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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26
The Theory and the Fact.

Good Minister don't see how I
am to get through my sermon to-
day. It's almost church tine.
Fond Wife-What is the texts
''It is about the wise and foolish
virgins
"But you were writing at that
sermon last night. Why didn't you
finish it9''
81 couldn't. The lamp went out. "
New York Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26
THElR---
SUCCESS,

DR.. Hathaway & Co.'s successes have become
household word. Why? The answer is simple
They are men with the courage Of their convic-
tons: Orlginators. not imltators. Their methods
like themselves. are in harmony with the people
and the times. New and up to date. Among the
legions of ,miscalled experts and legitimate
specialists they stand to-day with clean hands in
the front rank Of respectable professionalism as
acknowledged originators of the new and now
widely. adopted method of treating chronic and
complicated disorders.
Their reputation rests not on the cheap, trans.
parent platform of purchased testimony, but on
long list of cured patients, visible local wit.
nesses of their skill. As physicians of business
and social status in the community they pledge a
complete course of treatment and ultimate cure
by the Hathaway method" unabridged, and at
prices within the reach of all.
They ore regular graduates in medicine from
some of the best medical colleges in the world,
and hold licenses to practice from different State
Boards Of Health. They conduct their business
on g strictly professional basis, promising moth
ing but what they can fulfill and do not adopt
the many fake and fraudulent methods that many
doctors and so-called specialists in offering free
prescriptions, cheap medicines and G. O. ID. fakes
in order to obtain few dollars from their unfor.
tunate victims.
u sufferer from any wasting disease. dlsordsssd
blood. nervous collapse. or loss Of mental ylaor,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26

Something New Msts ne1 od A Raps eer lsoh
can make and use it without experience.
Costs less than DC room. Agents make
$1,000 a day cleaning or selling the cleaner.
and use it sent to any address for 25c. The
Capital Wall Paper Company, Box 927, Des
MolneS, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26


Many old soldiers now feel the effects
of the hard service they endured dur
ing the war; Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of
Rossville, New York county, Penn,
who saw the hardest kind of service at
the front, is now frequently troubled
with rheumatism, I" / had a severe at
tack lately" he says, and procured a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t
did SO much good that I would like to
know what you would charge me for a
dozen bottles" Mr.. Anderson wanted
it both for his own use and to supply
it to his friends and neighbors, as every
family should have bottle of it in
their homes, not only for rheumatism
but lame back, sprains, swellings, cuts
bruiser and burns, for which it is un.
equalled. For sale by G. w. Houston,
Extra; A. II. Roberts, Audubon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26

ODD d. !STRITHERS, Of Des
Holmes. Ia. Manufacturers Of and
Wholesale Dealers ia
COPPER CHAIN LIGHTNING RODS.
The best in the world. Endorsed
by insurance companies every
where and by scientific men. The
wonderful Dodd & Struthers Par
lor Thunder Storm to demonstrate
the principles of the Lightning
Rod. Nothing like it in the world.
A scientific surprise. For full
particulars write or see
NJ. .. STANLEY,
Agent. Hamlin. Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26
A Disturbing DIAGNOSIS,

Doctor-Well, it's 10 70 you
won't see me tomorrow.
Patient-What! Any d-danger,
doctor?
Doctor-Oh, no. Those are merely
my Office hours. -Harper's Bazaar.
UuDa Is not TO he invaded till Al
miral Cervera's feet, which is now re-
ported to have arrived at Santiago, has
been disposed of.
Patriotic feeling has risen to such a
pitch in Cincinnati that leading women
are persistently refusing to buy goods
known to be Of French manufactsra
The steamer City of Seattle arrived
at Seattle Thursday with the largest
passenger list yet brought by return
ing steamer since the rush to Alaska
hogan
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
NEW STOCK! LOW PRICES
Az At THE
STAND FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY
GEO. W. MORNINGSTAR, CORNER
OF MAIN AND JOHN STREETS,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
We take pleasure IN announcing to the pub
lc that we have opened full line of
FRESH GROCERIES

of all kinds. China and Glassware of all
kinds at prices that defy competition. Tin
ware and Woodenware of every description.
Flour, Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Extracts, Cakes,
Crackers, Candies. &c. Patent Medicines
We take Country Produce in exchange or for
cash. We ask call and inspection of our
stock, believing we can save you money.
Orders solicited and goods delivered to you
promptly.
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
Southern Forest Fires.
Correspondence of the New York sun.


