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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
An UnweIcome Gratuity.

An American merchant bitterly op
posed to the custom of tipping" public
servants for each inconsequential serv-
ice was astonished to find the practice
in Europe more general than in Ameri-
ca. While in London he had occasion
to employ IL cab and upon being driven
to the desired destination drew forth
a handful of change, counted out the
exact fare and rendered it to the
driver.
BEG pardon, sir!' exclaimed the cab
by in tone of injury. Sow long ave
We been saving up for this 'oliday?"
SURPRISING his annoyance at the
drivers effrontery. the tourist sought a
restaurant and upon receiving the din
ner check again rendered the exact
amount of his bill. The waiter bowed,
assisted his guest into his coat, then,
selecting Il bright new sixpence. Of
fered it to his patron with:
"Beastly weather. sir! 'Ere's coach
fare" Magazine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
BURIED ALIVE.
The Mode of Death Selected by a Chi.
nese Murderer.

me MODE OF Death Selected by Chi.
nese Murderer.
Rough justice as it Is administered
In most parts Of China is sometimes
tempered by Individual tastes, as an
incident printed in one of the China
port journals attest A man in Suchien,
condemned to die, preferred to be
buried alive. and his wishes were car.
ried out to the letter.
During the famine two brothers
who lived in Suchien fought desper
ately to stave off starvation from thei,
families and bad blood arose between
them. At last the elder brother sold
his fathers coffin for food. When he
refused to divide the proceeds with his
younger brother the latter chopped off
his head with cleaver.
Because il was too expensive to
carry the murderer several scores of
miles to the nearest yamen of justice
the local elders, including the father
OF the murderer, whose coffin had been
sold, sat in justice upon the culprit and
condemned him to death. He asked
that he be buried alive instead of re.
ceiving the horrible torture of the
thirty Slices" The father interceded
with the other elders to get them to
grant his sons request
A grave was dug. and the victim,
with his arms and feet securely bound.
was trundled in wheelbarrow to the
edge of the Mt hy his wife Thora
upon the murderers own request, his
bonds were loosed. and he walked to
the grave, lowered himself into it and
was ready.
The victims wife put felt hat over
his mouth as his request, and then she
helped the elders to fill in the grave
with six feet Of e:irth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
Twelve Tons of Diamonds.

Is it not strange how nature dis
tributes her favors? You Will never
lind gold save in the Gesert, nor cost
iy furS except in the Arctic wastes,
where little animals need them most.
And as to diamonds-in all ages the
most precious commodity on earth
come with me to the arid veldt OF Girl
qualand and l will show you hum
ming town of 10000 inhabitants with
big streets stretched like protecting
arms around four or five enormous
pits. These are the far-famed dla-
mond mines of Kimberley, Whlch
have Produced since their incorpora-
ton, over twelve tons weight OF dla-
monds whose estimated value IS
$500,0O0,000
And cast your memory back on the
history of this place. Ponder it, ana
never again say the romance OF ad-
venture is ended by modern progress.
We need not be very old to remember
when news came from South Africa
that savages tending their fiocks had
pebbles strung around their necks
IS charms, which were in reality SUP
erb diamonds. "A British farmers
wife exchanged silk shirtwaist for
one OF these, and a week later found
she had secured the biggest bargain
on record. The stone turned out to
be a magnificent diamond of thirty
carats and was sold in Paris for $751;
900. That was the beginning.
Then old Dutch farmers found their
children playing marbles with strange
piece of ''glass" which they picked
out of the mud walls of the houses.
Tie secret was soon out, and prospec-
tors, with men of science, focked from
iii parts of the world, until there
we're at one time $1,000 adventurers
Washing for diamonds up and down
The Vaal river.-From The Diamond
Mines of Kimberley" in st. Nicholas.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
PSYcHASTHENIA.
a Physician Says This Is One OF the
Causes cf Pancs.


The panics that start il Wall street
often begin in the morbid financial
fears of overstrained biains-psTchas-
thenia. Psychasthenia makes panlcs'
writes Dr. Clarance hughes III the
Aliepist and Neurolcgist.
1--WE once knew Il mind overbUrden-
ed, brain oyerstrained man suddenly
conclude he vas coming to want and
would not be able to pay his taxes
when his income was $4,000 annual
ly. He MIXED his own COW. he har-
messed his own horse and cared for 1t
(sold the others). dismissed all his
servants and his wife's and had in
somnia, but finally recovered complete
". Others with less income or more
fall through brain overtaX into the
same morbid way Of feeling and think
ing
Zone kind Of insanoid is a man
who under mental stress of any kind
acts as though he were insane, but has
not the disease of real insanity to ex-
cuse his actions.
"He hoyers on the verge, but does
not pass over into real mental aberra-
ton as he appears to be going. He
does and says such odd, unreasonable
and annoying things that his friends
often wish he would pass into genuine
insanity, so that he might be properly
and lawfully restrained or that be
might happily extinguish himself by
suicide. Sometimes he does commit
suicide or become really insane. and
we then know where to place him.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE WESTMINSTER, MD.

