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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
SAYS STOCK IL BEING SACRIFICED
Unnecessarily in The Excitement over
The FOOt-And.MOuth Disease.

The following article was taken
from the Baltimore Sun of December
20, which was contributed by read
| er.
There has been much worry, trouble
and talk as well as expense about the
hoof-and-mouth disease. 1t seems to
me, an average, fair-thinking citizen,
who has fair knowledge Of medicine,
that when cattle are found affected
with this disease they should be placed
in separate pens and everything pos
sible done to cure them and preven-
tive measures taken to stop the fur
Their spread of the disease (if it does
spread. But | understand this II not
done. All the sick and well are killed
and thrown into pits prepared es-
pecially for them. When we find a
case Of smallpox, according to this
ruling Of the honorable State Sani-
tary Board, we should kill this case
and anyone who has been in close con-
tact. But, thank the Lord, we see
things in a different light than our
enlightened COW doctors.
At the live stock show at Chicago
recently, among many prize cattle
there was found to be go head suffer
ing with hoof-and-mouth disease Were
all the cattle on show killed? We're
those affected killed? No, they
were the property of men finan-
cially able to protect themselves and
they were allowed to retain their
stock and cure them.
Yet poor devil here in Highland
town who is trying to make an honest
living with a few cows is compelled
to turn his business over to a few
men, who know very little more than
h. does about the disease, for a prom
Use OF payment sometime and at about
half that it cost him. | thing he is
entitled to the same protection that
was given to those owners at the prize
show in Chicago. 1t seems that this
Il q case of political graft or pro
fessional graft, | hardly know which
At any rate, something should be
done, especially in view Of the fact
that this disease is not new one,
either in this or foreign countries.
A large part Of the meat sent into
this country from South America, |
am told, Is affected with this disease,
and in Germany it is not unusual and
lis never considered serious
This disease has been in Baltimore
before without serious results, and eX-
Iperienced cattlemen claim it can be
cured for small sum if the doctors
who know how
These men know from experience,
while many Of the doctors detailed to
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
OF POETRY AND POKER
Important Subject DMelt on i'm This
Narrative.

When the fourth queen came into
Il. Hillary's hand on the draw, and the
sun was just about to appear after an
all-night session, and one other man
in the party, whom he called 'Pard-
ner," showed a disposition to be ag-
gressive in the betting, MIR. Hillary
thought the time had come to break
up the game, so he bet every dollar
that he could muster for the attack.
"Pardner" had entered this excit-
ing period of the game with three
jacks in his hand, and he drew two
cards. To him were delivered pair
OF tens.
"Heigh-ho," said "Pardner" with
pardonable exhilaration. Heigh-ho,
the sun Is upeth, and jocund morn
standeth tiptoe on yon misty mountain
top"
He was feeling poetical, and what
ever Hillary bet, "Pardner" would re-
cite a Lit of appropriate verse, and in
crease the sum.
Every one else in the game dropped
out for the time. The pot was piled
in the center of the ring. In paper
silver, and gold it represented $33
rather large sum for that neighbor-
hood, for it was in a bridge builders
camp on the San Gabriel river.
III shoot my last five" said Hill
larry.
The roses are red, the violets are
blue, here's my five and I'll see you,
was the refrain with which the "Pard-
ner" deposited his last "jitney' in the
pile, and the time for showdown
came.
"Pardner' did it with much cere-
mony. He quoted a bit, chortled q
bit, and sang a merry Tilt as he re
vealed his hand, the hand he thought
was magic with it, three jacks anc
two tens.
CrispIy and with businesslike Pre-
cision, Mr.. Hillary laid down his cards
"Pardner" looked. Only three
queens he saw, and then five-spot
and then, by the black skill OF the
man who invented cards, he saw an
other queen.
Mr.. Hillary dragged in the pot
"Pardner" dragged out his razor Then
started proceedings that were moi
marked with poetry from "Pardner'
or triumph from Hillary. Hillary was
in the lead, frightened with wealth
which he was jamming into his peck
cts al he fed. "Pardner" was Close
behind.
But a dollar bill spilled from tht
pocket, Hillary stopped just a secont
too long to recover it, and Partner
was upon him.
At the receiving hospital, severa
hours later, MIR. Hillary had more thar
twenty inches OF cuts treated by th'
surgeons, and he made complaint u
the police regarding his assallant
whom he knew only as "Pardner, tn'
man who quoted poetry.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
210 Girls Write "Yes..

