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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11
ST. LAWRENCE.

HyHIS well known favorite Stallion -
Il will stand the present season at
the Stable ofthe subscriber in West ~
minister. Season from the 1st OF
April to the 1st of July. For particulars
apply to the owner.
ap l3 d. HAlNES.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11

In the Orphans Court of Carroll county sit
ting as Court of Equity-Cause No. IA.
John B. Peterman VS.. Edward H. Fridinger,
Administrator, and others.
PY order of the Orphans Court of Carroll
ID county, passed in said cause as Court
of Equity, April 80, 1878, the balance of the
personal estate of Adam Fridinger, deceased,
in the hands of Edward Fl. Fridinger his Ad-
misistrator, on his account thereof settled in
the Orphans Court, April %, 1878, has been
combined with the proceeds of sales of the
real estate of said deceased in the hands of
the Trustee in said cause; and said cause has
been referred to the undersigned, as Auditor
of said Court in Equity, with directions to
state an account and make distribution of said
joint funds, real and personal, among the par
ties thereto entitled, and give notice there
of notice is therefore hereby given to all the
creditors of said Adam Fridinger, deceased,
to file their claims, properly proven and au-
thenticated, in the office of the Register Of
Wills for Carroll county, on or before the 25th
day of May, 1878.
GEORGE NJ. PARKE,
may 4-3t Auditor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11

The three best letters Of the alphabet
for a business man are NRG. The three
worst O U.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
House and Lot in Manchester, Md

DY virtue of deed of trust from the Man
ID chester Savings Institution, made on the
18th day of May, 1877, and duly recorded
among the Land Records of Carroll county,
Maryland, the undersigned, Trustees, will
offer at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, on
the premises, on
Saturday, the 18th dag Of May, 1878,
at II o'clock, A. NJ, all that House and Lot
in the town of Manchester, and o
known as the Manchester Saw AGM-A
ings Institution" 1t adjoins as Tis <ET1A
the hotel property of A. Greider, 5Easss 5.ssEs5
and opposite the residence of DIR. Jacob
Shower.
The Trustees will also at the same time
offer at Public Sale, half dozen chairs, desks,
iron safes, and other personal property.
Theterm of sale for Real Estate are,--One-
third cash on the day of sale, or upon the rat
ification thereof by the Circuit Court for Car.
roll county in Equity, the balance in two equal
payments of and II months, secured by
notes of the purchaser with approved security,
bearing interest from day of sale.
Terms of Sale of Personal Property,-Cash
for all sums of and under $40, credit of 6
months for sums over $40, secured by notes
of the purchasers bearing interest from day
of sale.
CONRAD FRANKFORTER,
JOHN NJ. BORING,
Trustees.
JAS. A. G. BOND, Solicitor. ap cots
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11
Carriages &Buggies

HAVING a large stock of fine Falling Top
Ii Buggies, Double & Single Seat Jaggers
and Jenny Linds, built ofthevery best and most
carefully selected materials, and wishing to
reduce stock, offer the same at greatly re-
duced prices. Material and workmanship
guaranteed Several second hand Buggies
very cheap. Buggies, Wagons, &C., built to
order of the best material Repairing
promptly attended to. J. E. WALTZ,
apr 6-3m Oak Orchard, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-11

*This statement of the growth of corn in two
of the New England States is certainly an
error. The climate is too cold for corn.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13
COUNT r.
E2aG Courts.
CIRCUIT COURT.

The regular terms Of the Circuit Court
for Allegany county commence : First
Monday in January: second Monday in
April. first Monday in October.
The six regular equity or chancery terms
commence First Monday Of January;
third Monday of February; second Mon
day Of April; second Monday of June
second Monday Of August; second Mon
day 81 October.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13
GRO s s & II r g x. EIs e.,
Furniture, Mattresses, Spring Reds etcs

Furniture, Mattresses, Spring Reds ETC.
Geod and staunch Furniture of every kind,
Night down at the Gne store We ever find,
OF excellent make and the latest style
30 strong and SO durable, all the while.
Sec here for yourselves the truth which
we say
e. look how our goods rule with magic
sway.
Nor forget that we, delighted, can rest
En which is told of the common and best
Certainly Frostburg has fully confessed
knowledge Of her manufactures possessed
Everything in here the fancy to tickle
Lavishly abounds with Gross & Nickel.
Fully stocked always and ever so cheap,
Usually small the profits they reap.
Remember strictly--large sales rule the
No chance for dollars-we must make on.
ly dimes.
In solemn fact VIC must this truth declare
That here none with Gross & Nickel COM
pare.
Useless it is to compete with work so Grand
Rich, cheap, good-in sober truth-lnadc
to stand
Zen ind moving about 'fromland to land.
MHst not We seek at once this well known
store,
And find the goodly things we Will adore?
Indeed, rivalry shrinks in very dread,
Now that Gross 81 Nickel stand far ahead.
70 come right along-no "ifs" or "maybos".-
To buy for yourselves, youl girls, yoUr
babies.
Main Street,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13
CASH cts Collins. etc.

