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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
Wives Wanted in Alaska.

eff there are any young marriage
able women in this section of coun-
try who would like husbands, they
should get in touch with the sturdy
bachelor mining men in my part of
the world" said Mr.. W. A. Giles, a
Seattle man, who has several good
gold claims in the Fairbanks region
of Alaska, and who Is spending a few
days in Baltimore.
I'm the country of which Fairbanks
is the center it is estimated that there
are 5000 men working this year, not
over 500 of whom have wives. OF
the rest nearly all would gladly get
married if they only could find help
mates, but women are exceedingly
scarce in the gold fields. There is
no reason at all why healthy and
plucky girls should not migrate to
Alaska, and those who did would not
stay in their new homes week be-
fore getting numerous offers of mar
riage from respectable Industrious
men who would take good care of
them. Of course living up there is
not quite so comfortable as in one of
our Eastern cities, but the hardships
are not really severe, and those who
have the fortitude to endure certain
amount of privation are apt to make
their fortunes before many seasons
roll around"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
Quot Pitching.

What has become of the good old
game of quot pitching?" said an old
time resident. "A dozen years or
more ago there would be a contest
on every street corner in this region
at this time of the year, and, in fact,
all over the city. When the boys
couldn't get quoits, and it sometimes
would be hard to get hold of them,
horseshoes would answer the pur-
pose. Nowadays the men seem to
find more interest in loaing on a
street corner and talking to pitching
quoits or horseshoes. 1 have been
noticing for several weeks now how
the men and boys of this section spend
the daylight hours after work. Base
ball comes in for some little attention
and there is a quot game once in a
while, but for the most part, l am
sorry to say, corner loafing seems to
be the most popular pastime. I do
note, too, that quot pitching is a
game for old men mostly nowadays
sort of a relic of the past. When
l was young l was champion myself
and l know the young bucks pitched
quoits too. Still it is game like
golf, that can be played by middle
aged or elderly man. [ am going to
try to revive it myself
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
MARYLAND NEWS.

Maryland educators are swarming
at Ocean City for the state convention
of schoolteachers.
On Saturday all Baltimore will play
tag and the proceeds will be devoted
to the benefit of the Children's Fresh
Air Society.
Nicklaus Kellner and Gustave c..
Schlimer were drowned in Winches-
ter Cove. near Annapolis, Sunday,
while bathing.
Governor Crothers will close the
executive mansion at Annapolis on
July l, and will make Elkton the
state capital during the summer
months.
The committee on laws of the Mary
land Bar Association will recommend
at the annual meeting that the legis-
lature abolish the Orphans Court of
Baltimore and in the counties.
Baltimore was the hottest city in
the country on Wednesday. Their
mometers registered 104 degrees in the
shade. Three men were killed by the
heat and seven Frustrated who later
revived.
The State Good Roads Commission
met at Hyattsville, and decided that
the route of the Washington-Balti-
more boulevard between Hyattsville
and the District line should be over
the turnpike.
A coroner's jury at Annapolis de-
cided that the accident on the Wash
ington, Baltimore and Annapolis
Electric Railway on June 5, in which
nine people lost their lives, was due
to negligence on the part of employees
of the company.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
Bad Cooking in Brazil.

after existing in South American
countries for the past eight months,
it's good to get back to town like
Baltimore, where one can get some
thing fit to eat" said Mr.. r. J. Breed
en-, San Francisco mining engineer,
at the Rennert.
Most of the time I've been in the
South was spent in Brazil. In that
country the national dish is jerked
beef and black beans, and one sees
nothing else until he feels like he
would be glad to try piece of roast
mule, or just anything for change.
Nowhere in South America, except
in Buenos Ayres, can a stranger from
the United States get meal that will
tickle his palate. The South Ameri-
cans surely don't know the rudiments
of cooking. Every dish they bring you
is something in grease and garlic and
so literally dosed with pepper as to
nearly strange YOU"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
Prosperity.

