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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26

w BE SURPRISED.
Our new stock
Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Valises
and Umbrellas.
Every department full TO overlooking.
Our prices never equaled.
Our prices make our business which talks
for ITSELF These are the inducements we Of
fer Women's fine Button Shoe the best in
the country for the money, only 99c.
We have all the prevailing styles in Ladies
fine Shoes, from 81 to $3.50, handmade.
Women's every day Shoes 75c and up. Mems
every uay OnOeS 91 anu up. Shiiui0n
Shoes 25e and up.
Our popular line of Children's Shoes is per-
feet beyond criticism. Our prices are low
and no one can sell You good Shoes cheaper.
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We are leaders in latest styles We have
them as handsome as any one on earth, COM
prising the most extensive line of the newest
in Dunlap and Christie Shapes.
Hats ranging in price from 25c to So. No
one can sell you respectable goods cheaper.
Our stock of Trunks, Valises and UNI
brellas is complete and our prices always
reasonable.
Now you know us and the goods for we
have told you the truth without misrepresen-
tation or beasting.
U. L. BEAVER,
Next door to Postofiice,
apr 3 Westminster, Nd.
NJ w. BABYLON.
| have added to my stock of Groceries,
Queensware, Cutlery, Confectionery, Tobacco
and Cigars, fine stock of Wines and Liquors
of all kinds.
Prices to suit the times.
A call is solicited. At the old stand.
NJ w. BABYLON,
No. Is E. Main street.
octlO " Westminster, Md.
ID @. KENNEDY,
CIVIL ENGINEER
AND SURVEYOR.
Prompt attention given to all land surveys
and other matters of engineering.
MISUNDERSTANDING Anchor Hotel,
Westminster, Nd. mayl tt
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for cincinnati st. Louis and Louisville Mi
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camden station, 10 10 a. m 2.40 D. M. 10 10 y. IN
FOR Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Mt ROYAL Station
8 - a. m, daily, AZ p. m. Except Sunday.
camden station, 800 a IN. and $50 D. m. daily.
For Columbus Toledo and Detroit Mt ROYAL
station, 952 pm. Camden Station, 1910 D. m
For New Orleans, Memphis Birmingham Chat
tanooga Knoxville, Bristol and Roanoke Mt Royal
station, 9 y daily. Camden Station, 10 10 D. M
Sleeping car, baltimore to New Orleans and Wash
inSton to Memphis.
For Luny, Mt. Royal Station, . 81 D. M. daily.
Camden Station, 40 p, IN. daily.
FOR WASHINGTON.
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Baggage ealled foI and checked from hotels ands
residences by Union Transfer Co. orders left at
Ticket Offices:
n. W. COR. CALVERT AND BALTIMORE SITS.
go ;. Broadway, Mt. Royal Station or Camden
Station
D. b. MARTIN, Gen. Passenger Agent.
may - W. NJ. GREENE. Gen. Manager.
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~OFFICE-Adjoining Anchor Hotel,
Westminster. Md. mayl tf*
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
NJ w. BABYLON.

Prompt attention given to all land surveys
and other matters of engineering.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26

full and complete lines of Foreign Domestic Goods Silks Vees
Dress Goods Notions and Innings e Ribbons Cets Gloves Hosiery
Underwear Boots and Shoes Hats Gents Furnishings, Clothing and Carpets
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THE PLEASANT VALLEY STORE

carries Dry Goods Notions Shoes Hats Clothing Carpets Hardware Wo
Tinwae Asateware Drugs. Extracts and Groceries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
MIR. VAN BIBBERR'S VIEWS,

