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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-03-09
EXERCISE FOR BOYS.
How Five Minutes a Day May Ne Profit
ably Spent at Athletics.
From Harper,s Young People.

FROM HarperS / Dung IeOple.
Nevertheless, this five minute exercise
is better than absolutely nothing, and hence
am going to make Il suggestion or two
regarding it. If you know any one who
can tell you the setting drill prac-
ticed in the navy, get him to show it to
you and then 90 through part or the
whole OF that each night and morning. If
you cannot find out what this is make up
a few simple movements for yourself. for
example
First. standing erect with heels and
knees together, move the body forward
and gradually try to touch your fingers to
knee This is familiar exercise to all of
you, but it is good one nevertheless.
This will do for the back and front leg
muscles. Bend forward 20 times. and then
take up u second exercise Second. stand
ing with the legs apart. swing from side
to side. bending either knee in turn, and
touching the floor on the right side then
on the left side, being careful. however,
to sway only sidewise and not forward and
back. Do this 20 times and your sides
will ache Third, grasp one wrist with
the other hand, holding both across your
chest Then, without letting the elbows
90 too far out from the body pull with all
your strength Il steady, long pull, as if
trying to pull your hands apart. Main
tain this pull for second or two. Then
change abruptly, and holding arms and
hands in same position push with all your
strength for the same time Again reverse
and pull, and so on 10 times-if you can
do it 50 long-and you will soon see how
all the arm and chest MUSCLES begin to
ache Finally, fourth, lie fiat on the floor
on your stomach and keeping your body
rigid, push yourself up with the arms as
far as possible OF course nothing must
touch the floor but the palms Of your hands
and vour toes, Do this 30 times
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They had wandered into the conserva-
tory. The music came to them in faint.
rhythmic throbs.
Il have had many men at my feet,
she was saying carelessly, but in vain.
None of them meets my requirements.
He pondered.
Have you tried corn plasters? 2 he
suddenly asked Il have known them
to do the work when the most skillful
chiropodists had failed.
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At the dinner-table in country ho

At the dinner table in country hotel
a guest says to the waitress
Miss, are you sure that this is wild
duck that you'v given me !?
Wild Well [ should think it was.
IF YOU could a seen us chasin' that duck
more n forty times around the banyard
fore we ketched it, guess you believe
twas wild
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No. 5.-We have 8
Mems Storm Overcoats
left that were $40 and
$12, but this week your
choice SIS.
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Rag Carpets are not
reduced as much in pro-
portion as the Wool In
grains. But you can get
awful Big Bargains from
us. Perhaps you have
seen the Rag Carpet we
are selling for % cents,
and the one with Wool
in the Chain for 80 cts,
regular price so cents.
We sell F'rysinger &
Shultz's well K n ow n
makes.
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No. 4.-1OO Pairs of
Boys Knee Pants, age 4
to II, all wool and our
own make, worth a dol
lar a pair, but this week
so cents.
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STATE OF MARYLAND, !
Insurance Department, Commissioners Office.
Annapolis, February Dist, 1895.
In compliance with the Code of Public General
Laws | hereby certify that the above is true
abstract from the statement of the Mutual Fire IN
surauce Company of Carroll County, Nd, to De-
cember 3lgt is9i now on file in this Department.
l. FREEMAN RASIN,
feho3 IT Insurance Commissioner
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No. $50 Pairs Of
Evitt & Sic S S i n g er's
Ladies' Fl a n d m a d e
Shoes, that sold from
So to $4, if you can get
your size, this week for
choice ST. .98.
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No. 3.-Lot Of Long
Pants Suits, age II to lo
years, Double Breasted,
that sold at SO. Take
your choice II H S
WEEK ONLY for SIS.
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The regular 35 and 40
cts. Ingram, you can
buy of us this season
for Is cts.
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No. 7.-About Is Pairs
Mems Boston Duck
Boots, the regular price
$3.50. But we have
only large sizes, and
this week they go for
$3.50.
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No. 2.-Lot Of Boys
Knee Pants Suits, BRO
ken Lots,) ages 4 to Is
years, that sold from
SO to So. Take your
choice this week for SO.
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We invite your inspec-
ton and guarantee to
save you money.
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L. Howell LalnOtte. Solicitor.
A SSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEES S
"A SALE.
OF

