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Mrs. +. S. WOrrell Testi-
tles in the Sensation
al Graves Case.
GENERAL NEWS.
EdW0rd BroUn Murders His Wife
and Her Unborn Mfaa.-
Crimes and Casualties.
BY the United Press
THE GRAVES CASE.

AAE UNA Ed SASEs
DENVER, COL, Dec. IA. Mrs.
r. 5. Worrell gave some very dam
aging testimony against DR.. Graves
this morning. She was on the stand
during the entire session. A rigid
cross examination failed to shake
her testimony. She said she became
acquainted with Mrs. Barnaby last
January when she arrived in this
city with Mrs. Worrell on her trip
to California. Mrs. Barnaby re-
mained to attend the wedding
of the witness. She next saw her
in April when she returned
from California. Witness remem.
cred the arrival of the deadly bot
tie at her house, but could not say
that she had seen it before. She
thought however it contained whis-
key for she heard some one say it
did. DR.. Graves arrived on the
Friday after Mrs. Barnaby's death
and said he had been detained be-
cause he had missed connections and
was i'll at Chicago. He was very
much excited and accused the Ben
netts of sending the fatal bottle. At
the depot where the remains we're
to be taken east he offered Mrs.
Worrell some whiskey, for she was
ill, but she turned away in horror.
AN EPIDEMIC OF MURDER.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. ID. At
Hanceville, Rlount county Julius
Griffith, a merchant, and John Nc
Neill, farmer, quarreled over poll
tics to-day. Griffith shot and killed
McNeill. This makes four murders
in Blount county within ten days.
| GEORGIA JAIL BROKEN INTO.
WAYcRoss, Ca, Dec. Ia. The
Ware county Jail was broken into
early yesterday morning by mob
of fifty masked men who went to
the cell containing Welcome Golden
and Robert Knight, leaders of the
Varno riot, and shot them dead.
The sheriff attempted with the aid
OF his assistants to drive the mob off
but failed.
KILLED HIS WIFE.
HANNIBAL, Mo-, Dec. IA. AS a
result of frequent drunks and quar-
rels with his wife Edward Brown.
colored, shot his wife in the abdo-
men yesterday. Prematurely she
gave birth to child which was
dead, the bullet having passed
through its head. At an early hour
this morning the wife died. Brown
is held for murder.
THE BOMB THROwER.
New YORK, Dec. IA. The cor
oner reports that the brain of the
man who threw the bomb at Russell
Sage is that Of a lunatic. The brain
weighed more than the average, but
was abnormally distorted.
NO FREE PASSES
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. Ia. The
House has passed the Anti Free
Pass bill which was previously
passed by the Senate. 1t prohibits
public officers from obtaining passes.
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[g0v Of
| THE SENATE
Eo Hundred Bills
Bduced in a
bort While.
(rnrE SESSION.
brTJrE SESSION.

