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Useful Hints.


The best way to hang up broom is to
screw large picture ring into the top of
the handle.
Never have dark furniture in the kitch-
en-; it shows dust much more than light,
and requires double care.
Wash your fatirons in soapsuds and dry
thoroughly, if they at all trouble you by
dropping black specks.
A few leaves of green wormwood scat
tered where black ants congregate is said
to be etfectual in dislodging them.
Il is claimed that the juice of lemon
squeezed into cup of strong coffee will
afford immediate relief in neuralgic head
ache.
A half cup ammonia to pail of warm
water will cleanse hard finished wells nice
ly; of course, the water should be changed
when much soiled
When laid away for any length of time,
linen should be washed, rough dried with
out biuing, and laid in loose folds without
much weight on it.
Remedy Tor Slipping rugs.-House-
prond women who rejoice in smooth, hard
floors often find the slipping Of the rugs
stretched across them a serious annoyance,
if not positive danger, as falls may easily
ensue from it. A rug salesman contrib
uted the other day this suggestion as
remedy: ''Wet the rugs thoroughly"
he said, sand turn them right side down
ward till dry 1t will not hurt them, and
will relieve this tendency to Slip The
explanation is that the wetting dissolves
some slightly gummy substance used in
their treatment.
To Keep Gilt Frames Clean.-To clean
gold picture frames beat the white of an
egg; add to it one pint of cold water; moist
en- your frames with this mixture, using a
sponge. Then, with soft flannel care
fully wipe Take second cloth, perfectly
dry, and give the frames a light rubbing.
If the frames are not clean and bright after
this treatment you had better take them to
a glider and have them regilded.
To Clean Marble fake two parts of
common soda, one part Of pumice stone
and one part of finely powdered chalk; sift
it through fine sieve and mix it with
water; then rub it well all over the marble
and the stains will be removed. Then
wash the marble off with soap and water,
and it will be as clean as it was at first.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-02-03

One of the best smouse-scarers' is the
foliage Of the walnut tree. Where traps
are useless the above is most successful, and
for those to whom such leaves are obtain
able there need be no more worry about
those annoying little animals. Even after
the foliage has been dried it is still effect
ual in driving them away. On the Con
tinent, where country folk bury such veg
etables as turnips, carrots, celery, ETC.,
for winter use, layer of the above keeps
rats aHd micesaway.
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Doctor Leigh shook his head.
For second Miss Dale's hand rested
in his as of old; then, drawing it toward
her, placed it upon the sufferer, saying,
as she did so
GAS he hopes to be forgiven, Hugh. :"
With mighty effort the dying man
turned his head and looked into the eyes
of the man he had defrauded.
'tHe does not forgive me p he almost
shrieked," and God will not forgive me !
What shall I do? What shall | do?''
A look from Miss Dale, that Doctor
Leigh will never forget, compelled him,
bending his head low, he said, kindly !:
~ forgive you, Hugh. Think not Of
me, but of yourself
Five minutes after, the spirit had fled,
and the strangely separated pair were once
more alone together
This tragedy had consumed only about
two hours, and Miss Dale dressed again to
receive her New Years callers
Notwithstanding all she had passed
through, her heart was lighter than when
she dressed in the morning John Leigh
had not left her without cause, and life
was not so utterly void and hopeless as it
had been
Fourteen years ago since all this hap
pened-and today she is forty.
She has met Doctor Leigh in society
many times since then, and all the allu-
sion ever made by either to their peculiar
positions has been the earnest query, and
the quick, hearty answer, as to 'How
has it been with you? Aud the beau
tiful woman's eyes always added "Are
you growing to be more of man? Are
you more constant to your duty? Are
your lessons well learned p
To which his eyes always answered
cit is hard, but | am doing the best |
can.
Now, on this fortieth birthday, Miss
Dale had just arrived in New York, after
three-year's sojourn in Europe. Dur
ing all this time not one word had been
heard from Doctor Leigh. For all Miss
Dale knew, he might be dead, and, as she
dressed again to receive her callers, the
lovely old maid looked in the glass and
soliloquized She saw pair of gray eyes,
brilliant complexion, face from whom
whose delicate oval age had not snatched a
single charm, and she knew that she had
not changed as much as most women at
forty.
sOh, dearl what are looks, after all ? ;
she murmured. 'sThere is nobody to care
about it if I do look well-if do carry
my years with grace and dignity" and she
sighed, as what woman would net, at the
vision of her loneliness loneliness which
must last as long as life, and life bade fair
to hold out well. Miss Dale had never
been i'll day in her life.
ssMiss Dale at home" spread about
quickly, and the elegant parlors were again
filed with appreciative guests A good
many New Years had passed since the
last call Of Doctor Leigh, and on none of
these anniversaries had Miss Dsle expected
him; but today he was ever before her.
At noon her father dropped in, and lull
of visitors enabled her to sit with him at
dinner
~ called on Doctor Leigh's s family to-
day. Mr.. Dale had been in Eurpe with
his daughter and I was perfectly horri-
fed at the changes that had come to
them .
Miss Dale could not speak, but waited,
In sort of dumb patience that had be-
n n =
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Pants Department
r NOPARTNERsHIP NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, have this day formed
copartnership under the firm name of Reif-
snider Il Grimes for the Practice of Law.
All business intrusted to us will receive
prompt and careful attention.
CHAS. 7. REIFSNIDER, JR.,
E. o. GRIMES, JR.,
Dec. 81, 1899.
Office 2s2 East Main street,
dec23-ff Westminster. Md.
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HUBER'S PHARMACY,
JOHN j. ROSE. Proprietor,
1876 e. Main street.
Dealer in