Conducted on strictly business prin-
ciples by intelligent, courteous and
faithful officers and directed by a
board of directors who have the ad-
vancement of the neighborhood at
heart and with ample resources to
meet every necessity of the commune
ty, it is no wonder, under such cir
cumstances The Sykesville National
Bank has advanced so materially,
having deposits of over 100000 and
total resources of over a quarter of
a million dollars.
At the directors meeting on Satur-
day, the goth, they declared per
cent semi-annual dividend and set
$1,000 to the surplus. Their rapidly
increasing surplus adds additional
security each year to their hundreds
of depositors. Founded in 1901 on
most solid foundation it prospered
from the first and has the distinction
of being the only bank in Carroll
county that ever declared so per
cent dividend, which was paid in
1907
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
NEARLY A BRYAN STAMPEDE.
Taft Ratification Meeting Cheers
Nebraskan.

San Francisco, June 21.-The big
meeting held last night at Walton's
Pavilion to ratify the Taft-Sherman
ticket came very near being stampeded
for William Jennings Bryan. For 10
minutes the crowd cheered the Ne
braskan's name inadvertently men
toned by Congressman julius Kahn,
while the leaders in vain tried to stop
the Democratic enthusiasm.
. The meeting had proceeded accord
ing to program, although the cheers
for Taft had not been as hearty as the
Republicans had hoped for, when
Kahn took the platform to speak.
In his address he referred to the
currency bill introduced in the recent
Congress by John Sharp Williams,
and stated that Williams had sought to
read into the record an editorial
written in the Commoner by Bryan.
At the mention of Bryan's name a
tremendous deafening cheer broke
forth and hundreds in the audience
jumped to their feet shouting for the
Nebraskan at the top of their lungs.
The Republican warehouses; on the
platform were nonplussed. 1t was
fully 10 minutes before the demonstra-
ton subsidized.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
The Wild Bird.

How does the wild bird meet emer-
gencies? DR.. Francis H. Herrick says
a sparrow will pluck horse hair
from the mouth of a nesting, while an
other bird, like an oriole, will stand
by and see it's mate hang until dead
without attemptingt to release it. A rob-
in will tug at a +. string which has
caught on a limb, but is never seen
fully to meet the situation by releas-
ing the string 1t will make several
turns of cord about limb and
leave the other end free without any
relation to the nest, so that its effort
is useless. It ties no knots.So The
gull; according to abundant and COM
petent testimony, will carry shellfsh
to considerable height, drop them on
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
When Bathing is Dangerous.

Swimming is good sport. 1t makes
the blood Jingle in the veins and the
man or boy is benefited by dip. But
there are times and conditions when
it is dangerous to take to the water.
No tired, exhausted or overheated
persons should take to the river, for
it is then that there is not enough
vitality that the muscles will demand.
Cramps will develop and a drowning
is the result One cannot be too care
full when in the water. A person
should feel well and strong if he in
tends to swim. A man should under
no conditions take to the water, if he
is exhausted from other exercises.
Swimming makes a strong demand on
the body and the power must be there.
1t is hoped that in the future people
will think before they rush into the
water. It is to, their interest to know
when it is safe to swim.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
When q Man Is Graceful

Men should go early to party, even
if they have to go before supper and
sit in the parlor all alone while the
hostess is dressing. If man is late,
he is taken around a circle of about
forty persons and introduced to every
one of them, and there is nothing more
awkward than when a man tries to
bow. Every one in the room stops
talking and stares at him, and if there
are any sixteen-year-old girls present
he can hear suppressed giggle when
he is trying his best to be graceful. A
man is never graceful except when he
is saving wood or hammering nail,
and society should never expect him
to bow like woman who has spent
years learning how to handle her feet
and hands.-Atchison Globe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

the rocks or hard ground, and repeat
the experiment until 1t gets the soft
meat. This suggests intelligence or
even analogical reasoning, but prob
ably does not rise above the associ-
ative memory. Does the adult bird
show Intelligence in serving the prop
er quantity of food and in distributing
it to the young? No. What the old
bird really does is to test the throat
of each Nesting and await the result.
If bird does not respond quickly the
food is withdrawn and another is
tested. Thus is the food always pass
ed around until a bird with the prop.
,er reaction is found. There is no evil
dences that such tests are deliberately
or consciously made. The amount of
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
Definition of "Grass Widow"