nothing left as margin OF prott. 1t
should be noted that an increase OF
feed of 81 per year resulted in an in
creased return of $13. 1t is safe to say
that at least 80 or 40 per cent of the
dairy cows of the country, as a whole,
are kept at positive loss and couldn't
be made revenue producers under any
system of feeding. On the other hama,
it is also quite likely true that a good
many animals are kept at triHlng
gain or dead loss simply because they
are not given a large enough ration
The determination of the point In cues
ton is an easy one and can be ascer-
tanned by any dairyman who will care
fully measure his feed and measure
and test the milk from the individuals
In his dairy herd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
another "AH Sufficient Food,o

Currant bread made in tie propor-
lions of about three parts of currants
to seven parts of dough has beer
found upon analysis to contain every
ingredient necessary to complete hu-
man nourishment. To the food values
of the -four the currants add their r
per cent of sugar in it's most valuable
form, known as ''invert sugar" COM
posite of dextrose and levulose, which
is potential in producing and maintain
ing energy and vitality. Sir Francis
Lakeing, King Edwards famous physi-
clan, recently pointed out in an article
in the Scientific American that cur
rants also assist digestion, allay nery-
Gus excitement and provide against
nervous exhaustion.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
EAT CURRANTS---LIVE LONG
This Fruit Said to Contain all thp
Human System Requires.

According to the .dictum of Ene,;,,
diet specialists, free use of curra lrsl
in daily food is one Of the most oe
fective means of producing a cleo
rosy complexion. Currants seem o.
to satisfy the craving both for stron oU
acids and sweets, waicn are resnons;
bic for many muddy or coarse COW,
plexions. Besides possessing the innS
dental advantages of beauty fool
currants are known to be the moe
nutritious of all fruits, as they consist
almost wholly Of grape sugar in tho
form that is entirely assimilated dnr
ing digestion. AS a consequence of
wide dissemination of these fact
through physicians and specialists tho
use of currant bread in England has
become almost IS common as that -
ordinary wheat bread
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
Best Food for Athletes.

Some one has been looking up the
training diet of ancient Greek athletes
whose powers of endurance have never
been equaled. 1t is discovered that
the chief items in the athletes diet
were bread, cheese, thin wine and lib
eral quantities of the seedles3 currants
which to this day grow nowhere in the
world outside of Greece. Investiga-
ton along the same line has led to the
discovery that Nelson's sailors lived
OF pork, supplemented by mixture of
-four and dried currants, which not
only contain larger portion of
noUrishment than any other dried
fruit, but are also more easily digest
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
The Rat.

The rats sins are manifold. The
damage which he does in a year to
crops, cargoes. stores. granaries, poul-
try and game, diaries and outhouses,
foundations walls and drainage can
not be calculated exactly, but it must
be enormous He is ubiquitous. He
swarms in fields, hedges, coverts, farm
yards, cellars, sewers, docks and ships.
He is clever in getting out of difficult
ties, extre. aely courageous, able to
exist on almost any kind of food and
horribly prolific-London Spectator.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
The Retort Direct.

"See here" cried the artist, who had
come to complain about the materials
he had bought. Il can't imagine any
thing worse than your paints
''That's strange" replied the dealer
Don't you ever use your Imagination
on your painting
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
Frenzied Arithmetic.

Teacher-Now, Tommy. if your IA
ther had twenty dozen eggs in his
store and found that eighteen of them
were bad. how much would he lose?
Tommy-Nothin' You don't know pa.
Pathfinder
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
Ge!f and Brains.

The radical type of golf enthusiast
is exemplified in the retort of st. An
drew's caddie to the university pro-
fessor, "Onybody can teach a wheen
looms Latin and Greek, but govt, We
see, govt requires a held"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
HOPELESS,

eve wish, madam. to enlist your aid
in influencing your husband for the
public good. He holds the key to a
very interesting situation and"-
81 dom see how / can be of any as
sistance to you. John never could find
q keyhole Houston Post
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
The Mean Part.

Phil 0. Sopher-Don't worry, old
man. Chickens always come home to
roost, yoa know. Discouraged Friend
Yes. after they have laid their eggs
in some other fellows barn.-Judge
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

A pretty accurate lineup on the abil-
ity and financial standing of farmer
can be secured by glimpse at the
kind of fences he has on his place.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

A cement walk costs but a trife
more than a substantial plank walk of
the same dimensions and will outlast 1t
many times
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

There is one thing that is trife
more exasperating than having your
flower beds scratched to pieces by
your own hens. and that Is to have your
neighbours hens do the same job.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
A Wise Student.

