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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-02-05
Ut REQUIRES NO HEAD TO SEE
Il THE BARGAINS

TT REQUIRES NO HEAD TO SEE
Il THE BARGAINS
in our great stock of high grade
SHOES and HATS.
Good quality and honest merit are
in all goods we show.
LOOK HERE
Do you imagine that we cannot sell first
class SHOES and HATS for small price?
If you do, trial will easily convince you to
the contrary.
You are the one to whom we wish to sell. We
can guarantee you will be pleased with the
fit, style and wear. We buy direct from the
factory.
Wear our SHOES and HATS and you
will be in the swim. They are made especi-
ally for us, and we know just what they are.
We tell you what we know.
SHOES are made now days so that the
average buyer can't tell anything about them.
There's where the economy of buying of
some one that you know and can trust comes
in. Try us and be convinced that we know
what we are talking alb; ut.
We have opened the season with stock of
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks,
Valises and Umbrellas
that beats the record for beauty and low prices.
Come in and be greatly benefited by it.
g. l.. REAVER,
Wantz Building, opp. Catholic Church,
oct 16 Westminster, Nd.
GPECIAL NOTICE.
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&C U T = G. L A S S. ~ssa

-, Don't miss this sale if you want Bargains.
lhe goods won't last long at above prices.
Come early.
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We have 25 beautifully Trimmed Hats,
very stylish, nobby goods, that sold for So. so
to So. must be sold at the plain ticket price.
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Just 40 of our finest $12 and Sl4 Jackets,
in the most approved styles for Ladies, prin-
cipally black. some smooth and some rough
cloths. this is our lowest price.
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BLANKETS.

Ticket Just few par "i our finest Blankets lett,
Price, either white red or GREY they are really s5
$3.50
and So values.
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others viii Come Immediate dmh
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An assortment of Ladies Fine Shoes, in all
the new styles, button and lace goods, that
sell regular for So so and So, go at the plain
ticket price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
SMITH WILL BUY COAL.
Driven Out of Mine by Hundreds of
Kissing, Blind Serpents.

Blackburn. Ind, Dec. Thames B.
Smith, a farmer living near here, had
thrilling experience today. He entered
an abandoned coal mine for the purpose
of ascertaining whether or not he could
get his winters supply Of coal from the
old works.
The mine, which has a shaft entrance,
is an old one, not having been worked
for many years. While Mr.. Smith was
making his Investigations he suddenly
discovered that he was completely sur
rounded by snakes, apparently of the
most venomOus variety. For an instant
he was paralyzed with horror, as the
kissing of the snakes added danger to
his already weird surroundings. Luck
lily he had with him a miners pick, with
which he fought his way out of his
perilous position, killing a number of
the reptiles as he did so. Upon exami-
nation it was found that the snakes
were blind, having been entombed in
the dungeon perhaps for many years.
Mr. Smith states that the snakes re-
sembled the spreading viper" and diff
fered from that snake in color only. It
is believed the serpents subsisted on
rats and rabbits with which the mine
is infested. Evidently these snakes and
animals fell down the shaft and were
unable to escape. Mr.. Smith says he
will purchase his coal for the winter,
as he does not care for another exper-
ience like the one mentioned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
BECHEL GIVEN THE CASH.
Testimony Against the Ex-Auditor is
Presented at Omaha.

Omaha, Dec. 1.-THE case wherein W.
F. Beche1, ex-auditor Of the Pacific Ex-
press company, is charged with the en-
bezzlement of large sums from that cor
poration while pretending to be pay
ing out said money to members OF the
Nebraska legislature to prevent hostile
corporation legislation, continued to de-
velop sensations today.
The first witness was Cashier VOL
colt of the Pacific Express company,
who testified that large sums Of money
were paid out on vouchers marked sim
were paid in cash to Mr.. Bechel in per
son. This is the point the defense de-
SireS to cOntrOvert, Offering the theory
that Andrew Hunt, chief clerk under
Bechel, who was arrested with Bechel,
but who has since turned states evil
dence, received the cash, though he
may have secured It for the alleged pur-
pose of transmitting it to BecheL The
defense claims that large amounts were
spent by Hunt who later placed the
amounts as a charge against Il. A"
vouchers in charge Of Auditor Bechel-
The whole of the testimony showed
the most extraordinary lOOseness Of de-
tails in the cash system of paying mon
ey, any slip of paper bearing the magic
letters IL. A" seeming to have the
power to draw out untold thousands
from the auditors department Of the
company.
The testimony was. generally that the
clerks understood the Il A" meant
so paid out was for the purpose Of pre-
venting legislation at Lincoln hostile to
the Pacific Express company and other
CORPORATIONS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
OLD MAN AN ARDENT LOVER
Bell Houser of Many Aliases Tried for
a Matrimonial Bunko Bureau.