When the March winds rattle at his
cabin door the plantation negro rouses
himself from his winter lethargy and pro
ceeds to get his land ready for planting.
He rolls the dead pines that have fallen
across the fields into great heaps here and
there, and sets fire to them. He rakes
mp the splintered twigs, broken limbs and
bits of bark which the winter storms
have strewn over the ground, and burns
them also He sets fire to the piece Of
new ground which he proposes to add
to his farm-any tenant at the South can
get ''new ground rent free for the first
three years for the clearing up of it-and
the flames consume the underbrush and
get him started in the way of clearing up.
All these fires the negro kindles purpose
ly, and with the best intentions, but they
in turn start other fires that are by no
means intended, and do much damage.
Large tracts of timbered land are burned
off, owing to this reckless use of the torch
as an agricultural aid.
''There' fire out over north of us,
or east or west or south, as the case may
be, is the announcement heard on many
plantation on an windy afternoon, and the
person in charge of affairs generally utters
an emphatic exclamation, if there is good
turpentine land in the holding, and uses
words neither weak nor indefinite to the
idiot who let the fire spread. He goes
with all hands to help arrest the flames,
however. A pickaninny falling victim
to one of these fierce pine woods fires is
nothing unusual, and even grown woinen
who venture recklessly near meet some
times with dire accident The irrespon-
sible negroes and illiterate whites cannot
be made to understand that the one month
of all the twelve elninently devoted to
the carnival of the winds is not fitting
time in which to make experiments with
fire.
The country regroes are adopts at fight
ing fire. They either start another FIRE to
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
goetrp.
ENDURANCE.

By +. 4. -4Uen.
How much the heart may bear, and yet not break
How much the flesh may suffer. and not die!
question much if any pain or ache,
OF soul or body brings our end more nigh,
Death chooses his own time; till that is sworn
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons knife,
Each nerve recoiling from the cruel steel.
Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life,
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal
That still, although the trembling flesh be torn,
This also can be borne.
We see a sorrow rising i'll our way,
And try to fee from the approaching ill;
We seek some small escape; we weep and pray;
But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still;
Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,
But that it can be borne.
We wind our life about another life;
We hold it closer, dearer than our own
Anon it faints and falls in deathly strife,
Leaving us stunned, and stricken and alone;
But ah we do not die with those we mourn
This also can be borne.
Behold we live through all things-famine. thirst,
Bereavement, pain, all grief and misery.
All woes and sorrow; life inficts its worst
On soul and body-but we cannot die,
Though we be sick; and tired, and faint and worn-
Lo all things CAN be borne.
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
THE TRADE PALACE,
937 and 93o w. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD,
b0 SPECIAL PRICES. ~Ba
DRESS GOODS.

DRESS GOODS.
As an extra inducement to visitors in our
| Dress Goods Department we have fixed the
prices at one half the former price.
Sl.O0 goods for 5Oc.; 75c goods for 372c.;
SOC goods for 25c; and 25c goods for 124c.
We put on sale about 20 pieces of plain
double width Cashmere, regular price 25e,
special 139c.
25 pieces double width Plaids aud Checks,
splendid for Children's Dresses and Waists,
at 124c.
Double width all Wool Imperial Serges,
in all colors, at 25c.
45 inch all wool fine French Serges, in all
the latest fall colorings, would be cheap at 75c,
49c.
3S inch Novelty Cloth, newest designs in
Silk and Wool mixtures, 90c would be cheap,
special soc.
The new Moscovine, one of the leaders of
fashion, in all the new shades for tailor made
Dresses, 98c.
SILKS.
There may be other stores that can buy
silks for as little as this store does, but there
are none that are willing to sell them at such
a small profit as we do.
$1.O0 Brocaded Satin Duchesse, newest
patterns, for Shirts and Dresses, at 629c.
We have made special low prices on all our
ready made Skirts, Capes and Goats, Com
forts and Blankets, Domestics, Ladies and
Gents, Underwear, Lace Curtains and Dra-
peries, Innings, etc.
This is an occasion that few can resist, for
what woman is not interested in her new fall
Dress and Wrap, new shades of gloves, dainty
Trimmings. The Trade Palace ''Sale" tells
ofthese and every detail of lady's costume.
We give trade coupons with every sale.
TRADE PALACE,
937 and 939 W. Baltimore ST.,
oct % near Schroeder ST., Baltimore, Md.
TWO WAYS
OF GETTING GLASSES; ONE TO GO
TO A FIRsT-CLAss OPTICIAN, HAVE
YOUR EYES PROPERLY TESTED AND
GET WHAT YOU NEED-THE OTHER
TO GO TO A MERCHANT WHO KEEPS
SPECTACLES, MAKE IA GRAB IN
THE BAG" AS IT WERE, GET A PAIR
THAT DON'T FIT YOU (ALTHOUGH
1T MAY SEEM so FOR THE MOMENT)
RUN THE RISK OF RUNNING YOUR
EYE SIGHT ENTIRELY-AND ALL
FOR A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN EX
PENSE.
IF YOU NEED THE SER.
VICES OF A GOOD OPTICIAN,
WE CAN SERVE YOU WELL
AND CHEAPLY.
A. H. WEN1Z,
.Ieweler and Optician,
febl9 Westminster, Md
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
posTOFFICE BOX RENTS.

