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THE BICYCLE LESSON

Last spring the assistant rector of one Of
the suburban churches bought bicycle
and declared he would learn to ride unas.
sisted. The first time he tried, however,
he made miserable failure, finding il
much harder work than he had expected.
Just as he fell off and rolled over and
over in the dusty road, carriage contain
ing some of his wealthy Pensioners came
along, but the clergyman was not recog.
nizei. However, several choir boys, who
had been hiding behind clump of bushes,
saw him fall, and as he started to brush
the dust from his clothes the boys shouted
"Here endeth the first lesson
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IGNORANCE.

Ex-District Attorney George S. Graham
tells this incident of the time when he
was Superintendent of the Oxford Presby
terrain Sunday school. He was on his
way to the school when he saw some boys
playing in the street. Thinking he might
stop them and perhaps get them to go to
Sunday school, he said:
Boys, do you know what day this is?'
One of the smallest, who was standing
near, shouted to bis chum, further down
the street:
"Say, Bill, here's guy what's been
out all night and don't know what day it
isr'
The boys did not go to Sunday school
that day.
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COMPLIMENTARY.
Throuohout the rural districts

Throughout the rural districts Of Berks
county Pa, they have custom of boiling
SOAP the apparatus for which can usually
be seen at any clubhouse. While thus en-
gagged on one occasion, farmer daughter
saw her swain approaching, and immedi-
ately started for the house to better her
appearance, which fact the mother ex
planned to the caller as he came upon the
scene. After while the girl appeared,
all traces gone of few moments before,
whereupon the enamored youth said:
"Why, you look as though you had
never seen any SOAP
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+ week days only,
Stops to land only Baltimore passengers,
Sunday Trains.

On Sunday trains will leave Hillen Station at 9S
a. IN. and 2.35 p m, Westminster LIS a. m 4l6 ?.
m. arriving at Union Bridge at Lbs a.. m. and 40
D. In. Leave Union Bridge at Gas Al m. and 4.O5 ?.
M, Westminster 7.2O a m. and 4.3I p. H., arriving
at Hillen Station at 907 a. M and 6.l5 p. IN.
Frederick Division Pennsylvania X. K. daily eI
cept Sunday )-Trains for Frederick leave Bruce
p N. Trains for Taney!Owu, LittlestOwn and
Columbia leave Bruceville 9.47 a. and S.45 p n,
Through trains for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points on Baltimore and Harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore daily, except Sunday, at rs a. m and
3.32 p. IN. Through cars for Gettysburg and intel:
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily, eXcepI
Sunday, at 1912 Il. m.
Passengers for and from Cherry Run. Williams
port, P V. and intermediate points, from and fol
stations east of Hagerstown, change at HagerStOwn
Orders for baggage calls can be left at Ticket
Office, No. DIS East Baltimore street, Baltimore
F. s. LANDSTREET,
Vice-Presdent and General Manager
B. II. GRIsWoLD. Gen'l. Passenger Agent, OCH
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TINE FOR RENEWAL.

The following is illustrative of the ready
wit of our ''Street Arabs
A young man, dressed to the height of
fashion, with the exception of his shoes,
which were shabby pair of patent leather,
was strolling down Chestnut street the
other day, when bright eyed bootblack
on the outlook for business accosted him
with the usual Shine EN- up, sir?'
The young man haughtily replied: "No!
Cant you see that they are patent
leather? p
To which the bootblack replied: eyes;
but 1 think the patent has about expired. I"
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING OF
- WESTMINSTER WATER co.

Westminster, Nd, December l L, 1902.
Notice is hereby given to the stockholders
of the Westminster Water Company that the
annual meeting will be held at the office of the
Company, in Westminster, on Tuesday, Jan
uary 10, 1903, at 10 o'clock, a. M, for the
purpose of Eecting Directors to manage the
affairs of said company during the coming
year and to transact such other business as
may be presented.
GEORGE w. ALBAUGH,
dec13-3t President.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING OF
- the Carroll County Electric Light
and Power Company.

