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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-04-09
DRESS GOODS AND SILKS.

DRESS GOODS AND SILKS.
The Springs Dress Fabrics if possible beautiful
an ever before is the largest we have ever
shown and prices within the reach Of all
BLACK Little wonder that Black Dress
DRESS GOODS Goods wanted this
season than they have been heretofore The
loom wizards have brought designs exqus-
ite and fabrics 50 flmy and elegant, that the dig
ntv and dressiness of plain black is more beauti
full than ever before Suitable, too. all Occa-
sions and seryiceable. In every weave variety
greater than we We shown before.
SERGES 25c to 81 25
The always wanted for knock about wear, III the
yaons tws some hard some soft finish than twenty
kinds On show.
MOH AIRS 25c to 81 90.
In plain weaye and all Of figured effects; not easily
oied and exceptionally serviceabe; fifty different kinds.
CREPONS soc to 81. 90.
Here the artists Of the loom give their master pieces all
Wool and Silk and Wool in many handsome and unique de-
signs in real floral effects: twenty style to see
COLORED The range Of Coored Dress Fabrics Is greater
DRESS GOODS than have had the pleasure OF call
attention before including every fashionable weave and
color; several important lots to think
SCOTCH SUGTINGS 39c.
IS inch Scotch Sungs i'll different patterns and color
mgs revealing all the effects of the season and pure
wool 39c yard.
COVERT SUITING 60c.
10 inch Vigereaux Covert Suting, in the latest spring
hadngs the attractive fabric the market 6Oc yard
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-04-09

The Springs Dress Fabrics are if p'
.han ever before. our assortment Is the |;
shown and prices within the reach OF all.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-04-09

SPRING stock comprises the and nobby styles in
JACKETS black and coored cloth Jackets mostly made with
fly front many silk faced you should specials at So
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-04-09

possible more beautiful
largest we have ever
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-04-09

The Royale modelled the lines of best gloves, and
in all the spring cools remarkably good glove the price
hook clasps. 81. 90 pair,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-04-09

WESTMINSTER, MD. April l, 1898.
| hereby give notice that the following per-
sons have filed applications in the Office OF
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll
county for Liquor License, TO wit
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17
A ThIef-Proof watch.

From the New York Herald.
For the summer girl, shirt wasted or
In a muslin gown, a new sort of watch
has been devised. a watch that might
be called thief proof" The police
court records prove that there is abund
ant need of such a watch. Ever since
women first took to wearing their time
pieces on the outside of their frocks, n
new temptation has arisen for the
sneak thief.
He has found many a rich harvest OF
an afternoon. for any watch hanging
on a little hook pin may be snatched
away readily. But the sneak thief has
now his match. The new style of wom-
ans watch cannot be snatched of. IL
an attempt is made. a good portion of
the waist will come. too. or else the
watch will remain in its place. min
jured.
At the back OF this new watch
where the point of az renee between
these and the old wa lies-there is
a small screw. precis y like the screw
of a mans screw 81 q Ff-i. This screw
is a part OF the , s1. As she dds the
finishing touc, 20 her toilet, the wom-
an who is go't.g out screws this in her
gown. A feg turns, a pressure and 1t
Is quite secure.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17
Frfgid.
From Tit-Bfts,

From Tit-Bits.
The day after the performance Of Q play
I'm q certain large city the management
Of the theater wrote the following chilling
note to the leading actor: MY Dear Sir:
Your performance last night was so bad
that several deadheads have written de-
manding that their names be removed
from the free list"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17

summation. nor stamp the brand of i'm
perial bondage on the forehead OF fair
Columbia. JOHN mcguire.
Butte. July 16.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17
BABY Scratched Continually

