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Dance at Alesia.

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at NJ lel ~4H8uick. ia- ~r-BIHs vss
spent very i..-4ysnt's bs'h iy yuaag and aia
Ths.s. present sen Mis- Emma R,ursarf
Eaftv Slnarssek. l,rlia Hsr-h Peter DANDY
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ih.r Wcnil. Ei>i. Br1~H. Wla Rohri,suzh.
Flureu,, Bs.ehrf, Usrrs Back. II. tioHack-
~ and aiie. Isaac B'Ulhet, II Hrn'z LYDIA
Dandy. Api. Warner. Laura SchatfsT. Emory
MeCutlsueh Leah Fredrriea sam WrFtz.
Haria >chaHer. Phlp >iofile. fiilsu Lrpp,
EAs Werl. Sarah Wpr'l / Riaekar5 aud
yif-, Wm Herr and safe H. Warrhiusr aud
wife. Il Black, VIM. Miller. Harry Polk. I.
Sauiruek, John Bu,, aud siie. Joseph Dandy
Wm Brown. john Cape. Wesley Miller II
Huftuaeiv. Slu4sv Hare. Noah Sehufi-r, I.
Frederick. l.eu Frank Ssndruck Frank.
Harry Cgonk. Charles Epply. Thomas Hs,ue,,
teo. Pncs, bherri. 4. Rradius, Sias Dali,
Ivan Miller. Howard Dandy Wu. Fredy-ick.
Charles Henry. Nary Hare. Geo. Brown.
The music 4as furnished iy Prof George
MrnchrN af Manchester.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-01-28
GoYSuch-JOhnSOn.

Mr. Harry c. Gorsuch. son of Mr.. Charles
C. Gorsuch. Of Westminster, and Miss Elsie
Maud johnson. daughter OF Mr.. r. K. John
SON. of Chester, Pa, were married at l NJ.
on Wednesday last. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. 5. Fl. Hoover. of the NJ. f.
Church, in Philadelphia, in the presence of
relatives of the bride and groom. Those
present from Westminster were Mr.. Charles
{. Gorsuch. Misses Helen and Mary Gorsuch
and Miss Mary Test Bucking am. The bride
and groom will reside in Thurmont, Frederick
county. where the groom has recently en-
gagged in merchandising. They spent Wed
nesday night aud part OF Thursday in West
minister. leaving in the evening for 1hurmont.
While here the Town Orchestra gave them
a sereuade, and number of their friends
aIIed uDnn them
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-01-28
Personal Noes.

Mr. Frank Await and family, of Laurel,
Nd. are visiting his mother, this city.
Rev. J. W. Meeks, junior pastor Of New
Windsor circuit, who had been i'll with pueu-
monia for several weeks, was able To renew
his dutie, last SUNDAY
Messrs. Jas. \. c. Bond. VIM H. Thomas.
Chas r. Reifsnider and f. Neal Parke argued
the McCrea mandamu> case before the Court
OF Appeals on Thursday. This is the case in
which Judge Roberts declined 10 grant a
liquor license to McCrea. 1T Gimber. and IN
which it WAS sought To compel him 10 order
the clerk Of th.. court To issue the license by
mandamus proceedings.
Mrs Thomas B. Jackson. OF Salem, Ore
gon, aud Mrs. Jennie Simmons. Of Washing
ton D. c., are visiting Mrs. j. f, Rnker,
this city.
Mr.. Robert Stevenson. of Baltimore, Wis
tied his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua 5. Sic
yenson, near this city, last Sunday.
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Fountain Valley Items.

Mrs. Savia Kline, of Cedar Valley, Wayne
county, Ohio; Mrs. ,Iemima Warfield and
Mrs. l.. O. Handley aud daughter Eta. of
Frzelburg spent lhe drv with Mr.. ". H.
Heagy, last Thursday. Mrs. Kline i a sister
of Mrs WarfeId, and they had not seen
each other for y wears; il was very happy
meeting. Mrs. Kline is rs years old aud
Mrs. Warfed is in her S0th year. aud are the
oldest sisters in our neghborhood. Mrs.
Kline may make her home with her sister, at
Mr. L. o. Handeys in Frizellburg.
Miss Maize Handley, of Frizsllburg. and
Miss Fannie B. Babylon, of this place. are
visiting Mr. Jesse f. Babylon at Ayondale.
Those that had tn grip are improving.
Miss Elite Haudley is spending weak
with her aunt Tabith aHeagy.
Mr. W. H. Heagy is still confined 10 the
house, but is able TO be about.
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Alleged Horse Thief Arrested.

