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Personal Notes.

Mr.. VIM. NJ. Gist and daughter, Of McIn-
tosh, Florida, are visiting relatives and friends
in this vicinity.
Mr.. John Hanna sailed from baltimore for
Boston today. He will be absent for abont
two weeks,
Mrs. Harry W. Miller and son, of Balti-
more, are visiting her sister, Mrs. Jesse Shar-
rer, ard other relatives and friends IN this
city and vicinity.
Miss Hannah G.. Dougherty, OF Sykesvile,
was in Westminster Monday and Tuesday on
business.
Mr.. f. G. Henderschott, editor and mama
ger of the Hampstead Enterprise, was in this
city Friday of last week, and spent sometime
at The ADVOCATE Office.
Mrs Edgar Thomson, Miss Bette Shriver
and Miss Louise Reifsnider are at Atlantic
Mrs. Sabin Robbins, of Middletown, Ohio,
is a guest of Mrs. E. J. Rippard, this city. !.
Miss Edith Balm, graduate of the class of
'02 of the Western High School, Baltimore,
is visiting her friend, Miss Alice 0wings, of
Morgan Valley Farm, = near Warfieldsbnrg.
Mrs. Charles A. Horner visited Mrs. Will
liam McClelland, near New Windsor, from
Saturday until Sunday.
Miss Rosa McCollum, of Altoona, Pa,
spent the past week with relatives in this city.
Mrs. C. Morton McCahan, of Baltimore, is
visiting relatives and friends in this county.
Mrs George Koch and Mrs. Carrie Signor,
of this city, are visiting relatives and friends
annual Lutheran picnic near that place.
A party given in honor of Miss Marion V.
Graves, of Norfolk, Va, By her aunt, Irene
L. Rose, of this city, on Wednesday evening,
July 18th, proved quite success. Among
those present were Misses Engenia Eleanor
and Mary Austin Fouke, Lillian and Agnes
Fink, Mary Billinglea, Mary Cunningham,
Marjorie White, Mariana Albaugh, Jose
phine Matthias, Anna and Margaret Lynch,
Margaret and Katherine Machen, Grace
Reese, Ethel Gait. Helen Irwin, Mary Thayer,
Mrs. E. Shriver, Mrs. R. Sparrow. Mrs. j. j.
Rose aud Mrs. Hynson; DR.. W. D. Wells,
John ]. Rose, Masters Robert and Levine
Billingsea, Charles aud Bernard Fink, Gerald
Smith, Kenneth Moore, Edwin Shriver aud
Robert Sparrow.
Among those recently staying at Winchester
Place are-Mrs. NJ. w. Jordan, Mrs. +.
Brulon. Mrs. Bright, Mrs. Love, Miss Edith
K. Geigan and nephew, kearshy kearney;
Rev. Peregrne Wroth aud family, Mrs. +. Nj.
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kimball,
Miss Charlotte Kimball, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
NJ. Turnbnl, Miss Elizabeth Norriss, Miss
Florence Bailey, Miss Halcyon Pyne, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edelen, Miss Edelen, Mr.. aud Mrs. F.
A. Suter, Master Walter Suter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ransom, Mrs. j. r. Haskell aud son Craw-
ford, Miss Eleanor Magruder, Mrs. 81. M.
Hartman, Miss Grace Uhler, the Mise Har
man, of Anne Arundel county; Miss Albers,
Mrs. Galloway. Miss Galloway, Mrs. G. Leim-
bach and family, Miss S. A. Bowen, Of Cen
treville, Nd; Mrs. E. r. Elliott, of Washing
ton; Miss G. Frailey, of Washington; Miss
Anna Brown, of Chestertown, Nd. Miss Bon
ham, York, Pa; Mrs. Fl. Y. Sheppard and
Miss Gemmill, of Washington.
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WOOdbine Items.

Mr.. William Colson is still sick.
Mrs. Joseph Fisher is very sick at this writ
ing.
Mr.. Somerset Mailman had his head severe
ly cut by brick falling on him while at work
on the B 4 . improvements.
Master Albert Severns Of Baltimore, is visit
ing his aunt, Mrs. Thomas Flemming.
Farmers are nearly through blowing ana
some few have thrashed their graiu.
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A HORRIBLE FATAL ACCIDENT.
The Explosion Of a Soda Water Tank Fa-
tally Injuries Ray Smith.

