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The Oldest City in the World.

Damascus IS the oldest city in the world.
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the
shore; Baalbec is a ruin Palmyra is bu-
ried in desert Nineyeh and Babylon
have disappeared from the Tigris and Eu-
pirates. Damascus remains what it was
before the days of Abraham-a center Of
trade and traveI-an island Of verdure in
the desert "a presidential capital with
material aud sacred associations extending
through thirty centuries. ItWas near Da-
maseus that Saul Of Tarsus saw the light
above the brightness Of the sun the street
which is called Strait, in which it was said
"he prayed, still runs through the city.
The caravan comes aud goes as it did
thousand years ago there is still the Sheik,
the ass, aud the water-wheel; the mer-
ohaais Of the Euphrates aud the Mediter-
raHean still occupy these "with the multi
tude Of their wares The city which
Mohammed surveyed from a neighboring
height, and was afraid to enter, 'beeause
it was given to man to have but one para
disc, and for his part he was resolved not
to have it 10 this world, is to-day what
Julian called the "eye of the East, as it
was, in the time Of Isaiah, "the head of
Syria.
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TIE World Would be Much Improved.


wives gave up seoldiug II gossips
were tcngue tied II more people told the
truth II stray ours were shot Ga the spot
II homes were made happier for ehildren.
If people didn't live beyond their Income
II Young anl old took more care Of their
health, Ii people knew how to make the
right use Of money II there were les
rivalry in dress among women, Il No )
woulda ny "a get IN No. p shoes II
those starting ia life learned 10 lay by =
Ii,.le If people generally inclined more
10 fun aud less to fighting II company
dinners were lit,le palmer and every
day ditto 4 litIle better IL Young mar
ried couples were les iutcrieaFei wiih BIZ
relatives. 1t women took liJtlc more
care Of their husbands aad 4 liitls less of
poodles. Ii men aud women worked sheir
eEn way 10 place Of waiting for rich rela-
tons 70 die lf there were a good deal
less preaching about religion, and a good
deal more practice Of IT, II fever mer.
chants tried TO carry ca q Sl00.000 bus
iness on 81 900 capital II children
were trained with 4 view 70 future useful
ness aud taught to be self dependent Ii
more pcJp'e learned 70 be good-naiuFed as
they 70 through life aud avoid the pros
Psct Of cross grained old age. IT there
was less hunting for fancy white handed
aud more willingness for gen.
uine oId-fashionCd bard listed work. II
al the would be authors Of The Beauii.
fal Saow were oyeftaken b. a snow drilt
too deep 10 dig them out OF. Ii all mer-
chants had faith 10 printers ink and the
aid aad assistance derived
from i lively, spicy. uewsy sheet.--Alja-
~ Sunday Pres
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that application
IN will be made to the County Commits
sioRers of Carroll county, at the next meet
ing, after thirty days from the date hereof, to
locate and open a public road in said county.
commencing on the public road leading from
the Gettysburg road to the Pennsylvania line,
near Walnut Grove School House, running
through the farm of J. Henry Lambert, on
the bed of the old road, to the line between
Jonas S. Harner and Milton ID. Hawn; then
on or near said line to the line between J. A.
Angel and Washington Reaver; then on or
near the bed of the old road between said An
CELL and Reaver; then on the line between
James Heck and Washington Reaver; then
through the land efJames Heck; then on the
bed of the old read between James Heck and
BENJAMIN f. Bowers; then on or near the bed
of the old road between Benjamin +. Bowers
and Samuel Weant; then on the bed of the
old road between Samuel Weant and Jane
Ridinger; then on the bed of the old road be-
tween Samuel Weant and Abraham n Hess;
then on the line between Samuel Weant and
w. II. A. Ridinger; then on the line between
Samuel Weant and Martin FOrney; then on
the line between said Forney and Abraham
Hess across AlIoway's Creek, at or near the
old fording; then on the bed of the old road
between Martin Forney and John kroh: then
oa the bed of the old road between Philip
Shriner and Josiah Hawn; then between the
land of Josiah Hawn and the u B. Grave
yard; then on the bed of the old road between
said Shriner and Hawn; then on the bed of
the old road between Philip Shriner and
Henry I. Hyser; then on the bed of the old
road between Philip Shriner and Oliver Shoe
maker; then on the bed of the old road be-
tween Philip Shriner and John J. Hess until
it intersects the Littlestown and Emmittsburg
road at Harvey.
JONAS s. HARNER,
SAMUEL WEANT,
WASHINGTON REAVER,
april est And Thirty Three others.
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SILK Waste.