3Rrcss & Nickel, Frostburg, are day OF
sgcady to provide for the last said rite
iDf death Which comes tnlailingly to all
Strong or weak, rich or poor, and short OF
Superb Caskets and Collins claim their
care.
az ever the best you'll always find there.
Row, ills sad duty we all must confess
IS best done where its special business.
Careful and complete are their facilities,
AnoWn and acknowledged their abilities.
zach thing we need they re ready to supply
S4iVing-our itrniturc~or if we die,
Undertaking Our burial, they'll promptly
pay
Eeodf0l attention to all our friends say.
Depending on this they viii be the choice
Executors 20 make the mosrners rejoice.
Regarding both the dead and those who
1--we
alley chceliully accord all they can give,
End to their desires do ever attend
GAnOWing thCmselycSas the mourncrs' true
friend.
i,ycn amid sorrow great joysthey impart-
Eseal and true-to the sad, desolatc heart
'3adder as nearer the friend with whom
we part.
GEuch as We love life, yet still we must die,
.snd the mystery Of the next to try.
Enthissad time olr friends may do farworsc
.Aeg,ccting to employ the nice, fine Iicarsc
Specially devised to show lawful pride
20 ii. The friends OF the one who has
died
.E'rostbur|gg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13
COUNTY COMMlssIONERS.

The regular sessions ofthe County Com
missionels commence on the frs! Monday
il January, April, June July and October.
C0matjSSjoaoyS-- VIM. Y. McCuIloh, Pres
idtnt; J. G. Cookery, A. G. Greene, Il. NJ
GramIich, Sr,, James Wilson.
Clajh:-F. NJ GramlicA Jr
Co4H!Y IrsHsaTGr-aOhert Shrivcr.
County SHroey0r-John Schaidt.
Coi:ec!orS Of state ard t'oHAty IucGa-
First Collection District, (Orlcans, Oldtown
and FHn.slone,) Joseph Il. Stottlemeycr.-
Second Collection District (Nos. IS and IS
--Cumbcrland,) VIM, Hall. Third Collcc-
ton District, (j!t. Savage and Frosthurg.
James D. Armstrong. Fourth Collection
District, lLonaccuing and Westcrnport,)
Pauicl. Mullen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13

e5~ For further information see adve
tiseinants elsewhere. When calling upon OF
aor5tjng to 0dgertisera say g0a sa27 tie GdDcr-
tisemeat IN tbs pepper.
Pest D2Hce Register.
For Delivery of Mails-G.30 a m to p m
Sale Of Money Orders and Registering Let
tcrs--7 N to 8 p m ca" Office closed on
Sundays,
Mail betw II Frostburg, Closes Due
Cumberland and all
points east and west 45 I'm AS p m
Mail betw'n Frostburg,
Piedmont and all
points east and west 345 m 7.30 m
Mail betwn Frostburg
and Grantsvhe $50 I'm 5.00p m
G. Ii. WALLER Postmaster.
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13

NNE IN Great chance TO make
NOLDo money. If you can't
get gold you can get greenbacks. We need
"a person in every town to take sub
scriptions for the largest, cheapest and
best Illustrated family publication in the
world. Anyone can become successful
agent. The most elegant works of art
given free to subscribers. The price is so
low that almost everybody subscribes. One
agent reports making over $3.50 lin week.
A lady agent reports taking over 400 sub
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You need not be away from home over
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Full particulars, directions and terms free
Elegant and expensive outfit free If you
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ual, Portland, Maine. Sept 1-y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13
Observation-Disclosures.