Allentown, Pa, Dec. Marriage
able bachelors in Allentown received
a jar today, when Chief of Police
Bernhard made public letter he re-
ceived from Reuben Thirston, wife
hunter from Durham, N. 0. a fort
night ago Thurston wrote the Chief
letter, saying he had heard of Al
lentown girls, and he would like to
select one for a wife. The thing got
into the papers and here is the result.
TO Chief Of Police Bernhard.
My Dear, Good Friend:-I certainly
want to thank you for what you have
done for me, as l have already receiv-
ed 20 letters, seemingly from the best
girls Of Allentown and surrounding
country, judging from the composition
of the letters, penmanship, photos, etc.
| therefore feel that I am on the di-
rect road to happiness, which may be
reached at an early date.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
NATION t. FAST EATING no BUN
Doctor Says United States ID Now "A
Nation Of Dyspeptics.

mat the American nation ID fast
eating itself into ruin, both physical
ana commercial, and that unless d
malt Is called on the speed at which
the nation is running, the United
States will become the greatest ma
ton Of dyspeptics on the face OF the
earth, was the declaration made by
pr LeWellyn II. Baker, OF the Johns
Hopkins University, in his address
before The Tri-State Medical Associa-
tlon, Memphis, Tenn, in convention
in Memphis.
Poverty il attributed as the most
common cause of malnutrition," de-
clared Or. Baker, but this is only a
small measure true. The most com
mon cause of ill-nourished bodies is
nervous indigestion-a physical lack
OF properly digested food, and which
! can trace only to the most common
and ever-growing American habit
that of eating too hastily.
AZ poverty alone were to account
for the lack OF proper nutrition
Americans should be the best nour-
ished people on earth. Europeans,
as a class, are far poorer than the
general classes of Americans, vet
"AiA SLAOW LIdL CUllGCLlNGly
they are considerably heavier.
a. IL well known among great mil
1tary leaders, the best soldiers are
those who are well fed, SO it is with
a business man. An ill-nourished
body cannot support a good business
machine That is why ! claim that if
Americans do not mend their habits
soon, instead of growing from bad to
worse, the great commercial machine
built up to great internationally
recognized factory will soon drop.
The women of the nation, too, are
growing into the greatest group Of
ill-nourished women on the face of
the earth. Tea and toast, toast and
tea, seem to comprise the average
woman's idea of substantial food, not
to mention the hundreds Of thousands
Of working girls who appease their
faded appetites with salads, pickles,
ice cream, and cake to the ruination
Of their digestion and health.
Yet 1t il a recognized fact that
this is the woman workers average
diet.
Disease is a handicap to human
nature and indigestion is a disease.
The time il ripe now for a new edu-
cation of the American public. This
should begin in the schools"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
LIFE ONE OF TROUBLE.
Bank OF England Has Had a Varied
Career.

More than once in her history the
"old lady of Threadneedle street. has
held the fate of the British empire
in her hands. Just recently Britain
has had much to thank her for-rspe-
cially the way she averted an econom-
ic panic at the outbreak of the war,
William iii had not yet begun To
wear mourning for his consort, Mary,
when the most famous and the rich
est lady in the world" as the late
Lord Goschen styled the Bank of Eng
land, was modestly Graded at Mer-
GERS hall one July day in 1894, with
that canny Scotchman, William Pater-
son, for godfather.
She was well lowered as infants 90,
for the merchants of London city sub
scribed in ten days the comfortable
sum of $6,000,000 for her birth dowry,
thus enabling her to begin life al a
full-born millionaires.
But the child had not long to wait
for her first trouble.
When she was only two years old
the goldsmiths leagued themselves
against the interloper who was steal
ing their banking business from them.
"A few years later the fears OF an
invasion by the Pretender brought
her horde of enemies down on her
again, allied with the rival banks OF
Hoare and Child, and she was only
saved from disaster when the dukes
Of Marlborough and Newcastle and
many another noble hurried to her
help with coaches trimming with bags
of boarded guineas. When she left
MERGERS hall-her original nursery
for the more spacious Grocers' hall
her staff numbered but "a all told ;
and when her next migration took her,
in 1124, to the nucleus of her present
palatial home her capital still fell
short OF a modest $50,000,O00.
Here, in 1880, she was compelled to
fight for her life.
NeWgate had been sacked by a ri
otous mob, large part of the city
was iii flames and she herself was
girdled by fierce thousands bent on
her destruction. But she had gall
liant defenders. Her roof was manned
by clerks, firing volleys of bullets
nodded from the pewter of their ink
stands, which they poured into the
enemy with such deadly effect that
they scattered and fed.
Four years later, "Old Patch" the
roguish son of an old clothes man,
robbed her Of $4,000 900 by means OF
forged notes, and he had so many lmi-
tatOrs that staff of 40 clerks was
kept busy in detecting them.
But the old lady's diary is crowded
with similar sensations and roman
tic happenings. When, for instance,
in the ASS" Prince Charles rebel
army had struggled as far south as
Derby, such was the general panic
that the bank was mobbed by anxious
crowds demanding money for its notes.
Payment was not refused, we are told,
but the bank engaged a small army Of
agents to present notes for which they
were paid in siXpences, the agents 90
ing out Of doors with their silver and
bringing it back by another, so that
bona tide holders Of notes could not
get near enough to present them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
Wants Husband Arrested For Talking
aReligiOn.-

