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Kuth’s Hunt |
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X By ANNE HERMAN. |
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I copyrighted, 190 S, by Associated 4
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Hetty Peters sat gazing out of her
window across the closely cropped
lawn, past the garden of many hued
roses and away to the woods, all white
with dogwood and purple with violets.
She held a letter in her hand. Not In
mauy a long year had Hetty’s face
worn such an expression of woe.
“If you please, ma’am,” awakened
her from the trance. She turned to
the cook and gave her orders for the
da v Then, with a sigh, she opened
the letter and reread it:
Dear Aunt Mehltable —Papa and Jessie
Miller will be married Tuesday morning
and sail for Europe the same day on an
extended trip. So I shall leave college
and go home to look after you.
The Stirlings are here for the wedding,
you know they are related to Jessie.
Fred looks as old as his father. They
have made a mint of money mining in
Colorado and intend to buy back their es
tate and settle down as our nearest
neighbors again. No place like the south,
they declare. Papa Invited them to make
our house their home while negotiations
are pending. Business will detain Mr.
Stirling in Boston for a few weeks, but
Fred will come to town with me. Expect
us on Thursday. Your loving RUTH.
“Jessie’s a dear soul. I hope they’ll
be very happy,” Hetty murmured to
herself, ‘‘but I never thought John
would marry again. And Ruth coming
back a year before I expected! This’ll
never seem like home to me any more.”
Hetty Peters was single. She had
never had a lover, had never looked
for one and, Incredible as It may seem,
had never wished for one. She had
been altogether too busy, first, in look
ing after a younger sister and brother,
and, second, in caring for her delicate
mother, to consider her matrimonial
prospects. The brother and sister had
grown up, married and moved north.
Her mother’s death had left her alone.
Wheu her elder brother’s wife died
she had gone to live with him, and for
several years her existence had been
happy if monotonously uneventful.
Now came the- disquieting news of
John’s second marriage and of her
niece’s unexpected return.
Hath had a decided predilection for
managing -everything and everybody
she came in contact with. Her aunt
had always trembled before her. Ruth
was the only one who remembered her
baptismal name, and Hetty detested it,
but Ruth persisted in calling her Aunt
Mehltable.
“Perhaps she intends to marry
Fred.'” Hetty reflected hopefully. “If
she does, of course he’ll have to give
in. He was a nice looking boy when he
left. I remember I kissed him goodby,
he seemed such a boy, and he is a year
older than I am.”
On Thursday Miss Peters was at tho
station when the northern train ar
rived. While she was watching the
outcoming passengers from one car a
hand touched swiftly her arm, and a
pleasant voice exclaimed, “Hetty, you
have not changed a bit since we part
ed.”
“I’ve grown fifteen year’s older,” she
answered, giving her hand to a tall,
bronzed, handsome man, whose dark
eyes were scrutinizing her admiringly.
“I know it.” he replied. “So have I”
“Fred, loosen that checkrein. Aunt
Mehltable, how could you drive this
horse in such a condition? You really
need some one to look after you!”
And Hetty realized, with a pang, that
Ruth had come back to her own.
“No tea for me,” she commanded at
the dinner table. “Aunt Mehltable, I’m
surprised at you! Any doctor will tel!
you that tannic acid is a rank poison.
It’s positively criminal to use tea or
coffee when one can have fresh milk.”
The next morning Rath’s sway be
gan.
“Just up?” she called out as Hetty
made her appearance at 7 o’clock.
“I’ve been up for hour’s. I shall move
the breakfast time an hour earlier, and
you must come for a walk every morn
ing before breakfast. It will do you a
world of good." And Aunt Hetty, real
izing the futility of argument where
Ruth was concerned, miserably acqui
esced.
“Is it possible you sleep on a feather
bed?” exclaimed Ruth that evening,
unexpectedly invading her aunt’s room.
“Don't you know that feathers are not
sanitary? You need some one to look
after you, Aunt Mehltable.”
I’m not so old as that,” protested
Hetty.
