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Weather Record for the Week.

August 25-mercury "a at Z a. m. aud 65
at 2 p. m; rain. August 26-mercury "A at
a. m. and SO at = p. m. rain. August 27-
mercury II at I H. m. and 50 at 2 p. M; ram;
partially cloudy; rain. August 2S-mercury
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29-mercury 60 at Il. IN. aud 6S at 2 p. IN. !;
rain. August 30-mercury 20 at a. m. and
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Waadhlne Items.

AUG. 29-Howard Kuhn returned home
we'll again last week from the Union Protestant
Infirmary in Baltimore. where he had severe
operation performed for appendicitis.
Owing to the recent long rainy spell the
farmers are far behind in seeding.
Albert Gosnell has cut about 400 telephone
or telegraph poles of of the property he re-
Gently purchased from Mrs. Harriet Ways, OF
Baltimore, a part of which has been shipped.
Albert Severns, of Baltimore, is visiting his
aunt Mrs. Thomas B. Flemming, of this place.
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SYKESVILLE
The Best Wheat Market in Car
roll or Howard County.
WAKEFIELD at SykesviIIe

Is member of Baltimore Chamber
of Commerce and National Hay As
ISOLATION and in aposition to give you
highest market price for all Farm
Produce. They buy at any point on
the B. 4 o. r. X.
WARFIELD'S WHEAT AND
GRASS MIXTURE will produce
more wheat than any fertilizer sold in
Carroll county. Ask your neighbor
who has used it.
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WANTS.
under this head One Cent a word.

Housekeeper Wanted-By widower 81 years
of age; must be a decent and respectable
woman and not over forty years of age. Di-
vorced women need not apply. Good home
and wages TO right woman. p. o.. Address,
Samuel H. Baker, r. F. ID. No. 6, Hagers-
town Md
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Special Notices.

Harvest Home Services will be held in the
charge as follows:
MI. Union-September ?, at 10 a. m.
Winter's-September 2, at $50 p. IN.
Baust-September 9, at 10 Il. m.
G. w. Baughman, pastor
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-08-31
1914 Gettysburg and Korea Grays.

These Blankets are among the near
est thing to human warmth. Regular
price S2.98, take off 10 per cent. and
you get them for S2.6S pair, genuine
$500 Blanket
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WESTMINSTER, MD.
4 GRAND MIDSUMMER BLANKET SALE.
4 GENUINE REDUCTIONS ON EVERY LOT.
ia Cotton Blankets.

These extra sized Blan-
kets, in white and gray, will
make good their mission,
going at 95c, $1.00, $1.25 and
$3.50. If we had to buy the
same today the price would
be nearly a half more.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-08-31
1914 Red and White CALIFORNIA;.

The glowing comfort produced from
these Blankets can only be explained by
actual experience. They are very
neatly woven $500 Blanket for $500,
and during this sale less 10 per cent. the
price is $3.50 a pair.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-08-31
Pen-Mdr Scarlet Blankets.

Are strongly fortified against the
cold, coming in strictly all wool
1O-4 regularly 1898. less 10 per cent,
now S3.68, worth $500.
ia regularly $500, less 10per cent,
now 81. so, worth $500.
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DEATHS HARVEST.
Well Known Residents And Others
Who Have Passed Away.


