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GROCERIES & QuEENsWARE
GPECIAL NOTICE.

Galvanized redclng Wire at prices that have
never been known in the trade.
Lead and Oil so cheap that anyone can at
ford to paint this season.
Ice is plenty. We have n large stock of The
best make of Freezers and Relrigerators.
Don't you need Gasoline or Oil Stove for
summer cooking2 We have them; they are
cheap.
Door and Window Screens of various styles.
full line of first class Cooking Stoves and
Ranges, OF long established reputation, at
reduced prices
call will soon convince you that the bot
tom has been completely knocked out OF the
price of Nails.
Glass, Oils. Paints and Putty, Plastering,
Hair and Cement, and in fact everything in
the Building Hardware line can be- found, as
well as low prices, at the old established stand
Of
GILBERT & GEHR.
Corner Main and Liberty streets,
Westminster, Md.
Plumbing, Heating, Spouting, Tin Roofing
is our specially. feb 20
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WALL PAPER, PAPER HANG

TNHE GEORGE w. ALBAUGH
L REAL ESTATE AND BROKER
AGE COMPANY OF CARROLL co.
Capital $40, OOO.OO.)
This company, Incorporated under the Gen
eral Laws of the State of Maryland,
Loans money On real or personal prop
erty.
Buys and sells stocks and bonds.
Discounts paper: nc;.Otiates loans: sc.
cures tenants for owners of property:
also bays. sells and leases real and
personal property within the state of
Maryland or elsewhere.
R9Special attention to the collec-
ton of and the prompt remittance of
claims.
GEO. W. ALBAUGH,
President.
FRED. d. MILLER,
Vice President.
]. EZRA STEM,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Fred. ID. Miller. +. Thomas Baby lon,
j. Smith Orriek. H. Frank Grouse.
n. IL. Huber Geo. w. AIbaugh.
may26-y
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UTESTERN MARYLAND RAIL-
w ROAD.
a E

CONNECTING WITH
P. & r. R. at Shippensburg and Gettysburg;
Norfolk & Western r. K. at Hagerstown;
b. & o. Railroad at Hagerstown and Cherry
Run; Penna. r. r. at Brucevile and
Hanover; p. W. & b., N. C. and B. 4 P.
Railroads at Union Station, Baltimore, Nd.
Schedule an effect September 80, 1900
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r DAD OF INDIANA HORSES

"a Just received car load of -
Ga INDIANA HORSES, O.
NS1A consisting of AA
Smooth Chunks, Drivers. High Actors,
Workers. Carriage and Business Horses.
Also several extra fine Saddle Horses. This
is the finest load have had in two years.
II. A. SPALDING,
septic Littlestown, Pa
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George l.. StOcksdaIe and Reifsniier &
Grimes, Solicitors.
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DuILpINa LOTS FOE SALE.

b
s Building Lots for Sale in Westminster;
terms to suit purchaser. Apply to
MICHAEL e. WALSH,
Attorney at Law,
jun l6-if Westminster, Nd.
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4 COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The County Commissioners of Carroll coun-
ty will meet at their office, in Westminster,
every MoNpAY in NOVEMBER, 1900, for the
transaction of business. By order,
JOHN e. MASENHIMER,
nov Clerk.
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We are showing from 25 to 80 different styles
and shades in Mems Hats. The Hat and
price will please you.
We have larger stock than ever of Mems
Women's and Children's Boots and Shoes,
and the extra values we have in them are our
best advertisers. Mems Solid Leather Boots
$l.39 per pair. Mems Snag Proof Gum
Boots $3.50.
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REFERS BY PERMISSION To
Ex-Sen. A. P. German, WASH, d. c.
Rep. Jas. ID. Richardson, Wash, d. C.
Hon. Jno. p Poe, Balto., Nd
Tax Office, District of Columbia.
Elk. Sen. Chas. F. Henderson, Omaha, Neb.
Hon. VIM. Pinkney Whyte, Baltic, Nd.
Judge NJ. F. Morris, WASH, D. C.
Nat. Bank of Washington, WASH. D. C.
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The upper

TIL e upper
most idea in
your mind when
about to supply
yourselves with
suitable cloth
ing for Fall and
Winter wear, is
ito get it good
and serviceable
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A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS
N AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS OF CARROLL
COUNTY, Md, FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JULY 31st, 1900.
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II UMBERl LUMBER /

Practices in all the Courts of the District of
Columbia. Especial attention given to
claims against the Government and Mer-
camille Collections. Estates of Non-resi-
dents Managed and Rents Collected.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
MISS ANNIE WYANDOTTE.