Indianapolis, Dec. 12.-Bell Houser, alias
soyeT5na1t of I3gi3d he nsii to nTSSoote
matrimonial fraud, was tried today in
the federal court, and the jury has the
practiced her wiIes, but the CHEF witness
was John p. Hoffman of lO43 Vine street,
man with twinkling eyes and a dearth Of
hair. He has two adult daughters.
He was under betrothal of marriage to
the accused, although he never had seen
her until she was pointed out to him in
the coLrt room today. He first heard of
her through the matrimonial columns of a.
newspaper, and the correspondence be-
tween them soon grew to a white heat.
The letters produced in court showed that
Hoffman was a most ardent woOer, and
were ali that could be desired
The first letters on his part were written
by his daughter, but as the correspond
ence increased in warmth the old man act
ed as his own amanuensis. The introduce
ton of the letters, which were full of en-
dearing terms, coupled with the Quaint re-
plies with the little old man to the cross
examination of the WOmanS attorney,
convuised the spectators and the Jury and
it was hard work for the baiIiffs to pre-
serve the decorum usually observed in a
Even the stern old judge grinned when
Hoffman exhibited letters wherein the let
ter writer promised to have all his meals
ready, make him happy and kiss him ten
derby when he left home for work. Hoff-
mans wooing proceeded satisfac torfly I'M
til his inamorata began asking him for
money to be used in preparing for the
nuptials. He replied that he must needs
gested netting al Richmond. Then
she called for Sc to defray railway fare to
Richmond and he took the alarm. A ludi-
crOus cOntretemps came in his testimony
when he exhibited a photograph which
she had sent him in exchange for his own,
but which proved to be a picture of an
other woman altogether, bearing not the
slightest resemblance to the accused.
HOFFMAN truthfully compared his picture
with the defendant. and looked helpIessly
about. finally remarking:
at might look like her if she was fat
ter" and this again upset the equilibrium
of the court. He told under crOSS-exan-
ination how he had carried the picture in
his vest pocket over his heart, and that
after he got it he was more in love than
ever with his fair correspondent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
WEYLER'S CHILD.
Lived a Year In Missouri as
Mrs. Metcalf.
Was Beautiful and Received a
Large IncOmes
MONTHLY FROM SPAIN
She Often Spoke of Her Spanish
Father
Born in Cuba and SympathiZed
With Cubans.
MONTHLY FROM SPAIN