It isn't altogether a matter of age;
it’s temperament. You take life like a
grasshopper. You really do need some
oa f; Of course you’ll have me until” —
Intil you marry?” suggested Hetty.
I have been thinking of it,” Ruth
admitted complacently. “By the way,
now do you like Fred?”
I think he is in every way desira-
don't believe any woman could
ask for a better husband.”
i m glad to hear you say so,” said
baad'” ils bis father a good hus
i do uot remember Fred’s mother.
1 when I was very young. But
bapiT^ 8 un<^ersto<x i they were very
To * • r ' Stirling frequently at
les ’” sald Ruth. “He came to
fan business - If Fred is like his
ba r 1 m . Fure be ’li m ake a good hus-
WGre talking about you
von. tenioon ' H G thinks you look
do tt er t * lan * do > and 1 16 thinks, as 1
cai-o ** * VOI need some one to take
Into. 01 ' Vou ' He really takes a great
rest in you. Aunt Mehltable.”
Daro.n tal '° S a great interest In you ap-
J - - which Is more to the point,”
her exasperated aunt. “Do
Want 1° , pretend that y° u don ’t
“wif red t 0 fond your
she rnlf’ *° f course >” asserted Ruth as
I leave tbe room. “Of course
I g K a]] is going to be fond of me.
to the a ' e tbat feather bed taken up
tomorrow morning, Aunt
found t hL, d . ays ***** flowed Hetty
•d after” 1 " 36 * te hen In hand and “look
dneed h T lth a thoroughness that re-
Ali her 7? 1116 ver ge of melancholia,
k ° QS and movem ents were
‘•Rifled ber en ergetlc niece, who
** what *he should eat. .what she
a. 'wild drink and wherewithal she
* .onid be clothed.
T “Ruth is so systematic,” said Hetty
T loyally when Fred awkwardly attempt-
I ed to condole with her. “She has such
f executive ability. She’s really wonder-
I fol”
£ “She is, indeed,” Fred assented.
L “She is a perfect example of what the
f higher education can do for a woman.
£ But, joking aside, I don’t think she’s
f an awfully good sort, and I’m fonder
** of her than any other girl I know,
r This is a very pleasant day. Can’t you
(j come for a row on the river, Hetty?”
“N-no. I have some work that must
be attended to,” she faltered.
“You haven’t given me any of your
’■ attention since I’ve been here,” he
Q complained. “You’re not treating me
e right, Hetty.”
“But—Ruth”— Hetty began in sur
-3 prise.
a Fred rose to his feet.
B “Hetty,” he said, “I want yon to
j know something. When I left for the
west, you kissed me goodby. Oh, I
know you felt nothing but friendship
® for your old playfellow, and it sounds
i silly to say, but it’s true, I’ve never
a kissed another woman. I meant to tell
you some day, and now that”— He
' paused. “I promised uot to say any
r thing until Ruth told you, but”—
1 “I understand,” said Hetty softly.
' t “Did she tell you?” he asked.
, “Not in so many words, but I think
a she meant me to understand. I am so
3 glad.”
( “It began last winter,” said Fred,
t “I’m glad too. I think we’re all going
to be very happy.”
I “Aunt Mehitable,” broke In Ruth’s
) crisp voice, “here’s a telegram from
i Mr. Stirling. He will arrive this even
, ing.”
The Interruption was welcome to
, Hetty. She felt that she could not
have endured another word.
Hetty spent the remainder of the
' day In her room. Fred and Ruth
■ waved their hands gayly when she
I drove off to the station to meet Mr.
Stirling. How well they looked to
, gether, she thought. Something In the
i sight stirred a strain of sadness In
her. She seemed to realize for the first
time that she had been cheated out of
her girlhood.
Absorbed in her sad musings, she
absentmindedly took a turning which
made her drive longer by half a mile.
When she reached the station Mr.
Stirling had already started for the
Pines.
Hetty drove back slowly. The full
moon arose and the air was sweet
with the scent of roses, but Hetty had
no thoughts for the beauty of the
night.
She threw the reins to the stable
boy and took a short cut for the
house. She was in no mood to join
the family party and intended to go
quietly to her room.