Westminster, Md, Dec. 1lth, 1902,
Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders
of the Carroll County Electric Light and
Power Company that the annual meeting
thereof will be held at the Office of the Com
pany, al E. Main street, on Wednesday,
January I, 1908, being the first Wednesday
Of said month, between the hours of 10 a. m.
and II M for the purpose of electing seven
CIV directors 10 manage the affairs of said
Company during the coming year, commenc,
ing January l, 1903, 10 receive the report OF
the Secretary Treasurer and to pass upon such
other business as may be presented.
dec13-te A. H. HUBER, Sec.
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MISTAKE, NOT ROBBERY.

She was rather stylish looking young
lady, and attracted attention when she en-
tered the car. She occupied the only va
cant seat, beside a rather elderly gentle
man. When the conductor came for her
fare she reached to her side, and then,
her color changing several shades, she
gasped "Oh! I've been robbed There
is nothing but banana skin and an old
piece of cigar in my pocket
Then the deep bass voice of the man by
her side was heard: MADAM, would you
mind taking your hand out of my pocket?''
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VALUABLE IDOL.

A Boston lady was recently visiting
New York, and looking. around the city
she had entered brio -brac shop with a
view to purchasing something odd, and
looking about noticed quaint figure, the
head and shoulders of which appeared
above the counter.
"What is that Japanese idol over there
worth p she inquired.
The salesman's reply was given in a
subdued tone:
worth about half million, madam
it's the proprietor.
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terror lest this novel discovery might render
silver of no value, the Emperor promptly
had the unlucky man beheaded. A SINH
lar fate befell Frenchman who brought a
piece of aluminium to the French Cardinal
Richelieu. He was imprisoned for life.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-01-03

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Union National Bank of Westminster, Mary
land, and others, Plaintiffs, VS.. Irene e.
Bennett and others, Defendants.
Ordered, this oath day of December, A: D
1902, that the account of the Special Auditor
filed in this cause be finally ratified and con
frmed unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 18th day of January
1903, provided a copy Of this order be inserted
for two successive weeks before thelast named
day in some newspaper published in Carol
county.
JAS. H. BILLINGSLEA, Clerk.
True Copy,-Test:
dec27 q JAS. H. BILLINGsLEA, Clerk.
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The Stockholders of the Farmers Fertilizer
Company of Carroll County are hereby mott
fed that the annual election, for the purpose
of electing Board of Directors to manage
the affairs of said Company for the ensuing
year, will be held at the Company's Office,
on TUESDAY, the 18th day of JANUARY,
1908, between the hours of II a. m. and y
O. clock, M By order of the Board.
JOHN ROYER,
deco tie Secretary.
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OF REINSTATEMENT
~ OF A ROAD.

To the Commissioners of Carroll coun-
ty, Maryland: Your petitioners would
respectfully represent that the public convent
"Old Annapolis Road lying between the
Buffalo Road and "Parrsvile Road half
annie south of Ridgeville, should be rein
stated in the county as public road, dis
lance of about three-quarters of mile. Your
petitioners would therefore ask that your
Honors would view the premises and rein
state said road and highway, according to the
laws in such cases made and provided, as
shown by the statutes Of the State.
WIN. ID. GRIFFITH
dec13.3t and II others.
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Every married man is the master Of
his own house, says the Cynical Bach.
elor, Gas long as he stays away from it. -
1t is sometimes hard to distinguish be.
tween cowardice and the discretion that is
said to be the better part of valor.
No bird can fly backward, without turn
ing. The dragon fly, it is said can &C
complish this feat, and outstrip any swallow.
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NOTICE,

The Stockholders of the Ice and Cold Stor.
age Company of Westminster are hereby mott
fed that an election for Eleven Directors to
manage the affairs of the Company for the
ensuing year will be held at the First National
Bank Building, in Westminster, Md, on
Tuesday, January 9th, 1908, between the
hours of 10 a. IN. and II clock, m,
JOS. W. SMITH,
dec IS te Secretary.
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GALLANT JUDGE.