think that the man who advertises
the best new thing in the world has to
advertise it to a perfectly Indifferent
and careless public, and he has to keep
addressing it persistently enough to
hEally secure some attention. The
public is busy at it's own occupations
and amusements and it takes persist
ence TO convince it that it has a new
want. 1t has too many old wants that
are unsatisfied to have it's attention
easily turned to new ones. Still, it
mas been done. l do not think that
one or two insertions in a publication
is advertising at all, and it does not
become advertising until the readers
OF the publication are forced by mere
iteration to give the matter some at
tentlon. After that the attention must
De held or the impression will disap-
pear. II the article is good, the price
right, and the business properly con-
Quoted, then success depends on
enough money being persistently en-
pIoyed to reach the point of real pub
Hclty, Tor unless that point is passed
the thing must TAIL. If all other points
are attended to, then it is not the
Iault OF the publication but the fault
OF the advertiser if full publicity is not
attained. L have friend in this CITY
an old schOOlmate-who had only
$4,000. For ten months he spent
$1,000 mouth in advertising without
profit. He made up his mind to let
the tail go with the hide" and stuck
10 it With his last $4,000, and on that
$1,000 his profits began and he is now
one Of our solid citizens. What would
nave become OF him ii he had lacked
That last $4,000 does not matter now.
Very many advertisers dig a cellar
and proceed no farther with their
undlng.-Andrew Van Bibber, Gin
cinnati
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
WHAT AIR-GUN TEACHES.
Nothing in Fact that a Boy Need
Know.

Every day we read of tragedies in
which the ever ready pistol plays
rominent part, where to shoot in
nswer to any fancied or real griev-
nee seems the proper thing to do.
UGH facts certainly prove the neces-
sity OF teaching children the sacred
ness of life and the habits of self
control. Such lessons are not given
by allowing them to play with such
toys as toy pistols or cannons, and
most dangerous of all, the air-guns
that so many thoughtless parents or
friends too readily give into their
hands. To suggest to a child that a
pleasant holiday is time spent in the
woods with a death-dealing toy-sport
that means for the innocent birds suf-
ering and DEATHS dangerous educa-
ton for the young. 1t is education
that makes the boy hard, cruel unfeel-
ing,-teaches him to look at the agony
Of creature with Indifference that
cannot but end in brutality 1t is no
uncommon sight to see on Saturday or
other holidays, boys with air-guns on
shoulder OFF on a tramp. The thought
full man or woman who sees them can
ut wonder at the blindness of the
arents and the Indifference of a COM
munity that will allow the unrestricted
sale of so dangerous toy. We want
more kindness in the world, no, less;
more good men and women VINO VII
help the helpless and protect the weak
We want to train our children into
the belief that arbitration is better
than war, honesty better than trick
cry, kindness better than cruelty. Is
it a good way to reach this end to give
to them for pastime the means of
suffering and death?
Humanity to animals is a duty re-
posing on the same foundations as
tie claims Of man to humanity" said
Jeremy Benthan. 1t is an undoubted
act that animals suffer terribly from
the Indifference or cruelty of men
What can we do to prevent or lessen
this evil? Punishment for the sin is
the first remedy that suggests itself.
but better method with more lasting
effect is to cure by the education Of
the young in mercy, patience and kind
ness. Many good people are earnestly
at work in this direction, and they
II deplore the obstacle that such a toy
as the air-gunp places in their path |
i've your boy an opera-glass and send |
him into the woods to learn the pa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
ELECTRICAL GLEANINGS.

