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The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
MARYLAND MEMS.

Charles Porter, Of Cumberland, COM
mitted suicide yesterday BY shooting
himself.
Charles Benner was shot and 6erl-
ously wounded late Saturday night
ia front OF the house OF his hrcther-in-
law. Matthias Spong, In Sharpsburg
An unidentified man, about 50 years
old, was struck by q yard engine and
killed III the Hiilen yards Of the West
ern Maryland Railroad in Baltimore
Tuesday morning.
Daniel Anderson, colored. who was
put Ia Jail last Saturday for an at
tempted assault on Mrs. Martha Rob
inette, near the West Virginia bridge
attempted suicide.
William r. Murbach, Of Baltimore
who swallowed half O toothpick near
| ly a month ago, died Saturday morn
| ing at the Biedler-Sellman SanitaT-
Jun, Of blood. poison.
Charged with embezzling money
from the washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Line, Robert Sim
clair Moody, also known as William
Il. Ellis, a conductor on that line, was
arrested last week.
Isadore Spector, years old, son q
Dr. Boris NJ. spector druggist Of
baltimore. was knocked down by q
horse driven by Robert Montague, on
"Wednesday and received injuries from
which he died shortly afterward.
Two children of Hosa Webster, q
prominenf merchant OF Deals island,
are dead as a result, Il ID Thought,
Of ptomaine poisoning. caused by eat
ing canned ham, and other members
OF the family are now in critical
condition
Richard E. Smith. baltimore, a re-
tired pilot and watch for the Balu-
more, Chesapeake aad Atlantic ital-
way Company, was arrested alonaay
on the charge Of stealing blankets
and bed linen valued at ABOUT $50
from the company
John II. England, aged ~ years
died suddenly Tuesday morning AZ
hIa home, on the Belair road, haspe-
burg. while his mother was reading
an account OF the restoration OF the
Kidnapped boy, Willie Whitln. 70 nus
parents in Pennsylvania.
While testing new stump puiier
on Saturday, william w. Downes, q
Masseye. was instantly killed. lie
wac In n orchard. and while uprooting
tree a chain Ia the machine, %
which had been h!tched g team q
horses, parted IN the center and the
broken end iew back striking Downos
In the breast
George J. ciautice, retired SER
geant of police, and his wife, we're
attacked al their home, near Park
vile. In Baltimore county, on Thurs
day by John I.eubccker with q briar
hook and seriously injured. l.euheck-
1r declared he was the second Christ
He said he would Kill Mr.. Clautlce,
If ha did not admit that he waa the
second Christ, and before the ex-AeF-
geant could reply Iyeubeeker made bis
attack.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
GUN TWO SENATOR'S.
Placed en- q Number Of the Leading
Committees.

Washington. March 22.-Maryland's
two Senators fare well In the distri-
button OF Senate committee assign
ments, which were announced during
the short session which that body held
today.
Senator Rayner is reassIgned 10 all
eight OF the committees upon which
he served during the Sixtieth Con-
gress. as follows:
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Education and Labor.
Expenditures In the Department OF
Justice.
Geological Survey
Industrial Expositions.
judiciary.
Pacific Island and Porto Rico.
Transportation Routes TO the Sea-
board
These are all good committee as
signments. but the one which Mr.
Rayner cares most about Is the Com
mittee on the Judiciary. one OF the
most important big committees of the
Senate, because 1t is the legal adyi.
sorry body OF the Senate, TO which
questions OF constitutional law are
referred for consideration.
Senator Smith. OF Maryland, also
has eight good committee assign.
ments, enc more than during his ser.
vice In the last Congress-. The com
miLtees to which he has been appoint
ed are as follows:
Canadian Relations.
Coast Defense.
District of Columbia.
Expenditures In the Treasury De.
pertinent.
Interoceanic canals
Irrigation and Reclamation OF Arid
Lands.
Naval Affairs
Printing.
His new committee assignments In
this list are the Committees on In.
teroceanic Canals and Printing, anc
In receiving these places he gives uI
his place on the infinitely less import
ant Committee ON the Investigation o
the Condition of the Potomac River
Front Thus, between the assign
ments which both OF Maryland's Sena
tors receiye.the State win have stroni
representation on a number of ths
leading committees of the Senate,
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
GROWTH or alaska.
MIheral wealth u Territory Has Not
Been Scratched.

