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The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
Why Blacksmiths' Aprons Are
Notched.

The teacher of forging at the Manual
Training High school, james Yule, told q
story to his pupils which was reported as
follows by the indianapolis News:
'sBoys, said the teacher, "you have
all seen Rembrandt Steele's decorative
work, the blacksmith with the edges of
his leathern apron notched. There pro-
bably not one blacksmith in hundred
who knows why the apron is notched, and
yet every blacksmith fixes his apron in
his way, whether in America, England,
Germany, France, Spain or Mexico,
"When | was boy in England, where
I learned my trade as blacksmith, when I
got my first apron sat down and with
my knife began to notch the edges. One
of the older men, seeing me at work, knife
in hand, asked me if knew what l was
doing and why was doing it. replied
that I was doing what had seen the other
smiths do Then he told me this legend:
''Once upon time king of England
gave a great feast, to which he invited the
masters of the various crafts in his king
DOM After they were seated at the table
the king, passing from one to another,
talked with them, asking questions as to
their handiwork. At the head of the ta-
BILE sat the tailor, dressed in his best and
looking very, very proud in his fine attire.
''In answer to the king inquiry as to
his trade he said i am the tailor. l
make the kings robes of state and the
suits for his hawking and hunting.
"'With what dost thou do these grand
things?' asked the king
''With shears and needle, said the
tailor
And who makes these rare tools for
thee /? asked the king.
&c The blacksmith, answered the tailor.
''Then the king. passing along the ia
Bile, spoke to the carpenter, to the brick
layer, the mason and to other craftsmen.
Each one told of the work he did for the
king. But these, as did the others, ac-
knvwleged that it was the blacksmith who
made the tools with which they did their
work.
cat last the king came to the black
smith, modestly seated at the very foot of
the table, not clothed in as good apparel
as the other craftsmen, but with smutched
face and grimy leathern apron.
'Ho, hor said his majesty as the black
smith rose in an awkward way, for he had
no acquaintance with the manners of the
court. What does thou make for thy
king
'' Il make your armor and your sword
when you go to war for the honor of the
kingdom, stammered the smith.
"'Yes, said the king, "and thou max
est the sharp points to the arrows OF my
stout longbows and the heads to my spears
and battleaxes. More than that-without
thee there would be no tools for these
craftsmen
1.-The king then took the blacksmith by
the hand His bushes could even be
seen through the smudge on his face, and.
moving the tailor down to the foot, the
king placed him at the head of the table,
"The tailor alone of all the craftsmen
did not like this change of places, so,
watching his chance, while the others
were drinking the health of the king in
great fagons of beer, he slipped under the
table and with his shears cut the edges of
the blacksmith s apron.
"And that is the way the blacksmith 8
apron came to be notched, and it has been
worn so ever since.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

This means very small population for
the country townships when it is remem-
bered that the figures included all the
towns, the county seat and every postof
fee 1t is, in fact, the cattlemen only
who are the population of the counties.
Farming is lost art in Western Kansas
For instance, in the year 1899 thirty coun-
ties in the west end of the State, consti-
tuting about one-third of Kansas, produced
2,275, 996 bushels of wheat. Yet Sum
ner county alone, in the central southern
part of the State, in the same season, pro-
duced 2, $50, 996 bushels of fall wheat, or
IS, 900 bushels more than the thirty coun-
ties in the western end of the State. These
thirty counties produced last year 2,S12,
91S bushels of corn; yet Marshall county
alone, in the same year, produced S,497,
467 bushels, lacking less than 1000 bush
els of being three times as much as the
other thirty counties The fact is that
Western Kansas has quit corn and wheat
for stock.
"When the people of the West move
they go in parallel lines north and south, y
says Western Kansas philosopher. 1t
is true that the people for this reason have
more generally gone to Western Oklahoma
than elsewhere, and in few years the
Territory will duplicate the history of Kan
sas, though on a smaller scale. In the
meanwhile those who have survived the
wreck of the boom are doing well, and un-
der the clear skies and favorable conditions
are happy and prosperous But the mem
ory of the past will remain with indignant
Eastern investors for many, many years to
come.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
In China.

