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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
FLOATING FANcIEs

-
Chicago Tribune: Medium-Ths manites-
tations we shall have this evening will b
from what might be called sample spirits.
Flippant AuditorIThey'n do. Rap EN-
UP.
Brooklyn Life; BisheaA-Remarkabis
Gayboy-In what way7
He has failed in, SO any ways that
from the point of view OF having expert
ence his life Is q success" ,gr s,,,-
Cleveland Plain Dealer; III Prince Henry
Y visits y the Chicago stockyards he will see
He'd see a good, many more II he'd ride
washington Star: my wife says she
wishes I would learn to play poker said
II thought she objected"
mo, she says she wishes I would either
learn or quit trying" tstl -f
Boston Transcript: Mrs. Piper-Mr. vox-
tel is a fine singer, there's no denying that;
Mrs. K~ackkle|Thats just what 1 think.
At last nights concert Mra vChinner and
Il could hardly hear a. word each other
said. he sang SO loud.
PbiIadelpbia press: TY9ss lAsid thu Head
Of the firm. miss Adobe is a. good book
keeper, but she makes som queer mis-
What. for ~instance?" asked the silent
"Weil, she enters our messenger boys
wages under the head of running ex-
penses.'"
Somerville Journals: When a man tells
you he thinks Is a funny story, al
gay laugh You may want him to laugh
at a story you tell some day.
Chicago Post: From the window she saw
him coming up the steps.
II comesl' she exclaimed, Joyfuliy,
There was q bit of ice on the top step.
He struck II. Then he struck each of the
other steps in succession.
"He~avens!" she cried; "he has foozled hts
aDproach."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Cincinnati is celebrating its centennial
anniversary. Planted on what vas the
bOrderland OF civilization, it is now in
the center Of the efete east Clncin-
natl has good reason to celebrate its
growth and prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

No artificial Ice plant for Omaha this
year. AS the weather nan has done a
fair business in that line during the
winter, there is no danger Of Omaha
being short during the coming summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

A big English tobacco company pro-
poses to fight back at the American
trust by establishing branches in this
country. The consumer will cheerfully
net as referee.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

The condensed milk manufacturers
have formed a trust Picnic parties
and infants may be forced to pay
tribute. but the family cow viii con.
tinue to protect the general public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

A market house with only seventy
stalls would hardly come up to the de-
mand of a city Of Omaha's size. II the
market house plans are Inadequate 1t
would be better to change them first
than last.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Usually the people have to fight to
force the wires underground instead Of
the corporations having to fight to get
an opportunity to bury the wires.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

The school teachers are said to have
cashed their salary warrants with pout-
ing faces. II the city employees only
had warrants to cash their faces would
be wreathed in smiles.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
LesaJ1 from the East.
Raltlmore American.

General ,Ko~umandouros Of the Greek
Chamber of Deputies has resigned to fight
a duel with the minister of Justice, who
called him a liar. Thus, from the effulgent
Orient, comes a tip to a certain senator In
the wild and woolly Occident-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
KIcking for Exercise.
Kansas City Journal

hauBab CIly JOuEndL
II is noteworthy hat the complaints
about President ROosevelt's sending rep
resentatives to the. coronation Of King Ed
ward come from those who AVE been in
sisting loudly that the president is an
emperor,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

1t is given out that the brother of
Superintendent OF Schools Pearse has
resigned as commandant OF the High
school cadets because a salary OF $50
per month for four hours drill q week
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

The east should try and get up some
thing besides foods and snowstorms for
the entertainment Of Prince Henry. He
can see all he wants Of those at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Santos-D umont proposes to bring his
hirship to New York. He should have
no difficulty in finding high1yers there.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
some Thinkers at Home
washington Post.