DESIRABLE PROPERTY,
In Woolerys District, Carroll county, Md.
BY virtue of power of sale contained in
mortgage. from Henry HolbroOks and Sarah
Hobrooks his wife, to Jabez A. Bush, bear
ing date the tenth day of June, 1892, and duly
recorded among the Real Estate Mortgage
Records of Carroll county, in Liber B. +.
c., No. 90, folio 244, etc., the undersigned,
assignee of mortgage, will offer at public
sale, on the premises, on
MONDAY, MARCH 1lth, 1895.
at 2 o'clock D. m., all the Real Estate des-
crbed in said mortgage. containing
25 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS.
The undersigned, assignee ofmortgagee will
offer the following described property as
whole and reserves the right to offer said farm
in two parcels. The improve
ments theron consist of a COM AEaA ~
Portable two story stone dwell -
ing, new bank barn, hog pen, EEsEElzzk EEszEEEls5zas1szk
chicken-house and all necessary Outbuldings.
The buildings are all in good condition.
There is splendid fruit on the property and the
place is well supplied with water This prop
erty is situated in Woolery's District, Carroll
county, about one mile from Patapsco Station
on the w. NJ. r. r. and adjoins the lands of
Thomas Spencer, Nat. Bay and others.
Terms of Sale.-Cash; or if desired one
third cash on the day of sale, or on the ratif-
cation thereof; one-third in six and the other
one-third in twelve months from the day of
sale: the credit payments to be secured by
the notes of the purchaser or purchasers, with
approved security, bearing interest from the
day of sale.
HERSCHEL F. LAMOTTE,
Assignee of Mortgage.
PA. Gorsuch, Auctioneer feb16 IS
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DOSTER PRINTING speciality at the
Il ADVOCATE Office.
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All Wool, Extra Su-
per, that has always
been sold at 65 and rs
cents. This season you
can buy them Of us for
only go cts. Some few
patterns so cts.
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MILLER BROS.

We have sold a great
many
CARPETS
the past two weeks, and
that is only the beginning
of the Immense Business
we expect to do this
month. Carpets are
very much cheaper this
season.
We are selling a near
ly all Wool Ingram Car
pet for 80 cts. per yard.
Last season was SO cts.
All Wool, Extra Su-
per, that has always
been sold at 65 and rs
cents. This season you
can buy them Of us for
only go cts. Some few
patterns SO cts.
The regular 35 and 40
cts. Ingram, you can
buy Of us this season
for Is cts.
Rag Carpets are not
reduced as much in pro-
portion as the Wool In
grains. But you can get
awful Big Bargains from
us. Perhaps you have
seen the Rag Carpet we
are selling for % cents,
and the one with Wool
in the Chain for 80 cts,
regular price so cents.
We sell F'rysinger &
Shultz's well known
makes.
We invite your inspec-
ton and guarantee to
save you money.
MILLER BROS
Popular Stores,
Opp. r. R. Depot,
mr. Westminster, Md.
RhDY
TO CUM TT OUR
GREAT BARGAIN SALE
ReSF SATURDAY. MARCH >, 1895. Is
items only.
seg 95
Extra wide Rleached table
damask, would he very chep at
Be3FH :i0c., cut to 22c. -
Extra hevy 10-4 sheeting,
Bleached. actual value 2:c.. cut
IN l6ac.
BSsg Al our Zoe. Shirtings cut tn SC. 4
Fruit of the Loom Muslin G4c.
Gud, ,hevy apron Gingham 2sc.
Nomore than yds. to person.
afF The best Shirting Prints. cut q
tn 33c, and any quantity [ want.
Gud sewing Cotton. warrented
200 yd. spOOls, lc.
EM Pins per paper lc. u
% Needles for lc.
The best Oil Cloth 12c.
Pint tin cups lc.
NE ljc. dust pans, cut IN Zoe IL
SPECIAL.
Any purchasing guds tn the
BEE@ amount Of so cents or over, ma Is
hay their choic 0v the folding
articles for lc.: Pie plate, jelly
plate, match safe, comb case,
Egg iron basting spoon or tin dipper. q
These prices for da only.
SATURDAY,, MARCH ,,
as@ 1895. q
NEW YORK BARGAIN
HOUSE,
RsE Department Store, q
"A W. Main street,
b6E WESTMINSTER, MD, q
feb23 T. W. MATHER.
CURETY BONDS
OF EVERY KIM
AMERICAN BANKING AND TRUS
COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE CITY.
n. w. Cor. Lexington and North Sts., oppc
site City Hall and Postoffice, Baltimore.
CaDital
Stockholders Liability. ........... 10000
Authorized Capital: :;......... 49,: 10000
John HUBNER, President.
JOSHUA HORNER, Vice-President.
JOHN T. STONE, Secretary Trea
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DY THE INSURANCE DEPART
ID MENT.

