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The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

671k ACRES, MORE Or LESS,
situate on the Davis road, " mile
southeast OF Bird HIN, improved with
HVTA a two-story Log Weatherboard-
- ed House, good bank barn. all
necessary outbuildings and good or
chard.
Also acres Of field corn, 6 acres OF
sugar corn, 3 acres OF potatoes and 6
acres OF unthrcshed rye.
Also 81 the same time and place All
his personal property, to wit. good
work horses. colts, 3 milk cows. 2i
hogs, Deering binder. grain drill. four
horse wagon. two-horse wagon. hay
carriage and stone bed, spring wagon.
surry, buggy, spring-tooth harrows.
wedding harrow. set OF brecchbandB,
sets lead harness. double set buggy
harness, set Of new single harness,
lot OF collars. brides. lines. saddles.
halters and many farming implements
not mentioned
Also all the household goods and
fixtures, consisting OF 4 beds with bed
clothes complete, 2 bureaus, buffet,
organ, 2 dining tables. lot Of chairs,
carpet. cook stove and cooking uten-
sils, knives, forka. sewing machine
and many other articles.
Good title for all the real and per-
sonal property will be given free.
clear Of all liens and encumbraneeg.
Terms Of Sale: Terms 10 suit pur-
chaser will bc given on the real ca
tate, and for the personal property
all sums under $40 cash. and ali
sums over $40 credit OF months
viii be given upon notes Of tho pur-
ehasera with approved security, bear
Ing interest from day OF sale.
GEORGE w. CARR
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The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
The Basis.

Hell wonder II we can get along
all right.
She-Certainly. We can buy the
auto with the money father left me
and you will surely make enough to
pay for running 1t don't you think ?
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

WTANTED - Experienced man in
w mill, also experienced man in
store. Prefer single men.
HAMMOND BROS,
Hoods Mil. Md
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
All Summer Suits we have
left for Men and Boys
must be Sold.

Every one at a great bargain, and some
at less than half price. AS for instance, we
have about 15 light colored elegant quality SIS
and $18 Suits you can buy for $3.50.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
New Sales Stable Opened

Having opened a Sales Stable in the
rear Of % West Main street, will have
"a at all times a number Of first
n class horses for sale or ex-
Uu-A change. Call and inspect stock
before purchasing.
e. H. COPPERSMITH,
aprA Westminster. Md.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

HERE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN.

II you have pains In the hack, Urinary Bladder
or Kidney trouble. and want a certain. pleasant
herb relief from Women's Ills, try Mother Gray g
'AUSpRAIIAN-LEAF." 1t Is a safe reliable
including inflammation and alterations. MoTHFR
GRAY'S AusrRALIAN-LEAF IL sold BY Druggists or
sent by mail for 80 centa Sample sent FREE
Address, The Mother Gray Co.. lie Roy. N. Y
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

MISSES BUCKINGHAM'S School
1NA Of Millinery, IS w. Oliver Street,
Baltimore, Nd, teaches complete course
for $40. Day and night classes. Fall
season starts now. For further infor-
nation write or call. july 30 81
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1900,
67lE ACRRS, MORg OR LRSS.

at 10 o'clock u. m, on the premise
his farm, containing
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

TIME Reformed Reunion Of Carroll
Il County viii be held at Snydersburg
picnic grove on Thursday. August 10.
They will have band and music and
singing by the choirs Of several churches.
Speaking by ministers Of the church.
All are invited to attend. Rev. Rhoder.
formerly Of Manchester, and Rev. Nor.
ris, Of Silver Run, will be present.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
FOR SALE.

Pair 2-ycar-old MULES. well broken;
guaranteed sound and good workers.
Also fresh Cow. Apply 10
CARROLL S. ZEPP,
July 30 81 Near EaAtvicw.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

The improvements are
2h story BRICK Dwell
large bank barn
with three threahins
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
CUPID AND GHOSTS.
A Vacation In the Country That
Didn't Effect a Cure.
! DONALD ALLEN.

tCopyrignl, 1909. by Associated Literary
Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