Miss Annie Wyandotte, queen Of the
operatic stage and dramatic soprano,
says:
FIFTEENTH ST. AND JACKSON AVE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
CDR. Hartmann:
Dear Sir-Pe-ru-na has been my sal
walton. 1t has given me back beauti-
full voice, gift of God; it has brought
me once more to my old profession. |
could scarcely whisper. Can you wonder
is suffering as l suffered might know
Pe-ru-na. Only those who have been
afflicted can ever know the intense salts
faction and gratitude that comes with a
complete cure. My voice was completely
gone. April Is felt so elated over the
restoration of my voice that | inserted
an advertisement in The Star for vocal
pupils. The advertisement, which cost
me Is cents, brought me five pupils, and
that was the beginning of my present
large class. Yours gratefully,
'Annie Wyandotte."
A congestion, inflammation or ulcera-
ton Of the mucous membrane, whether
of the head, stomach, kidneys or other
organ, is known to the medical profession
as catarrh. 1t is known by different
names, such as dyspepsia, Bright's dis.
ease, female complaint, diarrhoea, bron-
chitis, consumption and a host Of other
names. Wherever there is a congested
| mucous membrane there is catarrh, acute
! or chronic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

case the best remedy is to build the col
ony up strong, by feeding or giving it
brood from other colonies, and also re-
moving for the time being all surplus
supers or combs, and excluding these
pests by shutting them out of such
places. The latest up-to-date hives and
supers do not admit of insects, and the
different parts of the hive are not added
until the bees are ready to occupy them.
/ Ants get in their work of destruction
most by getting on combs of honey I'M
occupied by the bees. They will soon
destroy the appearance of sealed comb
honey by cutting the cappings full of
holes. They will thus cOngregate on
combs Of honey if the receptacles con-
tanning the same will admit of them
They may he entirely cut off from such
by. using table with the legs set in
pals of water or Kerosene. Ants are
very peculiar. They have their road
ways from one hiding place to another,
and frequently travel long distances,
and they seem to act as though they had
the right of way of these thoroughfares
Of theirs. and do not even turn about
from hive of bees, but travel directly
over the bottom board of the hive. Bees
cannot do much with them, but let them
take their way to some extent
Powdered borax is frequently used for
driving ants from the hives, by s,,rin-
king it about their haunts; but the best
way to get rid of them is to locate their
nests, which may easily be done by fol
lowing their trail, and pour bisulphide Of
carbon into the nest. making Il hole in
the center and plugging the hole to re-
tain the fumes of the Samc-.A. H. Duff
in National Rural.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
The Perplexities of u College Presi-
dent.

Let us suppose Il gentleman to be elect
ed president of almost any college or
university, says college president in
the Atlantic, outside the possibly half
dozen , that come Immediately to mind as
already reasonably well organized, we'll
equipped, modern, up to date; presulna-
bly, a gentleman fully prepared for his
work. experienced in educational affairs,
energetic, reasonably and properly ambi-
tons, business-likc in his methods. and
with enough Of Il masterful spirit to
make him Il natural leader of men, if
given reasonably free right of way. * "
Even as he delivers his inaugural adj
dress he is surrounded by those who will
at least wait with folded hands until he
shall have been tried and proven. even
# Eth they y, do not actually and very rotcn-
The new president finds also that near
" every detail of administration must
be submitted to It's faculty for it's APP
proval. If the manager of a railroad
desires to increase the speed Of his trains
or to make other changes in the time
schedule, or change a curve or establish
new grades, or improve the rolling stock,
or set new requirements for entering the
service Of the company or for continuing
Ill the same, or improve the system of
accounting, he very properly consults
those who are most directly interested
III tue particular matter III hand; but
he is not bound by the advice given,
much less is he compelled to cali mass
meeting Of all employees and abide by a
majority vote. Not only is his own
individual. determination final in all mat
ters of general policy, but he may even
step inside Il special department, make
suggestions as to the details of it's work,
and insist that these be faithfully car
ried out. Not so in the educational
world of today, by: many, many miles of
departure! If the average member of
the average faculty is by any chance
reading these lines, the chill in his veins
and the horror in his heart at the bare
suggestion Of such assumption of au.
thority or grant of power is easily i'm
agined. 1t goes without contradiction
that in our colleges and universities
there, is practically no educational super
vision whatever. 1t is doubtful if the
bravest college president in the country
would quite dare to go into department
and make an issue on the methods of in
struction obtaining therein; and it is
still more doubtful if he would be sus.
tanned by his board, if he did this. The
average board would probably suggest to
him that he would better get at it in
some other way'-wisely neglecting to
state iD what other way!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Sorry He Didn't Co.

