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The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-05
Massey-Schaef3er.

Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Mary S. Schaeffer, 95 West
Main street, her second daughter was
married to DR.. John Fletcher Massey,
of Knoxville, Tenn. There was no
attendants and only few friends and
relatives were present. The bride
wore handsome gown of white point
d'esprit trimmed in real lace The
ceremony was performed by Rev. P.
H. Miller, of Grace Lutheran Church.
A reception was held later. DR.. and
Mrs Massey left on an afternoon
train and will be at home in Knoxville
after June 20. The bride is daugh-
ter of the late Milton Schaeffer, who
was formerly postmaster at Westmin-
Ster.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-05

can lawfully or safely be exercised by
the Federal Government simply be-
cause the States have not seen fit to
exercise them; and we denounce that
equally dangerous claim that the Con-
stitution may be elastically expand
ed by executive or judicial amendment
instead of by amendments enacted
in the specific mode provided in the
Constitution.
Federal usurpation and encroach-
ment cannot be justified, excused or
tolerated or overlooked upon the
ground of alleged expediency, desir-
ability or necessity; nor upon the
equally alarming ground that. if in
any given case the States shall fail
to exercise their just powers, the pow
ers of the general Government shall
thereby be enlarged to meet the sup
posed emergency.
We declare our infiexible opposition
to both of these methods of expand
ing Federal power at the expense of
the just powers of the States and we
especially denounce the bold and rev.
olutionary threat that the omission of
the States to pass laws upon subjects
within the Constitutional powers
may be treated as surrender of
these powers into the hands Of the
Federal Government which may then
lawfully proceed as if such powers
were possessed by it under the Con-
stitution.
We declare also that upon the Presi-
dent are conferred certain executive
functions and powers distinctively
specified in the Constitution to which
the safety of the Republic requires
that he shall be strictly confined.
We repudiate and denounce the un-
warranted pretension that beyond
these carefully enumerated powers
the President possesses other general
and indefinite powers of the existence
and extent of which he is the judge,
and we therefore condemn as of dang
erous tendency and evil example his
persistent attempts TO dictate and CO.
cree legislation by Congress, his fla
grant disregard Of the true limitations
of the Executive Office, his autocratic
claims to power beyond the letter and
the spirit of the Constitution, and his
arrogant declaration that If Congress
shall refuse to carry out his will he
himself will carry it out in defiance of
Congress.
The wide field of our national pol
itics presents NUMBER of other i'm
portant issues, but upon them we
await the action or our Democratic
National Convention with entire con-
fidence that the platform which Sec
tions of the Union will put forth, to-
gether with the candidates whom they
will nominate, will be sure to receive
our hearty approval and the generous
and loyal support of the thoroughly
united Democracy of Maryland.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-05
BASEMENT BARGAIN NO. 8.

masses from the insiduous robbery to
which they have been so long subject
ed by the lavish protection shoWered
by the Republican party for years upon
specially favored classes Of our fell
low citizens who have no just right or
title to be singled out as the recipi-
ents of the munifcent bounty of the
Government and enormously enriched
out of taxes wrongfully wrung from
the necessities of the great body of
the people.
The reform which we demand is
such a revision of the existing tariff
as will rescue the people from the
oppressive burdens under which they
now suffer, while at the same time it
will steadily keep in view the neces-
sity of securing revenues amply ade-
uuate to all the needs of frugal,
economical and honest administration
OF the Government.
We believe that all this can be done
without injustice to the interests that
in the past have been so needlessly
nurtured and sustained by the Repub-
lican party and without detriment or
check to the true prosperity OF the
people, and we appeal to our country
men to support us in this demand for
relief and protection against greed and
oppression and retrenchment in the
expenditures of the Government.
The Democratic party has always
maintained that the powers OF the
Federal Government under our Con-
stitution are absolutely supreme with
in their orbit and cannot lawfully be
denied, resisted or obStructed when
exercised within their true sphere.
1t has also always maintained with
equal vigor and tenacity that the re-
served rights of the sovereign States
of which our Federal Union is COM
posed should be resolutely and stoutly
maintained against Federal encroach-
ment.
And it stands today, as it has al
ways stood, the unrelenting foe, on
the one hand of those who would de-
prive the Federal Government of any
Of it's constitutional powers, and on
the other hand, of those who would
take from the States and give to the
Federal Government any Of the powers
which exclusively belong to the States.
AS members and representatives of
the national Democratic party we are
jealous of all attempts to belittle the
powers of the Federal Government
and to deny it the free and full ex-
ercise of any single one of it's lawful
powers.
But, at the same time, we hold that
in the Constitution alone are to be
found the measures and limitations of
its jurisdiction and that no departure
from these limitations can be tolerated
without peril to the Republic.
We denounce, therefore, the dang
erous, new-fangled doctrine that pow
ers which, In the opinion Of the advo-
Gates of boundless Capitalization ought
to be possessed by the Federal Gov
ernment but, which, under the Consti-
tuition, exclusively belong to the States,
The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-05
THE PLATFORM.

The platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic State Convention is as follows:
We hail with deep satisfaction the
abundant and gratifying manifesto
tions Of unity and concord In our
ranks all over the State and the al
most total disappearance of the fac
tional strife. which for a number OF
wears so seriously impaired our
The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-05
TIME TABLE.

1,rcTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
Trains leave Westminster, west,
% Q19 and 1906 a. M, 3.35, 4.25,
GO3 and 7.4S p. M:
Trains leave Westminster, east,
20 637. 7.12, $40 and $50 a. NJ, 3.35
ond Gil p. n.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-05

The estate of David Valentine was
settled at Fall River, Mass, after hav-
ing been in the courts 102 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Poultry Pointers.

Whitewash is better than paint for
tso interior of poultry house. Be
liberal in the use of whitewash, and
put in little pulverized glue, thor
oughly dissolved in warm water.
Do not be deceived into believing
that practical qualities and fancy
points can not be bred in the same
bird. This is favorite cry with
some people who can't raise good
ones and who want to sell their culls.
If you feed your chicks around the
kitchen door, you may be sure that
they will always hang around there
watching for something to eat. Keep
thom away from the house by feeding
them away from the house.
Keep the drinking vessels filled
with fresh water. More or less food
escapes from the beak of the little
chick while it is drinking. This food
soon becomes sour in the warm
weather and water is foul.
When you whitewash the interior
of the poultry house mix liberal
amount of some good disinfectant or
crude carbolic acid with the white.
wash just before applying 1t. This
will insure the destruction of all lice
and mites with which it comes in
contact.
Be sure that the roosting quarters
are well ventilated at this time OF
the year. Pure air is free and inex-
pensive and will enter every nook
and corner of the poultry house, if ii
is permitted. 1t is one of the very
essential things to the profitable rails.
ing of poultry. Close, stuffy quarters
are very njurious.-Indianapolis
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Diversified Farming.

In diversified farming it is essen
tiel that we give due attention to the
claims of each branch that is being
followed and seek to harmonize them
all. We must select only those
branches which will fit nicely into our
scheme of farm management and
eliminate every waste.
If a man fully intends to gain
something by adopting the practice
of a soil robber and buying large
farms, creaming them and selling to
another farmer, he may succeed in
making money. 1t is little wonder
that American farmers are often
called soil skinners.
They make more money as rule
than the farmer who puts his money
into improvements, for they have
more cash to speculate with. But
which men ere the most useful to
their community: The one who puts
his whole time and energy into CLEAN
ing every possible dollar from the
soil and putting it in the savings
bank, or the man who improves his
property, adds to the assessment list
of his township and helps to increase
the valuation of adjoining farms?-
EIitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Saving Farm Seeds.