Iowa just now has an object lesson
in careless legislation as pointed per-
haps as any which ever came to public
notice. 4 law passed by the recent
general assembly, which had for its OBJ
ject the inhibition of the publication
OF unauthorized versions Of the code.
is found to be so broad as to prohibit
the publication of any law or portion
of a law in the newspapers or their
circulation in pamphlet form even by
state officers, for the information Of
the public.
In Iowa. as in other states. it has
been customary to print in pamphlet
form the school, tax, election, game and
various other portions of the statutes
for the Information of the classes di-
rectly interested in particular laws or
classes Of laws. Various portions Of
the statutes are from time to time
printed in the newspapers for the in
formation OF the public and no one is
so foolish as to believe It the intent
" NHt ltBioldiult " plOhAbtN oNbh
practices. 1t is simply a case of some
legislator who wanted to be sure he
would hit the mark hat he scattered
a charge all over the wide world.
At home the recently adjourned Ne
braska legislature has also given the
state a fine example of halfbaked legis-
lation. Practically all of the law
making business was crowded into the
closing days and bills were rushed
through by wholesale without consid-
Grafton. Numbers of instances of slip
shod composition have already come to
light and 1t is a fair presumption that
the test of operation will disclose still
more. 1t is notorious that many of
the plumbers of the late Nebraska leg
islature are directly chargeable to the
fact the members were too busy seek
ing partisan advantage to devote time
to carefully scanning the contents and
wording of their bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
PERSONAL NOTES.

The Dutch baby is princess of Orange,
that being the distinguished title Of the
heiress apparent to the throne of Holland.
IL Queen Wilhelmina is blessed with a
son he will be prince Of Orange, and his
sister, losing precedence, may regard him
as a lemon.
Worcester, Mass, has a bunch Of whis-
tiers who are very annoying to a dry"
community, and plans for their suppress
sion are under consideration. Official sta
tistics show that the community's whistles
are kept in prime order by an average Of
$50 wet packages a day. Where there is
steam behind a whistle there's sure to be
more or less music,
The St. Louis Globe Democrat answers
Judge McPherson's question, who is
Murphy o. by saying he halls from the
Ozarks, wears blue jeans. the weave Of
local looms, CALAMITY fought the tipping
system of Washington and rescued the Six
teenth Missouri district from the grip of
democratic kidnapers. Murphy is not in
the judges jurisdiction. which is more than
the rest of Missouri can say.
The American who annexed a large part
of the quinine fortune of Philadelphia pro-
poses a tribute to old Ranesis by setting
Up in Cairo one OF the obelisks of ancient
Egypt. King Ramesis was a wonder in his
time, the greatest advertiser and booster
that ever struck the Nile pike. So deeply
was his name craven in the annals of
Egypt that it comes down the ages with
out effort. His name was a guaranty for
the goods.
The German emperor is in the peculiar
predicament III having no less than two
doubles. one, a certain Herr Nitsche, fol-
lows the humble and prosaic calling Of a
chimney sweep. A year or two ago, when
the emperor was staying at a small Ger
man watering place, so the story goes,
a tailor of the locality, suddenly waking
up to the fact that he was rather like his
majesty, had his mustache trimmed ac-
cordingly, copied the style of dress as
nearly as possible and BOLDLY sailed forth
into the town. His reception even ex-
Ceeded his expectations, but the incident
got TO the ears of the authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
A Place to Save Money.

The report of the county comptrol-
Ter for the year 1908, among other in
teresting exhibits. gives the list of es-
tates for which appraisers and witness
fees we're paid for the year under con
sideration %aggregating ~$4,49S.5O.
Aside from the small items going to
witnesses, this hand-out of nearly
$4,000 is distributed to parties Sc
lected by the county Judge to make
the appraisement of estates going
through probate as a basis for the as
sessment of the inheritance tax.
While the probate business of 1908
embraced several large estates, the
prospects are that the number of es-
tates to be appraised will be steadily
increasing and that the aggregate of
appraisers fees will grow rather than
diminish if the law is left as it is.
This suggests thai the law ought to
be changed so as to provide an official
appraiser for these estates, drawing a
salary commensurate with the service,
which at any rate would not exceed
$500 to So 900, and would save to
the taxpayers several thousand dollars
a year. II would also save the county
judge from the constant pressure for
appointment as appraisers and from
the charge of discrimination as be-
tween applicants for these soft jobs.
1t is even possible that the work of
appraisers could be devolved upon n
of the deputy county attorneys with
out any additional expense whatever
inasmuch as it is we'll known that
these deputies are by no means over
worked and ought to be capable of
performing these additional duties
without seriously interfering with the
other demands upon them for official
service.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
AN ENCOURAGEMENT of RICHES
Dimension of the snap Enjoyed by a
Coal Road.
Springfield Republican.