About o'clock on the afternoon of July
10, Ray. IN his seventeenth year, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. James E. Smith, this city, was ia
tally injured by the explosion of soda water
tank which he was charging, in the cellar Of
the Shaw Drug Company, corner OF Main and
John Streets. From the wounds received it
is supposed he was sitting astride the tank
when the explosion occurred. as both legs had
flesh torn from them and one of his shoes was
blown off by the force of the gas The pelvic
bone was torn asunder and the gas entered his
body upward, tore hole in the stomach be-
low the breast bone and passed out. The tank
was split wide open from top to bottom and
the metal edges were curled backward. The
sharp edges of the tank, where torn, must
have come in contact with his body, as there
was cut in the flesh extending from the groin
downward and backward on the inside of the
thighs. He was also badly bruised and inter-
naliy injured. He was conscious from the
time Of the accident until few minutes Of
when he died, at s o'clock. Drs. Herring,
Wells, Foutz, Franklin and Woodward were
with him during the afternoon and used every
means to relieve him. without success
The cause Of the accident is not clearly
known. Ray had had considerable experience
in charging soda water tanks, and had been
cautioned by his employer TO be extremely
careful IN nanuing lHen. IL Is tuouBnl THAI
possibly the indicator failed to register the
pressure properly. The tanks are made to
withstand pressure of 700 or 800 pounds 10
the square inch, and the ordinary charge is at
a pressure of not over 225 TO $50 pounds.
Ray was a member of the M. P. Church
and was active in the Sunday school and also
in the Endeavor and League Societies. His
funeral took place Monday afternoon from his
late residence, Rev. L. F. Warner officiating,
assisted by Rev. d. G.. Miller, Of Centenary
M. +. Church; Rev. J. ID. Clark, of the
Church of God, Uniontown. and Rev. DIR.
Tyler, of the Church of God, Carrollton.
Both religious societies attended the funeral
in body.
Miss Ida Snyder, of Baltimore, sang a solo.
The pallbearers were William Simpson, Law
renee Rinker, Carroll Skunk, Harry Starr,
Frank Bennett and Hampton Baumgartner.
On Sunday Dr. j. w. Herring, superintend
emit Of the Sunday school of which Ray was a
paid high tribute to bis moral worth
and Christian character, and changed the reg
nlar exercises Of the school into a memorial
service.
The family received many expressions OF
sympathy, and friends were with the parents
ready to do all to relieve them in their great
distress.
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Medford items.

On Monday afternoon we had thres fine showers
We have never known flies to be SO bad on horses
and cattle as during the past two weeks
The engine of Jonas Wagner, while trying to
mount a hill broke one of the gearing wheels
That is one disadvantage in repairing roads so late
Thomas Hann's baby has been quite ill for the
past several days
Mrs. William Englar is on the sick list
Misses Mary and Gertrude Roger, of Westminster
are spending fsw days at Mr.. Amos Vampires.
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Melrose Items.

Mrs. j. Albert Zepp gathered from her
garden bushel of raspberries, many of them
measuring nearly an inch in diameter.
Mrs. Theodore Houck is ahead this time.
She enjoyed from her garden some ripe toma-
toes on the 4th of July.
Our School Board is beginning TO see the
need of more school houses and less crowdlng,
and Of the hardest kind of work for teacher
in ungraded country schools Work is rapidly
being pushed towards the erection OF school
bouse about one mile north of Wentz' school
house. This will lessen the number of pupils
at VENTS, thereby giving the children bet
ter chance of securing what has made states
men, presidents, &c.-a good common school
adncafiOn.
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Mr.. Thomas Mitchell, hostler at Hotel AL
bion stables, while tying horse oH Thursday
afternoon had three fingers severely injured
by the horse suddenly jerking back. Two of
the fingers had to be amputated. the third
may possibly be saved. DIR. John s. Matthias
rendered surgical aid.
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Q to IL Charles ST.. North,
Baltimore, Md.
COMPREHENSIVE NOTICE.

WESTMINSTER, Mn, July 8. 1902
Notice is hereby given that Samuel Roop,
Theodore F. Englar and Ernest J. Sponseller
have this day formed o-partnershlp, under
the name Of Roberts. Roop Il Company, Tor
the purpose of continuing the business form,
erly carried on by the co-partnershIp formed
by Ii. Stewart Roberts, Samuel Roop and
Theodore f. Englar, under the said firm name
of Roberts, Roop & Company, and lately dls-
solved by the death of H. Stewart Roberts.
All debts owing to the said co-partnership OF
II. Stewart Roberts, Samuel Roop and l'heo-
dore F. Englar, formerly trading as Roberts,
Roop & Company, are 10 be paid to the new
firm of Samuel Roop, Theodore +. Englar
and Ernest J. Sponseller, who will pay all
proper demands on the old firm.
SAMUEL RO0P,
THEODORE f. ENGLAR,
ERNEST J. SP0NSELLER,
o.
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business Locals.