Some gentlemen evidently overlook the
fact that there are several million Ameri-
can voters who pay their taxes and don't
hold once They are able to think with
out the ala Of garden seeds and public
documents. .g~e-A
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
Let's wink. the other Eye

Cleveland Leader
The American eagle Is q long-lived bird.
If b is so popular and SO much courted
now In his youth, What prestige may he
not enjoy in middle age. when the old
world Is much older7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

The fight for equitable assessment Of
Omaha's franchised corporations is now
mp to the referee.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

The strenuous life Of the west must
apparently be taken by princes in
homeopathic doses until they get used
to IL
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

When Ak-Sar-Ben's new buttons are
out the game of button, button" will
be revived.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
BEYOND the Meridian.
snmerville Journal.

Somerville Journal.
A man realizes that he Is growing old
when he finds that he naturally turns to the
death column the nrst thing when he reads
the daily paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06
sTArEMENr OBJ CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County.
George b. Tzschuck. secretary OF The Bee
says that the actual number Of full and
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during
iowa:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Cleveland Plain Dealer; III Prince Henry
50, ZOO hogs"
He'd see a good. many more II he'd ride
on the street cars"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Chicago Tribune: Medium-The manifes-
tations we shall a this evening will be
from what might be called sample spirits.
up.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Somerville Journals: When a man tells
you what he thinks Is a funny story. al
laugh You may want him to laugh
a story you tell some day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-06

Philadelphia Press: HYess," said the head
Of the firm, miss Addie is a good book
keeper, but she makes some queer mis-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
Antiseptics Do Not Destroy.

The Edinburgh Scotsman begs leave to
correct the erroneous belief that implies
that antiseptics can prevent decay. Decay
may be arrested without killing the microbe
which would produce it A few drops of
solution Of carbolic acid added to flour
paste will keep it sweet for certain time,
not because these germs are destroyed,
but because these germs are hindered for
the time being in their growth and multi
plication and because the paste is rendered
temporarily an unsuitable soil for the growth
Of whatever microbes may fall from the air
into it.
When the effect Of the acid has worn
off and disappeared, we see the paste going
to the bad as rapidly as if it had not been
treated antiseptically at all Molds will
grow in it, and it will decay in the fashion
familiar to everybody.
1t is in this way cold may act as an
antiseptic when it is used TO preserve meat
and fish. There is no destruction, but
only arrest of germ life. If we wish to
kill microbes, therefore, we not only have
to use disinfeetant, but we must employ
it in proper proportions and see that it
thoroughly attacks the germs we wish to
destroy 1t is for this reason that all at
tempts to kill germs which the air may
contain are worse then useless. We cannot
''disnfect" the air IF we could do so,
we should be required to saturate the air
with our oermicide to such an eYteut that
to breathe it would kill us.
We get an excellent example of this fall
lacy of 'disinfecting all when we reflect
that in using burning sulphur to purify a
room after fever case we have to use it
in such a way and in such proportion that
it is impossible for any person to remain in
the room at all
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
"The Black Maria. !"
From the Richmond Dispatch.

