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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-27

as can be found in our city.
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GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, To
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The best grades of Pat. Process and Family
Flour constantly on hand at bottom figures.
We pay the highest prices for Wheat, Corn,
Rye, Oats, and all kinds of Country Produce.
Agents for Latin & Rands Blasting Pow
der, and Judson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing, &c.
FARMERS
Can be supplied with the best quality Of Cot
ton and Flaxseed Meal, Heavy Middlings,
Bran, &c, at lowest prices. Call and see
US.
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-27
LADIES' SLIPPERS,
STRAW GOODS,

And can beat the county on low price
Don't fail to give us a call, as We mean TOD
business if prices and good goods will dot
WESTMINSTER SHOE CO.
MAJ IF L. C. Lynch, Manager
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-27
HERE is OUR OFFER TO THE
BOARD OF TRADE OF WEST
MINISTER.
NOT HOUSES NOR LAND.

But we say without fear of contradiction
that we can show you the best line of Suitings,
both foreign and domestic, from which to
make selection, that has ever been offered in
this county, and that we are prepared to make
up suits in the very latest styles, and the best
workmanship. We can give you as much for
your dollar-or more-as any other house in
the county. You take no risk. If your Sut
does not fit properly we make it do so, or
there is no sale. Our line of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Secret of Real Beautv.

An ugly woman-and there are such of
| Us, unfortunately-mus never attempt
Vatican effects; she must forego min
! iatures, aigrettes, delicate lace and for
get-me-not silks. Let her adopt copper
and bronze, nuns cloth, monks flannel,
alligator feathers and the like. Things
are pretty only by contrast, and pair
Of bronzed dragons in her ears will be
vastly better than diamonds the size of
chestnuts.
Bernhardt is far from beautiful, yet
she never enters room without turning
peoples heads and putting them to won
dering the secret of her charm She
never has been known to wear diamonds
about her face. When asked why she
said, with shrug of impatience:
WHAT Put brilliants in my ears to
kill the light in my eyes and the colors
in my mouth am not 80 mad as that"
And so she saves the delicate and pre-
cious stones for her finger rings, slippers
and belts, and has the oriental beads and
ornaments of china, metal and pebble
about her face, hair and throat. New
York World.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
A Church of Oranges.

The Palermo (Mon Fruit Growers
association, which recently affiliated
with the California State Board of
Trade, sent to San Francisco large
model of the Union church, which is To-
Gated at Palermo colony in Butte. The
model has been erected in the board Of
trade rooms, and is now on exhibition.
The miniature church is an exact model
in every detail of the original, and just
one-seventh its size. 1t is 10 feet in
length, 6. feet wide and III feet in
height. The roof, gables and bell tower
are covered with oranges, some thou
sands of which are used, while in the
windows and around the pedestals are
arranged exhibits of nuts, dried and
fresh fruits and other products Of the
colony. AS the oranges used in decorat-
ing the church wither they will be taken
away and fresh fruit substituted until
the orange season is over, when other
fruits, dried and fresh, will be used for
decorating, making it standing unique
advertisement of the resources of Paler-
mo.-Omaha Bee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Mon Who Have Died This Year.

The death roll of 1891 will be unprece-
dented should the rate of the first Six
weeks be maintained to the end of the
year. Already the list of great names
includes Bancroft and Kinglake among
historians; Emma Abbott and Celine
Montaland among queens of the stage;
Meissonier, Won Marcke and Jervis Nc
Entee among painters; Secretary of the
Treasury Window, ex-Secretary OF the
Interior Stuart and Charles Bradlaugh
among statesmen; General Sherman and
Admiral Porter among military leaders;
King Kalakaua of Hawaii, and Abdul
Rahman Khan, ameer of Afghanistan,
among rulers; Baron Hausmann, the re-
constructor of Paris; Leo Delibes, the
French composer, and numerous others
of scarcely less fane.-Cincinnat Times
Star
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
A Woman of Business Ability.

Mrs. A. q. Perrine, the Alabama wom-
an who helped capture the Fulton coun-
ty murderer, Jim. Richardson, in Ala
bama, is a remarkable character. She
owns and runs u plantation of 1000 acres
in Randall county, Ala. in the very
heart Of the negro belt. Her executive
power is something wonderful. There
are few men who could successfully and
proftably take her place as manager.
She rules like dictator. Last year she
ginned 600 bales of cotton, running the
engine herself. She is a notably hand
some woman, superbly made, with a
face indicating intelligence and mascu.
line determination and nerve.
She never has serious trouble with the
negroes upon the plantation, is thorough
y familiar with every detail of farm
work, works herself and personally su-
perintends all the labor and makes one
of the most successful planters to be
found in the state. Her promise is good
for an order of 5000 at the store, and
her business obligations are always dis
charged promptly.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
A Russinn Recention.