Il expect 20 live long enough 70 see
Alaska have 100000 Inhabitants, de-
rlared Mr.. John " Ballhine, VINO
lives part OF the year In that terri
tory and part AT Seattle. where ne y
man OF influence and prominence, ~
the Stafford Hotel Mr. BailAine ~
founder and owner of the thriving
town OF Seward. which be thinks ~
certain of being 10 Alaska what Ban
Francisco 10 70 the Pacific slope. He
also owns and edits the Daily Gate
way, OF Seward. being an able news
paper man and he III deeply interested
Ia constructing o railway from bis
town TO Fairbanks. 4S2 miles 10 the
northwnrd.
III Alaska" continued Mr.. Bnilalne,
were populated as thickiy aA the
scandinavian countries Of Europe u
would have over 10000. 900 people and
/ maintain 81 could support that num~
ber aa easily and comfortably ~ Nor
way. Sweden and Denmark support
their present population OF 100000.
Alaska has four times the arabic land
Of these countries. and It's great wall
leys will az no distant day be trans
formed into productive farms and stock
ranches. The mineral wealth OF the
territory hasn't been scratched, but I
forbear to speak OF that lest seem
TO exaggerate. IL Is subject. how
ever, about which exaggeratinn Ia all
most impossible Ia the mere item Of
coal we have enough for the worlds
indefinite consumption and Of quail
ity equal 20 Pennsylvania best.
~ 4 A..
nearly like that OF Glasgow. Scot
land, the year round. We have a dis
tr1ct that contains an average Of 1000
people and the town has watcrworks.
electric lights and other up-to-date
facilities. In the entire territory
there are IL daily newspapers =
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
Newspaper Work.

The girl or young woman who de-
sires to take UP newspaper work
should begin with a small publication
and start on the lowest round The
writing Of personals for county pa
pers is 0 good beginning and leads up
to gathering and writing general news
items. A woman writer must possess
q goodIy amount OF versatility and
have great endurance. Women report
ers should be carefully and never
flashily dressed. They require q
good, dark jacket suit, street hat,
good gloves and shoes Az a rule
women reporters meet with fewer re-
buffs than men, but they usually fol-
low line Of newspaper work to
which the public cater. and the field
Of work Is enjoyable A wide awake
reporter can earn from sf2 TO $36 q
week, but the average Is s18 or less
GDeciai writer's for Sunday magazine
Papers make, on an average. S. Z
column. Different papers pay yar5a
Ing prices.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
PUBLIC SALE
oF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

Tho undersigned having bought larger farm.
viii sell at public sale. on
MONDAY. APRIL THE sth. 1904
At 2 o'clock D. M. on the premises my very val
uahie property containing
IL ACRES or LAND, MORE OR LESS.
and frontlna on the road leading from Springfield
HOSPITAL to Freeaom, and adjoining the lands Of
Miss Betty BArrek and Jeremiah Fiohr. The hINA
huildinnN consist oe 3 room house With Nn5N
cellar and aarret; stable Tor hefgeB and zsaAA
cown with buggy and wagon shed. and other out
buildingni well q Eooo water at kitchen door
and water cpuvenient to basnyard. A young or.
Ing 70 bear.
Tertps pf Saia One hundred dollars cash Oh
day II SALE ffeQin % days, balance can remain II
intef4Nf fensu day ~ sale payable aemintnunily o.
IN SAah At TIE eption of the pVrehnser. pcsses
hion aiven q house April z6th y the land anqr
= a. HxGiELER ssks81siIs. nd.
mHt "a Il =. w. b#ffah ANf5ionest
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
Annual Public Sale.
- HORSES. MULES. cows.
l VEHICLES. Etc.

The undsralgned will cell AZ puDile nale. At his
stables IN Reisterntpwp, Nd. - 10 O'clock .. n.,
sharp. on
WEDNESDAY MARCH q. isoa.
90 head Of Horsea Mefcn and Mules. consisting Of
r1ann fine Breed Mares. weighing from 1900 %
1900 iha.. some good drivers eRdders and leaders
and come general utility animals; several paira Of
fins Mules Of eood alxef fast Pacing Mare. This
stock has al hean selected with great care ID
suit the horse-upinR public, ANY one wanting q
horse for any pufpo4s viii do wen 70 attend thin
full Kparantea given with uycxr hornc and mnla
. head Of Mich Cown with calves hx their uide
Surrey, z Ton Buggieas and many other articles
not utnntioned
Terms - credit cf moniha WIN be given On
approved nolna hcsrinG Interest from day 81 sale
Nothing 20 b. renoved until terms Of aAla ar,
enmplicd with. No poatponamank on nccpunt ol
the weather. r. II. GOODWIN.
mar 26 IL Caleb s. Hobba. Auct.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
The HourgIass.