"Iou should have gone with me to hear
the Persian Garden dear" chirped Mrs.
Bird when she found her husband still
at home the nj ght of that concert, and he
looked as if he had smoked too many
strong cigars in her absence
"llumph! I've sworn off from Persian
and Egyptian and all sorts of gardens
since the Midway closed"
But this would have interested YOU"
She asserted. 1T was urirutul in Sputi-
mcnt and music and so poetic. Omar
khayyam must have written it to please
some mems club. Didn't You ever hear
the titles Of some of the songs and reci-
tations:
NO: what were they" he asked with
some show of languid interest
Il can't remember but two" replied
his wife muSingy. One was The
Earthly Drinks MeE Set Their Hearts
Irn. and the other was The Bruised
Mint That from Our Cups We Throw "
whats that? Can't we go tomorrow
night?'
No, indeed. sir. This was one night
only. Your chance is gone. until next
winter. Omaha World1erald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Selection of Breeding Ewes.

The choice of eve lambs to increase the
flocks should be begun while they are
running with the parent, and should be
first made to depend upon what is known
of her. If she has produced good lambs
and has proven to have abundance of
milk, it may be expected that this quality
is likely to be transmitted to her eve
lambs, or through her ram lambs to the
next generation. The production of
twins or triplets is largely hereditary,
and the number of such can be increased
by those who think it desirable by the
saving of eve lambs that are from ewes
dropping twins. In u similar manner one
who knows the ewes can choose lambs to
mature early, to fatten easily, or to yield
heavy feeces, as they may think most
desirable, and such as are chosen in this
way should be marked, and their devel-
opment watched. If they show faults
later on they can be culled out and
should be. If we had fifty lambs and
wanted to increase our flock by twenty
we would reserve thirty until we'll grown
to select from, and when we made a final
choice we would be able to give our rea-
son for reserving each one. 1t might be
good reason, or might not seem so to
others who were building up a flock upon
a different principle, but no system at all
is worse than one that is closely followed
until it's faults have been made apparent
by the test of time.-American Guilt
vatOr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Starting Tend .r Plants,

Such plants as cabbage, cauihowers.
tomatoes and peppers started in the
house or under glass can be easily trans
planted, and there are those who believe
that some Of them do better for having
been moved more than once to give better
root growth. or. u thicker growth of short
roots near the stem. But there are some
plants that are not called easy to trans
plant and make live, such as sQuasheS
melons, eucumbers and corn. having but
few fibrous roots to hold the earth to-
gether. Yet they can be given an early
start and moved to the open ground safe
ly when quite we'll grown and after dan
ger from frost is over. if one will take
the pains to put il few seeds in Il paper
box, an unsoldered tin can, an eggshell,
or even upon piece of strong sod, which
will allow Of their being removed with the
earth undisturbed to the place prepared
for them, when the paper. tin or egg
shell can be removed easily and without
breaking roots or earth, if they are well
soaked before removal.-American Cul-
tiyatOr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
RALEIGH'S LOST COLONY.
North Carolina Community Which
Contains Some N ,vel Characters.

