The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-29
VOL. 45.-NO. AZ.
GENERAL.


The Georgia Prison Commission has
prepared = bill authorizing $250,000
appropriation for segregation Of the
races 1t the State convict farm.
Much trouble Is being had in Balti-
more county over the assessment
blanks. Many are being returned to
the assessors aud one filed out i'm
properly.
IN the Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia last Saturday the will Of Geo.
T. Smith. which Is composed of the
three words Everything Is Louis"
vas held to be invalid.
James Grassham, a blacksmith, Of
Corning. Ark. while fishing In Lake
Corning opened . mussel TO get bait
and found fifteen grain pearl II is
said b judges to be worth 5000.
As the result of stepping upon a
package Of needles twenty years ago,
Mrs. Joseph 0rrlg. twenty eight years
old. Is reported TO be dying at her
home IN HIehland Township. Pa.
The officials of Scotland Yard be-
lIeee that Dr. HawIey H. Crippen and
his former atenographer. Ethel Clara
Ienexe. are aboard the Canadian Pa
eifie steamer Montrose. en- route from
Antwerp 10 Montreal
! cyclone at Milan, Italy, on July
= did great damage, destroying build
lngs and telegraph lines. and imped-
Ing the railroad trafne by its wreck
age. About one hundred persons we're
killed and five hundred injured.
The gun explosion which cost II
lives 1t Fortress Munroe. hast week IL
said u have been due to the failure Of
safety mechanism TO operate when
> sudden and powerful pull was given
b. IN artilleryman In attaching the
| lanyard.
The select committee OF Parliament
On considering the civil list for King
| George =. recommended a provision
Of s3.I7o.000 yearly for the mainten-
ance of the royal family This Is an
increase of z6b, 900 over the allowance
made during the last reign
Old Mother Earth. like femininity
through al time. but with far greater
success than most Of her sex, has de-
! fed nan n learn her age. Scientists
sIIII admit their defeat. Their latest
estimate credits her with mot above
71.oo9.ooo years or below 55.0O0,0Oe
! years
VeFdIets Of not guilty we're return
ed n the cases Of II Cairo, ILL.,. citi-
zens. charged IN indictments with
having been leaders of the mob that
Hlormed The Alexander county Jail
and attempted TO lynch the negro.
John Pratt. On the night Of February
i last The jury was out two hours.
Mra. Edward Hyera, Of Rocheport
No. has willow center table that
has grown sprouts Ave inches long
HIneH , ned1Ier sold Il TO her as rus
/ IL hickory furniture some time ago
II IhaI time the fake was covered with
! YarnIHh. but the recent rainy season
brought out vigorous sprouts.
The French nation Is greatly con-
eernad OYER It's low birth rate. the
average not being two children TO
Zach nan and woman Last years
/ births n France pefe fever than in
any Year n French history. the fig
uroH showing 10000 births, as com
pared vIth $4,000 in laos, and 7TI.-
1o0 n Ia07.
The Western Maryland Railway
has received the final shipment OF it's
nsN aIIzaIeel cars. and they will BE-
| placed ~ the road at once. IL last
week bought : large tract OF city
property It Port coYington for yard
and pier purposes. In order 10 provide
proper facilities for handling it's In
ereasIng trade.
The cIly Commissioners on Tues
daY passed n ordinance which is de-
signed u stop poker playing absolute
i n Cumberland. Not only can the
individual Who runs the gaming table
b fined and imprisoned. but the par
ueInanI n the game as we'll as the
property owner who might permit a
game on hIs premises.
The people of Cumberland are hav-
Ing trouble over the delay in complet-
IN the State Road. 4 petition, by
large numbers Of prominent Fesidenta
naz been presented to the Governor
requesting that the work be pushed.
! NaH abandoned soIoe time ago BY
the contractor and bonding COM
nany i nov finishing II
Appendicitis. called the rich mans
aeonrge.s i increasing, not only
among the veil TO do merely, but
among the middle classes, and even
the poor. the disease IL Also becoming
more prevalent No cause can be given
for i. though It II believed that bad
teeth and insufficient mastication OF
food i chiefly responsible.
: novel method TO save the wheat
crop of Scott county. Ky, was resort
- u lazl week. when number Of
| farmers appeared before the county
| judge anI paid the fines of 10 prison
ers n the jail In order TO get help to
harvest the crop IN several instances
the IInes ran as high as $40 All the
prIonerz vent with the farmers will
InglY.
II The ne Of \ newly invented
miniature earehlighl-teleseope pass
ed down the wIndpipe and into the
bronchial tubes Of d patient who had
swallowed shawl pin, one OF the
surgeons oI Kings College Hospital,
London. va able 10 see the pin, 10
remove t With fofeeips and so save
the lie u the patient, who was APP
parenIly beyond human aid
IIzaronardo da Vinei.s priceless
painting Mona Lisa. also called
"a GIaeonda.s l. said to have been
stolen from the Louvre In Paris and
eop. put n place Of the original.
The genuine painting is said TO be In
New XoTE. Although IFS whereabouts
l. unknown I Il rumored that the
British Government once offered IL
100000 pounds for this painting but
i "a not accepted.
Amid Iumult of cheers from the
former followers Of William ]. Bryaa,