The farmer and the gardener can
often save money by saving his own
seed instead of being obliged to go to
the scotsman for his supply each
spring, and he can also have better
seeds, and increase his crop each year
If he takes sufficient care in selecting
his seed stock to grow it from. There
is value in breeding seed for better
crops as well as in breeding for better
stock, and while those who are mar
ket gardeners generally know this
and save their seeds accordingly,
many farmers pay little attention to
the matter.
1t is said that in one of our leading
corn growing States the crop per
acre and the total value of the crop
in the State has been increased, the
latter to the value of millions of dol
lars per year, by the efforts of one
man, who offered premiums for the
best ears of seed corn sent in to the
State and county fairs. Such interest
was taken in the mater that many
strove for the prizes, and it is said
that single ears from those that re-
ceived the highest prizes were sold
at what seems extravagant prices
even as high as S25 per ear having
been reported in one case, and from
81 to So per ear in many cases.
American CulLivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Cannon Cost $4,000.

The Germans have installed in the
port OF Wilhelm5hoefen Krppp can.
non which cost the trining sum OF
$4,000, every shot OF which costs
S1,G50, s627 for the projectile, $1S5
for the charge which expels the shell
and sS3S for the checking apparatus.
This gun cannot fire more than nine.
ty-five shots before 1t is completely
useless. because of the repeated ac.
tion of the explosives, eroeions are
made in the bore which destroy the
quality of the steel, and the piece
can no longer be used without danger
Of bursting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Miss White, church, calling and

Miss White, Church, calling and
teas"
Along with this lessening of the
number of garments worn goes less
ening of the quantity of material.
Skirts are both scantier and shorter
than ever before.
Even long skirts are not very
long" said Miss White, "and Paquin
is showing short tailor mades this
season for the first time. How short
should they be? That depends on the
style of the gown and the style of the
woman. A young girl of medium size
who wants to show her pretty boots
may wear skirt three inches off the
ground, and If she is small she may
have it shorter. Even six inches isn't
too much for trotteur costume to be
worn in bad weather. A large wom-
an who is not young, and wants her
dress for the promenade, should have
it from one and half to two inches
off the ground. New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
G-DretfY..
AA -~7hH1gs-
M~z.aD~We

New swagger leather bags have an
inside frame with outside pockets.
Fancy chiffon cloth waists are
trimmed with braid and silk bands.
White bodice vests of Italian silk
for transparent guimpes are stylish.
A colored chiffon waist made over
white or ecru silk Mas latticed braid
yoke and long shirred sleeves.
A vanity case with chain handle is
made of gold plated German silver
and contains powder puff. mirror and
card receptacle.
A Brussels net waist trimmed elab-
orately with taffeta bands has long
sleeves made up of alternate silk
bands and tucks.
Shell comb sets comprising back
and side combs have ornamental en-
crusted rhinestone tops in bowknot,
loop and Mercury wing design.
A black broadcloth suit of Direc-
toire inspiration has a clinging skirt
which is modified by pleats let in at
the sides and back below the knees.
A new Irish crochet stock inset
with Irish crochet and hand embroid-
cred has turnover points at top and
a short Ascot scarf around the bottom
of the collar.
One of the wide new neck ruffs of
ostrich and marabou is Just long
enough to go around the neck, is
high about the throat and flutes
around the lower part of the neck.
Among the neckwear there is n
new finish for the front of waist in
the shape of handsome band OF
hand embroidery and Irish crochet
lace with full wide ruche Of the
same kind on one side.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
THE SUMACHS,

Several species of sumach begin
to show in August their large upright
clusters of beautiful crimson or scar
let fruits and in September and Octo-
Der their handsome pinnate foliage
assumes brilliant tints of scarlet. The
largest of them is the staghorn su-
mach (Rhus typhina or r. hirta),
which sometimes becomes a small tree
up to thirty feet high and is easily
distinguished by its thick velvety
branches.
The shining sumach (Rhus copal-
lina) is smaller and more often a
shrub. Its leaves are of dark glossy
green and smaller than those of the
preceding species. The smooth SUI
mach (Rhus glabra), which is a
shrub rarely more than ten feet high,
is similar to the staghorn sumach,
but has perfectly glabrous branches
and leaves.-Indianapolis News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
CHOICE OF GARDEN TOOLS.