Barring the hearse, the ''Black Maria
is the most disagreeable vehicle in which
man or woman can ride And vet the
present custom of conveying prisoners to
the station houses and jail in the ''Black
Maria is a great improvement over the
old system whereby offenders were made to
walk through the streets. It can at least
be said in favor of the ride that there is
certain exclusiveness about it-an exclu-
siveness which few care to violate, though
lawbreakers, through some impulse of la
tent pride, despise the vehicle as heartily
as do conyicts the hideous stripes they
wear
In the current issue of the Green Bag
John De Morgan gives us an interesting
little history of the Black Maria He
very properly says that the chief fault of
the wagon lies in the fact that it often
carries those arrested on suspicion as vel
as the most hardened and vicious. This
criticism, though just, applies with equal
force to all jails and prisons; indeed we
fear there are instances when it even ap-
plies to penitentiaries.
According to Mr. De Morgan-and
other authorities we have also consulted
the prison vehicle derived its name from
negro woman named Maria Lee, who lived
many years ago and kept sailors board
ing house in Boston. She was woman
of Amazonian strength, and helped the
authorities to keep the peace. Maria had
pluck as well as muscle, and so often was
she called upon by the constabulary that
in the time the saying, ''Send for Black
Maria came to mean s'take him to pris-
on The sailors returning to England
frequently used the phrase, and thus, ac-
cording TO tradition, the Boston negress
was immortalized While we have abso-
lutely no data with which to refute this
explanation, and while we know that the
expression is current among the negroes,
we cannot help thinking that the police
wagon owes its sobrique to some other
person or cause than the woman named.
If we mistake not, we have also heard the
black people apply the name to public We
hicles used for removing the dead pau
pers, unidentified corpses, and victims of
infectious diseases Is it not possible that
the expression "Black Maria may have
first come into our speech during some
great plague-say the plague which swept
London in the latter part of the seventeenth
century That plague was known as the
black death. 1t was one of series of
scourges which from time to time swept
Europe and Asia and counted its victims
by hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
At any rate, we can all agree ON one
thing-that the Black Maria is almost
universally despised, and is everywhere
regarded as an object of superstitious dread
among offending classes The French,
who have had their share of gruesome
sights, call mud barge Marie -salope,
which, when translated, means ssDirty
Mary Possibly the Mary who suggested
this ugly term had something to do with
the "Black Maria = The whole question
is interesting, but probably hopelessly OBJ
scured in doubt.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
Maryland Topographic Maps.

Within the last few months the United
States Geological Survey of Maryland, has
issued four quadrangles of the topographic
map of Maryland. They are drawn on a
scale of about one mile to the inch, and
show in great detail the towns and cities of
the sections they cover, the roads, rail
roads and streams; they also reveal the re-
lief or topography by contour lines which
pass through points Of equal elevation,
thus showing the shape or contour of the
hills and valley and their altitude above
sea level. The maps are named from
some important town or feature shown
upon them, the Frostburg Quadrangle
which includes the towns of Frostburg and
Cumberland and shows the mountainous
country in the western part of the state;
the Leonardtown and Drum Point Quad
rangles, which are adjacent in the east
bordering the Patuxent River and Chesa-
peake Bay; and the Ocean City Quad
rangle, showing the country adjacent to
Ocean City and the ocean beach to above
the Delaware line Other Maryland map
sheets are: the Belair, Snow Hill, Gun
powder, Princess Anne, Green Run and
Salisbury quadrangles in the northern and
eastern part of the state. The Patuxent
and Mt. Vernon quadrangles comprise the
District of Columbia and the City OF
Washington.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
The Limit Was Reached.
From the New York Times.

A story was often told by the late
Charles L. Tiffany of an importunate Irish
man who for many years had been EN-.
ployed as a window washer. His pay had
been raised quite as often as was consistent
with the dignity of his position, but he
seemed always hungry Cor probably
thirsty for more. At length the firm
decided that the limit was reached Not
so Pat. Going one morning to the inner
sanctuary, he sought audience with Mr..
Tiffany.
Good mornin', Mr. Tiffany" he COM
menced artfully, seeking to preface his
errand by disinterested conversation.
"Good morning, Patrick, was the
answer.
"And how are ye this mornin, Mr..
Tiffany p
"Quite well, thank you, Patrick. =
"And how are your wife aud family I?
"Quite well, thank you, Patrick. But
what can | do for you this morning y
s'Oi've been thinkin', Mr. Tiffany,
thot Olive served ye long and faithful
these twenty-foive years and thot Oi
sh I'D have raise in me pay.
''You should be thankful, Patrick, that
you have been permitted to serve so dis
tingnished house as that of Tiffany &
Co. for twenty-five years. That, with
what we have already done for you, should
be sufficient. Good morning Patrick. y
''Good mornin' Mr. Tiffany
Realizing the futility of further words,
he left the room Reaching the outer
office, he was hailed by chorus from the
''boys" to whom his periodical pilgrim
ages had become standing joke :
"'What did you get, Pat p
"Faith, was the ready answer, "Oi
got permission to kape me job, and Oi TUX
it r
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
A Mans Success.