Harry c. Blumenstock, a farmer whose
home is near Mountville, Pennsylvania, was
brought to Jail here last Monday night by
Sheriff Haines. Blumenstock Is charged with
the theft Of horse from William " EngIar
of Medford, on the oath of May last. He was
arrested about three weeks ago, and lodged
in Jail at Lancaster. The States Attorney OF
Carroll was notified, aud steps were taken To
identify him and bring him here for trial. A
requisition upon the Governor Of Penusylya-
MIA was granted, but Blumeustocks counsel
sued out Il writ of habeas corpus. and Sheriff
Haines had to employ counsel. The case was
heard in the court of common pleas aud the
custody Of the prisoner was awarded 10 Sher-
if HaucS.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-01-28
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Found In a woman's Stomach

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Weather RECORD for the Week.

january 2l-mercury - at a. IN. aud
81 at D. M: cloudy. followed 10y generally
clear weather. january 22-mercury Al at :
a. m aud - at , p. m. generally cloudy until
noon. partially clear afterwards. January
23-mercury So at : a. m and - at , r. N.
cloudy. followed hy generally clear weather.
January 24-mercury IS at a. m. and II at
) D. m: thick fog, mist and almost continuous
rain: heavy showers after p. m; clearing
weather after midnight, ailE northwest wind
and falling temperature. january 25-mer-
curry - at "a. IA. aud "a at > p. M; par
tally cloudy and biustery. january 20
mcrcur, - a "a. ~. and ~ at : =. m. par,
TALLY clear CLEAR al night with high wind.
january 27--mercury - at "a. IA aud - at
> D. IN partially clear and biusjery.
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BIOOm Items

An unusual good tine was held u, Mr.. Har-
vey l.. aud Mrs. Anus Horton 5 january -
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Horton and son Arthur, Misses Lizzie Bloom,
Julia Caple, Susie Caple, Ellie Kooutz. OF
Bloom; Maggie Slater, Lottie Slater, of Ship
ley; Custus Rawlings, Abbie Shoemaker, OF
Porter; Daisy Robertson, of Wartieldsburg;
Messrs. Edwin Haines and wife, William
Grimes, Joe Haines, George W. Magin. \ IL
guStas Magin, Charles Fisher, Walter Bloom,
William Horton. Charles Horton. Thomas
Koontz, Charles Koontz, Major Wilbur l..
Koontz Harry Carr. Washington Carr. Au-
gustus Carr, Charles Barnes. Bert Smith
Ellis Miller, David Grimes, George Slater,
Grant Hook, Horace Caple, and others.
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Rev. Calvin 5. Slagle opened the exercises
in the morning Examiner d. L. Fsrrar
spoke on Teaching aud Training, Miss Lewis
reeifed Rhyme Of the Duchess Nav, Or. For
man made an address and after some reports
Of committees. &c, the institute closed. 10
the evening Rev. I. II. Lewis delivered his
lecture on .'0ur New Paradise, which has
heretofore been noticed ia the ADyoCATE-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

eminent has decided upon the plan, but
they insist it may be changed In view OF
It's premature revelation.
Gen. MERCER at the present moment Is
a senatorial candidate in the Loire-Infer-
ieure. One of his friends who was inter
viewed on the subject said the gen
eral had resolved not to discuss the mat
ter, as he was determined not to give the
government a weapon to use against him.
He was convinced, however, that his ar
rest would sound the defeat of the gov
eminent candidates in the senatorial e!ec-
lions, while he himself was certain OF
election.
1t Is expected hat the trial before the
nigh court will be concluded the middle
Of next week, and MN. Deroulede and
Guerin will almost certainly be convicted
although some of the other prisoners will
probably be acquitted. The Journal des
Debats tonight says:
The nearer the trial draws to q con-
clusiOn the palmer the emptiness of the
charges become Agitation, demonstra-
tions and few slight offenses have per-
haps occurred, but there IS no evidence
shown Of the concerted plot or crime
against the state, the repression of which
the public prosecutor demands"
The Journal des Debats concludes with
expressing itself in favor of the simple
solution of the unsatisfactory situation,
suggested by the Figaro, namely; That
NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau accord the con-
Victed prisoners the benefit of the Ber-
niger law, which pardons first offenders.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

