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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17
FOR SALE.

Having replaced my horses by Automobiles
and having no further use for my carriages
and harness, beg to announce to the public
that have for sale the following: double
seated rubber tire Runabout, l doube-seated
Depot Wagon, Carriages, suitable for either
winter or summer use; 6 sets of double Har
ness. light and heavy.
This property can be seen at the warehouse
of B. F. Shriver Co., Liberty street, Westmin-
ster Nd. Property in first class condition
and prices reasonable. All inquiries answered
promptly.
may 8 st Westminster, Nd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17

WE CARRY in stock forty patterns Of
w Mouldngs and Castings for you TO select
from. Smith & Reifsnider.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17
SHOES, HATS AND
GENTS FURNISHINGS.
&c No. 204l. fled at Washington.

showing largest line of Shoes and Oxford this
carried 25styles of Dorothy Dodd Oxford at $3.50
and $780, In the cheaper Oxforls have splendid line Of
Kid Patent Leather Canvas and Gun Metal Oxods from
S1OOt S. 90 per pair We have the best Of Mems
and Bows Shoes and Oxford select from Carroll County
prices If you need of good Stylish Hat this
place Always the best selection NeckWear,
Shirts Collars Cuffs Suspenders, Hosiery and Underwear
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17
Garden & Field Seeds
OF ALL KINDS.
Feeds! Feeds!

Middlings S25 ton, Coarse Bran S26
ton, Quaker Dairy Feed s25 ton, Schu-
mach Feed S26 ton.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17
$500 In Gold.

At the Merchants and Farmers Carni-
val to be held in October we will distribute
S25 90 in gold as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

embassy this week included Lewis s. Reid
Of Omaha, III. ID. Jenkins of Chicago. Her
man Nathan of Boston. M. Ajes of Cam
bridge, Mass; Peter c. Wilson Of Dallas,
Tex; Alexander Revell, Senator Depew,
Chauncey H., Depew, Jr.; Judge Leon
Sanders, Waldemar Hoffman, W. H. Toll
man and Louis Stanislaus Burdett Of New
York.
Mrs. Franklin Thompson, daughter-in-
law of Denman Thompson, is here studying
voice culture. She will continue her work
in Paris all summer.
Mrs. Adams gave a luncheon to her neioe,
Sefora Sociano, formerly Miss Blair of
Chicago, in her apartment on the Avenue
MaoMahon. prior to the departure yesterday
OF Senior and Sonora ocian for an auto
mobile tour of Switzerland.
The Belgian Minister and his wife gave
a reception on Wednesday which was
followed by bridge. Some OF the American
guests present were Miss Vanderbilt, Mrs.
Charles Carroll, The Duchess de Ia Roche
foSoauld and Mrs. George Law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eagan Of Buffalo. who are
A. w Fairchild of Milwaukee, r. W. McKin-
non of Chicago, who are at the Regina;
Mrs: Otto Young and Mrs. c. Young Hobart
OF Chicago, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Blask.
who are at the Ritz.
NAVAL ooURTEsIEs.
The French naval authorities at Brest
are arranging a special programme Of
festivities in homo Of the officers and crew
of the American squadron under Admiral
Stockton, which has arrived there from
Bordeaux. The visitors are receiving marked
attention from the townsfolk and sailors
generally. President Fallieres will give a
breakfast In Paris to Admiral Stockton
and his officers, who will como to the capital
at the Presidents special request.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
"GOOD POLITICS no ATTACK ME-
Harriman's Comment on tho Report-Sa,
There Are MisstatomoOts.

