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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-08-23
Sale OF Bank Stock.

On Saturday last Auctioneer Elias
n. Davis sold the following bank
stock at the Union National Bank i:
Ten shares of the Farmers & Me-
chanics National Bank stock, to Jos.
z. Zepp, at $26 per share, and six and
two-third shares to Leander Gladhill
at $3.50 per share, for the estate of
Ann T.. Fowble.
At the same time shares of the
stock of the Westminster Deposit &
Trust Company were sold to A. H.
Huber at $3.50 per share.
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Discovered.

Wife: What would you do, George,
IL you were left a widower
Hub: Oh, suppose the same as
you would if you were left widow.
Wife: Your horrid wretch ! And
you told me you could never care for
anybody else-BostOn Transcript.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST %, 1912
Sale Register.

September 10, at 10 "a. M, valuable farm 15734
acres more or less 20 acres in timber good build
ings: also head OF horses md colts, - head OF
Jersey cows, heifers. brood soEs, and farming
implements. Oliver T. Davis, 8 miles north of
Mount Airy, on Ridge Road and one mile south of
West Falls
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-08-23

"TAKE IT FROM U.s." Your Coal
we mean-and if you do you viii say
ON the average its the best coal you
ever burned. It isn't perfect but its
darned good Coal. Smith & Reif-
snider Coal we mean.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-08-23

WANTED. Good man and wife to
wv run farm. House, fire wood and
interest in stock, poultry, etc., free.
Good thing for the right man.
Apply to =. WI. CASE,
211 East Main street,
@. p. Phone 122 Westminster, Md.
aug % st
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RYE STRAW.

We want Flailed RYE STRAW at
full prices.
I'M. +: GORSUCH SON CO.,
aug 33t Westminster, ND,
Evening star., 1912-06-27
ELUDING EVIL SPIRITS.
Some Curious Rites Performed at
Chinese Funerals.

Hongkong Correspondence Westminster Gazette.
In most Chinese funerals professional
mourners are employed. They cover
up their heads and faces and yell and sob
and scream and groan at the top of their
voices not with the idea so much Of
showing grief as with the intention of
driving away the evil spirits from the
soul of the departed.
With this notion also the mourners bang
trays, beat gongs and play weird musical
instruments. Another precaution taken
is that the funeral cortege passes over
running water before the dead is actually
throwing the pursuing fiends off the scent
At the graveside a precaution is taken
which is typical of the ingenuity of the
Chinese mind. large packet of thin
leaves is stamped all through with seven
peculiar Sits like those made with the
nib OF pen. The whole mass of paper
Is burned and the ashes scattered around
When. therefore, the fends arrive, pre-
sumably very exhausted with their efforts
to catch up with the Chinamans soul
they find to their dismay that they have
first OF all to piece together all the scat
tered ashes of paper, and then to go in
and out of the seven holes in each in
dividual sheet of paper
As YOU can readily understand even
very slick fiend finds this rather a tedious
TASK, ana Dy the time he mas accom-
plished 1t the soul of the departed has
arrived in the land of the blest.
There is little or no ceremony actually
at the grave, but food is cooked in the
carcass at sort of altar, and is left for
the deceased in case he may feel peckish,
and a quantity of joss sticks is left
burning round the grave.
Another important point is. If possible
to bury the deceased in his or her native
village. When we We're waiting for the
9 \ G faI' lam Nh to tal-n hx,r,a
by water we found on the wharf Door
shabby coffin laid out alongside roasted
OK. over which friends and relatives had
mounted guard. and were moaning and
playing music, which din and tumult had
TO be kept up until the boat arrived to
take the wanderer home. Directly the
boat started. water having been crossed
the spirits would be done and the efforts
could be relinquished
The Chinese never in a hurry to
bury their dead-it is only the govern
ment regulations which force them to do
so. The other day Chinese party. COM
priSinS husband wife. several children
and an oid mother. started off for short
holiday trip up river by steamboat On
the way the mother died. but do you
think this put end to the jaunt or
made the party leave the launch at the
next stopping place? Not bin of it.
They just screwed up the old lady in
box and took her around with them, de-
termined that al any rate she should be
given the opportunity of enjoying herself
and so il continued for Several days till
the coffin fell overheard by mistake and
they lost it.
Evening star., 1912-06-27
Teas Conquest of Rome.