So much of the work about the
country home place must be done by
manual labor that the owner makes
most serious mistake IL he does not
provide himself with the very best
tools on the market. Some persons
fail to realize the difference between
tools that will do" and really good
ones. 1t pays to buy the best. One
can do better work with them, 1t is
pleasure to use them, and they last
great deal longer IL properly cared
for.
This reminds me to say something
about the proper care of tools. Never
leave them just as you use them
Clean them well before putting them
away. Never get into the habit of
dropping them anywhere you happen
to be when you have completed your
work with them. Have a place for
them under cover, and store them
there, and insist that Others of the
family who may make use of them
shall return them to this place after
having used them. II this is done,
any one will know just where TO find
them when wanted. A place for ey-
erything and everything in its place.
is good motto for everybody-es.
peclally in the country home.-Out-
ing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
RAISING MARKET LETTUCE.

There are two kinds of lettuce
the Cos and head lettuce. The head
lettuce forms a head like a cabbage.
The Hartford Bronzed Head, Big
Boston, White and Black-Seeded Ten
mis- Ball and Hanson make fine, large
heads. Used for salad and table use
Lettuce can be planted indoors the
same as parsley and transplanted to
the garden May 10, or 1t may be sown
in the garden any time after May 1
to July 10. Prepare the land the
same as for beets, make trench one-
half inch deep and SOW two or three
seeds ever four to six inches. Cover
and press down. When the plants
are well up thin them to six inches
apart. Keep the Soil we'll titled
around them, and as soon as they
crowd take out every other one for
table use. In warm weather lettuce
runs quickly to seed, and should be
cut as soon as the heads are we'll
formed. The heads are ready for the
table in from eight to twelve weeks
after being planted. Lettuce in the
summer is not quite so good, but II
planted the first of July a fine au-
tumn crop may be obtained.-H. D.
Hemenway, in the American Culti-
vator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
ACCESSIBILITY of Planting Trees,

From time to time this department
has contained advice regarding the
Importance of farmers planting for
est upon their now waste lands.
Especially in the New England
States, upon the deserted farms, we
see many so-called pastures that are
practically a useless waste, that
could be planted, as We might say,
into chestnut orchard
Not such great while ago we gave
q very full account as to how this
fruit might be grown profitably, and
anyone familiar with city streets il
the fall of the year could readily
judge for themselves their standing
from commercial point of view.
Right here is a way of having, after
a few years, an almost sure crop
every fall that is almost sure to hold
its price, and then after the trees
seem to outrun themselves can be
sold at fully fifty times their original
value.
This country alone is said to be
uSiH5 fI ,AVV,VUU TdllrUdu lies Oh
its railroads, and these ties have to
be replaced about every five years
This alone ought to suggest to every
farmer the fact tnat in time to come
there is almost sure to be a shortage
of timber suitable for this purpose
as the railroads are continually OIL
the increase and the timber lands de.
lcreased by the woodman's axe or the
lra-ages of forest fires.
OF course the argument could bt
used that in the course of time some
thing will turn up that will take the
place of wooden ties. This may be 6
possibility, but we should remember
that nothing is a certainty. Business
men take risks in all sorts Of things
but the planting of these timber tree.
we could hardly call risk. for IL tn,
trees when matured could not b.
trrned into money as railroad ties
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
HER STAINED FINGERS.

In an interior city which prides IT.
self upon the respectability of its
smart set and its superiority to those
who indulge in fashionable fads one
of the society leaders is woman who
is always criticising her neighbor's
actions. Whether it is brainstorm
hat, a sheath gown or petticoat
overlaced to her taste, she never fails
to express her opinion of the wearer,
usually an opinion spiced with spite.
The other day she was calling upon a
young matron, and as she condescend-
ingly accepted cup of tea she began
to carp as was her wont. The young
matron stood the caustlc remarks un-
til the tears rose in her eyes and she
felt she must rebel. With glance OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
GOLD CAKE.