As she passed the rose garden she
caught sight of Ruth’s white dress in
the shrubbery. Ruth’s face was up
turned to her companion, and—yes, he
: had taken her in his arms. It was
Ruth’s kiss Fred would remember
now.
Hetty sat down on a rustic seat un
* der a live oak. The meaning of it all
swept over her. She was thirty-four,
and there had never been moonlight
or a rose garden for her. She had al
ways left love out of her plans for
1 herself, and now It was Fred, Ruth’s
Fred, out there in the rose garden,
and she was alone with the emptiness
’ of thirty-four unlived years—alone and
old. Her eyes filled with scalding
tears, and she sobbed aloud.
“Why, Hetty, what on earth are you
crying about?”
Fred sat down beside her and gath
ered her In his arms.
“Don’t cry, dearest,” he implored.
“Tell me what the trouble is. Don’t
you want dad to have Ruth? Why.
I”
“Your father!” gasped Hetty. “Is
that who she’s with?”
“Why, of course,” said Fred. “I told
you all about it.”
, Hetty sprang up in astonishment.
“I expected her to marry you,” she
cried.
He laughed softly.
“I didn’t. She knew all along that I
| wanted to marry you. She’s been do
! ing all she could to make the match.
She knew you needed some one to
look after you.”
The Seven Prophets.
“The late Duke of Devonshire,” said
a diplomat at a Washington dinner,
“kept a stud and took a calm and ducal
interest in the races. There was a cer
tain sporting paper that kept a large
; staff of prophets and always prophesied
the outcome of important races. The
duke for some reason put great reli
ance In these prophets and their proph
ecies. He always read the paper, and
he continually recommended it to his
’ friends. But once at Goodwood, at
the day’s end, a man came up to the
! duke and said:
“‘What of your paper now? Did you
| see It this morning? Six prophets
prophesied that six different horses
’ would win, and here only seven ran,
and the winner was the seventh, which
' no prophet had selected. Well, what
have you to say now?’
“‘All I have to say,’ the duke an
swered calmly, ‘is that there’s room for
another prophet on that paper.’ ”
The Tarantula.
; Whether the tarantula is ever a
death dealer or not Is a disputed point.
However, there seems to be no doubt
' that the bite of this spider-like crea
-1 ture inflicts one of the most painful
1 wounds that the human body can en
dure. Stolid Indians who have home
‘ the tortures of the sun dance without
flinching have been known to roll upon
the ground and shriek in agony when
! bitten by a tarantula, which leaves a
livid scar that never grows dim. It is
possible that the tarantula bite some
times proves fatal, although it is diffi
cult to find a well authenticated In
> stance of this kind. Chicago Inter
t Ocean.
I Even Buds Grow Old.
According to a government botanist
at Washington, there is reason to be
\ Here that buds share In the growing
t old of the parent plant. He Illustrates
his meaning In this way: Suppose the
r average life of an Individual plant—
. say a tree —to be 100 years; then a bud
. removed when the parent plant Is fifty
years old will also be virtually fifty
j years of age and If transplanted by
, grafting will be able to live on the
( graft only fifty years more.
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, WESTMINSTER, MD.
FANTAW AT MACAO.
Gambling Houses of the Monte Carlo of
the East.
Macao, a Portuguese-Chinese port at
the mouth of the Canton river, in
China, Is the Monte Carlo of the east.
One must wait until evening to see the
famous “fantan” houses. The interi
ors are brilliantly lighted with oil
lamps (for Macao boasts neither elec
tricity nor gas) and furnished with cost
ly Canton blackwood elaborately carved
and upholstered in velvet. There are
two floors. The cooly class remains
on the ground floor, where the actual
games take place, but In the room
above, immediately over the table in
the room below, there Is a square
“well” with a rail around It and a
narrow table furnished with betting
books and pencils, cigarettes, etc.