For Sale-A Huckster Route. Apply at
this Office.
Finest Stationery and Type Writing Sup
plies at James 81. Cassell's, A. 81. Wentz'
old stand.
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At lOa. m. yesterday, Friday, the Weather
Bureau sent out the following bulletin -
Cloudy tonight; Saturday occasional showers.
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SATURDAY, JULY &c, 1902,
at II M, farm containing
63 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

SAIURDA1, JULY Z6, 1902,
at II m, a farm containing
IS ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
II is improved by % story
Log Weatherboarded Dwelling A
with cellar under the building; 49,
springhouse with never failing Ek5z5z3ez5[
water, wash house, bank barn and other build
ings, running water at the barn; variety of
fruit trees. The arabic land is under good
cultivation and produces fine crops. About
Is acres in frst-class timber, oak, hickory and
chestnut, and first-class meadow of over
acres.
This land adjoins the properly of John W.
Tracy, O. B. Wentz, Jonas Warner and
others, is about II miles from Lineboro, a rail
road station, is convenient to schools,
churches, postoffice and has a daily delivery
of mail. Anyone wishing nice home should
examine this property, as it is located in one
of the most thriving sections of the county.
Terms of Sale.-0ne-third OF the purchase
money 10 be paid in cash on the day of sale
or on the ratification thereof by the Court;
and the residue in two equal payments in six
and twelve months from the day of sale; the
credit payments to be secured by the bonds
or single bills of the purchaser or purchasers.
with sufficient security, bearing interest frem
the day of sale; or all cash at the option of
the purchaser.
FREDERICK w. YOOST,
ID. j. Bollinger, auct. Executor.
june2l-ts John r. Strevig, Clerk.
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Death of well-Known Persons.
MRS. cALLow.

The funeral of Mrs. Margaret E. Callow,
who died suddenly Friday of last week took
place from her late residence, in Harrison
Vile, Baltimore county, last Monday morning.
Requiem high mass was offered by Father Ed :
ward McAndrews at the Holy Family Catholic
Church. Jacksonville. The pallbearers were
Messrs. J. Isaac Holbrook, j. f. G. Worth
ington, Geo. Litz, Francis S. Kemp, William
c. Odell aud David Kelley. Barial was made
in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. The
funeral was attended by many persons from
Howard and Carroll county, as well as from
Baltimore
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MISS RUTH MATTHEws.

On July 20, at the residence Of w. E. Fite,
Randallsiown, Baltimore county, Miss Ruth
A. Matthews died from general debility, aged
IA years. She had been an invalid for several
wears. Miss Matthews was a daughter of the
late James B. Matthews, of Howard county,
near Glenwood, and the larger portion of her
life was spent there. Her sisters are Mrs. DR..
Henry F. Zolickoffer, of Madison avenue,
Baltimore; Mrs. w. E. Fife, of Baltimore
county, aud Mrs John Roberts, of Richmond,
Va, while her brothers are Messrs. A. G. and
William Matthews, ofne.ar Glenwood, Howard
county; DR.. Matthews, of Baltimore city, and
Edward Matthews, of Sparrows Point, Md.
She was also an aunt OF Mrs. Greenfield, wife
of Rev. David j. Greenfield, pastor of Christ
Methodist Protestant Church, Chestertown,
Md. The remains were taken TO Hoods Mill,
and thence to Union Chapel Church, where
services were held on "Wednesday 10y Reys. ..
A. Hoblitzell, pastor Of the church, and Rev.
David Greenfield. Interment was made in
Oak Grove Cemetery, near Glenwood.
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L,xECUTOR's SALE
~ OF A
VALUABLE FARM.

By virtue of the last will and testament of
Philip Yoost late of York county, Pa, and
of an order Of the Orphans Court of Carroll
county, Md, the undersigned, as Executor.
will sell ON the premises, on the road leading
from Melrose tc Lineboro, near Tracy's mill,
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HN P E. Main st. SHAW DRUG co.. John and Main SE, Westminster Nd
NOTICE no CREDITORS.

No. 1916 Equity-M Michael E. Walsh, As
signee of Mortgagee, VS.. Andrew Shaffer
and wife, Mortgagors.
The creditors of Andrew Shaffer, deceased,
are hereby notified TO 6le their claims with
the vouchers thereof with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Carroll County, on or before
the 18th day of August, 1902.
iuly5 Al JOHN NJ. ROBERTS, Auditor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-10
SCOTCH FARE LAUDED.
Oatmeal, scenes and HaggIs Serve as
Preventives of Dentists and
Dyspepsia.