Ever think what success" in life means
to man? That he work like dog as
long as he lives and send his wife abroad
and his children away to school. Then
when he dies he must leave competence
for his 'tloyed ones, in order that they
NAV continue to live without work Ever
hear of mans loved ones being criticised
for failure to do their duty toward him ?
But from the time the boy is eight years
old to the time the man is tottering with
old age he never picks up book, news
paper or magazine without seeing some
thing with reference to his duty. But
did you ever hear of any one owing duty
to man or bov
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
Some Statistics.

Maryland's population is 1,190, ,O50.
1t covers an area of 1861 square miles,
and has 46, 6,O12 farms within its borders.
Its property as assessed for taxes amounts
to S643, 812, ,40S Its State tax is IL
cents on every s1O0, and its debt is 81,
662, 244. 80 1t has water surface OF
1880 square miles. There are in the
State SO Incorporated villages, towns and
cities. The State spent last year for its
public schools in the counties 81 ,469,
O63. 13, and Baltimore city spent ST. :
218, 734 % for the same purpose, max
ing total of s2,687, 1874 for the
whole State.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
California Olives.

California olive growers are preparing to
harvest their crop. In recent years the
yearly crop of olives seldom ran over 1000
barrels, or, taking seven barrels to the ton,
about 2S6 tons. This year the total crop
of the State will reach 800 tons, or 5, 600
barrels, an increase Of 3, 600 barrels over
last year. The price has dropped 333 per
cent. Olives now bring only $40 a ton
as they come from the tree, half of which
goes to the pickers, thus allowing the
growers only $40.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
SHOES! SHOES /!

We have them at all prices, in all styles,
and to fit all feet We will take great
pleasure in showing you through our line,
which is new and snappy. Our stock of
shoes is growing, and we will in the future
make this our special line. Have you seen
Cur new line of Infants Shoes and Sandals
for Spring and Summer wear. They range
in prices from 25c to 75c and we have
them in all colors and styles. You will
fall in love with them at first sight. See
our Ladies Oxfords for SIC.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
GENTS FURNISHINGS.

On Gents Furnishings our line is COM
plete, and increasing almost daily, for we
are continually getting in something new
and nobby, and can show you line Of
Neckwear that will surely please you. But
we wish to call special attention to our
Negligee and Dress Shirts, also our large
assortment of Half Hose, ranging in price
from 5 to 39c See our line of Belts and
Suspenders, Collars and Cuffs, Gloves and
Underwear
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
.SSS 3 3 3 SYY .
IF YOU NEED
GOOD VALUES
SHOES, HATS OR
GENTS
FURNISHINGS
GALL AT
MAX JOFFE'S
90 East Main street,
WESTMINSTER, MD,
where exceedingly Low Prices and
good Goods prevail.


These few items are merely a sample of
what you may really secure at such remark
ably low figures:
Mems heavy Working Shoes, good qualities,
at $1.00.
Mems Patent Leather Lace Shoes. others
prices So. so, our price 81. SO.
Mems Wei Kid Lace Shoes, others prices
So So our price $3.50.
Men S Solid Calf Lace Shoes, others prices
$1.75, our price $l.25.
Ladies' Patent Leather Lace Shoes, others
prices So. 25, our price $l.89
Ladies' Wei Kid Lace or Button Shoes,
others prices $2.2 our price Sl.89.
Ladies' $500 Shoes reduced to $1.69; $l.2
Shoes reduced to $1.00.
Ladies' Oxford Ties reduced from $l.50 to
$l25; from 81. 25 TO $1.00 and 85c.
Ladies House Slippers, good and strong, at
soc.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28

Every moment you now lose is so much
character and advantage lost; as on the
other hand, every moment you now employ
usefully is so much time wisely laid out at
prodigious interest.
Happiness may resemble either a noun
tain or molehill 1t depends on the dis
tance you are from it,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
SOME SMALL PRICES.

