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The Real Prince
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MARTHA COBB SANFORD.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associate
Literary Press.
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How Katherine Searle came to be
Jack Carrington’s ward belongs to the
early chapters of a long story. It dates
back, in fact, fifteen years, when Kath
erine was a three-year-old baby and
Carrington a young man of twenty.
But at the beginning of the present
chapter, after having been “finished
off” at a very proper boarding school,
Katherine had just returned from a
winter in Europe with Carrington’s
married sister.
And Carrington as he sat in the twi
light on the luxuriously appointed
porch of his out of town house was ex
pectantly awaiting a promised after
dinner talk with her.
In accordance with a long and care
fully formulated plan he felt that the
time had now come for him to take
Katherine seriously in hand and to
prepare her for the prominent part she
was sure to play in a world of admir
ing but, alas, inconstant men.
Katherine, radiant in a fluffy glory
of some soft, delicate stuff beyond
man’s comprehension, at length tripped
out through the casement door and
perched herself affectionately on the
arm of her guardian’s easy chair. He
took her little white band in his and
patted it gently as be would a child’s.
“I suppose you haven’t begun to
think about marriage yet, little girl?”
he asked byway of tactful beginning.
“Begun to think about it?” echoed
Katherine. “Why, I’ve always -thought
about it—always and always.”
Carrington looked up In amazement.
“H’m,” he mused. ”1 haveirt begun
a moment too soon, it seems." Then
aloud he added: “So you’ve always
thought about marriage, my dear?
Well, well! And what have you thought
about it?”
Katheriue threw her arms about his
neck and gave him an energetic hug.
Then she placed a cushion at his feet
and settled herself comfortably.
“I’ll tell you,” she began confidential
ly. “I’ve always adored fairy stories,
and of course there’s a glorious young
prince in every fairy story, you know.
Well, it was always fun when I was a
little girl to imagine myself the beau
tiful princess whom the prince was
looking for—and now I’m grown up,
guardy, dear, It’s Just as much fun,”
she finished naively.
Carrington laughed heartily. He
was greatly relieved.
“Imaginary princes are all very
harmless and proper, little Kit,” he
commented Indulgently, “but pretty
soon you’ll begin to think about real
everyday men.”
“Pretty soon?” she queried teaslngly.
“Dear me!” exclaimed Carrington,
with an unconcern he was far from
feeling. “You’ve not thought about
real men already?”
“You’d call Harvey Dunton a real
man, wouldn’t you?” Katherine asked,
looking at him roguishly.
Carrington’s jesting mood passed iu
a flash. He shut his teeth with sud
den vexation.
“Where did you meet Harvey Dun
ton?” he Inquired searchingly.
“On the steamer comlug back,” an
swered Katherine. “Your sister intro
duced him. He’s really very devoted
to me. He’s coming around later this
evening. He sings, you know, and
I’ve promised to play his accompani
ments. Don’t you like him, guardy?
You don’t look as though you do.”
“Oh, Dunton’s all right,” he answer
ed good naturedly, suddenly alive to
the fact that he must play his hand
cautiously. “You evidently like him.
little girl?” he parried.
“I don’t know really, guardy. But he
likes me. That’s as far as we’ve got."
was Katherine’s ingenuous reply. “I’m
not taking him very seriously because,
you see, somehow he isn’t exactly like
the prince I’ve been expecting.”
“I should hope not.” muttered Car
rington.
“What did you say?”
“I said he’s coming across the lawn
now,” evaded Carrington. “I’ll stay
out here aud listen to the music if you
don’t mind. Kit."
“Just ns you like, guardy. dear."
laughed Kitty. “I’ll come out again
after he’s gone and tell you how we
“Well?” asked Carrington an hour or
so later as Katherine appeared sud
denly lu the doorway.
She did not answer, but stoat! as if
spellbound. This was a bad sign—a
very bad sign, as Carrington interpret
edjt
*" “Well?” he ventured again, this time
a trifle peremptorily.
“Guardy.” exclaimed Katherine, her
rapt expression breaking into the mer
riest of smiles, “I’d forgotten you were
out here.”
“That’s the way it seemed to me,” re
turned Carrington dryly. “Dunton has
a very alluring voice, hasn’t he? Come
over here, you mischievous kitten, and
confess, as you promised.”
Katherine came slowly.
“I’ll tell you. guardy.” she began
hesitatingly, perching herself, as usual,
on the arm of his chair—“that is. if I
can. I hardly know myself how I feel.
