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The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
FXECUTOR'S SALE
IL or VALUABLE
FEE SIMPLE PROPERTIES.
Solicitor.

By virtue of a power of sale con-
tanned in the last will and testament
of Julia A. Dorsey, late Of Howard
county, deceased dated the 31st day
Of October, 1903, and duly admitted
to probate by the Orphans Court of
Howard county, the undersigned ex-
ecutor will offer at public auction,
on the premises, at Cooksville, How
ard county, Md, on
TUESDAY, MAY 26th. 1905,
at l o'clock, p. m, the following valu-
able fee simple properties.
First-The farm recently occupied
by the deceased, containing
153 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
situated on the Baltimore & Frederick
turnpike, % miles from Baltimore,
at the junction of the Washington &
Westminster road, and miles from
Hoods Mill station, on the B. & o.
r. R. 1t is improved by large, COM
Portable Stone House of II rooms,
barn, corn house, ice house, and other
necessary outbuildings, 2 tenant
dwelling, with stable and outbuildings.
This property has been heavily
lined, produces splendid crops, is
beautifully located, and is considered
one of the most desirable farms in
Howard county.
Second-Two (2) acres of land,
more or less, adjoining the farm, and
improved by 2-story store building,
with warehouse, (now occupied by
Messrs. Howard Warfeld & Coz a
blacksmith shop, (now occupied by
Mr.. John E. Coursey), and a COM
Portable dwelling of 6 rooms, with
stable and other outbuildings.
A general merchandise business has
been conducted at this stand for the
past forty-five years, and it is an ex-
ceptional location.
These properties will first be offered
as whole, and then separately; all
bids reserved, and sold as shall be
most advantageous to the estate.
Terms of Sale:-One-third of the
purchase money to be paid in cash,
and the balance in two equal install
ments in six and twelve months from
the day of sale; the credit payments
to bear interest from day of sale and
to be secured by the notes of the
purchaser with approved security, or
the whole of the purchase money to
be paid in cash at the option of the
purchaser or purchasers.
A deposit of $3.50 will be required
of the purchaser On the day of sale.
For any further information con-
corning the property apply to the exc
cutor, or to Mr.. VIM. H. Hobbs, Cooks
Vile, Md.
JOHN NJ. DELASHMUTT,
Executor of the Estate of Julia A.
Dorsey, Woodbine, Md may8-3t
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
WRITE IN SECRET.
The Way Chinese Court Historians Do
Their Work.


There are court historians in China,
as there are in other countries, but
there is one striking difference, and 1t
lies in the fact that the work of the
Chinese court historians does not see
the light until the reigning dynasty
comes to an end.
In this way these Celestial historians
have an opportunity to describe most
truthfully the virtues and vices of the
valorous rulers and the real signifi-
canoe of the events which take place
during their regime. They can write
what they please without fear Of CEN
sure, for they know that their work
will not be published as long as the
ceigning dynasty lasts.
This has been the rule for more than
1000 years, the first court historian
having been appointed by the impe-
rial house of Han, which reigned from
2O6 B. C. until % A. D.
The duty of these historians is to
write plain accounts of all the events
that occur during their tenure of Of
fee. At regular intervals their COM
pleted work is taken from them and is
locked up in an iron safe or vault
There it remains until the first mem
Der of new dynasty ascends the
throne.
1t is then given with all the other
histories in the vault to the court
historian, who is then living, and from
the mass of documents he is expected
to prepare a truthful history of the
dynasty which has just expired.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
81. Peters In Rome.

From the beginning Of the founda-
ton to the time when the great church
of St Peters in Rome could be said to
be complete three and half centuries
had elapsed. eighteen architects had
been employed and forty-three popes
had reigned. The cost of the great
church can never be known with ex-
actness. At the end of the seventeenth
century it had cost $5O,OOO,OOO. with
out including the sacristy bell, towers,
etc. The last important work on the
edffice was done by Pope Plus TX, on
the four hundredth anniversary Of the
birth Of Michelangelo. = New York
American.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
PATRICK HENRY.
A Saint In Religious Matters, but DIT
ferent In Politics.