The visitor may take a seat and look
down at the game, which really seems
fair and simple. A man sits at the
head of the table with a huge heap of
brass “cash” before him and a slender
wand in his hand. He takes up a
handful of the coin and puts it on the
table, covering It with a brass hat
Then the betting begins, the bets being
laid on the number 1,2, 3 or 4, after
which the banker takes up the hat and
counts out the cash in fours, separat
ing them with his cane, the number
left when the last “four” Is removed
being the subject of the betting. These
houses, numerous as they are, make
an enormous income and are a source
of large revenue to Macao.—Exchange.
JAPANESE PAGODAS.
Enormous Pendulums Render These
Old Structures Earthquake Proof.
The only old structures in Japan
which seem to be earthquake proof pro
the pagodas, which were erected before
the temples. There are many which
are 700 or 800 years old and as solid
as when first built
There is a reason for this, and it lies
in their construction. A pagado is
practically a framework of heavy tlm- ;
hers which starts from a wide base
and Is in Itself a substantial structure, j
but rendered still more stable by a
peculiar device. Inside the framework
and suspended from the apex Is a
long, heavy beam of timber two feet!
thick or more. This hangs from one j
end of the four sides. Four more heavy !
timbers, and if the pagoda be very |
lofty still more timbers, are added to
these. The whole forms an enormous |
pendulum, which reaches within six
inches of the ground.
When the shock of an earthquake j
rocks the pagoda the pendulum swings i
in unison and keeps the center of grav- |
ity always at the base of the frame- !
work. Consequently the equilibrium
of the pagoda is never disturbed, and
this Is the explanation of the great
age of many of them, when from their .
height one would suppose them to be
peculiarly susceptible to the effects of
the earthquake.
France and Fourteen.
So far as France is concerned, it is
the number fourteen that has played a
conspicuous and portentous part in her
history. On May 14, 1554, the Rue de
la Ferronnierre was enlarged by order
of Henri 11., and four times fourteen
years later Henri IV. was assassinated
there by Ravaillac—namely, on May
14, 1610. Henri had lived four times
fourteen years, fourteen weeks and
four times fourteen days—that is, fifty
six years and five months. Then Hen
ri’s son, Louis XIII., died May 14,
1643, the same day and month as his
father. And 1643 added together
equals fourteen, just as 1553, the year
of the birth of Henri IV., equals four
teen. Louis XIY. ascended the throne
1643, which, added together, equals
fourteen, and similarly the year of his
death (1715) equals fourteen.—London
P. T. O.
Kept Them All on Edge.
One of the favorite devices of Lord
Nelson when ships were cruising in
company was to signal to a given
craft that Lieutenant Smith or Staff
Engineer Brown or Captain of Ma
rines Jones was to take charge, on the
assumption that all his superior of
ficers on board had been put out of
action. The author of “Trafalgar Re
fought” says that the result was very
good, for no one knew when he might
be called upon to lake command, and
every one therefore made a point of
trying to make himself fit to carry
out the duty should It ever be assigned
to him.
Selfish Etiquette.
Some rules In an old book on eti
quette seem to encourage a practice
commonly called “looking out for No.
1.” Here are two of them:
When cake is passed do not finger
each piece, hut with a quick glance se
lect the best.
Never refuse to taste of a dish be
cause you are unfamiliar with it or
you will lose the taste of many a deli
cacy while others profit by your absti
nence, to your lasting regret
An Electric Dance,
Take a pane of glass—a broken one
will do—and secure it by placing the
ends between the leaves of two large
books, letting the glass be two Inches
from the table. Cut from lightweight
writing paper, or, .better still, from tis
sue paper, dolls, dogs and other fig
ures. Place them on the table be
neath the glass. Rub the glass vigor
ously with a silk handkerchief, and
the figures will cut all kinds of antics.
Just Got It Out.
“Why In the name of goodness,” ex
claimed a man to an acquaintance,
“do you keep taking out your watch?
Going to catch a train?”
“Well, no,” answered the other. “To
tell you the truth, I haven’t seen my
watch for a long time.”
The ignorance of Youth.
She —You said that I was necessary
to your happiness. He—l was young
then and very Ignorant I had no con
ception of relative values. She—What
do you mean? He—l mean that 1
didn’t know a necessity from an af
fliction.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
• '
Worse Than Waiting.