Statement showing the conditio" Of N"t"oi
Fire Insurance Company Of CdIT"H
CountV -W.. Derember 3Isi. 1891.
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IA LONG RIDE.

A EuropCAn' Omoer Rides Across Asia 81
g. Horseback.
Z In book intended to guide other
horsemen who may desire to initiate
him, Lieut.. Varges Of the Austro-Hun-
garian army has made public the details
Of his recent ride across India. He
rode one thousand two hundred miles in
ninety-four days, and crossed one hun
dred and twenty-four rivers, only three
Of which were bridged. His expenses
were little less than one hundred and
fifty dollars, Of which only forty-five
was for food for himself, his servant
and his horse. The total cost Of his trip
from his home and back was seven hun
dred and fifty dollars.
This inexpensiveness of his trip, as well
as the soundness of his health through
out it. Lieut.. Varges attributes to his
habit of eating only rice during his
journey on horseback. During the ride
he ate one hundred and ten pounds Of
rice, his servant seventy-fve pounds
and his horse eighty pounds. For the
first fourteen days tLieut. Varges ate
peppered rice; then for three weeks cur
ried rice. Between the fifth and the
ninth week he ate sugared rice. In the
tenth week the rice was sailed; in the
eleventh. unseasoned; in the twelfth.
sailed. peppered. curried and sugared.
For tourists in hot climates, Lieut..
Varges concludes. rice is the only proper
food which can be relied upon safely to
keep man and beast strong and active
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FOR THE DEFENSE OF LONDON.
Works Which Will Render Chatham NIL.
itary Depots InvuInerable.

Works Which Will Render Chatham NIL.
itary Depots InvuInerable.
The British war department has
made arrangements for having the
works in connection with the fortified.
tons at Chatham considerably ad-
vanced during the current year. The
chain of forts which for some wears
past have been under consideration in
the vicinity of Midway are intended
for the defense of the dockyard and
naval arsenal and the military depots
at Chatham and also of the approaches
to London. The expenditure has al
ready reached q total of many thou
sands Of pounds. and according to the
st. James Gazette it is estimated that
a further outlay of between 800, 900
and Sl50.000 will be necessary before
the works are completed. OF this sum
it is expected that $4,000 will be ex-
pended during the coming year-s45,-
900 on the eastern defenses aud S25, 900
on Darland fort. In both of these
cases there has been a large increase
in the amount of the original estimates.
1t was anticipated that the works in
connection with the eastern defenses
would cost S4S0,0OO. but owing to the
substitution of civil for convict labor
that sum has been raised to $3.50, 900.
The original estimate for the construc-
ton of Darland fort-SSO, OOO-was
also found insufficient, but up to the
present time the actual expenditure on
this particular fort has been only about
$4,000. When the system of fortifica-
ton is complete Chatham will be we'll
nigh invulnerable both by land and
water.
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SOME NOTED BEDS. e
Luxurious Couches on Which Vast IoS.
tunes We're LavIahed.

Luxurious Couches on Which Vast Ies.
tunes We're LavIshed.
To DIR. Graham, a Scotchman who
practiced medicine in London in the
latter part of the eighteenth century.
must be credited the invention OF the
most extraordinary bed ever made.
says the Upholsterer. 1t was finely
carved and gilded, covered with silk
damask. supported on twenty-eight
glass pillars and surmounted by gilded
canopy from which fell curtains OF
crimson silk. Graham pretended that
married couples who were childless
would cease to be SO after sleeping one
night in this bed. privilege for which
he charged one hundred pounds ster.
ling.
Every one has heard of Sarah Bern
hardt's curious bed, which is like no
other one to be seen in France or else
where. 1t is nearly fifteen feet broad,
and when the fascinating Sarah is in
disposed md receives her intimate
friends reposing on her couch she looks
like a red-plumaged bird floating on a
great sea of white satin.
The Empress Eugene was another
who declined to follow the conventional
idea in beds. Hers was raised SO little
above the floor of her bedroom as to
give at a hasty glance the impression
that she was sleeping on the carpet.
Ludwig Of Bavaria had the most ex.
pensive and luxurious bed known in
history. The bedstead was Of gilded
wood with orn aments of solid gold.
The canopy was Of blue velvet richly
embroidered with gold, and the bed.
spre I'D was made of embroidered velvet
with q heavy fringe of silk and gold. i,
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STRANGE SENSE OF DIRECTION