Dealer In
Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet
Articles, Soaps, Patent Medi-
cines, Perfumery, Shoulder
Braces and Trusses, Cigars,
Kodaks and Photo Supplies,
Stationery, Horse and Cattle
Powders,
and everything essential to an up to date
drug store.
Physicians orders promptly filed.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
Purity of drugs, reasonable rates and ac-
commodation to our patrons are our chief
aim. Respectfully.
decao JOHN ]. ROSE.
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The Sales Of White.

The Sales Of White.
Are still in progress and offer unexceed bargains
which cannot be duplicated later.
Soc quality full White Bed Spreads, hemmed 69c.
BIC grade pure linen size, fine Towels only 25c.
121c full yard wide Percae pretty prinings at 1Oc
1000 yards pretty embroidery Sc grade reduced only Sc
yd.
Regular 25c Handsome wide embroidery, patterns
15c yd.
Pretty Torchon and Inersion Sc and 1Oc kind
sc yd.
Mems Extra grade Fine Unlaundred White Shirts 5Oc
soc Ladies Ribbed Vests and Pants the White Sale 39c
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
Fine Muslin Night Gowns Lace and Tucked Yoke only
&c.,
Best Muslin Night Gowns Lovely embroidery trimming $780,
Good Muslin Drawers Hem and cluster of Tucks at 25c
Extra Fine Muslin Drawers cluster of Tucks and deep ruff
fe of Embroidery SOC.
Corset Covers of Fine Cambria square neck and pref
tily trimmed only 25c
Children Drawers of good Muslin from 1Oc up.
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&c pure Linen Towelng and Glass Crash reduced SC
yard.
Sc heavy yard wide Unbleached Muslin reduced to SC
yard.
Sc Dark Outing Cloth, good and heavy, reduced to SC yd
25c Turkey Red Table Damask 60 inches wide reduced
to 100.
Princess Cachmee, nice dark Styles reduced 64c
yard.
15c Lovely Swandown Fannes for Wrappers, al 1Oc yd
s5 Children Refers pretty trimmed, reduced to 25O
25c Misses Aeeced lined ribbed Vests reduced 15c.
So and s4 Lovely Trimmed Hats, go for only $3.50.
81 heavy large size Grey Blankets reduced to 75c pair.
Sc and 1Oc good dark Dress Gingham reduced to &c yd
soc Grey Ribbed Undershs Drawers for Men reduced
to 25c
123c Fine Seersucker hundreds of New styles &c yd
12Bc Full pound bats of Good Cotton reduced to 1Oc
75c Pretty Petticoa for ladies reduced only 5Oc
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AS true friend, am sorry for Hugh,
and willing and anxious to be of service to
him; and, as true friend, Doctor Leigh,
1 certainly feel that this mans life is a
miserable mistake, which can only be recti-
fed there -poiuting upward with almost
angelic grace, the poor fellow thought, as
he silently regarded her.
''I am quite ready" she said, at last,
as her companion did not speak.
Then it was that Dootor Leigh forgot
everything but his great love for the wo-
man who stood before him, and buried
his head in his hands and wept as only a
strong, large-hearted man can weep.
Miss Dale stretched out her arms, and
made step toward him, but the thought
of another, of the duty, the lifelong alle-
glance this man bore to the woman called
by his name, brought her to her senses at
once, and so, as many another goul woman
has done before, and will do again, she
waited in silent agony for the storm to
pass, praying with her whole soul to be
delivered from temptation.
| law yOu hO " say W h4C,
Anna l.e asked, ar iast; word
that will bring me at least little comfort
one single ray of light ?"
''Only this, Doctor Leigh. y Miss
Dale's voice was gentle. but as firm as
true womanliness and self-respect could
make it. "Only this You must do
your work with irmness, and your duty
with principle Although after today We
may never meet again, l want your to re-
member that my chief interest in life will
be to know how much of true loyalty you
have in your heart, and how much of a
man you can make of yourself There is
another life, Doctor Leigh, to which this
is only the primary school, the little kinder
garten. Let us leaIn our lessons well, and
neglect none of the tasks set before us.
Doctor Leigh, am ready
During the two-mile drive to the house
of death, not a word was spoken, and
when they approached the bedside of the
dying man it was plain that there was but
a few moments left.
81 am so sorry, Hugh was all Miss
Dale said, as she bent over the sufferer.
''Don' say you are sorry, he groaned.
''Don't pity me. but blame me curse
me that is what wanted you for. y
'sLet us hear all that you have to say,
Hugh" she answered. "Come and sit
down here, Doctor drawing chair to
the bedside. ''He will feel better after
he has told all. -
Doctor Leigh approached the couch
with look of indescribable disgust upon
his pale face.
With angelic pity Miss Dale pushed the
chair back, and shielded the sufferer from
the narrowing sight.
81 lied to the DOCTOR whispered the
miserable man. ''I told him you loved
me. forged letter, and showed it to
him as coming from you-that you were wise
in heart, and was only betrothed to him
because your father desired it. And he
believed me-and, oh, merciful heaven,
will you forgive me?''
GAS hope to be forgiven, Hugh T.
said Miss Dale, tenderly wiping the poor
face, already damp with the dews of death.
s'And the doctor-will he not speak to
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NEW AND IMPROVED
~ WOODEN PUMPS.