loooiiatme,,ts ConSid-
bogip of the House
| Committees.
he United Press.
\ THE SENATE.
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Don't belch in peoples faces.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator.
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VI nPPV
,sip of the House
Committees.
be United Press.
THE SENATE
sroy, Dec. l4.--On the
b. Of the Senate at noon
president laid before
4 number of interesting
chisf among them, report
1 al service accompanied
bd charts and other i'm
bformation bearing on
This was in response
tion passed by the SEN
last session and came
i Ward department. 1t
Yer the recent rain max
nent conducted un der the
Of the Departm ent of
i. The report was re-
be committee on agricul-
Irestry. The presenta-
petitions and memo
enatOrs was interrupt
!lO by the arrival
Secretary Pruden with
b nominations from the
pu;e, and it became evil
Ne public session would
y be a short one. The
ldGllS was, however
ltna brief session the
Hed lljto the list of bills
making the total for
A Among them were
organize the much dis
lanent census bureau, to
lF law prohibiting
fTat,' from entering
and navy Of the United
ga number of important
marine and shipping
A'ed by Mr.. Frye, Of
n 'Ae committee on COM
increased pension leg
glyed several accessions,
OIL pensioning all sol.
\. 'vu9ut In Indian wars
p',Ional bills were added
1pv long list Of Chinese
Measures.
ia'e then in secret session
number ofrecess appoint.
SlVed today from the
Y, 'Ae appropriate com.
I! M without transactino
e..s s,.s'' at l;2O adjourned
aorss GOSSIP.
\, 'os' os, Dec a. Speak.
~ a,.rai, rules The impres.
nj %,,S,ls =" that Messrs.
! E1a ~. AcMillin will be I'll the e
/ ,'no:i' a,'ociates Of the Speak. ak,
|b,' bs,onn1nl'tee, \ but no official
n s'' s,' 0een given to it vet
"a assumption that Msssrs .es'
'oIrGvs, l1G or Reed lJa, and !
| Of Iowa would 'ls be- 4ho ,ho
/ a'l minority has no ~ more '~e
lay W., In cOnver.
|Sp.,It",'ln I,'n a a United Press
n bp5'tsr !, % Crisp's name, s,
|po 'ae impression ,ha,
M, means sure tbo. NJ
wSsa Se a member Of the
Poiptadg p@tIdgnsyer the commit.
! E'p',a ps,t i however, . it will. il.
kPIi.b.SSf Ga1' Of its work practi. cti.
ii ipsa, the Il. Mr.. Crisp and
ans Of 'u1re - skilled par.
Hou,s '' t., the Democratic a
ver the are are in daily con
they y, v;1' code Of rules. I.
The c's Will make but few
fsS. 'Ias Ts.'1d adopted BY, by I'll" TIN
| these changes will vii
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The Value of Walking to Health.

Few things, if any, are so effectual in
building up and sustaining the physical
organization us walking, if resolutely and
judiciously followed. 1t is perfect exer-
else. 1t taxes the entire system. When
you walk properly, every. member and
muscle, every nerve and fiber has some
thing to do. The arms swing backward
and forward, keeping step, as it were, with
the legs; the chest expands and contracts
us the lungs fill and discharge; the drummer
boy pulse beats 4 tune for the march; the
legs curve and straighten; the feet rise
and fall, while the head rides over all
but not as a deadhead Every sense it
has is employed, every faculty alert. The
nostrils expand to quaff the breeze; the
ears turn to every sound; the eyes roll in
their sockets, sweeping from left to right,
from earth to sky; the brain is at work
through all its parts. Progress under such
conditions is the very eloquence of physi-
cal motion. What is the effect? The
flesh is solidifed, the lungs grow strong
and sound; the chest enlarges; the limbs
are rounded out; the tendon swells and
toughens; the figure rises in height and
is clothed with grace and suppleness.
Hunters, who walk much, are tall and
straight, while sailors, who scarcely
walk at all, are low and SCAT. The whole
man is developed, not the body merely.
The mind is broadened by the contempla-
ton of creations works, the soul is en-
larged, the imagination frightened, the
spirits cheered, the temper sweetened.
The moral forces are strengthened equally
with the physical. A loftier reverential
feeling is awaked, if not profound relig-
ious sentiment. No one who rightly walks
the fields and groves, or climbs the heights
beneath the heavenly dome, with its blaz-
ing sun by day. and its moon and countless
stars by night, but is irresistibly drawn
toward the infinite, as he CLOCKS through
Nature up to Natures God
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Cleaning a Sewing Machine.

