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Barton County democrat., 1908-01-31

The Shawnee county corn growers
association are makiug preparations
for their 1908 contest. Bradford
Miller, PRESIDENT Of the association
under auspices of which such con-
tests have been held, has announced
a meeting for Feb. s for the purpose
of conferring upon the matter. tt e
meeting will be at the commercial
club rooms, and Mr.. Miller urges that
everone who is in any way interested
in the improvement of Shawnee corn,
and therefore in the raising Of a large
crop from the same ground as at pres
ent titled, should attend. The pur.
pose is to outline the, plans for the
contest definitely. Seed must be pro.
cured and distributed. A good deal Of
correspondence already has taken
place between officers of the Shawnee
county association and some of the
best corn growers in the state, and
indeed some Of the leading growers Of
the country. Seed may be procured
from any or all of these persons. A.
mong those with whom correspon
deuce has been carried on are G. Il.
Gilman, S. Trent, IIiawatha. and d
Flaherty, Seneca. They are the lead.
ing prize corn growers of Kansas. L.
B. Clore, the Indian corn grower,
who produced an ear worth $3.50 is
in touch with the corn growers Of
this county, and there is a possibility
that some of his corn will be planted
next spring in the fields of Shawnee
county.
Barton County democrat., 1908-01-31

A unique case was tried today IN
the police court, Robert Harrison Of
North Topeka was arrested on the
charge Of maintaining dance after
12 O'Clock Saturday night, which was
in violation Of the Sunday laws. 1t
seems that Harrison had been in the
habit Of holding Saturday night dan.
ces at his home at frequent intervals,
harging his guest an admission fee
at the door. Some of the neighbors
complained to the police that these
dances lasted till 9 and 3 O'Clock
Sunday mornings. as a regular thing,
With the results that the proprietor Of
the impromtu dance hall was arrest.
ed Saturday night as soon as the ar.
ival of the hour of midnight furnish.
ed the baisis for charge. The police
q are not sure just what ordinance GOV.
erS the offense for which Harrison
vas arrested, and as he was not ar
rested on a warrant it is not certain
that he be convicted on the charge. Be
sides, the element of time enters in,
to the matter. The officers watch show
edit.to be just fveminutes after Il,
said Harrison after his arrest. The
clock l had in the honSe said that it
vas still ten minutes until midnight
and | am sure the clock was right as
it agreed with the shop whistle last
night. The police magistrate has TAX
en- the matter under advisement,
Barton County democrat., 1908-01-31
LOCAL aAREET

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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-27
TAILS AND THEIR USES.
Help Animals to Express Emotions
and Keep Their Balance.

A cat never actually wags it's tail
Why should it when it can purr? But
nevertheless, it seems to serve the
same purpose in permitting tempo
rary expenditure of excess nervous
energy when the animal is under great
strain.
For instance, when carefully stalk
ing bird or man, as in the case
of a kitten or a lion, the tip of the
tail is never still for a moment-ever
curling or uncurling. We may COM
pare this to the nervous tapping OF
the foot or fingers in a man.
When an angry lion is roaring his
loudest, his tail will frequently lash
from side to side, giving rise among
the ancients to the belief that he
scourged his body with a hook or
thorn which grew from the end OF
the tail.
When a jaguar walks along slen-
der bough, or a house cat perambu-
lates the top of board fence, we
perceive another important function
of the tail-that of an aid in balancing
AS a tight-rope performer sways his
pole, so the feline shifts its tail to
preserve the center of gravity.
The tail of sheep seems to be OF
little use to it's owner, although in
the breed which is found in Asia
Minor and on the tablelands of Tar
tary, this organ acts as store
house of fat, and sometimes reaches
weight of so pounds. When this
appendage reaches it's full size 1t is
either fastened between two sticks
which drag on the ground, or 1t is
suspended on two small wheels
Outing Magazine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-27
Jap Soldiers Strong Point.