This is exceedingly tender and de-
licious when made of sour cream. 1t
may be baked in layers or in loaf.
putting the white and yellow batters
In streaks like a marble cake. For
the yellow part, beat to a cream the
yolks of four eggs, then add cup
full of sugar and beat again. Add
three-fourths of cup of thick sour
cream into which has been stirred a
half teaspoonful soda. Next fold in a
cup and three-quarters OF pastry flour
that has been sifted several times
over, and favor with little grated
yellow rind of orange and teaspoon
full orange juice, or less Of the ex-
tract.-Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Silagc rs a Horse Feed,

know silage is good feed for
horses, for l have tried it. / have
not, however, fed to any great ex-
tent, because l did not have as much
silage as l wanted for cows and
horses both, and as l thought more
of my cows than / did of my horses,
the COWS had all they needed and the
horses had to go short. One winter
we had brood mare that was fed
silage all win.er, probably twenty
pounds day. She had some hay
and straw to go with it, and no grain
except what was in the silage, and
she came out fat and with a glossy
coat in the spring and had fine,
healthy colt. Horses like silage as
we'll as cattle do after they get accus-
toned to it. A man in Michigan a
few years ago wintered two hundred
horses on silage and straw exclusive
ly, with no grain. They came through
in fine shape and the brood mares
all had fine, strong colts. The Ohio
station tried feeding horses on silage
through the winter and reported that
they came through until spring in the
best condition. Mr.. w. c. Bradley
of Hudson, Wis, says that one year
during spring work he was out OF
hay and the only coarse fodder his
horses had during all that period OF
hard work was silage. He says that
his horses never stood work better
c. F. McKerrow in the Weekly Wit.
ness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
Flies and Sheep.

Fly time is on, and sheep, especial
ly rams, should be watched closely
for maggots. All rams should have
liberal quantities of pine tar around
the horns, which will prevent the fly
from depositing her eggs. When
present turpentine or dip will dislodge
them and pine tar will keep them
away, writes an Ohio breeder in the
National Stockman and Farmer. The
lcng and middle wool sheep are
more annoyed by the common house
fly than the Merinos and should have
dark woods or an underground
cellar or cave in which to spend the
day. A single fly will prevent one
OF these sheep from thriving whole
day.
The owner of a grade flock of
Shropshires once took the writer to
the mouth of cave in which his
sheep spent the daylights of summer,
secure from flies and in a climate
very nearly like the native conditions
of the Shropshires of England. He
lamented the loss of the manure, but
the loss was more than made up in
the condition of the sheep.
Look out for the gadhy. Her eggs
are deposited in the nostrils of the
sheep and almost as soon as depos-
tied move up into the sinuses of the
head, and the sheep has grub in the
head. Tar on the nose or even dust
will warn the mother fly that such a
place is not promising home for her
future family.
In the absence of bare ground a
furrow plowed in the pasture will
supply the dust. Sheep salted in a
V-shaped trough with tar on sides
of trough is practiced as preventive
by some flockmasters. Sometimes I
think that between gadflies, stomach
worms, lung worms-indicated by
the sheep standing with their heads
close together with their noses on the
ground and by running ticks-foot
rot and billiards. we have strenuous
time. -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04

some friends who were not of royal
blood stay with her, but, finding that
this was considered absolutely out of
the question in the Spanish court, she
wrote to the King and asked what
she should do. The reply of that as
tute monarch is said to have been:
do not make enemies and respect
other peoples stupidity-when nec-
essary. In time, If you are wise, you
will get everything your own way. -
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-04
A HORTICULTURAL MARVEL.


If you put the buds of Northern
Spy into Rhode Island Greening
tree and cut back all the branches of
the latter, those buds will so DOM
mate the tree as to compel it to send
its feeding roots straight downward
even after the wide-spreading hori-
zontal root system of the Greening
has been firmly established. Then
after few years, when your trees
have become Spies, you can trans
form them into Kings, which will
prove very profitable, bear several
years earlier and enjoy the long life
and immunity from canker and crown
disease which are characteristic of
the Spy.
"The process is very simple" says
Mr.. George T. Powell, in Country
Life in America. 81 buy two-year-old
Spies from nurseryman, plant them,
and year later insert the buds Of
any variety 1 want to grow. The only
difference is that trees have the blood
of three varieties in them instead of
two. For you must know that all ap-
pies nowadays are grated"