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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-10

John E. ECRENRODE.
NtNUFACTrRER ~
COACHES. CARRIAGES, JAEGER WAG-
ONS. BUGGIES. PHKrONS. &C.
&C. &C.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-10
EERTrLIzER FOR THE FARMER.

CHARLES II. VANDERFORD.
ang3 Il Secretary Westminster Branch.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-10

to Fnnes but early money
in We bought early and viii sell
hem for than the the Mills today
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

The General Federation of Women.s
Clubs and the State federations that
are doing so much to acquaint Ameri.
can women with what is being done
by their sisters in various lines of
work, lave yet to be introduced into
England, says the New York Post,
where countless individual enterprises
exist, having little or no knowledge of
each other, and lacking the strength
and knowledge that come from union
and a comparison of ways aud means.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
Hunting the Moose.

Thanks to the fact that the moose Is
rather solitary in his habits, quick
witted, and keen of eye, ear and nos
tril III detecting danger, he is not
destined to be exterminated so easily
as the more stupid bison, caribou and
elk. Rarely, indeed, does the hunter
find more than n family of moose
together, even III the dead of winter,
when they "yard up" in II given
locality for days or weeks ut time.
BY reason of his great size, his
savory flesh, his much-prized head,
and the difficulty of killing him, this
animal has always been very attractive
to sportsmen and naturalists, and pot.
hunters also. As a result, our leading
scientific museums now possess more
and finer mounted specimens of this
species than of any other large gams
animal of America except the bison,
The museums of Washington, New
York and the University OF Kansas
possess magnificent groups that are
lasting monuments to the greatness ol
Alces Americanus, aud credit to our
coun try besides. st. Nicholas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

a few years ago most of the maudo-
llns, guitars, harps and other similar
instruments sold in this country were
manufactured abroad by hand. One
factory in Chicago last year turned
out $4,000 bauios, as many or more
guitars and 1000 mandolins. The
same concern also makes harrs, and
makes them with many mechanical
Improvement over the old style of i'm
ported instruments. They are said in
the New York Sun, to excel greatly the
foreign instruments in every respect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
Rescued sold Puts" Piow,

When the news came into Connec ti-
cut that the British soldiers had fired
the shot heard "around the world"
Israel Putnam was plowing in stony
field in his farm in Pomfret. The
plow vanished from the unfinished
furrow and from history, then and
there, when "Old Put" took up arms
for his country.
1t was rescued from Windham
County barn loft a short time ago and
bought for song by Z. A. Brooks, an
enthusiastic relic hunter of Hartford,
Conn. 1t now occupies ali honored
position among his collection of Gu
riosities. The Putnam plow is a
pretty tough looking relic, but tits in
tact in all its parts. 1t is interesting
and valuable, aside from its associa-
tions, in that it is capital type of the
plow used in New England during the
colonial period.
Mr.. Brooks has also secured wrin-
kled old image of Bacchus, the Oldest
in the country, under whose benign
countenance travellers found enter
tainment in the old Stamford Tavern,
in Whitman town, Conn, in the sew
enteenth century. The figure was
carved from a log of pine by British
prisoners in Winaham Jail in 1886. -
New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

Seattle, whose ambition is to be
"the Chicago of the Northwest, " has
begun II $7,oO0,000 waterway known
as the Puget Sonnd and Lake Wash.
inston Ship Canal, The project has
been under consideration forty years,
and it starts with local subscription
Of $500, 600. The canal is only about
four miles long, states the New York
Sun, but it has to cat through couple
OF hills; and since, also, it is to be
eighty feet wide al the bottom and
twenty-six feet deep at low tide, it
becomes no little of an undertaking,
Lake Washington, which is twenty
miles long, by from three to five
broad, and from fifty to seyeuty-dve
feet deep, will then form a new fresh.
water haven for ships.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
Bought His Own Furniture,

An amusing story is told of n gen.
tleman living in London. As the
anecdote goes, it seems that he had n
passion for the purchase OF second
hand furniture at auctions, and that
in making "good bargains" he had
filed his house with antiquated and
almost useless articles. Upon one &C.
casiou his wife took heresponsibility,
without consulting her husband, to
have portion of the least useful of
the pieces removed to an auctionroom
to be sold. Great was her dismay
when, on the evening of the day of
the sale, the majority of the articles
came back TO the house. The hus-
band had stumbled into the auction.
room, and, not knowing his own
furniture, had purchased it at better
bargain than at first. -Harper's Round
Table.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
Tie Avalanche.

