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The Lamar register., 1897-08-07
DRINKING .N MANY Acss.
As intervening Leesure ON the ul.,ors
of Alcohol.

An Interesting Leeture on the uistor3
of Alcohol.
A lecturer who was speaking On
TIE History of Aleohoir began by sx-
planning the universal prevalence az
stimulAnts or narcotic drugs as show
ing the universal craving OF mankind
for something TO hide the trials and
troubles OF life He spoke briefly
about the early beverages OF the aa-
cient Hindoos and Chinese. and then
Illustrated the drinking habit OF the
ancient Egyptians with q curious coli
lection OF lantern slides. The habits
and customs ot aneien, Greece came
next. and the worship OF the great god
Dionysas. or Bacchus, was illustrated
by some splendid photographs Of vases.
statues and has-reliefs- Their wine
was drunk diluted. never stronger than
halt water and frequently with two
fear and even atteen parts OF the
nilder fluid. Mention was made Of the
curious nature Of their wines. the at-
mixture OF honey and spices. OF resin
and turpentine. even salt water. and
the question OF sermented and unfer-
neated wines among them and the
ancient Hebrews The use CT wine
among the more hardy and less civil
liEed Mzcedonians was less refined Not
the exploits OF Philip and his son Alex
andsr rivaled the tales told by the mos;
ardent prohihitionists. Al the feast
given by Alexander at the tomb Of
CyrGs prize was offered for the bold
est drtnker and the victor. PromAehRs.
credited with fourteen quarts Of wine
died In three days tine from the e.
fects Of hts dehauch. along with some
fifty Of his competitors Early Rome
was described as painfully temperate
especially for the fair sex. who were
sentenced to death Tor toRehins wins
II was sad 10 hear tina; kissing on the
mouth was invented By the Roman
husband 10 test his wite's abstinence
from the wine rzSk Later. ho~svsr
after Greece and the eas; we're con
gpered. vine flowed freely and the ear
ly republicans We'd with the suhjecta
Of the early enperors in gross And uE-
br1ei~d drunkenness The capacity ~
the Roman must have been consider
able, for a Citizen was kniEhtet By The
emperor Ciau6ius under the title %
Trieoagfus. Or -three- gallon uaAn"
such having been a simple drxuEht q
his New England came IN for touch
BY the lecturer It was somewhat sur
prisiuE 10 hear that. Ia the arst call
for supplies sent home by the Ply
mouth hzy coloaists. the famous appeal
headed BY "mtnisters there were.
along with the requests for barley. rye
and wheat for Sod. and stores ot fruit
trees. petition for -.vyns plAnters-
and for -hop-rooses. The ninls;sr.
Mr.. Higginson. was duly sent in ISIS,
and his ship was furnished witA forty
.re tuns essre. two tuns eAnarfe.
twenty gallons aqua vitae" and oniy
six tons og water, The texture closed
WITH shor; description OF the las;
century characterized by the growth
and development Of the temperance
movement
The Lamar register., 1897-08-07
A BrItI.h ss.npese.

Mrs. Bradley Martin looked up from
the hRSe hamper of visiting cards tha,
the footmza had just hroaxht up. VIC
torta Regina she nussa What ar
odd nansl Where have heard 1t b.
fore? The card has a crest. though
and nay look her Up some tine.
She turped again 10 her task with the
remark that she wished people
wouldn't be in such indeuorogs haste 10
meet her.-New York Press
The Lamar register., 1897-08-07
Ho, MIX As Nutrsnsnt-It any one

Hot MIX As NutrsnsnL-If any oas
doubts the no1rishias properties Of
rank. let iezt be made o. the folioE-
ing preparation Of H. whsn very
weary or weak from exhaustion, heat
some milk % the sezldlng point uatn
a thin ska begins TO wrinkle upon the
surface. and then drink ~ as hot as
pusslbls. Il rstreshss almost Instantly.
and restores the exhausted vitality to q
surprising extent AZ scou as Il is taken
II Is more nutritious thza any Of The
beef teas made from meat extracts Ur
even trun fresh beef-EL
The Lamar register., 1897-08-07

The older 5 man gets. the more Of :
fool he thinks boy Is.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
Hail and Rain Storms in Spain.
India S Earthquake.