E. II. Hartman telephoned from Arden
last night this comment on the report:
From what I am old the report is a
political document and part Of a personal
pursuit OF me. TIL tone Of the report
and the method Of It's PRONUNCIATION show
that.
lima CINE a court or any judicial body
sending copies Of its decisions around Sc
cretly to newspaper publishers days in
advance under pledge to publish it stimuli
t~aneously Sunday morning, That in what
the commission did. Their opinion a put
in type several days ago and sent to news
papers throughout the country with the
following printed in bold type at the head:
Confidential. To all newspapers: This re-
port is released for publication on Sunday
morning, July IA, 1907, and not before
1T is deemed good politics TO attack me
But I can stand il much beter than tho
people of this country can tard that sort
Of procedure on the part OF Government
tribunals charged with the duty Of inn
partially administering the laws.
Il shall study 1t carefully and have some
thing to say about ii later. But from what
l am told. 1t is full Of strange misstatements
OF fact. For example. in reference 10 the
Chicago and Alton. il says that ! caused
about 81. 600 600 to be credited TO con-
~struction expenditures. in order to inc IN
excuse for borrowing money TO pay divi-
dends. As a matter Of fact that was a
written recommendation made by President
FELTON, when I was in Alaska, and 10 was
adopted by the board of directors at a
meeting at which I was not present"
Again, 1t Ia said that a certain method
Of accounting that was carried out would
have the effect Of covering up the payment
of the special dividend, thereby intimating
some wrongful concealment. h is a
most extraordinary statement for the writer
Of the report to make. when it is considered
that the stockholders necessarily knew Of
the dividend, because every one received
his share. and when it wal published In
every financial journal at the time n was
reported to the Stock Exchange and shown
on its printed lists. The suggestion. there
fore, Of any reason or desire for conoealment
10 most unfair.
Il arm informed by those who have
examined it more carefully hat the ar
ticle ID full OF errors as glaring and in
excusable as these; but I shall read 1t care
fully and make a full statement about IL.
particularly Of my connection with the
Chicago and Alton REIMBURSEMENT, in a
few days"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

A Mo. woman says.

A Mo. woman says:
While getting over the grip, aud while
my stomach was 80 irritable l could not
eat anything without distress, I found ]
could take a dish OF Grape uts with cream
or good milk, and feel built up like | had
eaten a full meal. and yet nave none Of the
unpleasant effects of indigestion. I wish
people knew its worth.
1T seems to me trained nurses and
physicians could use il to such good ad-
vantage. It Ia really the most n~ourishing
and easily digested food I sver tried"
Grape-Nuts food Ia now recommended
by physicians all over the world. They
know il contains the delit a:e particles of
Phosphate of Potash obtained from the field
grains. This ID the element Nature COM
bines with albumen of the food to build
the soft gray substance in the nerve cell.
tres and brain in the human body. Tho
effect is in some ways like a stimulant. but
does not wear of. for il is a natural re-
building.
Grape-Nuts can be made into a great
many different and palatable dishes. As
an illustration: A most delicious mock
pumpkin pie a be made from Grape
Nuts after the following recipe: Pour boil
ing water over \ cup Grape-Nuts, let stand
10 minutes, d 2 eggs. 4 tablespoonful
OF sugar. 2 cups sweet milk. 3 teaspoons
Of ginger. 1 teaspoon mixed spices. Stir
over SLOW fire until thoroughly boiled.
Bake pie dough in deep pan. When lone
put In prepared Grape-Nuts. return TO oven
and brown. Read The Road to Wellyille."
In pkgs. There's @ Reason.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

the Consultations and laws Of all the States
and find in about forty Of them prohibitions
against consolidation of capital stock or
franchises OF competing railways or the pur-
chase and acquisition by a railway Of COM
peting lines. Composition between railways
as we'll as between other industries 10 the
established policy OF the nation. And while
the acquisition OF a small minority OF the
stock Of n competing line might not decrease
the competition. yet the acquisition OF any
considerable amount Of stock with repre-
sentation on the board OF directors OF such
railway unqusstionebIy has the effect OF
eliminating competition and lessening to
that extent its effectiveness So long as
II Is the policy OF the general Government
and Of the States to maintain competition
between naturally competing lines the owner
ship OF any stock by one railway in a COM
peting railway should not be permitted.
and such lines of railway mould be prohibited
from having any common directors or officers.
81 The time has come when some reason
able regulation should be imposed upon the
issuance OF securities by railways enga ged
in Interstate commerce. We are aware that
In the construction OF new lines OF railway.
developing new territory, II has been neces-
sary in many instances to sell railway securi-
ties at large discount and to sell bonds with
stock bonuses. and even in such cases IL has
many times been difficult to raise the neces-
sary capital. Men will not invest their money
and take the risk for small rates OF interest.
But this principle does not apply to old
established railway systems having good
credit. Such railways should be prevented
from initiating their securities for merely
speculative purposes. Railroads should be
ged to extend their systems and
develop the country. II is OF the utmost
importance also that railway securities should
be safe and conservative invest anta for the
public and should yield good and ampfe
return for the money invested. Reason
able regulation will tend to make them safer
and more secure investments and thereby
benefit not only the railway companies.
but the public.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
Special Cabie Despatch to THE su