II lhe following letter of instruction from the
roSlolfce Department has been received by
ur' Jos. B. BOYLE, Postmaster,
Westminster, Md.
D.. WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 8, 1898.
POSTMASTER,
WESTMINSTER. MD.
DIR You are hereby instructed to collect
Dun hents at your postoffice at the following
'@'eS' from April /, 1898:
Call Boxes 25c per quarter.
LOCK Boxes tsmall) 35c per quarter.
LUCK Boxes (medium) SOC per quarter.
Lock Drawers eoc per quarter.
:. IOar careful attention is directed to Sec
t;o GouS 445 and 446, Postal Laws and Regula
mo mons Edition of 1898, and instructions to
frTSGtMasers fo on PIP. 992-994, inclusive, of Pos
'uiue tor January, 1898.
Very respectfully,
PERRY S. HEATH,
FIRST Assistant Postmaster General.
VI
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26

This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court of Car
roll county, in Maryland, letters of admins
tration on the Personal Estate of
JACOB FORNEY,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having. claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
THEORETICALLY authenticated, to the subscriber,
on or before the 10Th day of October, 1898;
they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 14th day of
March, 1893.
w. L. d. FROCK.
marl9 Ats Administrator.
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
TO CREDITORS.

ANDREW j. WILLlAM Ms
marl2 At Administra
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
D DISPLAY OF
EASTER NOVELTIES,
NEW EASTER GLOVES.

The Glove stock will undoubtedly prove interesting.
The coors of the exquisite the quality bet
ter the styles the very and the prcewe they
the lowest for like qualities
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26

Thomas Todd, of near Warren, Balti-
more county, will plant 200 bushels a po-
tatoes this season
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
nov13 ly STEPHAN BROTHERS.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Office TO CREDITORS.
This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Carroll county, in Maryland, letters of ad-
ministration on the Personal Estate of
ELIZABETH A. WILLIAMS,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated, to the subscri-
Der, on or before the 18th day of October,
1898; they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 7th day of
March, 1898.
ANDREW J. WILLIAMS,
marl2 At Administrator.
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26

state of -Hayl0"d, Comfy IF CARROT, IS.
/, Edwin G. Gilbert, Treasurer of the
above named Bank, do solemnly swear that
The above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
f. q. GILBERT, Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th
day of March, 1898. JOSIAH KoLB, J. P.
COrrect-Attest:
J.. P. GARNER,
VIM. R. ZOLLICKOFFER, Directors.
d. FRED. ENGLAR,
We have this 9TH day of March, 1898, de-
Tared n dividend of ) per cent. on Permanent
deposits clear of all taxes, and 3 per cent.
"n weekly and Monthly Deposits, payable on
and after March u, 1898.
EDWIN G.. GILBERT,
marl2-3t; Treasurer.
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26
CLEAN SWEEP!

