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The age-herald., 1898-01-29
ABOUT LAUGHING.

Mrs. Humphrey is an English woman who has recently written book, Manners for Women,' which is arousing some interest. She holds the sensible opinion that the disappearance of the lachrymose damsel is no loss to society But the typical girl with high spirits and sound nervous sys- tenn has her faults. For instance, she can not laugh ''meojious." as The Muligan would say. pretty, harmonious laugh, says Mrs. Humphry. with regret, is rarely natural. She knows lady who laughs on two soft contralto notes. This delightful effect was probably attained by indomitable practice, two hours a day for years.
 How many men can laugh in a rich, sub dued barytone? Mrs Humphry describes with much humor the various barbaric forms in which we express our hlarity
 You will hear men laugh in the theater or in the smoking-room with the accent of enraged peacocks. Hilarity, even the wild est, ought to be well-regulated motion of the body, like Spanish dancing You ought to laugh gracefully with the lips. One agrees with Mrs. Humphry that the man who doubles himself up in convulsions is unworthy of a polished civilization Our primitive ancestors may have laughed like that; but if we do not improve on their example, what is the good of evolution? When lovely woman screams with laugh ter, even at your best story, you feel in- stinctively that the spheres are jingling. that there is jar in the graceful merry go-round of the solar system. To cure this
 what man with a sensitive ear would not persuade his woman-kind to laugh by scale. and, when the nelghbors remon- strated, affably reply: "Oh, it's only my girls taking their laughing lesson" If whole streets resounded with soft contral- tos for two hours every morning, the pi- ano organ might be ruined by the compe- ttion. Why not have contralto parties with prizes for the most hilarious gurgling? When young people are tired of making
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-This was private : bill day in the house under the rules, but MT. Grout (rep Vt.), in charge of the District of Columbia appropriation bill, attempted to supplant the regular order with the consideration of that bill This immediately caused a renewal of the fight over the bill to pay the book publishing company of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, s2SS,000 for damages sus- tained by it during the war, which had already consumed the entire time of two private bill days.
 The friends of the latter measure, under the leadership of MT. Cooper. tdem) of Texas. rallied. in opposition to the motion and defeated it on a rising vote-72 to 129.
 In continuation of the filibusterng tactics bsgun last week. MT. Dalzell secured the yeas and nays in order to consume time.
 Offered to Make Terms
 The roll call developed such an over wheiming majority in favor of the bill (the vote being 75 to 169 that MT. Dalzell offered to make terms with the friends of the bill for the relief of the Methodist Book Pub fishing company and it was finally ar ranged that after debate until 4 o'clock a vote should be taken directly on the bill.
 At o'clock the bill was favorably re- ported to tine house and on the demand of MT. Dalzell, the vote on its passage was taken by yeas and nays. The bill was passed, 1SS to 67.
 The house then, at 4:30 D. m., took a re- cess until o'clock, the evening session to be devoted to the consideration of private pension biIs.
 This was the first night session of this congress and was devoted to pension legis- lation. No disposition to contest developed and the entire calendar of twenty-n.ne biG,s was cleared before the hour of ad- joulnment, 10:30 arrived. oG
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SILVER SENATOR'S
 WERE VICTORIOUS
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(Continued From First Page.) congress heretofore recited should be paid, principal and interest, in the money that is the highest money in the world.'' MT Vest again moved to table. Carried, 47 to 31.
 MT. Hoar offered a new amendment to go at the close of the resolution, as fol- lows:
 '"That under circumstances will the principal or interest of the public debt be paid in depreciated currency or in any money other than the best money of the world.'
 The amendment was tabled on MT. Vests motion, 47 to 27.
 Pledged to Gold Standard MT. Foraker proposed an amendment. formerly proposed by Mir. Spooner. who was absent, as follows: That it is de- cared to be the financial policy of the
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jects of attention. they did not lead the market as in the preceding week.
 Eavor.l,la conditIona