A Saint In Religious Matters ou' III
ferent In Politics.
The Virginia Magazine OF Hls0ofs
and Biography has a NUMBER OIL ie'
ters by Roger Atkinson, Vlrgini'
-1onter who came from Cumberland
ENGLAND about 1850 and settled near
petersburg To his .brother-in-ia"
samuel Pleasant of Philadelphia, De
writes in October, 1774, concerning VIZ
ginias recently appointed seven uele'
gates to the first Philadelphia congress.
THE spirit of the man Is shreWo, Du'
obviously not reverential:
aye Sd gentleman, Copo washington
was bred a soldier-a warrior, q dls-
+i,,o,1ished himself in early life before
& at We Desth Of ye unfortunate Dut
intrepid Braddock. He is a mooes'
man but sensible & speaks nttle-ln
action cool. like Bishop at his prayer
"The 4th a real half Quaker. Patrick
Henry YOUR Brothers man-moderate
& mild & in religious matter a Saln'
but We very Devil in Polit1cks-a SOL
of Thunder -Boan-Erges-the Pat1otlc
Farmer will explain this-1 know 1t Is
above your Thumbs. He Will snake
We Senate s. Some years ago had ike
to have talked Treason in ye House.
in these times a very useful man, a
notable American, very stern & steady
in his country's cause & at ye same
time such a fool that I verify believe
It w'd puzzle even a king to buy him
off-he's a second Shippen-oh, that he
had the handling Of some of our Court
iervfor instance, was it North or
South-Seotch English or Welsh I've
Door Irish have enough Of it in their
own country our Patrick w'd certain
" be very uncivi-he is no Macaroni"
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
Knew His Dickens.

A third form boy in a city school be-
longs to family of Dickens worship
ers who have kind of Dickens fellow
ship among themselves-read Dickens
round the freside in turns at night,
quote Dickens in all sorts of little "fam-
ily'' catch phrases. The boy Of nine
took his place in the Scripture class
recently, the lesson had been on the
story of Uriah the Hittite, and the form
master was driving it home by close
questioning. And what" he asked,
"was the name of Uriah's wife?" Dead
pause; then the voice of the youthful
Dickens scholar piped, please, sir.
Heepw-London Chrenicle.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
The Waist Came Back,

'The other day hung my prettiest
waist out on the line at the kitchen
window" said the fiat dweller, "after
washed it. Then l forgot all about it,
and when l went to look for it two
days later it was gone. l rushed fran
tically down to the janitress, and we
climbed together over the coal into the
area to look for the waist. lamented
deeply. 1t was beautiful waist. We
couldn't find it. The janitor came
from the next house and helped US
look, but there was nothing doing. 1
came sadly in at the window back over
the coal and ascended to my sixth
story fat.
''The next day looked in the draw
er of my chiffonier and found the waist
there. Say anything to the janitress?
Well. reckon not."-New York Press.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
Circulation of the Blood,

The idea Of some sort of movement
of the blood in man and the lower an
imals was possessed by Aristotle and
other Greeks and by the physicians Of
the Alexandrian school as we'll as by
the doctors and surgeons Of the middle
ages. In fact, even the village BARRIERS
knew Of such movement. But no one,
not even the wisest Of men, had any
conception of a continuous stream re-
turning to its source-a circulation in
the true sense of the word-or of the
functions of the heart as the motor
power of the movement of the blood
until it was demonstrated by Harvey
in 162S.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
WHEN FASTING IS FATAL.
Loss of Weight Below Certain po'nt
Brings Death.