LoND ~, July IS. King Edward and
Queen Alexandra opened a new dock at
Cardiff to-day which was made necessary
by the great increase ia the coal trade Of
the town. II was named the Queen Alex
andra dock and il said to be the largest
masonry dock in the world.
1t is nearly half a mile long and is designed
to Accommodate the lar gest vessels afioat
30 that they can turn and leave the dock
stern first without disturbing other Vessels
which are also docked. The King knighted
the Lord Mayor Of Cardiff, W s. Crossman.
who il a stonemason,
The King in a speech eulogised the
bravery Of coal miners and promised shortly
to establish u new civil decoration bearing
his name for courageous men who in the
mines and duarries Of this country volun-
tarily endanger their lives to save the lives
Of Others"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
ITALYsWANTS VAN DYCK BACK.
Can't. However. Declare Sale Invalid -SOId
by MlddIemcn TO England.

Special Cable Despdfch 20 The sun.
ROME, July 18th Ministry Of Public
Instruction intends to make an attempt
to recover the Van Dyck picture purchased
by the British National Gallery. but in case
restitution is refused the sale cannot be
declared illegal. as the painting is one of
those on the uncatalogued Government
list. Hence. while the owner is liable to
be fined for illegal expectation, the sale
il not void according to the Italian law.
1t Ia understood that the question is likely
to be settled through diplomatic channels.
but a solution is difficult. as the painting
changed hands several tim es before 1t
reached London.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
Inspecting Russian Prisons.
Special CaoIs pespatcn % THE suS

Special Cable Despatch 20 THE SUN.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 1s.-S. J. Barrows,
who wa sent by the American Government
to inquire into the latest improvements,
particularly structural, Of the best European
prisons, has arrived here, accompanied by
an escort provided by the Governor and
the house Of preliminary detention at Kresta
Prison. He will go to Warsaw tomorrow
to continue his investigations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
KAISER TO VISIT WELLMAN.
Wants TO See Arctic Balloon and Hear
About Exploration.
Special Cable Despdtch TO T

Special Cable Despdfch 10 THK SUN.
COPENHAGEN. July ls.-Correspondents
assert that the Kaiser. who ia now on a holi-
day tour in Scandinavia. will visit Spitz-
bergen to inspect Walter Wellman's balloon
expedition and TO discuss personally with
Mr.. Wellman the subject Of Arctic explora-
ton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
CEMETERIES.

BEAUTIFUL CEDAR GROVE CEMEIERN.
FLUSHING, L. l.
9 miles from East 3ith street ferry. Easily ac
cessiblc from all parts of Greater New York n'
trolley. LOT s75 and upwards, Visit ~,
cemetery, or telephone or write for illustrated
booklet. CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY. / Madis'n
Ave-. New York City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

BUSINESS NOTICES.
-DELATOUR- Soda Ginger Ale, Sarsa,artl l.
Lemon Soda. Tho best for nearly q century.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

On Monday In Q glean of sunshine Mrs.
George Law and Mrs. Jules 8. Bachs. both In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

III 80
II is interesting both to natives and TO
the Americans who have the time and op =
p~ortunity to watch the ebb and flow of
Americans to study the types they present.
Behold on one hand n very smart woman
who 10 only here to select new gowns and
have her hair and complexion restored
before she commences the summer gayeties
here n In America. IN the other hand
there are the keen faced politicians, bust
ness men and theatrical managers who have
no time or inclination for sightseeing.
There are also people who ha We seen it all
many times hut feel that they must always
include a few days in Paris in their yearly
trip.
Beeides these there are tourists. swarms Of
them, eager. interested. energetic and de-
termined to do the Louvre and several other
places. In the morning they can always be
seen with their indispensable Baedeker, close
TO their companion and guide To-day ne
on Independence Day these visitors find
signs Of welcome. signs OF recognition Of their
presence and Of a sympathetic feeling for
Americans. The flags which adorned build
ings on the Fourth OF July will be brought
out again for to-morrow's jubilation and
will fly beside the ~tricolor.
This afternoon brings almost the first warm
sunshine Of this arctic July. Cold and wet
weather have made the Bots de Boulogns
less popular for teas and drives than Is usual
mt this time Of the year. But at the first hint
of sunshine one can see the chic American
In her equally ohio motor car making her
way to some charming outdoor tea place on
the Bots do Boulogne.
DoN0s or vnsrroRs.
On Monday In Q gleaIn Of sunshine Mrs.
George Law and Mrs. Jules 8. Bache. both In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