Our babe, two months old, broke out In sores
over her face and ears She seemed to be in
great misery, and would scratch continually.
I noticed your advertisement in our home
paper. and supposed IL would be a good thing
for our Sadie. I used the CuTIcuRA Joint
ment) and CUTICUkA SOAP, and they were a
great benefit to her. I did not like 20 give
medicine inwardly TO a child so young, hut
saw that she must have something TO drive the
disease out. 90 l got a bottle of CUIIcURA
REsoLvEST, to purify her blood. and gave her
about one third of the bottle, and your medi-
cines have done wonders for her.
Mrs. LOUISA ACkERMAN, Tim, Iowa.
Feb. 10, 1893.
CrrTcusa Rrxrsfrssre the purest svsesess. and noss
elective sam curea. blood pariher. and hnmor remedies
ever con p0unded. snd sppea With irresistible force TO
mafhep. nuuss. and all having the care 81 ehiidrsn
arieted 9th sstn ard scalp hunofs. with bos Of hair.
Cures made IN ehfithood are speedy. economical. and
permanent
sofa throuxhout ths voria- Porrss Dire Asp GEM
CosP. sole rrors. Bo@tea-
~ Hes % csr. Toriaring Skin Disease free.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06
WHlNJJAL METHODS q
.2E Wild BEASTS
ss,. .sg.&S-+>". BDRJ HRNER,
By DR.J.H.RRrEa

pearance, so also any forecast concerning
his behavior is utterly beyond reach,
since this monster uniteS an extreme OF
reckless daring with (, long sighted prccau-
ton that seems to leave nothing To chance.
Consider the sort OF news which must be
spread when visitation like this takes
place. The tigers footprint is soon as well
known to every man as his nearest neigh
bor's face. Yesterday" says Pr Khan,
with coruscatiOn OF curses, Il found it
close TO the village well. That firSt-born OF
Satan had watched the women when they
came for water" And Ramdeen 5 Ugh now
tells that post runner has Just been
killed 20 miles away. Two days ago Nuz-
Eur Ali saw the tiger stealing along some
milk-weed hedges at distant town. From
his far off cattle range, Junglee sends
word that the buffalOeS suddenly huddled
knew this hidden murderer's eyes glared
upon him as he sat upon his favorite bull
safe amidst the herd, where, Narayun be
praised, no tiger dare come"
Who need doubt that haggard govern
mcnt peon Just telling how on the road he
saw those fatal footprints; land they were
fresh, o, my brothers, very fresh indeed.
Whereupon | assembled tree with haste,
for no one could tell in what place the ac-
cursed might be. And truly he came forth
upon pilgrim bearing Ganges water who
was a little beyond; came forth, not vio-
lently, but siding, with arched back,
eyeing the man inadvertently, that per-
son standing as if deprived of sense.
And he bit him on the leg, so that this
miserable fellow fell down screaming. At
which the tiger became enraged, swelling
himself greatly; but there were many bites
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06

so much time in meditation; but at oil
events, Stripes sees into the machina-
tons of natives, both Hindus and Kolar-
ians, who combine against him most fire.
quently in vain.
Some petty proprietor up among the
terai forests, gathers a few peasants to
build diminutive og-cabin with sliding
door. There are two rooms within, the
second of which. shut off by a grating,
holds an unhappy kid. This continuance
is intended to catch n tiger who has been
killing cattle. But if one inspects the
tracks going about such structure, and
can read the signs, it will most commonly
appear that the tiger was in no danger OF
being caught.
Some tigers are fools, of course, and such,
as a matter OF course, are occasionally
taken But most of them scorn these
transparent devices. Has any tiger seen
goat pens built in the woods !? Not at all
Do those previously observed in other
places resemble this? BY no means.
One can imagine that pleasant grin the
beast puts on when somewhat perplexed,
broadening as it surveys this arrangement.
Nothing is further from his thoughts than
to go in; but panther will often enter, the
sliding door falls when he dashes at II e
kid, and it is all over. If death does not
await him next morning men come with a
crate, fit it to the uapdoor. and gOad this
furious savage into another prison. Then
he is Eduieu Oh OH dH On Gait, anu citioi
deported TO foreign parts, or bought by
some native Prince.
Without going at all deeply into the
study of mind in its comparative aspects,
it is worth while to ponder little upon the
difference here exhibited. We cannot tell
why this contrast of character should have
come to distinguish these species, but
once established, its existence. as shown
by behavior, is obvious enough and may be,
i'm a measure, explained. All creatures,
without exception, take on particular forms
of mind and body because they think
about doing, do, and must do, certain
things more constantly than others.
Cats are very ancient animals. Fossil
history reaches back to no period when
their forms were not distinctively marked,
and the panther appears to have inherited
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06