Is was quite BY accident that Lister con
ceiyed the idea Of utilizing silk waste.
Going one day into a London warehouse,
he came upon a pile of rubbish which
strongly attacted his attention. He had
never seen anything like il before lie in
quired what it was, and was told that it
was silk waste. "What do you DO with
it2' he asked "Sell it for rubbish. that
is all, was the answer; 1t is impossible
to do anything else with it, Mr.. Lister
felt it, poked bis nose iuto it. aud pulled
it about In 4 manner that astouished the
London warehouse men. Ii was neither
agreeable to the feel, the smell, nor the
touch; but simply mass Of knotty, dirty,
impure stuff, full Of bits Of stick aud dead
mulberry leaves In the end Mr. Lister
made the offer Of halfPenuy pound for
the rubbish. aud the sale was then and
there concluded, the vendor being especial
" pleased to get rid Of it on such adyan,a-
goous terms. When Mr.. Lister got this
rubbish down 10 Nauuingham, he spent
a good deal Of time 10 aoalyzing aud dis
seciing Il, and he came to the conclusion
that there was something to be done with
il He found silk waste was treated al
the world over as be had seen it treated
10 the London warehouse--aS rubbish.
He built new machinery and imported
skilled workmen, aud ia the end conquered
his difficulty, But be spcat nearly two
millions Of dollars 10 perfecting machinery
for the manufacture of silk waste before .
be ever II ade single shilling By Il Nov,
thanks 60 bis perseverance,. everything
that enters within the gates Of the Man
bingham Mills Is utilized 10 some shape or
other, surprising variety Of articles being
produced from silk waste The following
may be enumerated by way Of example
Six vclvets, yctvc,s with silk pile aud
cotton back, silk carpets, plush, vciyc,
imitation sealskju. corded ribbons.
scwiDs silks, japanese silks, poplins, six
cleaning cloths for machinery, bath-iov-
els, floor cloths, dish cloths, aud 50 forth
Aud al these from the once 6espised silk
waste The consequence has been tha,
silks have been greatly cheapeBci, and
hat a material which was regarded As
has come to baye value In The
market.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-30
Bsdlam.

The term ''Bedlam' so often applied to
lunatic asylums, Is merely corruption Of
Bethlehem, hospital of that name hay
Ing been set apart in London three ceutu.
ries ago for the treatment Of such patients.
Il need hardly be mentioned that insanity
is a disease due to high mental cultivation.
la Scotland the proportion IS one to sos,
while in England, where there is less cul-
ture, it is one TO 7SS. In our own country
Il is one to 750. Itis never found, how
ever, among barbarians There are but
few lunaties in India, and in countries de-
priyed of political liberty, such as Italy
and Austria, the proportion is very small.
Among the more noted instances may be
mentioned George Ill, whose mind was
diserdered during the last thirty years of
his life DIR. Brown, former superinten-
dent of the Bloomingdale New York;
Asylum, became victim of the disease
which he was treating, and the constant
study of insanity led to his own mental
wreck. Horace Greelys case is too well
known to require detail. Gerritt Smith,
the famous philanthropist, was at one time
deranged, and was during this attack an
inmate of the Utica Asylum James Otis,
the revolutionary patriot, become deranged
in his latter days, and while in this condi-
ton, was killed by a stroke of lightning
American statesmen have been remarkably
exempt from this calamity.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-30
Facts About the Sea.