You see, when Mr. Dunton isn’t sing
ing I don’t like him any better than I
do lots of other men. not nearly as well
as some, but”—
“Lots of other men, did 1 under
stand you to say?” Interrupted Carring
ton.
“Oh, well, three or four, guardy!
What do a half dozen, more or less,
matter?”
“There’s safety in numbers, to be
sure,” replied Carrington tritely.
“But let’s get back to Dunton. You
were going to tell me how you feel
about him.”
Immediately Katherine dropped her
frivolous mood and became thoughtful.
“When he’s talking, guardy, be
might Just as well be any man, as I
told you, but when he sings, well”—
“Well?”
“I almost feel that my prince has
come,” breathed Katherine ecstatically.
"H’m! Very romantic,” was Carring
ton’s chilling comment “When will
yon see him again?”
“Not for a week. He was to go up
to town on important business,” sighed
K then no
“Well, off to bed -with you now, my
child,” ordered the stern guardian,
“and may some good fairy tell you how
to know the real prince when he
comes.”
A week later to a night Carrington
again sat listening to I Minton’s full
magnetic voice as. with seductive ease.
It glided through one love sing after
another to Katherine’s sympathetic ac
companiment.
Suddenly there came u pause in the
singing—a long pause. Carrington
waited for the sound of talking, but
the silence was unbroken.
Without stopping to weigh the jus
tice of motive or consequences, he
jumped up determinedly and made a
dramatic entree into the music room.
Dunton, startled, straightened him
self stiffly. He had been leaning over
Katherine, looking into her eyes with
passionate pleading.
“This business must stop right here,"
commanded Carrington, looking Dun
ton squarely In the eye.
“I do not understand you, Mr. Car
rington,” replied Dunton haughtily.
“If you have been eavesdropping you
could have heard nothing, for nothing
has been said.”
“No; that’s just the trouble,” retort
:ed Carrington hotly. “Nothing has
been said. Miss Searie is my ward, as
you know, .and it is my duty to pro
j tect her from such sorcerers as you. I
! happen to kuow that, like the carefully
guarded ladies in the fairy tales, she
is waiting for her prince to come”—
here Carrington smiled down upon
Katherine gently and placed his arm
about her—“a real prince, Mr. Dun
ton. They wear many disguises, you
know, and the lady’s protector has to
be on the alert.”
Dunton turned ashy white.
| “I trust that she may find her—real
: prince,” he answered scornfully and
walked angrily from the room.
When the sound of his footsteps had
died away Katherine flung both her
; warm white arms around Carrington’s
neck. Her eyes were full of shining
tears, but her lips were smiling.
“Guardy,” she said softly, “I have
found my prince!”
“Katherine, you don’t mean”— began
| Carrington joyfully.
“Yes—Jack—l do.”
“And so,” said Jack lovingly, after
he bad kissed her until she protested,
“this is the end of the fairy story?”
“Oh, no!” laughed Katherine softly.
“They lived happily ever after, you
know.”
Exercise or Die.
Every man and woman must do some
muscular work or take equivalent ex
ercise, else they will die long before
their natural time. And If one’s voca
tion involves the use of only one set of
muscles work must be found for the
other muscles, else the individual be
comes disproportionate in form and
eventually a prey to disease.
A bodcarrier, who is required to use
nearly all his muscles, exerting him
self close to the limit of his strength
for many hours daily, never gives any
thought to artificial exercise, for he
has no need of any. But the profes
sional man, the clerk, the typist and
the saleswoman —all these find little
real use for the muscles lu their daily
employment, and they require to take
up some system of physical exercise
to maintain normal health. Then there
are factory operatives and the toilers
in various trades, whose work brings
into play certain sets of muscles, while
others are out of use. These require
exercise adapted to giving employment
to the neglected muscles. There Is
also a class of wealthy i>eople who do
no regular work of any kind, who re
quire to follow some strength giving
sport in lieu of work. At the opposite
extreme is a class of athletes who
make a business of artificial exercise
and build themselves up into moun
tains of muscle. These almost invaria
bly overdo and "in consequence suffer
later.—Charles H. Cochrane In Metro
politan Magazine.
A Real Fire Engine.
