York on the
steamship Imperator, next Saturday,
accompanied by two friends, R. C.
Portalis and Van Varseveld Francis,
of Paris, where they expect to arrive
November Bth. A little later the party
will take ship at Marseilles, on the
Rgypt, Pacific and Orient Line to
Port Said, Aden and Bom’oa3 r , visiting
at the last named city many ancient
landmarks and traveling on motor
boats, automobiles and elephants.
In Jeypone, December sth, they will
call at the palace of the Maharajah,
and on the 7th explore Delhi, the new
capital of India.
During the three days at Delhi they
will go to the tomb of Humayun Niz
amuddin Kutab Minar, and thence go
to Lucknow, via Cawnpore and other
renowned cities.
December 16th the3 7 will leave Luck
now for Benaries, a portion of the
journey including a motor boat ride
on the famous River Ganges.
One day each will be spent in Cal
cutta and Madras, and January 3rd
they will reach Colombo, the capital
of Ce3 7 lon, whence numerous auto ex
cursions will be made to museums,
temples, parks and Gardens of Cinna- ,
mon. On they go, visiting palaces, j
rock temples, ruins of great buildings, ;
botanical gardens, and on the 13th a ride ■
of 9 hours, on an elephant will bring i
them again to Colombo, thence back to
Marseilles, via Aden,. Port Said and
Cairo to Alexandria, Rgypt.
At Cairo, however, they will stop
long enough to spend two days cruis
ing on the river Nile.
February 11th leave for Paris, via
Marseilles, arriving 4 days later, just
Zyi. months from the date of starting
from New York.
After enjoying Paris to the limit,
Mr. Hitchins will return to New York.
His many Frostburg friends wish him
a safe, pleasant and profitable tour,
and if he will favor The Spirit with
an occasional letter for publication
while he is abroad, he will not only
oblige the editor, but will also, interest
many of his friends in Frostburg and
elsewhere who are subscribers to the
home paper.
How to Rest Tired Nerves.
When the body is tired and the nerves
taxed to the limit a good salt rub .will
do wonders. Have the tub half filled
with warm water, take a handful of
sea salt, dip it in the bath and rub the
body from chin to toes. Use as much
salt as you require, but rub gently at
first. After a few baths the skin will
become accustomed to the rough salt.
Rinse off with the salt bath and dry
with a Turkish towel and lie down for
half an hour.
An Easy Tongue For Poesy.
Burns, of course, is untranslatable,
for when he attempted common Eng
lish he was commonplace. But he took
his opportunity with the Scotch poets
who have the delightful language that
has no consonants. You can rime
anything with anything. Scotch is the
easiest language for rime. Among the
most beautiful of Burns’ poems is
j “Mary Morison,” with—
Yestreen when to the trembling string
The dance went through the lighted ha’
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
But saw doesn’t rime with hall un
less you speak Scotch and omit the
consonants. You will perceive that a
Scotchman cannot help writing poetry
when he can make anything rime with
anything.—London Chronicle.
“I’ll Beware of Widows.”
So Says Col. Turner.
' Western Maryland Right-of-Way
Agent Wants no More Cases in
Court With Widows Dressed
in Mourning.
Col. J. M. Turner, the genial and
popular right-of-way agent for the
Western Maryland Railway Company,
i has decided to take the advice that
the elder Mr. Weller gave to his son
when he said to him, “Samivel, be
vare of vidows.” The circumstances
that brought Col. Turner to this de
cision were related by him to a fellow
passenger on a train on the Pittsburg
division of the B. & O. road, a short,
time ago.
Men in the official capacity of Col.
Turner frequently find it necessary
to get right-of-way for a railroad
through lands belonging to others by
condemnation proceedings, when all
reasonable offers for the land are re
fused. While Col. Turner and the
company he represents have all along
been noted for paying very liberal
prices for land taken and property
damaged by reason of W. M. rights
of-way, yet there are some people
who can never, “for the love of Mike’’
nor any other consideration, “be rea
sonable.’’ They prefer to fight it out
in court, where they usually get much
less for a right-of-way than is offered
them by the railroad companies and
their agents.
