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Stocks with Ja5ots attached: of
null and net; lace trimmed separate
Stocks and Jabots: side
pleated and cascade effects. AdN~
Were up to s1.15.
Silk Windsors and Four-in-hand
Ties: new shades: plain colors: plaids
and checks. DC values = for 1 Ec
PC. Each Observation-Disclosures.
Long Silk Gloves; reduced to &c
from S1.O0. Chamois like
Gloves, reduced from SOC 2Ac
Silk Robes, i'm pink, blue and Law
ender: deliberately trimmed in laceS
and ribbons. Some were 50 M2
s-J.cV
Gowns of best quality Nainsook,
. deliberately trimmed with lace and
embroidery, some with embroidery
medaliions, ribbon run. So. 20
Some were $500. ....... ~SoS>
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ring $1,000 or More With You
Sailors, 15c, Csc and Csc.
Were 75c and Up to $500.

Prices reduced to next-to-nothns, which
never- Sailor will be needed this
yard.
small QM~
to to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-11

Fancy Hardkerchcfs; can he used
for making bathing caps. pillow On,
tops. etc. for sc. Each.
Gents Pure Linen Hemstitch- n Mc
cd HandkcrchiefS. S5c values
Ladies' and Childrens Pure Linen
Initial Handkerchicfs. Toe Rc
values .......-...-..... .-...-...
Blackstone Embroidered l.. n n
Laundered Collars: high, low
and medium heights. Were Ec
1-b2c -...............-.
Handmade Irish Crochcted Jabots
and Bows; dainty patterns. DE-
Values up to 81 90. ............
Dutch Collars and Jabots of null
and lawn: lace trimmed: also some
Embroidery Rabats, Silk and 9c
Lace Bows. Some were J0c. ..... Wv
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Drummers' Samples, including
Skirts. Drawers, Gloves and Com
binationS. of best quality cambria
and nainsook. lace and embroidery
trimmed. Were $50 to 81 nm
Long and Short 1[imonos and
Dressing Ssr,Vues. dainty lawns and
batis:c. with trimmings Of lace,
embroidery and ribbon. Some O2c
were $50. .......-.......
Children's Dresses: plain blue cham
bray: braid trimmed; to If Dc
years Some were Toe ........
Childrens White and Colorcd
Dresses: low and high neck: to IL
years also Hats of straw. null, en-
broidery and picue. Some S1 mn
were 500 ..-.............
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from $500 to $3.9S; from SD no
$500 to Observation-Disclosures.
Bathing Caps; many styles; water
proof Were &c, SOC. 69c and
Sis. To be BIC, 44c, SOC O2c
Bathing Shoes; black and white;
all sizes. We're pc, ssc and AAc
soc. To be nc, :'Sc and.
Bathing Bags: best quality; SQDC
waterproof. Were 73c. .......
Corset Cover Embroideries
and Flouncings. Were DC DC
Swiss Flouncings: - inches wlde'
eyelet and blind effects. Some SOC
were s1.oo yard ....:.......--'.
Finished Edge Insertions: from 1 TO
inches wide: eyelet and Irish
lace effects. Some were oSc 2SC
YdTQ go . -
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-01
800 Prize for Antl-saloOn Essay.

The Anti-Saloon League Of Mary
land offers a prize OF one hundred
dollars ($100) for the best essay and
fifty dollars $500 for the second best
essay on
What 1t costs the people Of Balti-
more morally. physically, mentally.
financially and Industrially To secure
the million dollars which 1t now re-
ceiyes from the liquor traffic under
the High Liquor License Law"
The contest is open to any person,
anywhere, except employees of the
League. Essays are limited to $500
words. The decision will be made by
the Headquarters Committee OF the
Saloon League or by judges
designated by them. All essays pre-
scented shall become the property OF
the League and such essays as may
be selected by the Committee will be
read at public meeting.
Typewriter essays must be receiv=
ed by Rev. J. T. Heisse, Chairman OF
the Headquarters Committee. at the
League Office, sol American Building.
by January LIST. 1911. The decision
will be announced and the prizes paid
as soon as the essays can be examin-
ed. The name and address of the
writer must be attached In 4 sealed
envelope TO each essay.
The AntI-SaloOn League Of Mary
land.
BY WILLIAM II. ANDERSON.
superintendent
BY order Of the Headquarters Com
mittee.
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Md-TlmeIsummer