In all the varied list of curious causes
of fires perhaps the most absurd was
; the source of a conflagration that oc
curred in Worcestershire, England, in
1902. The Worcester Insurance com
pany decided to change its fire engine
from a horse drawn vehicle to one op
erated by a motor. The work was not
quite completed when the company re
ceived warning of a fire which had
broken out on a farm at nearby Kemp
sey village. However, the engine was
iu sufficient running order to be sent
i on forthwith under the action of the
hewly installed motor.
Unhappily the engine’s funnel had
not been protected by a spark pro
tector. As a result the trail of the
snorting mechanism was embellished
with a gorgeous train of sparks. There
in lay the cause of trouble. In a lane
the fire engine met a wagon loaded
with straw, which it promptly set on
fire. Unheeding, It hurried on its way
and in its course presently Ignited
some stacks which bordered on the
road. It still pushed on relentlessly,
however, and came to a standstill only
when the water tube of the motor
burst. It was still some hundreds of
yards from its destination, and there
it remained Ingloriously helpless while
the fire at the farm burned itself out.
—Boston Post
Dangerous Ground.
“Bless me, Marthy!” exclaimed Un
cle Cyrus, looking up from his maga
ziue, says the Youth’s Companion.
“We’re getting a navy that don’t need
to take a back seat for any of them
European nations.” Aunt Martha con
tinued placidly measuring out the in
gredients of “mountain” cake and
manifestly was not unduly excited over
naval affairs.
“Just listen to this. Some fellow has
been making estimates. Any half doz
en of our big cruisers have engine
strength equal to the pulling power of
all the horses in the Russian cavalry!
The engines of one of our big battle
ships are strong enough—if they could
be fastened somewhere—to pull the
hull United States cavalry into the
sea and”—
“Mercy sakes.” cried Aunt Martha,
with arrested spoon, for the first time
impressed with these Interesting sta
tistics, “I hope to goodnc" our cav
alry ’ll keep away from the shore!”
Among life’s ups and downs the most
annoying are keeping expenses down
and appearances up. New Orleans
Tlmes-Democrat
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, WESTMINSTER, MD.
BOLIVIAN INDIANS.
The Majority Are Semi-intoxioated
From the Cradle to the Grave.
The Indian women of Bolivia are
usually superior to their lords in actual
intelligence; also in age, as a rule.
They earn the larger share of their
mutual “living” and take the lead in
most things.
As recognized head of the house the
Bolivian Indian wife is much more
likely to thrash her comparatively
timid spouse than he is to ill use her.
In the markets, when produce has to
be disposed of, she can drive a far bet
ter bargain than he could; she can car
ry as heavy burdens, endure as much
privation and physical toil, labor, chew
as much coca and drink as much
strong drink.
Little or no money passes among the
Bolivian Indians, their mediums of
exchange being whatever they may
raise or the labor of their hands. They
will eat when not hungry, drink when
not thirsty, sleep when not sleepy, any
where and any time when opportunity
offers, “against the time of need,” as
they say. The majority are in a state
of semi-intoxication from babyhood to
the grave, alcohol being used cm every
pretext, freely as their means will al
low, on occasions of births, deaths and
feast days—the last named being re
markably frequent.—Boston Glob©-.
HIS COAT OF ARMS.
It Was Fairly Earned Since Khe De
scended From a King.
A man applied to the college of her
aldry for a coat of arms, says a writer
In the Comhill Magazine, and was ask
ed if any of his ancestors had been re
nowned for any singular achieve
ments. The man paused and consid
ered. but could recollect nothing.
“Your father,” said the herald, aid
ing his memory, “your grandfather,
your great-grandfather?”
“No,” returned the applicant; “I nev
er knew that I had a great-grandfather
or a grandfather.”
“Of yourself?” asked this creator of
dignity.
“I know nothing remarkable of my
self,” returned the man, “only that, be
ing once locked up in Ludgate prison
for debt, I found means to escape from
an upper window, and that, you know,
is no honor in a man’s escutcheon.”
“And how did you get down?” said
the herald.
“Odd enough,” retorted the man. “I
procured a cord, fixed It round the
neck of the statue of King Lud on the
outside of the building and thus let
myself down.”
“I have it!” said the herald. “No
honor! Lineally descended from King
Lud! Aud his coat of arms will do
for you.”
They Won the Pool.