North Carolina Community Which
Contains Some N ,vel Characters.
Representative Bellamy of North Caro-
lima has some curious constituents. They
are the descendants of the lost colony of
Sir Walter Raleigh.
1t was IN 1887, over three centuries
ago, that Raleigh sent over a colony of
Ell, and landed them on Roanoke island,
near HatteraS. Thirteen years later he
sent over to find out how they were pros
pering. Roanoke island was then de-
serted and no trace of the whereabout
Of the settlers could be discovered, except
the single word "Croatan' cut in IL tree
Today the Croatan Indians who live
III three or four counties of North Caro-
lima, have blue eyes, although possessing
copper color, the high cheekbone and the
erect form. Many Of them bear names
that are English, such as Sampson, Bcr-
~, Wilkinson, etc, and which have been
N the tribe for generations. They have
traditions that their ancestors could read
from books and in score of other ways
offer circumstantial evidence that they
have descended from Raleigh's colonsts.
Mr.. Bellamy thinks that Congress
ought to pay more attention to these pco-
pie. 'They are brave, but reckless" he
says. ''They are honest, intensely re-
igious, restless, active and energetic.
Incidence and sloth are not known
among them. They are eager for etluca
ton. They are capable of intellectual
and moral development. \ number of
them have become successful merchants.
One of them became United States
senator from a Southern state and the
descendant of another has become a
member Of Congress. "-Washington
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
TO PRESERVE THE BIRDS.
The Export of Chinese Pheasant
Skins has Been Prohibited

Minister Conger writes from pckin
that upon. petition of the Society for
the Protection of Game in China, sent
through the consular body in Shanghai,
the diplomatic corps last September
unanimously requested the Tsungli Va
men, as temporary measure, to prohib-
it the expectation of pheasant skins. This
WAS dono because n great demand had
recently sprung up in European markets
for their plumage, which increased the
price here inordinately; and that the
birds were consequently being so ruth
lcssly slaughtered that, if it were not in
some way stopped, the pheasants would
very soon have been entirely eXterminat
ed. The Tsungli Yamen granted the re-
quest, and the necessary orders to the
customs officials have been issued.
This is understood to be only tenn
porary expcdient which may serve until
there can be prescribed and enforced
some rules and regulations in regard to
close and hunting seasons. which will
otherwise avert the determination of
these beautiful birds, which are very
valuable to the Chinese and the foreign
ers living in China, but Of no great inn
pOrtance elsewhere.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
A SONG OF EASTER.

Sing, children, sing!
And the ilycenSerS swing;
Sing that life and joy are waking and that
death no more Is king.
Sing the happy, happy tumult Of the slowly
frightening spring;
Sing, little children. sing!
Sing, children, sing!
Winter wild has taken wini;.
Fill the air with the sweet tidings till the
frosty echoes ring.
Along the caves the icicles no longer glitter
ing cling;
And the crocus in the garden lifts its bright
face to the sun:
And In the meadows softly the brooks begin
And the golden catkins swing
In the warm airs of the spring.
Sing, little children, sing!
Sing, children, sing!
The lilies white you bring,
In the joyous Easter morning for hope are
blossoming;
And as the earth her shroud Of snow from
off her breast doth fling,
nal spring.
So may we find release at last from sorrow
and from pain
So may we find our childhood's calm de-
licious dawn again.
Sweet are your eyes, o little ones, that look
with smiling grace,
Without Il shade of doubt or fear In to the
Futures face!
Sing. sing in happy chorus!
With joyful voices tell,
That death is life, and God is good, and all
things shall be we'll;
That bitter days shall cease,
In warmth and life and peace;
That winter yields to spring;
Celia Thaxter.
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MOfhzz10
in the
Wide
WOErkGI.

has such a record for ab-
s0lufeIy curing female ills
and kidney troubles as
has Lydia e. Pi.,kl1as,,'s
Vegetable Compound.
Medicines that are ad-
ver'fised 70 cure every
thing cannot he specifics
Tor anything.
lydia e. Pjnkhans's
Vegetable COMPOUND will
not cure every kind of ILL.,
ness that may afflicf men,
women, and children, buf
proof is monumental that
II will and does cure ali
the ills peculiar 10 women
This is a fact is,e5xspuf-
able and can be verified
by more than, a million
women
IF you arc sick don't OK
pertinent, take the z,,edi-
okne that has the record
of the largest number of
cures.
Lydia E. Pinkham Med Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Early Shearing of Sheen.