The sea covers three fourths of the sur.
face of the globe. Its sadness is attribu.
ted to rivers and springs which are con-
stantly washing into it chloride of sodium
and other soluble salts The color of the
sea water when free from all mixtures is a
pure deep blue The color is due to the
fact that the blue rays of the spectrum are
less liable TO be absorbed BY masses of
transparent substances than the others,
thus predominating 10 the reflected pencil.
Objects at depth Of 900 fathoms must
bear a pressure Of ton on a square inch;
moreover, at depth of 30 fathoms, the
suns light is almost entirely cut of. 1t
was long thought that animal life was i'm
possible at great depths and the first alb
solutc proof that animal life could be sus-
tanned at such depths, was from fishing up
a cable that would not work, lying between
Sardinia and Bona, IL was eorroded,
broken, aud covered with marine animals,
cemented to it. In 1865, 1869, 1870, II.
VI. ships Porcupine and Lightning made
many hauls Of the dredge in the Atlantic,
the deepest being twenty seven miles off
the Bay Of BisCay, where animal life, in
GLIDING bony fishes, was found in album
dance. In regard to the enormous pres
sure at great depths, Sir Wyville Thomp-
soa estimates the pressure upon n man at
\ depth Of 1000 fathoms to be equal to
weight Of twenty locomotives, each with
good traia loaded with pig iron. But a
body supported within and without,
through all its tissues, by comparatively
ineompressible fluid as water is, would
not be necessarily ineommoded. We
sometimes find, when we get up in the
morning, by rise Of an inch in the ba-
romeser, half ton has been piled upon US
during the night, but We experience no in
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"Only scratch, Blanche said in a
low tone, but she did not hear me, for she
tainted in my arms.
The next day we notified the authori-
ties to whom We delivered the prisoner,
and gave bonds for our appearance in re-
gard to the killing, from which the cor
oner's jury exoneratod US by verdict of
justi6able homicide"
"It was nearly noon before again saw
Blanche, and then she tried to avoid me,
but drawing her arm in mine led her to
n pretty summer house, and said:
Blanche, love you! do you love ne
in return2'
She hid her face against by breast and
whispered;
"Oh, so muchl'
Three months afterwards we were mar
ried, and | never hear a window rattle
without thinking Of the warning it twice
gave me.
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knowledge makes humble; Ignorance
makes proud knowledge talks lowly, *
noraBce talks loud.
Almost any man eau stand adversely,
bat it takes strong mind to gripple with
sudden prosperity.
By too maeh courtesy men may become
diseour,cogs, and by excess Of ciyihty IN
civil.
Folly ia fools bears not so strJu. note
as foolery in the wise.
Eating aud drinking shouldn't keep Us
from thinking,
MIDDLE at home makes the husband
roam.
\ scraper at the door keeps dirt from
the floor
For the light of day we have nothing to
pay.
v ho never tries cannot win the prize.
If there were 10 clouds, We should not
enjoy the sun.
Hope and strive is the way to thrive.
\ spark may raise an awful blaze.
Want of variety leads 10 safety.
Dispise school, aud remain a fool.
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READY WIT-The ready wit of a true
born IIishman, however humble his sta
ton, is exceeded only by his gallantry. 4
few days since we observed a case in point.
\ sudden gust Of wind took a parasol from
the hand of its owner; and before one had
a chance to rcealIect whether it would be
his etiquette to catch the parasol of a lady
to whom he had never been introduced, a
lively Emerald dropped his bod of bricks,
caught the parachute in the midst of its
Elssler gyrations, and presented it to the
loser with bow which reminded us Of
poor Power. Faith ma am, said he, as
he did so, ''if you were as strong as you
arc handsome it wouldn't have got away
from you
(Which shall / thank you for first, the
service or the compliment o. asked the
lady, smiling
"TFoth, ma am, said Pat again, touch
ing the place whore once stood the brim of
what was beaver, "that look of your beau
tiful eye thanked me for both"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-30

