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The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
Set Him Back Forty Years.

Edward Smith, a farmer of Nichols, n Y,
recently cut down Il tree in his woods. As
the tree fell he stepped to one side, when he
was struck on the head by saplng that had
been bent over by the falling tree and had
suddenly sprung back. The blow cut cash
in his forehead aud stunned him badly. 1t
was thought that the injury would not be
serious aud it was not, as far as physical IN
dications went Instead of recovering from
the blow Mr.. Smith lost ali memory of his life
for the past 40 years and imagines himself tC
be a boy again at the age he was 40 years ago
He goes about the farm on which he lived
when boy and wants to play boyish game:
and pranks as of yore.
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
Lynch & Steele,
DEALERS IN
Agricultural Implements
and Machinery, Field Seed,
Wagons, Etc.
Corner Green and Liberty SITS,
Westminster, Nd.

The --latest Styles in Implements are
just as important as are those in dress. For
the latest in Implements the only place to
find them is at LYNCH & STEELE'S, Lib.
erty aud Green streets, Westminster, Md.
All of our stock is new and consists OF the
following:
Oliver and Wizard Plows, Perry
Wood Frame Rarrows, Standard
and Hench & Dromgold, Runner,
Lever Earrows, The Superior Disc
Harrow, which is the only one that will
do the work in our soil. The Superior
Disc Corn Drill, the Nos. 4 and 5
BLACK Hawk" Check Row Plant
erS, which are the latest in that line. Do
not be mislead in buying BACK DATE
machines in this line The farmer who
keeps from three cows upwards cannot do
without "Sharpless" Cream Sepa-
rator. They are the greatest money maker
you can have on the farm. We will give a
week TO ten DAYS trial 10 illustrate that it
will pay him. II IS los down, easy running.
self uiing sud easy to keep clean The
"BUCH self oiliug, closed head Land
Roller. Is the oHly one .hat you should buy
# you Ea1t durability. We have our sam
pie Deering Binder, Mower, &c, set
up ready for inspection. A carload Of
Brown" Wagons will arrive in a few
days.
We carry fall line OF REPAIRS tor the
Oliver, Wizard and Vulcan Plows.
Z ,.., ,...s
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
A SSIGNEE OF MORTGAGES S
"A SALE OF A
DESIRABLE LITTLE PROPERTY

BY virtue of the power of sale contained in
a mortgage from Edward +. King and Annie
L. King his wife, to Joseph A. Miller, dated
MAY l3, 1901, aud recorded among the Real
Estate Mortgage Records of Carroll County,
in Liber J. H. b., No. 45. folio 366. &c, and
duly assigned to the undersigned, | will sell
at public sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, 2Sth day of NAY, A. D., 1904,
at l 80 o clock, p. M, all those adjoining lots
or parcels of land described in said mortgage
and containing
l6 ACRES AND PERCHES.
more or less, and improved by two story
log dwelling house with base
meut, log barn, hog pen, spring 4 ~
house aud other necessary out st. sSasA
buildings. About q acres are asszzs1LzziEzEa -
fine meadow land and the balance Of the
property is under good state of cultivation
and well fenced. There is a good orchard OF
apple, pear, peach and PLAN trees and never
failing spring of good water near the dwell
ing This property is situate a short distance
from the Westminster and LitJlestowu Turn
pike road. aud adjoins the lands of Joseph A.
Miller the heirs of John Maus, deceased, and
John Yingling. ANY one desiring a small
property this sale presents hne opportunity
TO purchase.
Terms Of Sale.-One-third cash on the day
of sale OF on the ratification thereof. one-ihird
in six months aud the other oue-third IN
twelve months from the day of sale; the de-
ferred payments to be secured by the notes Of
the purchaser or purchasers, with approved
security, bearing interest from the day OF sale.
or the whole Of The purchase money may he
paid u cash al the option Of the purchaser.
JOHN MILTON REIFSNIDER.
apr 80 Is Assignee OF Mortgage.
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
Office TO CREDITORS,

This Is to gave notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court OF
Carroll county. IN Maryland. letters tes,a-
meutarv GA the Personal Estate Of
wM. H. TAYLOR,
late Of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are hereby
warned TO exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated, 70 the sub
scribcr, on or before the 25th day OF November,
1904; they may otherwise 10y law be eX-
cludei from all benefit OF said estate.
Given under NY hand this 10Th day OF April
1901.
FRANCES II. TAYLOR,
HOWARD +. TAYLOR.
apr50-4i Administrators
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21