It was certainly reprehensible, though
one cannot but smile at the bold trick
played one night by half a dozen men
in Paris. These individuals rang at the
door of a private house, and before the
servant could announce their arrival
the leader had donned an official scarf
and introduced himself as a police com
missioner, seized about SI,OOO which
was lying on the table as stakes in a
game of poker, saying he would not
trouble the host and his guests to call
at the office that evening, but would be
obliged If they would do so the next
morning. The “commissioner,” with
his escort, politely departed. When
the players dutifully called at the of
fice the next day, their visit created
visible surprise, and they learned, to
their disgust, that this police commis
sioner of the night before had tricked
them and their SI,OOO had been car
ried off by a gang of thieves. So much
for playing poker and having an un
easy conscience!—Boston Herald.
She Said So Anyway.
The young man who was endeavor
ing to win the favor of Bobby’s pretty
sister met the boy on the street one
tnorulag and greeted him with much
cordiality.
“Er—do you think your sister was
pleased to know I had called the other
day?” he was at last forced to ask,
bluntly, after several efforts to guide
Bobby’s conversation in that direction.
“Sure!” said Bobby, with gratifying
promptness. “I know she was. I
heard her say so.
“When she came home mother said,
‘Mr. Brown called while you were out,’
and she said: ‘He did? Well, I’m glad
of that!’ ’’—Youth’s Companion.
An Easy Word.
This is what happened to a Glasgow
workingman when he tried to make
his wife’s home life happy by reading
the police news to her as contained in
his evening paper. In due course he
reached an interesting trial for as
sault, the report of which concluded
as follows:
“This case was held over until to
morrow, as the presiding magistrate
said he found considerable difficulty
in pronouncing sentence.”
“Dear me,” commented the reader’s
wife, “he canna hae been a man o’
muckle edication, surely, or he wadna
hae found any difficulty in pronouncin’
an easy wee word like that"—Dundee
Advertiser.
A Bit of Advice.
This Is a bit of advice offered by the
Gunnison Gazette:
Young man, if you should come
across a girl who, with a face as ra
diant as a sunflower, says as you ap
pear at the door, “I will be busy for
half an hour yet, for the dishes are not
washed,” just squat right down on the
doorstep and wait for her, because
some other chap may come along and
secure the prize, and right there you
will have lost an angel.
So It Is.
Teacher—lf a vehicle with two
wheels Is a bicycle and one with three
wheels a tricycle, what is one with
only one wheel?
Scholar—A wheelbarrow.—lllustrated
Bits.
A Sporting Event.
Mrs, Peck —Henry, do you see any
thing In the paper about Blinker run
ning over his mother-in-law? Mr. Peck
—Not yet. I haven’t come to the sport*
ing news.—Puck.
Success has a great tendency to con
ceal and throw a veil over the evil
deeds of men.—Demosthenes.
Real Estate Sales.
Chas. O. Clemson, Attorney, Westminster Md.
SALE.
OF A VALUABLE
FARM, SAW MILL, HOUSE AND LOT,
ELEVEN WOOD LOTS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
By virtue of an Order of the Orphans’
Court of Carroll county and of the
power and authority contained in the
last will and testament of Jeremiah
Myers, deceased, the undersigned Act
ing Executors will sell at public sale on
the premises near Union Mills, Carroll
county, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908,
at 10 o’clock, a. m., the following
fee simple property towit:
The farm of the late Jeremiah Myers,
adjoining the land of H. Wirt Shriver,
Wm. Bankard et. al., near Union Mills,
containing
151 ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, will be offered as one tract,
and also in separate tracts, after a new
survey, as follows :
Tract No. 1, Homestead, containing
89 ACRES, more or less, about ten
acres of which is woodland, the balance
good farming land, well watered by
Bear Creek and Pipe Creek, and located
on Bachman Valley Road. There is a
good dwelling house, barn and other
necessary outbuildings on the place and
a spring of water near the dwelling.
Tract No. 2, Saw-Mill property, con
taining 19| Acres, more or less, and has
besides the saw-mill, a shingle-mill, a
chopping-mill and a hominy-mill, all run
by water power, and in good condition
and command a good business.
Tract No. 3, House and Lot, contain
ing 4* Acres, more or less, improved by
a good dwelling house and other necessa
ry outbuildings, having about one acre
cleared land and balance in good timber.
There is a well of excellent water at the
door. This property is now occupied by
Herbert J. Myers.
Tract No. 4 contains 10| Acres, more
or less, and is unimproved, has about 7
acres good farming land and balance in
excellent timber, and adjoins the lands
of Joe Petry and John Stewart.