CLEAN SWEEP!
Balance OF our entire stock at prices You can
not afford to overlook.
Great bargains in Underwear, at prices that
will compel you to buy. Less than half fprice.
Also a lot of fine Wool Overshirts, former
price $500 to 50. so, now S1.0O. Also large
line of Gloves at all prices, reduced to less
than half price. In Neckwear we can open
your eyes in prices. Fifty cent goods from
lOc up-good goods and good styles. They
must be sold. The balance of our stock of
Hats at less than half prce-some first-class
styles. Our greatest offer is in our
Suit, Overcoat and
Pants Department.
We have some splendid things to show you;
and will sell them at half price, and, if desir-
ed, will make up to order in first class style,
tit guaranteed or no sale. dollar saved is
a dollar made. Call and examine our stock
and we are confident we can save you money
and please you, at the old stand, No. "a West
Main street, Westminster, Nd.
ian29-tt A. NJ. ANDERS.
The Democratic advocate., 1898-03-26

1s brands Of Whies
all Bms
brewed grade draught and bottles Porter dght
nd leading brands of Cigars
Largest line of Chewing Tobacco sell
for cash. therefore sell goods down in price All ask trial know
lcomeha back.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
The Powers of Liquid Air.

A tablespoonful of liquid air, poured
on about a fluid ounce of whisky, will
freeze it at once into fiat scales, giving
the whole the appearance and color of
cyanide of potassium. This may be
emptied out on table and will remain
frozen in that condition for fully five
minutes. One thing that impresses one
Is, that while all molecular motion Is
practically arrested at this tempera-
ture, the odor is perfectly distinct,
showing that these particles which
stimulate the sense of smell are active
and independent Of the temperature.
A handkerchief of either silk, linen OF
cotton. saturated with the liquid, will
he charred and destroyed, just the same
as if IL were put in an oven and Drowned,
though no change of color is apparent.
Its evaporation is quite slow, and it
may he carried about for a number Of
hours in an open vessel without entirely
disappearing. II probably represents
a compressio OF about 700 atmos-
pheres, and would therefore, in a con-
fined space and at 60 degrees tempera-
ture, represent a pressure of somewhere
from 10000 to $4,000 pounds to the
square inch.-Golden Days.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
SMOKED CANARY BIRDS.
Clouds from n Pipe Develop n itch
Color in Their Plumage.

A little cd shoemaker, who has a
busy, old-style cobbling shop on the
east side, is bird fancier and he has
peculiar ideas about eanaries. One
night recently he was sitting on his
leather-covered bench, smoking an ex-
tremely odorous quality of tobacco in
a black pipe. A customer, who had Wis
tied the recent bird show, was waiting
for him to finish Strengthening up a
worn heel, and he made several re-
marks concerning the birds which
hung about the cobbler's shop. They
were fancy birds and he could not help
noticing it. Finally he asked the shoe
maker how he got such richly colored
birds.
Its part in the breeding and part in
the atmosphere" said the cobbler.
"You raise birds in shop where two
or three men are constantly smoking
and in time you will get the darkest
orange color II you use little judg-
ment in mating and they don't run to
green's"
II should think that tobacco smoke
would be unwholesome for the BIRDS"
said the visitor.
''On the contrary, it makes them
hardy and seems to be good for them
every way. Women who have ca
naries would do well to put them where
they can get little tobacco smoke once
in awhile, although / don't think ciga-
rette smoke would do them much good.
What they need is strong tobacco
smoke from an old pipe like this or the
smoke from black cigar. I've raised
my best birds when | had two jours
working in this little shop with me and
all of us smoking pretty nearly all the
time"
Then the old man sighed and said;
"That was before they half-soled and
heeled shoes while you wait; before
machines were used for cobbling. No
two or three jours and an apprentice
for me now. / sit here alone, with my
birds. pegging away and keeping them
well smoked. IN. Y. Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
Asthma from Asparnrus.

Among the curiosities of medical lit
erature are the stories, many of them
well authenticated, of the peculiar sus-
ceptibility of certain unfortunate in
dividuals to certain odors and emana-
tions. Among the substances which
have been known to have produced at
tacks of spasmodic asthma are roses,
musk, tea, ipecauanha, the odor of a
cat, fried fish, the dust of oats, malt,
rice, feathers, wool and that caused in
the demolition of old houses. DIR. Eu-
gene Deschamps has added asparagus
to the long list. He has published n
full clinical report Of victualler over
40 years of age who suffers from evere
spasmodic attacks of coughing when
ever he attempts to prepare raw as
paragus for the cook.-N. Y Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
lOOSER GLOVES ARE WORN.
Those That Fit Tightly Are Uncom-
Portable In Cold Weather.