CALcCTTA, June lG.-Further reports of the des-
truction caused by the earthquake of last Saturday
show that great damage was done at Dacea. Jamal-
tur and Murshidabad. At the latter place the
Nawab had miraculous escape
Great injury has been done to the tea plantations
of Assam, Cachar and Duaro. number of factories
and machine houses have been wrecked at the
three places named. At Krishnagar, Mymendingh
and Silkot all the courts and treasures have been
demolished
Itis expected that the Jubilee illuminatons will
be abandoned, and that the money which it was
proposed TO expend upon them viii be devoted TO
relieving the distress of the earthquake sufferers.
Terrible reports are coming in from Assam. AT
Shiong everything has been leveled to the ground.
An inspector of prisons has been killed and there
have been many deaths in the public offices, in the
military inesand the bazaar. No further details are
obtainable.
The official records have been buried at Gauhati,
where the roads are now crossed by wide chasms.
The railroad has vanished in that vicinity and at
Goaipara tidal wave has destroyed the bazaar
and all the other buildings and the neighboring
country is covered with fssures, which are squirt
ing mud and sand.
Numbers of buildings have been destroyed at
Dhubri, where the river bank has subsided, food
ing the country and running the crops.
There has been heavy loss of life at Goalpara and
Dhubri estimated at 5000
Several of the shaken districts have not been
heard FROM but isolated roads have been broken
mp By ssures bridges have been destroyed, and the
telegraph lines have been broken down almost
throughout Assam.
CALCUTTA. June 1s.-Almost the whole of the
province of Assam has been devastated by the
earthquake The ruin is appalling. The courts
treasures ails and hospitals have collapsed. The
crops are mostly ruined and great scarcity of food
is expected All traffic is difficult as num-
bers of the roads have been completely demolished.
Earthquake shocks still continue 10 be felt in the
province OF Assam and much alarm is felt, especi-
ally as renewed shocks are reported from various
places in Bengal. Heavy rains are immensely in
creasng the damage.
BOMBAY, June lS.-The monsoon has fully burst
and il is raining heavily and continuously.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26

land, the news was given exclusively to the
same paper; likewise the suspension of Police
Justice Wood; likewise the appointment of
Justice Leech to succeed the late Justice
Clark; likewise the appointment of George
G. Merrick to the judicial bench In the lat
ter case the course of Governor Lowndes was
especially fragrant, as the correspondents of
other publications were positively refused the
information which had been vouchsafed to
the favorite organ.
1t would be superiluous to add that when
the Governor made up his mind to be can
didate for the United States Senatorship he
selected the same medium through which to
post his announcement To this, however.
no valid objection could be urged, as Mr.
Lowndes aspirations are his own, and it is
MS individual privilege to advertise them after
his own manner.
The subserviency of an exalted public off
eial, either to a supposedly influential news
paper or to a potential iunta of politicians, is
always sorry spectacle, and we can only
dwell upon it with pain. We would vastly
prefer to contemplate the heroic figure of a
Governor who looked out over the whole peo-
pie and the whole press Of the State Of Mari
land as a body corporate to whom he owed
common responsibility which he dared to dis
charge.
But the Morning Herald represents vast
constituency in this city and State, and in
the interest of tens of thousands of readers,
however disagreeabe the duty may be, we
beg leave to enter an indignant protest.
Governor Lowndes has no right to degrade
the high Office which he holds by becoming a
purveyor of news for any single publication.
His official acts are public property, and the
whole public is entitled to the knowledge
thereof, fully and simultaneously.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
NEGROES FOR THE LEGIS-
LATURE.
An Agreement Made to Nominate
One Colored Man in Each Legis-
lative District in Baltimore
for the House of Delegates.
The Colored Men Demand two Places
on the Legislative Ticket.
Baltimore Herald June 20.