In our twentics-and the blossoms
Drifted by in fragrant snow;
skies were blue, and we together
Chose the path that we should go.
Violets bloomed and grasses nodded,
Springing by our lingering feet
And we laughed and kissed each other.
Singing gayly, Life is SWEET
In our thiFtieS-crimSon berries
Blushed meath emerald banners bright,
Royal orchard yelled their purple
From the careless seeker sight.
Solemn forest shades around us
Both our voices strangely stilled
But we closer drew together
Hands with sylvan treasures filed
In our sixties-open meadows
Now beguile our wandering feet;
Memory's orchards, forests, blossoms,
Fields and skies are ever sweet.
But we best love aster's sapphires
And lobelia's spikes of flame,
While our hearts, like autum's naples.
Burn and glow, for each the same.
In our eighhes-we have cheated
Frost and fed before the snow
In o southern cline we are waiting
TIL onr King shall bid Us 60. sssst
Resting here, beneath the palm trees,
By the sweet breathed myrtles famed
IT'S not long. our second spring-time,
It's not far, the morning land.
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Westminster City Hotel.

HlHE undersigned, about to engage in
L. other business, will sell the good will,
Furniture and lease Of this Hotel, which has
4 years to run. Possession given on LIST day
of April, 1881 This Hotel stand is toe well
known to the people of this and adjoining
counties to say further than the Hotel is the
largest aad has always done fine business.
For further particulars address or call upon
F. /. WHEELER, Proprietor.
Westminster, Carroll county, Nd.
mar Io.tf
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Corporation Election.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Election
IN for Mayor and Five Councilmen win be
held in this city, on
MONDAY, I'd day Of MAJ, 1881.
who are to serve for one year frem the time
Of their election, or until their successors are
qualified The Polls will be opened at the
Central Hotel. at u O'CLOCK, NJ, and close at
o'clock, P. u.
P. H. IRWIN, Mayor.
ap Cite JoHS MATHEWS, Clerk.
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Commissioners, Notice.

THE County Commissioners of Carroll
Il county, viii meet at their Office in West
minister, on the FIRST MONDAY of MAY,
1881, for the transaction of business.
BY order, JOSEPH A. WAESCHE,
ap Clerk.
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\ Western New York farmer is said to
have had painted and posted up in his
poultry house large sign bearing the in
scription; Eggs fifty cents Dozen"
This is done to encourage the hens to lay
all they can.
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"If | punish you, said mamma to her
little girl, ''you don't suppose 1 do so for
my pleasure, do your" ''Then whose
pleasure is it for then mammal"
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\ park with lake had been presented
to a certain town. The Council met, and
one of the councillors moved that ten
gondolas be ordered for the frequenters of
the lake Another councillor at once
arose. He admitted that gondolas were a
necessary adjunct to lake, but he thought
to order at once ten involved heavy ex-
penditure of municipal money, and, there
fore moved that the number be reduced to
two and that they should leave the increase
to nature.
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The uses of adversely may possibly be
very sweet, and yet no one wishes to find
out what they are
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Father Boyle, of Washington, address
ing school on the subject of Easter cele-
brations, young miss asked him; Father
Boyle, what is the origin of Easter eggs?"
"a hen, no doubt, miss, replied the father,
quietly.
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WANTED

ENARMERS and dealers TO know that the
Il CHEAPEST and BEST FERTILIZER
for all crons Is
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"The early bird gets the worm" but a.
ghurly apple gets it also.
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DEALERs WANTED

In every county, to whom exclusive territory
will be given.
Address, BAUGH & SONS,
Sole Manufacturers,
40 S. Delaware Ave, Philadelphia, Pa.
1903 South St., Baltimore
For Sale by GRIMES & WEAVER,
ap 9-2m Westminster, Nd.
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LICENSE NOTICE.
LICENSE

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
IN and bodies corporate or polite, to whom
it may concern, that they must obtain
LICENSE
Or renew the same on or before the 1st day
Of May, 1881, according to the provisions Of
the Code of Public Laws of the State Of Ma
fyland. GEO ". ERIN6ER,
y ap 9-4t Sheriff Of Carroll county.
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WANTED

CARDS AND CIRCULARS printed
~ at this Office.
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THE ADVANTAGES OF MARYLAND.
WHAT FOREIGNERS THINK OF US.

The Place for Emigrants to Settle in, wheth
er Native or Foreign-Land Cheap and
Good-Chmate Healthy-People Kind
Markets Convenient-Schoolsa and Church.
es Abundant.
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Selert 4oetrg.
OUR ENUMERATION.