During a long fast the daily loss Oh
weight becomes gradually less ana less.
Death comes when the total loss mas
reached a certain percentage, Whlcn
nercentage varies with the original
weight. Fat animals may lose HALL
their weight, thinner ones perhaps I"o-
fifths.
A man or woman of rather spare
habit weighing 143 pounds, COULD
therefore, lose about ffty-fve POUNDS
before succumbing. Heart action res
piration and blood pressure remain un-
altered during starvation, but the TEN
perature of the body falls nearly de
gree in most cases. The secretion OF
gastric Juice ceases, but saliva and blle
are still formed. The duration OF ll1e
depends upon the extent and activity
of the physiological processes
Children die after a fast OF from
three to five days, during which they
have lost a quarter of their weight.
Healthy adults, however, have TASTED
sixty days when water has been taken.
A German physician notes the case
of a woman, aged forty-seven, who
died after fast of forty-three days,
during which she drank water freely.
Her weight, which was 143 pounds a
year before her death, was reduced TO
ninety-nine pounds. 1t was a case OF
suicidal melancholia, and the woman
patiently carried out her horrible un-
dertaking so quietly as to scarcely at
tract the notice of her family and died
at last calmly and peacefully without
complaint or apparent evidence of suf-
farinp
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in MARYLAND
letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
CATHARINE VIRGINIA MATTHIAS
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de.
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 9Th day of December, 1908;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 5th day Of
May 1908.
MARY E. SHAFER,
may At EXecutrix.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
Curbinq the Suffraaette.

Its all right, Mary he said pa
tiently. go in for politics and stand
for the London county council if you
want to. But remember one thing-the
cartoonists will be after you as soon as
you're candidate"
II don't care"
"And they'll put your picture in the
paper with your hair out of curl and
your hat on crooked"
"Do you think they would do that?'
apprehensively.
NOf course. And they'll make your
Paris gowns look like calico and say
that your sealskin cloak is imitation"
William" she said, 81 think I'll just
stay here and make the home happy"
London Taller. s
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
BANlSHED THE BORE.
A Remedy That Dampened His Ardor
For Sitting.

or SitItNSs
The head of a bureau in an impor-
tant government department has long
been afflicted with q friend who calls
upon him regularly and sits down and
sits and sits and goes on sitting till
assault and battery becomes virtue.
The other day this sedentary bore was
in the full exercise of his functions
when suddenly the official, who had
been scrutinizing him closely, cried: Il
knew it! was sure Of it! Confound
those Office boys, with their tricks on
strangers! They've been putting glue
on your chair again. Hi, Jimmie, bring
a sponge and a pail Of water!' And,
pressing with all his weight on the
shoulders of his victim to keep him
down, he continued: Don't stir; you'd
tear the cloth sure. Nothing is half so
adhesive as glue on cane seat chair.
Here, Jimmie, moisten this gentleman
so that we can get him loose. Don't
spare the water; the cloth won't shrink
or fade" The faithful messenger
obeys, and when the operation is con-
cluded the official conducts the visitor
to the door and bids him farewell, with
the remark: perhaps you want to hur-
ry home and change your clothing, so 1
won't keep you. Goodby, bless you! If
your trousers are spoiled, let me know,
and I'll stop the price Of them out OF
the pay Of the Internal scoundrel II I
can find out who he was, and to that
task I will devote all the energies OF
my lifetime and the whole machinery
Of the government Goodby! The
scoundrel! I thought for several days
past that there was something wrong"
His friend goes like the visions OF
youth, never to return-Argonaut.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
The Letters of Junius."

The vexed question of the real au-
thorship Of the Letters of Junius" has
never been positively settled. Mr. Cha
bots learned work to show that Sir
Philip Francis was the author of the
famous letters, while strong produc-
ton. fails of absolute proof The at
tempt was made to prove that Thoas:s
Paine wrote the letters. but that. too.
failed to convince. The question is
It'll mystery, though the balance OF
the evidence is in favor of Sir Iai.ip
Francis.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
MAY FIRES.
Ancient Scotch Custom Which Involved
Human Sacrifice.

Ancient Scotch Custom Which Involved
Human Sacrifice.
Sir John Sinclairs statistical Ac.
count of Scotland" contains notices of
many old customs, which still contin-
ued to be observed in the Highlands,
though they were even then fast dying
out. From the eleventh volume of that
great work, which was published in
1871 and the succeeding years, we
learn, on the authority of the minister
of Calender, Perthshire, that the boys
Of the township assembled in q body
upon the moors on May day and pro-
ceeded to dig circular trench, leaving
the soil in the center undisturbed, 80 as
to form low table of green turf suf-
fcient in size to accommodate the
whole party
They lighted fire and prepared a
custard of milk and eggs and a large
oatmeal cake, which they baked upon a
stone placed in the embers When they
had eaten the custard, they divided the
cake into as many equal portions as
there We're persons in the assembly
and daubed/ one of those pieces with
charcoal until it was perfectly black
They then placed all the pieces Of cake
together in bonnet, and each in turn
drew one blindfolded, the holder Of the
bonnet being entitled to the last piece.
The boy who drew the blackened por-
tion was destined to be sacrificed and
was compelled to leap three times
through the flames.
Although the ceremony had degen-
Grated into mere pastime for boys, 1t
is evident that it must once upon a
time have involved the actual sacrifice
Of a human being in order to render
the coming summer fruitful Gentle
mans Magazine.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
TO CREDITORS.