“Are you waiting for me, dear?” she
said, coming downstairs at last fixing
her hat
“Waiting?” exclaimed the Impatient
man. “No; not waiting—sojourning.”
—Yonkers Statesmen.
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1 §
FRANK K. HERR. GEO. W, BABYLON.
HERR & BABYLON,
Manufacturers of
Coaches, Carriages, Buggies,
Phaetons, Jagger Wagons, Traps,
Runabouts, &c.
WE PUT ON OUE OWN EUBBEE
TIEES.
Special attention given to Repairing.
Orders filled promptly. All work war
ranted.
Factory opposite Montour House,
56 W. Main street, Westminster, Md.
Maryland Telephone.
ESTABLISHED 1897.
JOHN H. SULLIVAN,
CARRIAGE & WAGON WORKS.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
NEW WORK ONLY BUILT TO ORDER.
frgg-To save money give me a call and
get my prices.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
On Green, near Liberty, Westminster,
Md. mar 3 ly
Buggies.
Buggies. * fuiiTr
Buggies.MmMm*
I have purchased a carload of the finest
make of Columbia, Ohio, Buggies, direct
from the factory. They are the best factory
made buggies on the market today. They
will outwear two other make buggies. Call
and see them before buying elsewhere.
Geo. W. Sandruck,
mar 6 3mo ALESIA, MD.
Fans Ik Said and M
Several Valuable Small Farms for
MSale and also a number for
Rent.
The Geo . W. Albaugh Real
Estate and Brokerage Co.
J. EZRA STEM, Sec. & Treas.,
oct4 ly Westminster, Md.
INSURANCE AGENCY
—of—
CHARLES E. GOODWIN,
Westminster, Md.
Represents the following companies:
Royal Fire Insurance Co. of Liver
pool.
Continental Fire Insurance Com
pany of New York.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance So
ciety of England.
Employers Accident Liability As
surance Corporation Limited of Lon
don.
No Notes. No Assessments.
HORSES & MULES.
will receive at my fc
stables, at Hanover, on l ß|
3snSaturday, June 5, 1908, aU
one carload of Horses by express for
sale or exchange. Also have on hand at
all times a lot of Mules. Will buy fat
Horses and Mules for Southern market.
H. A. SMITH,
apr 10 Hanover, Pa.
: " FOR REALISM.
I Robert Louis Stevenson’s injunction to
| a Small Nephew at Play.
> A story about Robert Louis Steven
[ son not generally known, according to
■ the New York Sun, Is told by Mrs.
I Stevenson’s grandson, Austin Strong.
i When Mr. Strong was a little chap
I Mr. Stevenson liked to sit propped up
i in bed to watch him at play in the
| next room. And often it happened
' that the bigger boy of the two would
| make suggestions for the inake be
i lleve games and insist that th*ey be car
| ried out too.
One day Austin had arranged some
| chairs in a row, playing that they
! were ships, and he, standing on the
i front, was the captain, a long
time he proudly walked the deck of
j his vessel, encountered pirates and
I weathered all kinds of storms until he
j felt the floor positively heave under
I his feet.
Mr. Stevenson looked on in perfect
silence, but complete absorption, no
doubt playing the whole thing much
the harder of the two. Finally Austin
i got tired of his vessel, climbed off his
chair and began walking across the
room to some object which had at
tracted his interest
This was too much for his uncle.
Still deep in the game, Mr. Stevenson
rose in his sickbed and shouted ex
citedly at the recalcitrant sea captain:
“Swim, you, swim!”
A WARM RECEPTION.
i
It Gave the Hungry Preacher an Ap
petite For Dinner.
Before accepting an invitation it is
I as well to be sure it Is given In good
; faith. After an afternoon service held
1 many years ago in a certain village in
Scotland the preacher, a stranger, who
had officiated, accompanied one of the
elders of the congregation home and
was introduced to his wife. The good
man having asked the clergyman to
stay to dinner, the latter, after a little
pressing, consented.