Successful sheep breeders we believe as
a rule shear their last years lambs dur
ing the month Of March or early in April
The sheep suffer from the heat in the
warm spring days if forced to carry their
heavy coats of wool. and especially so il
they are infested with ticks. There is
practically no risk to the health of the
sheep to shear them OH fine day in
March If they are kept in a closed build
ing for a few days afterward. In the
course of couple of weeks after shear
ing they should be dipped to clean them
of all lice and ticks and to clean their
skins. Even if there are no indications
of the presence of parasites, the dipping
will more than repay the cost by the inn
proved health of the sheep and increased
growth of the wool. Ewes that are not
due to lamb till May might also be
sheared with advantage if in good condi-
ton. Thin ewes that are nursing lambs
should not be sheared any time after the
middle of April and if ewes and lambs
are dipped soon after it will be better
for both. The only reasonable objection
to early shearing. especially in the case
of the yearling sheep is the undue dis
elimination made by buyers against UNI
washed wool, but if sale can be made
at Il reduction of one-third from the price
of washed wool. we feel sure it is more
profitable, on the whole, to shear the
sheep unwashed. The rapid growth of
wool will more than make up for the
difference in the price received for the
t1eece.-Farmers' Advocate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Tales of Our Men in the Philippines.

1ales OI Our NAen In the fnlllpplneS'
Licut.-Col. H. II. Sergeant, L. s. a.,
before the late conflict with Spain won
literary laurels by two scholarly vol
umes on the campaigns of Napoleon Bona
partc, relates the Saturday Evening
Post. During that war he had but lit
tie opportunity to take part in battle,
his duties being to organize and drill the
volunteers at the mobilization camps and,
after August, to look after engineering
and sanitary matters at Santiago de
Cuba. Early last year he was sent to
the Philippines. where he has had his
full share of the hardest campaigning.
He was under the immediate command
of Lawton at the battle of San Mateo
and was being praised by Gen. Lawton
for his gallantry when that officer fell,
pierced by Il hostile bullet.
Co.. Sergeant tells many enjoyable
war stories. Once wnen instructing
some men, he asked: when you are
on the skirmish line and suddenly en-
counter the enemy, what would you do?'
Fall fiat" "And what next?"
"Stay there
On another occasion he was question
ing !, man respecting his absence for six
hours.
Il was chasing Filipino an hour, sir"
"IIow about the other five hours?'
THE Filipino and his friends were
chasing me, sir"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
Passion Play at Oberammergau

Extensive preparations are being made
for this years representations of the
Oberammergau Passion Play, which
takes place every ten years. The old
wooden playhouse has been demolished,
and one supported on iron girders has
been erected in it's place. The new build
ing is rooted over, not open to the sky
like its predecessor. but it will be open
towards the mountains and the stage,
so that the illusion will not be destroyed.
The stage will be the same as in 1890,
and the new playhouse will accommodate
1000 persons. Many of the performers
in the representation OF 1890 will fill the
leading roles. The representations will
take place, weather permitting, on the
following days: May 20 (grand re-
hearsaN, "a and q; June 4, 10, Is, "a
and 20; July l, 8, Is, IS, % and 20; Au-
gust 5, 8, y, Is, 10, % and 26; Septem
Der ?, g. 8. Is, % and 80, and on each oc-
casion will last from 8 a. IN. until $50
p. M, with one hour and half's inter-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
FOR THE FARMER.
First Flowers.


Through the f1Owery gates of the South la nd
The soul of the South Wind came,
And under my antique lattice bars
The daffodis brake like flame:
And T said, By the sign and token
OF his vernal kiss, l know
The Angel rolleth the stone away
From their graves so chill and low
From the graves of the wild anemone,
And the sweet arbutus, hid
Where the violet waits for the sun beneath
Her messy coffin lid:
And today. in the shining burrows
OF the stubble newly turned,
The tiny flame of the star-wort
Like a silver taper burned.
And thought with sweet thanksgiving,
And Il glow Of faith sublime,
If He so waketh the humblest flower
In her appointed time
How shall the hopes that, low in dust,
Now sleep with folded wing,
Rise. when His smile shall clothe the earth
With all Eternal Spring:
Emma Alice Browne