In his condemnation proceedings,
Col. Turner has been very successful,
in almost every case saving consider
able money for the company he rep
resents. But in going to law with a
handsome and popular widow of Han
cock, Md., the genial colonel got the
surprise of his life. He told the cir
cumstances himself to the person re
ferred to in the first paragraph, and
they were about as follows:
When the W. M. built its line
through Hancock, some fine residence
property was badly damaged, and the
owners demanded large sums from
the Railroad Company in settlement.
The company was liberal, however,
and in all cases but one effected set
tlements without much trouble. The
one exception, was the widow referred
to, who demanded a sum so large
that the hope of getting it looked as
ridiculous to most people as the
amount seemed unjust and oppres
sive to the Railroad Company. All
offers, no matter how tempting they
looked to others, were refused by the
widow, and as a last resort, the Rail
road Company resorted to condemna
tion proceedings.
The case came up in the Washing
ton county court, and the widow,
whose husband had been dead for
about 14 years, was there in all her
beauty, dressed in deep mourning.
She had an eloquent lawyer to plead
her case, and between the mingled
beauty of her face, her apparent dis
tress over her bereavement, and the
oratory of her lawyer, who was elo
quently pathetic in favor of the
widow at times, and at other times
fierce in his denunciation of what he
termed “a soulless corporation which
had despoiled and ruined the home of
a poor, grief-stricken widow,” tears
were brought to the eyes of many in
the court room, including some of the
jurors.
Col. Turner almost cried himself,
for he saw that the widow would get
all she sued for, out of sympathy for
her bereavement, if for no other rea
son, and she did. The colonel says
it’s no more lawing with widows for
him, and so he has resolved to take
Mr. Weller’s advice and “bevare of
vidows,” especially if they are hand
some and dressed in mourning.
The proper place to do courting
with a widow is undoubtedly in her
own parlor.
Garrett County Fair a Success.
Garrett county’s first agricultural
fair, which was held three weeks ago,
was a success in every way, financial
and otherwise. The proceeds from
all sources footed up to nearly $1,500,
( while the total expense was only about
$1,250. It is very often the case that
county fairs do not make expenses,
and that being the case, the Agricul
tural Association of Garrett County
has reason to feel proud, of its splen
did success with its first fair, which
was a creditable one in all details,
showing the county’s resources in an
admirable way, according to the re
ports received from people who at
tended.
Potato Contest for Next Year.
In connection with the Third An
nual Show of the Allegany and Gar
rett County Agricultural Society,
held at Lonaconing, recently, it was
neglected to state that another potato
contest will be instituted for next
year. It is open to the farmers of
both counties under the same condi
tions as this year’s contest, except
that half an acre plot of ground will
be used instead of two acres, and the
prizes will be $15.00 for the first prize
and SIO.OO as the second prize. The
contest will be conducted by the
Agricultural Society.
EASTER ISLAND."
A Deserted Land and Its Mysterious
Crude Stone Statues.
Huge and grotesque stone Images
stand and lie over the fertile surface
of a deserted Island far south in the
Pacific. It is a place that Poe might
have snug into existence or Rider Hag
gard 'created for the scene of some
fantastic romance. Even its name—
Easter island seems more literary
than geographical. Easter island.
2,000 miles from South America and
1,400 miles east of Pitcairn island, has
on all the forty-five square miles of its
area less than 200 people. But it has
other inhabitants, great masses of
rock, 600 in number, each carved into
the semblance of a human figure, the
origin of which is a mystery. These
statues weigh on an average from ten
to twelve tons each, some of them
' reaching a weight of forty tones. A
few of them stand on strong platforms
400 feet long, and many similar plat
forms stand untenanted.
At the quarry, which is a crater (for
Easter island is of volcanic origin), a
number of these images lie half form
ed as the vanished sculptors left them.