Jects of attention, they did not lead the market as in the preceding week.
 Favorable Conditions
 Favorable conditions in the trade situa- tion continue to far outweigh those Of an opposite charaeu5r. Stormy weather throughout large section of the country this week has checked the movement of merchandise into consumption, but per ceptdbie increase in the demand for sea sonable goods is reported already resulting. The last week of the month closes with in creased activity in many lines, number of price advances. heavily increased bank ing clearings. as compared with one year ago at nearly all cities another considera- bie drop in the number of failures reported. large exports of cereals. particularly wheat, corn and flour. and perceptible con fiaence dn nearly all branches of trade as regards the outlook for spring business. Another favorable feature of the week is the sfight but distinct improvement in the cotton goods situation, in which specula- tive activity is awakening.
 Print cloths are higher and from makes of gray and medium weight cobtens are more firmly held B.
 Pig iron is refiecting the effect of the pANStift uiipASCtdchtSA pIOuuCliOiis dHu further weakening in prices is recorded at eastern points.
 Boots and shoes hold the late advance and manufacturers of heavy weights will not take orders for faM delivery at present prices.
 Wool is strong on large sales and firm prices abroad.
 The active demand for the K,ondLlle tradls is reflected in canned goods, stocks of which are reported very low with prices holding the late advance Collections Reported air Collections are generally reported fair, those indicating backwardness coming most generally from the south. Cereal exports are again heavy, total ship ments of wheat, including flour, for the week amounting to 110,624 bushels against 900 bushels last week and 2,515,OOO last year.
 Corn, 4,9620 000 bushels this week against 34S6, 900 bushels last week and 3011 ,9C0 bush- els last year.
 smallest reported in the fourth week of January for the past five years, number ing only 2sS against 309 last week, 326 last year, 393 in 1896, 312 in 1895 and $40 ip 1894.
 Of the failures reported, 251, or S7 per cent, were of concerns having less than s2c,0OO capital. Canadian failures number AS against 46 last week and 56 year ago.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
Mexican international Railroad Eagle Pass Route

The shortest standard gauge line and the fastest time between principal cities in the United States and Mexico.
 No change of cars at the frontier. Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping cars daily between San Antonio.- Tex, and the City of Mexico. Direct line to Monterey, Du- rango, Zacatecas, Aguas. Calientes, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara and City of Mex ico All trains met at the frontier by rep- resentative of this department to attend to inspection of baggage, exchange of money, etc.
 For further information call on or ad- dress any agent on the Southern Pacific company, or c. K. DUNLAP. Gen'l Freight and Passenger Agt., Eagle
 Pass, Tex. sss
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United States that until there shall have been obtained an international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world for the free coinage of silver. which agreement the United States is hereby fur- ther pledged to promote, the faith and honor and credit of the United States are solemnly pledged to preserve the existing gold tsandard; and all silver and paper cur rency shall be maintained at parity with gold and all obligations of the United States shall be maintained inviolably at the pres ent standard" sa7 tsl ...I-ts s-a
 The amendment suffered the same fate as those that went before. Tabled-47 to S2.
 Mir. Hoar presented the same amendment as the last, proposing it as an additional section instead of separate declaration. This was tabled, the vote being the same as on the Foraker amendment.
 MT. =Caffery proposed an amendment as follows:
 Provided. that if, at the time of the payment of principal or interest of the bonds, the market value of silver is not at par with gold at the ratio of IS to l, the principal and interest shall be paid in gold or silver, at the option of the creditor"
 The amendment was tabled without yea and nay vote.
 This disposed of amendments and the decks were cleared for the final vote on the Teller resolution. The earlier votes had shown that it's passage was a foregone conclusion, yet there was the keenest in- terest at this eliminating feature of the contest.
 It Was Passed
 "On this vote," announced the vice-presi- dent, 'the yeas are AZ and the nays 32, and the resolution is agreed to-" The vote in detail:
 Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Bate, Ber- ry, Butler, Cannon Carter. Chandler Chill ton, Clark, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Gray, Harris, Hetfed. Jones (Arlk). Kenney, Kyle, Lindsay, McEnery. McLaurin, Mall lory, Mantle Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy. Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus, Pritchard, Rawlings, Roach, Shoup, Smith, Stewart, Teller, Tillman, Turpie Turner, Vest. Warren, White and Wolcott-47.
 Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Burrows, Caffery, Cullom, Davis, Fair banks, Foraker, Gallinger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar. Lodge, Mcbride, McMilan, Mason. Morrill,, Nell son, Perkins, Platt (Conn.), Platt (N. Y.), Quay. Sewell. Thurston, Wellington, Wet more and Wilson-32.
 Hurley with Deboe, Faulkner with FL kins, German with Frye, Jones (Nev) with Proctor, Walthall with Spooner.
 The first named would in each case have voted with the sustaining the resolution and against the resolution and for the amendments.
 There was no demonstration on the an nouncement, and at D. m., on motion of MT. Allison, the senate adjourned until Monday.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
A PRETTY FANCY.