Instead Of being obsolete and SIM
ply an interesting relic, the bourglass
In various forms Is a twentieth CEN
tufy necessity. A machiniat author
ity points out that for such purposes
as timber, hardening and tempering
heats In twist drill manufacture,
where seconds or minutes must be
gauged accurately. nothing serves like
tho h0urglass with the right amount
0f Sand. Accuracy to fractions of d
second can be had much more easily
than By watching the hands IL O
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
TheDemOCPaIiC Advocate
WESTMINSTER, MD,

TERMS 81 20 per year; 60 cents for aix months
and % cents for Tires months Single copies5 cqmt4
ADVERTISING RATES. One square 6 ltres}
win be inserted tln1es for SI00 and 25 cents for
each subsequent insertion, One square nonthn,
$500; montha IS: 10 months. S.. Business ear1e.
not exceeding lines IS per year. When the
number Of insertions II not marked advertneuenta
viii be continued until forbid and charged accord
inKly Yearly advertisers must contine advertise
ments to their own business Rule and Figure
Work double price. Business Locals 10 cents po1
line. Marriages and deaths Inserted free. Obit-
uaries and Personal Communications cents per
line.
One column one year 500. half column $50;
quarter column $40 Monthly changes allowed
without extra charge. Extra changes win ba
charged for as follows - Column advertisements,
76 cents each; half column. 30 cents: quarter
column. 25 cents Advertisers desiring changes
should notify the Office by Tuesday noon.
Yearly advertisements $500 per inch, for more
than inch per year: $500 per inch for months
and SIC per inch for 3 months.
~ All correspondence with this Office should be
addressed to THE ADVOCATE"
Entered at the Postofice. Westminster, Mary
land. Second Class Matter.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

IN tse Orphans Court of Carroll
County
February Term, 1909.
Estate Of John Mnus, deceased.
On application. II 10 ordered. this 2srd
day of March, 1909, that the sale Of
real estate Of John Maas. late Of Car
roll county, deceased, made by John y.
Maua and J. Harvey Mauz, Executors
% the last viii and Testament Of said
deceased, and this day reported % this
Court by Tho said Executors. BE- ratified
and confirmed. unless cause be shown 10
the contrary on or before tho 9TH Mon
day. 2Ith day of April. next; provided q
copy OF this Order be Inserted for three
successive weeks In some Newspaper
printed and published In Carroll county.
before the Bird Monday, 10Th day ~
April, next.
The report statns the amount Of sale
70 be si3. 10000.
JOHN Il. ECKENRODE.
WILLIAM Il, RICHARDS. Judgca
ROBERT n. KOONTZ,
True copys--Test:
John ]. Stewart,
mar2B at Register of Wills
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
Mo. 41ss EouITY.

In tho Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Joshua w. Herring. Executor Of gallie
L0ngwell, deceased, W. RI. Rev.
paret. ct al.
Ordered this 26th day Of March. Al.
d., 1909, that the account Of the Audi
Tor fled IN this cause be finally ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the con-
trary thereof be shown on or before the
18th day Of April. next provided a copy
Of this order be inserted for two success
sive weeka before the last named day In
some newspaper Published In Carroll
county.
DAVID P. sMELsER, Clerk.
True copy. Test:
mh 26 * DAVID P, SMErsER, Clerk.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

Silence IN the conrt! tbundered
the Judge. and the laughter died away.
Mr.. BailIff,g continued the inetrnc-
tions from the bench, eject the next
man who deiioa the law Of gravity -
PhiIndelphia Ledger.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
SALE or BUGGIES

Public Sale Il BuGGrEs. HARNESS. and
CREAM SEPARATIONS.
SATURDAY April. ., 4 u. NJ. SHARP
AZ Covers lstosk Yards. Wegntsster. Nd.
mar % i D. W.sGARNER.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

A prisoner In the Honse Of carrec-
prisuners N the inasitution. All ware
gaecinnted The victim of fhe disease
i iu The pest house
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

Quarrel not at ali. No man who
resolves to make the most Of hlmself
can spare time for personal conten-
ton. Still less can he afford 10 take
all the consequences, including the
vitlating Of the temper and the loss
OF seif-control. Yield larger things
to which you can show no more than
equal right. and yield lesser ones
though clearly your own Better give
your path to dog than be bitten BY
him ID contesting for the right Even
killing the dog would not cure the
blfe.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