MRS. MANGER-
Mrs. Margaret Manger. widow of Mr.. John
Mauger. died Tuesday morning at the home
Of her son. DR.. John F. Manger, 1902 Ed
mondson avenue, Baltimore, in her SD year.
Born in Wurzberg, Germany. she came to this
country in 1850 and made her home in Carroll
county, removing to Baltimore in 1871. Mrs.
Manger is survived by two children, DIR.
Manger aud Mrs. ]. W. Fedden, and six
grandchildren.
Jesse Z. Arnold. Of Uniontown. died at his
home Tuesday, aged about 65 years Mr..
Arnold vas a veteran of the Civil War. having
served IS member Of Company c, Sixth
Maryland Infantry, from August 10, 1862, till
June ~, IS65. when he WAS honorably dis
charged He was a corporal of the company
and his Surviving comrades say, WAS a brave
soldier. having exhibited high courage in
many a hard fought battle. He was a member
Of Burns Post, G. A. r., of Westminster. He
leaves a widow and several children.
FREEMAN
Merel Freeman, Of Pit,sburg. Pa, formerly
Of Carroll county, aged about 40 years, died
at the home Of his sister, Mrs. Joseph koontz,
Of Frizellburg. on Wednesday, after brief
Illness Mr. Freeman is first to die in his
family Of II children. He leh this county
about - YEAR, ago, gong 10 IlusouTEs anu
returned on a visit this summer TO visit his
sister. At whose place he was taken sick aud
the above result followed. He leaves family,
and was son of the late Joseph Freeman,
aud q brother Of Harvey, Laurey aud Charles
Freeman, of this county. His funeral takes
place tomorrow at his SISTERS, and interment
AT Kreider's cemetery. Rev. K. W. Doty,
officiating James NJ. Sioner undertaken.
BILL
William H. Bell, Sr died a, Lutherville,
Baltimore county, on Wednesday, August %,
1905, Of gradual wearing out of his system,
he having been a hard working man all his
life Mr.. Bell was a native of Frederick
county having been born near Emmitsburg
ia lS25 He vas in his slst year. He moved
Ia this city in 1858. Aud resided here ever
since, with the exception Of few years IN
Baltimore and Lutherville. Mr.. Bell carried
on brickmaking almost all his life. he WAS
staunch Republican. He leaves q widow and
four ehildren-Mrs. Robert +. Frizzel and
Mrs A. Bailey Morelock, of this city; George
A. Bell, Of Baltimore, and Harry K. Bell, Of
Philadelphia, Pa. lie vas buried at West
minister Cemetery on Thursday, Rev. Mr..
Goslin, of the NJ. +. Church, Lutherville,
having charge Of the funeral services. The
pallbrarers were A. B. Morelock, George F.
Morclock. Meade Ohler and w. f. Frizzell.
+, A. Sharrer funeral director.
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ia Wool Wine White Blankets

Have had guard mount inspection
and now ready to guard you against
cold, bleaky winter weather. They are
extra large size, neatly decorated with
a 6-inch blue border The regular
$3.50 kind, less the 10 per cent, makes
the price S3.f5.
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75c Blankets 49c.

Don't miss this rare offer
ing, it will not happen soon
again. These cotton Blankets
are full size, in white, gray
and tan, actually worth 75c,
during this sale 49c a pair.
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1914 Sanitary Grays.

They are the Blankets we have sold
so many of in past seasons. now $500
pair; during this sale less the 10 per cent
makes the price but $500, really worth
$500 today.
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AFTERNOON, AUGUST 81, 1906.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Monday, September 8, being Labor Day,
all the banks and public offices will be closed
on that day.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-08-31
1914 White EiderdoWns.

These Blankets embrace the full
meaning of theirnames Softly finished,
heavy weight, different colored borders,
with silk bound edges, were $3.50. but
the 10 per cent. discount puts them to
s5.15 pair.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
THE MOTHER ANTELOPE.
Wonderful Manner In which She
Provides For Her Young.

The manner in which the mother an
telope protects her young until they
are old and strong enough to join the
full grown bands In their wanderings is
an interesting and wonderful instance
of natures providence. These beauti-
full creatures live in an open country
infested by all kinds of enemies and
especially prowled over Ivy the coyote,
the gray wolf and the timber wolf,
which subslst upon the young of all
kinds of animals. yet tic mother can
easily protect her babies from the
fercest of these marnuders The ene-
my most dreaded is the soaring eagle.
There Is a variety of cactus, prick
ly plant which grows in great abun-
dance all over the western plains,
which furnishes her the means for this
protection. Horses. cattle. buffalo and,
in fact Ill animals ,'"Nv III 'H1r'cr OF
treading on this plant. IT grows in
large patches some four or six Inches
In height above the ground aud forms
thick mat varying In breadth from
the size of the top of mans hat to
many feet. 1t Is in the center of one of
these patches that the female antelope
prepares a place of safety for her
young. The thorns of this cactus,
while very poisonous and terribly pain
full to every other animal, for some
reason are almost harmless to the an
telope. The cactus may lacerate her
legs, making them bleed freely, but
neither the stickers nor their poison
remains. while other animals seldom
bleed, but retain the poisonous stick
ers in their wounds until they become
malignant sores, causing excessive
swelling of the limbs and very great
and long continued suffering.
When the antelope has selected her
patch of cactus. backing away a few
feet. she will make running jump,
bounding high in the air and allghtlng
in the middle of the patch, with all
four feet close together, the hoofs
pointing downward. Then, springing
out again and repeating this operation
until she has chopped the roots of the
cactus plant to pieces. she loosens and
clears space large enough for stand
ing room. She then will enlarge 1t by
paving and digging with her sharp
hoofs Here she gives birth to her
young in undisturbed security, know
ing that she can leave them in COM
parative safety during tne day and re-
turn to them at night to give them
suck Should it be in locality where
eagles abound, however, the mother
does not venture far away, as the soar
ing eagle often swoops down on the
young, taking them away if she is not
there to do battle for their lives.-H.
II. Cross in Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
The Throne of Thunder.