Nippon Denji smiles broadcast as he
places his miniature artillery in the
position where it will accomplish
through sagacious handling, as much
and maybe more than the enemy s
guns, half again as adequate. While
we fight with the full strength and
value of the latest accoutrements OF
war, the Makaki fight with a COM
pleteness of information and skill
personal sacrifice, and smile as i'm
perturable and unreliable as that OF
his own Dai-butsu at Kamakura. The
Makaki soldier is not wasteful of any
thing-not even of his courage. His
valor is splendid-and discreet. He
does not "bare his breast" to the
enemy's shrapnel when nothing is tc
be gained by it. Rather, he gets un-
der cover-thereby preserving his life
and services for his Emperor. And In
just such moment of enforced mac.
ton you would find him intently
studying the enemy's game. Just sc
is his imperial head studying today
the gigantic chances of a game with
us, and, in the scheming diplomatic
way of Japan, is playing out small
trumps to locate the position of the
bowers.-Army and Navy Life.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-27
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Grace Lutheran Church-Sunday School at 9 a.
m Divine service 1913 .. m. and 7.3Q p. m. Y. p.
s. c. e. 6.45 d. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7.3O
p. m. T. u. Miuer' u. O.' fastor.
st. Johns Church Sundays-L Mass at 7.15
and High Mass at 10 q. m. During theweek-M Mass
at z q. m. Joseph b. Cassidy, Pastor.
Reformed Church, Silver Run-Service at 10 q.
m. and at 7.30 p. m. every two weeks. Sunday
school at q. m.
Centenary NJ E. Church School at $50
a. m Preaching at 1880 q. m. and $50 p. m. Ep-
worth League at 6.46 p. m.
Methodist Protestant Church Sunday Services
Preaching at 1880 q. m. and $50 p. m. Sunday
School at $50 q. m. Y. p. s. @. E. at $50 p, m.
Mid-week Service in the lecture room Wednesday
evening at 7.S0 o'clock.
d. L. Greenfield. d. D., Pastor.
st. Paul's Reformed Church Sunday School al
ESQ a. m Worship at 1880 .. m.
Calvin s. Slasle. Pastor.
Ascension Church Sunday services-730 q. m.
Holy Communion; 1880 q m. Morning Prayer.
Litany and Sermon (Holy Communion on first Sum
day of month";: $50 p. m, Evening Prayer p. m,
Service and Sermon In Chapel.
Frank n. Gibson Phi. D.. Rector.
Salem Lutheran Charge st. Benjamin's Divine
Service at p. "a. st. Johns Sunday School at
r, W. Doty. Pastor.
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THE GHOST OF THE FUTURE.
Fear Of Coming to Want and the Ter.
rOr of Failure.

The terror of failure and the fear OF
coming to want keep multitudes OF
people from obtaining the very things
they desire by sappng their vitality
by incapacitating them through worry
anxiety and fear from the effective
creative work necessary to give them
success.
Wherever we go this fear ghost, this
terror specter, stands between men
and their goal. No person Is in posi-
ton to do good work while haunted by
it. There can be no great courage
where there is no confidence or as
surance, and half the battle is in the
conviction that we can do what we
undertake.
The mind, always full of doubts,
fears, forebodings, is not In position
to do effective, creative work, but is
perpetually handicapped by this I'M
fortunate attitude.
Nothing will so completely paralyze
the creative power Of the mind and
body as a dark, gloomy, discouraged
mental attitude. No great creative
work can be done by man who Is not
an optimist.
The human mind cannot accomplish
great work unless the banner OF hope
goes in advance. A man will follow
this banner when money friends, repu-
tation, everything else has gone.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
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The Dogs Inheritance.