A caravan leaving Pekin proceeding
through the Nan-Kon Pass, across the
Desert of Soil and Mongolia, into Siberia,
thence to the frontier into Russia, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser,
does not reach its destination for one year.
Camels proceed at walk, which is not
very rapid pace. They are tethered to-
gether in string, and for this or some
other cause they must yield the right of
way to everything they meet-at least
within the boundaries of China. To par
TALLY obviate the difficulty of this arrange
ment, caravans generally travel at night
or between 2 o clock a. m. and sunrise,
that they may not be interrupted-resting
through the day. There are what are
called camel inns, as distinguished from
the ordinary Chinese hostelries, where
special arrangements are made for the ac-
commodation of caravans. The large yard
is enclosed by wall of sun dried brick or
stone, or even by parapet Of earth, with
a row of pricky faggots and twigs arranged
on the top. Troughs, twenty or thirty
feet in length by three or four in width,
are dug and cemented; in these troughs
the camels feed, lying down and divested
of their packs. When they halt on the
open plain-and thousands may be seen
throughout Northern China-no special
effort seems to be made to prevent them
from stampeding ; one or two men are on
guard, and there are several small tents
close by, in which the drivers take turns
sleeping When they are travelling, the
last camel of the train wears big bell
that looks like section of rusty iron pipe,
with clapper from which depends two
gay silk or woolen tassels the bell rings
with every step, dull but not unpleasing
note, and travellers in inns along the main
roads will hear this ''clink- -clink, clink-
clink' all night long. The Chinese. be-
yond overlooking them, are remarkably
kind to their animals and they would
not be overloaded were their wagons and
roads better. This is particularly true of
donkeys they may be seen staggering
along under two enormous bundles of
"tall grain nothing of the little beasts
visible but their slim legs and mouse
colored fanks /; they leok like animated
sheaves Of fodder. However, even they
are well fed Horses, mules and donkeys
are all fat their fodder is chopped very
fine, mixed with water, meal and little
salt, and these rations are varied with a
generous allowance Of peas and beans.
Nothing can induce carter, or the man
in charge of a mule litter, to proceed on
his way until the wants of his animals are
fully satisfied. In recent journey,
wishing to get an early start, the litter
man was asked to make haste His only
reply was. "My animals must drink, :"
and drink they did, in deep, deliberate
draughts, with the utmost satisfaction.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
SOME TRUST PRICES.
A Dealers Report of the Extortions
Practiced in the Hardware Trade.

The following letter from retail hard
ware dealer gives some useful information
concerning the effect of trusts, monopolie
and McKinleyisn on the prices of articles
of everyday use
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 23rd, 1900
Dear Sir /:
During the past year the advance il
shelf hardware, steel and iron goods, farm
ing implements, stoves and tinware has beer
enormous. The most of these advances are
attributable and can be traced directly te
the organization of trusts controlling the
manufacture of same.
On wire nails the price for December,
1898, was 81. 60 base; present price So. Go,
or an advance of 12S per cent.
On galvanized barb wire the price for
December, 1898, was 1.9O per hundred
the present price is 81 10, or an advance
of lis per cent.
On railroad shovels (socket strap the
price in December, 1898, was 81. so per
dozen; present price, SO. rs, or an advance
of "a per cent.
Spades, $3.50 per dozen; present price,
1915, or an advance of "a per cent.
Garden hoes, so. 40 per dozen; present
price, S3 60, or an advance of so per cent.
Four tine manure forks, S4.00 per
dozen; present price, Sc. 90, or an advance
of so per cent.
Mattocks, 81. 80 per dozen; now Sc. 90,
or 333 per cent advance.
Railroad picks, s4.OO per dozen; now
S5. SO, or 81 per cent. advance.
Screw and strap hinges, q cents per
pound; now A cents, or 80 per cent. ad-
vance.
Harrow teeth, S195 per hundred
pounds; now s3 so, or 80 per cent. ad-
vance.
Bar iron, ST. 20 per hundred pounds;
now S2.75, or l29 per cent. advance.
Briar, weed and grass scythes, So. So
per dozen; now So. 95 per dozen, or on ad-
vance of l27 per cent.
Axes (Champion), s4.25 per dozen +;
now Sc IS, or SO per cent. advance.
Log chains, sic inch, 81 cents per
pound; now 81 cents, or s5 per cent. ad-
vance.
Grind stones, 65 cents per hundred; now
S5 cents, or 81 per cent. advance.
Sash weights, S15 per ton; now $50, or
335 per cent. advance.
Common screen doors, S. 25; now
Sc so, or % per cent. advance.
Wire cloth, So cents per hundred square
feet; now 81. so, or SO per cent. advance.
Sisal rope, base, ST cents per pound
now 10A cents, or 27 per cent. advance.
Sisal rope, in February, 1898, was
bought at s. cents, base.
Common cast kettles, S2.75 per dozen ;
now SO. So, or 40 per cent. advance.
Common cast spiders, 81. 26 per dozen ;
now 50. 1e, or 7l4 per cent. advance.
Wheelbarrows, s13 per dozen now
SIT, or 80 per cent. advance.
Stove pipe iron, 50. 25 per 100 pounds
now SSl5, or an advance of 400 per
cent.
On tinware there has been general
advance of. about 33B per cent. during
the past twelve months on stoves, an
advance of As per cent. on breaking
plows, cultivators and harrows, an ad-
vance of about % per cent. on wheat
drills, an advance of about Is per cent.
have selected only the articles in most
common use by the general public, but all
other classes of hardware have advanced
in about the same proportion as those that
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
From London Mail.