Professor examining medical stu
dent)-If you are called out to a pa
tient, what is the first question you
would ask? Medical Student-W Where
he Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
PAYING BY CHECK.

A friend of the writer who came in
to pay an account the other day hauled
a check book out of his pocket with the
remark that for the past two years he
had paid all his bills by check and
found the system most satisfactory
one. The check method of payment has
several strong arguments III its favor
and should be more generally employ
ed. In the first place, where accounts
are paid thus. the check made payable
to order, with the payee's signature in
dorsed on the back, it serves as a re-
ceipt for the amount, while the stub in
the hands of the payer states for what
purpose the check was drawn. Again.
with this system the bank keeps ones
for the additional circulating medium
which is thus placed in its hands. If
a fellow loses his pocketbOok and dis
honest person finds it there is always
q loss of silver Or paper currency which
cannot be identified or recovered; if
through it except by forging the own
cr's name. which is a penitentiary Of
fecse Finally the check system gives
one complete record Of expenditures
and enables him to learn by a review
of his accounts at the end of the year
just where his money has gone. q
reco-t! that is likely to be very uncer
tain I'D hey when be uses the cash
-, and does not keep a careful rec
ORD CT the same. OF course the check
s..-2.en presupDoses bank account, in
tie accumulation of which the indi-
y:tiuaI ought not to need particular
urging.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

The fellow who plows a clean
straight furrow is quite likely to be
straight in some other respects.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

The real womanliness and thought
fitness of a woman may be called in
question who will request or allow
dead song bird to be placed on her
hot
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

We have known of cases where if
the lord Of the house had worked more
,assiduously with buck and saw at the
wood pile and emptied and filed more
pails he would have had both less time
and less inclination to find fault with
the way the women folks were running
the house.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

The wife of the famous musician
Paderewski has within the past
month purchased four single combed
White Orpingtons, for which he paid
the enormous sum of $500. 1t was
a hen of this same strain that scored
ninety-seyen points at the jamestown
exposition, being valued by her owners
at $1,000. These men certainly need
no argument to prove that it pays to
raise pure bred poultry.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

The anonymous letter writer and the
dog poisoner belong to the same cow
ardly company. both engaging in enter
priscs for which they do not care to
assume responsibility.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

While the clearing up of the patches
of small trees and brush along the road
sides and fence rows and in the pas
lures may tend to improve the land
scape from the aesthetic point Of view,
it means the destruction of just so
many places of shelter for the bird life
of the locality, which is an even more
important consideration than the i'm
proving of the landscape.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

In keeping track Of the family ex-
penses il is we'll to have all items Of
merchandise charged. with payments
monthly or quarterly. or pay cash for
all items as soon as ordered. Where
mixed system of payment is followed
there are likely to be confusion and
more or less misunderstanding as be-
tween patron and merchant.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

Where one understands the proper
recipes for making the different kinds
of cement for the various farm uses
any enterprising farmer or farmers
boy can manufacture his own cement
blocks, make water trough, hogpen
floor or construct the walks about the
house provided only that supply Of
sand and gravel is at hand
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

There is type of folks that are as
tender hearted as can be in their re-
lations to and treatment of dumb ami
mails who are seemingly calloused
when it comes to hurting the feelings
Of their own folks or circulating a false
report which may besmirch the good
name of neighbor or acquaintance.
The first named trait is a most COM
mendable one, but should not be di-
vorced from the higher type of benev-
olence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

An even and tractable disposition in
horse is often spoiled by improper
handling and training. as is often the
case with the strong willed and wide
awake boy or girl. The very qualities
which make the child or horse most
useful and valuable if properly trained
make them the more difficult to man
age If they are not properly handled in
the early stages.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
A MISERABLE TYPE OF FRAUD.

A MISERABLE TYPE OF FRAUD.
If there is type Of fraud anywhere
that ought to be discountenanced and
sGuelched in every way possible. it is
that which is piled so extensively
among the clerks to be found in many
of the larger cities by sharpers in the
employment Of numerous real estate.
mining anil Investment companies.
While the victims are often men. they
are not so :::'':.::::2erous us women, who,
having less business experience and
being III ora rnsuspecting and confd-
ing. often lose their entire earnings in
these f.:ke Investment enterprises. If
one IS l., 4 sa'aried position and has
an amount cf money to invest. before
taking stock II any enterprise it would
be we'll to ask the advice of the mos.
reliable and conscientious banker or
business man of ones acquaintance.
who will in all liability be able to
determine from the character of the
concern whether the proposition is a
safe enc to invest in. If ventures of
this kind We're really good, the persons
Of small means would hardly be al.
lowed to got Il on the ground floor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

In justice to his neighbors the man
who lives in town should not keep
chickens unless he puts himself in
shape to keep them shut up. If they
are allowed to run loose, neighborly re-
lations are quite likely to be strained.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

A recent bulletin issued by the forest
service contains the interesting facts
that. while France and Germany have
but 14,500,000. acres of state forests as
against the national forest reserves in
this country of 100000, these two
countries spend annually on their for
ests S11,00C000 and get from them in
net returns $30,O0oO0O, while the Unit
ed States spends but $1,4OO,OO0 and Sc
cures paltry return of less than $780,
COO
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17
PANCAKES AND sWILL TANKS.