A central station in Berlin, Ger
many, is distributing electric power to
LOO motors, aggreating 6,lIO horse
power.
The capital value of the power de-
Veloped by the Niagara falls is equal
10 SI,UUO,OUO. and a large part OF this
perpetual capital is being made avail
able by electric power.
About two years ago the Cincinnati
Street Railway Company laid some
steel ties experimentalIy, but nothing
has been heard OF steel ties for a long
time. Recent examination of these
lies show sucn good results that the
company will now lay a considerable
number OF them.
A recent English patent endeavors
to provide a method LOT me carboni-
zatlon OF peat, SO LnaL 1t may De used
more enecLlVeIy as Iuel Tor CONNER
clal purposes, ny applying electric
furnace, by means OIL heated wires
Embedded IN ali electrically insulating
mass, which is also bad conductor OF
heat. The operation by this meLhod
may be reduced TO twenty minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The little tiff between Germany and
Hayti is ended.
Blanco arrived in Cuba the day af-
ter Weyler's departure.
The Whiteway ministry was defeat
ed in the general legislative elections
in New Foundland.
A detachment of French troops in
the Congo were surprised and many
killed by natives.
The Diamond Merchants Alliance
in London was robbed by burglars of
gems valued at $4,000.
Baron d'Itajuba, the Brazilian min
lister to Germany, died suddenly.
Heart disease is supposed to have been
the cause.
Col. John Rouse Merriott Chard,
who, with so men, defended Rorkes
Drift, South Africa, in 1879. killing
351 Zulus, is dead.
Senior ]. E. Bruzon, a distinguished
lawyer and autonomist, of Havana,
has been appointed regional governor
of the province of Havana
Sir Rutherford Alcock, K G. B.,
who, in 1876, was president of the
Royal Geographical society, died in
London at the age of SO years.
j. B. Ford, just released from Jail in
London, will be taken to Cincinnati
for trial for forgery. Ford says he
would rather be hanged in America
than live in England.
The Spanish government recently
endeavored to purchase warships from
British shipbuilders, but the negoti-
ations failed on account of SPANS in
ability to pay cash.
The employers and cotton opera
tives at Manchester, England have
agreed to submit to arbitration a pro-
position made by the employers to re-
duce wages five per cent.
Marshal Blanco has cabled to the
Spanish government that he has
formed favorable opinion regarding
the prospects for the pacification of
Cuba.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11

Havana, Nov. AT the soIicita-
ton OF the widow OF Senior Quessada,
Captain General Blanco has pardoned
her son, Julio Quesada, d nephew of
Senior Gonzalo Quesada of the Cuban
junta at New York. The young man
was under sentence of death.
Marshal Blanco has issued the fol-
lowing edict officially described as
expressing the magnanimous senti-
ments of the queen regent and the
firm determination of the national
government:
Il pardon in full all those who
have been prosecuted for the crime of
rebellion. Rebels prosecuted for
common crimes, Independent of the
rebellion, such as spoilation, immor-
ality and the like, Will be pardoned
as rebels, but judged for other Of
lenses committed by them. Those
suffering sentences imposed prior to
the date of this edict will have their
sentence committed to certain extent
and perhaps in some cases in full.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
ROAD TRACKWAYS.

The New York state agricultural
station has given The nrst order Ior a
device for the ameliCratlon OIL country
roads, which the secretary OF agricuI-
ture suspects Of possessing practical
value. 1t is described as steel track
way wagon in which wagon wheels
may ruu-a trough or channel of steel
eight inches VIDE, with a slightly
raised bead on the inside to guide the
wheels 1t is proposed to lay these
tracks on gravel, without wooden
cross-ties, but with steel or iron ties
near enough together to prevent
spreading. The trackway weighs about
one hundred tons mile, and, as sup
piled by the Cambria iron works, of
JohnstoWn, Pennsylvania, for the
office of road inquiries Of the depart
nent of agriculture, will cost So, 800 a
mile, in small lots. 1t is possible that
in parts Of the country where road
material is very scarce and mud deep
in bad weather these tracksWays may
prove to be worth what they cost. At
any rate, the experiments with them
will be interesting. World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
AXE HANDLES.
They Are Largely Produced in Ken
lucky and Tennessee.

Many manufacturing establish
ments producing articles of wood are,
for greater economy of production, To-
ated within easy reach Of the forests
from which they draw their material,
and often when the natural supplies
have been exhausted the factories are
moved into proximity with fresh for
ests. This has been the case, for in
stance, with the factories producing
axe, adze, pick, sledge, Ratchet and
hammer handles. There are such fac
tories in other parts of the country,
but the four or five largest are now
all located in Kentucky and Tennes-
see. One of these was originally in
Connecticut. 1t moved thence to
Maryland and thence to Kentucky,
where it now is.
For the handles Of such implements
as shovels, rakes, and forks, ash will
do, but for tools like axes and ham,
mers, with which blows are struck,
the handles must be of wood that is
tough and elastic. The best woods for
these uses are hickory and oak. A
very great majority of the handles
used in these tools are hickory. North
America is the only subdivision of the
earth in which hickory is found.
There is good hickory in Canada, but
they do not make there all the
handles they use. They import many
from the United States.
There are Maine lumbermen who
prefer an oak axe handle. Some Of
the axe handles used in Maine are
whitfield out by hand. Oak takes up
less moisture than hickory, and is not
so cold to touch in winter A good
oak handle is something certainly
worth having.
Stout as hickory is, if handles made
it are stored away and kept too
long they are liable to be attacked by
a worm that makes powder holes IN
the wood. A part of the wood that
the worms do not attack is the heat;
but this is the part least desirable in
a handle. The injury thus done could
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
AIR-GUN AND BIRDS.
A Suggestion for the Consideration of
Parents.