Where dancing is tabooed it is diff
cult to know just what to do with the
people that you like to invite to your
house. OF course there are dinners and
teas and musicales, but in the course of
human events one tires of all three and
signs for something newer and less con-
ventional. Among novel forms of en-
tertainment which clever hostesses are
carrying out is the so called Russian
reception" The card of invitation is the
same as for an ordinary reception, but
when the mystical words Russian even
ing" are engraved in the corner the recip-
lent knows that she will meet at the
house of her hostess some artistic and
literary people whom she has long want
ed to know; that there will be deal OF
bright conversation interspersed with
music; that a simple standing collation.
will be served, and that she, together
with the other guests, will take an early
departure. Boston Commonwealth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Fame All at Once.

The Book Buyer prints a portrait OF
Mary E. Wilkins, whose name, if not
literally in every ones mouth, is in
every newspapers literary column these
days. What meteor flash fame is, and
how impossible to guess when and where
it is going to strike. Miss Wilkins has
been writing stories for six or eight
years, every whit as bright and natural
and ifelike rs those she is writing to-
day. They were published in the Har-
pers' and other leading publications, but
the writer was in no sense famous until
all at once the hour struck and fame was
hers. No longer ago than last spring
query was sent from this Office to the
head of literary syndicate which is sup
posed to have knowledge of every writer
OF any note in England and America,
asking the address of Mary E. Wilkins.
The answer came promptly back, eve
never heard of her." They have heard
OF her now, however. Springfield Mass.
Homestead
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Where Women Improve.

Nothing is more gratifying than the
progress women are making in extern
pore speaking. Even in Sorosis the
ladies five years ago could speak moth.
ing like as well as they do now. Often
they use no notes whatever. The way
to learn extempore speaking is to be-
gin and preach your speech over in
your mind beforehand, thinking it out
carefully, but not writing line of it ex-
cept the headings. Then when you arise
to deliver it you will probably forget
two-thirds of it, but never mind. Keep
practicing, and you will gradually re-
member more and more of it, and new
thoughts will at length come to you
upon your feet. No matter if you do
forget part. Even Wendell Phillips al
ways did that, but nobody knew it but
himself. New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
a EIasn tro,n a. Gleetrle oar.


Richard H. Earle. lie insurance agent
who lives in Worthir ton street, had q
J peculiarand rather s. artlipg experience
with electricity early one evening re-
! Gently through the Il diuin of the cleo
trio cars. He was or ssing Main street
Just below State stree !, where the Forest
park line ends. and h opened to pass the
rear of an electric CT just as it started
on its southwark II p. He went very
close to the car. pc; laps within a foot,
he thinks, ard rs lie rent by there came
from beneath the car q fash as of light
ming, which seemed to start from the
wheels and strike HIM on the left side
under the arm. No harm seemed to
have been done. and Mr.. Earle contin.
ued on his way.
. Just as he turned down Howard street
to go to the house Of an acquaintance,
Carl Wunsch. he felt a pain in his side
as if he was being roughly rubbed.
When he reached Mr.. Wunsch's house
the latter exclaimed that something was
burning, and on Mr. Earle's unbutton-
ing his overcoat smok and flame came
out, and it took lively work on the part
OF MIR. and Mrs. Wunsch and Mr.. Earle
TO save the clothing. On examination it
was found that the overcoat and under
coat had been burned through from the
outside, and also the vest as far as the
lining. The hole in the overcoat is two
or three inches wide and four or five
inches long. A leather book in the I'M
dercoat containing sol lie papers was bad
" burned on the low or end and the pa
pers therein were scorched.
Mr.. Earle thinks there is no doubt that
the mischief was caused by the spark
from the electric Car, and no other solu-
ton of the matter seems possible, since
Mr.. Earle does not smoke, and the burns
in the clothing IRE not of the sort to be
started from such source. The street
railway tracks were very wet that night,
and this of itself would tend to dissipate
the electric fluid as it entered the rails.
Taken altogether, Mr. Earle's experience
was certainly a singular one.-Spring-
field Republican.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Time for Early Garden Work.