Edward Shaw, postmaster of Three Rivers,
Mass, has been arrested on the charge of
embezzliug $500 postofice funds.
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
W M. c.. DEVILBISS

DOOLES INSECT POWDER. Of
Il which Henry Poole is proprietor, will be
manufactured by his daughter. Miss Emma
Poole & Company, and sold by the Al
baugh & Babylon Grocery Company, the Mer-
chants Grocery Co., and by the Undersigned
MISS EMMA POOLE,
oct 10tf Westminster, Nd.
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
MYERS BROTHERS
Surgeon Dentists.
We are prepared to DO all kinds of Dental
Work.
CROWN & BRIDGE WORK
Especially.
PLATE WORK & REPAIRING
will be given prompt attention.
CAS- ADMINiSTERE
DENT1sTRY in all it's Branches.

Plate work done by the latest and most
improved methods Teeth filed with Gold,
Silver, Amalgam or Cement Crown and
Bridge Work Specially Special attention
given to Extracting Teeth Without Pain, by
the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas and other anes-
thetics.
Of1ce-67 East Main Street, opposite
Firemen's Building, Westminster, Md.
an2S O. W. BARTON, D. D. s.
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21

Galvanized tvaClng Wsre Al prices that have
never been kBo-su IN the trade.
Lead and oil SO cheap that anyone can Al.
ford 90 paint this SEASON.
Ice j. plenly. We have 8 large stock Of the
best make Of Freerers Aad Refrigeration
Dunt you nced Gasoline or Oil Stove for
summer cuoklHg? We have them: they are
cheap.
Door sad Window Screens ol taricus ies.
fall hn- Of drs'. class Cookiug Stoves and
RaHges Of long established reputation. a.
reduced prices
A cal al saoa convIEee yea that the bot
tom hAs be, completely Knocked oct Of the
pr5cs Of Ma L.
Glass. Ol.s. Paints and Patty. PiaxtrginR,
HAIR and Cement. 2nd ia fact everything il
The Banding Hardware line can BE- foaad, as
sell As los prices, =, the old established stand
-
GILBERT 4 GEuR.
Corner Main and Liberty streets,
Westminster. Nd.
Piaabing Heating. Spoaf,nS. Tia Roo6ns
our specially feb ~
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The County Commissioners of Carroll coun-
tv will meet at their Office, in Westminster,
every MONDAY in MAY. 1904, for the
transaction of business. By order,
FRANCIS L. HAM,
onreo Clerk
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
OFFICE REMOVAL.

~ -,.,,
DR.. A. D. MANSFIELD, OCULIST,
Westminster, Md.
From 80 East Main street to 81 East Nam
street, nearly opposite.
Hours, u m. to p. M, every Monday
Ewes Examined for Glasses and Diseases
of Eve and Ear treateT. ap
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
GOOD, CLEAN CLovERsEED
SPECIAL NOTICE.

call and inspect ours We wjll always have
sessupah!e held seeds IN stock. apF2
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
25c Indio kinon for l6e.

We will place on sale today 20 pieces of Whit
very sheer and fine, 80 inches wide; has been :
For this sale
16 CENTS a YARD
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
The Distinguished Curtis Family

have been named by William Curtis
or Curtiss, as he spelled it, from his
old home, Stratford-on-Avon, where
he lived until he came to America on
the Lyon in 1852 with his wife and
four children. AS Shakespeare gives
the name Curtis to one of his char
acters i'll the tanning of the Shrew,'
it is probable that he was a friend
or acquaintance of the family.
William Curtis was brother-in-law
to John Eliot, the apostle to the In
dians. Relationship may also be claim
ed with the Washington family. The
sister of John Washington, who set
tied in Virginia in 1867. married
Philip Curtis few years before.
Another settler Ephraim Curtis,
who built the first house in Worcester,
was the hero of many b1ood-curdling
adventures, in which he usually came
off with honors and flying colors. He
has left many records. In one he
complains of the rude behavior" Of
the Indians
Obadiah Curtis kept a shop in Bos-
ton, and with other merchants agreed
not to buy goods of certain Tory
merchants. Some were supposed to
have violated this agreement, and
Mrs. Curtis published an indignant
denial that she or her husband had
done so. In the Boston Weekly news
letter Of May "a, 1870, appeared this
notice:
"Mr. Draper-Please insert the
following:
"If the piece in Messrs. Edes and
Gills paper, called a Hint to the
Wise, had one lisp of truth it might
be kindly taken, but | do declare it
a groundless, malicious falsehood, and
l challenge the author to produce
one person to say that | or my hus-
band visited the McMasters, or have
had any dealings with them.
MARTHA CURTIS"
During the war, pins, which were
made in England, became very scarce,
and Curtis, vino held the whole stock
in Boston, made great profits. It
soon became the fashion, or a neces-
sity, for women to use thorns for
pins.
The honor roll of those members of
the Curtis family who served their
country includes Captain William
Curtis, in King Phillips war, and
Elipha1et Curtis, who was with Wash
ington during his retreat through New
Jersey in December, 1916.
Biblical names have always been
favored by the family, from Abel,
Noah, Aaron. Gideon and Ichabod to
Zachariah, Hezekiah, Jeremiah and
Nehemiah Maidens were given more
fanciful names-Rejoice, Diana, and
the like, although Nabby and Mehit-
able were also prime favorites.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26