Mungo Nam Lobeh, the throne, or
place of thunder, as the natives call 1t,
the peak Of Kameruns, as the whites
call it, is the highest point on the west
ern side of the African continent. The
first view the voyager gets of it who,
coming from the northward, has been
coasting for weeks along low shores
and up the stagnant rivers, fringed
with mangrove swamp, is thing no
man can ever forget. Suddenly, right
up out of the sea, the great mountain
rises to its 13,760 feet, while close at
hand, to westward, towers the lovely
island mass of Fernando Po to its
10190 feet, and great as is its first
charm every time you see 1t it becomes
greater, although it is never the same.
Five times l have been in the beautiful
bay at Its foot and have never seen 1t
twice alike. Sometimes it is wreathed
with indigo black tornado clouds, some
times crested with snow, sometimes
standing out hard and clear, as though
made of metal, and sometimes softly
gorgeous, with green, gold, purple and
pink vapors tinted by the sunset
London Mail
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
Buried by TOrchliEht.

Allerton Hall was upward of four
centuries the property and residence tk
the Kitchingman family. 1t was the
largest and most ancient mansion ID
Chapeltown, consisting of about sixty
rooms, with gardens and pleasure
grounds. The Kitchingman family for
upward of 400 years were carried from
this hall by torchlight to be inferred in
the choir of ST. Peters church in Leeds.
At the interment of any Of the family
the great chandelier, consisting of thir-
ty-six branches, was always lighted.
In the year 1716 Robert Kitchingman
died May Z, aged 100 years. He or
dered his body to be Luried with torch
lights at Chapel Allerton. He was in
tered on May 16, when 100 torches
were carried. The room where the
body was laid was hung with black,
and velvet pail, with escutcheons,
was born by the chief gentry. The
pallbearers had all scarf, biscuits and
sack; the whole company had gloves.
Fifty pounds were given among the
poor in the chapel yard on the day of
his interment Mary. his wife, died
July %, 1716, aged ninety-seven years.
She was inferred precisely in the same
way.-"Annals of Yorkshire"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
The Largest Described snake.

Speke, in his narrative Of the journey
largest snake that has ever been seen
by man. II shuddered," lie says, "as
looked upon the effects of his tre-
mendous dying strength. For yards
around where he lay grass, bushes and
saplings-in fact, everything except
full grown trees-were cut clean Off as
If they had been trimmed with an i'm
mense scythe. The monster when
measured was 81 feet and 21a inches
in extreme length, while around the
thickest portions of its body the girth
was nearly three feet"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
A Trying Reform.

A Presbyterian clergyman Of New
York with two popular daughters has
discovered new way to end the WIS.,
its of their beaus at seemly hour--a
plan which might appeal to lay fami-
lies as well. For a number of years
II has been custom of this good man
to hold evening worship after supper,
always concluding the prayers with a
short discourse. Things went very
well until the daughters began to re-
ceive the attentions of young men and
begged off or stole away to make their
evening toilets. Then the minister
changed the devotional hour until 10
in the evening" This reform created
an upheaval, but the father insisted,
and at the stroke Of 10 the visiting
young men are now left one alterna-
tive-either to leave or join with the
family in prayer-and it has proved a
severe test of their devotion for the
daughters when those not prayerfully
inclined stick it out, sermon and ALL
New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
CORee-Tea.