There is another crater where the
crowns of the figures were made from
rock of a different sort. Here, too, are
found unfinished specimens.—Church
man.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
It’s a Mistake, Says a Scientist, to Say
They Emit Sounds.
German scientists are greatly Inter
ested in a discussion regarding new
phenomena revealed by the aurora
borealis, according to recent Norwe
gian and German observers. People
living in the northern part of Norway
maintained that they often hear sounds
accompanying the northern lights.
These sounds are described by some
as similar to the crackling of flames.
Accordingly German and Norwegian
scientists started out to investigate
the phenomena, and one of ther /, Olav
Aabakken, has spent a long time at
the Halide observatory in Finmarken.
Aabakken thinks that it is very un
likely that any sound is to be heard
from the northern lights. He main
tains that the human senses are not
to be relied on, especially regarding
the phenomena of sight
Aabakken says that the Idea of
sound connected with the northern
lights may result from the fact that
these lights look like flames, and as
people are accustomed to associate the
crackling sound with flames the rath
er uncritical observer of the blazing
movements of the aurora borealis is
apt to think that he really hears the
sound of those flames. —New York
Press.
His Good Eye.
A man who had lost the sight of
both eyes trained his hearing until he
could tell by the sound of his footsteps
on the sidewalks as he made his way
about town whether he was in the
middle of the walk or at one side,
whether he was walking past a brick
or a frame house or a fence or opeE
ground. He knew in what part of the
town he was not only by his memory
or sense of general direction, but by
the difference in the “tones” of his
footsteps, and he walked about freely,
seldom running into anything or any
body. Some one In his presence once
called in question his total blindness.
“Which eye do you think I can see
with?” he asked the skeptic.
“The left one, of course,” was the
reply. “I can see that the right one is
blind.”
In reply the blind man merely
opened his penknife and tapped the
left eye with the little blade.
It was a glass eye.
Freaks of Nature.
Monument park, near Colorado
Springs, Colo., contains some queer
freaks of nature. Among the most
singular is a group of light grayish
yellow sandstone pillars twenty or
more feet high capped with a thin
layer of dark colored rock which re
semble the tops of giant mushrooms
which have shriveled and partially
dried up. - The dark colored capping
being of a much harder (ironstone)
rock than the pillars has to some ex
tent protected the latter from disinte
gration. Especially at nightfall is the
traveled impressed with the weird ef
fect of these gigantic and grotesque
forms, which in the uncertain light
assume the attitudes of huge human
or animal shapes.—Argonaut
A Life Saver.
“No,” said the timid man, “I don’t
want any flying machines today. I’m
afraid of them.”
“Why. sir,” said the persuasive
salesman, “a flying machine might
lave your life.”
“How?”
“You might be out riding In one
when an earthquake takes place.”—
Washington Star.
All His Fault.
“Better lap up that spilt milk,” said
the first cat “If the missus sees that
mess you’ll catch fits.”
“Not me,” said the second feline.
‘The woman I live with blames every
thing what happens on her husband.”
—Pittsburgh Post
Much Harder.
“It is hard for one to have to live In
the past,” announced the melancholy
man who had retired from business.
“Yes, but often it Is harder to live
down the past”—Buffalo Express.
Jesters must be content to taste
their broth.—Latin Proverb.
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HALLOWE’EN PARADE.
Frostburg Boy Scouts Preparing
Big Time for Tomorrow Evening.
Tomorrow evening there will be
“pulled off” in this town what will
probably go down in history as the
greatest Hallowe’en blow-out ever
witnessed in this locality. The affair
will be under the auspices of the
Frostburg Boy Scouts of America, and
will consist of a parade and reception,
including refreshments, amusements,
music, etc.
The parade will be the leading fea
ture, forming in Beall High School
Park, and starting at 7:45, the line
will proceed up Broadway to Frost
avenue, to High street, toWestUnion
street, down to Bowery street, to Fast
Loo street, and thence to Beall High
School.