years later the. Lord Mayor of Lon
don was William Curtis. Sir Roger
Curtis, Admiral of the Red was
knighted for heroism at the siege Of
Gibraltar and was granted arms which
displayed, in chief, the rock of Glib
raltar, with sword erect, entwined
with palm branch for crest
The arms, said to have been brought
to this country by the settler, William
Curtis, are azure, fesse dancette, be-
tween three ducal crowns, or crest,
a lion supporting in his right paw a
shield azure Both the crown and
the lion are emblematic of distinguish
ed ancestry.
The arms reproduced are ermine, a
chevron sable between three feurs-
de-lis, or. Crest, an arm endowed,
habited in mail, holding in the hand
a scimeter, hilt and ponmel or.
Stratford, Connecticut, is said to
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
Where the Illness Came In.

Major Burke, one of the advance
men for a well-known circus, is very
fond of horse racing. One day.. in
Louisville, he felt that he must build
up some sort of an excuse to get out
to the races, so he telephoned to his
associate that he was i'll, and that he
would not be able to go with him
that afternoon to fix up an advertising
deal with one of the newspapers.
The associate also was fond of the
faces, and after the business was fn-
ished he went out to the track. That
night he met the Major at the hotel.
Il thought you were i'll, Major" he
said, but saw you were we'll enough
to go to the races. You must have
recovered pretty quickly"
We'll" replied the Major, eff you
had seen me just after that second
race you would have telephoned for
the coroner"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
Are The veddahs The Missing Link?

There is probably no race on earth
lower in the scale Of civilization than
the rock Veddahs" Of Ceylon. Yet
they can hardly be called savages, for
they are mild and gentle people.
They live in a civilized British col
ony much like the apes Of the forest.
They live in the deepest recesses
Of the jungle, avoiding all contact with
the English tea-planters and the civil
lized natives, and seek shelter in the
rocks-whence their name of rock
Veddahs s--or in the branches of
trees. Although their diet principally
consists of fruits and roots, they will
eat carrion, vermin, bats, and owls
with relish. Yet they will not touch
the flesh of thet wild animals, which
roam in their forests.
Their language is limited to a few
words" said Professor Ricalton, an
American traveller who recently visit
ed these strange people Indeed.
they scarcely have any language, and
they communicate largely by grimaces
and cultural signs"
They have no idea of time or dis
tance, no name for days or hours or
years. They have no games, no
amusement, no music, no education.
They are unable to count, even on
their fingers. They have no religion
or conception of religion; no tenn
pies, no charms, no worship, except a
slight tendency. toward devil wor-
ship to avoid storms or lightning.
They have no doctors and no knowl-
edge of medicine
"Yet, in spite of all this, they live
to green old age, their death rate is
low, and grave crimes are scarcely
known among them. In appearance
they are unsightly, with prominent
teeth and projecting mouth, and a
tangled mass of coarse, black hair
that would libel the broom of Chin
ney sweep"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
DR.. Parkhurst Guided the Guide.

The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst goes
to Switzerland every year for his
summer holidays and climbs the Alns
he has manly friends among the Swiss
guides. whom he warmly admires.
Only once did / know one of these
men tail in his duty" he said TO a
lrlend the other day. Il took him to
guide me on an ascent. and was n1rrb
surprised that he did not insist on NV
carrying a big flask of brandy for the
party, as the guides usually do.
But | soon found out the reason
he was hopelessly drunk ALREADY, ami
after he had staggered half a mile nm
the. slope he sat down on a rock
looking utterly bewildered, and con,
fessed that he didn't know where he
was or where to lead me- He had
been over the ground a thorsan'i
times, but | had to guide the guide
home" suioe
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
The Umpire's Revenge.

