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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-13
Wheat a Failure in Kansas.

TOPEKA, May 5.-The Kansas wheat crop
is an utter and irremediabe failure, and all
the rain that ever fell will not enable the State
to raise more than fourth the wheat raised
last year; no rain for six weeks in central
Kansas, and in parts OF the State none since
last August that would germinate wheat. The
seed still lies in the ground as sound as when
snwn
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-13

The National League of Republican
Clubs, in session at Louisville, Kentucky,
this week, showed by its proceedings that
the Republican managers are still for high
taxation and Federal supervision of state
elections. As the party was wrecked on
these issues, and the people IN three sue
cessi7e elections condemned them, it is bad
leadership TO inscribe them on their ban
ner now, unless defeat is again courted to
compel reorganization with the barnacles
eliminated.
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The many thousands of dollars annually
spent abroad by American travellers will
probably be retained at home, this sum
mer, and the Worlds Fair will turn the
tide of travel in this direction, and we shall
be the recipients, instead of the dispensers,
of the millions that are annually expended
for sightseeing. Foreigners will pour mil
lions into our Golfers this year.
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Commissioner BIount Is now Minister
BIonnt, President Cleveland having on
Tuesday appointed him Minister to Hawaii
in the place Of Minister Stevens, who was
a little TOO basry in landing United States
Marines and hoisting the United States
aae oyer the Hawaiin public buildings.
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TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court Of Car. jar,
on the Personal Estate Of
RACHEL NOEL,
late Of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, 70 the subscribers, on OF
before the 9Th day Of December, 1898; they
may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit Of said estate.5
Given under my hand this ID day of May.
1893
GEORGE I. NOEL,
mayG It Executor.
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no CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Carroll county, in Maryland, letters of ad-
miRistration on the Personal Estate of
JAMES SHRIvER,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated, to the
subscriber, ON or before the 18th day OF
December, 1898; they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this sth day of
May, 1898.
THOMAS R. MYER,
may ID At Administrator.
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MARRIED.

On May 4, 1898, by Rev. R. W. Stricken,
Lee j. Hobbs, of Baltimore, Nd, and Miss
Florence Gore, of Reisterstown, Md.
On May IL, 1893, by Rev. Joseph Cassidy,
at St. Mary's Parish Chapel, Union Mills,
Annie Hockey of Carroll county.
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For the Democratic Advocate
Not a Little Gratifying.

NEw WINDSOR. Mn, Nay 5, ls9s.-It is
not little gratifying to me to learn that the
Dentist Colonel Theodore T. Lang has been
dismissed from government service. hetri,,
button shall hover over him like the Sword
Of Danocles. Very respectfully,
FRANK J. DEvILBIss.
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State Of Maryland, County Qf CdrToH, IS:
III W. Herring Cashier of the above-named bank,
do solemnly that the above statement is true
TO the best of my knowledge and belief
]. w. HERRING Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day
of May, 1898.
Correct-Attest.
CHAS. B. ROBERTS,
JAS. A. c. BOND. Directors
JAMES H. BILLINGSLEA.
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Prizes for Southern Stories.

An offer of prizes for original sketches of
Southern life is announced by the Southern
States magazine, which is published by the
Manufacturers Record Publishing Co., of
Baltimore. prize of $1,000 is offered for
the best original sketch or story dealing with
Southern life and conditions, and $500 will
be given for the story that shall be judged
worthy of second prize. The only condi-
tions are that the sketches submitted shall
present true pictures of Southern life, that
they shall be original, and that they shall not
exceed 5000 words in length. This offer
holds good until July l, and the prizes will
be awarded as soon after that date rs the
manuscripts submitted can be examined.
This offer is made in the hope of securing
contributions of character that will benefit
the South by their wide publication in the
Southern States magazine.
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.EpoRr OF THE CONDITION

Ofthe Union National Bank Of Westminster,
at Westminster, in the State Of Maryland,
at the close of business, May 4th, 1898.
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HAVE Your Lands Examined for
Ii Wealth Beneath the Soil.