This is forgive notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
JEHU B. UTZ,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 18th day of December, 1908;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
May, 1908.
SARAH H. UTZ,
NAV Is At Administrators.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
Legal Advertisements
DATIFICATION NOTICE.
In the Orphans Court of Carrop
County.
A Anril Tow. ,o,.

In the Orphans Court of Carrop
County.
April Term, 1903,
Estate of Henry Garrett, deceaso5
On application it is ordered, tb;s =,
day of May, 1908, that the sale Of Poal Po,d
Estate of Henry Garrett, late Of YEA Ges
roll county, deceased, made bv REM: Jar,
j. Garrett and John E. Garrett, Frosa Fyoosaa
tors of the last will and testament S.a, Of Ss;3
deceased, and this day reported to tSl t5a
Court by the said Executors, be ratiSaS ftS
and confirmed, unless cause be shown -ta ~
the contrary on or before the I'd WoU "
day, 9Th day of June next; provided !.
copy of this order be inserted for tbroaa a
successive weeks in some newsnanos 1oe
printed and published in Carroll co1lntT GHIi
before the 1st Monday, 1st day of inns
next.
The report states the amount of sa1o
to be 100000.
JOHN E. ECKENRODE, (
WILLIAM L. RICHARDS, JUDGES
ROBERT N. KOONTZ,
True copy, Test:
John ]. Stewart,
may 83t Register of Wills,
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
r UMBER AND CORD WOOD
IL AT PUBLIC SALE.

On MONDAY, MAY 25 1905 on the premises
of the undersigned. lately DR.. Clotworthy Brnies
estate. in Carroll county. Md. the road leading
from Taneytown to Westminster. about 2L2 miles
east of Taneytown will be sold at public sale 15.-
600 feet oak boards, plank and scantling. full
edged % cords oak and hickory slab wood, 200
cords oak and hickory wood
credit of three months will be given.
Sale to commence at o'clock p. m. on Monday
May 25. 1908. when terms and conditions will be
made known by
may Is 2t* A. NJ KALBACH.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
More Important.

Tess-Bess doesn't seem so quick to
deny her age as she used to be. Jess
No. She's got very stout lately. Tess
What has that to do with It? Jess
It takes all her time now to deny her
weight-Philadelphi Press.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22

I'm order to close out our stock of Ian
Il robes and horse blankets we will sel
them at less than cost while they last
DOYLE & MAGEE.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
TO CREDITORS.

The creditors of Harvey E. Weant,
deceased, are hereby notified to file their
claims with the vouchers thereof with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Car
roll County within thirty days from the
9th day of May, A. D. 1908.
my84t JOHN M. ROBERTS.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22

MORE than fifty patterns Of Cypress
INLAND Yellow Pine Mouldings and
Castings to select from at
Smith & Reifsnider's
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22

; Doors West Of Herr & BabyIop's Repository
map1 If
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22
Angels Fad.
By ANNA MUNSON.
By ANNA MUNSON.

Copyrighted, 1913. by Associated
Literary Press.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22

JAMES e. SHREEvE J.E. sHREEvE. JR.
Ellicott City Westminster
SHREEVE & SON
DENTISTS
The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-22

DANIEL NJ. MURRAY,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-01
PROVING His Honesty.


"You say you have confidence In the
plaintiff. Mr.. Smlthp
Yes, sir"
estate TO the court, II you please
what caused this confidence"
"Why, you see, sir, there's alters re
ports bout eatln' house men, and
used to think"-
"Never mind what you thought. Tel
us what you know"
"Well, sir, one day | goes down tc
Cooken's shop and sez to the waiter
Walter sez |, gives veal pie.
Well, Just then Mr.. Cooken comes up
and sez he: How do Mr.. Smith? Whai
yc going TO haveT
"'Weal pie says I. Good says he
IN have one tn So he sets down an
eats one of his own veal pies rlghi
afore me-"
"Dld that cause your confidence In
llimg'
"Yes, indeed, sir: when an eatin
house keeper sets down afore his Gus
toners an deliberately eats one Of his
own veal pies no man can refuse &c
feel confidence. It shows him to be an
honest man."-London Scraps,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-01
rombs ~ th. Patrlareha.

No spot In uil Palestine Is SO Jealous
~ guarded as the haram or sacred
area built above the cave where. ac-
cording TO tradition. lie buried the
bodies Of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac
aud Rebecca. Jacob and Leah. This
haram Is lnclosed within n double
wall. an outer one OF Arab workman
ship, dating from the fourteenth cen
tury, and an inner very massive one
with many buttresses. which cornpe-
tent authorities escribe 10 the days OF
the Herods. No Christian or Jew is.
except by very special permission. al
lowed within these walls. The most
the "unbelievers" may ordinarily do Is
10 ascend from the street TO the sew
enth step on one of the staircases be.
tween the walls At spot near the
stair is q stone with hole In II. down
which. II is said, long Bedouin lance
can be thrust Its whole length without
reaching any obstruction. This. the
Jews believe. reaches to the sacred
cave itself, and in its nelghborhood
they assemble every Friday to mourn
and pray, as they do before the wall
OF that other haram--the temple area
lin Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-01

The young ladies OF the NJ. o. b.
club were hostesses yesterday even
ing at six o'clock dinner at which
their gentlemen friends were the
guests. Tae dinner was given at the
Evans farm four milss south of the
city The young ladies' went to the
farm in the afternoon and the gen.
tlemen went down at six O'Clock
An excellent dinner was served after
which the evening vase spent with
cards and music
Those present were: Mrs. Mary
Evans, Mrs. Garberson, Mrs Laura
Dombaugh, Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. De-
Wolfe, DR.. and Mrs Smith, Misses
Dora Nash, Helen Rosenberg, Mar
guerite Krause, Roma Hostetter, Mil
dred Dombaugh, Helen Garberson,
Donna Ruth Crissinger, Stella Ey-
ans, Carrie Cutlery, Hazel Lepper
Mary Pixley and r. G. Lucas, Har-
ry Gillett, James Woods, Ray King,
Lowell CUTLERY, Gus Hogan, Frank
Knapp, Clifford stoll, Harry Cox
Homer Waddell, and Messrs Smith
and Juvenal, of Springfield
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-01
A PHILOSOPHER In a Cyclone.

81 believe In optimism" said the
cheerful citizen, but there is Il limit
even to that saw man the other
cay whose house had been carried
away by cyclone, and he was the most
cheerful citizen in town. Why said.
4 thought you had lost your houseT
"I did lose it, he replied, but thar
wus nobody in II but me at the time,
am thar wuzn't hair o. my head hurt.
The cyclone lifted the house high, all
but the ground floor where ] was sleep
in peaceful in my bed, an hain't
never seen nor hearn o. that house
renee! An, anyhow. ! didn't have any
fire Insurance on 1t an wuzn't able to
put up lightnin' rod, an ef the wind
hadn't took it away who knows but
llghtnin' would "a hit 1t, an I've got
The rheumatism so had couldn't run
in case o. fire. '"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-01
Dream Troubles.

"Once when | was blue" said a busi'
ness man, "a friend told me | was wor.
rylng over imaginary troubles. He
cheered me up with yarn about his
little nephew. This little fellows sis.
ter said one morning:
"'Oh, Gussle, | had such n lovely
dream last night! | dreamed | was al
cake shop. and | had such loads OF
good thlngs-ice cream, pie. strawberry
shortcake. chocolates. jelly macaroons
kisses and lots OF other things besides
The little boys eyes gllstened. lie
smiled with delight.
"'And what was eatingr he asked
eagerly.
"'Oh. you wasn't there. Gussle.'
Then, overwhelmed with sorrow, lit
tie Gussle hid his face In his hands and
wept bitterly"