The Boer youth weds extremely young.
His education is over and he is considered
man of business when he is 16. His
bride does not come to him portionless,
but usually with dowry consisting Of
cows, goats and sheep, span of oxen and
quiet riding horse. To each child that
is born well-to-do Boer likes to assign
certain farm stock as "nest egg" for a
future dowry or as start in life.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
Kansas.

The population of the southwest coun-
ties is small almost beyond belief. The
counties of Kansas, says the New York
Sun, are from twenty -four to thirty miles
square, but here are some population figures
from the census returns last December
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
MO. 2777 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Elizabeth A. scrivenor, vs. J. Oliver wadlow,
ct al.
Ordered this 9th day of April, A. D.,
this cause be finally ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 14th day of May next;
provided copy of this order be inserted for
two successive weeks before the last named
day in some newspaper published in Carroll
county.
JAS. h. BlLLINGSLEA, Clerk.
True copy,-Test.
apr28 2t JAS. 81. BILLrsGsLEA, Clerk.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

Bishop ]. M. Thoburn, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, has been sued in
New York by Mrs. Selena Armstrong
Hopkins for $3.50, 900 damages for al
legged defamation of character.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
SPECIAL NOTICE.

iN|A
Galvanized telclng Wire at prices that have
never been known in the trade.
Lead and Oil SO cheap that anyone can af-
ford to paint this season.
Ice is plenty. We have large stock of the
best make of Freezers and Refrigerators.
Don't you need Gasoline or Oil Stove for
summer cooking? We have them; they are
cheap.
Door and Window Screens of various styles
A full line of first class Cooking Stoves and
Ranges, Of long established reputation, at
reduced prices.
A call viii soon convince you that the bot
tom has bee n completely knocked out of the
price of Mails.
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 4 GEHR,
Corner Main and Liberty streets,
Westminster, Md.
Plumbing, Heating, Spouting. Tin Roofing
is our specially. feb 20
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
CLEAN SWEEP

4 NLEAN SWEEP
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 90 to 50. so, now $1.00. 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. A 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, Md.
ian29-tf A. NJ. ANDERS-
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
KEEFER'S
CASH GROCERY STORE.

SUGARS, 5, 81, cents pound.
COFFEE, 10, IL, IA. II cents pound.
TEA, 40. 60, so cents pound.
BAKING POWDER, 10, 20, 30c pound.
SYRUP, 20, 25, 40c gallon.
FLOUR, As, So, 65c sack.
CRACKERS, 6, 8, 10c pound.
WASHB0ARDS, 20, 25, 30c.
GINGER SNAPS, &c pound.
BROOMS, 13, 15, II, 20, 25c.
SELLING QUEENSwARE at COST
BABBITT'S SOAP, 6 for 25c.
:" LYE, for 25c.
Z" 1776, 4c.
OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS.
TUBS, CLOTHES BASKETS & OIL CANS
Also full line of feed, Shorts, Bran, Oats,
Corn, Screenings, Bailed Hay and Straw,
Jars, Crooks and jugs.
p@Open at Night.
VIM. N. KEEFER,
Carroll County Telephone No. S6.
apr28 Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05