Edward w. Warner, Steelton, Pa. Miner
alogist, Geologist, &c. Properties examined
and full reports made. Samples by mail or
express will be reported on by letter.
NAV 10 At E. w. WARMER.
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BOARD WANTED.

Entertainment is desired for Priests attend.
ing the Summer School at Holy Cross House
July 1922. Families willing to aceommo-
date one or more with board or lodging win
confer favor by Communicating with the
Superior of the Order of the Holy Crass,
Westminster. may 10 If
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A slight earthquake was felt at various
points 10 North aud Sonth Dakota on Tues.
day morning.
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DIED.

No charge for Marriages and Deaths. Obituaries a'd
Verses 5 cents a line.
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OF THE CONDITION

OF the Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank, at Westminster, in the State Of Ma
,yiaad, at the close of business, May 4th,.
1898.
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We have Much Cheaper Fertilizer where Il
is wanted. Give us call and be convinced.
Our Goods are No. /. We can refer TO the
best Farmers all over the county.
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r Isr OF UNCLAIMED MATTER

1ST OF UNCLAIMED MATTER
IL Remaining in the Post Office, West
minister, Nd, May 6, 1898;
Allen, Charles H. Harps, Mrs. H.
Brown. Rev. David Rooms, John NJ.
Coppersmith, Mrs. l.. Robinson, Jesse
Feeser, Sarah II. Smith, Mrs Minnie
Eall, Miss Marian Smith, H. F.
Haines, VIM. Stonesifer, Mrs.Jennie
Haines, Ella Stonesifer, Howard d.
Harver, William Study, Mr..
Hebron, Spriggs Turner, Wesley
Persons calling for matter in the above list
will say it was advertised
aprl8 GEO. L. SHARRER, P. NJ.
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RESOURCES.


/, JOHN H. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier of the above
named Bank do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best my knowledge and belief
J. II. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th day
of May. 1898.
BENZ. +. GROUSE,
Clerk Circuit Court for Carroll county.
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InESTIVAL.-The ladies' of St. Panl's
II Evangelical Lutheran Church, Union
town, will hold Strawberry and Ice Cream
Festival in the club room on May 20. Alter.
noon and night. Proceeds for Sunday School
library. All are kindly invited.
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HARRY NJ. CLABAUGH,
CHARLES B. ROBERTS. Directors
DAVID II. H0FFACKER,
mv1Q II
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Our Potato and Trucking Fertilizer. fur.
nishes all the elements of Plant Food found
in either Natural or Artificial Manure. Its
Richer in these Ingredients than many ofihe
High Priced Fertilizers
now in use. The most successful Potato
growers testify that the best results are
Obtained from the use of such goods, The
Potatoes being large, smooth and free from
scab. In prize contests where 700 and 1000
Bushels are raised, goods with such ingredi-
ants are used, therefore we strongly recon-
mend our
Fertilizer for Potatoes.
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Fertilizer for Potatoes.

With favorable season the following are
essentials of success in growing Potatoes:
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xxTEARE NOT GIVING
w GOODS AWAY,

But we are selling them at the lowest living
prices.
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100 Dozen Mems Negligee
Shirts, in all the new Patterns.

FRED. d. MILLER,
Opposite R. R. Depot, Westminster, Md.
may Is If
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
Interesting Tricks with Ice.

Squeeze a SNOWFALL gently in the
hand, says Good News, and you will
have a soft, white mass, that breaks
into pieces when thrown against any
thing. Press it harder and it be-
comes more solid. Press it harder
still, and it will change color, and be-
come gray and icy. Squeeze it with
all you might, and it becomes as hard
as the ablack ice" boys who skate
know so well. This shows us one of
the ways in which ice is formed. 1t
is called "rcgclation." or freezing to-
gether. Take a number of bits of
ice in the hand and squeeze them
tightly, and in moment, when you
open your hand, they will be found
fastened together in lump. Take
two pieces of ice, of any size, and
choosing the smoothest sides, press
them together, and they will soon
freeze and make a solid piece. 1t
makes no difference where the ice is.
The two pieces may be swimming in
Hot water, and yet, if pressed to-
gether, they will unite. Put a num-
Der OF pieces of ice in the hand, close
it tightly over them, and plunge the
hand into water that is as hot as you
can bear, and though they will begin
to melt rapidly, they will quickly
grow together intoan irregular lump.
TO perform this experiment success
fully, you must squeeze the ice tight
ly and only leave the hand in the hot
water for q moment or two.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
AvERsE TO ANY CHANGE.
chinesc from Their Infancy learn to LIZ.
moro Any Sued, Th;nt. as MnnuinnY.