than mile. but il weighed about thirty
five pounds, and was only used by sharp
shooters. who 'aV t. the pits.
"a famous long-range, powerful muz-
zle-loader was the roer or elephant gun,
that was invented by the Dutch and used
by the Beers. 1t carried ball like
young cannon and d quarter of pound
of powder Only a very strong man could
handle a rOer, dts it weighed more than
twenty pounds. 1t was regarded as the
only elephant gun until the British
sportsmen introduced. double express RI
| files and explosive bullets into South At
RIGA.
How would one of the new military
guns do for game?"
mo good at all. If YOU used the full,
hard metal-cOvered bullets. but with a
soft-point bullet they ought to be very
effective. You see the full-iacketed bull
let's bore a neat. clean hole right through
flesh and bone, and an animal struck by
one of them is not stopped. If the point
Of the bullet is lead. however, it will
spread When it strikes a bone and have
an explosive effect. All the smokeIess
powder cartridges made for sporting RI
hes exclusively have soft points.
How about revolver bullets?"
Lead is the best material for them. 1t
is desirable to stop man or beast in
stantly when you shoot him with a pis-
toll, and nothing will do it so effectively
as a good heavy piece OF lead A good
many army officers think the government
! made a mistake In adopting a 3S-caIiber
revolver for the army, claiming that 1t IS
too small The professional bad men In
the West al prefer the 45-caiiber.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wilmington, Del-The attempt to
launch the Windsor line steamship Gre
clan at the Harlan & Hollingsworth ship
yards today was a failure, the new ship
sticking on the ways.
London-The queen has approved the
appointment of the Duke of Connaught
as commander-in-chief of the British
forces in Ireland.
I.iverpool-The Cunard steamer Lu-
cania. which sails from here for New
York today, take among her passengers
Mrs. Langtry, the actress.
Sioux City, Io.-John f. Robson, well
known contractor. was shot and robbed
in his office last night. His assailant es-
capped and left no traces behind. Rob
sons condition is criticaf.
Winnipeg, Many. j. Mclean, for
mer official of the Hudson Bay company,
who was reported lost in the far Northern
Slave Lake country, where he had gone
in search of minerals in the interest of
Chicago parties, has reached here In
safety.
washington-United States Minister
Rridgman, at La Paz, has cabled the
state department shat the president of
Bolivia has accepted for his country the
invitation extended through the depart
ment to participate in the pan-American
exposition to be held at Buffalo next
year.
Little Rock, Ark.-Three large seed
houses and one of the meal houses Of
the Consumers Oil company's mill, own
ed by Chicago capitalists, together with
200 tons of meal, and about 5000 tons OF
seed were burned today. The loss is
$50 GOO, with $4,000 insurance.
Detroit = At noon today there was
successfully launched from the Wyan-
dotte yards of the Detroit Ship Building
company what is confidently claimed to
be the finest and fastest excursion steam
er on either the lakes or the seacoast.
The new boat was christened "Tash-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