Maryland, 1900.
The County Commissioners of Carroll
County, Maryland, will offer at public sale,
for cash, at the Court House, in the City of
Westminster. in Carroll County, aforesaid, on
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18th, 1900,
at II clock, NJ, sixty Coupon Bonds issued
by the County Commissioners of Carroll
County and designated Carroll County
School Bonds" each of the denomination of
$4,000, bearing interest at the rate of three
and one-half per cent per annum, payable
semi annually, on the first days of April and
October of each year thereafter; which bonds
are payable as follows, two on the first day Of
April, 1905, and two on the first day of April
in each year thereafter until all of said bonds
are paid, and all of said bonds are redeemable
on and after the first day of April, 1905.
These bonds are exempt from all taxation.
and will be at the Office of the County Com
missioners of Carroll County, in the City of
Westminster, aforesaid, for inspection on and
after Monday, May 14th, 1900, until sold.
JESSE LEMON,
DANIEL S. DIEHL,
JACOB N. DEHOFF,
County Commissioners of Carroll County,
Maryland.
Test: John E. Masenheimer, Clerk.
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The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
nAv1D E. WALSH,
IL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.

Office l75 East Main Street, Westminster, Nd.
Prompt attention given to ali bus;ness
Collections Specially. nov l2 '0s
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
t week days only.
! To land Baltimore Passengers only.
sStops only when tagged.
Sunday Trains

On Sunday trains will leave Hillen Station ut ss5
a. m. and 235 p. m, Westminster Ills a. M 4I7 p
M, arriving at Union Bridge at 1145 m. and $50
p m. Leave Union Bridge at 6.45 a. m. and 4.05 D.
M, Westminster 7.20 a M. and 4.34 p m, arriving
at Hillen Station at 9.07 a. m and 6.15 p. M
cept Sunday. )-Trains for Frederick leave Bruce
vile at S3S, 93s and 1910 m. and 5.3S and $50
P m. Trains for Taneytown, Littlestown and
Columbia leave Bruceville at 9.47 a.. m. and S45
p. m.
Through trains for Hanover and aettysourg an1
points on Baltimore and Harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore, daily, except Sunday, at I'D a. m. and
1882 p. m. Through cars for Gettysburg and inter
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily, except
Sunday, at 10.17 &. m.
Passengers for and from CherrJ Run, Williams
port, P. V. and intermediate points, from and for
stations east of Hagerstown, change at Hagerstown
Orders for baggage calls can be left at Ticket
Office, No. Ill East Baltimore street, Baltimore.
J. NJ. HOOD, General Manager.
oct B. II. GRIswoLD. Gen'l. Passenger Agent
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

TWO WAYS
OF GETTING GLASSES; ONE TO GO
TO A FIRST. GLASS oPTICIAN, HAVE
YOUR EYES PROPERLY TESTED AND
GET WHAT YOU NEED-THE OTHER
TO GO TO A MERCHANT WHO KEEPS
sPECTACLEs, MAKE "a GRAB IN
THE BAG'' AS IT WERE, GET A PAIR
THAT DON'T FIT YO1 ALTHOUGH
1T MAY SEEM so FOR THE MOMENT)
RUN THE RISK OF RUNNING YOUR
EYE SIGHT ENTIRELY-AND ALL
FOR A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN EX.
PENsE.
IFYoU NEED THE SERV-
ICES OF A GOOD OPTI-
CLAN, WECAN SERVE YOU
WELL AND CHEAPLY.
A. H. WENTZ,
Jeweler and Optician,
feb19 Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

NEW AND IMPROVED
N WOODEN PUMPS.
FRANK E. PALMER, UxIosrowx, Nd,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in all kinds Of
PUMPS. Special attention given to Repair
Work. Terms as reasonable as good work
will justify. iulyl.tI
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
The undersigned, having settled in the Or
phans' Court an account of the personal estate
of Samuel Shaffer, late of Carroll county, de-
ceased, and ascertained the balance in his
hands for distribution among the creditors of
said deceased, hereby gives notice to said
creditors to file their claims against said de-
ceased, legally authenticated, with the Register
of Wills for Carroll county, on or before the
22nd day of May 1900, preparatory to dis.
tribution of the assets of said personal estate,
to be made amongst said creditors under the
direction of the Orphans Court of Carroll
county, on the 29th day of May, 1900. After
the final ratification Of said distribution by
the Orphans Court aforesaid, the under
signed will be prepared to pay to each of said
creditors their respective dividends according
to said distribution.
EDWARD H. KRIDELER,
Executor of Samuel Shaffer, deceased
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The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
NOTICE.
q
Office Bachman Valley Railroad Co..