FRANK E. PALMER, UN1osrowN, Nh,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in all kinds Of
PUMPS. Special attention given to Repair
Work. Terms as reasonable as good work
win justify. inly1-H
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ROBE OR
BLANKET LINE.
Il o. GRIMES,
Ns Successor TO
E. O. GRIMES & CO.. AT
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT.
WESTMINSTER, MD.

WESTMINSTER, MD.
Having succeeded TO the business of the
late firm of E. o. Grimes & Co., the under.
signed sofcits the patronage of the firms
former customers and the public generally.
has as complete stock of
DICE GROC CERIES
as can be found IN our city.
CHOICE TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS,
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, TO.
BACCO, &C.
The best grades of PATENT PROCESS
and FAMILY FLOUR constantly on hand al
bottom figures. VIII pay the Highest Prices
for WHEAT. CORN, RYE, OATS. and all
kinds of Country Produce.
Agent for Latin & Rand's Blasting Pow.
der, and Judson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing, &c. Farmers can be supplied with the
best quality of COTTON and FLAXSEED
MEAL, HEAVY MIDDLINGS, BRAN, &c.
at lowest prices.
mar 2s E. O. GRIMES.
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INSURANCE AGENCY

CHARLES E. GOODWIN.
Successor to Wilson & Goodwin.
26 W. Main Street, second story of Smith 4
Reifsnider's Office Building,
WESTMINSTER. ND.
Represents the following Companies
Royal Fire Insurance Co. Of Liverpool.
Continental Fire Insurance Company of
New York.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Of
England.
Employers Accident Liability Assurance
corporation Limited of London.
No Notes. 70 Assessments.
jan 81
DAVID E. WALSH,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
oinee It's East Main Street, Westminster, Nd
rrompt attention given to all business.
collections Specially. nor IL '9S
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Are still in progress and offer unexceled bargains
i which cannot be duplicated later
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Balance of our entire stock at prices you can.
not afford to overlook
Great bargains in Underwear, at prices that
will compel you to buy. Less than halfprice.
Also lot of fine Wool Overshirts, former
price 100 to 50. so, now $1.0O. Also large
line of Gloves at all prices, reduced to less
than half price. In Neckwear we can open
your eyes in prices. Fifty cent goods from
l0c up-good goods and good styles. They
must be sold. The balance of our stock Of
Hats at less than half price-some first-class
styles. Our greatest offer is in our
Suit, Overcoat and
Pants Department.
We have some splendid things to show you;
and will sell them at half price, and, if desir-
ed, will make up to order in frst-class style,
fit guaranteed or no sale. dollar saved Is
a dollar made. Call and examine our stock
and we are confident we can save you money
and please you, at the old stand, No. "a West
Main street, Westminster, Nd
ian29-tf A. NJ ANDERS.
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CLEAN SWEEP

Balance of our entire stock at prices you can
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Domestic Department.
few grand bargains picked random from this stock will
prove interesting to you ALL
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many
goodth TO offer mequick
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

This millet is called, also, Southern
Millet, American Millet, Golden Millet,
Mammoth Millet, Bengal Grass, Da-
kota Millet. 1t grows to a height of
four or five feet, and has heads that
are 6 to 8 inches long and an inch
wide. This variety has been in gem
eral cultivation in the South since the
early seventies, but was introduced
into the United States many years ear
lier. Prof. Crozier regards the East
Indies as the most probable source OF
it's introduction into the United States,
and remarks that the name Bengal
Grass" by which it was first known