Chinese from Their Infancy Learn to Ig.
moro Any Such Thing as Mnmotony.
1t seems to make no particular diff
ference to a Chinese how long he re-
mains in one position. He will write
all day like an automaton. fhc is a
handicraftsnian he will stand in one
place from dewy morn till dusly eve.
working away at his weaving. his
gold beating or whatever it may he,
and do it every day, without any
variation in the monotony and APP
parently no special consciousness that
there is any monotony To le varied.
In the same way. says a writer in the
Melbourne Leader, Chinese school
children are subjected To an amount
of confinement. unrelicvcd by amy
rccesscs or change of works which
would soon drive Western pupils tn
the verge of insanity. The very i'm
fants in arms, instead of si:lrming
and wriggling as our children begin
to do as soon as they are born, lie as
impassivc as SO many mud gods. And
at a more advanced age, when West
ern children would vie with the
monkey in its widest antics. Chinese
children will often stand. sit or squat
in tile same posture for Il great length
OF time.
In the item of sleep the Chinese
establishes the same differences he
tween himself and the Occidental rs
i'm the directions already SIP. cited.
Generally spcaking he is able To
sleep anywhere. None OF the thrilling
disturbances which drive us to dc
spuir annoy him. With Il brick for Il
pillow he can lie down on his bed of
stalks, %! E.ul bricks or rattan. and
sleep the sleep of the Just. with no
reference to the rest of creation. He
does not want his room darkened nor
does he re luirc Others to be still.
The Infant crying in the night" may
continue TO cry for all lie cares. fer it
does not disturb him
In some regions the entire popllla-
tion seem to fall asleep, is by com
mon instinct $llse that OF the hbcr-
mating lear) during the first two
hours of summer afternoons. and they
do this with regularity no matter
where they may lc AT TWO hours
after neon the universe at such sea-
sons i, is still IL; two hours after
midnight. In the case of most work
ing pcop.e at least and also i'm hat of
many others. position in sleep is OF no
consequence. ii would ha easy TO
raise i'm China an army of l.Oa0, ,0OG-
nay. ol 10000. .Den---tested hy conpnt-
itiNc examination as to thcircapacity
TO go to sleep across three wheelbar-
rows with head duwnwar. like a
spider. their mouths wide open and
fly inside.
The same freedom fro,s tyranny of
nerves is exhibited ia the Chinese
endurance OF physical pain. Those
who have any acquaintance with the
| Operations in Ii 5. tals in China,
know how common. OF rather univcr-
sal ii is for the pHtients to bear with
out llinching u d"sree oT pain from
which the sientcst of Ills would shrink
in terrur.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
Taste In ..c,ynls.

There are some incongruitics for
which it is difficult to account. Why
will a woman who is a good Judge of
a picture hang on her person Il natu-
ralistic bug or flower made out OF
gold and diamonds? OF course suci.
things arc fashionable. Taste? They
don't seem to see it. The Prince of
Wales buys much jewelry: it is his
favorite gift ON wedding occasions,
and he misses taste just as often as
anybody else. In fact, he must
bear some of the blame of keeping
bad designs i'm vogue. According to
reports, he presented not long ago to
a professional musical bride brooch
which was an imitation of violin.
and his gift to his niece, who was
lately married, was a diamond-sct
flower. The. Prince can make such
designs fashionable, but he can never
make them taste. What is the mat.
ter with them? Several things. In
the first place, jewels shouldn't imi-
tate natural objects. It's a long story
why, but will try to abridge. Art
that initiates is never good art. I'M
ttations ask admiration merely for the
skill with which one thing has been
made to look like another. This is
an idea that has nothing to do with
beauty or with ornament, and 1T is
artisans and not artists work. Be.
sides, to use an object, as a violin,
for another purpose than the one for
which it was designed is absurd and
stupid. This sort of thing is a low
kind Of humor, on par with puns.
-Harper's Bazar.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
STRONG Einourl,.