The good lady hurried off to prepare
for the unexpected guest, and, seeing,
as she thought, her husband washing,
as was the custom in those days, at
the family sink, she seized the family
Bible, approached stealthily from be
hind and brought down the ponderous
tome upon his bald pate, exclaiming:
“Tak’ ye that for bringing hungry
preachers here to dinner every time
they come to the parish.”
As soon as the assaulted one could
get the suds out of his eyes he looked
about him and, after thinking the mat
ter out, concluded that the old lady
had made a slight mistake. She, too,
came to the same conclusion when, on
; returning to the parlor, she beheld her
husband patiently waiting’ for his rev
erend friend!—Dundee Advertiser.
Artificial Teeth.
It is certain that the ancients had a
knowledge of dentistry, but It is dif
ficult to determine when or by whom
the use of artificial teeth was Intro
duced. Herodotus says that the Egyp
tians had “dentists for the teeth.” In
the British museum there are various
dental instruments which had been
found in the ruins of Pompeii, and
Galen in the second century describes
the method of extracting teeth by
means of forceps. Belzoni says that
artificial teeth were In use In antiquity,
since he found some specimens In the
catacombs.
Modern dentistry admits that the
first to teach how to make artificial
teeth was the Arabian Albucasis, and
In his work “A1 Tarif” are drawings
of Instruments used for this purpose.
The earliest known allusion to artifi
cial teeth Is by Martlalis in the first
century:
You use without a blush false teeth and
hair.
But, Laella, your squint Is past repair.
—Minneapolis Journal.
False Hair.
False hair was first regularly worn
In England by Queen Elizabeth, who
’ had upward of fifty wigs of different
kinds for her private use. After her
death a few women adopted the
French fashion of wearing wigs, but it
was not until the restoration that
wigs, or, more correctly speaking, peri
wigs, came to be extensively worn by
the sterner sex. These were intro
duced In the court of Louis XIV.,
where a natural head of hair was not
considered sufficiently luxuriant for
the artificial tastes of the times. The
term “periwig” is a corruption of the
French perruque. Wigs were origlnal
■ ly adopted not as a remedy for bald
' ness, but in the interest of personal
, cleanliness. The laws of ancient Egypt
compelled all males to shave the head
and beard. This explains why turbans
were not worn by the Egyptians, the
bushy artificial hair being regarded as
a sufficient protection against the heat
of the sun. The Romans, on the con
trary, wore wigs because they were
naturally bald.—St Louis Republic.
Won In Spite of His Lawyer.
A once well known attorney used to
tell a good story on himself. He had
been retained to defend a counterfeiter
■ and advised him to plead guilty. His
client did so, and as there was in the
mind of the court a fixed idea that if a
prisoner pleads guilty he does so be
cause he has no attorney the judge
asked him why he made that plea.
“Because my lawyer told me to.”
“Did he give you any reason for It?”
“Yes. He told me I would have no
show before this judge.”
The court flared up and ordered a
plea of not guilty to be entered, and
the counterfeiter was acquitted.
Memory.
If it should be asked what posses
sion I most valued, I would say some
beautiful memory. Memory is posses
sion. It is the only thing on earth that
is absolutely ours, which no one can
take from us. We can produce and en
joy it in a crowd of uncongenial peo
ple as easily as if we were alone. No
noise can drown its voice; no distance
can dim its clearness. Strength, hope,
beauty, everything else, may pass.
Memory will stay.—Selected.
Youth and Advice.
Naturally youth doesn’t listen to ad
vice. One has to make mistakes for
forty or fifty years before one begins
’ to suspect that such things are possi
; We.—lndianapolis News.
Thy purpooa Ann Is equal to the
deed.— Young.
A Different Proposition.
Pompous Director (hotly)—Why did
> you refuse to give my son a fair
chance to show what be could do?
• Don’t you believe in introducing young
> blood in the business? Superintendent
. —I do, but not young bloods.—Puck.
> Out of the Usual.
> “I have something novel in the way
> of a melodrama.”
I “State your case.”
i “The blacksmith is a rascal, while
• I the banker is as honest as the day is
• long!”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
i | Outspoken.