.'The result of the conference held at Mr..
George r. Gathers office on Thursday night
last between the leaders Of the Malster faction
and the negro leaders, said a well-known
colored Republican yesterday, was by no
means satisfactory to a large number of our
race present Mr.. Gather, Major Hancock
and Charles i. Wilson guaranteed that one
coored man should go on tie Malster ticket
from each of the Legislative district of Balti
more City, This would be done to satisfy the
$1,000 colored voters and bring harmony in
the ranks. The Rev. DR.. P. H. A. Braxton,
Lawyer Geo. NJ. Lane, John G. Green and
others present claimed that the colored peo-
pie demanded recognition all down the line,
in every department of the city and State,
lust the same as all other Republicans are
accorded.
''The old antiquated doctrine was then ad-
vanced by Mr.. Gather that they must go slow;
that the child mast advance step by step be-
fore it could stand, and so the colored voter
would have to do, as not to infringe upon
public opinion, whereupon Mr.. Lane asked
Mr.. Gather if colored citizens did not help to
make up public opinion.
''Maior Hancock said he was an original
Republican, and fought to free the colored
people from slavery These remarks were
an insult to the colored men present, for they
nothing % % abont slavery except political slavery;
that tbev came TO the conference as men, and
nnt 70 he tsiiled to as children nor TO be in.
snIted With sncb iononaoe Messrs. Brayton.
lane and Green abiy defended the rights Of
the colored neonie, and. with am unsparing
hand denounced the unjust political ostracsm
70 which they we're subjected by the Repub.
lican party in the State, saying that Yelling
ton and Lowndes were the chief causes of it
ored ore, voters The simnie offer TO pnt one
olionad ,o,, on, ti,o t;ot,at fro,, oocb Tac;sto.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
How the House Does Business.
From Chicago Record. Ind.

From Chicago RECORD, lnd.
Il is with pleasure and profit that many persons
both in and out of politics will read the Hon.
Thomas b. Reeds article on Glow the House Does
Business" Mr. Reed recounts the difficulties which
wait upon legislation, and shows how it came
about that out of II1l4 bills introduced into
tain Congress only a few more than 800 passed 1t
is evident from this, however, that Mr.. Reed is
generalizing ard does not mean his remarks 10 ap-
ply to the session now pending. 1t is to complete
this deficiency that observers of the present Congress
will be glad fill out in detail the description Of
chow the House is doing business" Reduced TO
the form of programme, this is the method as now
generally understood:
Monday morning. House eonvenes.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Cuban resolution introduced by Mr. Bailey, of
Texas.
House adjourns until Wednesday.
Wednesday morning. House conyenes.
Prayer by chaplain.
Cuban resolution demanded by Mr. Bailey, of
Texas.
Member asks Mr. Reed when he Is going 10 ap-
point committees.
House adjourns until Friday.
Friday morning. House eonvenes
Prayer by the chaplain.
Mr. Bailey. of Texas demands freedom for Cuba.
Speaker sits down on fresh Congressman for re-
mark about committees.
House adiourns until Monday.
Monday morning. House eonyenes.
Prayer by chaplain.
House adjourns until Friday OF next week
And so on.
Mr. Reeds article is very valuable, but it lacks
the concise form which would enable the mass of
the common people to understand just what is hap
pening in his branch of Congress
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
Mr.. Lowndes, Purveyor Of Late In
telligence.
Baltimore Herald, June 10.


The public officer who suppresses official
news, or who surreptitiously keyholes it out
to one newspaper to the exclusion of others,
is guilty of moral offense which should justly
subject him to popular condemnation.
When man is elevated TO position of
trust by the suffrages of the people he becomes
a servant of the people, and not OF part
thereof ANY effort of his to serve one ele
ment of the population at the expense of
another Stamps him, to say the least, as a
person possessed of a contracted sense of his
obligation to the great body of the voters to
whom he owes his distinction.
Otherwise he must be adjudged TO be a
woud-be sharp intriguer, with that sort OF
cunning which prompts him TO do everything
cnly with view of forwarding his personal
ambition in the direction of his own future
preferment.
We are led to this reflection by reason of
the fact that on Thursday last Governor
Lowndes gave to one paper exclusively the
information that he had removed from office
Mr.. James J. Naylor, Inspector of Number
Three State Tobacco Warehouse, and had
appointed as his successor, Mr.. John ID.
Gather.
This information was important, and the
whole public was entitled to be apprised Of it
at once. and not merely that segment repre-
sented by the publication to which this unfair
privilege was accorded
The reprehensibility of Governor Lowndes
conduct in this instance was greatly magnifed
by the circumstance that the reporters of
other papers were on the lookout as to this
particular office, and had, on the very day
of the giving out of the news, interrogated the
Governor and his Secretary of State on the
subject. They were put off with the declara
ton that nothing had been done, though, un-
doubtedly at that very moment the removal
had been determined upon if not actually
made.
OF course only one act of this kind is sufli-
cently malodrous to evoke a warranted criti-
cism of the Governors warped conception Of
his public responsibilities, but we regret to
say that there are others.
In the matter of the commutation of the
sentence of the murderer, Homer, at Cumber-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
CYCLONE IN FRANCE.