The remainder of the original tract is
divided into eleven wood lots, containing
from one and one-fourth to three and
three-fourth acres of land each, more
or less, and each accessible from the
Westminster and Littlestown Turnpike
or from Bachman Valley road and away
separate to each lot, containing excel
lent oak and chestnut timber.
Also an unimproved building lot in the
village of Union Mills, adjacent to the
church, containing about half an acre of
land.
Further information may be had of
Herbert J. Myers on the premises, or of
Chas. O. Clemson, Attorney, Westmin
ster. The new plat will be shown the
day of sale, or may be seen at office of
above Attorney.
Terms of Sale : One-third cash on day
of sale or on ratification thereof by the
Orphans’ Court of Carroll County, bal
ance in two equal payments of six and
twelve months, with interest, or all cash
as the purchaser may elect, deferred
payments to be secured to the satisfac
tion of the undersigned.
JAMES C. MYERS,
HERBERT J. MYERS,
Acting Executors Jeremiah Myers, de
ceased
mayß 3t Wm. H. Warner, Auct’r.
DANIEL M. MURRAY. - - Solicitor.
EXECUTOR’S SALE
OF VALUABLE
FEE SIMPLE_PROPERTIES.
By virtue of a power of sale con
tained in the last will and testament
of Julia A. Dorsey, late of Howard
county, deceased, dated the 31st day
of October, 1903, and duly admitted
to probate by the Orphans’ Court of
Howard county, the undersigned ex
ecutor will offer at public auction,
on the premises, at Cooksville, How
ard county, Md., on
TUESDAY, MAT 26th, 1908,
at 1 o’clock, p. m., the following valu
able fee simple properties.
First—The farm recently occupied
by the deceased, containing
158 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
| situated on the Baltimore & Frederick
turnpike, 23 miles from Baltimore,
at the junction of the Washington &
Westminster road, and 2 miles from
Hood’s Mill station, on the B. & O.
R. R. It is improved by a large, com
fortable Stone House of 17 rooms,
barn, corn house, ice house, and other
necessary outbuildings, 2 tenant
houses, and a comfortable 6 room
dwelling,with stable and outbuildings.
This property has been heavily
limed, produces splendid crops, is
beautifully located, and is considered
one of the most desirable farms in
Howard county.
Second—Two (2) acres of land,
more or less, adjoining the farm, and
improved by a 2-story store building,
with warehouse, (now occupied by
Messrs. Howard Warfield & Co.) a
blacksmith shop, (now occupied by
Mr. John E. Coursey), and a com
fortable dwelling of 6 rooms, with
stable and other outbuildings.
A general merchandise business has
been conducted at this stand for the
past forty-five years, and it is an ex
ceptional location.
These properties will first be offered
as a whole, and then separately; all
bids reserved, and sold as shall be
most advantageous to the estate.
Terms of Sale: —One-third of the
purchase money to be paid in cash,
and the balance in two equal install
ments in six and twelve months from
the day of sale; the credit payments
to bear interest from day of sale and
to be secured by the notes of the
purchaser with approved security, or
the whole of the purchase money to
be paid in cash at the option of the
purchaser or purchasers.
A deposit of $250 will be required
of the purchaser on the day of sale.
For any further information con
cerning the property apply to the exe
cutor, or to Mr. Wm. H. Hobbs, Cooks
ville, Md.
JOHN M. DELASHMUTT,
Executor of the Estate of Julia A.
Dorsey, Woodbine, Md. mayß-3t
Lumber and cord wood
AT PUBLIC SALE.
On MONDAY, MAY 25, 1908. on the premises
of the undersigned, lately Dr. Clotworthy Bimies’
estate, in Carroll county, Md.. on the road leading
from Taneytown to Westminster, about 2% miles
east of Taneytown, will be sold at public sale 15.-
000 feet oak boards, plank and scantling, (full
edged.) 25 cords oak and hickory slab wood, 200
cords oak and hickory wood.
A credit of three months will be given.
Sale to commence at 1 o’clock p. m., on Monday
May 25, 1908, when terms and conditions will be
made known by
may 15 2t* A. M. KALBACH.
JAMES E. SHREEVE J. E. SHREEVE, JR.
Bllicott City Westminster
SHREEVE & SON
DENTISTS
Westminster Office
3 Doors West of Herr A Babylon’s Repository
mapl tf
Chas. O. Clemson, Solicitor, Westminster, Md.
pUBLIC SALE.
OF VALUABLE
Home and Office Building!
In the City of Westminster, in Fee
Simple.
