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The evening times., 1900-02-08

In the House of Commons today the
British Government is to be asked as 10
whether Great Britain has relrquished all
her rights under the Clayton Bulwer
Treaty. Mr.. BalfouT will be in a posi- ion
to reply with great pleasure that Her
Maiesty's Government has not relilquish
any rights. but on the contrary. has sue
ceedei in reviving an agreement of great
value To the Empire and of equally grec t
damage to the United States, and has in
effect induced the Americans TO build IN
interoceanic canal for England's benefit
and to leave ii unprotected for Engl nj to
seize at the first convenient opportunity
The ministry will come out Of that inter-
pellation with flying colors. and amid the
cheers of all parliamentary parties.
Perhaps we should be thankful for small
favors. II is announced that Otis is TO be
recalled from the Philippines. The Ad-
ministration is careful 10 have it under
stood that the recall is at his own request.
There should be a fatted calf on the oc-
casion OF his return. DENLY could easily
get one contributed out of any of the pulp
tanks of the West
The evening times., 1900-02-08

cross the Riet River near or 10 the east
of Jacobsdal. The thanking operations
which Sir Hector Macdonald is conducting
to the west of Magarsfontein. have devei-
oped sufficient success. apparently, to
make it necessary for the Boer general TO
detach a considerable force from Methu-
ems front or from the left to confront him
at Koodoos Kop The probabilities then
are that when the Modder River plan ais
ready for execution. Cronie will find him.
self engaged on his left centre and on his
right and left. simultaneously by Muthuen.
Macdonald and the fresh troops attacking
or turning JacobsdaL
When this happens. IL is assumed that
the conditions will be ripe for an ad-
vance al the same time from Colesberg;
the idea being that with Cronje defeated
a movement from Kimberley and Colesberg
converging on Bloemfontein will be in
order These are the differences from the
news. and are apt 10 be faulty especially
in details. as the news itself is anything
but complete 1t is evident, however, that
at last there is a head to the British
Army. and that head. which belongs to
Lord Roberts has brains in it. The Beers
are now being pressed in every direction,
and if their numbers are no greater than
we have ground fer supposing. it is diff
cult to see why they should not sustain
reverses somewhere.
The evening times., 1900-02-08

Thomas Clyde. Of the Clyde Steamship
Company. is at the Arlington from New
York He Is here on a business trip. and
will remain until Saturday.
The evening times., 1900-02-08

II. c. Tweed. NJ. d., the chief surgeon of
the steamship Lucania, is at the Arlington
on sight seeing expedition. He will re-
main until Saturday.
The evening times., 1900-02-08

Walter Damrosch. the leader and mu-
scian. is at the Shoreham from New York
He viii remain until tomorrow night, and
will witness the Lawton Cb-equies.
The evening times., 1900-02-08

1hv curtain has risen on the opeuin OF
Field Marshal Lord Roberts campaign 10
operations both in Natal and the west. -
;d, former Sir Redvers Buller 49, p. -
The evening times., 1900-02-08

Frank NJ White, a well-known London
correspondent is at Chamberiin's on a
pleasure trip. He is greeting old friends
and will remain in the city only few
days
The evening times., 1900-02-08
The Hny-Pauncefote Canal.

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1899.
The evening times., 1900-02-08
Former Representative Curtis of Iowa is
at the Normandie from Clinton. He is
here on some personal business and will
remain several weeks

Francis Garcia, Director of the Havana
Commercial Company. is at the Raleigh
from New York for a few days. He will
leave for Europe next week. and will re-
sign his position with that corporation.
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Little Willie's Dream.