PARIS, June 18.-A cyclone swept over
the villages of Bezons and Colombus, near
this city, this afternoon. Houses col
lapsed, trees were torn up, telegraph wires
were broken, several people injured and
much general damage was DONE
AT Asnieres the cyclone worked havoc
Three persons were killed and twenty sen-
ously injured.
At the time the cyclone struck Asnieres
a fair was in progress Everything was
literally demolished Two hundred trees
were uprooted The roof of Colgnet'
frework factory was blown off; tall chin
ney was blown down and the boiler ex-
ploded, killing several persons and iniuring
fifteen.
It is reported that five persons were
killed in a cafe, In every direction houses
and ether buildings were more or less
seriously damaged.
1t is estimated that throughout the dis
trict over which the cyclone moved at
least twenty persons were killed and ninety
injured
Tie whole garrison at Courbevoie, about
five miles northwest of Paris, went at
double quick pace to Asnieres, after the
disaster, where the scene is now one of
widespread and appalling desolation. Eve
ry booth, van and merry round in the
fair was smashed, and the circular railway
was ruined.
In the distance the cyclone presented
the appearance of cloud of smeke going
from the southwest to northeast Roofs
were seen flying in the air like kites. A
Maypole, Is yards long, was carried over
the tops of houses contiguous to the fair
grounds.
Ambulances and forty carriages are now
searching for the dead and wounded. The
people are completely dazed, and women
and children can be seen sitting weeping
upon the doorsteps
Considerable damage was also done at
ST. Denis.
Hail and Rain Storms in Spain.
MADRID, June lS-Violent hail and
rain storms have swept the province Of
Sagovia. in the old CASTLE district Crops
have been ruined. houses have been flooded
and cattle and goods have been carried
away by the floods The people are panic
stricken
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
Republican Discomfort.
Centreville Observer.


The recent exposure of Republican parti-
san trickery has caused that party 10 finch
with very perceptible discomfort. When the
Democratic rural press inserted the surgical
knife of truth it caused an abundance of
vicious blood to flow from the corpus of the
Republican party. Republicans and their
coadiutors disclaim all knowledge OF their
election deceptions; but their disclaimers are
not accepted by the people as being reliable.
There is one fact most certain and that fact
is beyond denial and that fact is the fact that
Republicans constructed the new election law.
They constructed it with glaring omission;
and that omission was designed to be a benefit
to them while it was evidently intended to be
detrimental to the Democracy. Republicans,
therefore, are responsible for the defects of
that law They devised that defect in order
10 assist the advancement of their party. 1t
was base, unwarranted, objectionable par
tsan trick; it is no wonder, therefore, tlat
Republicans should vince when their knavery
is exposed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
NTORTGAGEE'S SALE
WI OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.


By virtue of a power of sale contained in a
mortgage from Annie Gerke and Henry
Gerke, her husband, to Lizzie S. Black, wife
of w. Sumter Black, now on record among
the Real tate Mortgage Records Of Carroll
County. in Liber B. F. G. No. 35, folio 24l,
&C.. the undersigned assignee of MORTGAGE,
default having been made in complying with
the terms of said mortgage, will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
Court House door, in Westminster, Carroll
county, Maryland, on
FRIDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JULY, 1897,
at Y O'Clock noon.
All that parcel of land situated, lying and
being in Freedom district, Carroll county, in
the State of Maryland, being parts of tracts of
land called 'sJohns Chance 'tForest Level
and "Hammond's Fine Soil Forest" contai n
ing
68 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
beng the same land that was conveyed to
the said Annie Gerke by the said Lizzie ).
Black and w. Sumter Black, her husband, by
deed dated March Goth, A. d. 1894, and now
of record among the Land Records of Carroll
county aforesaid; excepting, however, twelve
acres of said land described above, which said
twelve acres of land have been sold to Wash
ington |. Ridgely since the execution of the
mortgage herein referred to- together with
the buildings and improvements on said land
and all the appurtenances thereto belonging
or appertaining.
Terms-Cash on day of sale. Deed at
expense of purchaser.
W. SUMTER BLACK.
iupe u 3t Assignee of Mortgage.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
"AMMOND'S LITTLE PIPE
Ii CREEK MILL AT
P RIV A T E S A L E.