springfield hepuDlCdn.
The Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
railroad appears to be the only one of the
anthracite roads, excepting the Delaware
q Hudson, whose status quo is disturbed
greatly by the supreme court decision in
the commodities case. 1t mines and sells
coal directly or without the agency of a
subsidiary corporation, and under the de-
cision may feel itself forced to hand over
its mines to some coal company, either of
its " organizing and ownership, or
otherwise, Notwithstanding its possession Of
a special charter. on the first news of the
decision somebody sold a block of Lacka-
wanna stock fifteen points below the last
previous quotation, but the stock recovered
the loss. And, indeed, the decision ought
to be regarded as highly favorable to that
company in helping it out of a veritable
embarrassment OF riches. This is by all
odds the richest considerable railroad prop
erty in the country. 1t pays dividends of
~ per cent on the stock, and is earning
about 30 per cent additional before expendi-
lures on permanent improvements have
been made from earnings. Its stock sells
at 1870 per share. 1t is out of debt, its
capital stock has not been increased since
1876, when it stood at 80, 200, 900, and the
flowing in Of surplus earnings to build up
the property has gone on so generously
that many stockholders feel that the road
can afford TO spend less In that way for a
while, and more on dividends. But more
than 20 per cent dividends might attract
hostile public attention, and a stock divi-
dend would have a worse public greeting.
Yet it is to be observed that the roads
comparatively small stock capital was not
all contributed by original investors, not
by any means, From 1854, when il first
began 10 pay dividends, down to 1870, the
road watered its capital frequently through
stock dividends, paying, for example. 10
per cent in stock in 1863 and again in 1866,
and 20 per cent in 1864, II has paid some
sort of a dividend every year since 1854,
and the average up to 1896, when the rate
became 20 per cent, was not far below 10
per cent. The segregation OF its coal prop
critics may easily be made the means of a
very rich melon-cItting or distribution
among stockholders of a large body of
surplus assets.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
How We Have Grown.

Some late figures given out by the
Department of Commerce and Labor
are of interest as showing the growth
of the United States in many ways and
an indication of future possibilities.
OF our entire population one-third live
in the original thirteen states and fully
~one-quarter in six of these states. One
third live i'm the territory originally
a part of the United States but un-
settled at the time of the formation
of the government. This leaves the
other third distributed over the vast
area comprised of Florida, the Louisi-
ana purchase, Texas, the strip secured
As a result of the Mexican war, Ore
gon and Washington and the small
Gadsen purchase.
A glance at the great extent of the
| acquired territory, together with a
knowledge of its immense resources
which now contains but one-third OF
the population of 5000. 600 will give
I some idea of our possibilities for fu.
ture development. Those possessed Of
even limited information know thai
| the great west contains the resources
TO sustain millions more of people and
| hat those have hardly been scratched
A survey of the development within
the forty years since the first transeon.
tinental railroad was completed be
wilders even the optimist in his de,
sire 10 fathom the future. With tht
development of the latent possibilities
OF the vest must also come additions
TO the population and Industry of tbs
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
Talk of Tariff Conferees.