FROSTBURG:
Ndtnery-Mrs Eliza Gross.
Pdot0graEhs-A A Rogers.
Genera{ acknowledgements Clary.
D'y Goods, Notions, Clothing, Groceries, etc
Marx Wincland.
l0hing-B Stern
DrHGs-McNeill & McCulloh.
Imnttwe-Gross &. Nickel, o Jarrett
& Bro
UmN,care--H & T C Beall
Boots md Shoes-William Thomas, j
Hartman.
Saddies and Harness-C F Hartzell & Co.
Pa5nttHS end Paper Hanging-James Ii
Hawke.
Mtc41aisl, Engines-R Paul, Thomas
II Paul
Ndtches and Jearehy-D Betz.
Liqu0l3-Otto Frey, b Stern
Sa@p Hdc!o,y-Gcorge Hill.
Tire lNsar0nce--J S Mctzger, John B
llcCulIoh.
CUMBERLAND.
Dyer md ,yc0uTey--Donad Paisley.
CttY Uote3-J. Newcomer, proprietor.
NGfjlc Dedl6r-Isaac d Milner.
-Att2raays-J L Sciss, D " Sloan, Hugh
ey, Brace & Richmond
PtGncs--J p Wiesel.
BALTIMORE.
ANaa L!a6--A Schumacher g. Co
WHEELING.
&Oap--Edward Reid
WASHINGTON, Nj:
Ptaaos Q"d O,gan9-Danicl F Beatty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-04-13
ORPHANS COURT,

The Orphans Court of Aliesany county
holds its sessions ON Tuesday Of each week.
OFFlCERs.
ChMG Ju%ao-John CouIehan.
A&&0ciateS---C Slack, Robert Bruce.
Hag5sttr Of HHiS--John Rhind.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
A Cubic Mile.

Professor Bernstein, an eminent natu-
ralist, in Berlin, Germany, gives the fol-
lowing graphic description of one Ger
man geographical cubic mile Zone mile
equals 10, l26 yards) to illustrate the size
of our earth, which contains only 1861
such: Imagine box one mile each
way-long, wide, and deep-and let US
try to fill it up. Berlin is handy, we
take the city as if it were toy and
throw it into our box. We go to Pots
dam, pick up all the villages on our
way also, and put all in. The bottom is
not covered yet. We will take Paris,
with all her columns, towers, and
churches, which helps little, so we must
take London also. Vienna must go IN,
too; and, not to disturb the peace, st.
Petersburg follows next. Ali this stuff
lies at the bottom. We begin now to
take up all the cities, towns, villages,
forts, farms, everything that human
hands have built in Europe, and all the
ships floating on the sea. 1t helps moth
ing! We must 60 to old and new
worlds, throw in the pyramids of Egypt
and the railroads and factories of Amer
lea, and everything else made by men
in Asia, Africa, Australia, and Amer
ica-lo! our box is not half full yet.
We will shake up the things little to
make them even; and, as we are bound
to fill the box, let us see whether we can
not do it with people and lay them in
| like herrings. One row will require
| IL, 900, and 1000 rows make one layer of
As, ,000, ,O00-just enough for North Amer
| leans. To make them feel more COM
Portable, we will put between each layer
bed of straw and leaves, say thirty feet
thick, which will take all the straw and
leaves in the world. Upon the Amer
leans we will lay 100000 of Austria
lians and Al, ,000, 900 of Asiatics, another
layer. There are about 500, ,000, 900 more
Asiatics; thus we proceed until all the
rest of mankind are in-l 400, ,000, 900, in
about thirty layers. The box is now
about half full, and it would require
about fifteen times that number OF peo-
pie to fill it. What shall we doY AMI
mails, of course, are still left. Take the
whole animal creation, yet it is not full ;
and all this is only one geograpnieai
cubic mile, of which the earth contains
2,662."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
VOLUME v.

benefit of posterity, but his name has
been cherished among the noblest bene-
factors of the Livery Companions of
London as the discoverer of an ambrosial
nectar which enabled the appetite to be
grati6ed to the utmost without the un-
pleasant results which had been wont
to accrue. The occasion of the discovery
was heavy Company" dinner and the
consumption of viands had been serious.
As he took his virtuous way homeward,
apprehensive of the night and the NOR
row, good fortune suggested to him, or
accident put in his way, subtle mixture
of compounds and simples, of which he
partook. He felt himself refreshed; he
suffered no bad effects from overeating,
and he left sum of money as an en-
dowment for the purpose of providing
every member of the company with a
glass of the liquid at the end of feast
To this day that liquid, known as Lady
Cowper," is drunk in the city, and men
pay honor and homage to the memory of
the man who has enabled them to eat
and drink without stint and without re.
morse. aLL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
FOREIGN SUMM1R Y.