family traits moro fully than his relatives.
He is the fiercest, fttest, most treacherous
and bloodthrsty of wild beasts. killing is
his specially, and outside of that a pan
ther shows little ability-being undoubt-
eddy deficient in general power OF taking
care Of himself
In sight of prey his mind is absorbed by
IA desire for appropriation. Everything
lsading to that single end he is perfect in
beyond comparison. But this murderer
can think Of nothing else. Neither aces
SORES Of the situation nor consequences
which will most probably follow action
present themselves in consciousness, and
therefore he frequently comes TO grief.
Possibly, also, in depths beyond the
lowest human levels, this beast is beset
by similar propensity towards those
false analogies which work so much i'll
among undevcloped men. Without doubt
the panther recognizes an imprisoned kid
as a domestic animal that has no business
there; but he habitualiy destroys another
domesticated creature that never has any
excuse for being in places where it con-
tinually gets killed; namely, the Hindu
COW.
Beyond peradventure sacred cows are
the most complete idiots in Asia, and
pantherS being accustomed to have these,
as it were, come to them. may illogically
generaliZe from particular instance and
think the kid is an incapable OF the same
kind. Anyway. it is conceivable that so
happy -gO-lucky an assassin might be thus
misled, seeing his acquaintance with the
goat kind is not very extensive.
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before there was an end, for the purrut bagh
quickly"
Huree Das, too, with Oriental extrava-
gances, relates tale that needs no flour
ish of words 10 make one shiver. How he
awoke at the purr beside his wall, saw its
frail wattlework fall away, and heard the
crunch that stifled his wifes death shrek.
These are facts, not fancies; such things
have happened hundreds and thou-
sands Of times. Nobody is safe in crisis
like this. Large bodies of troops have
been compelled to double their posts. Men
have been struck down at the main guard
of English cantonments; an officer riding
in front OF troops has seen the guide by his
side carried away.
An animal thus defying for a period
always too long, both the efforts of native
population and foreign Government &C
cuStomed 10 act in these cases, must pos
sesS the requirements Of a topographer
and eye OF a StrategiSt. By nature and
training ii has come 10 grasp groups OF de-
tails, and see their bearing upon particu-
lar situations. There is constant need TO
take things with reference to their bearing
upon success, or the avoidance of danger.
Such an animal proves this in "A terrible
manner, and nobody who has had any
thing TO do with man-e eating tigers doubts
either their exceptional intelligence or &C
quired knowledge.
Eelis tigris, as an entire species, under
stands traps also, much better than the
lon and the panther. Maybe it is because
he is more reflective than they, and spends
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06
That Pension List.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I notice
considerable discussion In the newspapers
lately of proposal to publish the names of
pensioners of the United States Government.
The design seems to be to publish such lists
in the localities where pensioners reside, for
the purpose of exposing possible pension
frauds. / have tried to study out the re-
suits of such measure.
The civil war ended 30 years ago Very
few localities retain the men who returned
from it to civil life. They have scattered
over the length and breadth of this great
country of ours, and what puzzles me is to
know how an ex-soldier's record in such cases
can be known sufficiently to stamp him as
fraud. 1t does seem to me that what the
Government. through the almost perfect ma
chinery of its Pension Department, cannot
find crooked in any applicants record, can
hardly be discovered by the suspicion or
prejudice of some jealous or jealous neighborr
at this late time and distance from the scenes
of pensioners war record.
Take, for instance, this Wisconsin town I
am living in. No man a resident of this To-
cality since the war could possibly get PEN
sion and the fraud not be apparent. / served
three years in an Ohio regiment. Others
from other -soldiers-are settled
here. Now, who by seeing my name or theirs
i'll published list could tell whether we are
Justly entitled to pension or not?
What is thus true of this locality is like
wise true of any other. The efforts of the
last Administration to detect fraud were
practically fruitless and very expensive.
viii the vast expense necessary to this new
scheme effect any better results?
My own opinion is that the careful methods
of the Pension Department through years of
experience and the check of rival Admin
trations can best be trusted to prevent or c
tect fraud. 1t will never be possible, by az
means that may be contrived, to always
exact justice in every case, but that is o
side the question of willful fraud.-CHAs.
WILSON, Co. i, 18th Ohio, Feminine
Wis
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06