1t is necessary that sewing machine
should be thoroughly cleaned and in good
order, for if not, it will tire the person who
is using it, and will not sew as well. When
buying machine the agent tells you it
must be oiled often (say once week., but
evenif this is done it frequently happens that
after having been in use sometime the ma
chine begius to work hard and often refuses
to work at all. If the operator understands
the machine thoroughly and is able to fix
it, there will be no further trouble; or there
may be man around the place with some
idea of machinery who will be able to tell
you what is the matter, or, what is better,
fix it himself If the operator is not ia
vored in this way it may be necessary TO
send it to the city, or down town, which
besides costing at least two dollars is often
announcement, coming perhaps in the middle
of dressmaking. All this trouble may be
unnecessary if the operator uses a little
common sense and goes to work in the
right way.
Take off the strap and loosen the top,
then take it to the sink, and with small
paint brush and plenty of kerosene oil give
the works thorough cleaning. This cuts
the dried oil. Then take off the little slide
under the ncedle-bar, and there generally
lies the trouble The feeder plays back
and forth in little oblong pit. This pit
soon gets filled with lint accumulated from
the constant friction of the feeder teeth
upon the goods. OF course when the
feeder cannot move, the wheel and the
machinery stops. 1t is easily cleaned by
taking off the small plate and poking out
the dust with wire. The teeth also
should be cleaned with pin, as they pull
the goods along and are apt to get full of
lint also. A great deal of money is spent
on machines when all that was needed was
to clean ont this little pit
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VOL. XXVI.-NO. 81.

lantic coast by way of the St. John River,
to relieve the pressure there. So far
about eighty-fve miles of canal are cut.
The trenches vary from twenty-five to los
feet in width, and hold from six to ten feet
of water
The canal mouths are protected by
wooden jetties. Sand bars form across
them, but are easily removed. The cur
rent is about three miles an hour, and in
the wet season there is water enough for
light draught navigation. A Mississippi
steamboat in 1914 assembled to Kissimmee
from the Gulf, distance of 800 miles
When East Lake and Tohopekaliga were
first united Il think in November, 1S44,
the difference of level was six feet six
inches When the dams were cut, in the
presence of a crowd of visitors, the first
rush of the waters carried away the last
vestige of the rubbish in the canal and
secured out the bed below the line of ex-
cayation. For ten days the current was
undated. Then the reduction of the
lake water diminished the flow. The lake
surface fell thirty-six inches in thirty days.
The receiving lake rose only half an inch
day and that for only short period.
Only white men have been employed on
the dredges. Their uniform good health is
remarkable Although they work for
hours every day in the hot sun, turning up
green slime, there is no mortality. Not
case of malaria has been recorded since the
first dipperful was taken from the marsh,
and long life and service with the drainage
company are now said to be synonymous.
The land costs fifty cents an acre to drain
and sells for S25.
One curious result Of this great engi-
neering work is its effect on plant life.
About Lake 0keechobee, for instance, the
margin is covered with great areas Of
morning glory vines, which have all
sprung up since the tapping began to de-
stroy aquatic vegetation. From the look
out of dredge, as she plows through the
marshes, the contrast is striking. Before
her stretch green tangles of saw grass and
aquatic plants, with the brown water
pouring in a spumy torrent over the head
of the canal. A few marsh birds rise from
the quaking boys and futter off in alarm
at the strange intruder. Otherwise, the
wilderness is unbroken by signs Of life.
In the rear, where the dredge has cleared
a watery path, the canal banks are firm,
rushes and water lilies lie Drowned and
dead in the sunshine, green edible grass
sprouts spontaneously, and herds of cattle
Craze in placid contentment. On one
side is desolation, on the other endless
promise 1t is the story of the peninsula
the difference between the old and the
new
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than five per cent. of the fruit shipped
persisted on fast voyages. The Govern
ment was then induced to lift the duty off
the fruit. From that time on the trade
grew even faster than at first and the de-
mand always kept ahead of the supply,
Seeing the rapidly growing and success
full business in the fruit at Baracoa, capt.
talists started groves in jamaica, Aspin-
wall, Honduras, Bluefelds, Limon, and
kept clearing the wooded country about
their places and putting in banana trees.
At first American steamers were char
tered for the trade, but they soon began to
put up their charges for transportation,
and then Norwegian and English vessels
crept in and crowded out the American
ships.
There are at present about forty steam
ers in the trade that are coming and going
all the time. These steamers are built for
no other purpose and carry from 10000
to l., 900 punches each. A banana steamer
is shell. There is but one compartment,
and in this compartment the bananas are
stood on end in layers from the bottom of
the ship to the deck.
1t is a peculiar fact that but one bunch
of bananas grows on tree. After the
fruit has been cut the tree is then cut
down 10 the ground, and from the stump
another tree sprouts which bears another
bunch the following year. The greatest
trouble Of farmers is TO keep the farms
clear of sprouts. They shoot up from the
roots of the tree for a radius Of ten feet
and grow like weeds,
As the fruit is cut from the irees it !:
placed on the backs of little pack donkey'
and transported in this way to the coast
One donkey can carry from three TO si1
punches, according to the size Of the
punches and the distance from the coast
In the season at Baracoa there are more
than three thousand donkeys that stretcl
along in line for miles plodding TOWARD
the coast with their loads of bananas.
The fruit from Jamaica is considered BY
dealers to be the largest, best and mos
salable. This is said to be owing to tn,
fact that the fruit is allowed to remain
longer on the trees and is more fully ma
tured than from any other section.
One firm has just planted grove o
| / 100000 trees at Gibara, Sauna, nea
Baracoa, which will be bearing fruit il
another year.
The cost to the farmer of raising tn
fruit is estimated at twenty-five cents
tree, and he calculates on realizing ten pc
cent. profit The fruit is sold in the markc
at from seventy-fve cents to 81 bunc
wholesale.
The principal markets for bananas ar
New York. New Orleans, Philadelphi:
Baltimore, Savannah, Galveston and Tam
pa, Fla From these points the fruit
circulated over the country.
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COLLECT YOUR BILLS.