The following communication from
a correspondent is timely, says the
Providence Sunday Journal. Even in
the country this spring the hands of
small boys are busted with this mis-
chief-dealing weapon, and the birds,
not alone the English sparrow, but the
dear, tamest of our New England
friends, are slaughtered, with cruel
manning, in numbers Even kindly
fathers, friendly to feathered and
furry creatures, buy these guns for
their sons. 1t is oftenest done thought
lessly, and the remonstrance may
quicken attention:
THAT protection for dumb animals
is needed every day no one can deny
who thinks at all upon the subject,
and that education in this respect is
equally needed is evinced by the in
difference that one meets in very
many cases where our duty toward
animals is urged. One proof of this
fact is seen in the general use of such
a dangerous plaything as the air.
gun among the boys of our state. To
lover Of animals, birds especially, it
seems astonishing that any parent can
give into the hands of a child a toy
that is as dangerous as a small re-
vOlver. Armed with this means Of de-
structiOn, and with small ability as a
marksman, the child becomes an active
element Of danger to every one in his
neighborhood. Many accidents to other
children have already happened from
the use Of air-guns, and the lessons
Of cruelty that the boy himself re-
ceives and gives to others in shooting
! at birds, cats and dogs, are countless
and evil results. To kill for the
mere sake of killing, to wound and in
fict a lingering, agonizing death on
harmless and inoffensive creatures, is
certain way to learn brutality and
Indifference to suffering that is sure to
end in crime. Legislation that will
| place the air-gun on the list Of
articles whose unrestricted sale is
| illegal is much to be desired, and effort
ought to be made at once to obtain it.
The much-abused sparrow has friends
among naturalists who declare him to
! be a useful insect-eating bird, while
| others declare him pest. If it is de-
cided, however, that he is a nuisance
and must be exterminated, let the work
! be given to some responsible person
who will see that the birds are killed
with as little suffering as possible. A
bounty for their heads ought never to
| be offered, as it gives liberty for in
discriminate slaughter. The recent
experience in Illinois resulting from
such a course is ample proof of it's
| folly.
THE Humane Journal Of January,
1892, published in Chicago, says of
it: Many cases of eyes partially or
wholly destroyed by air-guns were re-
ported by surgeons in the first fort
night after the bounty was offered,
and between 100000 sparrows or TO-
900 boys armed with the air-gun, any
sensible two-eyed person will choose
the sparrow every time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11

nam, England, were put into opera
IlOn this spring. These machines
have proved Iner merit, and i've or
SIX sets nave been III use III dlnerent
parts OF the United States. one set
OIL twenty was installed at Great
Falls, Mont, which has become by
far the largest wool shipping point
OF the northwest.
ohearing sheds were erected at
Black Eagle Dam, near The terminus
OF the street railway Company line,
and this company furnishes the pow
CT to drive the shearing machines
The amount required was only SIX
horsepower, and there being at the
time no Shunt-WOund motor available,
a street railway motor, type W. P.
80, was taken from one OF the cars,
the armature piniOn being replaced
Ey small pulley which was beIted to
the main overhead shaft. Because of
the small amount Of power used, two
RI eOstats were required to keep the
speed low enough. After the ma
chimes were started no difficulty was
form. as there were twenty of them
constantly at work. The foreman OF
the shearers, after five minutes in
structiOn, took full charge of the
motor, giving it all the attention nee
essary, in oiling, starting and stop
ping. The machines were operated
for neraly three weeks by this motor,
and in that time sheared 6,1S4 sheep,
averaging nearly 100 sheep per day
Fer machine. The shearing proved
quite an attraction, the street rail
way company carrying large num-
Der Of passengers to witness the
novel sight.
The accompanying illustration shows
a corner Of the sheds. The street
railway motor, seen on the right,
rests on a stone base, and is belted to
the overhead shafting which drives
the shearing machines. The shears
resemble horse clippers in their 0p-
Grafton, the power being transmitted
to the same through universal joints.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11