With the time approaching when the
tariff bill will go to conference be-
tween the two houses for the final
compromise the makeup of the con-
ference committees is a matter of
much interest. Who will be appointed
the men who have their naming and it
is doubtful If even they have as yet
determined definitely. Two of them,
OF course, can be singled out with rea-
sonable deiniteness-Aldrich in the
senate and Payne in the house by rea-
son of their positions as the head of
the committees of the two houses
which framed the bill, for all prece-
dent is in line with their appointment.
In scanning over the list of those who
have had previous service on such
committees it is apparent there is a
paucity OF this class in congress. The
following is a list of the conference
committees commencing with the Nc
Kinley bill.
Mckinley Bill, 1~s9O-Senate: Aldrich,
Sherman, Allison and Hiscock, repub-
licans; Mcpherson, Vance and Carlisle
democrats. House: Mckinley, Payne and
Dinghy, republicans; Mills, Mcmillan and
Fowler, democrats.
Wilson Bill, ls94-Senate: Voorhees,, Hsr-
ris, Vest and Jones Of Arkansas, demo
Gratis; Sherman, Allison and Aldrich, re-
publicans. House: Wilson, Mcmillan, Tur-
ner and Montgomery, democrats; Reed
Burrows and Payne, republicans.
Dingley Bill, 1s97-Senate: Aldrich, Plat
Of Connecticut, Burrows and Jones of Ne
yada. republicans; Vest, Jones of Arkan.
sas and White of California, democrats
House: Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins and Gros
yenor, republicans; Bailey, Mcmillan ano
Wheeler. democrats.
OF these Aldrich and Payne are the
only ones now in congress who have
served on all three of these commit
tees. All their associates on the Nc
Kinley committee are either dead Of
retired and all on the Wilson commit
tee except Burrows, who has since
been transferred to the senate. o
the Dingley committee there remaini
Burrows of the senate and Dalzell o
the house and Bailey, who at that tint
was in the house.
The system of seniority which pre-
walls in the senate and to a considera
BILE degree in the house is likely, how
ever, to give the older. members
potential representation in the commit
tee. The president, however, is ia
more likely to be consulted at thi
stage of the legislation than at an.
other and it is here hat his infiuenc
may be felt in moulding the bill into
form to satisfy the demands of tn
country as far as divergent and con
aicting interests will permit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
A IDEA.
Teaching the science of Improved
Seed and Corn Grow ing.
Washington Post

washington Post.
The following from an eastern publication
is an account of a practice adopted in some
of the co1n-growing states of the west that
promises more material advancement and
prosperity than any enactment Of congress
Through the schools of a number of
western cOrn-growing states boys and girls
are stimulated by prizes to plant little
patches of corn. Out of each community
where an exhibit is held. ten prize-winning
ears are sent to the county Exhibit. The
best ten there are entered in a state show,
and then the states compete. The final
winners are sifted to the best one ear in
the whole United States. Scientific interest
in agriculture Is growing, II is one finger
post on the road from the city to the
farm"
The best ear OF last years crop was
grown in Indiana and brought under the
hammer enough to buy a farm in a good
corn region. The prize is won was munifi-
cent.
AS much attention ought TO be given to
the improvement of seeds as is bestowed
on the Improvement of live stock, 1t can
be done at infinitely less cost and the re-
sulting advances would be AS great. What
with bad roads, weak and infertile seeds.
the ravages Of insect pests, the inroads Of
n~oxious weeds, thriftless cultivation, faulty
harvesting, and careless garnering. our
farm crops. immense as they are in gross
and vast is the sum they fetch. yield to
the husbandman less than one-fourth what
I they should.
A yield OF thirty bushels of corn, fifteen
bushels OF wheat, 800 pounds Of tobacco,
and half a bale Of cotton to the acre ought
TO be a disgrace to the farmer. for with in
telligence, the best utensils, energy. and in
dustry IT is as easy to harvest 100 bushels
OF corn from an acre OF ground as fifty
bushels. York county. PENNSYLVANIA, is not
the best corn region In the union by a long
shot, and vet the agricultural papers tell OF
a farmer there who gathers annually more
than thirty-five barrels Of five bushels
each. TO every acre he plants TO corn. The
same methods adopted In Iowa or Missouri
would produce forty barrels, or 900 bushels
to the acre. This Pennsylvania farmer has
been improving his seed corn for thirty
years, and he plants a field of corn but
once in seven years, though he is fortunate
in owning many fields and grows a crop Of
corn on some one Of them yearly.
II this idea prevails Of improving seeds,
and il becomes general. within a decade the
yield of corn per acre will be double what
It is.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

states to the east which have by no
means reached the maximum OF their
power Of expansion.
1t is not alone in population that
the growth of the country has been
phenomenal. Postal receipts, which
are a fair reflection Of the business of
a nation. have increased from 5 $1,000
600 in 1920 to S191.5OO. 600 in 1908.
1t is a wonderful story of the carv-
ing of a great nation out of a wilder
ness and still those who have gone
before and those of today have left
plenty for their successors to do.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
A Spasm of Virtue.