When panthers hunt, or are hunted,
their pecuIaritieS come out. Sometimes,
not often, person may go after one feel
ing toleraby sure of finding the brute. It's
home is usually caveain the side OF the
lonlieSt and most rugged ravine in those
parts, and by chance this retreat might be
discovered and marked down. Commonly,
however, pantheTS aTee not fOund-they
find you.
Such meetings are often said to be acct
dental; that is the way Capt. Forsyth
and Sir Samuel Baker speak OF them; but
1T IS the writer's express CONVICTION mat
few things could be more unlikely than
the presence of any hunting party in this
animals vicinity without its being aware
of that fact. The creature is very arbo-
real in its habits, and often goes from tree
to tree. Monkeys, with reason, hold the
panther in EXTREMIST fear for il Is so much
at home among the boughs as to capture
them, and it will frequently carry smaller
prey alOit-a young wild pig or child OF
favn-and feed upon it there.
Thus, when anxious to escape those who
may have come upon its TRAIL nothing Is
easier if trees grow thickly. Yet very
little pressing, as q rule, is needed to make
a panther fight. He has learned much
less about gunpowder and rifles than
either lions or tigers. There is no sign Of
the latter's tactics about his conduct,
either before or after coming to bay. If he
SnOuld not ucSlTe 10 STAND, Dut cannon
avoid conflict by simple acts of evasion
what follows is desperate, straightforward
fighting.
Before the advance of men in numbers
heaters hammering on tom-toms, clashine
pieces of metal, blowing cholera horns, ex-
ploding bombs, yelling like demons-he
will break ground and fly about from one
patch of scrub to another; but there is nc
attempt to quit the neighborhOOd, and q
panther charges home every time, and
keeps on charging until he dies.
1t is the same character which leads him
into a trap, and the same also that sent
| one of these animals in an unprovoked at
tack into the midst of Maj. Campbell's
troopers; melted another to storm a dak-
bungalow where Col. Rarras had taker
| refuge, and PROMPTED another. and yet
another, to leap among the men at Sil
| Samuel Bakers campfire in Abyssinia
and carry off Gen. Shakespere's hound
while chained to his tent-pole
This mental constitution makes pan
| theirs the most fell and deadly of man eaters
That of Scene, finally shot by Capt. For
syth, killed over hundred human beings
and Maj. Leveson scarcely exaggerates in
saying of this brutes powers of offense
! that they are TO all intents and purposes
| equal with those OF tiger.
ITO be rontinued.)
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06
BRIEF PROSPECTUS OF THE
National Tribune.
IS0z=I8o8.

This paper has a very large circulation,
but it has st abaut doubling it. With per
feet confidence that VIC can hold the increase
during many years, we are satisfied TO more
than sacrifice the profits Of the present year.
First OF all, the great subjects of living
interest, like the Cuban Question and Alaska
Gold Fields. Is they come mp are treated
with a fullness and accuracy found in no
other paper. We publish at the Capital Of
the Nation, the very fountain source for
news and information.
New pension rulings (of great importance
this year appear FIST, and often exclusively,
in this paper. Keep posted. 1t may put
money in thy purse" All the old features
and departments Of the paper viii be kept up
,royed.
NATIONAL TRIBUNE has the most
iished contributors of any paper in
ltry. II Is now publishing
Gen. Shernan's Memoirs.
And srsonVille: A Story Of Southern
fT.s0ns.
re the Laurel Blooms. By McElroy.
ting Them Over. Short true stories
O. war contributed by soldiers.
tlefelds and Monuments. by Kate
p wood.
cle SNOWFALL. Pussonal Rekollek-
Of an Army Cook
oleon and His Marshals. Splen-
a.air Illustrated.
ORIG Homes of Washington. By
iia :; Lockwood.
S lagg as a Veteran. His expert
ale the Atlanta Campaign and On the
Marc. 10 the Sea.
Lie Of a Private in the Rebel Army.
By j. p. Cannon. VI. d.
During the Autumn, Winter and coming
year, it sill publish
The Truth Of History. This will be the
actual history Of the war, drawn from official
Eources, tod IN an interesting way, and set in
opposition 10 The rebel side OF the story.
Three Months in the Confcderacy.
By Col. FrccIaanlle, Of the British Army.
TIE Brady War-ViewE. From photo
graphs taken during The War.
The Santa Fe Trail in the Old DAYS.
and 4. Journey 80 the Manitoba Coun.
cfy IN lo49, 10th by Gen. John Pope.
z. Smith G &c. 4 Sketch o, the War.
BY tee SoldierAutlor, Albion ". Toargee
Among the Wild Beasts. A Series OF
Hunting Stories BY Dr. !. II. Porter.
"reminiscences Of Gettysburg. By Jas
Fulton, II. D.
War Events in Last Tennessee. b,
W. +. Doyle.
sabers Again 70 the Front. By Bimey
ticLean.
Ard many other attractions
arrangements for which are Ia
Progress.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06