The commission. however. has this to
say in praise Of Hartman:
- 1t has been. however. no part of the Harri-
man policy to permit the properties which
: were brought under the Union Pacific con-
troll to degenerate and decline: ss railroads
they are better properties to-day than they
were when they came under that control.
Large sums have been generously expended
An the carrying on OF en- sinereiRg works and
betterments which make for the improve
ment of the service and the permanent value
OF the property.
= The commission tolls how the San Pedro.
che road built by former Senator william
A. Clark of Montana, came under the con-
troll Of Hartman. This transaction has
6 been outlined heretofore in Washin9to on
, dispatches to THE SUN The San Pedro
and the Union Pacific entered into an agree
b, ment whereby the two roads maintained
The same rates. charges n Classification
on competing business. The roads con-
tende1 that the agreement covered only
business within the State of California.
The agreement was a~brogated In April
on the ground that the Legislature OF Cal
ifornia az It's last session enacted a statute
prohibiting contracts In restraint OF COM
petition .t..
The commission squints at another
, probable violation OF laws in the control
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
The Man WITH the Wooden Hat.

young Scotsman was shown int
the odicc " great engineer at B.r
miieeham lie was wearing a hat OF
extraordinary shape. and at his uerv
NoSucSs 80 meeting the man Of fame h,
Nr, 800 hat slip II fell with a hollow
'oui uN'u thc aoor. The engineer look
NJ " % sstouiShmcut at the thing The
'~rc, r.ckcd it up and apologlzed fol
"a r,sc 70 had caused. 1t was OF
~yNNi ~ explained lie had made il
A.as,'lt turning u with his fathers
,As,o The engineer thought that there
rsusG - sNrc'hiug In a man who could
N.cN cut ari make such thing aa
ta> lie forthwith engaged him. kept
sa eye uron him and gave him work
~ responsibility The engineer was
N'rltou. the new man. William Muir.
1N,k The man with the wooden hat
VAS sent away 20 Cornwall. and when
- rctuFuNd IL was 10 light up his mas.
ic-'s p0cmiscs with gas. The mind
"A.cA nrst practically applied the coal
SIS io the purpose OF lighting lived In.
SIDE Aat wooden hat.-St. James Ga.
sctic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
Utility of Ccnsors

when Maxim Gorl,y dined with
me-" said a literary New Yorker. "he
talked about the Russian censorship.
"Ie said that I'm the course OF the
Russo-Jnpnnesc war he had occasion
in an article TO describe the headquar-
tiers Of one Of the grand dukes. lie
wrote II these headquarters. among
other things:
"'And over the desk in his highncss'
tent Is large photograph of Marie Ia
Jambe, the beautiful ballet dancer
Before this article could appear the
censor changed that sentence to. And
over the desk in his hlghness' tent IS a
large map Of the theater OF war;
Detroit News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
DEATH FOUND HER RESIGNED.
Woman Bore Husbands Departure
with Considerable Equanimity.

That death hath no stlag" for
some people is evidenced by the story
of physician whose practice called
him to the homes OF many OF the
poorer families who labor in Chicago's
stoCkyards.
Il was summoned TO attend one
man who was In the last stages Of
tuberculosis" he relates. and found
him very low His wife was sturdy
woman of vehement temperament and
seemed not the least concerned over
her husbands desperate condition. /
left directions with her for the mans
comfort and promised TO call in the
morning.
When | entered next morning
found the woman enyeloped In fog
OF sufrocatlng steam and vigorously
doing her washing She turned her
head as was let In by one OF the
children and. nodding. continued her
WORK
How is the good man this morn.
ing ! asked
Oh, she said in tone which
seemed to indicate that had recalled
an unpleasant matter 20 her mind.
Then turning toward the bedroom
door she shouted
John, are you there?' There was
no answer from the sick chamber.
She turned 20 resume her washing
and said: He's broathed his last.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
TELEGRAMs.
They May Be Opened and Read and
Refused by the Receiver.