Short credits make long friends. The I'M
dersigned, Constable for Westminster dis
trict, duly bonded and qualified, offers his
services to the public as Collector. He will
take accounts to collect either as a public
officer, or on private account, on liberal terms,
and returns promptly made. References
Union National, First National and Farmers
4 Mechanics National Banks of Westminster.
Will also clerk and anctioneer sales.
JOHN L. DIFFENBAUGH,
une 25:y Westminster, Md.
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JAMES A. !
jun27 At
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.o-PARTNERsHIP.

). H. BILLISGsLEA, ND. JOS. T. Herring, NJ. y.
Have this day formed a co-partnership in
the practice of medicine, under the name of
Billingslea & Herring. DIR. Billingslea' office
will be at his residence, East End, near Court
street. DR.. Hering's Office has been removed
to the office adjoining the residence of the
late Nelson Mitten. Calls may be left by
telephone or otherwise at Reindollar's Drug
Store, West End.
Westminster, Nd, May 9, 1885.
may9:tf
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Original poetrp.
''DAY."

Written for the Democratic Advocate.
BY OLD sTAGEE.
In Carroll there is a little spot,
Three houses and a vacant lot
They call'd it torn, and yet dot
on Marylands map it maketh not
tbs somewhere on the Summit
This happy town we're told s calId Day
a little church stands DER the way
(where the faithful go up to pray0
Whose congregation we've heard say
See the ADVOCATE of by-gone May
Can't sing tune-they hum it.
With storm-tinged walls all bare and brown
A schoolhouse stands the road adown,
So far away the little town
Must spread its wings to claim it; frown
Not, o reader gentle
'Tis true, and pity tbs, tits true"
This place that has such wond'rous view
Main street, cross street and avenue
You'd never note it when you passd through
Til some one told the same 10 you,
Ifnight had spread her mantle.
Some distance from the towns suburbs
There dwells a Bard the muse disturbs;
He mounts Pegasus without curbs-
Peg runs from grass TO browse on herbs.
And seeks where he may find them.
John Gilpin's ride cannot compare
With flights this bard will do or dare;
Those "hills anent" so grandly fair,
In visual range"-just over there,
Beyond the foxes rocky lair
Iwonder that he minds them.
Fair town, high up the SUBMITS crest
Where crst the wild hawk built her nest,
Thy ridge so long with pine trees dressd,
The "hOme of vutures'-where, unguess'd,
The Braves lay snugly hidden
From Rebel hosts" whose signal yell
In by-gone years, so we've heard tell,
Made some realize the phrase of "hell
Broke loose"-Fsir town and bard farewell
This sportive tig in dreamy spell
Flows from my pen gnbidden.
The Day correspondent in the ADVOCATE of May
1886 or 81 The files will provetEe strength of tn
notation.
Lisbon. Nd, 1921.
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A COMPETITIVE EXAMINA
"A TION
FREE SCHOLARSHIP AT WESTERN MARYLANI
COLLEGE.