BY the environment of his forbears
for generations back, you may know
the dog. An Eskimo or sledge dog
or Chinese chow chow could never
create the deep friendship that a deer
hound, or an old English sheep dog
or collie, or bulldog, or terrier is
capable of inspiring. Years before
any of us were thought of, the sledge
dog was a breast of burden, tolerated
because human lives depended on his
motor" power, begrudged the neces-
sary wherewithal to keep his "machin-
cry" in good order, and treated not
IS a companion, but as pariah and
as a brute without feeling, without
thought, without hope. How expect
descendant of these half-starved,
cuffed and buffeted animals not to
shrink from the uplifted hand and
treat with suspicion all friendly over
lures? All man has ever done for
him and his forbears has been to play
the brute and make life dreary bond
age And in all parts of the globe
where the struggle for life Is most
desperate, and peOple-according to
our estimate-are brutes or semi or
whole savages, SO are the dogs OF that
people. TSTSldu CAOW
elbows, "dingoes" in the wilds of Aus
tralia, Tibet mastiffs, Russian sheep
dogs, Samoyedes, all more or less
dread man, who many years ago beat
them into subsection, not affection.
With the $5OO,$1000 and $4,000 cham
pions and their brothers and sisters
and cousins who made last months
Westminster kennel show the success
it was, the story is different. Neither
they nor their ancestors have known
what it was to turn cannibals to avert
starvation. Man did not beat them
into drudgery. Man warmed to them
and they gave their all to man. And
of the 1000 dogs gathered together
from here, there and everywhere, there
were probably not a dozen who would
churlishly snarl at strangers greet
ing.-Everybody's
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Strength of Yate.

Official tests of the many valuable
hard woods native to western Aus
tralia have made known the extraor
binary properties of yate, believed tt
be the strongest Of all known woods
Its average tensile strength is 24,00(
pounds to the square inch, equallins
that of good cast iron.
Many specimens are, however, much
stronger, and one was tested up tt
seventeen and half tons to the square
inch, which is equal to the tensile
strength of wrought iron. The sawr
timber of yate is probably the strong
est in the world. The tree grows tt
maximum height of 100 feet and has
sometimes a diameter of two and 6
half or even three feet.-Westmins
Gazette.
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THE PYGMY EARTH.
Vast Dimensions of the Sun as Com.
pared With the World.

vast Dimensions OF the Sun rs CON-
pared With the World.
A dime held at arms length from
the eye will much more than cover the
entire disk of the sun. If it were
placed at the exact point Of coinci-
dence and it's diameter and distance
from the eye accurately measured, 1t
might be used as a means of determin-
ing the suns diameter, his distance
being known. The foremost philoso-
pliers of long ago would have been
appalled, at the true statement of both
the suns distance and its size.
The suns diameter Is about $685.
600 miles. 1t Is bewildering to be
assured taat 1t would take 1,300, 900
earths to equal the sun in volume. If
the interior of that truly gigantic
globe were hollow and-the earth were
placed at it's center with the moon re-.
volving about at its usual mean dis
lance of nearly 100000 miles, there
would still exist vacuity between the
moon and the inclosing shell OF the
sun of nearly 100000 miles. This is
perhaps the most graphic and impress
sive illustration possible of the suns
colossal bulk. We must note, however,
that the density of the sun is only
about one-quarter that of the earth,
SO that it would weigh only as much
as 100000 earths. In very. round num-
bers the suns weight may be stated
at two octillion tons, which IL ex-
pressed In figures would require al
most as many ciphers as a newspaper
line can accommodate.
A very comprehensive illustration
of the pygmean dimensions Of the
earth as compared with the sun Is to
represent the latter by globe two
feet in diameter and the earth by a
dainty pea. And yet the little pea
weighs more han six quintillion tons.
AS to the solar surface, it is some 49,
900 times that of our planet. Yet the
sun when compared with its true
peers, the stars, is not only Of ex-
traordinary size, but in all probability
is only to be ranked among the medi-
UNI self luminous bodies which sparkle
in heavens ebon vault" And be-
cause of its spottedness it has place,
although a humble one, among the
variable" stars.
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WHY HAIR TURNS GRAY.
Puzzling Question for the Doctors.
While Hair of Youth.