Every now and then someone dis
covers that our winter and summer
seasons are not what they used 10 be.
that the thermometer nowadays Is
prone to eaprielous reverses. and that.
d The rustic poet sings
June comes IN December:
December comes In June.
Those Hho deplore the passing Of
the oId-ume summer should look up
the records OF the year 1916 and note
Hhat happened then; 1916 vas called
the year without summer" There
vas : frost n every month OF the
year. January and February were
sid. March Has bInstery and raw, IT
the end Of April snow fell abundantly.
md the brooks we're Ice. imprisoned
- In winter. In May the wondering
buds and young plants were nipped
ere they we're aware: the corn crop
vas annihlllated b. an Ice sheet that
formed II the thickness Of half an
inch. In June snow fell inches
deep n New York and Massachusetts,.
and the destruction OF growing things
begun In May was diaastronsly com
pIeted. On the fifth Of July Ice a.
thick as window glass vas : common
phenomenon N Pennsylvania, and IN
August there waH ice half an inch
thick. Pennsylvania farmers were
compelled to pay Il and s. a bushel
for corn for he next springs plant
ing. Winter seemed to set In during
the latter fortnight Of September:
from that time forward Ice and snow
we're at no time lacking.
Many persons are quite ready to
ascrihe TO HaIley's comet what they
deem the singular climatic conditions.
They think Nay, 1910. was much
colder month than usual. IS 4 mat
ter of fact, the temperature chart
from May / through Memorial Day
shows and excess Of II degrees above
the normal, With q total Of 551 de-
grees since the beginning Of the year.
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Got FlxInestan.

Here Il an old aneedote, dressed
up IN new clothes and located N the
liberal atmosphere Of Cincinnati.
Maybe you want to read It again. If
you don't: don't ! Aneedote
"A guest in a Cincinnati hotel was
shot and killed. The negro porter
who heard the shooting was a witness
at the trial. How many shots ID
You hear ? asked the lawyer. Two
shots. sah, he replied. How far
apart were they ?. Bout Ike DIS
way. explained the negro. clapping
his hand With an interval Of about
second between them. Where were
xou when the frat shot vas fred =
shinIn' gemman.s shoe n de base
menI Of Dc hotel Where were you
.hen the second shot was fred %
Al vas , pazsin' de Big 70 depot. :.
Age Herald.
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Ginger a Cure for Morning Crouch.

London, June f9.-Always eat gin
ger IN the morning. That l. the new
~ discovered cure for the egot-out-of-
bed-on-the-wrong-sidee feeling that
affiiets many EnglIshmen in the morn
ing.
For many years. correspondent
of the London Mirror writes, Il have
been the victim Of my ungovernable
temper and have never been able to
get myself amiable before luncheon.
Last week a friend presented me Jar
of preserved ginger and my good
fairy suggested to me that 1t would
be nice as a relish at breakfast IN
place OF marmalade.
Since / have been taking IL my
frame OF mind IN the morning has
rapidly improved. and now | am able
to start the day as cheerily as a typi-
cal farmer. Is It the ginger that has
worked this cure
A well-known doctor said that II
people would only eat ginger at
breakfast their health would improve
in many respects and they would start
the day much reader than they do
now.
Ginger" he said, contains an es-
sentIai oil which acts as a fine nerve
tonic. It promotes digestion. Is an
excellent stomach tonic and IS ex-
tremely good for the liver.
The liver is the organ which makes
people 50 morose In the morning.
Until It has been well stirred up by
the days work 1t : In = leIhargic con-
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Lightning HeIts# Shoes.

Clinton, n. J., June 1e.-Nhile the
sun vas shining here today and there
vas no indication Of an electrical
storm except cloud far To the west,
bolt OF lightning struck a liberty
pole In front Of Hesslers Hotel. shat
tering the shaft and soaring team Of
mules belonging to silas Jones 90
badly that they ran two miles, wreck
ing the wagon to which they were at
tached.
The team was tied TO a ring attach
ed to a pole. which VAS thirty feet
high. After the animals had been
stopped It was found that the bolt Of
lightning which had shattered the
pole had also melted the iron shoes
from each of the mules. Otherwise
they were uninjured.
The source of the lightning bolt
that struck the pole puzzled all the
local electrical experts and meteoro-
gists, but Or. Joseph w. Quacken-
bush. who made a careful inYestiga-
ton, found that telephone wire run
ming from Singae passed 80 close to
the flagpoie as to touch 1t.
AT the time the pole was struck a
fierce thunder storm was raging IN
the vicinity Of Singac, and the theory
Is that lightning. striking the tele-
phone wire In the storm zone, travel
ed over the cable until 1t encountered
the uninsulated liberty pole, where
the full force of the bolt was spent.
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FESTIVALS.