Defenders of the Scottish national
fare of oatmeal, scenes and haggis
have been few. To the ordinary bill
of fare nearly every nation save the
Scotch has contributed something, but
Scotch dishes, except at distinctively
Caledonian functions, are generally es-
chewed, says the New York Sun.
A Scotch physician has, however,
come forward recently with arguments
in favor of Scottish cooking. He says,
for instance, that dyspepsia and dem
lists are practically unknown in Scot
land outside of the large cities, in
which the national cooking of Scotland
Is discarded for foreign dishes and for
eign ways.
1t is fact that tn ough distinguished
in the field of medicine, the Scotch as
dentists are little known, and WI be
the details of cases of dyspepsia are
less easily procurable, it is certainly
not national alment in Scotland.
The Scotch show no Partially for pies
and pastry, and in the highlands they
are much out of doors-two reasons
which might be taken to account for
the absence of dyspepsia, apart from
the wholesomenesS of their diet.
The Scotch are a hardy race, and in
one particular at least they have been
able in recent years to impress their
views upon the people of other coun-
tries, namely. in the moral general
use Of cereals. The popularity Of
cereal food has vastly increased in the
United States in the last ten years,
and if the advocates of Scotch cooking,
or rather of Scotch fare, have been
unable to get recognition for their
views at the dinner table, they have
been more fortunate at the breakfast
board.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-10
VOTING BY TELEGRAPH.
An Electrical Device Once Planned
for Use In the Legislatures
of Germany.

There is only one reference to me
chanical voting in the Is reports on
foreign parliaments which have lately
been issued. This occurs in a memo
randum on the subject of divisions in
the reichstag and Prussian landtag.
As long ago as 1869 a motion was in
troduced in the Prussian lower house
in favor of establishing Il system called
the voting telegraph, an electric in
vention. Each member was to have
at his place IA handle to turn to right
or left as he wished to vote Eyes" or
mo" and this handle could be turned
only by the member to whom the seat
belonged, each member being provided
with a special key. The time for TAX
ing the votes of the lower house would.
according to this scheme, have occupied
less than two minutes.
There were no practical objections
made to the machine, says the Lon
don Chronicle, but it was rejected,
partly because no pressing need exist
ed for shortening the divisions and
partly on account Of the advantages
of an Oral process Of voting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-10
CHANGES IN OCEANS BED.
Recent Surveys show New Conditions
Near the Island of st. Vincent,
West Indies.

The volcanic eruptions and other
disturbing causes have recently pro-
duced some material changes in the
bed of the ocean off the coast of st.
Vincent. These will necessitate
careful resurvey to make navigation
safe in that neighborhood, accord
ing to DR.. Jaggar, of Harvard uni
versity, who, as one of the party of
scientists sent to the West Indies to
investigate the recent volcanic erup-
tons, has made special study of the
vicinity of the British island. Where
before the outbreak of La Sofriere
and Mont Pelee there existed solid
land is now deep water, as yet I'M
sounded, which extends to the base
of high cliffs, bare and vertical, for
merly a considerable dis ance from
the shore.
1t is erroneous, DR.. Jaggar says, to
state that there has been no change
in soundings as a result of the erup-
tions. Tremendous submarine dis
turbances occurred, he asserts, and
the breaking of the cables after the
first eruption of May was probably
due to landslides along the bed of the
ocean, the extent of which cannot
be determined. The cables in all
probability were snapped asunder
under the weight of enormous masses
thrown upon them from the higher
portions Of the oceans bed.
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Barring OF FEET AT WORSHIP.
A Custom That Is ReIigiOuHIy OBJ
served Among the Frequent
era of the Mosques