PANCAKES AND SWILL TANKS.
Is showing the obstacles which the
average buttermaker has to contend
with in the matter of carelessneSs or
right down flthiness On the part of
patrons in the handling of their milk
and cream. friend who has the re-
sponsible position of buttermaker in
q cooperative creamery which is pat
ronized by some $50 farmers cited an
instance which would seem ample to
account for almost any methods the
mind could conjure up when it came
to caring for things in the dairy. The
patron in question went to the cream
cry to get small pail full of butter
milk for cooking. but on this particu
lar occasion the can in which it was
kept sweet and fresh from the churn
was empty. Nothing daunted. our
friend. who. by the way. is baching it.
went to the pump outside. which leads
to an underground tank containing
buttermilk of all degrees of ripeness.
pumped his pail full. took it home and
made soda pancakes out Of it. No use
looking for western extras" from
creamer:es patronized by this kind of
cattle.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

In the last analysis one will reap the
largest end most lasting results for
himself in that undertaking in which
he contributes most generously to the
happiness end we'll being Of those to
whom lie ministers
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

Poultry that is confined should be
provided with an abundance Of char
coal, oyster shell and grit. When run
ming loose the fowls will get these ele-
ments or their equivalents Of their own
accord
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

A recent government bulletin on crop
production in European countries
states that the average crop obtained
from an acre of potatoes in Germany
is $40 and from an acre of sugar beets
500, while wheat yields 500 and rye
but $21 Fer acre. In France the acre
value of hops reaches $153, of tobacco
500 and of sugar beets SAT against
only $21 for wheat In the Netherlands
the gross return per acre of wheat,
SIG, is surpassed by the returns from
tobacco. $213. potatoes STA and sugar
beets S52.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

The children in the home enjoy a
balanced ration as well as do the ami
mails in the feed lot or stable. Such a
ration is pork and beans. boiled pota-
toes and brown bread. poached egg on
toast. good graham bread and Jersey
milk; roast pork, dressing and baked
potatoes and apple sauce; roast beef,
mashed potatoes and pie.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

Feeding experiments conducted by
different ex. eriment stations as well as
by Individual feeders show that a very
satisfactory ratio for the cow in milk
is four quarts at a feed twice day of
a mixture of 100 pounds bran, 100
pounds middlings and 100 pounds glu
ten meal. An equally good one is the
same quantity at feed of the follow
ing mixture: A hundred pounds groun,'
oats and corn, 100 pounds bran and 81
pounds gluten meal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

If the small grain that is to be U.S.
for seed l. infected with smut, t.,
best method % correcting the difficult
is to treat IT with formalin so,c
ton. Whe"e regular machines for tai:,
purpose arc rot available very salts
factory reS.:,.S can be secured by
spreading the grain in pile abo;:
eight inches deep on tie barn Or gran
airy floor and sprinkling it thorough;
with a solution made by mining one
half pint Of formalin with twenty va
gallons of water. After the sprinkliny
is done the pile Of grain should b,
shovcled over thoroughly so that each
kernel OF grain will he sure to get
moistened. When the pile has been
allowed to remain In this condition
two hours, it should be shoveled over
again several times and scattered out
SO as to dry. The treatment should
be given If possible within twenty
four hours Of seeding.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-17

Weeds Fever die so easily as whc
they ere list a-bornin'," and for til
reason there is no method that is mo:
effective l. destroying them than t.,
judicioCs Ice CT barrow in the cor:
fed CT rctato patch the week follow
i2g tie time OF planting. Often goo:
rcsu..,; are secured if a cultivation !
given Just as the young plants az
coming through the ground, hut befo:
there is spread of leaf. As soon |.
aEJthcr let Of weed seed has started
:,a1E-inate tlese ridges may be hai
lowed lightly to advantage and in t.
Case Of potatoes narrowing may
given as late as two weeks after t.:
plants Lave come through tie ground
Deing behfndhand is more largely
matter Of L4ere laa., i;;in Iecessity
being LIch more easily encourage
than discouraged " once formed
Nlta laaGy IL Is Ii ala extent re
spoIsiDie fer Tie l.. -, l...; never
get ahead in the Wool