From Sketch.
or all the conauerors that have come
to Rome no one has gained such a COM
plete victory as tea has won in the Ital-
ian capital. Twenty years ago the Brit
ish and American tourists who came TO
Rome were catered to in the matter OF
tea In a rather shamefaced manner in
the strangers quarters near the Piazza
di Spagna. and English tea rooms was
the legend to be seen in a few windows
hard by Cook 4 Sons Offices
Nowadays the palm lounges of the
Grand and the Excelsio hotels at tea
time are two of the sights of Rome for
all Roman society drinks tea abroad in
the afternoons. and there as as many
uniforms at : o'clock in the big hotels
as there are at sundown on band days on
the Pincan hill. All the big pastry cooks
shops in the Corso and the other prin-
cipal streets now have Afternoon Tea
in gold letters on their plate glass win
dows.
a visit to a PASTRY cooks counter in
the afternoon has always been an Incl
dent in the day of a Roman: but the
present devotion to the teapot is a Brit
sh habit imported by way OF France.
Evening star., 1912-06-27
Korean Crusade Against Sparrows,
Prom the Iapamsse Adxeruser

FIUHI tUNtTW>Pr.
North CEonia province is infested by
millions OF sparrows which do consid,
erable damage 10 rice crops. The pro.
vincal authorities have been encoura gins
Korean farmers to kill as many of their
as possible.
Last year more than 3.T9oOs, spar.
rows were done away with and thf
amount of profit resulting from II in cron,
is estimated at more than 5000 ven. Thi,
year the crusade against the little birds
has again been instituted and thousand.
of them are daily being hunted and de.
etroyed.
Evening star., 1912-06-27

4 hitherto unpublished manuscript hy
Robert Louis Stevenson. THE Scot will
appear in our next Sunday Magazine
Evening star., 1912-06-27

Shadow Wells. in colors, ombre ef-
fects: also Chiffon Cloth Automobile
Wells; some 2h yards long. Sn mn
Worth to $500
White Wash Wells, in lierre. shet-
land and princess lace: 1ts 0Oc
yards long. Worth to $500.
White Shadow Mesh Yelling.
small "a, patterns. Worth soc 2lc
NdTu
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

bition is, that the women, If
given the ballot, would advance
the cause of prohibition. This
argument, however, is not borne
out by the result of the recent
election in the great city of Los
Angeles, Cal. Over onehalf of
the total vote was cast by women,
and prohibition was over-whelm-
ingly defeated. Had the women
voted practically solid for pro-
hibition, the votes cast by the
"dry" men would undoubtedly
have carried the day against
saloons. Todd County News.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
SHOULD WAKE up,

Many q young man-and you will
1pd him in the small towns and cities
oftener than you will on the farm
who pays attention to some nice girl
insists on wearing good clothes, open
work socks and the latest color Of tie.
but is mighty loath TO look at life Sc
riously and buckle into some Of its
hard work that he may lay something
by, for himself and for the girl whom
wife. The point we are driving at is
that it takes something more than
fairly good looks. buttonhole bou-
quet. good nature, good intentions or
moonlight nights to furnish a home
Ii takes caSh-the stuff that is got in
exchange for hard work-to buy
clothes for two, bacon. -four and pO-
tatoes for two. pay rent and buy
washing machines. baby cabs. cook
stoves and various and sundry other
tncidentalS. The whole lineup of stuff
need not daunt the heart of any young
man who has gumptiOn and moder
ate supply of red blood. but it's a cinch
that there is a scad of half baked
mOllycoddles who are contemplating
matrimony in a sort of dreamy. hazy
way who will have to wake up and
get next to some good hard work with
both hands if they ever expect Mary
to share life with them in some vine
clad cottage. There is no influence
so potent for good as the affection of
good girl and the home which both
unite in making, yet the right kind of
home and the furnishing of it come
not by chance. but by hard work and
much pain. Simple as are the above
statements, yet there are literally
thousands of young fellows who APP
parently do not realize the force of
them.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
MAKING SHOT.
The Tower Process Used Only For the
Smaller Sizes.