The story is told in the Macon Her.
aid of the late Bishop W. w. Duncan
of the Methodist Episcopal Church:
When Bishop Duncan first went to
Texas to preside at conference
there he was suffering severely with
hay fever. He was of a nervous dis
position and referred to his malady
with such frequence that it became
bit tiresome to the preachers. A
brother got up to make report and
in the course of it he used the term
grass widow
"Grass widow!" cried the Bishop.
"I'ye heard that expression used half
dozen times since I've been here.
1 never heard it before. Will you
please tell me, sir what grass widow
is?''
The offending brother looked as
calm and az serious as an undertaken
during the storm of laughter which
the Bishops speech had developed.
When things quieted down he said,
very gently:
8 "A grass widow, Bishop, is wo-
man whose husband has died with
hay fever!s
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

EneTgy=Masele and Strength Giving Qualities.
One pound OF -four costing ~ to cents will 60 far
two pounds Of costing IS to 20 cents pound
ASH 1oP eR GROCER Meadow Brook, TIE o 5Es MADE
By ROBERTS. ROOP CO.

food taken by the young is determine
ed by the gullet, which acts as a
brake upon the tendency of the nest
ling to gorge to suffocation. The
bird with the full gullet cannot as a
rule respond and must wait. Does
the parent bird show intelligence in
the kind of food served, or in the
treatment which it receives? While
a good deal of instinct is involved in
all these matters; the parent does not
act like machine, but the young are
provided with food adapted to their
growing needs. A gull chick, one
half hour old gets; small pieces of pre-
digested fish, while at eight weeks of
age it may be invited to bolt a whole
suuid.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
LongWell Estate.

The recent case involving the va
lidity of some of the provisions OF the
will of the late Sallie Longwell has
just been decided by the Court of APP
peals, sustaining the decision of the
lower court, ,lpholding said provis-
ions. The foreign missionary societ-
les of the Episcopal and Presbyt erian
churches will under this decision take
the legacies bequeathed to them un-
der the will
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

To the housekeeper the iceman ap-
pears to cut very little ice these hot
days.
Large audiences attended children's
day services in the M. p. and Lutheran
churches, Uniontown, on Sunday last.
Misses May Stoner and Margaret
Schaeffer, of Pennsylvania avenue, are
on fishing trip to Detour this week.
81 surely would miss it very much -
writes John w. Baker of Howard
county, in sending his subscription to
the Advocate.
Wild rabbits gambol on the court
house lawn. When chased by dogs,
they make for the grove back of Court
street, near the cemetery.
Fifty two stations are now in OPP
Grafton in Main-Court Hotel. They
were installed by Claude Algire, man
ager of c. & P. Telephone Co.
DR.. John N. Weaver, of Union
Bridge, has been taking in Hanover,
York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City,
the past two weeks, having good
time"
4NOdlly OfOly COlIdSC Ill Iuc NlClulIy
of Blue Ridge Summit, Chairman,
Pen Mar is occupied. Boarders are
beginning to put on much life.
Mrs. Jacob Brown, of Brummel, on
Tuesday fell and fractured her left
arm near the wrist, besides receiving
severe injuries to her back. DR.. John
S. Matthias rendered the proper sur
gical attention.
of Westminster from May 20, 1907, to
May Is, 1908, shows that the receipts
from all sources were $21 ,026.33 and
the expenditures $19,4S9.63, leaving
in hand balance of $1,536.63. The
city's liabilities are $4,000 and its
assets $S,041.47. The taxable basis
for the levy of 1907 was $2,379.676.
Something was doing at the Advo-
cate Office yesterday afternoon when
a case Of ginger. pop unhitched itself
and jumped from the ice cream wagon
of David J. Crowl on Centre street.
Mr. Crowl was notified that he dumped
a case of pop. He surveyed the re-
mains, handed the balance to an en-
ploye of this Office, who put ginger
into the working force.
Frequently persons say to us, you
did not have anything in your paper
about my going away" or about some
other piece of news. We are just or
binary human beings, and while we
try to get all the news. that's fit to
print we cannot know everything,
therefore we will thank our subscrib-
ers to send us the item about their
visit or visitors. SO
The lawful season for taking black
bass, salmon, rock bass, grass bass,
Graphic, sunfish, perch and pickerel,
opened Monday. The provisions of
the law make it unlawful to catch a
black bass less than seven inches in
length. 1t is unlawful to catch grass
bass or crappies less than inches
in length. There is no limit on the
size of sunfish. 1t is unlawful to
catch any of the above named fish by
any means other than rod, hook and
line or hand line.
A nice little outing was held yes
terday afternoon in Charles Kings
woods, formerly Snowden's woods,
near this city. Those enjoying the
pleasures were Judge and Mrs. John
E. Eckenrode and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. James NJ. Stoner and family, Mr..
and Mrs. John Shueman and family,
Mrs. William Staup, of Frederick;
Geo. F. Eckenrode and family, Miss
Mary Robinson, of Litlestown, Pa;
Mrs. William Thomson and children,
of Baltimore; Walter and Leonard
Eckenrode Refreshments were serv-
ed in abundance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
olo.y AFTERNOON, JUNE 26. 1908.
d.te on the label on your paper
shows the time to which your SUD
...iption is paid.
TIME TABLE.
-crrPN MARYLAND RAILROAD.