The unusual request to have her
husband arrested because he had been
talking religion to her for the last
four days was made over the telephone
hy W woman whose name the police
would not divulge to the Northeastern
Station, Baltimore, Thursday night
DThis discussion has been going ON
now till / can stand it no longer"
she declared Morning, noon and
night NV husband talks to me about
the state of my soul, and want him
locked up"
Tieut Frederick Crate advised her
to join church a. means of paclfy-
in her husbands religious mania,
but she remained firm in her deter
mination to have him arrested Ihe
police are Investigating the case.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
EXECUTORS SALE
IL or a Valuable
Farm and Dwelling House
Near Hampstead, In Carroll and
Baltimore Counties, Maryland.

by virtue OF ,an order or the Orphan
G T0Sr And AZ the the last win and testament
Maryland, deceased, the UNDERSIGNED II
ecuIors will sell at public sale upon the
premises hereinafter described on
SATURDAY, JANUARY ., "a. I'D. l9l5,
the following properties:
Ia NJ ! o'clock p. NJ, said Executors will
sei oil that tract or parcel or land CON
opposite the home property of the late
Soh " N MI Bush adjoining the properties o.
stead District, Carroll county MaryIand
f frame dwelling House, rooms s~p stable
ard OF fine fruit, well of splendid water at
so AZ azo. o'clock p, m.,, o. the same day
containing, 10 acres, % square perches
COUNTY III and fss bar situate rarity r. Carroll
T Ifanap t. Trenton; adjoining, the home
a ~ Aspe TAI Eli Martin. o; +. Price and
AVA ! sPIendid orchard u fru fGn Il ms i
from the railroad. The land is in n high
state, of cultivation and has been recently
hRoGt With W running water IN every field
White Oak. Water Oak and Chestnut
timber. This u an Opportunity for anT
G fdre, De desiring desirable farm in good
and business places
At time Of sale OF farm will BE- sold IL
acres OF growing wheat thereon.
Terms OF Sale:-One-third cash upon
the day OF sale or on the ratification there
or by the Court and the residue in two
equal payments, one payable in six
months and the other in twelve months :
ne credit payments to be secured BY the
bonds or single bills of the purchaser or
purchasers, with sufficient security, bear
Inc, interest from the day or sale. or aII
cash at the option OF the purchaser or
purchasers "
EDGAR M. BUSH.
J- ARTHUR ID BUSH.
Executors of John NJ. Bush. deceased
William G. Stone, Auctioneer
E. o. Weant, Solicitor
dec IL is
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
SAW SNAKE COMMIT SUICIDE.
Rather, Tortured by Cats and Ants,
Deliberately Turned Poison on It-
self

That a snake will commit suicide to
escape torture was demonstrated here
when two cats, the property of a
homesteader near the lake, herded a
big diamond RATHER into a hill of red
ants, says Silver Lake, (Ore.) dis
patch to the Portland Oregonian.
The RATHER was flushed in the sage
brush, and as it started to zig-zag
between the bushes one of the cats
bounced upon the swinging tail The
angered snake turned quickly, coiled,
and struck, but the cat was out of
reach before the RATHER was half IN
| wound.
Again the race started through the
sage. One cat crouched and scam
pered just few inches from the head
of the snake, the other again attack
ing the whizzing tail. Repeatedly the
snake coiled for a strike, but when it
struck the cats were out of reach. and
when the reptile waited for his tor
mentors to approach the cats merely
circled their prey, advancing and re
treating quickly when the snake
moved al If to strike.
The frenzied snake finally gave up
the fight and started through the
brush on high gear. The race led
over an aunt hill, and in its effort to
escape the pursuit the RATHER tried to
squeeze into the small hole used by
the insect as a doorway.
Thousands Of ants instantly resent
ed the intrusion and Joined the at
tack of the feline forces.
The bite of a red ant is as painful
as the sting of a honey bee, but not
20 poisonous. The little insects
swarmed over the buzZing, Kissing in
truder. They crept into the mouth OF
the snake, fastened themselves to its
eyes and covered its head. The RATHER
struck blindly in all directions, beat
ing the sagebrush, the ground, any
thing in its path. 1t turned belly up
ward, then tried to bore its head into
the earth The ants held fast.
4 A homesteader and his wife and
two cats were interested spectators
I Finally the snake Topped its head
and deliberately sunk it, poison fangs
into the center Of its body, clinging in
4 this position until the buzzing tai
ceased to yibrate.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
TRUSTEES SALE
~ OF
TWO RESIDENCES
On Pennsylvania Avenue, Westmin-
Ster, Maryland.