Office Bachman Valley Railroad Co.,
CoLUMBIA. Pa, April 26, 1900.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
this Company for the election of Directors for
the ensuing year, and transaction of other
business, will be held in the Office of the Com
pany, at Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa, on
Tuesday, May 9Th, 1900, at 10 o clock A. M.
ED. G. HOLDER,
Secretary Bachman Valley R. R. Co.
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The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

DALLAS, Texas, April PA tornado
passed through the southern part of John
son and the northern part of Hill counties
about noon today, doing great damage.
In Hill county the town of Blum, about
seventy-fve miles southwest of Dallas, was
partly destroyed and several persons were
fatally injured.
A daughter of DIR. Hanks had scant-
ling driven through her body and is dying.
An eight-year-old daughter of D. P.
Hunt had both legs broken and was in
jured internally. She is not expected to
recover.
Lacey Robertson's wife was caught in
their falling house and probably will die.
The public school house was wrecked and
two pupils were badly hurt.
About dozen dwellings were destroyed
in addition to the school building and the
Baptist Church was wrecked.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
TORNADO AND FLOOD IN TEXAS
People Drowned at Waco, and Others
Terribly Injured by Flying Frag-
mentS.

WACO, TEXAS, April 27.-The heav-
lest rain in fifteen years fell in Waco and
vicinity this afternoon. Reports of death
and destruction are coming from every
direction. Ten persons have been drowned
within the city limits of Waco and search
ing parties, headed by the fire department,
are looking for the drowned. So far the
bodies of two white women, mother and
daughter, and one negro, have been recov-
cred. They are Mrs. Nancy Caudle, Miss
Clara Caudle and Frank Walker
Boats are being used in the principal
streets on the south side to take people to
places of safety.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

will invariably cure all kinds of Headaches
as well as train sickness. They are prompt in
action, effective in results, convenient in
form and absolutely harmless.
Rev. Robt. l.. Patterson says:-"In giving
my unqualified endorsement of the X Ray
Headache Tablets | feel that render per-
sonal service TO any one who may thereby be
induced to use them. They cannot be sur
passed as n remedy for headache
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
INSURANCE AGENCY

INSURANCE AGENCY
CHARLES E. GOODWIN,
Successor to Wilson & Goodwin.
26 W. Main Street, second story of Smith
Reifsnider's Office Building,
WESTMINSTER. MD.
Represents the following Companies
Royal Fire Insurance Co. of Liverpool.
Continental Fire Insurance Company oi
New York.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society oil
England.
Employers Accident Liability Assurance
Corporation Limited of London.
No Notes. No Assessments.
jan 27v
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
DUBLIC SALE

OF Carroll County School Bonds,
issued by the County Commission
ers of Carroll County, Maryland, in
pursuance of Chapter 242, of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, 1900.
The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05

True cOpy,-Iest:
ap284t JAS. Fl. BILLINGsLEA, Clerk.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
BETTER THAN THE KNIFE.
Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Piles
Quickly, Painlessiy. With
out Danger

. People go along for years. suffering with
plies They try this, and that, and the
other thing. from carrying a buckeye to
getting treatment from a physician They
obtain temporary relief maybe. but they
are never quite cured A little strain in
lifting. excessive fatigue. a little cOnsti-
patton, or little diarrhoea, and the piles
come back
They don't seem TO amount to much but
they Danish sleep and appetite No posi-
ticn is comfortable. There is Intense local
pain and that dreadful. agonizing feeling
OF weight in the perineum
Maybe in the early stages some Of the
many salves on sale viii afford temporary
relief. II the case is of long standing
there is only one speedy and sure remedy
II is Pyramid Pile Cure. Even in light
cases il is the safest thing 10 use. Other
applications may cure and may not. Pyra-
mid Cure is always certain. always relia-
be, always brings comfort at once. Its
prompt use saves months of severe suf-
fering. IN extreme cases il will save sur
gieal operations and their attendant dan
gers and discomfOrts. Ii is better than
the knife. viii cure easier quicker and
safer. Thousands have used it. Thousands
have been cured by il. The cost is trifiing
compared with what il does. The price is
one dollar. Most anybody would gladly
pay ten dollars to be rid OF plies.
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure II
yours hasn't it, he viii get it for you
from the Pyramid Drug Co, Marshall,
Mich, sole manufacturers.