WESTERN MARYLAND KA1HR sa,
n~oi,s leave Hillen station, daily,
30 M LAO and 4.53 p. M; daily,
e e,us Sunday, TAO and s'e7 a. NJ a.
e e % and els p. M; Sundays only, 9.2O
~ Saturdays only II p. m.
a. T H., leave Westminster, east
80 daily, $50 a. M, 1926 p. M;
9oiIv except Sunday 5.12, 7.12 and
d oan M: Sundays only 6.37 a. m.
~ 80; a, leave Westminster west-dound
liz, liz : 90 a. M, 3.35 and SOB p. m. ;
G as;i; except Sunday, 9.19 and 10.O6
0ai,s' 425 and 7.4S p. m; Sundays
d. a.. n'' II 10 a. m. Saturdays only, 1928
n M.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

To Correspondents and Advertisers.
Saturday, July 4, being a holiday,
.ho Advocate will go to press on
Thursday in stead of Friday. Please
sard all copy in one day earlier.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

The New York Central employs 3d.
900 men, and between $3,000,000 and
$3,500.OO0 is paid in monthly wages.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26
BASE BALL.

A friendly seven inning game of
base ball was played yesterday even
ing between the Country Club base
ball team and the Westminster team
of this city. The Country Club had
a full team and the Westminster
seven, but the Westminster defeated
the Country Club by a score of 10 to
20. Errors were numerous. The
Country Club is an aggregation COM
posed of all good fellows, who are
getting up team out of the club.
This was their first practice game.
Batteries-Wilson and Algire and
Mather and Cover for Country Club;
Diffendal and Bankard for Westmin-
Ster.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

The New Windsor Base Ball Club
will play the National Athletic Club,
of Baltimore, at New Windsor next
Saturday, June q. A good game is
expected. The 4th of July promises to
be a great day for base ball in New
Windsor. Two games will be played
with the strong Severn A. A. of Bal
timore, as the attraction. A festival
will be held at night for the benefit
of the base ball team. A band of
music will be present to enliven the
occasion.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

The Sykesville Athletic Club de-
feated the McCulloh Athletic Club 8
to 8. Graham pitched a mastery
game, allowing four safeties and strik-
ing out 13 men. Rossiter's fielding
and Green and Spieker's work were
easily the features.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

Mount Airy defeated Gaithersburg
at Mt. Airy on Monday to 2. DOH
erty pitched a mastery game for
Mount Airy, allowing but five hits and
striking out II men. Diamond, the
Georgetown University pitcher, also
pitched we'll for the visitors until the
seventh inning, when, with total Of
five hits, netting as many runs, he re-
tired in favor of Thompson. Batter
ies-Mount Airy, Doherty and Boure;
Gaithersburg, Diamond, Thompson
Lodge.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-06-26

M Cnilarens day services at Centenary
ad =; Church Sunday evening attract
SD large audience to hear the young
tb Sois speak their pieces and to enjoy
in inc music. The pulpit and surround
cbiSswere banked with flowers. The
Wo irut rem. showed that they had been
A. Az trained and had good memories.
sa1 er the ponderous theses and .es-
tb Hss OF the college boys and girls,
tars Se exercises were particularly in
t uns as an exhibition in minia-
tho e. After the children got through,
lis s pastor talked about David and Co
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-30
Tied to the Rails.