BY virtue OF a deed or trust from
George A. Bixler and wife, the under
signed trustees, will offer at public
sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915,
at 2 o'clock p. m, all that tract or
parcel Of land fronting so feet on
Pennsylvania Avenue and extending
back to an alley in the rear 19S feet
and containing One-quarter Acre,
more or less. The improvements
thereon consist of a TwO-stOry Brick
Dwelling House, with seven rooms
and all modern improvements, bath
room and heating plant; also a Large
Frame Dwelling House with ten
rooms, bath room and other modern
conveniences. "A good stable on the
rear of the lot.
These properties are located in the
residential section OF the town being
known as Nos. SO and So Pennsylvania
Avenue, and are two very desirable
and comfortable homes, and are the
same properties which were devised
to George a. Bixler by Jacob Bixler
by his will, recorded in the Office of
the Register of Wills of Carroll coun-
ty, and now occupied by George "a.
Bixler and Levi Myers.
These properties will be offered as
a whole and in separate parcels, and
sold to the best advantage.
Terms OF Sale:-One-third cash on
the day of sale or upon the ratification
Of the sale by the Court, and the resi-
due in two equal payments OF one and
two years from the day of sale; the
credit payments to be secured by the
notes OF the purchaser or purchasers,
with approved security, bearing inter
est from day Of sale, or all cash at the
option of the purchaser
JOHN J. STEWART,
PAUL s. BIXLER, Trustees.
E. o. Weant, Solicitor
T.. N. Davis, Auctioneer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
WEST VIRGINIA STATE FACES DE-
FICFT.
Report Soon to be Made Public VIII
SHOW S625,NOO on Wrong Side Of

Report soon 10 ne Iudue L DhC WEI
SHOW s625.OOO on Wrong Side Of
Ledger.
Mr.. Fred D. Blue, State Tax Com
missioner of West Virginia, has issued
the following statement to representa-
tives Of the press:
1.-The examination and audit will
give to the people the exact financial
condition Of the state as of June Both
last. 1t will disclose that there was
a deficit III the state fund Of ap-
lproximately S350,000 at the close OF
business for the fiscal year ending
June Goth, 1914.
1.-The audit further discloses that
unless the legislature provides add
tional revenue available during the
present fiscal year there will be 2
deficit in the state fund at the end q
the present fiscal year, June 3Oth
1915, of approximately $625,OOO- There
will be such deficit, even when the
expenditures are limited to payments
OF the states ordinary running expen.
ses and to payments on buildings anc
improvements already under con.
struction."
4 West Virginia entered the list Of
prohibition states i'm 1912, and sinct
has had a difficult time making botf
ends meet"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
Had an Annette.

The man from Ruralville was on his
first trip as a drummer" The waiter
brought in the meal-the food in
numerous little side dishes dear to
restaurant keeping arranged the
dishes around the suburbanite's plate.
With the wondering waiter eying
him, Johnnie sat for while looking
at the untouched dinner. Then he
called:
hurry up and bring my dinner I'll eat
I'D your samples ."-EXchange.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
RUGGED HIM FOR $500
Fair Guest II Arrested Later With
$3.50 i'm Her Possession.