In case before Philadelphia Court in
which popular actress had to appear as a
witness, the Judge hesitated about asking
the lady, as he was in duty bound to do,
what was her age. Evidently he consid-
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ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders
of the Albaugh and Babylon Grocery Com.
pany that an election of Five Directors, to
manage the affairs of the company for the
ensuing year, will be held at the Office of the
company opposite First National Bank OF
Westminster, at o'clock, a. m, Tuesday,
January 9th, 1908.
GEO. w. ALBAUGH, President.
F. THos. BABYLON, Sec'y and Treas.
dec6te
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dec Is te
OF DIRECTORS.

Union National Bank of Westminster, |
December S, 1902.
An election for TEN DIRECTORS for this
Bank will be held on
TUESDAY, the 18th day of JANUARY,
1908, between the hours of IL clock, a. M,
and 12 o'clock, M, of said day at said Bank.
deco tie j. W. Herring, Cashier.
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A WOMAN's APOLOGY

A WOMAN APOLOGY.
A philanthropic lady visited the asylum
at Kingston, Canada, and displayed great
interest in the inmates. One old man par
ticularly gained her compassion.
'And how long have you been here,
my man p she inquired.
"Twelvs years." was the answer.
''Do they treat you well p
eyes"
"Do they feed you well p
eyes"
After addressing few more questions
to him the visitor passed on. She noticed
a broad and broadening smile on the face
of her attendant, and on asking the cause
heard with CONSERVATION that the old man
was none other than DR.. Clark, the Su-
perintendent. She hurried back to make
apologies How successful she was may
be gathered from these words: 81 am
very sorry, DIR. Clark. l will never be
governed by appearances again. "
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders
of the Westminster Hardware Company that
an election for Directors to manage the affairs
of the Company for the ensuing year will be
held at the office of the Company, in West.
minister, Md, on Monday. January 5, 1908,
between the hours of 10 and IL o'clock, a.
m, aud for the transaction of any other bust
ness that may be presented.
T. HERBERT SHRIVER, President.
HERBERT F. COVER, Sec. and Treas.
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cred that such question, put to such a
witness, would be direct Indictment to
perjury.
The way in which he got out if the diff
fculty was ingenious, although decidedly
irregular. He asked, before she had
sworn, Chow old are you, madam p
After little hesitation the lady owned to
being % years of age.
"And now that you have told the Court
your age," continued the gallant Judge,
''you swear to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth p
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dividend NOTICE.

UNION MILLS SAVINGS BANK,
UNION MILLS, Nd, December 6, 1902.
The President and Directors of the Bank
have this day declared semi annual dividend
of per cent. upon the capital stock of the
Bank, payable December 31st, 1902.
dec Is st G. E. BANKERT, Treasurer.
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GPECIAL NOTICE.

Galvanized teaclng Wire at prices that have
never been known in the trade.
Lead and Oil so cheap that anyone can al
ford to paint this season.
Ice is plenty. We have large stock otth
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 81
reduced prices.
A call will soon convince you that the bot
tom has bee completely knocked out OF the
price of Nails.
Glass, Oils, Paints and Putty, Pasterng
Hair and Cement, and in fact everything IN
the Building Hardware line can be found az
we'll as low prices, at the old established stano
Of
GILBERT & GEHR,
Corner Main and Liberty streets,
Westminster, Nd
Plumbing, Heating, Spouting, Tin Roofing dn
is our specially. feD ~
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Bushel OF Truth.
From the PucI

From the Puck.
One generation makes money, the next
burns it and the next lives by sitting the
ashes.
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Office of the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany in Baltimore County, 7
December 18th, 1902. }
Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the members of the Company will
be held on MONDAY, JANUARY 9Th, 1903,
between the hours of IL and II o'clock a. NJ.
at the office of the Company, 416 E. Fayette
Street, Baltimore, for the purpose of electing
THIRTEEN DIRECTORS to serve the en-.
suing year. JNO. j. REESE,
deco st Secretary.
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OBJECTION NOTICE.

dec13-3t
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MO. 300 EQUITY.