Tree and vine pruning should be COM
pleted before growth commences. Peas
for an early crop need to be got in as
early as the ground can be worked. The
wrinkled, or sugar pe;,s, should be held
until the ground warns little. Those
intending to raise onions by the new
plan of starting the seeds in cold frames
should have everything in readiness and
get the seed in early, and have the young
plants in readiness to set out as soon as
the ground can be put in good order.
The advantages claimed by this method
are full rows, a longer season Of growth
and less expense in cultivating and keep
ing clean, the expense saved in the last
item making up for the extra cost of
transplanting. A much greater yield is
claimed for the method. But no time is
to be lost in preparing the soil for onion
seed to be sowed in tn, rows where the
crop is to grow. TIE preparation and
sowing cannot be done too soon. The
seeds of lettuce and early cabbage,
cauliflower, celery, tomatoes and radish
will need sowing at intervals as required,
and the hotbeds and the forcing pits
will command daily care
Seeds of biennial and Parental flower.
ing plants can be put in at once. Sweet
peas in the open ground should be plant
ed at the earliest opportunity; they
should make their best growth in the
cooler weather of the spring
Lawns can be seeded to grass as soon
as the ground can To properly put in
order.
All kinds Of work that can be done in
the garden should be pushed along and
be out of the way when the hurrying
time comes later, as it surely will
Vick's Magazine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
An Aged Mute and Her Family.

In Monongahela township there re-
sides Mrs. Sarah King, widow of Horatio
King. She was born in New Jersey in
1902. To us that seems a long time ago
lacking less than eleven years of being
century. Mrs. King is a mute. Her
three children were in no way afflicted
One strange fact is that she named them
OF course she could not speak the word,
but designated the two brothers and sis
ter whose names her children should
bear. She could do all kinds of work
and do it well. She taught her daughter
to be model housekeeper. Mrs. King
was not educated; though she learned to
make beautiful capital letters, could not
form them into words. A stranger meet
ing her.would not think her both deaf
and dumb. She understands all that is
said to her if she can watch the person
talking Her eyesight and general health
are good. She is the Oldest person in
her township. -Waynesburg Pa.) indie
pendent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09

Some present Partisan fancies should
be described, if only to emphasize their
Stiffness. 1t is gravely announced that
Scotch terriers are the fashion OF the
moment, because their color accords
with the caprice for gray gowns for
5pEing wear The dog has bit IF scar
let rL6on on his collar, and thus, wheo
he Is abroad with his mistress, the DIT Of
color she would not wear gives the needed
effect TO the gray tones
It is also stated thst language OF
Otamps, which it Is important should be
understood, prevails in Partisan society.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Women In Swiss Universities.

Between 400 and 500 women studied
at the Swiss university last year; 229 Of
them were regularly matriculated, and
were preparing themselves to take de.
grees; 146 of them came from Russia,
20 from Switzerland, 81 from Germany
10 from Bulgaria, and 8 from the United
States; 1865 of them aspire to diplomas
in medicine, 6 are in the legal depart
ments, and CT are trying to become doc
tors of philosophy. Switzerland is about
the only country on the continent that
has not taken pains to keep women as
far as possible from its universities, and
with each new concession from the
faculties the number of women attend.
ants has been increased. Ten years age
the number was only 80; five years ago
1T.-Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09

The stamp placed exactly in the middle
of the envelope indicates a coming wed.
ding, while one placed at the left hand
corner is encouragement, as the flower
symbols say. 1t might he added that
any deviation rom the proper and ac-
cepted upper right hand corner means
folly ON the part of the sender and in
convenience to postal officials. But fash
ion eschews such considerations.
Point of View in New York Times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Electric Light In tho Holy Land.

A decided sensation has been caused
in Jerusalem by the introduction of cleo
trio light into anew and fourishing -four
mill lately started there. The building
in which the light has been introduced is
near 70 the supposed site Of Calvary and
close to the Damascus Gate. 1t need
hardly be said that the Arabs and Jews
arc much puzzled to account for hight
in a lamp in which there is no oil, and
up to the present time, while gazing
with wonder, have been keeping at a re-
znectful distance, Pail NAL Gazette.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
A Fad in Corsets That Cost. Money.