The undersigned will offer at public
sale on the premises on
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1908,
at 2 o’clock, p. m., all that fee simple
lot of ground situated on East Mam
street, known as Nos. 100 and 102,
having a combined frontage of about
fifty feet on Main street, with a depth
of about one hundred and ninety-eight
feet, to an alley, improved by a large
three-story brick dwelling and a two
story office building, besides which
there is a good barn on the rear lot.
This property is now occupied by Mrs.
Irene C. Bennett and Dr, Thomas J.
Coonan and was the residence of the
late Sen. Pinkney J. Bennett, Possess
; ion to be arranged with the present oc
cupants of the property. .
Terms of Sale A deposit of SIOO.OO
will be required at the sale; balance on
or before July Ist, 1908, with interest,
or all cash at the option of the pur
q cpr
’ DAISY B. COWAN,
MARGARET E. STITELY,
BLANCHE B. COONAN.
mv22 2t F. A. Crawford. Auct.
Wsstern Maryland College
WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
FORTY-SECOND YEAR OPENS
SEPTEMBER 16th, 1908.
PERFECTLY SAFE, where your sons and daugh
ters are surrounded by the best moral and
religious influence: where pure mountain air
and water keep them healthful; and where
new buildings equipped in modern fashion
house them in comfort.
WISELY PLANNED for both sexes, but reciting !
in separate classes; making education its
great business, and keeping athletic and
social matters incidental; reducing the cost
so as to reach the largest number, but toler- :
ating no student who will not study.
THOROUGH, offering three separate courses for
the degree of A. 8., one with Greek and two
without; well equipped Scientific Building;
good Library; Gymnasium, and a Faculty of
twenty-one specialists.
OF GOOD REPUTE. You will find our students
everywhere, ask them. Without large en
dowments or splendid gifts from the rich we
have slowly built up a College whose only
claim is the good work it does, and this has
kept it growing for forty years.
Rev. T. H. Lewis, D. D.,LL. D., President.
IN order to close out our stock of lap
robes and horse blankets we will sell
them at less than cost while they last.
DOYLE & MAGEE.
BARK WANTED
AT
MY STM!
WE WILL PAY
Eijlt Dollars and Fifty Cents
j ($8.50) per ton of 2,000 pounds for 2.000
Tons of Prime Chestnut Oak Bark,
AND
SIX DOLLARS
I ($6.00) per ton for BLACK OAK BARK.
|ot this year's peeiing. delivered in good
| order and condition at the Carroll Tannery,
I before the Ist day of July. 1908. We will
not buy any Span Oak Bark this year, and
j will only buy Black Oak Bark from parlies
who will sell us their Rock Oak Bark.
THE CARROLL OAK TANNING CO.,
Of Carroll County, Md.,
Tannery Station, on Western Md. R. R.
teb 28 3 m
USE “Elk Garden” sold by Smith &
Reifsnider for cooking, steaming,
smithing and heating.
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may 15 St. Louis, Mo.
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Daytons, Traps, Stick Wagons, Delivery
Wagons, Depot Wagons and all kinds of
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quick and good work. Special attention given to
repairing in all its branches.
We have a new Rubber Tire Machine, and can
put on rubber tires at a very short notice at our
factory. We put on the celebrated Kelley, Good
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promptly filled and work of every kind warranted.
We have on hand a complete stock of HARNESS |
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ing, at prices that defy competition. Come and
see our stock of Vehicles and Harness before pur
chasing. We can save you money.
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Cor. Liberty and George Sts.,
may 28 Westminster, Md. I
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Cabinet Photographs.
Special attention given to Child- i
ren and Copy work.
J. D. MITCHELL,
Photographer,
over Bower’s store, Westminster, Md.
M. E. CAMPBELL,
BUTCHER,
DEALER IN FRESH AND
CURED MEATS. ...
Highest Cash Price Paid for Fat Cattle, 1
Hogs, Sheep. Calves, and Beef Hides.
aug!6 yr '
ARTISTIC TASTE.
In This the French Are First and the
Irish Come Next.
Artistic taste is due to temperament,
and where this exists the simplest ma
terials lend themselves to artistic com
binations and beautiful effects.
The French excel in dainty, gracefu
designs because of their volatile, mirt
loving temperaments. The Germans
can never reach these heights because
their temperaments are just the re
verse, while it has been proved in sev
eral workrooms that, next to the
French, the Irish temperament is the
most artistic. .