Although usually regarded as sign
of age, gray hair, or canities, as it
is called in the language of medicine
is not always so. 1t may appear early
in life, even in the teens. In that
case it usually affects young women
rather than men.
A popularity about the gray hair
of the young is that it is almost al
ways entirely white, and becomes so
suddenly. All the hairs are equally
affected, and one seldom sees the mix
ed color, or iron gray, so common in
those of middle or advanced age.
Sometimes in the young even in
children, there is one gray lock like
an island in the sea of normally col
ored hair about it. This is usually
family popularity, occurring in one
generation after the other.
The case of the hair turning gray
is something that puzzles the doctors.
Tbs color of the hair is due to the
deposit of pigment in the interior of
each hair, and grayness follows the
loss of this pigment. That is self
evident, but the puzzle is what causes
the pigment to disappear Some have
believed that it is due to the drying
of the hair, which causes shrinkage
of it's fibres, and so allows the en-
trance of air bubbles, the refraction of
light from which then gives the white
appearance
The proof which is adduced in sup
port of this belief is that If gray
hair is put into the receiver of an air
pump and the air is then exhausted,
the color of the hair may return more
or less completely.
Metchnikoff, the famous bacteriolo-
gist, says the cause of grayness is
the penetration into the hair of wan
dering cells, resembling the white
blood corpuscles. These cells, assist
ed by other cells, the aggregation OF
which makes the hair, seize upon the
granules of pigment and destroy them.
Nearly every one has read of in
stances of the sudden bleaching of the
hair-even in a single night-undar
the influence of fear, grief or some
other intense mental emotion. That
such cases have occurred is undoubt-
ed, but the explanation by either of
the theories above mentioned is diff
cult.
There is no cure for gray hair 80
far as is known. The use of curling
irons is said to retard it's formation;
perhaps, if Metchnikoff is right, by
destroying the activity of the cells
which consume the pigment.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-27
IN the Circuit Court for Carroll Coun-
Il ty, Sitting as a Court of Equity.
NO. se75 EQUITY.

NO. 3675 EQUITY.
Anna Mary Gilbert, Josephine L. Hahn
and Michael F. Hahn, her husband,
and Agnes G. Gilbert, Plaintiffs, vs..
Eva Gilbert, William H. Gilbert and
Mary Gilbert, his wife, John w.
Gilbert and Elizabeth Gilbert, his wife,
Eva Gilbert and William H. Gilbert,
Executors of the Last Will and Testa-
ment of Wendlin Gilbert, deceased,
Defendants.
Ordered, this 18th day of March, in
the year Nineteen Hundred and Eight,
by the Circuit Court for Carroll County,
sitting as Court of Equity, that the
sale Of real estate mentioned in these
proceedings, made and reported by John
M. Roberts, Trustee, be ratified and
confirmed unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the Goth
day of April, next; provided copy of
this order be inserted in some newspaper
printed and published in Carroll County
once in each of three successive weeks
before the 18th day of April, next.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $650.00.
DAVID P. SMELSER, Clerk.
True copy, Test:
MARIO St DAVID P. SMELsER, Clerk.
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Insect Continuance.

AS DIR. Darwin was walking one day
in his garden he perceived wasp
upon the gravel walk with large fly
nearly as big as itself which 1t had
caught. Kneeling down, he distinctly
saw it cut off the head and abdomen
and then, taking up with its feet the
trunk or middle portion of the body, to
which the wings remained attached,
fly away. But breeze of wind acting
on the wings of the fly, turned round
the wasp with it's burden and impeded
it's progress. Upon this it alighted
again on he gravel walk, deliberately
sawed off first one wing and then the
other and, having thus removed the
cause of its embarrassment, flew off
with its booty.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-27
Natural Gas in Hagerstown.