in this country, suggests such an ORR
gin. Flint, on the contrary, makes the
statement that it was first brought to
the United States from Europe. How
ever this may be, it seems that the
seed used il Tennessee, where this va
riety first came into real prominence,
was brought from France in the early
sixties, and since that time has been
the leading millet sown in the South.
German millet makes a heavy yield OF
forage under favorable conditions, but
does not stand drouth as we'll as the
smaller varieties, such as common mil
let and Hungarian. The hay is coarser
and less highly valued than that from
the smaller millets, but when the for
age can be fed in the green state this
will be found to be an excellent variety
to grow, on account of the heavy yield.
German millet is the latest Of the
varieties commonly grown here, and is
exceedingly variable in its appearance
and habit of growth. 1t Is very sell
dom that one sees a field that is uni
form in character. Many, perhaps
most, of the heads may be typical OF
the variety, but usually there will be
many others scarcely to be distin-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

In 1913 Napoleon in order to in
crease the popularity of an issue of
6-franc pieces, announced that several
bonds redeemable at 5000 francs each
had been inserted in coins of the issue.
Dispatches from Binghamton, N. Y,
state that j. W. Hoban who opened a
saloon recently in Waverly, took a s.
franc piece over the bar. Having read
OF Napoieon's announcement, and no.
ticing the date on the coin, he opened
the latter and found a slip of paper
which, presented at a French bank
through the banking house of Roger
Ryan, was cashed for $11, 500, the
amount Of the bond with interest tc
date.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

The Vermont Experiment Station
sends out the following warning: Look
out for the man with the patent milk
p~reservative. There are various agents
now abroad in the land selling
t'Freezene," "No-ice-needed Pre-
servatiye,' Liquid Milk Sweet" and
several such nostrums intended incl
dentally to keep milk from souring,
and primarily to gather in the farm
er's loose change. In all those several
cases which have been reported to the
Vermont Experiment Station, the
chemical basis of the preservative is
the same. 1t is COMMUNICATIONS
alma powerful disinfectant and,
germicide, but not a desirable article OF
diet for the human. species. 1t is not
strictly and seriously poisonous, but
it is held by all the best authorities
to be harmful to the digestive system.
1t is the same material now largely
in use in the creameries for preserving
samples of milk for testing. 1t Will
certainly keep milk from souring; and
it Illus enables the slovenly dalryman
to cover up many of his worst negli-
gencies. 1t leaves him free to enjoy
the filth of an unclean stable, to save
himself the trouble of cleaning his
cans, to be as loose and lazy and
wicked as he pleases. This is not to
say that the man who uses Preserva-
tive, Freezene and the like is neces-
sarily that sort of a fellow; but these
chemicals do protect him from the re-
suits of negligence and ignorance, and
seem, to the unprejudiced observer, to
offer the careless milkman an unde-
served salvation from his sips.
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According to perfectly reliable re-
ports from the seat Of war the Beers
are quarreling among themselves and
the British are suffering from typhoid
fever; the Kafirs are rising against
the Beers and the Cape Dutch against
the British; 1000 Beers were killed al
Modder river, this loss crushing the
spirits of the survivors, and 5000 Brit
ish fell at Colenso, thus breaking the
hearts Of Buffers army. Meanwhile
both Boer and Briton sit calmly In
their trenches and wonder why the fatt
of Ananias does not overtake various
war correspondents of unlimited imag
ination.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
t~ivatiOn OF the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, Viticulture and
Horticulture.


