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The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 26, 1909
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.


A meeting of the stockholders OF
the Democratic Advocate Company
will be held In the Advocate Office,
Westminster, on Tuesday, March 10,
between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock,
p. m, for the purpose of electlng a
board of directors for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction of any
other business that may come before
the meeting.
JAS. II. BILLINGSLEA,
President
Westminster, Feb 26, 1903.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
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There is a weekly average OF 450
deaths in New York City among
children under five years old.
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Babylon & LIPPY Co.
BARGAINS GALORE
.......N oUR......
HOuSefurniShing Department.

This the of the year the older housekeepers
looking for Houeunshngs and also the time and place
the new house wife to look forth TO the her Kitchen
Dining Room -
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
CARPETS, MATTINGS and LINOLEUMS.

New spring shipments of Carpets and Matings arriving
daily. The line is by far the best received.
70 Rolls Japan Mangs, regular c quality good sevedge
patterns exquisite While they last offer them at 19c
10 Rolls extra heavy Seamless China Mattngs double
wedge edges in Stripes and Checks regular 4Oc quality yard
III Rolls good China Mating worth 19c yd March price 12
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
2Oc WINDOW SHADES. 1lc.

80 Dozen Window Shades full SIZE mounted on good rollers
and guaranteed perfect have them in all coors our March
price 2lc.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
CARPETS.
CARPETS.

Now is the time buy your Spring Carpets We a
offering special inducements for March.
30c Rag Carpet 25c yard
30c Ingram Carpet 22Ac 9"
doc Patent Ingram Carpet 33c
Soc Homemade Rag Carpet 40c
SIPS Administer Carpet -$I15
$1.00 Best Tapestry Carpet 9Oc
60c Yardwde Wool Carpet SOC
Rugs, 39c up
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
LACE CURTAIN SALE.

We offer for 30 days 10 per discount on Lace Curtains
to $3.50 pair.
Remember, soc buys a 81. 90 pair
The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-26
OIL CLOTHS and LINOLEUMS.

During the month of March have arranged TO give YOU
eates bargains in these lines comparison will convince YOU
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-08
P AGAINST HOPE.
By the REV. p. A. HALPIN,
st. Angela's College, New Rochelle,
II "

N. Y.
Who against hope believed in hope.
Romans 4:18.
The most wretched of his species is
the man without hope. He is more
than wretched, he is i~nexcusably
criminal, because an offender against
a divine law which the apostle en-
phasized in his mastery appeal to
the Romans.
To hope and to hope always is a COM
mani so stringent that against hope
we must believe in hope. The words
of st. Paul suggest a picture in which
hope is portrayed supine and gasping,
while ministering faith bends over it
and arouses it into lie and strength
and commanding beauty. A miracle
truly this, but within the power OF
religion and attested by reason and
experience.
That such marvel may be per-
formed-nay, that 1t is not beyond
the reach of any souls solace un-
speakable. 1t means that any one
may bar forever against himself the
gates of despair. 1t Is a trumpet call
for highest courage aid achievement.
1t implies a comman, which If un-
uttered by the Creator would pass by
unheeded. But God wills it, there
fore it can be obeyd. Though it
calls for a fight of hop against itself,
it is not a contradiction nor a para
dox, but carried to its Ultimate conse-
quences it means triumph, it is uni
versal In it's application, bars no man
from it's sway and eliminates no COM
bination of circumstances. 1t enjoins
upon one absolute refusal to surren-
der save to the ineyitble doom of US
all.
Moreover, it finds a response in
mans heart. "Neve say die!" is a
cry as old as the race All the myth
| olegies reflect it. christianity con.
socrates it. The Oh World felt lite
truth; to the Newt was given tc
understand it. On lea and land, on
| every battle field sce the dawn OF
history, has it been leard.
There has never been a mandate
to despair. No natter what the en-
vironment, how dak the outlook,
over and above all ] the inspiration
of hope. What mans voice prevails
against the u~tterance # faith? When
a man says there is d hope, where is
his guarantee? The physician says:
"The man will die with the dawn
the man lives yet. 4 man is in the
clutches of adversely; he has lost his
all; 10! on the fragmnts of his for
tune he builds a colossal independ-
| ence.
History has not chonicled every
hopeful deed. Ships a-many de-
SPARED of have come o port; from
many "last bitches" hive been un-
furled flags of victory.
The hope that Paul seaks of is not
supine but active. 1t PITS heart in a
man as nothing else des. 1t is the
mother of resurrection. God the au.
thor and fnisher of hop be praised!
For from Him comes tie confidence
which says: "There is way out; If
1 cannot find it I will mike it."
This hope, heaven descended, ap-
proved by reason and anctioned by
experience, cannot be bafied. To
hope against hope is theoasis of char.
acter. The truest test { a man is to
hope against hope and O pluck sue
cess out of the very hert of failure.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-08
BURTON SUCCEEDS FORAKER
Legislative Caucus dominates Him
at Columbus, Ohio.
Charles p. Taft, Brother of the PresI.
dent-elect, Withdrew From Con.
test to Defeat Senator Foraker