NO. Mr.. Wilson, said the beauti-
ful girl, coldly, q realize that you are
good and kind and true and noble;
that your prospects are bright, and
that there would be no objection on
the part of my family think | might
make you good wife, and | know
that you would be kind to me- l have
a little money saved UP, and with that
and your salary for theseason we might
live comfortably in little cottage
somewhere, where, after the games,
you could come home and NOW the
lawn and work in the garden. 1t
would be pleasant, ] admit. but | can
never be yours-never, neverp
Look here, young lady," said the
baseball umpire, calmly, "one more
such bunch Of back talk and I'll fine
you ten dollars for delaying the
game"
Then he called "Time~ and went
on
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
The Refor1er'S
Task in .HSi0
@OLONEL FRANK YOUNG
4 HUSBAND. the leader of the
NA British expedition into Tibet.

Nv
Ia HUSBAND. the leader of the
49, British expedition into Tibet.
has had considerable expert
ence trying to reform the Govern
ment of Asiatic States. He was the po-
litica1 agent of the Indian Government
in the protected native States Of Gil
git, Hunza, Chitral, Haroati ami
Tonk. He was able to make less head
way even than the average reformer
in American cities.
I'm one Of the native States Of Raj
putana over which l held political
charge he said, my predecessors for
thirty years advocated the construc-
ton Of a single meta1led road, and #
was only when the old chief died that
the road was made Throughout his
lifetime he contended that what was
good enough for his forefathers was
good enough for him; they had al
ways ridden horses, and not driven in
carriages, so he would ride, too, and
no road was, therefore, necessary.
But even when the leading men
IN a native State are progressive. it is
a task OF tremendous difficulty to in
troduce reforms along the lines OF
Western civilization, for there IS no
other conservatism comparable to the
conservatism of Asia. The Prime
Minister of another native State in nv
political charge was most intelligent
and progressive. He was an uncle of
the chief; he had been Prime Minister
tor twenty-five years; no man had
greater power or influence in the State
than he had; he could speak English:
ne read the English papers every
day; he realized the backwardness OF
the State; he saw most clearly where
reforms were needed; he ardently de-
sired to see those reforms effected.
and he knew he could count on the
support of the British Political Agent
-myself-in CARRYING them out. AT
the same time the Political Agent
because the State had run hopelessly
into debt, had absolute control over
its finances.
Yet even under such favorable cir
ccumstances as these, reforms have
been very, very slowly effected. One
OF the most urgent was the reform
OF the army, useless and expensive
rrabble, for whose maintenance there
IS absolutely no necessity now that
the British keep the peace in India
Yet to this day that army remains al
most as useless an encumbrance as ever
to the State. The dignity of the chief
IS hurt by any reduction in its num-
b,ers. The officers and men consider
that they hold their positions. by pre-
scriptive hereditary right; and. if # i
suggested to them that they should
DO some useful work and replace the
police, not only do they themselves
protest against being used for such
an ignoble purpose, but the police
othcers also beg that such worthless
men may not be put in their charge"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
Justihable Madness.

There was a man named Grandpa
White,
Who lived up Boston way.
He had precious heirloom clock,
And wound it every day
Sometimes he woke up in the night,
And it gave him quite shock
To think that maybe he had not
Wound up that precious clock.
At last that wondrous clock it proved
An eight-day piece to be;
And a madder man than Grandpa
White
| never wish to see.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26

an old spelling of the word
courteous" which Chaucer writes
"curteis" and which in "Perry's Rel
iques" is "kurteis" The name is
thus one of the class indicative Of
mental or moral qualities.
The first form, Kurteis, Curteis, Cur
tois or Corteis, changed to Curtyce,
Curteys, Curtys or Curtoys, became
Curtes, Curtys or Curtoys, became,
then Curtius, Curtice or Curtics, and
finally Curttiss, Curtiss or Curtis. The
last two are the only forms now used
Metius Curtius, the hero of two le-
gends, and Quintus Rufus Curtius, the
biographer of Alexander the Great,
are among the celebrities of the fam
lily, and there are others. The Brit
ish Museum contains manuscripts re-
ferrring to the Curtis family. One is
letter to Noah Curtis, lord of the
manor of Woolstrop, respecting the
escape of Charles l. from the Scot
tish army in 1916. About a hundred
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26

BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON.
.HE name Curtis is spelled in
sixteen different ways. 1t
J. probably began as Kurteis,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26