.pIcsIc.
The smallwood Land and Improve
ment Association will hold picnic on
July Q. afternoon and night. commen-
cling at p. m.
By order of Directors Of Hall.
Jun II ct
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: Japanese Flew II TIE Relations ii
Father and son.

In The city Of san Francisco some
ysara ago | nd the pleasure OF being
the guest at The home OF the proud
father OF three children. The young.
st Eas : robust boy - fair - The
YerY future O America.
Billy. said hi father, give II
your Cherokee dance
Mop" came from tie EentIemanIat
= Indian gaFb. hi feet wide apart N
ne sgo-Dackzand=telI-Ihe-IAcedemon
ar attitude.
oh. yes. Billy: bring out your gun
md 1--WE ~ he dance.
No. wont I" With which the hope
u future America made for what N
bis Indian imagination he tool 10 b
he all timber. lis father laughed.
What do sou do nth bad boy
Ike that = h asked ne.
We'd simply love him 10 death,
aid ! With eonYIetion--to him. And
% myself We In japan would
look Into you. tks father. and your
own father, for the explanation.
Here Nas N American Of nnques-
TONED intelligence and ability: he wa
one OF he leading citizens Of ne
Western city. II any man had taken
him to task FOR he ..eusHednessp Il
IN quoting he gentIeman'a own e.
precision. by ne bYe) of his handsome
boy. dare say he would have taken
It for Joke.
sui, believe | am not fair TO orr
California friend, IN the management
Of hi boz he vas Handicapped; ne vas
n the land where parental authority
Is-Rell, not much mere than = good
natuTed joke. In japan Il Il pretty
nearly a powerful a. the graveyard
lbeaIde which Car Cannon and the
late good nafared old Empress Dow
ageT OF China are but feeble=mln1ed
altrnistsl. And our parents are back
ID BY this the most Irresistible the
most powerful of despots.
II | were very sure that our friend
had a vigorous. healthy heart. and /
enjoyed : reputation for truthInlness
beyond al eayil. | certainly should
have said to him Ny dear sir, n
japan our children don't say no TO
their parents. L never occurs to
them to say such 4 thing. not even In
the wild dreams o. youth They
don't know how"
And here l. the explanation
Years ago-some Ave hundred years
before Christ. TO the preeise=-there
lived man Who thought = good deal,
and his ideas told on the life of the
Far Eastern peoples. confecius DIFF
lered from al other sreat Iesiators Of
the world In this lie was practical,
- Jesus was alIrus1Ic and Gotama
Was IdealisIIe. Is has been said Of
him often. h approached the tangled
problems of life With . drawn sword.
simply be divided human society into
% no parts. one giving orders. the
other carrying them INTO effect IL
IhorIly Nth him sae the keynote Of
all human relations. Hls teachings,
after having ruled tae Asian society
for nvezandztwenty centuries, re
alive in he life o New Japan,
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Il is estimated that in 1905 the cost
of living vas nearly Z per eeat.
higher than IT would have been With
out tarlff. Hence. calculating
thai the average family consumed
s941 worth of supplies per annnm.
itH increased payment On account o.
the tarlf vas Sill. Of this SI11, 5000
went to the government In eollee=
tions, and $3.50 went 10 the trusts IN
high prices. OF this $3.50. 1926 wa
on wooienH. more than III On other
clothing, sg.25 On furniture. l4.25 on
beef and mutton and pork, zi0.2h on
building materials and 20 On.
m 1910, the cost Of living being i
per cent higher than IN 190s. the
average family paya Si0s0. Of which
10 per cent. or sos. Is tribute 70 The
trusts and other protected indus
tries.
Here is Z little table which speaks
for itself. II compares the expendi=
lures on The army and navy n !
period Of peace with amounts expend-
ed for features Of civil establishment.
EXPENDED SINCE 1897.
For rural free delivery : 173.7b5.3la.
For rivers and harborH 2a6.07h. 19f.
For public buildings and
grounds 12s,l72, io1.
For the navy l,Izo,21o. 1ea.
For the army l,oz4,1ol, 1ss.
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Woman Lawyer TO Hun for Governor.