Use Carey's Magneeia Roofing, abb
~ solutely fire propf, stood the test
IN the recent fire Of Alhangh q Babylon
Grocery Co Sold BY WESTMINSTER
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

Milly--And how does your brother
take married life7 yiIly--He takes
It according 10 directions. Hts moth
er-in-laW lives with him. Illustrated
Biss.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

In memory of my beloved husband. JAnEn s.
knA1lKf1H, who died two years ago today. March
=. 1907
IN the home Of fadeleas beauty
He Is now q spirit star.
Dwelling in the holy city
With the Rate Of fold aiar.
There beside the pure and spotiea.
He has joined the angel hand:
Wearing crown upon his forehead,
And bearp a harp within bis hand.
bx Bls WIPE AID CIlIlDnEN.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
THE MILLINERY.

We viii not attempt to describe the Millinery we only
have TO say come and see there will be style suited to
every taste.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
MILLINERY, WAISTS, SKIRTS, MUSLIN
UNDERWEAR AND SPRING SHOES
AT OUR
Westminster and Manchester Stores
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
APRIL /, 2 and 8.
Ihe latest creations will be shown embracing newest mos
attractive and practical goods this seasons styles

Miss Bessie Brannock, Mliner of great skill and
experience just returned from the centres Of fashion, will
have charge Of millinery department at our Westmin
ster store ably assisted by Misses Robertson and Stone
who have been with us several seasons
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

VIZ ANTED Two good, sober, reli-
wv able men to sell lightning rods.
Address w. b. SMITTEN,
mar rs st Winfield. Md.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

Miss Bxler will again have charge Of the Millinery at
the Manchester store and will again welcome her many
friends
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26

= Nd but lovin9 remembrance cf our dear
father WILLIAM JoHN Bicda. Who departed thia
life two years ag0, March 70. 1907
Loved 10 life. IN death remembered
BYL2n. AND T. Il. pfoos.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-26
THE WAISTS.

Very attractive models Of messaline white and ecrl
lets, batiste madras and lawns, all moderately priced
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-06
CHAPTER XN

EF Kirkwood had paused to morallze
 upon the discovery, he would have
 laid it all at the door of his lucky A star and would have been wrong We who have never stopped to petty larceny know that the oars had been placed there at the direction of his evil genius bent upon facilitating his descent into the averlllls of crime
 Unhitching the painter. he set one oar against the gunwale of the boat and with powerful thrust sent his own 0et us so call it for conveuience) stern first out upon the river. then sat him composedly down. fitted the oars to their locks and began to pull straight across stream. trusting to the current to carry him down to the Alethea. He had already marked down that vessels riding light and that not without glow of gratitude to see IL still aloft and in proper juxiaposition to the river bank. proof that il had not moved
 He pulled q good oar. reckoned his distance pretily and. shipping the blades at just the right moment. brought the little boat in under the brigaDtine's counter with scarce jar An element of surprise he held essen
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-06

Mrs. Hallam sat within. He could see her profile clearly silhouetied against the light She was bending forward and staring fixedly out of the window across the driveway. Mental ly he calculated the direction of her gaze. then moved away and followed it with his own eyes and found him self staring at the facade of third rate hotel. Above It's roof the gilded letters of sign. catching the ilIumina- tion from below. spelled out the title of Hotel du Commerce"
 Mrs. IIalam was interested in the Hotel du Commerce?
 Thoughtfully Kirkwood fell back to his former point of observation, now the richer by another object of sus- picion. the hostelry. Mrs. Hallam was waiting and watching for some one to enter or to leave that establishment. It seemed reasonable inference 10 draw. Well. then so was Kirkwood no less than the lady. He deemed 1t quite conceivable that their objects were identical.
 He started to beguile the time by wondering what she would do if
 Of a sudden he abandoned this line of speculation and. catching his breath. held it. almost afraid to credit the truth that for once his anticipations were being realized under his very eyes.
 it,et hs, nh oI Of ba Hotel du Commerce the figures of two men were momentarily sketched as they came hurriedly forth. and of the two one was short and stout and even at distance seemed to bear himself with an accent of assertiyeness. while the other was tall and heavy of shoul- der.
 Side by side they marched In step across the embankment to the head of the quay gangway. descending without pause to the landing stage. Kirkwood. hanging breathlessly over the guard rail, could hear their footballs ringing in hollow rhythm on the blanks of the inclined way. could even discern Cal endars unlovely profile in dim relief beneath one of the waterside lights, and he recognized unmistakably Null ready's deep voice. grumbIing inartic- ulately.
 At the outset he had set after them with intent to accost Calendar. but their pace had been swift and l is irresolute. He hung fire on the issue. dreading to reveal himself. unable to decide which were the better corTSe-to pursue the men or to wait and discover what Mrs. Hallam was about. In the end he waited and had his disappointment for recompense.
 For Mrs. IIallam did nothing intelli- gible. Had she driven over to the ho-
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-06