Good Umbrellas for 25 and 39c, Cloth
Bicycle Slippers, with rubber bottoms,
39c; SO. .0G Rubber Boots at So. 40, "Gib-
SON Waist Sets for ladies 15c, good
Clothes Brushes 23c, SOC Cuff Buttons
29c pair, ST. 90 Fountain Pens SOC, Curl
ng Irons 4c, 3 cakes of ''Sweet Maiden
iSoap 13c. Spectacle Cases 7c while they
last, 25c Specks only 1c, 15c Shoe Dress
ing 10c.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
STATIONERY BARGAINS.

As this is season of the year when the
stationery business is naturally dull, we
will now liven it up by given special cut
on almost our entire stock. 25c Box
Paper at l9c, 15e Box Paper at lie, Zoe
Box Paper Sc, and sc Box Paper 4c,
Good Envelopes &c package, SC Pencil
Tablets, now 4c 2 penny Tablets lc,
Congress Playing Cards 39c, 8 rolls
Toilet Paper only 25c, or packages in
sheet form 25c, Scholars Companion
Boxes and &c, s Slate Pencils lc, Visit
ing Cards &c package, 6 bottles Ink or
Mucilage 23c, Composition Books 4c,
Crepe Paper &c per roll, "Royal Glue"
&c bottle. ~
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
ALLOF WHICH
THE READER GETS FOR ONE
CPECIAL NOTICE.

Galvanized tedcing 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 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.
A 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
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
Spring and Summer Hats.

Our Spring and Summer Hats are like
ripe fruit, for they are fresh and up-to-
date, and pleasing to the taste Of one and
all See our new Derby Hat at SIC.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28
The Manufacturer
$40 for ROCK.
Sill for BONE And POTASH.
SIG for WHEAT And
GRASS MIXTURE.

We believe in living and let live. We
understand that the farmer must buy his
goods at the lowest possible price in order
to make anything over and above his
maintenance.
We have contracted for 1900 tons of
FERTILIZER for the fall trade, and
are depending on you to help us out.
Remember,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28

The undersigned will receive at his Sale and
Exchange Stables in Littlestown, on the above
date, car load of fine Horses. The lot in
cludes some excellent Drivers and Horses for
all purposes. Will buy all kinds of Fat Horses
suitable for the Southern Market.
H. A. SPALDING,
aprl9 Littlestown, Pa.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28

See Sykesville Market in
this paper.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28

All subscribers through out the United States, ca
get THE sun BY mail for one cent copy.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28

OUR SPECIAL HARVEST
ING OIL for 25c gallon will pre-
serve your machinery and please you.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-28

And more than this these prices are
guaranteed to you.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-04-18
Must Pick the Bone.

AS Is we'll known. slavery existed in
small way in Massachusetts in the ear
~ days. Slaves were often freed by
will at the death of their master, and
not infrequently aged and unhealthy
servants were released in order to save
the expense Of their maintenance. The
unfortunate freedman then became n
charge on the town. So frequent did
such cases become that the general
court of 1904 passed an act which
prohibited the freeing of servants ex-
cept upon giving bonds to save the pub
lie from future charges. The historian
of Maiden cities IN incident:
One of the old esquires of Maiden
had slave who had been in his family
until he was about seventy years Of
age. Perceiving that there was not
much more work left In the old man,
his owner sent for him one day and
addressed him In pompous fashion.
You have been u faithful servant to
me and my father before me-" he said.
Il have long been thinking what I
should do to reward you for your sery-
Ices. and have decided to give you
your freedom. You are your own mas
ter; you are your own man.
But the old negro shook his grizzly
head and, with sly glance which
showed that he saw through his mas
ter's intentions, quietly replied:
NO. no. massa; you eat de meat, and
now you must pick de bone"