thence, ingenuity and industry of birds.
Let him learn TO distinguish the song
Of one bird from another. Arouse his
curiosity as to their habits, and give
i'm the innocent delight that the
study OF natural history is sure to
bring into his life and holiday plea
sure. Teach him the cowardice of tor
uring helpless birds. Let him know
heir value as insect-eaters, and that
we want a great many more birds in
ur woods and near our homes than
f'e now have. Take away the air.
IN, and insist that the coming gem
ration shall realize the sin of cruelty
nd the bad tendency of any act that
ives the question CT life or death
nto irresponsible hands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
NO BATHING IN ALASKA.
Tramps Decide to Go Where They
Can't Possibly Get Washed.

Two fine specimens of the Wander
ing Willie" type were lingering on the
confines of Jackson park yesterday
discussing the financial outlook, when
finally the dirtiest one if there were
any choice, said:
Pm goin' to Klondike."
The other looked as if he had re-
ceived a heavy blow
''To de Klondike?" he whispered.
You bet"
But dat would be work." came in
agonized tones from No. 2, looking
down at his sleepy shoes, from whose
huge gaps his dirty toes looked forth
UPON an unkind world.
L kin dodge dat trust this baby for
dat. What ticks me is dis. De cold
is so great in de Klondike dat no
bathing is allowed"
The other member of the pedestrian
fraternity gazed at his companion for
a moment in bewilderment, then as
the good news dawned upon him, he
leaned over and silently grasped his
hand. The two gazed into each others
eyes earnestly, then the first speaker
remarked as he rolled over and settled
himself for a nap:
Dis news reconciles me to all dis
washing in de lake dis season. to
WHICH his companion responded with
q SnOre. Chicago Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11
QUEER THINGS THAT HAPPEN

Howard Reed of Milford, Pa, started
out hunting for partridge and wood
COCK, and was followed by the house
cat All efforts on the part of the
young hunter to drive the cat back
nome were futile; it was bound to go
with him, and it illustrated it's ability
as a hunter by its pointing" a wood
cock, which young Reed shot. Then
1t flushed a partridge, which was al
SO bagged by the hunter Reed says
he would not part with the cat for the
best bird dog in the country.
According to an Indiana reporter,
woman leaned from a car window and
asked man to pick up a ring she had
dropped. He did so, and discovered
from the inscription on the ring that
she was his long-lost wife. This is
one Of the stories that you have to
take at one of gulp to avoid strang-
ling
A shepherd at Chambery, Savoy,
employs a horse instead of a dog to
keep the herd together. The horse
understands the orders given him and
carries them out as intelligently as the
best-trained dog.
st. Luis boasts of a baboon that re-
Gently went on a lark, ate SULPHUR
matches, red fire, gold paint and raw
eggs, drank bottled beer, and ended
by throwing eggs at the reflection of
himself in a mirror.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-11

The republicans elected six of the
eight circuit judges voted for in South
Dakota.
The indications are that the repub-
icans elected a majority of their
Kansas town tickets
Gabbert, democrat and populist can
didete for judge of the surempe court,
was elected in Colorado by about
1900 majority over Hayt, silver re-
publican.
In Kansas the republicans elected
majority Of the county officers, also
seven district judges and the fusion
lists six, gain of two for the fusion
lists. While the returns show a gain in
offices for the fusionists over 1896,
they have lost votes in almost every
county and the republicans gained
fully 20 per cent. in the vote compared
with last year