From Life.
Papa Cat the breakfast table Willie,
my boy, why are you looking SO thought
full? Are you not feeling well?
Willie Every seriously)-Yes, papa;
but l had a strange dream this morning.
Papa-Indeed What was it ~
Willie-I dreamed, papa, that died
and went to heaven, and when St. Peter
met me at the gate, instead of showing
me the way to the golden streets, as ex-
pected, he took me out into large field
and in the middle of the field there was a
ladder reaching away up in the sky and
out of sight Then St. Peter told me
that heaven was at the top, and that in
order to get there l must take the big
piece of chalk he gave me and slowly climb
the ladder, writing on each round some
sin | had committed.
Papa (laying down his newspaper)-
And did you finally reach heaven, my
son +?
Willie-No papa, for just as 1 was try
ing to think of something to write on the
second round, l looked up into the sky
and saw you coming down.
Papa-And what was l coming down
for, pray?
Willie-That' just what I asked you
papa, and you told me you were going for
more chalk.
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Changed Her Mind Too.
From London Answers.

From London Answers
A young couple in Lancashire village
had been counting for several years. The
young man one day said to the woman:
''Sall, l Gamma marry thee"
elbows that?'' asked she.
"I've changed my mind" said he.
"Well, I'll tell you what we'll do
said she. eff folk know that it's thee as
has given me up, shanna be able to get
another chap, but if they think that I've
given you up then 1 can get another chap.
So well have banns published, and when
the wedding day comes the parson will say
to thee, Wilt thou have this woman to
be thy welded wife p and tina must say,
L will And when he says to me, wilt
thou have this man to be thy welded hus-
band? | shall say, Il Wilma. -
The day came, and when the minister
said, wilt thou have this woman to be
thy welded wife p the man answered:
81 will.
Then the parson said to the woman:
''Wilt thou have this man to be thy
welded husband?' And she said.
II will. -
"Why," said the young man furiously,
''you said you would say, Il Wilma ,"
81 know that, said the young woman,
''but I've changed my mind since
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-01-27
ExECUToR's SALE
~ OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of power contained in the last
will and testament OF David Miller, late Of
Carroll county, deceased, and in pursuance Of
an order of the Orphans Court of Carroll
County, the subscriber, as Executor, will sell
at public sale, on the premises, on
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9Th, 1900,
at 2 O'Clock, p. M, the following described
property, to wit: A farm containing
AL ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
situated in Carroll county, Maryland, and
within mile of the village of Patapsco, in
said county, being same tract of land which
was convened to the said David Miller by
Jane Houck, by deed dated July 18th. 1886,
and recorded among the land records of Car
roll county, in Liber W. N. NJ, No. GA, folio
485, &c.
The land is of good quality
and is improved by a substan- 4
tial :a-story Stone Dwelling -. ~ -
House and good barn. There tzIEzaasz Il
is also good fruit upon the place and spring
of excellent water near the dwelling.
This property is eligibly located near the
Western Maryland Railroad. and would make
a most desirable home.
Terms of Sale:-One- third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day Of sale,
or on the ratification thereof by the Court,
and the residue in two equal payments, the
one payable in six and the other payable in
twelve months from the day of sale; the credit
payments to be secured by the bonds or single
bills of the purchaser or purchasers, with
sufficient security, bearing interest from the
day of sale, or all cash at the option of the
purchaser.
JOSHUA W. Herring,
Executor of the Last Will and Testament of
David Miller, Deceased.
jan13-ts Elias N. Davis, Auct.
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Hog Cholera Along Streams.