This mill is situated half mile distant from
Bruceville station, on the Western Maryland
Railroad, in Carroll county, and fifty miles
from Baltimore city.
This property consists Of a good dwelling,
rooms, a substantial stone mill house, 36X50
feet, 3-stories high, equipped in every particu-
lar for all kinds of country work, 3 sets of
burrs, 2 turbine wheels, with all necessary
stabling.
About acres of land attached, first class
dam, built years ago, short race II feet
wide. The water power is equeal to any in
the state.
This property will be sold at most reason
able price, and terms to suit the purchaser.
For further particulars apply to
DR.. NJ. HAMMOND, the owner.
80 n. Paca street,
lang If Baltimore, Nd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
MO. a545 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll county sitting
in Equity.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county sitting
in Equity.
David Stoner, Mortgage, VS.. Sarah E. Por-
ter and Jesse W. Porter, her husband,
Mortgagors.
Ordered this Sd day of June, A. d. 1897,
by the Circuit Court for Carroll county, that
the sale of the mortgaged property mentioned
in these proceedings, made and reported by
David Stoner, mortgage, be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof
be shown on or before the 9th day of July,
A. d. 1897; provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper printed and pub
Ished in Carroll county, once in each of three
successive weeks before the 28th day of June
instant.
The report states the amount of sale to be
S2798.50.
True copy,-Test.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
Republican Criticism of Taxed Hides.
Chicago Times Herald. Republican

:
According to the protective theory the i'm
position of tax on noncompeting articles
adds to their cost to the consumer. This the
ory would be aptly exemplilied in the pro.
posed duties on hides, as the people would
he compelled to pay more for their footwear.
II is estimated that the increased cost of boots
and shoes for one year under the proposed
duty would amount to S2O, 1000, 600. With
free hides cur manufacturers of leather goods
have been able 10 build up a great export
trade in footwear As Mr.. Blaine said when
it was proposed to put duty on hides in the
law of 1890, at will yield a profit to the
butcher only-the last man that needs 1t.
The interests of the tanners and shoe manu-
facturers are vastly more important than the
interests of butchers and western ranchmen.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
The Infamous Wool Schedule
Philadelphia Record.


The senate computations of the equivalents
for Dingley bill rates on woolen goods only
need to be stated. They make opposing argu
ment unnecessary in the mere reading. For
example, the rate is So per cent. on second
class wool, $50 per cent on garnetted waste,
326 per cent on shoddy. III per cent. ON
wooden cloths valued at not more than 80
cents per pound, l67 per cent. on blan kets
more than three yards in length and valued
at not more than 50 cents per pound, 2l2 per
cent on shawls valued at not exceeding 40
cents per pound, 15l per cent. on knit fabrics
valued at not exceeding 40 cents per pound
PSI per cent. on hats of wool valued at not
more than 80 cents per pound, 4l9 per cent
on felts of the same value, l47 per cent. on
pushes valued at not over 40 cents per pound
and G4 per cent. on the aggregate of woolen
carpets.
The people of the United States could bet
ter afford to buy every sheep in the country
and to put every shepherd on the pension
list than TO submit themselves to such shame
less plundering.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
DEAL ESTATE AT
LII PRIVATE SALE

Geo. Y. EveFhaFt and John j. Reese, attor-
neys for heirs ofSamuei P. Everhart, deceased
offer at private sale Valuable Real Estate in
and near Westminster, Nd, as follows:
1st-A Lot, corner Of Main street and Bishop
alley. in the city of Westminster, Nd, CON
tanning Acre of Land, more or less. The
Improvements consist of comfortable two
story Brick Dwelling House. with 8 rooms, ,
pantries, cellars and double porches; also
Brick Barn and outbuildings; ? wells of water
on the premises.
2nd-A Lot, corner Bishops alley and
Green street, containing Acre of Land,
more or less. The improvements consist of
large Barn, 6Ox40 feet, with shed attached
3rd-3S Acres, l Rood and Perches of
land, more or less, on the Washington Read,
about three -fourths of mile from Westmin-
ster, Immediately opposite the farm of Thos
Turtle. This land is in an excellent state of
cultivation.
For information concerning property and
terms call on or address John J. Reese, West
minister, Nd junel2 st
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26

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louses, Moles, Warts, etc. Causes no pain;
removes all soreness. Ask your druggist for
it. If he does not keep it we will send it to
any address for 10c in stamps.
CORWIN CHEMICAL CO.,
2O4 w. Goth ST., New Yerk City, n. \.
dec2G 6mos