Notice is hereby given, that the State
Scholarship at Western Maryland College,
due to Carroll county, is vacant, and that in
compliance with the law creating the same, a
competitive examination of the candidates
therefor will be held at Central Hall School
House, in Westminster, on Monday, July 20,
beginning promptly at O'clock a. m. By
an act of the General Assembly of Maryland
the College is enabled to furnish the holder
of this scholarship tuition, board, fuel, lights
and washing free of charge. The appoint
ment is made by the Board of School Com
missioners, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senator for the county. The
beneficiary thereof is required to give bond
to the State, with approved security that he
Tor she) will teach school within the State for
not less than two years after leaving college,
As the tenure of the scholarship by any
one student is limited TO four years, it is de-
sirable that competitors be able to pass an
examination for the Freshman Glass. Such
examination would cover English and Latin
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, History
of the United States, and Algebra to Equa-
tons of the Second Degree. Financial con.
dition and personal merit will be considered,
along with scholastic proficiency, in making
the selection.
By order of the Board of County School
Commissioners.
L. o. GRIMES, President.
JAMES A. DIFFENBAUGH, Secretary.
iun27 At
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The derivation of the word salary is very
curious in ancient times Roman soldiers
received a duly portion Of salt as part of
their pay. Sci in Latin is salt, and when
the salt was, in course of time, commuted
fer money, the amount was called salarium,
or salt money. Hence our salary" and
hence, no doubt the expression, "Not worth
his salt"
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Have as complete stock of
CHOICE GROCERIES
as can be found in our eity.


CHOICE TEAS, CoFFEEs, sYRUPs,
NEW ORLEANS MoLAssEs, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, To-
BACCos, &C.
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.
mars e. o. GRIMES & co.
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The ways Of the auctioneer in different
parts of the world vary greatly. In England
aud America the seller bears the expense
ofthe sale, but in France the purchaser bears
the cost, five per cent. being added to his
purchase. In Holland it is still worse. The
buyer being required to pay ten perez
additional for the expenses Of the sale.
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QUEENSWARE.

Tea Sets at .s5 per set. Iron, Stoneware
and all Ware in proportion. l will not be
undersold in any of the above goods. Call
and examine my stock and prices and be
convinced. Tobacco and Cigars. Country
produce taken in exchange.
Bag Ice Cream Parlors upstairs.
JOHN ID. BOWERS,
Al f. Main St, opp. Catholic Church,
mar2S If Westminster, Md.
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Gents Furnishing Goods

cannot be surpassed outside of the large cities,
as we make it a specially. We have on hand
something very stylish in Flannel Shirts; also
Satin and Colored Shirts in all styles, on hand.
White shirts made to order.
We have the finest line of GLOVES of
every description, for dress, driving, or work,
to be found in the county.
We also have one of the most beautiful
lines of GENTS JEWELRY, such as Studs,
Scarf Pins, Sleeve Buttons, Chains, &C., ever
offered in this city, at low prices.
We have everything in the line of Gents
Furnishing Goods, which we can offer you at
prices that we are sure will induce you TO buy.
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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 Suit
does not fit properly we make it do so, or
there is no sale. Our line of
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P. S. Free out door concerts may be
expected during the summer evenings, to add
TO the attraction, by the glee club of the town.
Come one, come all. As an inducement we
will pay all railroad and toll gate fares, when
buying $500 and upwards at my place dur
ing the time named.
Respectfully yours,
june p GEO. c. ANDERS.
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Our Line of Overalls,

Dimity Shirts, Jackets and Underwear cannot
be surpassed in style, quality, fit and prices,
Give us call and we are satisfied you will
buy. We have large stock of GOODS
which must be sold, and we want to give you
the benefit. Respectfully,
ans j. T. ANDERS.