segregate her from his associates in Antwerp. If not lodged in another quarter of the city or left behind she was probably travelling on ahead to destination which he could by no means guess. And Mrs. Hallam was looking for the girl If there were really jewels in that gladstone bag Calendar would naturally have had no hesitation about intrusting them to his daughters care. and Mrs. Hallam avnwedly sought nothing else How the woman had found out that such was ihe case Kirk wood did not stop to reckon unless he explained it on the proposition that she was a person of remarkable address. IL made no matter ore way or the other. He had lost Mrs Ilallam. but Calendar and Mulready he could put his finger on They had undoubtedly gone off to the Aleihea to confer again with Stryker thai was. unless they proposed sail inc on the brigantine. possibly at turn of tide that night
 Panic gripped his soul and shook 1t. as terrier shakes rat. when he rOn- ceived thls frightful proposition.
 In his confusion of mind he evolved spontaneously an entirely new hypoth- esis- Dorothy had already been spir- lied aboard the vessel: Calendar and hls confederates. delaying to join her from enigmatic motives. were now aboard. and presently the word would be. Up anchor and away,
 Were they again to elude him? Not. he swore. if he had to swim for it. And he had no wish to swim. The clothes he stood in. with what was left of his self respect. were all that he could call his own on that side of the North sca. Not boatman on the Scheldt would so much as consider accepting three English pennies in ex change for boat hire. In brief. 1t be- gan to look as If he were either to swim or to steal boat.
 Cpon such slender threads of circum- stance depends our boasted moral health In one heeting minute Kirk woods conception of the law of mine and thine. its foundations already in- sidiously undermined by series of cumulative misfortunes, toppled crash ing to it's fall and was not
 He was wholly unconscious of the change. Beneath him. in a space be tween the quays bridged by the gang way. number of rowboats. a putative score. lay moored for the night and gently rubbing against each other with the soundless lift and fall of the river. For all that Kirkwood could determine to the contrary. the lot lay at the mercy of the public. Nowhere about was he able to discern a wltchman.
 Without a quiver of hcsitaton--mo- ments were invaluable. if what he feared were true-he strode to the gangway. passed down and with ab- solute nonchalance dropped into the nearest boat. stepping from one to an other until he had gained the outer most. To his joy he found a pair of oars slowed beneath the thwarts.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-06
By Louis Joseph Vance
copyrisht. loos. by the Bobb.-r1errnl c>.

tial to the success of his plan. what ever that might turn out to be.
 Standing up. he caught the brigan- tines after rail with both hands. one of which held the painter of the pur Joined boat. and lifted his head above the deck line. short survey of the deserted after deck gave him further assurance. The anchor watch was not in sight He may have been keeping well forward ny Stryker's instructions, or he may have crept off for forty winks Whatever the reason for his absence from the post of duty. Kirk wood was relieved not to have him 10 deal with and. drawing himself gently fin over the rail. made the painter fast and stepped noselessly over toward ilTe lighted oblong of the companion way X murmur of voices from below comforted him with the Knowledge that he had not miscalsulated this time. At last he stood within striking distance of his quarry.
 The syllablcs of his surna me ringing clearly in his ears and followed by Stryker's feering laugh brought him to pause. He flushed hotly in the darkness The captain was retailing with relish some of bis most success ful witticisms al Kirkwood's expense.
 Mulready laughed with him. If It, tie uncertainty Calendars chuckle was not audible. but he broke the pause that followed.
 "I don't know" be said with doubt Ing emphasis You say you landed him without penny in his pocket? don't call that good plan at all. Of course he ain't factor. but-well. it might we been as well to give him his fare home He might make trouble for us somehow. 1 don't mind telling you. cap'n. that you're an ass. Per sonally Pm kind of sorry for the boy. He wasn't bad sort. as his kind runs. and he was no fool. from what little l saw of him. wonder what he want ed"
 (To be continued)