Columbus, Ohio.-By reclamation
Theodore Burton, Representative in
Congress from one of the Cleveland
districts for fifteen years, was nomin-
ated to succeed Joseph Benson Fora
ker, of Cincinnati, in March next in
the United States Senate. The NOM
nation was conferred on him by the
Republican joint legislative caucus,
and the election will follow on Janu-
airy IL.
Usually Buttons appearances have
not been marked by the enthusiasm
of the crowds. He is reserved in
manner and is lacking in so-called
popular qualities, but when he was
escorted to the Senate chamber to ac-
cept the Senatorial nomination there
was an outburst of applause, and this
was followed by frequent cheers which
interrupted his speech. Mr.. Burton
plainly was deeply touched by the
manifestation of esteem from the leg
islators and friends, and tears glis-
tened in his eyes as he spoke to tho
General Assembly. He said that the
true measure of their success would
be the benefits they could confer upon
the public. He urged them not to be
swayed by i'll considered popular cla-
NOR.
Buttons name was put in nomina-
ton before the joint caucus by State
Senator Matthews, of Cleveland, and
was seconded by Senator Thorne Ba-
ker, of Cincinnati, who was to have
presented the name of C. P. Taft.
The secret of Charles P. Taft's
withdrawal from the Senatorial con-
test became known. and the story is
confirmed by Mr.. Burton, who says
the man who was really responsible
for the action of President-elect Taft
was Frank H. Hitchcock, Chairman of
the National Republican Committee.
When Hitchcock saw that Foraker
would win if Burton and Taft became
tied up, he went at once to Judge Taft
and advised him that his brother
should withdraw from the race.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-08
Sincerity No Safeguard.

1t is more important to be right
than to be sincere. Anan may be
entirely sincere, and vofully mis-
taken; and when he is, his sincerity
helps him very little. The most that
sincerity can do is to Mitigate a tri1e
our moral responsibilityfor our blum
ders; it does not undo he effects of
the blunders. The mar Who sincerely
believes in the soundnes of the worm
out rope by which he let's himself
down from the top of a burning build
ing is not, perhaps, to be counted a
suicide when the rope beaks and the
fall kills him; but his sincerity does
not bring him back to life. A little
more care, on his part, in examining
the rope, might have saved his life.
Too many people count sincerity the
supreme virtue. They pride them
selves so much on theirsincerity that
it does not occur to item that they
may be sincerely mistsken, or that,
if they are, they may ct hurt by it.
They are SO pleased with their sim
certify that they won't AXE the trou-
BILE to investigate its sundness and
basis. Particularly is this true in
matters of religion. But the hour
cometh, and now is, Wien men shall
worship, mo-. only in sicerity, but in
truth: "For such doh the Father
seek to be His worshipes. Sunday
School Times.
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NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Shows Prize Ears of Corn.