Kenneth Square, Pa, Dec. II
George Green, an old man, who lives
BY himself near Unionville, Who
doesn't believe in banks, carried ms
money about in his inside vest pocket
A few days ago Marshall Martin ano
wife, OF Philadelphia, came out to WISH
the old man, and today the couple a.
appeared, and % did Green's roll 81
over $500.
Mrs. Martin was arrested in tnis
borough, where she was spending
money freely, and her husband was
arrested not far from town me was
searched and had $500 when arrested
She said her husband robbed the olc
man and gave the money to her, ahc
both were sent to jail for trial.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
OPERATORS WANTED

Experienced Operators and Learners
Wanted at Grumbine's Shirt Factory.
permanent positions and good salaries.
Will give out sewing To homes Of reIf-
able persons. Apply to
WILLIAM r. GRUMBINE,
dec Ill 81 Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
DUBLIc SALE
HOUSE ANDLOT
Near CarroIIton, Carroll County,
Maryland.

by virtue OF the power OF attorney from
ANNIE Z. HOFFMAN to Jacob NJ Long
dated the Sth day of December. A. n
l9l4- the undersigned will sell nj Dublfc
sale ON the premises hereinafter described.
ON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER a6th, 1914.
at O'Clock p. m, all those several tracts
Pr parcels or land containing acres and
~ square perches OF land, more or less.
improved with q frame dwelling house
hen house and other necessary outbuiid,
lngs with spring Of never falling water
ana plenty Of fruit This property III in
Gated on the road leading from burrows
Dlacksm1th snop to Carrollton Station adj
Joining the lands OF Andrew Dreschler
George Houck and Others near CarrolItori
station in Hampstead District, Carroll
county, Nd, and formerly occupied by
Barbara Rock, This IL very desirable
nome and is convenient to churches, stores
Terms OF Sale:-One-th cash on the
DAY or sale and the residue In two euuaI
payments payments. in six and twelve months, the
purchaser giving his or her note with
approved security, bearing Interest from
the day OF sale, or all cash at the optfon
of the purchaser. Np'-0"
E JACOB M LONG
dec IL is
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-25
TRUSTEES SALE
- OF a
HOUSE and LOT
Near Westminster, Carroll County,
Maryland.

BY virtue of decree of the Circuit
court for Carroll county in cause No.
1893 Equity, wherein Mary Catherine
EllzaDeth Orendorff ct al, infants, are
plaintiffs and Mary Catherine Eliza
oeth orendorf ct al, infants, are de-
Iendants, the undersigned Trustee
Will sell at public sale upon the
premises hereinafter described,
WEDNESDAY,. JANUARY 9Th, 1915,
at o'clock p. m, all that tract or
parcel Of land containing 1OA acres
and ~ square perches, more or less.
improved by good dwelling house.
stable and other necessary outbuild-
lngs, well of water at the door. The
land IL In high state OF cultivation.
convenient to churches, schools and
business places, being located ON the
public road leading from Westmins-
ter to Warfieldsburg, about 31a miles
from me former place, and il the
same property formerly belonging to
Alexander Carr, and now occupied by
Robert Franklin.
Terms of Sale:-One-third cash on
the day Of sale or upon the ratifica-
ton thereof by the Court, and the
residue in two equal payments of one
and two years from day Of sale: the
credit payments to be secured BY the
notes Of the purchaser, with ap-
proved security, bearing interest from
DAY OF sale, or all cash at the option
Of the purchaser.
EDWARD B. ORENDORFF.
Trustee
- O. Weant, Solicitor.
Jesse +. Albaugh, Auctioneer
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"THE LOCUSTS."
a Fine Farm situated in Freedom
District For Sale.

A will sell privately the fine farm
known as 1.-The Locasts" owned bv Mrs
a. +. Gordon-Cumming and CONTAINING
about 2O8 ACRES. The Mansion House
was burned this spring, the other i'm
provements consist of tenant house. tha
servant house, shop, two bank barns:
wagon shed, barrack and all other nee.
essary outbuildings: About 10 Acres
of 1t is meadow land. Water Il numn-
ed BY gasoline engine to the buildings
Plenty Of fruit, shrubbery, &c. It u
located about mile from the new state
road and about four miles from Sykes
vile. Possession can be given AZ once.
Write or call upon
GUY wv. STEELE.
1.,., Attorney,
JuiV 49, w Westminster. Md.
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FOR RENT,

500 Acre Farm, situated in Baltimore
County, close to Woodensburg Station.
known as the Montrose Farm, for rent
on shares Of one-half OF all fruit ana
crops raised on premises. 400 Acres of
The best soil under cultivation. For
information apply to
DIR. A. M. KALBACH.
1O7 w. Main Street,
dec 11-4t Westminster MA
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BY virtue Of a deed OF trust from
George A. Bixler and wife, the under
signed trustees, will offer at public
sale, on the premises, on