lery, with their complepents of horses,
guns and other accoutrements, Capt.
Howard, of Calling gun fame, will &C
company the contingent In charge of q
machine gun of the Maxim pattern, used
ing gun. 1t takes 1903 ammunition, and
a great deal is being said about it's be-
Ing the most deadly weapon yet invented.
NO RESPECT FOR PROPERTY.
NEW YORK, Dec s0.-Howard ].
Rothschild, an American citizen. who was
employee on the Standard and Digger,
mining paper published In Johannesburg,
has just got back 10 New York from the
Transvaal. Mr.. Rothschild was at Pill
grim's Rest, a little mining camp, 1870 miles
northeast OF johannesburg, when the
Beers declared war, Oct. H.
There were 800 hites,r mostly Ameri-
cans and Englishmen, in, Pigram's Rest"
se1d Mr.. Rothschild. when the war was
declared. The gold mine there is owned
py the Ecksteins, who own other mines
in the Transvaal. We all asked permits
sion to stay, and the Beers at first gave
us permission to do so on the understand
ing that would form a home guard to
protect the place from the British, or any,
one else. We accepted son those con-
ditions, but. the next day we were told
by the burgEers that we had twenty-four
hours to either enlist In the Boer army
or get out of the place Most Of us de-
Cided to get out. There was $4,000 in
gold which had been taken out of the
mire and the hCrghers seized this first.
giving Mr.. F. B. Thompson, Scotch
! man and secretary of the mining COM
pany, receipt and note promising that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
FRIED ONIONS
Indirectly Caused the Death of the
Worlds Greatest General.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.

Indirectly Caused the Death of the
Worlds Greatest General.
It is a matter of history that Napoleon
was gourmand, an inordinate lover of
the good things Of the table, and his
tory further records that his favorite
dish was fried onions; his death from
cancer Of stomach, It is claimed also
was probably caused from his excessive
Indulgence Of this fondness for the odor-
Gus vegetable.
The onion is undoubtedly a wholesome
article Of food; in fact. has MANY
medicinal qualities of value. but It would
be difficult TO find a more indigestible ar
, licle than fried onions, and to many peo-
pie they are simply poison, but the
De Jnion does not stand alone in this re-
spect Any article of food that is not
thoroughly digested becomes a source of
disease and discomfort whether it be fried
onions or beef steak.
The reason why any wholesome food
Is not promptly digested IS because the
stomach lacks some important element
Of digestion, some stomachs lack peptone
others are deficient in gastric juice, still
others lack Hydro chloric acid
The one thing necessary to do in any
case of poor digestion is to supply those
elements OF digestion which the stomach
lacks, and nothing does this so thor
Oughy and safely as Stuart's Dyspepsia
DR.. Richardson, in writing a thesis on
treatment of dyspepsia and indigestion.
closes his remarks by saying, for those
suffering from acid dyspepsia, shown by
sour, watery risings, or for f1atulent
dyspepsia, shown by gas on stomach,
causing heart trouble and difficult breath.
ing, as well as for all other forms of
stomach trouble, the safest treatment
is to take one or two of Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets after each meal 1 adj
wise them because they contain no harm
full drugs, but are composed of valuable
digestives, which act promptly upon the
food eaten. I never knew a case of in
digestion. or even chronic dyspepsia
which Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets would
not reach.
cheap cathartic medicines claiming to
rure dyspepsia and indigestion can have
no effect whatever in actively digesting
the food, and to call any cathartio medi-
cine a cure for indigestion is a mis-
homer
Every druggist in the United States
and Canada sells Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's and they are not only the safest and
most successful, but the most scientific
of any treatment for indigestion and
stomach troubles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
MERCER is In DANGER
FRENCH GENERAL WILL BE
ARRESTED
CHARGE WILL BE CONSPIRACY
Premature Announcement of Gov
ernment's Contemplated Action
May Cause Delay In Making the
MOVe-Friends of Gen. MercIer
Are Dehant-Predict Government
Defeat In Event of Attack.

PARIS. Dec. SO.-There are persistent
reports in Nationalist circles that the
government has decided upon the arrest
and prosecution of Gen. Mercier before a
second high court, Immediately.
According to these reports ar important
debate concerning the conspiracy charges
and the case of Gen. Mercier will take
place in The chamber as soon as the ses-
sion begins, and 1T is said the premier,
M. Waldeck- Rosseau, will reply to his adj
versaries by announcing the arrest Of
Gen. MERCER and his arraignment before
the high court.
The Nationalist organs insist the gov
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
London Graphic.