The Tower Process Used Only For the
Smaller Sizes.
The tower process of making shot
plumber of Bristol. England, in 1863
His tower was built by saving a
square hole in the center of the various
floors of his house and locating a well
in the cellar. into which the globules
of molten lead dropped and were in
stantly cooled and hardened Watts
secured a patent in 1882 and sold his
London rights in 1900 for $4S,665.
Els tower is still in use, although it
has been heightened by the addition of
several stories. The lead when molten
is poured into a sieve-like receptacle
at the top of the tower, and these
molten drops. falling into the well.
100 feet below, form the shot, which
are then passed through a polishing
grader. They are then spilled from a
hopper on to an inclined plane, the per-
feet shot running on a second plane,
while the imperfect drop through an
opening between. The shot pass over
AOoA VI pl1ACS, OllIy LAS pei
feet reach the last plane.
A larger size than BBB cannot be
made by this process. The larger
sizes. including shrapnel, are made by
two different processes. In the me-
dunn size a wire of the proper ma
terial is fed into a machine which
mashes it into a ribbon shape and
punches irregular formed shot. The
largest are made by pouring the metal
into long bullet mOlds, which, in cool
ing, form irregular shot. The various
sizes are then placed, each by itself,
in gins. which are revolved for six
hours, when the shot come out perfect
~ smooth spheres.-Boston Globe.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Riddle of Gravitation.

Nearly $50 years ago one of the great
est intellects connected with science
turned his attention to gravitation. In
that go years physical science has
made rapid advances. A boy who has
completed years work in elementary
physics could entertain Newton in cleo
tricity were it possible for the great
philosopher to return to earth. After
learning of the great progress in cleo
tricity l can imagine him in his eager
desire for knowledge turning to the
boy and expecting some light on CRAWL
tation. Alas. not only the high school
boy, but not even the most learned,
can give any definite information on
gravitation. The problem is about
where Newton left it.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
PLENTY TO DO.

Neither boy nor girl just graduated
from high school need feel especially
discouraged because they do not land
a remunerative job right away or can
not continue their studies at college
or university. The chances are thar IL
year at home will be good thing fer
them. as it will give them time to sort
OF get adjusted to the new conditions.
while it is also likely that there will
be plenty for them TO do and give
demonstration Of their executive abi-
ity. The girl graduate can learn To
make as good bread and pies as does
her mother and put the house in or
der. while the boy can get a job dur
Ing the vacation on some farm where
he will get whole lot of practical
schooling. develop a swarthy complex
ion and strengthen and harden his
muscles. Perhaps the most important
thing to remember Is that the big
world Is full Of things that need do
ing. folks that need helping. and that
the real value of life consists ~ lend.
ing hand TO bring these things about
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
THE GRIMM ALEALEA.

The hope for alfalfa raising north
Of latitude 40 degrees seems to rest
on the Grimm alfalfa. the history of
the tifties there lived near the village
of Kulsheim, in the grand duchy of
Baden, Germany, 4 substantial and
progressive peasant by the name of
Grimm. There had been grown for
three or four hundred years in the val
ley where he made his home a strain
of true alfalfa. But in Grimm's patch
this became crossed with the wild gel
low Powered sickle lucerne. At this
stage of the game, in 1857, Grimm
came to America and settled in Carver
county, Mimi, and, as good fortune
would have it. brought with him few
pounds of seed from this mixed field
and sowed it. Most of the plants which
the seed produced died. but a few
lived. and in time this type of alfalfa
got used TO 20 and 80 degrees below
zero weather Of the Minnesota winter
Grimm made money raising it, and so
did his neighbOrs, but only recently has
the full value of the service rendered
by this hardy Teuton been appreciated.
That he succeeded in producing a type
of alfalfa possessing exceptional hardi
ness was shown not long ago when
plants raised from seed procured from
Grimm's native German valley were
given winter test alongside those OF
the acclimatized Grimm variety. II
was found that 10 per cent of the for
mer, but only 3 per cent of the latter.
winter killed.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
LIME WET LANDS IN FALL.
Caustic Forms Are Best and Cheapest
If Spread When Finely Powdered.