"Of the many popular suppositions
which are erroneous" said telegra.
pher 10 n reporter. zone Is that the ad.
dresscc or the receiver of telegram
upon which the tolls are TO be collect.
ed must pay the charges II he opens
the envelope and reads the message.
This, however. Is not correct. but 1t
is astonishing how universal Is this
belief. There are many ways OF ac-
counting for II, and perhaps one may
he attributed TO the fact that letter
sent through the mails upon which
postage Is due and collectible Is sur
rendered to the addressee only upon
the payment Of the necessary deficient
postage.
Much more Importance attaches 10
a telegram than TO letter on the part
OF the recipient. and II is seldom that
n person Will refuse TO receive and to
pay for telegram sent collect though
an individual might refuse to pay the
additional postage due upon letter.
holding that If the sender did not es-
teen It of sufficient importance to ful.
ly prepay 1t the addressee did not care
TO receive It, But there Is always
more or less importance regarding a
telegram, and many persons have re
,clved collect telegram and then
afterward kicked themselves because
they were required to pay the charges.
But telegram may bc opened. read
and refused precisely as the addressed
OF letter may refuse to receive let
ter In the latter instance the ad.
dres5er does not open the envelope.
but lndorses thereon the words Re
fused by addressed and signs his
name, ana this Is the course To pursue
with a telegram which the addressee
does not desire 10 accept only the en-.
velope may first be opened.
"Thc telegraph company protects II.
self In always insisting at the time OF
the receipt Of a collect message that
the sender shall deposit with the re.
ceiver n sufficient sum TO pay for the
fun tolls. and IL this is not demanded
and received by the clerk accepting
the message he Is held personally re.
sponslble by the company In the event
of the message being refused at the
other end OF the line
Many persons send collect telc.
grams. often Mt great length ana con
siderable cost. as a means Of annoy
ance or as joke ON tho recipient. but
the joke may he turned on the other
fellow by simply refusing to pay the
charges. There Is one exception. how.
ever, to the rule, ana the public might
bear 1t In mind to advantage. often
telegrams are sent which require n dl-
rect and immediate answer. In these
instances the collect charges are ex-
pected to be paid. whether the reclp-
lent likes the message or not, and it Is
seldom that we have trouble in such
cases as regards the tolls Washing.
ton Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
Caribou horns.

Not one out of every te' female carl.
bou has horns. When hey do have
them. they are much smaller than
those Of the bull. The horns OF the
female have, however, In general many
more branches than those OF the bull.
aud they are much more regularly and
finely formed. The cows carry their
horns much longer than the bulls.
They have been seen with their horns
In the month OF April. The old bulls
shed their horns from the 10th TO the
last Of November. They hardly ever
carry them after the month Of Novcm-
ber. The young bulls shed theirs from
the first OF December until the middle
OF February. The younger the animal
the longer he retains his horns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21

In the country crcry morning of the
year brings with 1t new aspect OF
sprinslng or fading nature. n new duty
to be fulfilled upon earth and new
promise or warning In heaven No day
Is without its innocent hope, It's special
prudence. its kindly glft and It's sub
lime danger and in every process OF
wise husbandry and every effort OF
contending or remedial courage The
wholesome passions, pride and bodily
power OF the labo-er are excited ana
exerted In hlppIc t unison. The com.
panionshlp OF domestic and the care OF
servlccablc animals soften and enlarge
bis life with lDw'g charities ana dlscl.
pline him In fam iar VISIONS and nm.
boastful fort,uG - while the divine
laws OF seedtlmo which cannot he re.
called; harvest, htch cannot he has.
tened, ana winter. In which no man
can work, compel the impatcnce and
coveting OF his heart into labor too
submissive to be- anxious ana rest too
sweet 10 he wanton.-John Ruskin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
Preparing Brier Wood,

Brier wood for the pipes of American
smokers is imported In great quantities
from Italy. The larger part of the
Italian brier wood Is found along the
Mediterranean coast. \ kind Of grub
bling spade. with one sharp edge for
cutting away the large billet or heart
OF the root (the valuable parD from
the surrounding small roots, Is used In
this work. After being thoroughly
cleaned and trimmed 1t is brought TO
the mill and by means OF circular saws
cut into small blocks corresponding
roughly 10 the shape OF pipe bowl
and stem. These blocks are of various
sizes, depending upon the dimension
ami shape OF e. billet. Afterward
they are Immersed In boiling water for
n period of about twelve hours and
then thoroughly dried, This process
completed. they are sorted, the lmper-
feet pieces being thrown aside. placed
In large jute bags and are then ready
for shipment. The waste pieces un.
suitable for pipes nre sold for frewood.