| Careful experiments conducted in the
laboratory of the Agricultural Department
at Washington, D. c., have demonstrated
| that hog cholera bacilli will remain alive
and active in water four months. This
explains the cause of the rapid distribution
of the disease along streams, creeks,
branches and rivulets.
| Here is case which came under my
observation: A lot of hogs that obtained
their supply of water from pool in a
creek became infected with the disease
and all died At this time the water in
the creek was too low to flow. Seven
weeks later heavy storm caused rise in
the creek and the flowing water carried
the disease to every herd down the valley
that obtained its supply of water from the
stream. The owners of the herds below
had been warned of the danger, but as the
stream did not flow for seven weeks after
the hogs above had died they decided that
the bacilli were dead and there was no
necessity for any precautions. Only one
man penned his hogs when the stream
capped an attack of the disease.
A great many farmers allow their pigs
to obtain their supply of water from streams
flowing through their farms. 1t is u very
convenient mode of watering stock, but
rather dangerous one. If the hogs up
stream are attacked by cholera or swine
plague the germs are sure to be brought
down and their hogs infected 1t is
difficult matter to keep informed as to the
condition of all the hogs along stream
many miles in length, therefore it is the
safest plan by far to fence the swine away
from the rivers and creeks. To emphasize
this advice, an investigation into the matter
showed that in 1896 the loss of hogs in the
townships bordering on White River, in
Indiana, was 23.1 per cent. In the
second tier of townships back from the
river 15.6 per cent, and in the third tier
rs per cent. In 1895 thorough in
vestigation showed that sixty townships
bordering upon the Wabash River from
Cass County to its mouth showed loss of
hogs from cholera of Is per cent, and
forty -seyen townships in the second tier
back showed loss of 10 per cent. 1t
was shown during the same investigation
that almost all of those whose herds es-
capped the disease used well water, which
is usually pure.
1t is safe to say that no herd of swine
that obtains its supply Of water from
river or flowing stream is safe from infec
ton, and those who persist in allowing
their hogs access to such waters must ex
pect to suffer losses from hog cholera.
What makes matters worse, it is not only
the person who thus allows his hogs to be-
come infected who suffers loss, but the
disease is communicated to the herds of his
neighbors, and is spread over whole
township until the losses run up into thou
sands. When an outbreak of hog cholera
occurs in neighborhood the best plan is
to yard your hogs at once, and to keep all
other aaimals out of that yard.
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Glass from Stag.

From Chicago Times-Herald.
The secret of making what is claimed to
be fine quality of glass from Stag has
been discovered by a chemist in the employ
of the Illinois Steel Company. As re-
suit plate glass factory will propably be
be reared on the companys Cheltenham
tract soon. Already the plans for the
plant have been drawn and ground is now
being cleared for the buildings. 1t is esti-
mated that employment will be furnished
for at least 700 men.
For some months secret experiments
have been conducted in the laboratory of
the steel company. Now it is made known
that not only can cement of fair quality be
made from the refuse of the furnace, but
glass of good quality as we'll The invent
or is said to be young man who recently
entered the employ of the company, hav-
ing come from the University Of Michigan,
class of SO. Even his name is withheld,
but his discovery, it is said, will net him
handsome reward.
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Farm Notes.