At least nine automobiles will lead
in the following order:
1. George S. Willison, Mayor John
son and Town Council.
2. Quincy Murphy, Ulysses G. Han
na, William Hanna and Thomas H.
Morgan.
3. Horace G. Fvans, Frank Watts,
W. F. G. Hitchins and Rudolph
Nickel.
4. George J. Wittig, J. Benson
Oder.
5. The Frostburg Garage —Roy
Mayer, Fidelity Bank representative,
J. H. Hitchins, Adolph Frey and Prof.
O. B. Rice.
6. St. Cloud Hotel —Scouts Board
of Governors, Earl Ward, President;
Elmer Ward, Vice President; W. P.
Winner, Secretary-Treasurer; Paul
Smith and Clarence Preston: Patrol
Leaders, Herman Wilson and Roy
Ward; the Beall High School, Prof.
Carmody, coach; Nich. G. Metzger,
Manager, and Edgar Llewelyn, Cap
tain.
7. D. J. Betz, F. J. Decker, Col. T.
G. Dillon, Patrick Brophy and W. F.
Hartman.
8. M. W. Race, five representatives,
one each, of Eagles, Elis, Moose,
Knights of Pythias and Knights of
Columbus.
They will follow in order:
9. Firemen on foot in Hallowe’en
costume.
10. Frostburg City Band.
11. Children of the town in fantas
tic costumes.
12. Marshals, Scout Master R.ey,_
W. S. Nicholson; police, High School
Football team, Walter Deneen, Joseph
Cook, James Carson, Jr., and Regin
ald Yates.
The sum of sl2, given by the First
National Bank, $5, Citizens National
Bank, $5, and Hotel Gladstone $2, will
be distributed as follows:
To the best costume, $5; to second
best costume, $3; best couple, $3, and
best comic, sl.
Judges —A. T. Johnson, ‘Mayor;
James H. Grose, Bailiff; Ulysses Han
na, Postmaster, J. Benson Oder, Ru
dolph Nickel and Thomas H. Morgan.
A reception in Beall High School
building will follow break-up of the
parade, admission by ticket only,
which will be given by Scouts and
school teachers to their friends.
Refreshments furnished by Lewis &
Hawkins and the Hitchins Brothers
Company.
Other numbers on the program as
follows:
Special violin solo, Rev. P. G. Saf
fran.
Vocal Solo, Rev. W. S. Nicholson.
Instrumental solo, Master John
Duke, of Cumberland.
After these specialties, diversions
as follows:
Music, peanut race; bobbing for ap
ples, music, cracker-eating contest,
apple-eating contest; music, peanut
scramble, refreshments served; music
and goodnight.
MESHACH BROWNING EXHIBIT
Relics of the Great Hunter Exhib
ited at Garrett County Fair.
One of the most interesting and at
tractive exhibits at the late Garrett
County Fair, says the Oakland Re
publican, was that by ex-Senator
Browning of the relics of his grand
father, Meshach Browning, consist
ing in part of the originial manuscript
of “Forty-Four Years of the Life of a
Hunter,” in the handwriting of the
author, his hunting rifle, powder horn,
pouch and hunting knife; his bear
trap and many articles used in the
old mill at Sang Run, built in 1824; a
beautiful mounted buck’s head, killed
in Idado by Senator Browning’s son
“Dick,” together with the skull of an
Indian picked up by him on the plains
of Alaska while exploring for gold in
1900. Another interesting article was
the old hunting rifle of William
Browning, which was made in Eng
land and brought from Prince George’s
county by James Drane, who settled
at Accident in 1790. It was used by
the Drane family until 1839, when it
was bought by Mr. R. T. Browning,
and has been in the family ever since.
This gun has the oldest known record
of any in this county, is still in good
condition, as evidenced by a target
made by R. Getty Browning, last Feb
ruary, when of ten shots, twenty-five
yards off hand, eight were inside the
circle of a silver dollar.
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