A recent bride distanced all of her
contemporaries in the value of one item
of her trousseau, and it is said by her
friends that she thereby set a fashion
that must henceforth be followed by all
brides of any pretensions in the world Of
society. While it is, of course, the rule
for the expectant wife to have her bridal
corsets made far more deliberately and
extensively than has been her former
custom, often having them embroidered
most delicately, it is declared that this
instance Is the first where gold was used
in the place Of steel, both for the clasps,
the eyelets and the lacing tips.
The few intimate friends of the bride
who were permitted to gaze upon the
mysterious portion of her outfit had
their attention called to this feature of
the beautiful corsets, and they say that
examination showed the metal portions
to be composed of gold rs described.
One young woman had the temerity
to ask what the advantage of gold was,
and she was informed that it did not dis
color and was in every way preferable
to steel 1t was generally agreed that
che idea was an awfully clever one, but
at the same time it was regretted that
the world at large would not know
about the gold. No one dared to ask
how much the corsets cost. The price,
however, was 500 pair, and the bride
had three pairs, one in white, another in
pale blue and the third in black. New
York Sun.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
WGMAN'S WORLD.
SOMETHING s8OU THE YOUNG
WOMAN WHO CoMPoSES.

A Fad In Corsets That Costs Money.
Secret of Real fsea tty-A Woman of
Business Akility--P risian Fancies-A
Russian Reception.
1t is most remarkable that though
music is part of the education of most
women, and with all their aptitude for
the art and ability in Interpretation, the
sex has never produced great COM
poser, and comparatively few compost
tions that have attained any great pop
ularity. Miss French. a young Irish
woman living in Paris, is an exception.
and another is Miss Hope Temple, a
young Englishwoman. The most popu-
lar of her compositions is entitled Mem
cries." which is song of great depth of
feeling. It is a pretty glimpse that we
have of Miss Temples childhood when
we hear of her living near Dover. where
the gallant i'll starred Twenty-fourth
regiment was quartered.
She loved the soldiers, and they, one
and all, loved her and treated her as a
little daughter of the regiment. Her
very first composition was a waltz for
the band to play, and as she taught it to
them herself we may l. sure that full
justice was done to the young conductor
and her melody 1t was a great sorrow
to her that this idyllic episode was fol-
lowed by the grim realities of war, and
that the disastrous battlefield of Isandhl-
wanna, in Zululand, was the grave of
nearly all the brave inen who used to sa-
lutte her so gayly when she went in and
out among them. She had little musical
education, and always hated the piano
as all instrument, but success in song
writing has caused her to advance step
by step She is ut work on an operetta.
Philadelphia Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Hammer md Needle Parties.

A "hammer and needle party" is the
entertainment country social club in
vented the other day. Each lady was
requested to bring a needle, a spool of
thread and several buttons, and each
gentleman a hammer. When all the
materials were on the table each lady
picked out hammer and was given a
block and some nails. Each gentleman
chose sewing materials and buttons, and
the contest began. The ladies drove as
many nails in their blocks as they could
in five min dtes, and the gentlemen sewed
ON as many buttons as possible in ten
minutes. Prizes were given and much
laughter provoked.-Chicago News.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
A COLD Is IMFLAMMArl0m.
PONDS EXTRACT
REDUCES INFLAMMATION.
Specific Directions.


Specific Directions.
IFA COLD IN THE HEAD, s.,ply
Ponds Extract diluted one-hEaISp
by nasal douche, or anhar &c, or
vaporize It over lamp and anhaAs
the fumes through ;he nose.
IF HOARSE, garGlO with Ponaps
Extract several tinhca daily.
IF THE THROAT rs soRK
and NECK STIFF, rub the meek
thoroughly with Ponds Extraee,
and, on retiring, wrap the neck
I'm a wooden bandasS saturnted
with Ponds Extract, sud pre-
tectod by nm outer wrnpping.
HF Tine LUNGS ARE 's0HR,
take n tcnspoonful Of Ponds KA
tract four or fvo times daily.
IF THE LIMBS ACHE aud Hn
sore, rub them vigorously w1Gk 4
Ponds Extract.
FOR cHiLBLAlNS, bathe vvfth
Ponds Extract and bandaEe Vvtta
cloth saturated with Ponds nix
tract. Itching quickly stopped.
BUT do not purchase Some cIaean
substitute and expect Is 60 do what
Ponds Extract will. fse sure yon
have genuine article. Made oniy
by Ponds Extract co., New York
and london.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Anrops Are Fashionable.

A necessity OF the moment is aprons.
Some worn at the sewing classes are
very Frenchy. These gre Of blac', Chan
lilly lace, ornanented with Tiny velvet
BOWS. White ones are seldom ussd end
are made Of Valencienres insertion over
silk. A few New York women have
made an effort 10 introduce az these in
formal affairs the sewing classes--ths
soft silk turpans which we're seen n
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-08-27

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