Through nearly mile wide maze Of
fenced in corrals | came to the houses,
over dozen III number. A big, blue
eyed, fair-haired man met me- l
greeted him with:
How do, sir?"
Vas ist?' was his only answer be-
side a shrug of his shoulder.
Less Than Dozen Spoke English.
Several more big men came out,
but none could do more than smile
pleasantly. Finally, the foreman ap-
peared, and he spoke broken Eng
llsh. Strangers came there very sell
dom, and the whole population of
nearly hundred men. women and
children were glad to see me, even if
less than a dozen of them could I'M
derstand what | said. They showed
all of that primitive hospitality pecu-
liar to people in remote countries, and
| didn't get away until next day.
These people also worked, on the
communistic plan. Every week thew
sent butter and cheese to Calistoga.
the wagons going one day and re-
turning the next
Five miles away from them was a
colony of Italians established by a
well-known painter of San Francisco,
where grape raising and wine making
was the common occupation The
Swiss colonists also spoke Italian to
certain extent, and sometimes they
exchanged visits, and cheese, and
milk, and butter for wine with their
Italian neighbors.
Up in Mendocino county, a hundred
miles north of San Francisco, there
are many Scandinavians, but in one
place, especially, in the mountains,
where spruce is plentiful, there is a
large lumber camp composed entire
ly of Swedes and Norwegians. | cali
1T lumber camp, because the popula-
tion is in the lumber business, but the
settlement has all the permanency Of
a regular town.
The houses are picturesquely built
of logs, and on the banks of a noun
tain stream that runs close by is a
sawmill Of solid lumber and run by a
big humping steam engine There
you can see scores of red and blue
shirted giants rolling logs and beams
about as though they were broom han
dies. The air is full Of oaths and
calculations, such as the Vikings let
loose centuries ago, when they strug-
gled with the tinbers to build their
pirate ships.
But here English is not SO rare an
accomplishment as in the other colo
nies. Nearly all of these big work
men and their strapping wives can
exchange greetings with you, even
though it IS with Yon Yonson ac-
cent, and just outside the town is a
real school in which there is a real
Yankee schoolmarm.
''Ve wants eddication," says the su-
perintendent, ''an' We wants it in de
latest style, vid de real Boston sling
to it"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
The Old Spanish Communities.

There is another foreign element in
California country 1ife-at least the
American population call it foreign.
They are people who can hardly be
called colonists. for they consider all
Americans foreigners, not themselves.
These are the communities of old
Spanish Californians, still found in
out-of-the-way hooks of the foothills.
Beyond San Jose, up in the hills
or mountains, where the Lick OBJ
servatory stands, there are still some
of these old Spanish haciendas left
where the elders of the families call
us "gringos," and shake their heads
unless we address them in old Castil-
liano.
The younger generation drawls out
a pretty fair English, but even the
children prefer the language which
was official in California sixty year.
ago.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
Work and PRAYER

Praying for things and working for
them bring results Work brings re-
suits which are at least satisfactory.
for prayer may be answered in a way
that is unexpected
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
A Short Tailed Limerick.

An Irishman down in N. "
Was engaged in the packing Of
We said, What's your nsme?S
He replied, Gust the same
As my father's-it's Patrick OR p
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-01-29

To the late Herbert Spencer the
minds Of lunatics had a strange fasci-
nation Mr.. Spencer was a frequent
visitor to a number OF asyums, and
he would never laugh SO heartily as
when reeounting some Unconscious
witticism Of a lunatic.
Sometimes he would tell Of the
criticism q lunatic woman made oo a
sermon that was preached In her
asylum. This criticism was brief, but
1t was telling.
'"Do think" said the woman, point
ing towards the clergyman, ito think
:" him out and me in.''
On another occasion Mr.. Spencer
and friend were walking toward an
asylum they proposed to visit. Their
way led them across a railroad, and
seated near the track they saw a young
man reading. This young man was
lunatic, but they did not know it at
the time.
''My friend" said Mr. Spencer paus-
ing, where does this railroad go TOT"
The lunatic looked up from his book
and gave his interrogation a long stare
Of scorn. Then he replied:
cit doesn't go anywhere. We keep
It here to run trains ON"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-01-29
Height Of the Sea Breeze.

Observation as to the height Of the
diurnal sea breeze are few in number,
albeit Of considerable Importance. By
means Of captive balloon, sent up
from Coney Island number Of years
ago, it was found that the average
height at which the cool inflow from
the ocean was replaced by the upper
warm outflow from the land was from
Ave to six hundred feet. At Toulon,
in 1893, the height Of the sea breeze
was found to be about thirteen hum
dred feet, and distinct off-shore cur
rent was found between nineteen and
twenty hundred feet. More recently
(19O2) on the west coast Of Scotland,
Dimes, using kites, had noted that the
kites would not rise above fifteen
hundred feet on sunny afternoons,
when the on-shore breeze was blowing