Mrs. Garrulous —1 was outspoken In
• I my sentiments at the club this after
; i noon. Her Husband—l can’t believe
' | you. Who outspoke you, my dear?—
I London Mail.
> ‘ New Advertisements.
I
: I TN order to close out our stock of lap
> JL robes and horse blankets we will sell
i them at less than cost while they last,
i DOYLE & MAGEE.
! JJIOR SALE OR RENT
FARM BETWEEN 70 AND 80 ACRES
Near Camber, Carroll county, Md.
Improved with dwelling:, bam. outhouses, etc.
*■ Terms to suit. Address Room 21, Franklin Build
■ ing, Baltimore and North streets, Baltimore. Md.
STRAWBERRY AND ICE CREAM
lO FESTIVAL.
The Mite Society of Bethesda Church, near Gist’s,
will hold an ice cream and strawberry festival Sat
urday, June 27, on lot ad joining: church, beginning:
at 4p. m. If weather unfavorable, next clear day;
PREPARED Wall Plaster, Paroid
Roofing and Building Papers are
I kept by Smith & Reifsnider. The best
L is the cheapest.
PLEASANT GROVE SUNDAY
SCHOOL
k
Will hold their Strawberry and ice cream fes
tival on June 6, beginning at 6p. m. If the weather
is unfavorable that night, it will be held the first
* fair night of the following week.
ICE CREAM AND STRAWBERRY
FESTIVAL.
, The Medford Grange will hold a Strawberry and
, Ice Cream Festival on Saturday evening, June 20.
I The public is cordially invited to attend. If the
r weather is too inclement it will be held the follow
ing Tuesday evening.
ICE CREAM AND STRAWBERRY
FESTIVAL.
r The Deer Park C. E. Society will hold an Ice
Cream and Strawberry Festival on the Church lot,
Smallwood, Saturday afternoon and evening, June
13th, 1908. may 21 3t
i :
I T" ONG experience in the coal business
I.Jenables Smith & Reifsnider to select
, only the very best grades.
| piGEONS FOR SALE.
A loft of about 75 or 80 well-bred
HOMER PIGEONS
will be sold at a very low price.
apr24 tf Apply to DR. J. W. HERING.
FARMS AND COUNTRY PLACES
WANTED.
■ Customers in fifteen states ready to buy or rent.
- Write full particulars.
1 Large Properties a Specialty.
3 J. LELAND HANNA.
1 apr24 ly 440 Equitable Bldg., Baltimore, Md.
1
j TCE CREAM AND STRAWBERRY
r X FESTIVAL.
t The trustees of Mt. Olive M. E. Church will hojd
their annual ice cream and strawberry festival in
> the grove at the church on Saturday evening,
j June 6th, if fair, if not fair, on the Bth or first
fair evening, commencing at 8 p. m. Singing by
the choir. Address by the pastor. Come and
spend the evening with us and have a good time.
J Xn order to close out our stock of lap
1 X robes and horse blankets we will sell
3 them at less than cost while they last.
DOYLE & MAGEE.
t ANTED.
, Active, energetic men to sell ‘‘Hoods Celebrated
* Nursery Stock” —profitable, permanent positions.
Hustlers make big money handling our line. Ex
clusive territory. Cash weekly advances. Com
plete canvassing outfit free. Teachers, students,
farmers and others find our business very profi
table. Write immediately for our liberal offer.
W. T. HOOD & CO., Old Dominion Nurseries,
1 may 22 4t Dept. C., Richmond, Va.
t JJANK STOCK FOE SALE.
I A number of shares of stock of First
. National Bank and Union National
: Bank of Westminster at private sale
c in lots to suit purchaser. Apply to
- BENJ. F. CROUSE,
F aprlO-tf Attorney.
h
, JAMES E. SHREEVE J. E. SHREEVE, JR.
t EUlcott City Westminster
I SHREEVE & SON
2 DENTISTS
- Westminster Office
i 3 Doors West of Herr & Babylon’s Repository
I mapl tf
t
1 TITORE than fifty patterns of Cypress
3 -iVXand Yellow Pine Mouldings and
a Casings to select from at
3 Smith & Reifsnider’s
125 Head of Virginia Horses.
Will receive 25 head of Virginia Horses
Monday, May 11th, 1908,
consisting of trotters,
* TTrsi n"" r " and three fine
1 mated teams; also some good farm
* chunks. Will also buy and exchange
i for fat horses and mules suitable for
( the southern market.