The more artistic the general train
ing of a person the more ready are
they to appreciate and profit by the
fine productions of others; hence we
are glad to see and grateful for the
privilege of studying the “models
brought from Paris each season by the
enterprising importers.
Twenty-five years ago in Pans and
London the houses that catered to
America and the colonies put aside for
this trade any designs that were too
extreme or “screaming” for the fastid
i lous home buyers, says the Millinery
Trade Review. But times have changed,
and the American woman is now con
sidered the best dressed in the world,
and the leaders of American society
are the women who dictate quite as
much as the elite of France.
MINE TIMBERS.
They Add Eight Cents to the Cost of
Each Ton of Anthracite.
The cost of every ton of anthracite is
increased 8 cents by the expense of the
mine timbers. To supply these tim
bers, says the Vegetarian Magazine,
requires each year the product of ap
proximately 150,000 acres of forest.
Timber is used for cross ties for
tram roads in the main haulage ways,
as wooden rollers and as props. A set
of gangway timber consists of two
legs, commonly nine or ten feet long
I and about thirteen inches in diameter,
and a collar six or seven feet long.
These sets are placed on an average at
intervals of five feet. One gangway
frequently contains 1,000 sets, and ten
gangways to a colliery is not an un
usual number.
The average life of the timber is
hardly above two years. Forty-five per
cent of the timbers are destroyed by
decay, while breakage, wear and In
sects destroy the remainder. By peel
ing the timbers and properly seasoning
them and especially by giving them
i a treatment in oils or chemical salts
their length of service is materially in
creased.
The Marble and the Pencil.
The marble trick is as old as the days
of Aristotle. Cross the middle and
fore fingers and roll a marble between
them. The marble will feel like two,
because it is being felt in an unaccus
tomed way. If a pencil is drawn be
tween the crossed fingers the one pen
cil will feel like parallel bars. The
same Illusion may be worked by plac
ing the pencil between the lips and
1 then moving the under lip to one side,
causing the pencil to feel like two.
More curious than any of these is the
one where the forefinger is crossed
over the little finger behind the other
two and then applied to the end of the
nose. Not only can you feel two noses,
but one of them seems to be about an
inch longer than the other. This last
sensation is caused by the fact that
we do not ordinarily feel the edge of
any object with these two fingers at
the same time unless the part felt with
the little finger projects beyond the
part felt by the forefinger.—St. Louis
Republic.
THE SORROWFUL TREE.
Its Flowers Open at Night and Close
With the Dawn of Day.
, There is a tree in Persia to which
the name “the sorrowful tree” is given,
perhaps because it blossoms only in
the evening. When the first star ap
pears in the heavens the first bud of
the sorrowful tree opens, and as the
shades of night advance and the stars
thickly stud the sky the buds continue
gradually opening until the whole tree
looks like one immense white flower.
On the approach of dawn, when the
brilliancy of the stars gradually fades
In the light of day, the sorrowful tree
closes its flowers, and ere the sun is
fully risen not a single blossom is vis
ible. A sheet of flower dust as white
ns snow covers the ground around the
: foot of the tree, which seems blighted
and withered during the day, while,
however, it is actively preparing for
the next nocturnal festival. The fra
grance of the blossoms is like that of
■ the evening primrose.
If the tree is cut down close to the
roots a new plant shoots up and at
tains maturity In an incredibly short
time.
In the vicinity of this singular tree
there usually grows another which is
almost an exact counterpart of the sor
rowful tree, but less beautiful, and,
strange to say. It blooms only in the
daytime.
Strong Rooms.
The Bank of England’s strong room
Is one of the largest In the world. The
foundation, sixty-six feet below the
street level, is a bed of concrete twen
ty feet thick. Above this Is a lake sev
en feet deep, and above that thick
plates of Iron specially manufactured
to resist both skill and force. Any one
attempting an entrance from above
would find a similar bed of concrete, a
similar lake and similar plates of iron.
The walls are impenetrable, while the
doors are one foot thick, weigh four
tons each and are made absolutely un
drillable.
The Imperial Ottoman bank, Con
stantinople, had a marvelous steel fort
i built upon a water bearing rock, and
on top of the rock foundation is a four
foot bed of concrete. The height Is
over thirty-six feet, length forty-six
feet and width twenty-four. The steel
I walls are surrounded by masonry and
i concrete six feet thick throughout,
while the whole comprises nearly thir
ty tons of steel.