Springfield, Mo, Dec. IA daughter
Of Gen. Weyler, the notorious Spanish
governor Of Cuba, recently lived in this
city. She was known as Mrs. Cecil
Metcalf Her husband was employed in
the advertising department of nine To-
cal papers.
Mr.. and Mrs. MetcaIf resided on
Broad street for over a year. and in the
winter of 1896 went to Boston. While
in this city Mrs. Metcalf was very
friendly with the residents of the neigh
borhood and was popular.
She often told her friends that her
father was a noted Spanish general, but
never mentioned his name. 1t was not
known until a few days ago that Wey-
ley was her father. Mr.. Metcalf is now
located at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
as the correspondent OF the Inter
Ocean.
Mrs AretcaIf is far from a Spanish
sympathizer. She was born in Cuba
and has for years had an intense in
terest in seeing the people of that is
land gain their freedom. A newspaper
representative called at the home of
Mrs. Jacques of West Lynn street and
was given an interesting story of Mrs.
Metcalf during her residence in this
city.
Mrs. Jacques said she was well ac-
quainted with Mrs. Metcalf and they
frequently exchanged calls. Mrs. Met
calf showed her large number of
a. fine wardrobe. She was about 70
years Of age, had large dark eyes and
hair, tall and Of a queenly carriage.
She told Mrs. Jacques she was born
in Cuba and often expressed her sym
pathy for the insurgents. She said she
was sent away to school when a little
girl, and later on was sent to a Boston
musical Observa tory, where her educa-
tiOn was completed. While in Boston,
about eight years ago, she met Mr..
Metcalf, who was then about So years
of 6ge. Their acquaintance developed
into love affair, followed by a we'd
ding.
Mrs. MetcaIf said her husband was a
prominent society man of Boston, but
several years later his health failed
him, and he was compelled to come
west, and lived in Denver for some
profession, and acted as correspondent
of eastern papers. Mr. Metcalf was
told that the climate Of the Ozarks
would benefit his health, SO they moved
here.
On leaving Springfield they returned
to Boston. Last summer Mrs Jacques
daughter received a letter from Mrs.
Metcalf She was with her husband in
Chicago, and she stated in her letter
that her husband had secured a posi-
ton on the Inter-OCean and would go
to Honolulu as special correspondent.
ter they had established themselves on
the island.
Mrs. Metcalf always had plenty of
money, as she possessed an income re-
ceived monthly from Spain. While in
pringfield Mrs. MetcaIf never went out
in society, except to attend neighbor-
hood dinners She was a fine singer and
spoke several languages. Why she did
not make her identity known sooner Is
a. mystery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
A WOMAN'S HAIR.
The Science of Dressing It in the
Best Style

The most important factor in a wo-
mans appearance is perhaps her hair.
According to the way in which the hair
is dressed, the Wearer can be made to
look five years older or younger. In It
ally women follow the profession of hair
dressing, and every young girl, rich or
poor, has her ''pettinatrice," who comes
every morning to do her hair. The same
system is in force in France, where the
figaro" however, belongs to the mas
culine gender.
1t is a pretty sight to see the French
work girls trOtting off to their shops in
the morning with their daintily coiled
hair They discard all headgear but
their own shining locks. Here unfOrtu-
nately we have less individually in
taste. A style is started. We all fol-
low it blindly, without due consideration
as to whether it is our particular style
or not. Yet what food for reflection is
here!
Reflect, for instance, how few women
have very pretty napes to their necks.
Tall girls look like CRATES crowned
with an edifice where fiat surface
going to wear the hair low we shall find
all the small women trying to make
themselves look smaller by the adoption
of a mode that is only for the "divinely
tall daughters of the gods!"
A return to the waved bandeaux and
cascade Of curls at the back is immi-
nent in Paris, and already hairdreSSerS'
shops show blocks the counterpart of
days of the third empire.
For a moderately tall and graceful
woman with regular features it is i'm
possible to devise a style more attract
i've, but we must dress up to it. Our
bOdices must sweep in bold lines and
reveal a generous display of shoulders.
Pointed corsage with berthas of lace
and ample fiOunced skirts will follow
suit. For the street we shall see a re-
vival of the tight fitting spencer" and
hats with long sweeping plumes Of the
amazon type will come into fashion
once more.
Meanwhile. what is the petite woman to
wear? She wants to make her neck look
long, her person tall. Deity she sweeps
her waved hair straight from the nape of
the neck, makes 1t into two or three
handle coil on the summit of her head.
so that it will show well from the front
view, and twists the remaining coil or
coils round and round the edifice. The
fringe is parted either to the side in
front, to be divided into groups of little
ring-like curls on either side. This is
classically known the couture of
1890 For young girls of IA to Is years of
age the low couture will assume the style
of ''perruque," being tied at the back in
The Louis Quatorze ana Louis Seize
styles may come in, now that the first
step is taken, and we must not despair Of
seeing the fiat, smooth piece Of hair
brushed back where the parting used to
be, with clustering rinGlets framing the
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face and a small chignon twisted at the
back. Elderly women and matrons will
rejoice to see a more elaborate style COM
ing in The scantiness of our haIrdress-
ing has been the. despair of hairdressers
and matrons for the last few years.
Combs tipped with pearls or jewels will
riety of new styles will make their APP
pearance. Women past 30 want something
that accompanies and frames the face.
False hair will receive a fresh impetus,
and our heads will be a source of interest
A flower or coIored bow placed at the
summit of the head slightly on one side
adds to the height of the wearer and gives
length to a fun. round face. The flowers
worn nesting in a cascade of curls be
meath the left ear corrects an overlong
oval and makes the wearer look less alb
normally tall. Flat kiss curls suit many
and are more fashionable than a bushy
fringe. The fiat Curls are easily made by
tying lace fall or piece of tulle over the
hot weather, fringe little curls at the back
of the neck, etc, must be avoided. as they
Fair women need the halo Of a fringe
more than their darker sisters. They are
punches of small curls. A piquant bru-
nette gains quaintness from stiff, little,
painted upon the children's wooden dolls.
A low, straight fringe. gives a stupid.
Strong features and full forehead call for
a soft fun style, while a small cameo face
WI not be endangered by the most severe
Greek and classical methods of hairdress-
ing. If the hair is worn very high, med
be worn. The dog collarettes will be
adopted and square cut bodices should be
chosen. For the Eugene style the Vic
tOrian decollette and the chaplets of pearls
in rows of three or five must be selected.
Soda and ammonia are responsible for
much of the premature grayness one hears
about now. Therefore it is best to use
borax instead when washing the hair. No
woman in her senses will resign herself to
be gray at 80 or even 40, but as there are
plenty of harmless restorers WhereWith to
color the hair care must be taken not to
purchase deleterious productions too often
sold for that purpose
White and fair hair is best cleaned with
flour. Hair dyes are an absurdity. Yet
here are fashionable women dyeing their
hair even now in the new shade-Spanish
mahogany.
Coarse and color1ess hair may be con-
siderably improved by care. One last
word: Remember to choose the hat in
accordance with the hairdressing, that
everything in the toilet may be in perfect
taste and harmony.-Ex change.
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syndicate expire. Mr.. Grau made a
brilliant record there last year. and he
retires with the reputation of having
carried one season through most sue
cessfully. He is in partial possession
today of all the leading operate artists
of the world, and there is some proba-
Henry Higgins, may organize a com
pany to undertake performances at the
Drury Lane theater. One objection to
this scheme is the fact that the copy
rights to many popular operas-includ-
ing those of the Gounod works for in
stance-are owned by the estate Of Sir
Augustus Harris, and this is the in
terest with which Mr.. Grau is unwilling
to cooperate. He told a reporter that
he was well satisfied with the present
situation. as he would not have cared
to continue in charge Of the direction
cnmStancRS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
STREET RAILWAY COMBINE
Status Of q Deal for the Baltimore
City Lines.