The Grain Farmer and Sheep Feeder.
A bulletin of the South Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station says: 1t is a de-
plorable fact, and one that does not
speak we'll for the enterprise or In
telligence of either our sheer -ra1sers
or our FARMERS, that of the small num-
Der of sheep which are annually raised
a large percentage is shipped east IN
an unfinished" condition. At the
same time hundreds of thousands OF
bushels of grain are annually sold at
a price that entails an actual loss TO
the producer. In the past, and TO a
large extent at present, our cneap
range sheep and our cheap grains are
freighted east at great expense anu
there fed at a handsome profit. we
are glad to note, however. that some
of the more progressive farmers in this
state are availing themselves of these
favorable conditions and are thereby
realizing handsome profits. We woulu
not be understood as advising all sheep
men to go to raising grain, nor that
all grain farmers should go into the
sheep business. Neither do we believe
that all the successful shcep-Talsers
are fitted by taste, experience, enVl-
ronment or business ability to become
successful feeders. But we do pelleVe
that many of them are so htteo anu
that there are a sufficient number OF
such in every neighborhood to "feeo
to a finish not only as many sheep
as are now produced annually, but
enough more to consume all OF the
coarse grains and fodder produced
We believe that all coarse grains ana
fodder produced should be fed "lInin
our state, and that no feeders shoulu
be shipped out until all such 0
stuffs are consumed. We believe that
the farmers and the sheep men are
too far apart" not only g~eograpn-
ically, but also in their way OF LOOKING
at this important problem. Geograpn-
ically they might be brought mucn
closer together if all the rough stony
billy or unoccupIed lands, OF which
every country has more or less, were
utilized for sheep ranges.
On many farms both grain farming
and sheep raising can be prontaply
conducted, but when this does not
seem advisable the two industries can
be carried on upon closely adjoining
lands, with mutual profit to botn the
farmer and the sheep man. II the
grain farmer would take into conslo-
Grafton the value he would derive from
having a sheep man for a neighbor'
who would buy and his sur
plus grain product and also render
him an even greater service by keep
Ing the stubble lands, falloW fields and
waste places free from weeds; and II
the sheep man would appreciate the
advantage of being able to buy cheap
grain of his neighbor in order to hnisn
I his sheep, we believe they would nno
I it mutually beneficial. In order to ale
I in bringing about this order of things
a series of feeding experiments was
: begun during the past season, n Il
Is hoped that the work may be con
tinued for some years to come.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

The Muncie High School of Muncie
Ind, is self-governing and in contro;
of the students. The governing board
consists Of a president, who must he
a student elected by popular vote. the
superintendent of public schools. the
principal of the High School, a mem.
Der of the school board, a woman MEM
Der of the faculty and one member
chosen from each Of the high school
grades. Five student vice-presidente
are the heads of as many departments
All questions of government aro
brought before the board, on which
students hold the controlling vote
The regular studies and study hours
except where they may conflict with
some department law, are controlled
by the teachers, as usual. A comnany
of uniformed High School cadets ic
supported; tennis, football, basket-haT
and baseball teams are kept IN an[
field day sports are directed. The &c
ISOLATION also keeps up a glee an,
mandolin club and a dramatic cluh
dramatic club manager and pronort,
man are among the officers. The A..
tralian ballot Is used.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Queen Victoria, it is said, is mani
Testing deep interest in Mrs. Kruger,
and has asked many questions concern
ing "Oom Paul's" wife and her infu-
ence with her shrewd but warlike
spouse. The South African bloodshec
may not be stopped through the goot
offices of two aged, kindly and mos
estimable women. Had the Transvaa
question been left to the queen anc
Paul Kruger's wife for decision in the
first place the present struggle nigh
have been averted.