NOW, when the powder in gun Is ig-
nited 1t forms gases that demand out
let. Something has to give way. These
gases push the ball forward. If the ball
fits loosely in the barrel part of the gun
the gases force their way by 1t and es-
cape, and the force behind the ball is di-
minished just that much.
That is one reason why breech-loader
shoots stronger than a muzze-loader
The balls have to be pushed into the
muzzle of q muzzle loader by hand and
it must necessarily leave some interstices
through which the gases could escape
This was remeded to some extent by the
use of patches of creased cloth or fawn-
skin that were wrapped around the bu-
let's. Many persons who have used the
old style rife have an idea that the pur-
pose Of the patch was to protect the
rifles or grooves inside the gun, but that
was not 1t. The creased covering fitted
snugly into the rifles and in a measure
prevented the escape of the gases.
ANOTHER REASON.
Another reason that breech-loaders
shCo stronger than muzzie- leaders is
that large charge of powder can be put
In them. Why is that? Let me show you
Here is a Winchester cartridge made for
the Lee rifle, used in our navy See how
much larger the shell Is at the base than
IL Is Where the Dall is cr1mped IN? 1t is
twice as large. Now, IL the powder re-
ceptacle and the ball were the same in
diameter, it would be necessary in order
to put In the same amount of powder to
lengthen the powder receptacle almost 100
yer cent. The result would be that not
one-half of the powder would be burned
and only ope-half of the force would be
obtained. The powder would be packed
into such slender compass that the gases
made by the combustion OF the part near
the breech would force the ball out and
the forward portion OF the powder would
follow 1t unburEed.
TRY 1t sometimes with a muZZle-load-
ing rifle. Put in three times as much
powder as the regular charge and note
the result after you fire 1t. You will be
able to pick up unburned grains of pow
der for twenty feet In front of the muz-
ze That's the trouble with a muzzle-
loader. You can't burn enough powder
in 1t to give the ball sufficient force, and
you can't prevent the escape of the gases
But that isn't all. They use powder In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

COhtIHucu Il rom FIRST rage.
gallant defense though I regret the un-
avoidable loss of life incurred"
MR., HAYS DEPARTURE.
Adelbert S. Hay, the new United States
consul at Pretoria, left Waterloo railroad
station here this morning for Southamp-
ton, on his way to Cape Town Mr. Hay
is charged with many commissions from
relatives and friends of the British pris-
oners at Pretoria.
BOER GOVERNMENT COURTEOUS.
WASHINGTON, Dec 3O.-Learning that
the French and Germans and perhaps
other nations had military officers ac-
companying the Boer army as observers,
the war department felt that 1t would
like the same privilege for an expert of
It's own. Mr. Hollis, United States con-
sui at Pretoria, was accordingly directed
to ask President Kruger if he would al
low an American army officer to accom-
pany the troops. A cablegram has Just
been received from the consul saying that
the Boer government has courteously as
scented to the request. The war depart
ment will at once select a suitable man
for the place and he will be hurried to
the scene of hostilities.
CANADA'S SECOND CONTINGENT
MONTREAL, Dec 3O-Withln the
course OF anOtner TWO weeks the second
contingent of 1000 troops, which Canada
is sending to South Africa, will sail from
Halifax for Cape Town. 1t will be COM
posed of cavalry mounted infantry
and field artillery. The first Canadian
contingent, which sailed about eight
weeks ago and now forms a part of Gen.
Lord Methuen's column consisted en-
tirely of infantry and was made up of
volunteers. The second contingent Will
be different. The mounted rifles will be
composed of four detachmants. Two will
be recruited from the Northwest mount
ed police and of the cowboys of the West
These will be genuine rough riders,'
and Lieut. Col Lessard, who will be the
superior officer in command has seen
long and active service In the West and
in Africa The second officer In command
will be Lieut.. Col. T. c. B. Evans, r.
c. D., who has a reputation as a fighter.
The other two detachments will be made
up of the various cavalry corps, the re-
cruits not necessarily being required to
be members of any regular corps If they
can qualify otherwise In compliance with
| the imperial army regulations The ar
| tillery arm! of the contingent Will be re-
cruited from the several batteries OF
| artillery in the Dominion, regular and
militia A and B batteries, stationed re-
spectively at Kingston and Quebec
which constitute virtually the only reg
ular artillery service in Canada will CON
tribute largely to this branch of the con-
tingent. Lieut.. Col Drury r. c. A., will
have command of the brigade division. In
addition to the cavalry and field artil-