Concord. \. H, June 21.-Marllla
NJ. Kicker, Of Dover. Is planning To be
the next Governor Of her home state.
She has filed 4 formal application
with the Secretary OF State. accom-
panied by check for 500. which Is
necessary to enter her name - a can
dIdate under the new State primary
Law To be tried for the first time this
fall. The check was forwarded
through Mrs. RIekeF,s local attorney.
and is to be followed At once by .
declaration Of platform
Mrs Kicker Is now In San Jose.
Cal, where she has been spending the
winter. She was the first woman 70
seek a diplomatic post. She sent her
application with strong Endorsements
TO President Mckinley for the pot OF
Minister To Columbia. She vas the
first woman lawyer TO b admitted 10
the bars Of the District OF Columbia
and of New Hampshire. and was as
sociate counsel with the late Colonel
Ineersoll IN the Star Ronte triala.
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ditlon and frequently the brain Is in
the same state, for its blood supply Is
not right.
Now. II people who experience
these symptoms would only take plen-
ty of ginger at breakfast their lives
would act properly and their diges-
ton would improve TO an extent they
cannot realize until they try the cure.
They would go TO business n nor
NAL state OF temper
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Amending the Declaration.

Has your order been taken . ask.
I'd one Of the walters.
Yes said Dir. WelbroGe. fifteen
minutes ago. If 1t Isn't too late.
though, ID lie to change t.
To change your order Sir ?"
Yes; ! you don't mind. III change
t to IN antreaty. Washington Her
Id.
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lYormnrIln.

eNeighDors called on yon formally
- Yet %
No; they haven't borrowed any
thing bigger than a lemon soneeEer."
Louisville COURIER Journal.
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DIvDRDkoG

The Democratic Advocate Company, /
Westminster, Md. June l.. 1910. !
The President and Directors Of the
Company have this day declared : semi
annual Dividend OF
THREE PER CENT.
upon the Capital Stock of the Com
pany, clear of al taxes, payable June
ID, 1910. Stock Book closes June q.
1910, reopens July |. 1910.
JAS. H. BILLINGSLEA.
june II 3t President.
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DIYDESDzNOTICEs
DIvIDEND 40. IS.

DIVIDEND no. IS.
Union Mills Saving Bank,
Union Mills, Nd. June !. 1910. !
The President and Directors Of the
Bank have Thu day declared q Semi
annual Dividend of
THREE PER CENT.
upon the Capital Stock of the Bank.
clear of al taxes, payable June 80.
1910. Stock books closed June 20. 1910,
reopen July l, 1910.
c. Z. BANKERT.
Jun 10-4t Treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