Coffee-tea is the common beverage
of the natives of Java and Sumatra.
When required for infusion the coffee
leaves are gathered fresh from the
trees and are dried in a pan over a
slow fire until they are light brown.
They are then put into teapot, boiling
water is poured over them, and the in
fusion is drunk with milk and sugar.
1t seems the general opinion that cof-
fee should come in contact with metal
as little as possible. The Viennese peo-
pie prefer a glass bottle to canister
for storing, and Brazilians use earth
enware in preference to metal pot
for making.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
The Word "Tarif."

The word tariff has an interesting
origin. 1t is derived from the Arabic
ia 'rifa, meaning an inventory Of fees
payable on demand, and became cur
rent in the following way: A certain
Moorish general, by name Tarifa,
seized in the year 10 upon a small
seaport some twenty miles from what
is now Gibraltar and the southernmost
town in Europe. Here he founded a
station for levying toll on all craft
trading in the neighborhood and be-
slowed his name upon the place, after
the manner of Constantine, Alexander
and others. The word came eventual
ly to signify a schedule of charges and
passed into the French, italian and
English.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
The President For a Day story.

The story that David r. Atchison of
Missouri was president for day start
ed as a joke. Atchison was president
of the senate at the expiration of Pres
ident Folks term, and the law at that
time provided that that official should
succeed to the presidency in default of
both president and vice president.
March 4, 1S49, was Sunday, and Pres
ident Zachary Taylor did not take the
oath Of office until Monday, March 5.
Somebody thcreupon started the joke
that neither Polk nor Taylor was pres
ident during the odd day and that
Atchison must have been. But If Tay-
lor could not under the constitution be
president until he had taken the oath
OF office how could Atchison? He did
not take the oath either.-St. Louis
Republic
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11

Matrimony and patience! 1t is not
always perfect combination, is It?
In South Africa the savage tribes have
peculiar ceremony which they put
the matrimonial candidate through pre-
vious to his entering the holy state.
His hands are tied up in n bag con-
tanning five ants for two hours. If he
bears unmoved the tortures OF their
stings he is considered qualified to cope
with the nagging and daily jar and fret
Of married life. Such q man would
make an admirable husband. He
would not be upset by the thoughts of
a spring bonnet or grow irritable every
time the steak was overdone. The idea
of having patience trial for those
about to marry is one that civilized peo-
pie might adopt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
The Good Fellow.

The treasurer of a church temper
ance society told at temperance meet
ing dramatic story.
"a woman entered the barroom," he
said, "and advanced quietly to her
husband, who sat drinking with three
other men. She placed covered dish
on the table and said:
"Thinkin' ye'd be too busy to come
home to supper, Jack, I've fetched it to
you here
And she departed.
"The man laughed awkwardly. He
invited his friends to share the meal
with him. Then he removed the cover
from the dish.
"The dish was empty. 1t contained
a slip of paper that said:
"T hope you will enjoy your supper.
1t is the same as your wife and chill
dren have at home Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
VOLUME IA.
Human Blood Marks.

A tai, Of horror was told nv marks of
human blood in the home ut j. w. Will
liams. well known merchant of Bac,
Ky. He writes Twenty years ago
had severe hemorrhages of the lungs,
and was near death when l began TAX
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t
completely cured me and | have re-
mained well ever since.' 1t cures
Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs, Settled
Colds and Bronchitis and is the only
known cure for Weak Lungs. Every
bottle guaranteed by Stoke & Feicht
Drug Co., druggists of Reynoldsvilla
and Sykesville. SOC and SL00. Trial
bottle free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
For Black Eyes.

1t is often the case that people meet
with accidents and bruises that cause
dsfguring discoloration from which
they suffer not little embarrassment
and annoyance. 1t is worth while to
know that there is simple remedy
and one quite within the reach of
every one. Immediately after the acci-
dent mix an equal quantity Of cap
slcum annum with mucilage made Of
gum arabic. To this add few drops
of glycerin. The bruised surface should
be carefully cleansed and dried, then
painted all over with the capsicum
preparation. Use a camel's hair brush
and allow it to dry, then put on the
second or third coat as soon as the
first is entirely absorbed. A medical
journal is authority for the statement
that il this course is pursued immedi-
ately after the injury discoloration Of
the bruised tissue will be wholly pre-
vented 1t is also said that this rene
dy is unequaled as cure for rheuma-
tism or stiffness of the neck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
DON'T CODDLE YOURSELF.
Fussiness About Health Does More
Hnrm Thnn Good.