The India IIindus and Mussulmans
(slippers), and the latter boots also
The sandal (the word il Persian) was
evidently the original covering for the
feet over all southern and eastern Asia,
while the shoe was probably intro
duced into India by the Persians, AZ
ghans and Mo(n)gols, together with the
"tip-titled" (Hittite and Etruscan)
boot, says the Athanaeum. Both are
usually made in India Of leather, but
never Of pigskin, and while the shoes
are always colored red or yellow the
boots are generally brightly parti-
cOlOred, both among the upper classes
being also richly embroidered in gold
and silver and yariegated silk thread
and with bangles, bugles and seed
pearls. after the manner of the an
Client Persian boots represented on
Greek vases. But Of however rare and
costly elaboration the invariable rule
Is to remove them after entering a
private house, just when stepping onto
the mat or carpet on which the visitor
takes his seat. They must be cast off
the right boot or shoe frst-before
the worshiper enters temple or
mosque, and it is still regarded as an
absolute PROCLAMATION to attempt to
enter either fully shod, But the DO.
nestle habit arose out Of its obvious
propriety, and the religious ritual Of
'the shoes Of the faithful" now and
forcenturies past observed throughout
Islam, can be demonstrated to have
been dictated by, II indeed it be not d.
rectly derived from, the universal So
cial etiquette Of the east.
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BACTERIA IN DIGESTION.
Scientific Experiment. with ehick-
ems show Their Presence Ii
Necessary to Nutrition.

The results of experiments with
chickens to determine the effect OF in
testinal bacteria upon the process Of
digestion are reported by Prof Schot-
telius in recent number Of the Ar
chiv fur Hygiene, and reproduced by
the Stats Zeitung, says the Literary
Digest. Chickens were kept in cages
from which all bacteria were carefully
excluded and were supplied with food
equally free from bacteria. They ate
ravenously and almost continually and
evidently digested their food well, yet
not only did they not fatten, but they
steadily decreased in weight and
strength.
Another series Of experiments gave
direct and positive proof that the pres
ence of intestinal bacteria is necessary
to nutrition. Chickens which had been
hatched and raised in a sterilized en-
vironment, receiving only germfree
began to decline in weight and
strength. Then they were divided into
two groups. one of which was fed on
sterlized food the other on food con
tanning bacteria All OF the first
group died in few days, the others
improved rapidly and soon were in
distinguishable from chickens that had
run free in the poultry yard. Nine.
Metchnikof has obtained analogous re-
suits with tadpoles which, fed for
time with perm-free food attained an
average weight Of % milligrams and
an average length of 1875 millimeters,
while other tadpoles, fed for the same
period on ordinary food, had an av-
erage weight of 142 milligrams and an
average length of 265 miliimeters.
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man an the geese that oil Mis- Pakcn-
ham said he stole =" asked Wash. 1T
was before your time, ltufe, but
reckon Soils hcercd about it."
"Not me" declared Baker, ave
hcrred things said about you that
couldn't deny, not KNOWN how true
they was. but your father ginrally
hasn't ben considered responsible for
'em."
There was two - them geese" said
Hancock "Ihc old man got mp one
morniu' an shoyclrd his way ont
through the snow that had fell In the
night 10 the barn nm found EN- busy in
the granary. They was fine big fat
white ones, ns fat as fools an as I'M
concerned as Sol acts when he gathers
in the pot. The old man seen that their
wings wns well prowcd out an he rcck-
uncd they had few along with the
storm from some ncighbor's, SO he
kctchrd 'cm nu clipped 'cm sn'st they
wouldn't travel NO further away from
homr Then hrc"m" back to the house
an'ct his breakfast
I've don't none ~ Ms 90 ter town for
Il day or tw" after that. bat as soon ms
wr did 20 the Old man told a. 10 Kind
~ leave word AZ 'hr uciphburs about
the geese an II ~c found who owned
EN- 10 tell EN- 10 come an l.l,r 'cm
away Well nobody seemed 10 have
lost no grohr, mn the next few weeks
the old man bcgau tu pet Uneasy. He
sent word ont tu Garkiu about EN- an
20 FaiucNillr, an Boomer and all over.
but nobody come tu claim 'rm When
ever be went 10 town 10 do his tradin'
he'd ask everybody hc met il they
hadn't lost some geese an II nuybody
come along the road he'd ga out an
stop the wagon an say: ! inflow YOU
don't know ~ no one that's missed n
couple - geese do We"
lie wanted the fclrr ter have 'cm
that owned EN- and il soricr got on his
mind, 50 AT last Il got 10 De- a kind ~
by-w0rd around town an the loafcrs
d holler ont HB soon's they see him
comm: NO, hain't lost no geese llc
fnerly put piece in the Democrat
about 'em, but that didn't do 40 good.
He began 10 feel mighty discouraged
about 81 Mother told him that the
geese belonged more 10 him than any
body. seem he'd spent more than they
was worth in feed an advertiser. ter
say nothin' ~ the mental anguish
they'd give him but hc couldn't see Il
that way I've got some other mans
property he'd say, an don'tnvant Il
ever flung up 10 me thnt Abe Hancock
ever KEEP q man outer what was hiA'n