From London Pick-Me-Up.
 Dr. Donaldson is an ardent anatomist; his house is packed full of skeletons or bits of such, all articulated by his own hand.
 He has a paper knife, much admired. "Yes," he said in explanation, "I keep that for cutting the comic papers. You see, made it from the funnybone of my first wife,"
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
BOOM FOR BAGPlPES.
The Wheezy windbags May Be Seen Anywhere
 in the Streets of London.

From the London Mail.
 Fifteen months and more ago there was recounted in these columns the genesis and growth of a threatened bagpipe boom. For time the craze fourished, and prom ised to do much; then 1t languished and the young ladies and gentlemen who had
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
Are You With Us ?

It's the same. The merchant who has one price on piece of goods for one customer and another price on the same piece of goods for another customer will lose both customers when his slick methods are found out-which they will be, sooner or later The lowest price for which he sells the piece of goods, in the ordinary course of business, is the full value for the article, and when he charges another cus- toner more for the same article he is talk ing an unjust advantage.
 The same is true in newspaper advertis- ing rates The Age-Herald plants itself upon the just system of uniform rates to all patrons.
 The thousands of readers of The Age Herald who are of the best and most sub- stantial elements of all classes of our peo- ple are finding out that the patrons of our advertising columns are the business men who have the enterprise, the determina- ton and the ability to control business the sound wheat sifted from the chaff of of business, as 1t were. "Cheap John" business men seek Cheap John" methods and mediums of advertising.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
MRS. wlnsLows SOOTHING SYRUP

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, AL and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
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On Same Terms as England

London, Jan 2S.-It is announced in special dispatch from Pekin that after Russia had offered China a loan the same terms Great Britain, China in- vited Russia to guarantee to defend her against the possible displeasure of Great Britain. Russia, it appears, was evasive in her reply, but the same guarantee asked of Great Britain against Russia was promptly agreed to.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
French Growing Relunctant.

London, Jan. 29.-rhe Pekin correspon- dent of the Times says: The French att titude has undergone a sudden change and
The age-herald., 1898-01-29

believe to be kangaroos, prancing to the strain of the inspiring two-step, they may take up this idea with enthusiasm.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
KLONDIKE ZEPHyRS IN THE EHST;
 MERCURY DROPS 34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO

Hanover, N. H. Jan. 2S.-The weather in this vicinity last night and early this morn- ing was the coldest of the season. The thermometer here this morning registered a temperature of 34 degrees below zero.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
RussIa Has Offered the Loan

Pekin, Jan. 2S.-The report that Russia has offered China a loan on the same terms as Great Britain is confirmed.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
Helpless for Want of Coal

London, Jan. 2S.-The Russian fleet at Port Arthur, according to special dis patch from Shanghai, is helpless for want of coal, being unable to steam even to VJadiavostock. It is added that the Japanese coal firms which had contracted to supply the Russian fleet had defaulted.
The age-herald., 1898-01-29
4 GERMAN SAILOR KILLED.
By the Chinese at Tsimo While
 on Outpost Duty.
THIS MAY CAUSE A DEMAND
By Germany-Russia Has Offered Loan- Eyasive When Asked If She Would
 Protect China Against England.

Shanghai, Jan, 28.-A despatch from Chee Foo to the Mercury, of Shanghai, gives details of the assassination of a German sailor named Schulz, belonging to the cruiser Kaiser (announced in a despatch to the Associated Press from Berlin on Jan. 26), while on outpost duty at Tsimo, the extreme German post in Kiao Chau bay.
 The crime was committed by Chinese rabble on Monday last and was not dis covered until three men of the corporars guard were making the rounds in order to relieve the sentries. Then Schulz was dis covered, his head having been severed from his body.
 The relieving guard was directly after wards attacked by hundred natives, and after a stubborn fight, it is reported that all the sailors were killed. Twelve na- tives were killed during the fight.
 It is added that in consequence of the outrage, the greatest excitement. prevails at Kiao Cahu and it is believed the inc- dent will form the basis of~further Ger man demands upon China.
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vails over eastern Maine today, the mer- cury going down as low as 16 below.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
It Does Make a Difference.