H. A. SPALDING,
mayß Littlestown, Pa.
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.
The Edison Phonograph.
Better than all others.
Different from all others.
Much cheaper than ail others.
(
: Give us a call and hear this Phono
graph, and get our prices be
fore buying elsewhere.
♦ “
* FOR SALE AT
Stoneslfers’ sa?gs.
WESTMINSTER, MD. s-294m
i MICHAEL E. WALSH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
175 East Main street, Westminster, Md.
D. N. HENNING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
East Main street, Westminster, Md.
BEST HEATING AND
PLUMBING DONE.
Frank T. Shaeffer,
Opposite Anchor Hotel.
WAVS ALL
WE try to make our stock a dep i
dable one and if we haven’t what
you want we will get it for you.
Smith & Reifsnider.
60 YEARS’
I VL J J LJ J
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Copyrights Ac.
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica
tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn So Co. receive
tptdoX notice, without charge. In the
Scientific American.
A handsomely illustrated weakly. Largest cir
culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a
year; four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers.
MUNN & Co. 36 "-"”’' New York
Branch Office. 62S F St.. Washington, D. C.
W A NT E, D !
1000 bushels of home grown Clover
Seed. Farmers bring in a sample of
your seed and we will assure you the
highest prices, according to the quali
ty of seed.
DOYLE & MAGEE,
28 and 30 W. Main street,
Both phones. Westminster, Md.
Brs. J. V. and Georgia Mills,
Office and Residence
48 WEST MAIN STREET,
Westminster, Md.,
Will attend promptly all profes
sional calls. OCt4
Dr. Josephus A. Wright,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Successor to Dr. S. N. Gorsuch,
CAMBER, - - MARYLAND.
C. & P. Phone 197-3. dec6
Professional Cards.
J. F. RINKER,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Derr Building, East Main street,
Westminster, Md.
Pensions! Special attention to
vouchers, obtaining pensions, applica
tions for increase, &c. Prompt atten
. tion to all business.
J. MILTON REIFSNIDER,
l ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
1 and
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Special attention to Collection of
. Claims and Settlement of Estates Of
fice Albaugh Block, Court street,
J Westminster, Md.
ELIAS N. DAYIS,
Constable, Collector and
General Auctioneer,
Westminster, Md. Special attention
given to collections ana auctioneering.
Terms moderate. Orders can be left
at this Office or at his residence on
Liberty street.
J. A. C. Bond. F. Neal Parke.
BOND & PAEKE,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
and
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
Opposite City Hotel, Westminster, Md.
CLAUDE T. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
—o—
with James E. Smith, corner
Main and Church streets.
Phones—Md. 131; C. &. P. 33 R.
CHARLES E. FINK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
and
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Office 19 Court street, Westminster,Md.
CHARLES 0. CLEMSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
and
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
190 East Main street, Westminster,Md.
ROBERTS & CROUSE,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
and
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
Office near Court House.
GEORGE 0. BEILHART,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Westminster, Md.
Office with Charles E. Fink, Esq.,Court
street.
JOSEPH D. BROOKS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Practices in the Courts of Maryland
and Washington,D. C. Office—Albaugh
Block, Westminster, Md.
EDWARD 0. WEANT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office with D. N. Henning, East Main
street, Westminster, Md.
IYAN L. HOFF,
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW.
English and German spoken.
GUT W. STEELE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
19 Court street, Westminster, Md.
DAVID E. WALSH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
175 East Main street, Westminster, Md.
£ OLIVER GRIMES, JIL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
16 Court street, Westminster, Md.
SALE BILLS PRINTED ON SHORT
NOTICE AT THIS OFFICE.