We are glad to know that our amia-
BILE democratic contemporary, the
World-Herald, has suddenly under
gone a spasm of virtue which permits
it to see in Omaha something worth
praising.
discovered that a lot of reforms have
been accomplished in Omaha, more
particularly in the administration of
the police departments, although it
would have people overlook the fact
that the credit for all these improve
ments belongs to the republicans and
not to the democrats,
For the first time in years the
World-Herald admits that the police
records will bear III the statement
that there are few cities in the United
States as large as Omaha with less
crime and public disorder" Until a
few months ago the control of the po-
lice department in Omaha was charge
able to the republicans, through police
boards appointed by republican gov
ernors, against which the World
Herald has been most constantly
knocking. Until now, in its view,
nothing connected with the police de-
partment was going right and every
thing was going wrong.
We hope the World-Herald's spasm
of virtue will last over night.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11
SWEET YOUNG MOTHERHOOD.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record Herald.
| saw a sweet young mother where
She sat and gazed through dreamy eyes
Her brow was free from lines of care,
The signs she sighed were happy sighs;
| noticed when our glances met
That she was blessed With many charms,
That gladness filled her breast, and yet
She fingered there with empty arms.
How sweet ! thought, lis motherhood,
What grace ii lends, what JOY 1t bings!'
She smiled as one who understood,
And seemed an angel without. wings;
In fancy / could see her bend
Above her little one, to pray
That watchful fairies might attend
And gladly guard it night and day.
The fair young mother turned to me
And lightly spoke and sweetly smilec
When eagerly and earnestly
| asked about her precious child;
81 hope" she said, its thriving still,
| haven't seen II lately though;
I'm sure that II 1t should he i'll
The watchful nurse would let me know.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

Washington Star.

doVIHB TUU oIdT.
Honors are easy-or should be-between
Mayor Dahlman and Mr.. Bryan. The for
mer wanted the gubernatorial nomination
Of the party last year, but failed to get it
because of the refusal Of the latter to sup
port him. Mr.. Dahlman has now been re-
elected mayor Of omaha without Mr.. Bry-
ans assistance. The temperance issue en-
tered into the mayoralty campaign. and
Mr.. Dahlman stood for what is called a
liberal Interpretation Of temperance laws
and regulations, Mr.. Bryan is rated as a
strict constructionist Where is Mr.. Dahl
man likely to land in 1912, when the John
sons and the Harmons and the Marshalls
are embattled against the Bryanites?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

A socialist preacher by the name of
Alexander Irvine has broken loose in
New York against Carnegie. Wonder
II this is the same Rev, Alexander IT.
vine who hourished here in Omaha for
a brief period some years ago and left
for the good Of his health when his
false pretensions were shown up by
The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

In choosing his title the new sultan has
nine recognized spellings of the name OF
1.-THE prophet from which to select.
Mohammed, Mahomet, Mahomed, Muham-
mad, Mahmoud, Mehemet, Mehemmed.
Mehemed and Mehmed all refer to one and
the same historic character. Turkey has
had four sultans bearing the name Mo-
hammed, one of them the conqueror OF
ConstantinOple and one Mahmoud. The new
sultan's suffix, v, indicates that II he
bows to simplified spelling he still adheres
to the traditions OF the great name Of
Mohammed
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

Every year We are making of this
metropolis of Nebraska not only a greater
Omaha. but a better Omaha, than it was
the year observation-disclosures
Here's a platform on which we can
all agree. Some of us think we have
not done quite as well as We might
have done, hut we all have hopes that
we will go further forward, and at any
rate not go backward.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

Colorado is undertaking as never
before the development of its agricul-
tural There is more gold
in the farms than there is in the
mountains and that is saying consider
able in a state like Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

For his indictment of the corpora
ton end of the late democratic legisla-
ture Representative Taylor of Custer
is getting no sympathy or
ment in the democratic newspapers.
The democratic reformers in Nebraska
spell reform with a big r only while
they are in a minority and without re-
sponsibility.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

The New York supreme court has
decided that verbal betting is not
gambling within the meaning of the
law, Is it possible some of the judges
have had experience collecting that
kind of bets?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

A st. Louis woman has brought suit
for divorce because her husband could
not make good biscuit. Any man who
has so far neglected his opportunities
for an education as not TO learn how
to make good biscuits is not entitled
to have a wife, But, then, some peo-
pie never can measure up to their OPP
portunitieS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-11

The new sultan of Turkey has
taken the sword. which is the cere-
mony OF formal induction into his Of
flee. He will be fortunate if he later
escapes having it applied where ii has
struck many of his predecessors.