A New York surgeon connected with
one of the postgraduate medical schools of
that city was one day on the point of
lancing felon for one of the students,
young Southern physician, relates the
Youths Companion The patient paled
at sight of the knife. .It won't hurt"
observed the surgeon, with a sympathetic
smile. Il sometimes think, - he added,
''that it is we'll for surgeon to feel the
point Of the knife at least once in his life
Il saw my first hospital service in this
city with DIR. S., he went on, ''and no
better surgeon was then to be found in
America He had large dispensary
clinic, and rarely day passed that one or
more cases of felon did not appear
= 1t won hurt, was always his COM
forting assurance to the patient
The old doctor was very irritable if
patient made any outcry or bother over
the lancing of felon. Put your finger
down there, indicating the edge of the
table, and keep stillr he commanded;
and, truth to tell, patients as a rule made
little fuss.
Time passed on, and in the mutations
of life, Dr. S. had felon on his left fore
finger, and it was bad one. He poul-
ticed it and fused with it for about
week, and walked the floor with pain at
night. At last it became uncomfortable,
and he went to his assistant surgeon, and
said nervously:
81 say, doctor, will you take look
at my fnger?'
1.-The assistant surgeon looked, and re-
marked gravely: That ought to have
been lanced before
q" Possibly; but said DIR. S., and
then, with a long breath, perhaps you'd d
better lance it now
Certainly, said the assistant surgeon.
Put your finger on the table.
DIR. S. complied, and, with face as
white as paper, watched the knife. BE
gentle, he cautioned that's an awful
sore fngerr
. 1T won t hurt, remarked the assis-
tant surgeon, and the sharp steel de-
scended.
"There was howl of agony from DR.,
s., and, with his finger in his other hand,
he danced about the room, crying, 'Ohl
oh OH
''Why, remarked the assistant sur
geon, 4 have heard you tell patients hun
dreds of times that it didn' hurt to lance
a felon"
& No doubt, no doubt you have!
groaned DIR. S. But that depends on
which end of the knife the man is at. -
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
Burmese Medical Skill.
From Chambers's Journal.

The Burmese pharmacopeia as whole
Is a subject for laughter and tears. but
there Is no gainsaying the fact that it in
cludes few medicines for such diseases
as jungle fever and dysentery which if
used by the light of common sense. and
not by that Of astrological calculation.
are productive of excellent results. |
have heard an English NJ D. speak high
ly OF one simple decoction prepared by a
Burmese druggist for use in cases of dys-
entery. 1t was, if [ remember rightly.
made from the thick rind of the mango
steen, and my medical friend had found it
sufficiently efficacious to recommend in his
own practice. However deplorable NAV
be the character Of Burmese internal
treatment, we find more than little skill
displayed in dealing with wounds, sores
and other external troubles.
| recall case in which an English
speaking Burman, much above the aver
age in intelligence and education, reused
the ire Of his employers by asking for a
months leave to be treated by Moul-
mein doctor. The man was suffering
from badly infamed eyes, and the treat
ment given him for some two months as an
out-patient at the Rangoon Hospital had
produced no beneficial effect He was of
fered leave to Calcutta that he might
place himself in the competent hands of
specialist there, and earnestly advised not
to trust his eyes to a ''native quack. -
He was not to be moved, however, and
eventually got his own way. In five
weeks he was back at his desk, without
his green shade and with his eyes COM
pletel y cured. 1t is worth adding that he
wore tinted glasses for six months by the
advice Of that Moulmein drug DOCTOR who
must have been man Of some breadth of
mind as well as a clever herbalist Much
skill is often shown in the treatment of
the obstinate boils and ulcers to which
Europeans are naturally more liable than
natives of the country.
| have never known a pure European
seek the advice of Burmese druggist for
such, but the half caste does so frequently,
and wharf italy clerk once told me
he would go to nobody else when he suf-
fered thus. 1t is due to him to say that
his confidence was justified by results,
even if the drug doctor did begin the di-
agnosis By inquiring the date and hour of
his birth. Maternal influence and nomi-
nal fees are no doubt the predisposing
causes of the poor half -caste's preference
for native advice in the first instance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
The Egg Habit.