WADDINGToN, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
has sent 10000 francs to Constantinople to
relieve the distress of refugees.
THE Turkish Peace ePlenipotentiaries have
telegraphed to the Porte announcing their
arrival at Kasanlik on Sunday night the
Goth.
A RUSSIAN official dispatch from Tiflis,
says General KomarofPs detachment from
Ardanutsuck stormed Artvin the 18th.
The Turks lost heavily and the Russians
slightly.
THE Servian troops captured Pristina,
and also occupied Kershumli, after an en-
gagement in which the Turks lost four
hundred killed and wounded. Four
hundred and fifty Turks were captured.
A BERLIN dispatch says it is expected
that Bismarck will have sufficiently recov-
cred from his illness to attend the opening
of Parliament. His negotiations with Herr
Won Benningsen have led to no practical
result.
A RUSSIAN official dispatch from Kasanlik
states that portion of Suleiman Pasha's
train, consisting of two thousand wagons,
| was captured on the 18th inst, near Hir
| menli, about forty miles west from Adrian.
| ople.
A SPECIAL from Shumla says the small
pox has broken out there in the surround
ing villages. A number of refugees are ar
irving there from Bebrova and Osmar
Bazaar. Many die on the road from cold and
hunger.
| A CORRESPONDENT at Vienna telegraph
that advices from Constantinople show tina
a general panic prevails there, and the ex
citement is hourly increasing. 1t is be
lieved the guaranteeing powers will sent
ships to protect their subjects.
A BERLIN correspondent says the Russians
do not seem to object to the English squad
ron anchoring in the Golden Horn, pro
vided no attempt is made to prevent tn,
army of the Grand Duke Nicholas from oc
cupying portion of the metropolitan forti
fications.
A DISPATCH from the United States Vic
Consul at Shanghai, asking for funds, says
An appalling famine is raging throughou
four provinces of North China. Nine mi
lions of people are reported destitute
Children are daily sold in the markets TO
food.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch dated FIR
day, 18th, via SYRIA, says: The Porte, at tn
instance of the Sultan, has ordered all vi
ayets at a distance from the seat of war I
send, pending the result of armistice neg,
tiations, all the forces they can spare to Coz
, stantinople by the quickest route.
i A Commercial telegram from London say
j. that the hopes of the peace party are who'll
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, January 21, Mr.. Conkling
presented large number of petitions from
citizens of Ulster, Livingston, Orange, and
other counties of New York, in favor of the
demonstration of silver. Laid On the table,
the bill having been reported to the Senate.
Mr.. Beck submitted a concurrent resolution
declaring that it is unnecessary and mex
pedient to impose the taxes at this time
asked for by the Secretary of the Treasury
to provide $37,000,000 for a sinking fund,
and directing the Secretary not to purchase
any more bonds for the liquidation
SO by Congress. Laid over for the
present and ordered that it be printed.
A number of bills were introduced and re-
ferred to appropriate committees. AT the
expiration of the morning hour the Senate
resumed consideration of the resolution of
Mr.. Matthews declaring the right of the
government to pay boEds in silver, and Mr..
Jones, of Florida, and Mr.. Cockrel, spoke
in favor of the same.....1n the House, a
large number of bills were introduced and
referred. Mr.. Southard moved to suspend
the rules and pass bill authorizing the
payment of custom duties in legal tender
notes after the lst of January, 1879. Before
the question was put, the hour of two
o'clock arrived, and the House proceeded
| to the consideration of business of the
District of Columbia. The joint resolution
of the Missouri Legislature for the re-
nONdl Ol tuc capltSi, was TepOrttu DdCk
adversely and laid on the table. The bill to
punish embezzlement in the District of
Columbia, and to protect the district
records, was passed. After motion to ad-
| journ, which was defeated-yeas, 95; nays,
| 125-Mr. Southard's motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill making customs
duties payable in greenbacks after January,
| 1879, came up for vote. A motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill was de-
feated-yeas, 154; nays, 96-not two-thirds
in the affirmative. The House then ad-
journed, no report having been made from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. An in
vitation of the Italian Minister to attend the
religious ceremonies tomorrow in memory
of the late King of Italy, was received by
both Houses.
In the Senate. January %, Mr.. Withers
presented petition representing six thou
sand depositors in the Richmond branch OF
the Freedmen's Savings Bank, asking Con.
gress to reimburse their losses incurred in
the institution. Referred. Bills were in,
troduced and referred. A statue of William
King, the founder of Maine, was presented
to the National Gallery, and accepted
Speeches were made by Messrs. Hamlin
and Blaine, eulogizing Maine at the expense
of Massachusetts,, which called forth warm
discussion of a historical character between
the Senators from Massachusetts, and Maine
as to the patriotism ofthe respective States
..."...In the House, Mr.. Ewing, from the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31
SURVIVAL OF FIRE WORSHIP.