Giving salt regularly to animals is not
necessarily matter requiring extra atten-
ton. If a box or bag Of salt is kept conve-
niently at the barn, so as to add little to the
food at each meal, the animals will enjoy
their food more, while little or no extra
labor will be entailed. This is better than
compelling the stock to eat large quanti-
ties of salt at one time and depriving them
of it when they may desire it with certain
foods at other times.
Labor can be saved in blowing and the
work be done well by properly laying off
the plot. A square acre, plowed with a
15-inch furrow, requires "a rounds and
1886 turns The same area in the form of
parallelogram-2 by 80 rods-requires
only 13 rounds and 81 turns, thus requir-
ing much less time to do the work. The
same rule applies to cultivation. The
longer the rows the less time required, as
there will be fewer turnings at the end of
rows. 1t is the turning of the pillow or
cultivator which causes loss Of time, to
say nothing of the extra work imposed on
the man who is blowing or cultivating.
When manure becomes heated and the
odor of ammonia is noticed there is then
loss of valuable fertilizing substance
nitrogen. Turn the heap over, placing
the coarser portions to the centre. While
so doing sprinkle handful or more of
kainit over the manure. If this cannot
be done force a crowbar down into the
heap in several places and pour cold water
in to reduce the temperature.
1t is not wise for any farmer to buy
more land as long as the farm cultivated
by him is not up to its full limit Of capac-
ity. 1t is also difficult to determine when
the limit has been reached. The manure
that is spread ON one acre will give better
esults than when used on two acres. The
first duty of a farmer is to increase the
fertility of his soil, which can be done
more easily with small farm than with
one that is large. Only when the small
farm is at its best, and the farmer is clear
of debt, should he enlarge, and if he buys
more land he should pay cash and avoid
mortgages.
1t is well enough to lay down the rule
that ten pounds of corn will make one
pound of pork, but rules may not give the
results expected unless under certain con-
ditions. Some breeds of hogs will produce
more pork on the same food than others,
and even with selected breed there will
be individual animals that will increase
more rapidly than others. In the winter
season, if the hogs are exposed, twenty or
thirty pounds of corn may be required to
make pound of pork. Care and man
agement are important as well as breeds
and food.
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To Measure Our Wealth.
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal
We are today worth 800, 900, 600, 900.
The human mind cannot grasp it, although
human greed might.
IF you should take 100 hundred dollar
bills and put them in package it would
be about an inch through. This would
make $4,000 in a package an inch in
thickness.
The railroad between New York and
Philadelphia is fairly straight and eighty
miles in length. If you should begin at
the Pennsylvania Station and set package
of bills edgewise across the track with the
fat side toward Philadelphia, and set SINH
lar money packages against it as fast as
possible, at the end of the first mile you
would have placed on the track little over
5000, 900, 600 in 500 bills
Continue your work You would pass
Newark with only few billions laid down
a trivial distance that could be covered by
private fortunes. You would pass New
Brunswick. At Trenton you would still
be doing out the nation wealth and pack
ing it closely behind you
At Philadelphia, eighty miles away, you
would have no rest, as only half of your
task would be completed. Not until almost
100 miles had been covered would the last
$40, 600 package disappear.
The nations wealth is, therefore, ap-
proximately $50 miles in 500 bills packed
Aatwise. Stupendous as this may seem it
is estimated that at our present ratio of in
crease we shall be worth in fifty years over
six times as much.
But this is not our sole claim to great
ness. We are richer by 1861 miles Of
railroad than we were year ago. Our
imports are greater by many millions. The
new buildings constructed surpass in num-
Der those of any previous year in our his
tory. Our shipbuilding tonnage has grown
greater by many thousand tons, our popu-
lation has vastly increased, and our death
rate has lessened.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-01-27
How to Make a Fountain Pen.

If you wish to make fountain pen,
take two ordinary steel pens of the same
pattern and insert them in the common
holder. The inner pen will be the writ
ting pen. Between this and the outer pen
will be held a supply of ink when they are
once dipped into the inkstand that will last
to write several pages of manuscript. It
is not necessary that the points of the two
pens should be very near together, but if
the flow of ink is not rapid enough the
points may be brought nearer by bit of
thread or minute rubber band.
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a7ee EQUITY.

NO. a7ee EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County, sit
ting as a Court of Equity.
John w. Weant, Mortgage, VS.. Chas. F.
Welenovsky, Barbara F. Welenovsky, De-
PENDANTS.
Ordered this 18th day of January, A. D.
1900, that the sale of the Mortgaged property
made and reported in the above entitled
cause by John W. Weant, Mortgage, by vir-
tue of the power contained in Mortgage
from Chas. F. Welenovsky and Barbara F.
Welenovsky, to him, dated March 18th, A.
D. 1898, recorded among the Real Estate
Mortgage Records of Carroll County, in
Liber ]. II. B., No. Al, folio I12, &C., be
finally ratified and confirmed, unless cuase
to the contrary thereof be shown on or before
the 18th day of February next; provided a
copy of this order be inserted in some news.
paper published in Carroll county, MARYLAND,
once week for three successive weeks
previous to the 9Th day of February, next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
$4,000.
JAS. II. BILLINGSLEA, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
janlS-at JAS. II. BILLINasLEA, Clerk.
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,
In IInioninwn District Carroll Ccnnfv Md