If money didn’t talk, some people
would never be heard of.-Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Courtesy Is an asset, churlishness a
liability.— Chicago Record-Herald.
Legal Advertisements.
OTICE TO CONTRACTORS.^
Sealed proposals addressed to the
County Commissioners of Carroll Cour
ty, Westminster, Maryland, endorsed
“proposals for improving the public
highway between Sykesville and Elders
burg, beginning at the end of the new
I work on the Eldersburg road and run
i ning northerly and easterly about f 0 f a
mile to the laundry gate of the Sprin?
field Hospital grounds, known as the
Eldersburg Road, Section “B” will bg
received up to 12 o’clock noon, JUNE l
1908, when they will be publicly opened
and read.
All proposals must be made on forms
| furnished by the State Geological Sur
vey Commission, to be obtained through
its office in Baltimore. Bids otherwise
made out will not be considered.
The work to be done includes the
grading and macademizing of about I of
a mile of road to be built according to
the plans and specifications on file at
the office of the County Commissioners
at Westminster, Maryland.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a certified check for two hundred dol
lars ($200.00), payable to the County
Commissioners of Carroll County, which
will be returned unless the successful
bidder fails to execute a contract, in
which case his check will become the
property of the County.
The County Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board.
GEO. E. BENSON
GEO. W. BROWN
J. S. FINK.
Commissioners of Carroll County.
Test:
F, L. Hann, Clerk and Treas.
may 22 2t
your business, no matter
how small or how large, Smith &
Reifsnider will take care of it.
TO CREDITORS.
This is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans’
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
; letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
CATHARINE VIRGINIA MATHIAS,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the Bth day of December, 1908;
| they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this sth day of
, May 1908.
MARY E. SHAFER,
! may 84t Executrix.
TO CREDITORS.
i This is toTgive notice that the sub
-1 scriber has obtained from the Orphans’
I Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
I letters testamentary on the Personal
!Estate of
JEHU B. UTZ,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 15th day of December, 1908;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 11th day of
May, 1908.
SARAH H. UTZ,
may 15 4t Administratrix.
TO CREDITORS.
This is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans’
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
HANNAH SHIPLEY,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, to the subscriber,
on or before the 22d day of December,
1908; they may otherwise by law be ex
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
May, 1908.
JESSE NICODEMUS,
may 22 4t Executor.
ORDER Coal now from Smith & Reif
snider and save money.
TO CREDITORS.
This is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans’
Court of Carroll county, in Maryland,
letters of administration on the Personal
Estate of
HENRY F. SHIPLEY,
late of Carroll county, deceased. AH
persons having claims against the de
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 22d day of December, 1908;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 19th day of
May, 1908.
ANNIE J. SHIPLEY,
may 22 4t Administratrix.
4085 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County t
Sarah C. Mitten, et al, Plaintiffs vs.
Josiah W. Mitten, infant, Defendant.
Ordered, this 22d day of May, A.
1908, that the Account of the auditor
filed in this cause be finally ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the Stfl
day of June next; provided a copy of this
order be inserted for two successive
weeks before the last named day ®
some newspaper published in Carroll
county.
v DAVID P. SMELSER, Clerk, i
True copy, —Test: .
m222t David P. Smelser, ClerK-
TO CREDITORS.
The creditors of Harvey E. Weant.
deceased, are hereby notified to file the'*
claims with the vouchers thereof yvitn
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Car
roll County within thirty days from to
9th day of May, A. D. 1908.
myß4t JOHN M. ROBERTS^
g FECIAL NOTICE.
Under a law passed by the last Legislature,
Undertakers, and assistants, engaged in the P*y
fession in Frederick County, are required to B
licensed, and to make application for said
to the State Board of Undertakers before
Ist, 1908. „
Any person failing to register with the •- t * w
Board and obtaining a license will be subject to t***
penalties of the Act. .....
. The Board has prepared blank forms of apP ll
tion, and will mail the same upon request.
By order of the board. ~ ,
GEORGE W. MOWEN. President.
H. H. Housman, Jb.. Secretary,
may 15 5t 215 Park Avenue. Baltimore,
CORD ElNßt®*
SPLIT W UUI) SAWED
ALWAYS ON HAND. IN ANY QUANT#*
DELlVfijcicii FREE. y
20,000 ft. Chestnut Fence Boards will be *°
cheap to close out.
„ G. W. STAIR.
Green Street, ... Westminster.
C. & P. Phone 176 K. • pl * 4