Baltimore, Dec. IA syndicate OF
Baltimore bankers has been formed to
underwrite the new bonds which the
Baltimore Consolidated Railway com
pany will issue in the event the deal for
the city passenger railroad system is
completed. The amount Of the issue
will be between $12, 900, 900 and $15.O00.000
bearing interest at the rate Of per
cent.
The representatives of the City Pas
senger company have made q counter
proposition to the representatives Of the
Consolidated company, in which they
offer to sell the stock at $50 share,
the stockholders of the Baltimore City
Passenger Railroad company to have
the option of being paid in cash or In
bonds to bear interest at the rate Of
per cent a year 1t is thought that the
deal. which will place eight more miles
of city and suburban trolley lines under
the control of the Consolidated compa-
ny. will be accomplished. The cOnsOH-
dalton will place all the lines Of the city
300 miles Of road, under the one manage
uaeut
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TO REBUILD THEATER.
Chicago Playhouse Destroyed by Fire
to Be RECONSTRUCTED at Once.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-P1ans have been
completed for rebuilding the Illinois the
alter at a cost of $4,000 Carl thinner
man, one of the trustees of the estate
which owns the ground and block, was
in the city Saturday and after a confer
ence with Hagan & Hagan, who hold
the lease on the auditorium, agreed to
the immediate Inauguration Of work
on the ruins. Gangs Of laborers will be
sent into the wrecked structure today.
The proprietOrs say the debris will be
removed by January 5. Then the work
of rebuilding the dismantled sections Of
the theater will be started. Mr.. Hagan
declares the house will be ready to
carry out it's schedule of engagements
at the end of ninety days.
1t is proposed to make the Lincoln
thoroughly up to date. The interior de-
signs adopted IN the Dearborn and
Powers theaters will be followed. The
seats will be replaced with luxuriant
opera chairs. Mr.. Hagan has already
let a contract for a new stage which
will accommodate twice as many people
as the old one. The foyer will be orna-
mented with rare bric-a- brac. Alto
gether it is said the theater will be as
modern in itS construction and equip
ment as any in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
TYPHOID TRACED TO MILK.
Thirteen Patients in New York Sup
piled by One Dealer.