Gloves are worn much looser than for
merly. This is well, since the weather
has begun to be quite nipping. Moth
ing is colder than tight glove. 1t
makes free circulation of the blood i'm
possible, and, in addition to being de-
cidedly uncomfortable, makes the hand
look cramped and deformed. Castor
gloves are the thing for street wear.
They are made of a heavy, but soft un-
dressed kid, and are far warmer than
dogskin. They slip on and off easily,
and are modish in the extreme. Gray is
the favorite color with women who
have large allowances, but that color
soils easily, and the soft shades of tan
prove more acceptable to those who
have to count every cent before and
after it is expended. Castor gloves can
be bought in stock almost anywhere
for 81 or $1.25 per pair, but it is cheaper
in the end to have them made to order
at regular glove store. This can be
done for $1.75, and the purchaser is
then sure of getting glove made from
a perfect skin and also of being well
fitted. Great displays of highly col
ored kid gloves are being made, but one
sees very few women wearing them.
Colored gloves, like colored wells,
stamp their wearer with the mark, if
not of downright vulgarity, at least %
bad taste. Soft shades of tan and brown
are the best form for street wear, while
dainty pearl and gray tones are vying
with white for the first place for dress
occasions. Suede is coming more and
more into use. American women are
the best shod women in the world, but
they will never be considered the best
glSved women so long as they stick to
the cold, lifeless glace hand covering
that they prefer to the suede.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
Its Strange Actions Have Long Beep
m Puzzle.

Michigan has a mysterious island.
During the winter it lies at the bottom
Of Lake Orion. When summer arrives
1t rises to the surface, becomes a resort
for picnic parties, fishermen or whoever
chooses to visit it.
DR.. II. c. Leonard, of Detroit, believes
he has found probable solution. This
is the result of his observations:
"In the center of the island" he says,
"a half dozen or more large stumps are
growing. a clump of three being in the
center of the mass. | think these
stumps are in great measure response
BILE for the phenomena attending its
annual sinking and rising. That is,
am of the opinion that a collections of
these originally formed the nucleus
for the growth of this strange freak
among the islands of our fresh water
lakes.
"These stumps have drifted out to the
center of this portion of the lake and
taken with them some of the strands
of the long, snake-like plants that grow
there to a length of nearly ten feet,
with the lily fronds, mosses and various
others of the aquatic plants.
"These floating growths have formed
there, with the island attached to the
stump roots, an island garden all to
themselves. They grow luxuriantly
and the underbrush cleared away from
the shores and other islands there
abouts gradually drifted into them.
and so increased the size of the mass;
then, as the wood of the brush and of
the stumps decayed, the mass became
waterlogged, and the whole gradually
sunk beneath the surface.
"As the flora ripen during the hot
months of summer, for the island is
thick mass of vegetation, the stems en-
large, become buoyant and, as the sea-
son advances toward September, under
go the first stage of decay; that is, the
stems become filled with gases attend
ant upon fuller ripeness and commenc.
ing decay.
"This large mass of gas-inclosing
vegetation overcomes the natural
weight of the mass, the whole masH
gradually rises above the waters sur
face till fall, when, the plants having
been destroyed, the mass gradually
sinks.'-Chicago Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
FrilIs for the Fair Sex.

Plush spot and velvet spot effects are
being produced for early spring wear
In both worsted and cotton dress goods.
The spots are sereral inches apart and
the fabric is made on nthe welt-pile prin'
ciple.
Plain velvet makes up into stylish
garments that give excellent wear
Pulled velvets in red and green tones
and checked and plaid velvets are pop
ular and make stylish blouses and bod
ices
Among the new shades are six tones
of Wndarme blue, from the deep, dull
eolors to pale, pearly gobelln tint.
Some lovely forget-me-not shades are
seen in the pale blues and three eXqui-
site turquoise tints are strongly i'm.
bued with a clear green tone. Rose pink
and old rose colors are seen and
there are a dozen beautiful shades OF
soft. pure gray.-ChicagO Record.