Caustic Forms Are Best and Cheapest
if Spread When Finely Powdered.
The period of late July and August
affords the best time for the drainage
Of many wet areas OF land which are
so saturated that they are filled with
water at other seasons, says Professor
g. o. Fippin of the New York State
College of Agriculture. Particularly is
it desirable to drain heavy clay land
at this season in order that the soil
which is thrown out may have an OBJ
portunity to thoroughly dry before be-
ing returned to its position over the
tile. This period Of slack work is also
worth considering for the drainage of
those other wet areas on the farm
which show themselves in the field by
the dwarfed crop and the distress
which it suffers during these dry pc
RODS. Those places which suffer most
from drought are often the same
areas which have had an excess of
water in the early spring.
The application of lime on old mead
ows and upon other land which is tc
be plowed for q crop next spring
should now be considered. Caustic
forms of lime which are generally
most economical in this state are best
applied in the fall, provided they are
distributed in the finely powdered
form. Fall applications followed by
late fall or early spring blowing are
prefera BILE.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
General Farm Notes.

Oats are the best single grain food
for horse and the best for road pur-
poses.
A good colt bred for a purpose. and
fed and trained for a purpose. is never
a drug on the market.
Pure feed, plenty of air and regular
exercise are best for the mother horse
But don't overdo the work.
The individuality of each horse
should be studied. and the feeds sup
piled to meet individual requirements.
Don't shut up little colt in a dingy
place by himself. Give him compan-
ionship. A calf will do If there are
no other colts on the farm.
If the lawn is weedy and the grass
does not seem to make a good growth
apply nitrate of soda at the rate of $50
to 200 pounds per acre. Scatter broad
cast inst before a rain or before wa
tering. Nitrate of soda may be used
on spinach and other leaf crops to ad-
vantage.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

Bright Things That Are Rarely Cred.
tied to the Humorist

There has been complaint that every
good story gets accredited TO Mark
Twain without his having really de-
served it, but Professor Archibald
Henderson in his book Mark Twain
points out that actually many of the
best known common sayings first Gre
ated by Mark Twain are very rarely
credited to him. His sayings in
''Puddnhead Wilson's Calendar" such
as ''the caulif1ower is nothing but CAD
bage with a college education" are
generally known as written by Mark
Twain, but there are others of which
this is not true.
Some of his best sayings are apropos
of the cheerful custom of lying-fOr
instance: Truth is our most valuable
possession. Let us economic it."
Never tell q lie-eXcept for practice"
is not so well known as the more popu-
lar "When in doubt tell the truth"
Professor Henderson comments that
Of the latter maxim Mark Twain de-
clared that he never expected it to
be applied to himself. 1t was for
other people. When he was in doubt
himself he used sagacity. Perhaps his
best summary is: Never waste lie!
You can't tell when you may need it,
A catchword emanating from Mark.
Twain is, BE virtuous and you will
be eccentric" Another is that there
isn't q parallel of latitude but thinks
it would have been the equator if it
had had its rights" There is some
thing peculiarly American in his warn
ing TO girls not to marry-that is. not
TO excess. To Professor Henderson
Mark Twain made a remark likely to
rank with the best Of his sayings now
that it has been published. Professor
Henderson was advised before under
going a surgical operation. Console
yourself with the reflection that you
are giving the doctor pleasure and
that he is getting paid for it,
Of the hundreds of Twain sayings
none is better known than one often
attributed to Andrew Carnegie, Put
all your eggs in one basket-and then
watch that basket"
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Twice Convicted,

Another lawyers story arrives. We
are told that man was charged with
picking a pocket the other day and
that when arraigned he pleaded guilty.
The case went to the jury, however,
and the verdict was not guilty. And
the court spoke as follows:
You don't leave this court without
a stain on your character. By your
own confession you are thief. By
the verdict Of the jury you are liar"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Ready For Scrap,