On the last day of the year, old style,
which falls on the 18th of January, the
festival of "The Clavie took place at
Burghead, fishing village near Forres,
Scotland. On headland in that village
still stands an old Roman altar, locally
called the "Douro." Each year ON the
evening of January IL large tar barrel
is set on fire and carried by one of the
fishermen round the town, while the as
sembled folks shout and halo. If the
man who carries the barrel falls, it is an
evil omen. The man with the lighted
barrel having gone with it round the
town carries it up to the top OF the hill,
and places it up on the Douro. More
fuel is Immediately added. The sparks
as they fly upward are supposed to be
witches and evil spirits leaving the town ;
the people, therefore, shout at and curse
them as they disappear in vacancy.
When the burning tar barrel falls in
pieces, the fsherwives rush in and en-
deavor to get lighted bit of wood from
its remains; with this light the fire on
the cottage hearth is at once kindled, and
it is considered lucky to keep in this
fame ali the rest of the year. The char
coal of the clavie is collected and put in
bits up the chimney, to prevent the
witches and evil spirits coming into the
house. The Douro ii. e., the Roman
altar is covered with thick layer OF
tar from the fires that are annually
lighted upon it. Close to the Douro is
very ancient Roman well, and, close to
the well, several rude but curious Ro
man sculptures can be seen let into a
garden wall.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

HENRY s. HARLEY, the victim of the
latest American duel, is said to be the
second one of his family who has died
in this way. He was called out to fight
for having said to his murderer, Robert
Fishburne, You and w. F. Fishburne
are mean and cheap copies of the Rhetts,
without their brains and courage" OF
course there was nothing left for Fish
burne but to establish his courage by
shooting a bullet through Harley's
bowels, which he did, and Harley died
convinced. These high-spirited young
men, who were above settling row by
a knock-down, were wrangling over a
little question of local politics. They
we're brothers-in-law, having marriedsis-
ters; therefore the death and vindicated
honor are both in the same family, to
some extent. rrf.#
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

SHALL soldiers be allowed to play
cards2 In the French and German
armies card-playing has been encour-
aged, on the ground that, like dominoes,
IL is source of innocent employment,
and that it trains the soldiers mind to
act quickly and to be habituated to sud-
den changes of plan. The Director Gen.
eral of military education in the British
army has prepared an exhaustive report
on the subject. He thinks that under
proper control cards have their uses in
the army, but is constrained to admit
that their introduction had driven out
the chess table and the draught board,
and that the young lads Of the regiment
soon acquired an inordinate passion fol
gambling.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

GEORGE II. PENDLEToS, the newly
elected Ohio Senator, was born in Gin
cinnati, July 25, 1925. His entrance
into political life was as member Of
the State Senate in 1s54-5. He has
served as a member of the House in
four Congresses, the Thirty-Fifth,
Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty
eighth. His best point as member of
Congress was his advocacy of law ad-
hitting Cabinet officers to the House.
In 1864 he was the candidate for the
Vice Presidency on the ticket with Gen
eral Mcclellan. He then was put into
training for the Presidency, and was the
foremost candidate of his party in the
earliest balotings in the National Demo
cratic Convention of 1868. gs.tf
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

The telephone is being rapidly intro
duced into the various military estab-
lishments, not only in the capital and its
neighborhoods, but also elsewhere in
Germany. At Dresden one of the new
instruments has been arranged between
the Commandments Office and the arsenal
and barracks of the Rifles, about eight
hundred yards distant. An already ex-
isting telegraph wire is utilized, from
which wires are further led to tele.
phones in four rooms in the barracks.
The apparatus is reported to act per.
fectly, conversation being carried on
without the slightest difficulty. In
Austria, also. experiments, the result OF
which are stated to have been exceed
ingly satisfactory, have been made il
Vienna with the telephone, and an i'm
portant addition has been made to tn,
instrument by an Austrian railwa,
official in the form of bell TO call at
tention to messages about to be sent. Al
the same time it is generally admitted
by military men abroad that much ha,
yet to be done before the telephone car
be considered available for practical us,
In the field.