Small son-Mamma, may I go
Mamma-The ice is very thin yet
Small son-Well. I'm pretty thin,
too.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24

Marriage is always Il serious blsi-
ness. but nni intrcpuently it has
ludicro;l- ;.ccoalranimcnts. An En-
glisll iaper relates that widower,
no longe. yang, gave the Clergyman
who olirialca at his second marriage
good deal OF trouble ily his stupid
ity. lie seemed TO he possessed by
some sp rit of contraricty.
When told to give his right hand
he gave his LETT. When the minister
said. SAY this after me-" he immei-
lately replied. ":-;ay this after me. ("
Then, WHEN tic "o.ds he was to re-
peat were given to him. lie was
'stolidly silent.
AT last lie seemed to hc aware that
the minister Was somewhat disturbed,
and in tic middle OF the service he
upset the rcvcrs IL gentlenan's gray
ity by volunteering this apology:
"Non SOC. see. sir, it's 50 long since
] married afcrc that you must excuse
my forgetting these things"
AL another time. Il couple who had
been married ly the civil proccss-by
an officer OF t e law, that is to say
were taken with IL uesir. to lie mar
ried again in church. as the law al
lows. The minister. in the course of
the ceremony, asked the usual ques-
tion:
".Iohn, wilt thou have this woman
to be thy welded wife,"
"Why, sir." said the astonished
groom to the more astonished minis
ter, 4 told you we was married two
years ago"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24

Alos:t two years ago Il now variety
nf vessel called whaie!,ark began tn
he used fos lla!lic on oiir great lake.;
III. vessels Received yhcir names
from their li!lcncss t. ,hc whale.
They are roini-,iculled ami llat-bot-
toned and but littlc OF The bulk is
above t!n water. The peculiar sd
vantag.s of tie wi,a.chack seemed To
make it desirable rs Il means Tor tho
transportation of passengers from
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
Stumbling Upon Al Mine.

Gold was discovered in California
In lS4S. and i'm Colorado in 1858.
The discovery was accidental in both
cases, and the fact created the i'm
preston that mines were "lying
around loose" Adventures drifted
about in hope of stumbling upon a
mine." MIR. Thaicr, in his SMarvcls
of the New West" mentions several
instances of lucky stumbling.
Three men. while looking for gold i'm
California. discovered the dead body
of man who evidently had been
prospecting. "Poor fcllow.n said
one of the trio. "Ilc has passed i'm
his checks" Let's give him de-
cent BURIAL" said another. "somc
wife or mother will he glad if she
ever knows it" They began to dig IL
grave. Three feet below the surface
they discovered signs of gold. The
stranger was buried in another place,
and where they had located Il grave
they opened Il gold mine.
An advcnturer who had driited
into Leadvillc awokc one morning
without food or money. He went
out and shot deer, which, in it's
dying agonics. kicked up the dirt and
disclosed signs of gold. The poor
man staked out claim. land opened
one of the most profitable mines ever
worked in Lcadville.
Dead Man Claim,' the name Civ
en- to another rich mine in Leadvillc,
was discovered by Il brokcn-down
miner while digging IL grave.
A miner died when where We re
several feet of snow on the ground.
His comrades laid his body i'm a snow
bank, and hired a man for $40 to dig
Il grave. The grave-digger, after
three days absence, was found Dig
ging Il mine instead of !, grave.
While eXcavatiMg he had struck gold.
Forgetting the corpse and his lar
gain. he thought only of the fact that
he had Struck it rich.
An unsuccessful Australian miner
went up and down i'm Colorado for
several months, "prospcctina" for
gold and finding none. One day he
sat down upon stone. and while
musing over his hard luck. aimlessly
struck another stone with his pick.
He chipped of piece. and sprang to
his feet. The chip was rich gold
quartz.
He hurried into the little town of
Rosita, and went to the assay office.
where teamster had just dumped Il
load of wood. He agreed. to saw the
wood to pay for assaying his chippcd
sample. The result of the assay sent
him back to his "claim." When he
had taken out of it $3.50. O0O, he sold
the mine for 5000, 0G0 in cash and one
million in stock.
But these standings are the en-
ceptions to the rule that mines are
found by painstaking, Intelligent
prospcctors. They spend wearisome
months in exploring mountains and
gulchcs. They are mineralogists,
geologists and, above all. practical
explorers, who can tell from IL twist"
in the grain of the rock or from the
color Of spar seam whether paying
gold" can be mined in the region.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
1t Makes No D,fFar.no.