The guide gave the word to leave
the channel OF leo an take to tho
rocks on the side, for SNOWFALL or
two had rolled down from above, AMI
he was afraid more might follow.
Scarcely had we got out of our trough
and up on the crags, when down came
an avalanche with Il vengeance, and
we were within twenty feet of tre'
mendous discharge OF thousands OF
tons of snow and ice, which swept dowl
the track that we had just assembled.
We were perfectly safe, but somehow
the half hiss, half roar remained il
my enrs for some time; and for many
nights afterward, when indigestible
suppers produced evil dreams. the ava.
lanche was sure to figure in them. -
Blackwood's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
Largest Elk on Record.

The largest elk of which | have an
authentic record was formerly owned
by Mr.. G. r. Mckenzie, of Sullivan
County, New York, and kept in his
park until it had to be killed for VIC
iousness. 1t measured as follows:
Length of head and body, feet 8
inches; tail, s. inches; height at the
shoulders, 5 feet 4 inches. | am glad
to be able to add that its skin is now
in the possession of the American
Museum of Natural History, and will
soon be mounted by Mr.. Rowley-
which guarantees the quality of the
finished specimen. The weight of that
animal could scarcely have been less
than 1000 pounds, but the weight of q
full-grown elk sometimes is as little as
400 pounds. st, Nicholas,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

owns third. While he is somewhat
of a society man, Cornelius Wander
bilt does not care for that kind of life,
except for the pleasure it gives his
family. He finds most pleasure in the
quiet of his library. He wants to be
left severely alone. He enjoys par
ticularly months walk in the Swiss
Tyrol or vacation in The wilderness
of the Norwegian forests.
Woh Qua, the great Canton tea
merchant, has a fortune estimated at
hundred millions. For years the trade
in tea has been centered in him. From
the smallest settlement in Maine to
the largest capital in Europe, tea is
everywhere daily beverage. Whether
it comes by caravan across Siberia or
by boat around the Horn and Cape OF
Good Hope, it is us much a necessity
as bread. Years ago Woh Qua, who
had worked himself up in the firm
with which he was connected, looked
ahead fifty years and saw the vast pos
sibillties of the business. He lives in
n magnificent villa on the edge of
Canton an entertains persons OF all
Nationalitles. A good share OF his
money, like part of the fortune OF Lii
Hung Chang, is invested abroad. His
vessels are numbered by the thousand,
and as matter of fact he commands
more ships than the Admiral of any
principality.
There are, OF course, other great in
dividual fortunes, such as those OF
Baron Hirsch, the Astors and the
Rothschiids. The two latter, however,
are jointly owned by half dozen
members of the family, and while the
sum itself is great, it would not make
each member as rich as either OF the
six men mentioned above if it ere
to be apportioned among them. N eN
York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

The following is from the report Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission:
During the year 1928 railway EN-.
ployes were killed and %, 1872 were in.
jured, as compared with 2727 killed
and 81, 729 injured in 1898. This
marked decrease in casualty is in part
due to the decrease in the number OF
men employed, and the decrease in
the volume of business handled, Tho
increased use OF automatic appliances
on railway equipment also NAV have
rendered railway employment less
dangerous, and it may be that the
grade of efficiency OF employees has
been raised. The number Of pagsep.
gers killed was 32f, an increase of
twenty-five, and the number injured
was 1904, decrease of 19J. OF the
total number of fatal casualties to
railway employees, 25l were due to
coupling and uncoupling cars, 43D TO
falling from trains and engines, fifty
to overhead distractions, 1l3 to col
lisions, los to derailments and the
balance to various other causes not
easily classified. To show the ratio of
casualty it may be stated that one
cmploye was killed out of every 42S in
service and one injured out of every
thirty-three employed. The trainmen
perform the most dangerous service,
one out of every l5G employed having
been killed mud one out of every
twelve having been injured. The
ratio of casualty to passengers is in
striking contrast to that OF railway
employees, one passenger having been
killed out OF each 1,9l2, 61S carried,
or for each Al, 1903, 21S miles Travelled
and one injured out OF each 20I,24s
carried, or for each 4,709, III miles
Travelled. A distribution of accidents
20 the territorial groups exhibits the
diversity in the relative safety of rail.
way employment and of railway travel
in the different sections Of the coun-
try,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