1864, was 800 During the month of July
the corps lost 4, Isl.
The Ninth Corps occupied the trenches in
front of Petersburg during the 10 months'
siege of Petersburg. We were constantly
exposed to an incessant fire, which was
kept up by the enemy night and day, re-
sulting in daily loss.
The Confederates always knew where the
Ninth Corps lay. They called it the Niger
corps" from the fact that one division was
composed of colored soldiers.
At Burnside's mine explosion (the crater
fight, July 80, 1864 my brigade, the Second,
led the charge. The order of the line was
The ID Pa. Prov, 10th \. Y, 18th n. Y,
and Sd Nd
Burnside's official report gives the corps
losses on the 3Oth July rs: Killed, % officers,
$40 men; wounded, los officers, 500 men;
missing, 81 officers, 1852 men; total, 3,s2S.
On this day my regiment lost 175 men. In
reforming US beyond the crater Col. Biz
ney, of my regiment, was severely wOundede
During that fight was taken prisoner.
From June 20 to July 20, Gen. Burnside
states that hisi corps lost, killed, II officers,
% men, wounded, A officers, Sol men miss
ing, II men; making total of / ,1J0 men,
which Is over IL per cent. of the command,
without a single assault on the part of the
enemy or of our own troops. These casual
ties were caused by picket-iring and she'll
firing.
In this letter / have treated principally
upon what service my division did l don't
wish to detract one iota from the other two
divisions. They did grand and heroic service
through this memorable campaign. i hope
some other member of the grand old Ninth
Corps will pick up the thread and "spin
more yarns" regarding our corps. Comrade
Spencer and have done our part.-CLAREycE
WILSON, Co. E, I'd Pa. Prov, Los Gatos,
Cal
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06
HELPED HIM GET HIS Pay.
A Story of Lincoln's Kindness to a Vermont
Soldier.
New York Independent.

One day in November of the year re-
ferred to President Lincoln had been at
the Office OF the Secretary OF War, and was
uaversing the long halls at the War and
Navy Building, Seddte, unaSSuming and
unattended, when he met a worn soldier,
in tattered uniform OF blue, evidently at
a loss among the many doors along the
corridor. For a moment he watched the
man as he wandered uncertainty from
point to point, and then accoSted him.
My good man, whom do YOU wish to
seer"
The soldier looked at the questioner and,
noting the kindly interest III his face, re-
piled that he was Just from the Army oil the
Potomac, having been discharged the day
before, upon tho expiration OF his three
years term of service, that he wished to go
TO his home in Vermont, but that he had
been obliged to stop in Washington to get
the money that was due him, as the Regi-
mental Paymaster had given him an order
for the money, payable in Washington
For hours he had been wandering about
the city and the public buildings, looking
for the officer TO whom his order was di-
rected, but as yet he had been unable to
find him. He had been told that the Pay
master General was iE this building, and
he was now looking for ais office. - Fof s
The Presidents face beamed. He knew
that the PaymaSterG General was not the
person who actually paid the individual
soldier, ana ne QiQ not know where the
proper officer was 10 be found, but he did
know that through his assistance this
bronzed and ragged private, who exempli-
fled the great, self sacrificing loyalty Of
the Nation, could be paid and taking a
blank card from his pocket, he held it
against the wall and with short pencil
wrote upon ii as follows:
"This poor soldier is in distress because
he can get no pay. viii Paymaster- Cen
eraI please have him put on the right track
TO get his pay.
"Nov. 8, 1854 A. LINCOLN"
Handing this message TO the veteran, he
directed him where 10 find the office of
the Paymaster General and instructed him
to present the card at the door. It is UNI
necessary to state that the soldier promptly
obtained his pay and left the Capital for
his Green Mountain home.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-01-06

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