1t Makes No Difference.
boy will stand and hold u lsttc
From carly NOR til; late ct night.
And never tire ut ull
But, oh! 1t gives him bitter pain
10 stand aud hold his mothers skein
The while she winds the bnll.
A man will walk u score OF miles
Upon the hardest kind of tiles
About q billiard table.
but. oh! it nearly takes his life
To do AN errand for his wife
Between the house and stable.
A girl will gladly sit and play
With half ii dozen dolls oil duy.
Aud call 1t jolly fun.
But. oh! it makes her sick and sour
10 tend tho baby half an hour,
Although its only one
A woman will-but never mind!
My wife is sanding close behind
And reading DER my shoulder;
Some other time. perhaps, l may
Take up the theme of woman's way,
When I am feeling bolder
Free Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
Strategy.

Small Boy-Mamma wants you TO
send her up two barrels of those an.
pies She was looking at.
Dealer--All right, sonny.
"say, couldn't you pour the two
barrels into one big barrel?"
"Eh? What for?"
"Then she couldn't get it through
the door of lock closet"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24

girls, after they have scrubbed tho
SIDEWALKS s. as clean as they can, which
is tmelr duty every morning. sit down
on the edge of the walk, tie IA string
10 their shoes, and float them in the
canal which runs next to the side
walk.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
1t Paid.

When Aunt Frances was a little
girl she did not like to mind quick.
When told to do any little task, she
would say, aIn minute" or "By and
by, will do it,"
Aunt Frances mamma knew this
never would do. She talked often
and kindly to her little girl of her
fault. She told her she must drive
old Mrs. Wait-a-NIinute out of her
house.
One Monday morning, Aunt
Frances mamma was washing. 1t
was in the summer time, and the
roil-way door was wide open. When
she found her soap basin was empty
she told her little girl to run to the
soap barrel under the cellar stairs
and fill the basin.
Aunt Frances was reading her Sum
day-school book, and she didn't want
to leave the story
"1n minute. mamma" was on
her lips, but she did not let the
words come. She thought, 81 prom
ised mamma l would fight against
the fault, and will"
In half minute she was down the
roll-way stairs on her mammals er-
rand.
She found the lid of the soap bar
rel pushed halfway off, and when
she dipped down to fill the basin
something in the barrel went
*squawk, " ssquawk." She looked in,
and there, with just her head and
neck out of the soap, was Aunt
Frances's pet hen, Mabel.
She had hoped into the barrel
hoping to find a good breakfast. She
sank into the thick soap as though it
had been Quicksand. 1t glued down
her wings SO she could not fly out.
In another minute her head would
have gone under the soap, then Aunt
Frances would have had no per Ma
bel.
II am so glad that I did not wait
even one little minute, mamma, she
said, drying the drenched feathers of
her shivering hen, after they had
been we'll washed and rinscd.
Winding quick saved Mabel's life. {"
her mamma answered. "You will
find it pays all the way along to keep
old Mrs. Wait-a-minute out of your
house. ."!Clarissa Potter, in Portland
TRANSCRIPT.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-24
CH1LDREN's COLUMN,
a DEPARTMENT FOR L,rrle
BOYS AND GIRLS.

somethine that win 1ntere,, ~. .i,,.,
lilo Members Of Every Household =
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings Of
Cute Children.