sum that should secure us home. My
father? Yes, more than my father. "
The old man became to tremble. He
went close to the girl and peered into
her eyes.
Found you," he said. "Took you
from your mother at sea-
"What do you care for all this ?"
said the girl. "But I will tell. He
was but common sailor. He had
neither money nor friends. With
the steamer Catharine he lost his lit
| tie all"
"The steamer Catharine p cried the
old man.
She went on as though she had not
heard him:
But in his poverty he cared for
me. We were picked up by vessel
outward bound and went to France.
There he left me with a peasant wo-
man for four years. He had me
taught. At last we came here. Al.
ways he thought of me-always, even
when he wanted bread he would not
let me sell little trinket which he
hoped would some day proved my
Identity"
"Let me see it p cried Hiram
Hiram had clasped the necklace
with its golden cross to his lips, and
said:
"My daughter my daughter God
has given me my daughter" !"
He held his arms toward her.
"Keep that man away !" she said.
"But you are my child--I am your
father. This necklace was about my
baby's neck. My wife was your
mother. She sailed with you on board
the steamer Catharine twenty years
ago, and was lost. A sailor saved you.
Jim :! jim Yes, that mans name was
James. Oh, my daughter, come to
me" Once more he advanced.
But she again flung him off. eff
you are right" she said, 81 hate my
self for being your child. There lies
my real father. / loved him, he loved
me, He cared for me all the days of
his life, and you, you murdered him.
| hate you ~
"But my money - faltered Hiram.
at is all yours-all saved for you"
"Your money and you are alike ac-
cursed" said the girl. 'Leave me
alone"
Hiram turned from her and de.
parted. He went STRAIGHT home and
to the room he had SO long kept in
gorgeous solitude for his lost child.
There he locked himself in. Twenty
four hours later some one who had
been alarmed by his strange manner
and long silence broke it open. Some
thing horrible dangled from great
spike by which a picture had been up
held. TO it Hiram Basset had hung
himself
His daughter had even then no pity
for him. Nor would she have willing
ly touched his money, but his agent
was too shrewd a lawyer to miss his
own fees. Almost perforce the prop
erty which Hiram had amassed be-
came that of the daughter who had
begged in vain for mercy at his h ands
for the old sailor who had saved her
life. New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

Among various other reasons for
the decline of the reading habit, NJ.
Gin, French expert, mentions the
bicycle fever, which has also injured
the business Of the theatres, cafes.
etc. the quantity OF reading matter
furnished by the newspapers; the ex.
cessive production OF books, many of
which are published for account of
the authors, who are usually out of
pocket by the venture. The booksell-
ers have endeavored to arrest the de-
cline OF their business by forming a
syndicate, which has entered into ne
sotlations with the publishers syndi.
cate with view to fixing uniform
prices and trade discounts, and cut
ting off the supplies of dealers who
undersell. This measure was princi
pally aimed at the large department
or dry goods establishments, which
have taken over booksolling and Oh.
tain extra discounts by buying large
quantities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
WISE WORDS.

What man has done, woman thinks
she can do.
Melody is the soul OF music, while
harmony is its mind.
A pretty woman is the prettiest
thing on earth-to the eye.
The more bachelor thinks Of matri
mony the less of it he does.
A pair of soft brown eyes in n mans
heart makes him blind all over.
Faith in men and things is one oI
manklnd's slipperiest possessions.
A wife may easily love hersel,
enough to make her husband unhappy.
Love is tue great inexplicable, and
marriage sometimes makes 1t more SO.
Strong action eau issue only from
strong faith. Only out of certainty
comes power.
Sorrow herself will reveal one day
that she was only the beneficient
shadow of Joy.
When II man is no longer able to do
harm, he becomes possessed of an am
bition to do good.
You will not learn anything il you
ale not curious, and people will not
like you if you are.
The honeymoon has waned when
the bride stops telling things, and be.
gins to ask questions.
IT is harder work holding back when
one starts going down the hill than ii
is to get up when one starts going up.
Women are safer i'll perilous situa-
tions and emergencies than men, and
might be still more SO if they trusted
themselves more confdingly to the
chivalry of manhood.
It IS good to know that he who
makes nobler life possible by any con,
scious work of his, for other people
therein lives nobly himself, not merely
in their lives, but in his own.
1t IS not our fortune in life, our sor.
row, or our Joy; it is the explanation
which we give of it ourselves, the
depth to which we can see down into
it that make: our lives significant or
insignificant to us.
go do what we ought to DO is an al
together higher, diviner, more potent,
more creative thing than to write the
grandest poem, paint the most beautl'
ful picture, carve the mightieRt statue
or dream out the most enchanting
commotion OF melody and harmony.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
THE UNEXPECTED.

The landlord presents his bill to the
traveller. The latter looks at the sum
total and prepares to pay without de-
mur.
Mine host, stupefied at this unwonted
promptitude On the part of guest,
stammers out:
"Beg your pardon, sir, will you let
me have another look at the bill? 1
must have omitted something.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

A Princess, a Countess, Duchess
and the daughter Of Il reigning Prince
were among the 1000 thieves, profess
sionnl and uuprofessional arrested in
Paris during the first six months of
the year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
THE LAND OF LOVE.

Low is a precinct, not a god
Starlit and paved with lower-sown sod
Love is a maze, whose iugress lies
Secret from all but lovers eyes.
Love is cline transGcurel Oft
Storm. calm, fierce blasts and airs most soft
And binding, battling mist, that rise
Yelling lowered lawns and starry skies.
Mrs, Fuller Maitland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
AT A LEGATION RECEPTION.