The undersigned, as trustee, appointed by
decree of the Circuit Court for Carroll county
in cause No. 1862 Equity, in which John L.
West, Mortgage, is Plaintiff, and Stephen
Winters ct al are defendants, will offer at Pub
lie Sale, on the premises, on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9Th, A. D., 1900,
at l O'Clock, P. NJ, valuable tract of land,
containing
II ACRES and "a Square PERCHES.
more or less, improved by
large substantial Frame DWELL sEA.h
ing, Bank Barn, and other * E1z
necessary buildings; an elegant E3ask8zi.E
spring of water. This property is situated on
the public road leading from Winter church
to Linwood, about onehalf mile northeast of
the latter place, and adjoins the lands of
Jacob Saubie, Emanuel Fisher, Mrs. Edward
Shamer and Jos. l., Haines, and is the same
tract that was conveyed to Reuben Winters by
two deeds, the one from Geo. Winters ct al,
dated September 18th, 1877, and recorded
among the Land Records of Carroll county in
Liber F. T. S., No. 81, folio ZIG, &c, and the
other from Stephen Winters and wife, dated
November ID, 1877, and recorded among the
Land Records of Carroll county in Liber +.
7. S., No. 81 folio 213.
Terms of Sale as prescribed by the decree:
One-third of the purchase money must be
paid cash on the day of sale, or the ratification
thereof; one third in one year and one-third
in two years from the day of sale, with interest
from day of sale, to be secured by the notes
of the purchs ser, with approved security;
or all cash at the option of the purchaser.
EDWARD o. WEANT, Trustee.
d. N. Henning, Solicitor,
jan-1s-4t j. Thos. Roop, Auct.
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JoTIoE TO CREDITORS.

has obtained from the ORPHANS, Conrt of
Carroll county, in Maryland, letters Of adj
ministration on the Personal Estate of
CHARLES F. WELENOVSKY,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouch-
ers thereof legally authenticated. to the sub
scriber, on or before the 18th day of August,
1900; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 9th day of
EDWARD o. wEANT,
jan Is At Administrator.
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Reduce Taxation.
From the Boston Herald, January

From the Boston Herald, January 2.
If Secretary Gage is as much smbar-
raised by the excess of the revenue as he
claims to be; if his receipts are coming in
on so large scale that he has to select a
New York bank to assist the Treasury Off
cials in distributing the inflow from the in
ternal revenue among the other depository
banks, then the lesson of the financial sit
uation for Congress is plain. 1t may be
summed up in two words i: Reduce taxa
ton. Instead of collecting money from
the taxpayers to lend it to certail national
banks, let it remain, SO far as it can be
spared, in the taxpayers pockets, which is
certainly the place where its presence will
do the most good to the greatest number of
American people. At a moderate estimate,
the use of the money is worth 6 per cent.
per annum to the average taxpayer. In
the present stringent times we might set
the figure still higher without any danger
of exaggeration, but we shall call it 6 per
cent, to keep well within bounds.
Now, turn to the banks and mark the
contrast For the deposits which the
Treasury is making with them they pay
nothing. No matter how long the deposits
may be held by them, no matter how great
the resultant gain from holding them may
be, the banks are not charged anything in
the way of interest, and the Government
does not get dollar out of the transaction.
According to yesterdays return, the de-
posts in the national banks amount to
sS4, 295, 545, and, under the plan just in
augurated by Secretary Gage, this sum is
to be increased by the internal revenue re-
ceipts at the rate of about s25, 900, 900
per month Assuredly it is time for Con-
gress to interfere with game SO very un-
profitable to the country. The most sensi
BILE and serviceable way to deal with the
surplus revenue is to cut off the excess by
revising the tax list and repeating the most
oppressive of the imposts to the utmost ex-
tent permitted by prudence.
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Westminster, Nd, Jan. Q, 1900.
At regular meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Farmers Fertilizer Company of
Carroll County, dividend of six per cent.
was declared on the capital stock of said COM
pany for the past year, payable at the First
National Bank Of Westminster, on and after
the 18th day of January, 1900.
By order of the Board
JOHN 7. DIFFENBAUGH,
janl3-8t Secretary.
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The American Agriculturist estimates
that there are 75, 600, 900 horses in the
world. Of these 38, 900, 900 are in Eu-
rope, 1900, 600 in North America and
8, 900, 900 in Asia. The mules and asses
in the world are said to number s, 900, 900.