Administrators of Edward S. Keeney,
ceased dec ~ 4
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NOTICE.

deco te
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injured as was at first supposed, and those
which were destroyed, mostly papef-pes
machines. were already badly worn; a am
orders for their substitutes had peen piaSeu.
The insurance will cover the loss.
LAwRENCEBURG.-Th Peoples Tele,
phone Association of Indiana has purchased
the line of the Dearborn County Teiepnone
Company, organized about three years 49, iese
with a capitalization of $500. rms me
runs from Lawrenceburg to Manchester,
Weisburg, Moore's Hill and intermediate
points. The Peoples Association VIII make
extensive Improvements In the line.
GREENWOOD.-The twenty-first annual
commencement of the high school was heio
Friday evening in the Christian Cnurch.
There were six graduates, as follows: 20
seph Drake, Lenore Harmon, Kathryn OiH u,
aker, Grace Roberts. Martha Van Arsdai
and Bessie Whitesides. The diplomas were
presented by Prof. j. r. Carr.
NEW CASTLE.-One of the finest speci'
mems of the Golden eagle ever captured IN
Indiana was shot this week by Ed Bru UNI
back and is being mounted for the Ood
Fellows. lodge at Melville, to which he pre-
scented it The bird measures over seven
feet from tip to tip and is almost perfect
in every way.
MUNCIE.-On Saturday a Congervilie-
street car ran into a one-horse wagon drIv-
en- by Thomas Sullivan. The horse mao
baked on the track. Sullivan was hurled
twenty feet into the air and had his nose
and collarbone broken. besides receiving IN
ternal injuries which make his condition
very serious.
BLOOMINGTON.-The primary contest OF
the city high school was held Friday night
and the following representatives were Sc
lected for the southern Indiana contest, TO
be held at Bedford May %: Oratory, Truley
Ray; vocal music, Miss Alice Allen; instru-
mental music, Frances Bray.
TELL CITY-The Camel Coal Company,
of this place, is drilling for coal at three
different places just above this city.
The local school enumeration shows that
Tell City has 1,o29 school children.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Arrived: Philadel-
phia, from Southampton; Sylvania, from
Liverpool. Sailed Umbria, for Liverpool
Norge, for Christiansand and Copenhagen;
KONG Albert, for Genoa, Naples, etc. ;
Kroonland. for Antwerp; Neckar, for Bre-
men; LAquitaine, for Havre; Minneapolis,
for London; Pretoria, for Hamburg, via
Plymouth and Cherbourg; Ethiopia, for
Glasgow
YOKOHAMA, May 9.-Arrived: Gaelic
from San Francisco, via Honolulu, for Hi
ogo, Shanghai and Hong-Kong; Victoria,
from Tacoma, for Hiogo, Shanghai and
Hong-kong.
QUEENSTOWN, May 9.-Arrived: Bel
genland, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool,
and proceeded. Sailed: Cedric, from Liy-
erpool, for New York.
HAVRE, May 9.-Arrived: La -Gascogne
from New York. Sailed: La Lorraine, for
New York; La Champagne, for New York.
PLYMOUTH, May 9.-Arrived: Grosser
Kurfurst, from New York, for Cherbourg
and Bremen, and proceeded
BOULOGNE, May 9.-Arrived: Ryndam,
from New York, for Rotterdam, and pro-
ceeded.
SOUTHAMPTON, May 9-Sailed: ST.
Paul, for New York, via Cherbourg.
CHERBOURG, May 9.-Sailed: st. Paul,
from Southampton, for New York.
LIVERPOOL, May 9.-Sailed: Etruria,
for New York.
BREMEN. May 9.-Sailed: Barbarossa,
for New York:
ANTWERP, May 9.-Sailed: Finland, for
New York.
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THE PIONEERING lockwood.
A Native Tree That Should Be More
Commonly Cultivated.
Vick's Magazine.