Nv hen living near NcOsho Falls
Kan, 4 neiyhhur. who WAS 4 market
bird hunter, west from there to western
Missouri for tn" purpose If hunting
quails and prairie chickens in the fall
Of the Year. SAYS 4 writer in Science
'ilr took with him a favuritc pointer
do. The route taken WAS Suuthward
some fifty miles to Parsons. Kan, bv
railroad thence nnrtheastward u Fort
Scott and on into Missouri. nearly due
east from the latter point. All went
very we'll for a fcw days after he began
hunting but by some means the dog
became los: from him. He spent two
days hunting il, and as it was no use u
try t. hunt without tho dog he went
home AMI there found the dog all right
According - the report of his family
the dog had reached there within TWO
days from III" time he had lost him,
and as the distance was more than
scventvtive miles it is quite certain
that the dog took 4 near cut for home
Now. il TIL, dog had ~ sense Of direc-
ton " hat had he that led him to take
what We may confidently believe to be
the straight and true course for home
when he had passed over the other two
sides of the triangle by rail? Who does
not know that cat, or even a half
grown kitten, taken Il long way from
home in bag, nearly always finds It's
way back? When living in northern
Michigan had a cat we tired OF. / took
her in boat directly across the lake.
about two miles. and turned her loose.
Although il was about six miles around
the end Of the lake. Il circuitous course,
and certainly one unknown "a her by
sight, the next morning she WAS back
al the old place. Another case is related
% me Of Il cat that was taken by rail
fully twenty miles in southwest Mis-
Souri,. and the next day he walked in oil
right 1T his former home"
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BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.
An Easy Matter TO Float on the
Surface of the Thick Water.

The Dead sea, or more properly the
Sal, sea, is also called in Scripture
the sea OF the Arabah in the ApOc-
rypha. the SOdomitish sea in the Tai
mudical books, SEA of salt and sea OF
SodOm. The name Dead sea seems to
have been first used in Greek, and the
Arabic name is Bar Lut, or the sea Of
Lot 1t has a length varying from 40
to &c miles and is only about three
miles across at its broadcast part.
From the analysis of the United
States expedition it appears that each
gallon Of the water, weighing IA
pounds, contains nearly 81 pounds g.
3l9) OF matter in solution, an i'm
mense quantity in view of the fact
that sea water, weighing l0i pounds
per gallon, contains less than one-half
pound. OF this 81 pounds nearly a
pound Is common salt Chloride OF
sodlum), about two pounds chloride OF
magnesium and less than one-half
pound chloride of calcium (muriate of
lime). There does not appear to be
anything about 1t inimical TO life, and
IHC stpiN vi ltttHt tOuIISt COIlllTfuS
this. He says:
AS for the Dead sea, it will, in con-
tradiction OF the name, forever pre-
serve green and living memory in
my mind. No fish can survive in it,
We all know, but for place for a
swim, or, above all, for II float. COM
mend me TO it beyond all the Winnie
pesaukees in the world. How it bears
you up in arms. How it annihilates
the tiressome ponderosity and dignity
of the laws OF gravitation. How it
introduces you into the inner con-
sciousness of dainty ariel and thistle
dom and all other airy, fairy creatures
The more you weigh the less you
weigh. There is the real hydrostatic
paradox. An elephant in the Dead
Sea would feel himself a gazelle. Then
what mirror its steely surface was
that morning, and how beautiful its
reflections of the mountains of Pales
tine on the one hand and OF Moab on
the otheru'
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A PEACEFUL NIGHT.
How . SQueamish Tourist Was Dsoeive<
On q steamer.