BY MARGARET b. HARVEY.
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a gentleman who owns two farms in this
county, and who came here in 1877, from On
tario, Canada, has kindly sent US his views
Mr.. Everiit during his residence in Canada
filed several important official positions
de is a man Of considerable experience and
general information. He says:
| am native of Kent county, Ontario,
| sold out and came to this county in April
1877. | bought farm near Church Hill
known as the Capt Clash larm and in
June Of the same year l bought what is
known as the Big Pippia" farm, situate
on the public read leading from Ingleside
to Rridgetown, where | have lived since
January, 1878,
As to the quality Of the soil there is
nearly all sorts and qualities; but, as a rule,
the soil is medium, neither heavy nor
light, easy to cultivate, very susceptible of
improvement, and very retentive-much
more so than land in my native country.
Although great many of the farms in
this county are in very pnproductive
state, am satisfied that, with proper farm
ing and some expenditure in the way of
lime and other fertilizers, they can be made
to produce we'll
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but finally l took out newspaper and un-
derscored the words, in lengthy editorial,
which if read consecutiveiy, would read,
"Be cautious, sir. These two Williams here
intend to murder and rob us in ten min
utes. When | arise you attack the one
with the mustachc and l will take the
other. Kill if necessary
Il then handed the paper to the old gen
tlman, saying: "lIave you read this sir?
It's most excellent editorial
He took the paper, put on his glasses,
and commenced to read Soon the under
scored words drew his attention and he
began to study them Then | saw him
grow pale aud feel for his box with his
foot Handing me back the paper he said
significantly:
"Do you believe that, sir?
II know it to be true, sir, | said.
Horrible" said he, slipping his hand
in his breast pocket, a stern look coming
in his face as he added: | believe that
I'd feel like shooting some one.
Il saw l had a man of courage to help
me, so | cared little for the villainous
smile which his remark brought to one of
the rufiau's face. | saw We were near the
Big Jump and were going dova a steep
grade at a lively rate when one Of the viii
f 4
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-12
AMENDING THE ALTERNATE
ROAD LAW.

A bill has been introduced in the
Senate which undertakes to improve
the act entitled "An act providing an al
tentative method of keeping in repair
county roads"
We think the act will be somewhat
improved by certain OF the provisions
10 this bill, but we are of opinion that
two of the main points necessary to
make this law both popular ana efficient
have been omitted.
The chief objection to the alternative
method" is that it does not equally dis.
tribute the burden OF tax for road pur-
poses, between the property owners
and the non-property holding classes.
There may be some point in this objec-
ton and the amended bill, to which We
refer, is open to the same objection. 1t
provides that at shall be the duty OF
each surveyor Of roads, as soon as prac-
ticable after the sale OF said county
roads, or OF any road newly established,
or changed, and annually thereafter, TO
ascertain and report in writing as soon
as ascertained, to the County Court, the
amount of money necessary to con-
struct and keep in repair the county
roads in his precinct for
the term OF one year;
VIII areupen, the County Court, at its
first levy term thereafter, shall provide
for the amount SO reported and any
other expenses pertaining to the same,
by levying a tax Of one dollar and fifty
cents on every male inhsbitant of said
precinct who has attained the age Of
twenty-one years; and the balance nec-
essary to open and keep in repair the
county roads in said precinct, after hay-
ing deducted said capitation tar and
having added the estimated delin.
quencies, shall be levied on the proper
ty OF said precinct, taxable for State
and county purposes. Provided, such
levy shall not exceed five mills on each
dollar OF the valuation OF such property"
What the bill lacks is a provision
making it practicable for persons who
prefer to work out" their taxes to have
this privilege. The contractors might be
required to employ this kind OF labor
when offered, at a reasonable rate for
the services rendered. In this way a
large amount OF the capitation tax
would be worked out" when otherwise
it would not be paid at all, and property
would have to bear the loss
A second defect in the law as il has
heretofore existed, is that the speciica-
tsOns for constructing roaSs have not
been set out in detail in the aw. 1t is
truI that ths amended bnl bro.
Z les for as'county ensi who