Hiram Hitchner, of Elmer, has re-
ceived a prize of $50 for the best
corn raised in New Jersey. He ex-
hibited at the annual corn show
twelve ears of corn that weighed six
teen pounds. Each ear contained
more than 1900 grains. Friends Of
the farmer have been figuring what
those twelve ears of corn would pro-
duce in four years if he should plant
the grains, and keep on planting the
product of those grains for four
years, assuming that the same ratio
held and each grain merely produced
one new ear of corn. There are 49,
900 of those grains now. This year
they would produce 20,280,000 ears;
in 1910 they would produce 26,364,-
000, 900 ears. The crop would be in
creased to 33,273,200,000 ears in
1911, or 43,255,160, 100000, 900
grains, counting 1900 grains to the
ear.
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have no power sver Me-" replies our
Lord, IF 1t we're not given thee from
above.n
Blessed is the man who in every
occurrence. of life preserves in his
heart an unalterable adhesion to
Gods will, through honor and dis
honor. through evil report and good
report, in sickness and in health, In
prosperity and adversely. Blessed Is
he who hears the paternal voice of
God in the thunder of tribulations
that resound over his head. Happy
Is he who has this short but compre..
hensive prayer often in his heart and
on his lips. "Thy will, o Lord, be
donep Thrice happy are they who
can say with the confidence of the
apostle. who shall Separate. us from
the love Of Christ" and d loyal at
tachment to His will. shall tribu-
lation or distress, or danger or perse-
cution or the sword? ] am sure that
neither death nor life nor angels nor
principalities nor powers, nor things
present nor things to come, nor
height nor might nor any other crea-
ture shall be able to separate us from
the charity Of Cod"
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Wife Dead; Hit by Train.

DR.. and Mrs. H. o. Carhart, of
Blairstown, while out driving were
run down by a milk train on the New
York and Susquehanna Railroad at a
grade crossing near their home. Mrs.
Carhart was killed. Her husband
had both legs and arms fractured,
and probably will die. The horse
was killed and the carriage demol-
ished. DR.. Carhart is prominent as a
politician. He served several terms
as County Chairman, and was elected
County Collector of Warren recently.
His wife was a nurse in the Paterson
Hospital two years ago, when DR..
Carhart vas a patient with a broken
leg. An attachment formed at that
time resulted in their wedding last
summer.
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Is Not "Massacre Rock.

The myth of Massacre Rock" in
Eagle Rock Park, Montclair, has been
dispelled by the archives of New Jer-
sey. The big rock, which occupies a
conspicuous position in the park,
bears a sign, Massacre Rock" and
the tradition was that at this point a
band of pioneer farmers and their
families were murdered by Indians.
A Montclair woman who doubted the
story inspired an investigation by
William Nelson, of Paterson, one of
the compilers of the New Jersey ar
chives, and he states that the massa-
ere story is extremely improbable, for
the reason that at the time when the
tragic event was supposed to have oc-
Cured there were not more than a
dozen Indians in Essex County.
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BY CABLE.
Big Brazilian Deficit.

Rio Janeiro, via Galveston, Texas.
In the memorial about the expendi-
lures for 1908 read to the Chamber
of the States, there is a deficit OF 49,
900 contos, in paper, or $1,000 in
gold. The San Paulo papers attack
the Japanese immigration, and say
that most of them leave the farm
work and flock to the cities, thus in
-~creasing the number of the unem-
ployed.
Elections in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia.-The municipal
elections here resulted in a victory
for the Constitutional Democrats,
who elected seventy-nine out of 1873
Councilmen.
Police Kill Slayers Of Prince.
Tilis, Russia.-During a fight be-
tween the police and a band of
brigands on the outskirts of Tifiis two
men were killed. Later they were
identified as the leaders in the muir
der of Councillor of the Empire
Prince Chavodze, who was killed by
robbers and his home plundered on
the night of June 81. 1907.
Chinese Quarter of Cebu Burned.
Cebu, Island of Cebu, Philippines.
"A major portion of the Chinese
quarter of this city has been wiped
out by fire. Part of the foreign busi-
ness district also has been destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $250,000.
Considerable insurance was carried,
but exclusively in British countries.
Four Die in Socialist Clash.
Warsaw, Poland.-Four men were
killed and three wounded in an en-
counter between Polish socialists and
nationalists. The police did not in
terfere.
Cocoa Crop is a Record.
Guayaquil, Ecuador.-The cocoa
crop this season is the largest ever
produced in Ecuador and amounts
to 205,000.0 900 pounds. The price
averages about fifty per cent. less
than in 1907, and this fact has had
an unsettling effect On the financial
situation.
Bubonic Plague in Ecuador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador. - Bubonic
nlague has reapDeared here. Seuaral
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Churns Butter with Auto.