John W. Newman, Commis-
sioner of Agriculture elect, is in
Louisville for a few days. Com
missioner Newman says the
same crowd that has been after
him is still trying to harass him
by calling a snap" State Far
mers' Institute, to meet on the
very day after he assumes bic
office. Mr.. Newman takes his
office at noon on January 1, aid
ne will have a meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture ons
after he is sworn into
office John Newman is known
as a fighter who asks no quarter
and by the time he gets through
with the Rankin Republican
regime, they will know they have
had some scrap. Louisville
Times.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
For the New Years Table.

Serve the.cranberries in small
individual molds.
Place rings of hard boiled eggs
on topsof the spinach.
Garnish the turkey with celery
toast and cramberries.
Place a few small squares of
dry toast.in each plate of cream
soup. The squares should not
measure more than an inch.
perhaps less.
To prevent the gravy from be-
coming lumpy take the pan off
the fire until the thickening is
well stirred in; then replace on
the fire and cook thoroughly.
stirring all the while. To re-
vive withered flowers plungr the
stalks into boiling water and
leave them there until the water
is cold, when the end should be
cut off aIdsthe flowers arranged
in a bowl of cold water. This
treatment should freshen the
flowers and make them last
several days longer.
1flthere is no more eleraborate
mode of dressing the table, place
a tiny sprig of holly at each place.
Tie the bundle of lady fingers
in red ribbon on each cake plate.
Garnish the mashed potatoes
with sprigs of parsley.
One of the chief arguments ad-
vaced by the champions of prohi-
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Deserted al the End.

William the Conqueror was man of
very gross habit Of body and at the
siege Of Nantes was hurt by the rear
ing of his horse, the pommel of the
saddle striking the king in the abdO-
men and causing injuries from which
he died in a few days. Before his
death he was deserted by all his at
tendants, who stole and carried off
even the coverings Of the bed on which
he lay. The body remained on the floor
Of the room in which the king died for
two days before it was buried by char
fta'' -1onks from a neighboring mon
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
REMOVE USELESS HORNS.
May Adorn Cow, but Often Lead TO
Serious Damage.

SSiiSNS 1GhoSCs
Since Pietertje Maid Ormsby made
she great record that won first place in
/ the thirty day division and had her
picture so widely published many let
ters have come to me in regard to her,
says Superintendent NJ. II. Gardner of
the Holstein Registry at Delavan,
Wis, in letter to the American Guilt
vator. Several breeders show curios-
ity as to her lack of horns, one or two
commenting unfavorably. AS an indi-
vidual proposition neat pair of short,
nicely curved waxy horns on a cows
head may be something to be admired.
AS a general proposition the cow Of
today has no need Of such weapons,
and if she has them will surely use
them on her mates in the herd and
cause more or less loss to the owner.
Ages ago when the ancestors of Pie
tertie Maid Ormsby ran half wild in
the forests Of Europe It was necessary
for the COW TO protect her calf from
the depredatiOnS Of wolves and other
beasts Of prey, and the horns which
nature had provided for that purpose
were a necessity, but such conditions
no longer exist, and our breeders may
well ask themselves as to what useful
purpose can be served by horns on the
bead of u COW.
Pietertje Maid Ormsby never had
any horns because their growth was
prevented. When a calf of about three
weeks old, as soon as slight swellings
showed where the horns were to be, she
was laid on her side and the hair close
~ clipped from both swellings. Then
the swellings were moistened with wa
ter and carefully rubbed with a stick
Of caustic potash, and the work was
done with absolutely no pain to the
little animal
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Quaker Cemetery In Prospect Park.

There is a Quaker cemetery in
Prospect park west. Brooklyn. The
cemetery is much older than the
park, and when the park was organ
lied it was done with the understand
ing that the Friends playground was
not to be disturbed. The pact will
probably always be kept. The GENE
terry covers several acres-say, from
eight to. ten-and is beautifully stu
ated on one of the most commanding
hills in the park. 1t is still used for
burial purposes.-New York American