Men who have grown grey headed try
ing to devise ways and means of inducing
hens to lay and then compelling them to
set, declare that there is no way on earth
of breaking dog of the habit of sucking
eggs when he once acquires it. An ex-
pertinent was recently tried on a dog that
had developed taste for raw eggs, and if
he ever sucks another he is worse than an
idiot dog. This dog always cleaned out
nest when he started in on it, and he al
ways started in on it as soon as he found
one. 1t made no difference whether it
contained one egg OF dozen. His owner
blew an egg, filed the shell with spirits of
ammonia, placed it in nest known to the
dog, and awaited developments When
be crushed that egg he gasped time or
two, fell down and writhed for moment,
then got breath enough to howl for ten
minutes. For week the dog wasn't able
to eaC anything but milk, and would run
at the sight of an egg shell.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26

By virtue of the power and authority con,
tanned in a deed Of trust from William W.
Smelser and Sophia c. Smelser his wife, to
David P Smeser and Charles Z. Smelser,
bearing date on the 10th day Of April,
in the year 1898, and which is record
ed among the Land Records of Carroll
county, in Liber j. H. B., No. 81, folio, q,
&C., the undersigned, trustees. will offer at
public sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, Doth of NOVEMBER, 1898,
at | o'clock, p M, the following described
three several pieces or parcels of land, towit:
1st All that piece or parcel of land stu
ate in New Windsor district in Carroll county,
and State of Maryland, on the road leading
from New Windsor to the Uniontown road
and about one mile from New Windsor, and
known as the Home Farm of the said Will
liam W. Smelser containing
90 ACRES. > ROODS AND II PERCHES
land adioins the lands of James 7. Lambert.
Job Hibberd, John West and
others. The improvements ! ~
thereon consist of 23-story e 5,s!sss;s
Brick Dwelling House, bank sss5zii3zzzssass5 sss5ii3zsEaas5
barn, wagon shed, corn crib. spring house and
all other necessary outbuiIdings. There is a
stream of good water running through part of
this land; an orchard in bearing; about 4
acres of this land is in timber and the balance
under IL good state OF cultivation.
ID. All that piece or parcel Of land stu
ate in New Windsor district, in said county,
and State, containing
I6 ACRES, 3 ROODS AND - PERCHES
of land, more or less, and about 100 yards
from said described Home Farm, and
about three-q quarters of mile from New
Windsor and about J mile from Smelsers
Mill. and adjoins the lands Of NJ. Mckinstry,
ID. Z. Smeiser and others. The improve
ments thereon consist of 2-story Log Wealth
erboarded Dwelling House, stable and spring
house There is Il fine spring of water near
the dwelling house.
3rd All that piece or parcel Of land, stu
ate in New Windsor district, in said county,
and State, containing
4 ACRES. , ROODS AND s PERCHES
of land, more or less, and adjoins the said
"Home Farm" and is on the road leading
from New Windsor 10 the Uniontown road and
about II miles from New Windsor and ad
Joins the lands of Frank Lambert, James ].
Lambert and others. The improvements
thereon consist of 2-story Frame Dwelling
House, with basement. The above described
lnIce ScNcIui vi are tiit I'tLN
which was conveyed to the undersigned by
the said William W. Smeser and wife by said
deed of trust
Terms of Sale-Cash on the day of sale, or
upon ratification of sale by the Court; or if
desired by the purchaser or purchasers one
third cash on the day of sale or upon rati-
fication of sale by the Court, third in six
months and the other one-third in twelve
months from the day of sale the credit pay,
ments to be secured by the notes of the pur-
and bearing interest from day of SALE
DAVID p. SMELSER,
CHARLES Z. SMELSER,
Trustees of William w. Smelser and Sophia
G. Smeser his wife,
Clabaugh & Roberts, Solicitors for Trustees.
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