Our neighboring city is In the throes
of the hottest political campaign In 9
number of years. Next Monday 9
Mayor and two city councilmen will
be elected. The question of permit
ting natural gas TO be introduced into
Hagerst0wn is the important issue,
Both the Democratic and Republican
nominees for Mayor claim to be IN
favor Of the introduction OF the nat
ural gas, and the outcome is uncertain.
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A JUMPING TOOTH

Is an agony you need suffer no longer
than it takes you to get here. But while
l can cure any case of toothache, there
is a better way. Prevent all tooth
troubles by having me put your teeth in
proper condition. Don't wait until the
ache comes. Have the matter attended
to now and escape that unnecessary
pain. My method is absolutely painless
and charges are always moderate.
Crown and Bridge Work, Gold Filings,
of Teeth Made, Broken Plates Repaired
and made good as new.
DR.. w. j. SELBY,
los E. Main St.,
mar13 Westminster, Md.
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To Take on Flesh.

Drink pleny of water.
Eat plenty of starchy foods.
Sleep ten hours out of the twenty
four.
Give full play to the lungs in breath
ing.
Refuse to worry.
Take six raw eggs day.
Drink plenty of cream and milk.
Exercise only moderately.
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LoquacIty.

Gratiano speaks an infinite deal OF
nothing, more than any man in all
Venice; his reasons are as two grains
Of wheat hid in two bushels OF chan
you shall seek all day ere you md
them; and when you have them, they
are not worth the search.
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OBJECTION OF DIRECTORS.

Notice is hereby given to the Stock
holders of The Land, Improvement, Loan
and Manufacturing Company Of West
minister that an election for Nine Di-
rectors, to serve the ensuing year, will
be held at the Office Of the Westminster
Deposit and Trust Company, Westmin-
ster, Md, on MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1903,
between the hours of and o'clock,
o. m. GEORGE w. ALBAUGH,
mario St Treasurer.
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81 wonder why people always speak
of the earth as she."
cts natural enough. Nobody know
exactly what her age is"
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EoR SALE OR nnNT.

A fine Dairy Farm, containing 17(
Acres, situated near Watersville Station,
on the B. & @. r. r. Possession inn.
mediately. Apply to
HARRY GOSNELL,
mar13 St Westminster, Nd
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TRANSFERS AND ATTACHMENTS.

=
Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested that the County Commission
ers of Carroll county will sit for the
purpose of hearing applications for
transfers and attachments at their Office,
in the Court House, Westminster, Md,
as follows
March 81 and April l for Districts
Nos. l, 2 and 8.
April 7 and 8 for Districts Nos. a,
and 6.
April Ia and Is for Districts Nos.
and 8.
April 81 and k22 for Districts Nos. 9,
10 and II.
April % and 20 for Districts No. IL
and Is.
The Board will sit from 9 a. m. until
8 p. m. on each of said days, nG@ and
notice is hereby given that after the
sittings as aforesaid no transfers or
attachments will be made to affect the
levy of 1908. F. L. HANN,
MARIO ct Clerk and Treasurer.
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LEGAL BLANKS!

Summons for Debt. Inventory of Goods
Summons for Witness. and Chattels Dis
Probates Plain. traint for Rent.
Probates Special. Distraned for Rent.
Witness Certificates. Landlords Sale
State Warrants. Appeal Bond.
Commitments. Attachment on Judg
House of Correction ment.
Commitments. Fl Fa on Assumpst
Peace Commitment. Fl Fla.
Peace Warrant. Constable's Sale.
Corporation Warrant. Releases in Orphans
Peace Recognizance. Court.
Witness Recognzance Replevin Bond
State Recognizance. Replevin Writ.
Attachment on War Notice and Schedule
rant. of Fier Facas.
Plain and Waiver Notes
The above Blanks are printed on the BEST
PAPER and can be procured at The ADvo
GATE Office at ANYTIME.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-24
ManualeS ROmO

ENCUADERNADOS EN- TELA FLEXJHE
Manual del Licorista, con I 27o
recetas practicas, por A. Rossi.
Manual de Resistencia de Ma
teriales Y Estabilidad de las
construcciones, por c ingen1e-
70 DR.. Gindo Sandrinell
Manual de las Construcciones
de Hormigon y de Cemenro
armada, por el ingeniero Jose
Y acchel!i.