1t has been discovered at Verona
that an automobile can be used as a
butter churn and that the butter can
be churned while the machine is
speeding along the road in the per-
Torrance of other duty. The discov-
erer is Warren Schelling, chauffeur
for Charles Spohr, a dairyman on the
Jacksonville turnpike. 1t is thought
that within six months every dairy
farm in this section of New Jersey
will be churning butter by the auto
process, and that Schelling will be
hailed throughout the countryside as
a great benefaetor of womankind.
Like many other discoveries, this one
was made by accident.
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Neero saved From CHAIR.

Convicted of murder of the second
degree by a jury that was out twenty
hours at Salem, Walter Stockley, col
ored wifeslayer, was sentenced by
Justice Trenchard to thirty years at
hard labor in the State prison. Stock
ley killed his wife last September be-
cause of her in1delity, but it was
brought out at the trial that at that
time he was arranging to marry a
woman in Woodbridge.
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I'M AM PARTS of fhe State.

More than 300 newsboys with
healthy appetites enjoyed the dinner
given by Park Commissioner /. A.
Hall in Paterson.
Justice of the Peace Philip Schmitz,
of Camden, was appointed Deputy
United States Marshal to succeed
Constable Joseph Smith, who re-
signed.
Accused of deserving his wife,
James Joy, of Third street and Jer-
sey avenue, Gloucester City, was held
in 5000 bail by Justice of the Peace
Barr in Camden.
County Physician Scannell, at
Trenton, performed an autopsy on
the body of Giacinti Ricci, who was
electrocuted, and pronounced the
death instantaneous and painless.
The opportune awakening of
Aaron Seitzick probably saved his
family from being a~sphyxiated by
coal gas in their Millville home. A
physician resuscitated them.
Accused of bomharding the store
of Israel Palitz, at No. 303 Kaighn
avenue. with stones, Frank Barrett,
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Fwo-Cent Postage to Germany.
strangles Himself to Death.

Hot Springs, Ark.-With a letter
under his pillow wishing himself a
happy New Year, A. R. Woodford, of
st. Louis, Mo-, was found dead in his
bed, where he had strangled himself
With a cord.
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LATEST News.
BY WIRE.
Mysterious Plague In Mexico.


Ell Paso, Texas.-According to news
from a reliable source from Hermo-
iillo, capital of the State Of Sonora,
Mexico; a mysterious disease Is killing
many people. The inhabitants are
error stricken and are leaving as fast
as possible. The disease in most
Eases proves fatal, the victims dying
IN a day or two after being attacked.
Fwo-Cent Postage to Germany.
Washington, D.. C.-The two-cent
p*etage rate between the United
States and Germany has become OPP
erative. This Government has ex-
dressed a willingness to enter into
similar arrangements with France.
rhe new rate Of two cents an ounce
applies to correspondence sent direct
BY e between the two countries, and
aot to that which is sent through an
intermediary.
Strangles Himself to Death.
Hot Springs, Ark.-With a letter
under his pillow wishing himself a
happy New Year, A. R. Woodford, of
st. Louis, Mo-, was found dead in his
bed, where he had strangled himself
With a cord.
Another Statehood Dash.
Washington, d. c. New Mexico
and Arizona are preparing for anoth-
sr dash for Statehood. This time they
will cooperate, but the effort will be
Tor two States instead of one Presi-
Dent Roosevelt has indicated that he
will use his best efforts to further
both bills.
Murderer's Sentence Suspended.
Olympia, Wash.-After being SEN
fenced to hang, Oscar Bradshaw has
been pardoned by Governor Mead on
condition that he support his parents.
Appeal For Murderer.
Carson City.-In the hope of secur-
ing pardon for M. r. Preston, candi-
late for President on the Socialist La
Dor party's ticket and now serving a
sentence of twenty-five years for muir
Ter, labor leaders are preparing an
appeal to the Boardof Pardons, which
meets this month.
First Wedding in Governors Mansion,
Topeka, Kan.-The first wedding
ceremony ever performed in the exec
ntive mansion here took place when
Miss Anna Hoch, daughter of Gov.
rno e. w. Hoch, was married to
James w. Reed.
Child Reveals a Murder?
Leicester, Mass. "A five-year-old
L -
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The Divine lid.

Elisha on the mounain top, with
an army in wait for hih, seemed in a
p~erilous position. Hi servant lost
heart at once. He cdld not under
stand his masters calnness, still less
his strange reply, "Thk that be with
us are more than th@ that be with
them" Only eyes dvinely opened
see the invisible hostSarrayed on the
side of right and agaitst the forces of
wrong. The courageIof the good in
times of difficulty or fanger is not as
inexplicable as it Sometimes seems,
for in such extremity Gods servants
feel the nearness of unseen helpers,
and know that aihi"c e4~eneth is
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The Bright Side.