New York, Dec. ITO the use Of i'm
pure milk are traced 13 cases of typhoid
fever now running their course in the
Borough Of the Bronx. Alarmed by the
existence Of such an unusual number
of typhoid cases. DR.. Eugene Monog-
han of the board of health recently re-
solved to investigate the causes. He
therefore, ordered one of his medical
sanitary inspectors, Dr.Charles A. Gin
ton, to make a house-to-hOuse inspec-
ton of that part of the borough be-
tween Mott and Walton avenues from,
13Sth to 1920 street, where the disease
Is prevalent.
DR.. Clinton's report to Dr. Monaghan
has been made public.
OF the cases, the report says that two
can be accounted for by the former
presence of the patients in army camps,
and that two more were due to other
causes. In the remaining Is cases the
milk used was supplied by Horace Sey-
bolt. of No. 555 Walton avenue.
Investigation made into the source OF
supply OF Mr.. SeyboIt has not thrown
any positive light on the cause of it's
contamination. Mr.. Seybolt's milk is
obtained from w. H. Collins, Of Copalxe
and from T. MOriarty, of Mount Risco
The milk is delivered as soon as it
reaches his hands. If any is left over,
1t is iced and stored in a milk shed
leased by Mr.. SeybOlt, which is situated
between two small stables near 15Oth
street and Mott avenue. In addition to
this milk, Mr.. Seybolt told the inspector
that on each Saturday he himself bot
tied y extra bottles for his customers,
this being done either at the station or
at the shed.
It is regarded as significant by DR..
Clinton that, considering the fact that
there are four cases Of typhoid fever in
Mr.. SeybOltAs own family, the cases Of
typhoid in the families of those getting
their milk from him broke out about
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two weeks after the typhoid in the Sey-
bolt family appeared.
The Infection, the officials of the board
of health say, may have resulted from
impure water used in washing the cans
at any of the farms whence milk is
impure W8ter used in the creamery for
the same purpose, or from the hand
ling of the milk by person who had
access to the typhoid patients in Mr..
SeybOlt's family.
Since the completion of the house-to-
house inspection by DR.. Clinton two
more cases of typhoid have been report
ed to the board of health. These cases
have not been traced to the use of Mr..
SeybOlt's milk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
PAY CIGARETTE LICENSE.
Supreme Court Denies a Rehearing in
Cause Backed by Chicago Dealers.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE state supreme
court yesterday killed all hope that the
cigarette dealers of Chicago might have
had that the cigarette license imposed
by the city council would be declared
illegal. The court denied the motion for
a rehearing in the case of Grundling
against the City of Chicago, and this
will mean that the cigarette dealers will
have to pay the license fee of 800.
When the cigarette ordinance was
passed by the city council a year ago
the dealers determined to test the case.
Mr.. Grundling refused to pay the fee
and Corporation Counsel Thornton be
gan suit against him to recover the
money. Corporation Counsel Thornton
says he will take steps in the GrundlinG
case as soon as the official copy of the
proceedings on the motion for rehear-
ing are received from Springfield.
The city council is determined to tax
the sale of cigarettes as much as pos
sible. An ordinance has been recon-
nended by the license committee rails
ing the fee from 500 to $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
WHITE HOUSE DATES.
Programme of Receptions for Season
of 1899 is Arranged.

Washington. Dec. 12.-The following
programme OF receptions, etc, at the
executive mansion, during the season
of 1899 has been announced:
Jan. 2, MISUNDERSTANDING public re-
ception II a. m. to 1:30 p. m.
Jan. 4, ednesday-Cabinet dinner.
Jan. 10, Tuesday-Diplomatic recep-
ton.
Jan. 10, Friday-Dip1omatic dinner.
Jan. Is, dnesday-JUdicial recep-
ton.
Jan. .-Wednesday-Army and navy
reception.
Feb 1, acknowledgements court
dinner.
Feb. 8, Wednesday-Co re-
ception.
Feb. IA, Tuesday-Public reception.