Harm Than Good.
When one thinks of the newfangled
ideas about health and sees people on
every hand hunting for disease germs
in water, milk, meat, fruit and the at
mosphere, analyzing everything, dread
ing swallowing and in constant fear
with every mouthful they eat, one al
most wonders whether or not life is
worth living. If we are liable to be
made the victims of tens of thousands
of enemies which are in and around
everything in all liquids and all solids
alike, we are in just about the same
condition to enjoy life as was one of
the olden kings who lived in mortal
terror that everybody was trying to
poison him. All his foods and drinks,
everything had to be tasted and tested
by some trusted member of his house
hold before he dared to touch it him
self.
If there is pitiful object in the
world it is a person who has become
finical about his health, who lives in
terror of germs and must examine and
analyze everything he eats or drinks,
looking for infection.
1t is an insult to ones Creator to go
through life whining, complaining and
fearing, in morbid terror that thou
sand enemies are combined to rob one
of comfort of happiness and of health.
Man was made to hold up his head, to
walk erect with boldnpss fpnrlpssnpSs
and confidence
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
BLOODLETTlNG.
II Is Still Resorted to by Doctors In
Certain Emergencies.

Sertuin IAneTEeHcieS.
Bloodletting, or "venesection," as 1t
is known scientifically, was once the
common remedy for nearly every form
of ailment. Washington died of it, in
the opinion of modern medical authori-
ties, and soon after his time there was
a reaction against venesection. Better
medicinal agents accomplished what
ever benefits were attributed to this he
roic treatment, and better knowledge
of physiology condemned the practice
Venesection, however, is still en-
ployed in certain emergencies by the
most advanced practitioners. A Ger
man physician has made an extensive
study Of the subject, with clinical ex-
periments, and reaches the conclusion
that in certain cases where the heart
and lungs are engorged with blood
venesection is permissible because of
the speedy relief it gives, often after
other resources have failed.
Deadly toxins are also present in the
blood in some diseases, and venesection
reduces them. The lost fluid is replaced
with an injection of salt solution.
Bloodletting affords relief TO the livid
sufferer from distended heart when
every breath is struggle, but Its use
has been reduced to an exact science,
and it is regarded in medicine as a
final resort for giving ease in COM
paratively restricted group of ailments.
The days when it was cure-all, adj
ministered by the corner barber as we'll
as every physician, have disappeared
into the past.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
PlNEAPPLES.
The Way They Grow and How the
Plants Reproduce.

Plants Reproduce.
Pineapples do not grow on trees. I'm
agine plant four feet in extreme
height from the ground to the tip Of
leaves. A single stalk at the surface,
but dividing at once into swordlike
blades or leaves, fifteen in number,
from the center of which appears a
stiff, upright stem, at the top of which
Is the fruit. This stem is short and the
crown of the fruit when fully grown
is foot or more below the points of
the leaves. At the end of year and
a half from planting each plant pro-
duces single fruit, even as a cabbage
plant produces a single head. But the
pineapple does not die after fruiting
once. Down on the stem below the
fruit and among the long, narrow
leaves a sucker appears. If allowed to
remain this will soon become the head
of the plant, and within another year
it will yield another fruit This process
may go on for term of years. In the
meantime, however, other suckers will
make their appearance
These are broken off, and when stuck
into the ground they put out roots and
become other plants. Thus q single
pineapple plant may produce a dozen
or more others while it is yielding fruit
from year to year.-New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-04-11
Not For Strangers.

what in the world does that meanY,
asked the traveller through a sparsely
settled region on the cape There's
no such place on my road map"
The man whom he addressed first
took leisurely survey of the traveller
and his horse and then turned his eyes
toward the weather beaten sign which
bore the single word "Tolpim."
"That amt name," he said, with
dignity; "it's jest an indication. 1t
means, TO Long Pond one mile
"It's plain enough to folks from near
by that's hunting for the pond, and
we don't reckon on strangers taking
much interest. Youths Companion.