Achilles was bemoaning his vulner-
able heel.
ut isn't as bad as though your
Christmas stocking had a hole in it,"
they assured him.
Herewith he cheered up. = New
York Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-08

DIR. Irving B. Hayes Killed by Cars.
DIR. Irving B. Hayes, a physician of
Northampton, Mass, was accidentally
killed in Ell Paso, Texas, while at
tempting to alight from a moving
train. DR.. Hayes was on his way
home after a journey to California,
and was accompanied by a ten-year-
old daughter.
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clad to See Go.

Owners of small pleasure craft at
Burlington are delighted at the with
drawal from service on the Delaware
River of the steamer Fortune, of the
Mississippi "wheelbarrow," of stern
wheel type. While its speed is not
great, canoeists and owners of small
launches declare that it created a
dangerous suction SWELL" that dur
ing the season disabled several small
craft between Trenton and Philadel-
mia
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The Household Budget.

He-"I wonder if We a 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 it, don't you Think"
Puck.
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on the Safe Side.

visitor-.Wel1, son, what will o
be when you grow up"
Tommy Gagged nine)-"A soldier"
visitor-"But you will be in dan
ger of getting killed"
Tommy-'sWholl kill me?"
Visitor-"Wny, the enemy"
Tommy-"Then I'll be the enemy"
Catholic News.
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Brooms Are Going Up.

The price of brooms is raised fifty
cents a dozen, and other advances
will follow. A year ago broom corn
in Illinois sold at 500 a ton. Now
it is worth $110, with indications of
an advance. Some brokers predict
the price will go to $3.50. Three
fourths of the broom factories in the
country are reported to be low in
stock.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-08
SULLIVAN is DIsGRUNTLED.
Says Burns Never Was Champion and
BeIittles Johnson's Title.


st. Paul, Ainn.-John L. Sullivan
was not surprised at the outcome of
the Burns-Johnson fight in Australia.
1.-THE fight come out very much as
/ had predicted" said Sullivan. Even
with his victory over the so-called
champion-though in my opinion
Burns never was the champion prize
fighter of the world-the negro can't
assume that title, for the present-day
fights. They are boxing matches
when padded mitts are used by the
bouts cannot truly be styled prize
contestants.
"I can't see where johnson will be
given a high position in the opinion
of the general American public. I
am of the opinion that the American
public is fast losing interest in the
manly art of self Defense"
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Suicides Destitute Family.

The charitable people of Trenton
have been touched by the condition
of the widow and W little children
of John Minkie, who committed sui
eide because hewas out of work. They
were in an absolutely destitute condi-
ton and were being cared for by a
negress. Coroner Bower has started
a fund for their relief.
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Pointed.

First Drummer-"My firm mad
half a million in 1907"
Second Drummer-'My firm made
more than ten Millions
You must have a very profitable
line?'
'Pins.'-Puck.
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Timely Supplies.

"'Peahs ter me-, Br'er Simpson, yo'
am dom a pow'ful lot OBJ joobilatin'
oveh one po', measly coon"
"'Tain't only dat, Br'er Johnsingl
All done got a fo'-days' job TO mex
week"
dat explanines hit"
"Sho. Now All kin t'row up do
iob.'-Judge.
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The Way.

Blobbs-"The sparrow is a nuis-
ance. 1 wonder how it would be pos
sible to exterminate him2"
Slobbs-"Make him fashionable for
women's hats. - Philadelphia Rec
ord.
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Professor Ito h e0os
"You have beent Essss
in my service, Regina. reward
for your fidelity 1 have de mined a
name the bug 1 recently ID
after you."-Fliegende Blaette
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Blindness.

First U. S. Senator-"What is a
blind p~artisan?"
Second U. S. Senator-HOne who
doesn't know the color of money
Life.
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Robby,s Amenities.

Bobby, did you 1e a piece OF
your cake to little Sam Green?"
"Yessum, but I punched his face
drst."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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So Are You.

''The professor says my bathing
Bnit is rather exiguous."
is that a compliment"
II don't know. I'm going sftsc
the dictionary now."-Kansas citr
Journal.