vick's Magazine
Among the many native trees deserving
of cultivation, is the Towering dogwooo
(Cornus Florida.) 1t is one of the most
attractive of our early Towering trees
when seen in full bloom 1t is universally
admired, and yet 1t is very seldom seen IN
cultivation. We eagerly seek for novelties
from China, Japan and other foreign coun-
tries, and utterly neglect native SHRUBS
and trees which are equally as beautiful
and quite as worthy of place on our
home grounds.
The fiowerering dogwood has every quail
ity which should recommend 1t TO those
whose grounds are sufficiently large to az
ford IL room for development, with a back
ground of deciduous trees or eVergreens
to show off it's beauty. 1t is beautiful at all
times and in all places. but especially
ornamental when growing among larger
trees.
BY some 1t is classed as shrub. but in
favorable locations it sometimes reaches
thirty feet In height; from sixteen to twen-
ty feet, however, is the average. The foil
age Is OF grayish green color, In the ran
turning to deep, purplish crimson, the
deepest red of all the trees, rivaling the
scarlet oak, and rendering 1t one OF the
most beautiful objects In the landscape at
that time Of the year.
The true blossoms are greenish yellow,
small, inconspicuous, growing In clusters
which are surrounded by a petal-like in.
volucre from three to three and hal1
inches in diameter, pure white and very
of large white flowers. and by many, who
probably have not examined them, they are
supposed to be the real blossoms. The
trees bloom in the greatest profusion the
latter part Of May, in this latitude. lend
ing glory to the fields and woodlands and
producing the most charming effect with
their white laden branches. forest or
tall old pines edged with deciduous trees.
fringed with a border of snowy dogwood.
and sweeping in a curving line the base of
hill, MAKES a beautiful picture eagerly
greeted every spring and stored up In
memory as "jOy forever" With us the
dogwood blossoms at the same time as the
wild pink azalea, bushes of which light
up the depths of the forest, and sprays of
the two combined make the loveliest Of
all spring bouquets.
The blossoms Of the dogwood are long
time developing. The buds start the prev
ious year. If you examine the branches
during the summer you will find the curious,
almost square-shaped buds already quite
good size.
The flowers last about two weeks in
bloom and are succeeded by clusters of
scarlet berries. followed by the deep tints
Of the autumn foliage, making the tree
conspicuous object all the season.
Truly the dogwood deserves to be gen.
orally cultivated, and 1t is to be hoped
that our people will awaken to it's merits.
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VICTIMS OF THE PIANO.

r. w. Jones. In the Housekeeper.

r. w. Jones, In the Housekeeper.
A Berlin physician Of renown, believing
that excessive practice at the piano is re-
sponsible in a measure for the alarming
spread of nervous diseases, has instituted
a campaign against beginning the musical
education of children at the early age now
customary both in this country and in
Europe In his opinion no girl should be
permitted to enter upon the study of music
before the age Of sixteen, and even then
the hours of drumming upon the keyboard
should be restricted to two day. OF 1000
girls who. undertook piano practice before
the age of twelve, 600 later became afflicted
with some form of nervous disease but Of
1000 whose musical education was neg
lected, only 100 ever suffered in this manner
From these statistics the doctor deduces
the theory that fewer finger exercises"
and more exercise out of doors are the
needs of girls nowadays, and though de-
ductions from statistics are generally to be
looked upon with suspicion, many of the
laity will approve his common sense views.
But the German savant might well have
gone a step farther in his Investigations
are compelled to listen to the efforts of the
beginners upon the piano. The sufferings
of the player are as nothing compared to
those of the involuntary auditor who is
Beethoven in the next room is practicing
scales with one finger. Too many girls
without particle of talent begin the study
of music, and especially the piano, be-
CduSc tuCI pal CHto OCliCtc IL Is the proper
thing to do. After running the nerves of
the neighbors and lowering the value of
the adjacent property, these girls finally
abandon music as ignorant as when thev
began, and take up some other fad. Few
girls dabbe in painting or drawing without
at least modicum Of artistic taste or
talent. but many. apparently, regard piano
playing as a purely mechanical accom-
plishment. If this Berlin physician can in
duce such girls to forsake the plano in
favor of the golf stick the lawn mower or
the carpet sweeper: his efforts in behalf
In vain.