--ie-s Il tie sans -1c u business one OF
i. -b,er-s sought Vas reduction II Office
.--.s7sss. and THIS IVES Effected by the dis
.-s-.a :; half the clerical force with only Z
zssss notice.
z1oose l an q -4.---e- ! know that L
~ nave beer brilliant; but l have al
- ned consCia--1 1uslv 70 accomplish
--s-4ve- tasks have had 70 DO. | always
---s 5as1 D-0r7D- IL a---VlIlg At nv place OF
---,ess and I ner-- have been . clock
zs-,-s-. ! have never drunk nor gaInbled
- neglected ny business Yet. while still
: ne .++.--ies. I-o---5 myself with q family
n II hands and 10 position and no pros
IN d obtaining one / cannot feel that l
7 wholly 70 biau-. / am one Of the VIC
IT'S q modern bus--cSE methods, commend
ss -ndoubte6lv n --eir general results,
II Il 100 frequent t-inglng hardship to
x innocent erD-oEee-
Helen and I discussed the situation the
u -gt-t received notice that my services
71-l5 be no longer needed. I suggested re-
lining 10 the W-es-e-- city where We had
zs1- several happy Eea--. She would not
-EI0Ic-
You vii soon I'M --l-leT position. she
5 c0uidentlv. and T. would be q shame
IKE the chil6-e- .-- -t school where they
z5 both dong wei They have advantages
s-s llat they never could have out West.
Ind besides car help l-c little.
WAT DC vou mean aslled II amaze
---
= u0---c ~ --..-- 17--7----- SLg-1 - she
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pla.ucalIy unconscious. His friends in the
United States, unable to roach b;,,, 49,
hiio"lne the name he had assumed Drew mn
easy about him, and so YOU were asked fo
lalid nm. ms daughter, meanwhile. was IN
Easy, ana she came to find him. I came To
iii.u nm IN the course of nv duty
M bauoet nursed his perfuned whiskers
iof d minute or so in silence. This Aner;car
detective, who spoke not a word of French
VINO mad worked alone, had discovered the
man whom halt dozen of his ov,3 de-ec-
.lNsS' speaking four and five languages each
mad not been able to findl 1t was a reflection
upon the boosted efficiency of his system
he looked quite sad about it.
tell You what III do, Cap" Mr.. Smith
volunteered magnanimouslv. "S1,nnose vo,,
cable TO the people who asked Won 70 and
nm and say that you have found him I've
mace no report as vet: SO You'll pet first
crack at 1t | don't mind. because as 7 sav
IL was al in the days work 1t might mean
something to YOU
NJ. balIdet rose and shook Mr.. Smiths
hand. The honor of his beloved France was
saved through the generosity of this so big
Americant
ONE OF NJ. Baudet's satellites entered with
card NJ. Baudet nodded, and the
satellite vanished through the door Irnrne-
dlately NJ lie Marquis d'Aubignv entered
tie stopped short at the sight of Mr.. Smith
and stood for an instant gazing at the two
men III turn Then his evil ewes lighted nm
trIumphantly.
ms meeting is most propitious," he said
TO NJ Baudet. - just came to ask that
this man Smith be taken into custody on a
charge of theft
Theft exclaimed NJ Baudet. WHY.
n lie Marquis, there must be some mistakei
NJ Smith is detective
NJ Smith is an Irnpostor,' the MARQUIS
declared hotly. Says he is detective, Ell?
ASK him to show you his credentials. his
badge On behalf of NJ w. Vaudeville
Clarke, l accuse him OF the theft of seven
million five hundred thousand francs in
united States bonds from an apartment IN
the Kue St Honore, and | demand his ar
resti"
Nj 4, motionless, Mr.. Smith stood. as
the structure he had painfully erected to
save himself. and incidentally Clarke, from
rum and a prison cell came Gathering down
about his ears This was the end. an airing
OF the whole nalodorous thing in the press
and IN court, discovery by the bank officials
IN Passalc OF the huge theft, and the inevita-
bic collapse Of the bank in consequence
This. and more. it meant
Well, NJ. Smith, demanded NJ. Baudet
CURLY, what have YOU to saw"
Mr.. Smith faced NJ. lie Marquis. Well
you-idiotl" he remarked.
To he concluded next Sunday
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good at trimming hats, and know l can
succeed
had old fashioned notions asDout woman
in business. | did not like the idea, and
frankly said so. A wornans place was to
make the home and the man S to make the
living.
But I've been doing it for nearly six
months she said triuInphantly, and it
hash I interfered IN the least with nv home. =
She brought out handbook and showed
me nearly one hundred dollars which she had
put away from trimming hats for the women
OF the neighborhoOd- 1t was more than
enough to paw three months rent for the
tiny shop on business street nearby that
she had made I'D her mind to rent. 1t L
could have seen regular income ahead OF
me. if | had been sure OF obtaining another
position at once, / might have successfully
opposed her plan; but | was in too u1favor-
able q plight
A FTER q weeks unsuccessful search for
\ another position without obtaining even
: promise. wrote TO the Western firm that
had offered NE employment the year before
With the fear OF the big city upon me, l was
determined TO take my little family back TO
the place from which we had come, where L
felt sure | should be able TO provide fOT them
Nv hopes were dashed by the reply The
place they had offered me was satisfactorily
filed. and they had nothing else TO offer.
The writer, who was q family friend. advised
NE to STAY IN New York, as business con-
ditions there were very bad
Helen opened her shop. 1t prospered
from the verv first. Her earnings the first
wear We're more than l ever had been able TO
make. In fact, since the very hrst her prog
ress IN business has been remarkable. she