New York, July 21.--A strange
murder case developed when officials
of Hackensack, n j., examining the
body of Mrs. Otella Eberhard, which
was found lying on the railroad
track near Colburg, N. j., bound to
the rails. A passing train had cut
the body In two. Otelia Eberhard,
a daughter of the dead woma, 1t was
discovered. was wounded three times
by bullets and dragged herself a mile
to an isolated farmhouse. The police
are hunting for August Eberhard, a
nephew of the murdered woman, be-
lieving he may know something of
the crime.
Mrs. Eberhard and her daughter
arrived from Vienna last week on the
invitation Of her nephew. The girl
says there was an understanding that
August was to marry her. Miss
Eberhard says her mother had $4,000
in United States currency and $500
in German notes when they left for
their excursion. The $1,000 was
missing when the body was found.
The police say that Eberhard, too,
may have been murdered and his
body disposed Of. Meanwhile they
are making every effort to locate him
II he Is alive.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-30
ATLANTIC FLEET IN
HONOLULU HARBOR
FLOWER OF NAVY RETURNING
TO ITS STATION BY WAY
OF THE ORIENT.
Pleasant Weather and Smooth Seas
Make the Voyage One Of
Great Pleasure.

Honolulu, July 21.-The Atlantic
battleship feet has arrived here,
completing another long leg in its
world cruise. Magnificent beyond
anything ever seen in these waters
was the arrival, as one powerful yes
sci after another rose out of the
Eastern horizon and came in the
range Of vision OF the thousands OF
spectators from the whole Hawaiian
group of islands, who thronged Dia-
mond Head and adjoining heights
that stretch beyond Waikiki east
ward from Honolulu to the extremity
of the Island of Oahu.
Nearly all carried American flags,
foated, besides the Stars and Stripes,
flags of almost every nation, Chinese
and Japanese flags predominating.
The formation of the fleet began
to be distinguished when 1t was
about 10 miles distant, and as 1t
ploughed its course along the south
ern coast of the island 1t furnished
a magnificent spectacle, the vessels
moving slowly in perfect column. A
wind fresh from the northeast blew
the smoke of the vessels off the port
bow.
During the entire run to Honolulu
the feet experienced pleasant wealth
or and smooth seas. For two hours
or more daily. except on Sunday, the
feet had tactical evolutions and at
the same time routine drills were
carried on. No noteworthy incidents
occurred on the entire voyage and as
a matter of fact this, the first leg
of long cruise, was rather more
uneventful than Is usual.
The feet never had to stop or slow
down nor did any Of the ships have
to fall out Of formation through ac-
cidents to machinery or steering
gear. The health of the crews has
been very good and there have been
no deaths or serious accidents since
leaving San Francisco.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-30

Mexico City, July 21.--The anti
foreign feeling in Mexico is assuming
large proportions, and bitter con-
troversy over the question Is being
waged between the foreign and ma
tive press. La Patria yesterday pub
lished an article in which 1t pro-
claimed the time ripe for a policy
whose slogan shall be "MeSico for
Mexicans. Most of the TRADE Is d.
rected against the Yankees" a term
of contempt used by Mexican editors
in designating Americans.
Among other things La Patria de-
clares that II Americans think the
governments of Argentine, Chile or
Brazil more enlightened than that of
Mexico, they should journey to those
parts, the sooner the better.
After referring to the efforts on
the part OF the foreigners to kill the
proposed new mining law restricting
corporations In Mexico, the paper
says
I'VE repeat our attitude toward
foreigners We are not boxers, but
patriots, and when we take a given
decision we take 1t, not as against
foreigners, but for the benefit of
Mexico"