Miss Fuller-"Wheu our Americans
go to China they build railroads, start
live enterprises, and are of great bene-
fit to your country. When China
man comes here he is content to open
laundry. How do you account fer
it?"
Mandarin Hit Rice -"Melicans need
hleep more cleaning. "-Les!ie's
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

Mr.. Billus had bought new piano.
A lusty fellow with red hair was as
sisting in carrying the instrument
into the house, when Mr.. Billus thus
addressed him.
"What pity it is, Lally, that you
and I were not born rich instead of
handsome"
excuse me, sor, replied Lally,
taking good look at him, "but |
think we were hate on both. Chi.
cago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

Fond Parent-''Bobby, did you pick
all the white meat off this chicken"
Bobby-"Well, pop, to make clean
breast of it, did"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

The Bicycle Face-Those Gentle Crea-
es-Sufficient Cause Why He
Did It-A Touchy Point, Etc, Etc.
"Ah, me, what perils do environ ,
The man who NEEDLES with cold ironi
/ started on my flying wheel,
The flush of exercise to feel,
When, discontented with its load
1t scattered me along the road.
And though lit on every place,
The most of it was on my face.
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
HIS OBJECT IN SPEAKING.

He-"Miss Perrymead, while may
not be the man of your choice at this
moment, yet venture to hopc-"
She-"I can only be sister -"
"As I was saying. Miss Perrymead,
while / may not be your choice, l
don't want you to forget me when the
time comes for you to look for q
chance instead of a choice. - Indian
apolis journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
THE TROUBLE WITH HIM.

''Rising nicely. amt he, mammal
Jimmy! What on earth have you
been doing with Fido?'
Hes just ct three yeast cakes and
drunk pan of sour milk. Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
ONE OF THE COMMON HERD.

Mrs. De Style-"I an afraid that
young man who called on you last
evening is not accustomed to good So
ciety."
Daughter "Why, mother?"
Mrs. De Style-"Whenever he
speaks, he says something. New
York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
ToMMY's LOGIC.

Mr.. Bliss-"No, Tommy, You can
not have any more cake. Don't you
know it is very wrong to ask the sec.
ond time for anything?"
Tommy Bliss-"You did it, papa. "
Mr.. Bliss--'I did it, Tommy Why,
what do you mean?"
Tommy Bliss" why, mammals
your second wife. "-Yonkers States
man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
SUFFICIENT CAUSE.

Daughter-"Papa went away in
very good spirits this morning"
Mother" Good gracious! Thatre-
minds me that 1 forgot to ask him for
some money!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
A TOUCHY POINT.

lie tpleadingly)-"Why can't we bc
married."
She (coyly)-"Oh, I can't bear to
leave father alone just yet. y
He (earnestly)-"But, my darling,
he has had you such long, long time?"
She (freezingly)-"Sir ~" Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
A MlSER'S RETRIBUTION,

HE steamer Cathar
inc, Captain Hap
worth, bad been
wrecked in mid
oceaD. And now
the captain, worn
and wan and re.
morseful, as though
he had not done
all that living man
could do TO save
ship and those
upon her, stood in
t h G company's S
office, and talked
with Hiram Basset,
even more worn,
more grieved, and
more remor5eful
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
THOSE GENTLE CREATURES.

Miss Oldum (playfullyl-'I'm older
than you think l am."
Miss Caustique-'I doubt it,
Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
HIS ANGEL.

"What is that, dear?" the young
husband asked.
angel food" said she, sweetly.
'I-I guess you better eat it your
self. You are the only angel in the
house"
And he helped himself literally to
the bread and beef. indianapolis
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

"Odd about that killing of Smedly,
wasn't it?"
81 hadn't heard"
eyes; took out $4,000 policy only
last week and yesterday was shot and
killed"
"Well, some fellows were born
lucky-l've been paying premiums for
twenty-five years. Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

II see they are introducing an army
musket which is said to be very dead
ly."
''Yes, it is SO constructed that no.
body can tell ii it is loaded or not. "
.--Detroit Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

Electric light is 10 be introduced in
Basle, Switzerland, at the expense of
the Government.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21
THE SIX RICH HEST MEN.
HOW THEY MADE FORTUNES AG.
GREGATING OVER 81 100000, 900.
LII Hung Chang on Top With $500
,OOo-Nings of Oil, Real Es.
tate, Nitrate and Tea.

XoTHO are the richest men in
W. the world? 1t is doubtful
Y Y whether one person in a
hundred could answer
this question ff.hand. Certainly few
would put at the top the name OF Lii
Hung Chang, the great Chancellor of
the Chinese Empire, yet that is where
he belongs. After careful search and
investigation, the Sunday World has
arrived at the following list, which
may be accepted as authentic: