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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
BARNS FIRED BY LIGHTNING.
Severe Electrical Storm Passes Over
Carroll County.


An electrical storm which did
much damage struck this city Sunday
night about o'clock. There was
quite a good rain in the afternoon,
but this ceased about 5 O'Clock and
it was thought that the storm was
over. About 7.45, however, heavy
clouds began to gather in the north
west, and in a few minutes we were
experiencing the worst storm of the
season, in which rain, hail, wind and
electricity all played prominent parts.
The town itself suffered no damage,
but the county did not fare so well.
At Taneytown the wind was severe
and some corn was blown down. Near
Mount Pleasant the growing corn was
cut by hail. The southern part OF the
county suffered more than any other
section. Four barns were struck by
lightning and burned. The destroyed
barns were those of William B.
Thomas, of this city, on the farm oc-
cupied by James w. Roller, adjoining
Springfield Hospital for the Insane,
near Sykesville; loss $500; insurance,
$3.50. John T. Days, near Sykes
Vile, between Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and Liberty road; loss, about
1900 Thomas B. Gosnell's, near
Woodbine, with wheat and SO barrels
of old corn, and Frank Hale's, in
Freedom district. # M
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
PROPOSALS

Westminster; Md, July Is, 1908.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
County COMMISSIONERS Carroll County
at the County Commissioners office,
Westminster, up to h2 O'Clock noon on
August 8, 1908, for the building of a
new steel bridge across Pmey Falls, at
Piston, near Sykesxille. Plans and
specifications for same are on file at
County Commissioners Office and cam
be seen at any tine. and at the same,
time and place bids will be received for
the substructure. for the above bridge.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a certified check for one hundred
dollars ($100.00, payable to the County
Commissioners of Carroll County, which
will be returned unless the successful
bidder fails to execute a contract, in
which case his check will become the
property of the County.
The County Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids
By order of Board.
GEO. E. BENSON,
GEO. w. BROWN,
]. S. FINK,
Commissioners of Carroll County.
Test:
F. L. Ham, Clerk and Treas.
july II st
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
DATIFICATION NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court of Carroll
County.
Estate of VIM. P. Maulsby, deceased.
June Term, 1903.
On application it is ordered, this 18th
day of July, 1908, that the sale of Real
Estate of VIM. P. Maulsby, late of Car
roll county, deceased, made bv VIM.
P. Maulsby, Jr., Surviving Executor
of the last will and testament of said
deceased, and this day reported to
this Court by the said Executor, berati-
fed and confirmed, unless cause be shown
to the contrary on or before the I'd Mon
day, 10th day of August next; provided a
copy of this order be inserted for three
successive weeks IN some newspaper
printed and published IN Carroll county,
before the LIST Monday, Sd day of Au-
gust, next
The report states the amount of sale
to be $4,000.
JOHN E. ECKENRODE,
WILLIAM l.. RICHARDS, Judges.
ROBERT N. KOONTZ,
True copy,-Test
John j. Stewart,
july 103t Register of Willis.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
NOTIFIED BUTTER.

Usually the blame for notified butter
Is laid to improper sailing, but tests
show that salt cannot produce this re-
suit unless the butter contains an un-
even distribution of buttermilk. If the
butter is free from buttermilk, no mat
ter how unevenly the salt is mixed, the
streaks, or notifies, will not be pro-
duced. When churning is done so as
to make the butter granules the size of
rice grains and these are carefully
washed twice with water at tempera-
ture below 40 degrees, removing most
of the buttermilk adhering to the outer
surface of the granules, no notifies are
obtained. The amount of proteld in
mottled butter is greater in the light
portions than in the darker portions
and is the cause Of the light color, or
notifies. Salt brine does not change
In any wa- the color Of butter fat.
Salt brine as it commonly occurs in but
ter has the power Of hardening and To-
CALLING the proteid particles, the &C
ton requiring several hours for COM
pletion. In notified butter the light
portions usually contain less than the
darker portions. 1t can be concluded,
then, that notifies in butter are due
primarily to the presence and uneven
distribution of buttermilk adhering to
the outer surface of the small granules
and to the hardening and localizing eff
feet Of the salt brine upon the proteid
of the buttermilk thus retained in the
butter. The light portions Of notified
butter owe their light color to the pres
ence of localized proteid. The yellow
or clear portions occur where the
spaces between the butter granules are
filed with clear brine and are com
paratively free from casein compounds
Several hours are required to complete
the action of the brine upon the pro-
teisa of the butter. Notifies in butter
can be prevented by avoiding those
conditions that retain buttermilk In the
butter and observing those conditions
which favor the removal of buttermilk
from butter granules before sailing
The butter granules, as said above
should be about the size Of rice grains
and should be washed twice with wa
ter at q temperature Of IS to 46 degrees
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
He LOST OUT.

We recently noted the case Of a
farmer who had extensive building
plans to carry out which required sew
eral carloads Of lumber. In looking
about for a place to purchase he ran
across the advertisement of a house
wrecking concern Of a distant city,
and, taken in by the glowing descrip-
lions of the different items advertised,
he ordered his material from the cata-
logue house without making inquiry of
his home dealer. After his stuff came
and he had paid spot cash for the
whole bill and freight charges, amount
ing to about 5000, he began to examine
his order and compare it with what he
could have got from the home dealer.
He found that his doors cost him
Sips when he could have got exact
ly the same thing at home for $1.15,
with freight paid. The laths were thir-
ty-two instead of forty-eight inches
long, while dimension stuff, siding,
flooring and finishing lumber, were
perceptibly inferior in quality to like
stuff in the home yards. Added to this
was the handicap of being unable to
return crooked or otherwise defective
material, a privilege that he would
have had had he negotiated with the
home lumberman. The experience
which this farmer had Is not narrated
in the hope that it will be Of any ben
eft to him, though it probably will If
he buys again, but it may cause some
reader who is tempted to do the same
thing to at least figure with the home
dealer before placing an order with a
distant house. And the principle ap-
plies to household furniture, to silk
dresses and sewing machines just as
pertinently as it does to big orders of
lumber stock.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
COWS AND FLIES.

Some years ago the Wisconsin agri-
cultural experiment station conducted
test with a view to determining the
results to be obtained from protecting
cows from flies during the late sum-
mer months. One bunch Of seven
cows was confined during the daytime
In a comfortable stable provided with
screen doors and windows, while a
second bunch was confined In q small
lot provided with abundance Of shade.
Both lots were pastured at night and
received the same kind and amount
of grain feed, together with all the
freshly cut sorghum and green corn
that they would eat up clean during
the day. While the cows confined in
the stable ate considerably more green
corn and sorghum, they lost more In
live weight during the four weeks Of
the experiment than did the cows left
out Of doors. During the first two
weeks Of the experiment the cows kept
in the stable produced 56.7 pounds Of
milk less than during the two weeks
previous, while the cows not confined
showed decrease Of only 40.4 pounds.
The decrease in butter fat was 81
pound for the stabbed cows and 2.16
pounds for those running at large. A
consideration Of the results Of the test
does not seem to show as great an ef-
feet on milk flow from the fly nuisance
as Is generally supposed. .
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
PROPOSALS

Westminster; Md, July Is, 1908.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the County Commissioners of Carroll
and Frederick Counties att the County
Commissioners Office, Frederick, up to
II. 80 o'clock a. M, on Thursday, August
6, 1908, for tine building off two new
Steel Bridges across Saam's Creek at
McKinster's Mill. Plans ana specifca-
lions for same are, ON file at. tine County
Commissioners office. and CAN be seen
at any time.
The County Commissioners reserve
the right to, neject amy or ain bids.
BY order of Board
GRlM EBENSON,
GEO w. BROWN,
j. S. FINK,
Commissioners OF Cann@ll County.
Test:
F. L. Ham, Clerk and Treas.
jnly IT st
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
LEGAL Advertisements.
MO. 4213 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Fannie G. Buckingham, Guardian, ct
al, Plaintiffs, VS.. Edwin N. Buck
ingham ct al, Defendants.
Ordered, this 18th day of July, A: D.
1908. that the Account of the auditor
filed in this cause be finally ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 3rd day
of August, next; provided copy of this
order be inserted for two successive
weeks before the last named day in
some newspaper published in Carroll
county.
True copy, Test:
July 172t DAVID P. SMELsER, Clerk.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
Wages and the Tariff.

A Glens Falls dispatch says: Off
GERS of the International Paper Com
pany have announced a cut of 10 cents
in it's wage scale to go into effect
August 1. Several thousand men In
the company's mills will be affected
That is the concern which proved te
the satisfaction Of a Congressional
smelling committee while ago that
the tarif made the wages of their
operatives high.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters of administration on the Personal
Estate of
SUSAN PRICE,
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 February, 1909;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
July, 1908.
FRANCIS l.. HAHN,
july II 4t Administrator, w. A.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

Reports from one province of Japan
are to the effect that there is at pres
ent growing before temple of Buddha
in one Of its cities pine tree which
is said to be 1000 years old. The tree
was planted in front of the pagoda by
a Jealous devotee as a sort Of perpetual
free will offering. In all the succeed
ing centuries the confer has been
carefully tended.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

A chunk of cotton or soft rag mois-
tened with carbon bisulphide and placed
in the hole of woodchuck or skunk will
put either one out Of business Without
the use of elbow grease and spade. All
but one hole of the burrow should be
plugged up, and the last just as soon as
the dope has been inserted.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
LOOK TO YOUR HEALTH.
BLISS NATIVE HERBS.

BLISS NATIVE HERES.
The Great Blood Purifier, Kidney
and Liver Regulator. Sure Cure for
Constipation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
&c. 200 doses for $1.00. Mailed to
any address upon receipt Of prices.
Also
BLISS NATIVE OIL
for Burns, Cuts, Catarrh, &C.. and
ar. NATIVE BALSAM
for Coughs, Colds, &C., at Is and so
cents per bottle. Not sold in Drug
Stores. Prepared exclusively by the
Alonzo o. Bliss Co., Washington, D. C.
II. B. GRAMMER. Agent,
147 e. Main Street,
Westminster, Nd.
He refers, by permission, to the fol-
lowing persons who have used the Ma
tive Herbs, and testify to their efficacy
as a reliable family medicine.
Rev. P. II. Miller. H. h. Harbaugh,
Joel s. Fisher Mrs VIM. F. Helm,
M. E. Campbell, Jacob +. Elgen.
John e. Eekenrode. Abram /. Geiman,
Joseph S. Witter, Mrs Rebecca Wagner.
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Stoner. Carroll N. Lockard.
ian 3-ly
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

The flock of sheep should be rotated
from pasture to pasture, just as should
corn, clover, oats or other crop to new
land, if best results are to be secured.
Change seems to be the law Of some
forms Of animal as well as vegetable
life
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

There is a vital connection between
pure fresh air in the dairy barn and
milk flow in that fresh air means a
good state Of health, vigorous appe-
tite, together with larger powers of d.
gestion and assimilation. which result
directly in an increased flow of milk.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

An old fashioned hardy rose Of the
double pink variety growing in the
neighborhood in which the writer lives
Is said by old residents Of the place to
have been sending forth shoots from
the same roots continuously for the
past thirty-five years. The rose In
question Is the bush variety and is
never covered.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

A family Of blackbirds which have
nestled in the writer's yard this season.
the location of the nest not being dis
covered until after the young were
nearly ready to fly, have broken up a
robins and a mourning doves nest
and would have treated a catbird' s
nest similarly had not timely assist
ance been rendered. The blackbird
and bluejay are pirates and should be
treated as such.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

The use Of paint is entircl., justifable
not only from the standpoint Of the
looks Of the buildings. but because Of
the protection which is thus afforded
the wood.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

Honesty, integrity and sobriety are
the qualities that are sought after by
employers these days, more stress be-
ing laid upon them than upon prospec-
tive employees mental or physical
qualities or equipment.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

A Texas farmer who is today consid-
cred the alfalfa king Of the world be-
gan growing the legume twelve years
ago on a tract of five acres. Later his
farm contained 100 acres, while now it
stretches over 1,4OO acres. Last year
his receipts from his alfalfa ranch were
100000.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

Time was when most any kind Of
milking and handling Of the milk in the
stable were put up with provided the
cream was handled properly in the
dairy. It's different now, there being a
full realization of the fact that dirt or
odors which get into the milk in the
stable cannot be eradicated in the
churning or process Of buttermaking.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
FRANCIS w. GOSNELL,

FRANCIS W. GOSNELL,
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 10th day of February, 1909;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 9Th day of
July, 1908.
FRANCIS H. GOSNELL,
July 10 1t Administrator.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
Apply TO
DEMOCRATIC
ADVOCATE.

A beautiful set of teeth is absolutely
essential to a pretty smile. Did you
ever netice that people with poor teeth
never laugh? You need not be without
a set of regular natural appearing teeth.
In these days of cheap, but artistic and
scientific dentistry it is your own
fault if you are not possessed of teeth
that beautify your smiles. Visit DR..
Selby's Dental Parlors and learn the
economy of beautiful teeth. Bridge
and Crown Work, Gold, Silver and
Amalgum filling. Full sets Of teeth
made. Broken plates repaired and
made good as new. Painless extracting.
Charges always moderate
DIR. w. J. SELBY,
SO East Main Street,
Westminster, Md.
ElCLLPSE Wall Plaster needs no guar
IL tee, burt Smith & Reifsnfder will
give you one if you desire.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

There are quite a lot Of pretty
good girls from many points of view
who seem to overlook the fact that
when young fellow looks around for
wife he directs his attention to the
one who has sunshine in her heart and
deftness Of hand rather than artificial
bushes or powder on her cheeks. There
is no deception which is so crude and
raw and ill concealed as this. A fool,
running, can spot it at glance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
HOW ir GETS A EoorHoLD.

=
There is hardly town in the north
central states but has alleys or vacant
lots on which grow thrifty patches Of
that worst of all agricultural pests,
quack grass. The grass Is in full head
during the latter part Of June and
early July. Unless it is recognized
and precautions taken the seed is like
" to be scattered on adjoining gardens
or fed, thrown on the manure pile
and put on gardens or plowed land.
When once the seed is in the soil the
mischief is done, and ten stitches will
be required to eradicate it where one
would have sufficed to prevent its
being scattered on the land. Such
patches in town and along the road
sides should be spotted and pains
taken not only to keep them from go
ing to seed. but to kill the plants
themselves. Such small patches may
be easily disposed of by covering with
tar paper for sixty days and putting
earth around the edges. so as to keep
out the light and air.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

Next years raspberry patch will be
in great deal better shape and pro-
duce much more fruit If the tips Of
this years new shoots are shipped off
when they have reached the desired
height. from three to four feet. This
treatment not only makes them less
spindly but greatly increases the fruit
bearing shoots for next year. If al
lowed to grow in their own way some
Of the black varieties, especially the
Older, will attain a length Of ten to
twelve feet.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
THE DIGNITY OF COMMON TOLL


Real worth in living consists not so
much In doing some great work or per-
forming some great service, but doing
the little things and common duties in
a noble and faithful way. The house
wife who performs her routine duties
faithfully and cheerfully. the woman
who washes clothes the best she knows
how and the man who digs bitches or
saws wood, together with the multitude
Of workers in shop or factory, perform
lust as valuable service for their fell
lows as others who may make the laws
or administer them. teach school or
preach the gospel. A doctrine that
needs extensive preaching today is that
which upholds the dignity and sacred
ness of the common toll Of life of what
ever character. Only on such basis
is life endurable and can it be consid-
cred worth the living. for it is the COM
mon work of life that most of us are
destined to perform.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters of administrator on the Personal
Estate of
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

II one does not have hens to con-
sumo the lawn cuttings the family cow
will appreciate a bushel or two most
every night, even If she has had good
feed during the day.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

The habits Of thought and work that
a boy acquires at from ten to fourteen
years are quite likely to be largely de-
termining and molding factors in all
his after life. On this occasion it is
we'll for the parents to give wise direc-
ton in these formative years and for
the boy to take himself in hand with a
view to developing his powers and tai
ents in the best possible ways. The
boy that runs loose and wild during
these years without restraint Of any
kind cannot be expected to develop
into good man any more than a colt
similarly handled can be expected to
make a ractable and valuable horse.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24

A friend who sowed rye last fall on
plot Of ground-several acres-from
which he took a crop Of potatoes the
latter part of September tells US that;
while he pastured this piece well into
the winter and turned his cows on 1t
early last spring and did not take them
OF until the LIST Of May, the stand Of
the cereal Is 50 heavy and the heads
filling SO well that he anticipates a
yield Of close to thirty bushels per
acre. In addition to furnishing good
bite for his stock when green food was
scarce, the putting Of the rye on the
piece Of ground has resulted in keep
ing it very free from weeds. After the
rye is cut he will be able to grow a
crop of buckwheat, millet or turnips.
We believe that rye might be used a
great deal more than it Is in the above
manner and the weed nuisance abated
considerably as n result