HOW . SQueamlsh Tourist Was Deceived
. steamer.
'Some people," said an old sea cap
tain the other day to London It'd Bits,
ARE afraid of sea sickness and hest.
tate to travel by water because Of this
fear. A friend of mine came on board
the steamer Plymouth the other even
ing in very happy frame of mind.
He had been troubled for long time
when Off Southampton by feeling of
nausea, but now he was positive that
he had found way to avoid it by
going to bed as soon as he came on
board and remaining there until he ar
rived at his destination.
''On this occasion he babe me a hur-
ried good night. climbed into his berth
and in a few minutes was fast asleep.
He slept like top until seven o'clock
the next morning, with never a qualm
of NAL de mer to disturb his slumbers.
He arose delighted, satisfied that he
had at last found a remedy for the dis
order which had caused him so muck
misery. He went down into the dim
ing-room and ate a hearty meal,
though somewhat surprised that SC
Few passengers were stirring. Gong
on deck with a satisfied look on his
face and toothpick in his mouth, he
met me.
Say, old man. he exclaimed, that
sleeping racket of mine worked like a
charm. Never had q touch Of it all
night
Il smiled.
What are you grinning for?' he
asked. in surprise.
"'Because.' answered, the Plymouth
has been tied to her dock all night.
She has not moved foot. There was
something the matter with her ma
chinery and we had to transfer the
passengers. No one suspected that a
| man would go to bed at six o'clock, and
SO you were overlooked in the trans
fer"
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WANDERING WAITER S.
chey Earn Two or Three Salaries . d
at DifYercnt Restaurants

chey Earn Two or Three Salaries . Dsy
at Different Restaurants.
Many of the walters in the first-class
restaurants of New York have short
Iours, and are therefore able to work in
everal places. For instance, says the
New York Sun, an ambitious waiter,
who is employed only for breakfasts
Ind luncheons in one restaurant, can
EASILY enough serve the dinner in an
other. The walters in some restau-
;ants, where the dinners are served
early, are even able to work in others
where the dinner is kept going until q
late hour.
An experience of well-known play
wright recently suggests some ludicrous
possibilities. He has been in the habit
Of dining at Delmonico's, and was al
ways served tby the same waiter. A
few weeks ago he decided to try some
of the odd restaurants in the French
quarter. One night he went to a cheap
table d'hote at an unusually late hour.
To his great surprise he found the Del
monico waiter serving meals at thil
place also. The waiter was equally
aStOniShed.
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SACRED FISH.
Strange Superstition Of the Moslems OF
-. Tripoli.

A Strange Superstition Of the Moslems OF
-. - Tripoli.
Near Tripoli the Moslems have erect
ed large. high building. with snow
white dome, near the pond and tree
known in occult literature as the Pond
and Tree of the Sacred Fish" The
building itself has title equally a.
high-sounding as the pond and the tree,
being known throughout northern
Africa as The Palace of the Sacred
Fish" The fish, which are kept in q
clear pool in the rear Of the building,
much resemble common dace or club,
but the old sheik who has charge of
them says that they are really the re-
animated souls Of departed Moslems of
high renown. One. large black fish,
the king of these piscatorial oddities. il
said to seldom show himself, but the
Others may be seen in thousands. The
old sheik, who must be of a theosoph-
ical turn Of mind, says that during the
Crimean war many of the older fishes
went off under the sea to Sebastopol to
fight the Russians, and that hundreds of
them came back badly wounded. The
people of Tripoli believe that anyone
SO indiscreet as to eat one Of these fish
would instantly die horrible death.
This superstition has been rife for years.
AS long ago as 1856 DIR. Jessup, the
American consul at Tripoli, caught
some Of them and cooked and ate them.
He pronounced them as coarse and un-
palatable food; otherwise unharmful. 4
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Saved by Their Good Grin

A thrilling incident occurred near St
Clair. Pa, the other morning involving
the lives of two men. When the morn.
ing train from Shenandoah was ap-
preaching the ninety-feet high trestle
Of the Pennsylvania railroad. a mile
above that place. alta high rate Of speed
the engineer was Mortified at discover
ing two men ahead in the center of the
structure. 1t was too late to stop the
train, and as there is but a single track
and no sidewalk the engineer, after re
versing his engine, closed his eyes tc
shut out the sight Of two human beings
hurled into space. The train reached
the west side of the trestle before il
stopped, when the two men, supposed
to have been thrown into the ravine be.
low, were seen walking along the trest.
ling. They escaped death by hanging
from the spans which the trains passed
over