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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-07-01
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-07-01
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COMMERCIAL HOTEL,

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Main Street, opposite Court House.)
Morgantown, w. Va.
Best equipped house i'm the State.
New house, new furniture, new out
buildings, new everything.
Splendid rooms for Commercial trav-
clers to exhibit goods, and superior ac-
eommodations fer the general public
J. X. DURR,
Proprietor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
Reproduction of Bone.

The question of the saving of diseased
or wounded limb has for the general pub
lie great interest An interesting case,
which promises new departure in conserv-
ative surgery, has just been published in
the transactions of the Medical Society of
New York for 1880. The case was under
the care of DR.. George f. Shrady, surgeon
to the Presbyterian and the st. Francis
Hospital, New York. The patient was
newsboy fifteen years old, suffering from
acute general periostitis of the numerous of
the left arm caused by an injury and sub
sequent exposure to cold His arm, forearm,
and hand were greatly swollen; fuctuation
exted throughout the entire existent OF the
arm, and it was feared that the tissues would
be Transformed into large abscess His gen.
eral condition was also bad. For two weeks
the patient was supported by the most
nourishing diet, and the arm itself received
every attention. 1t was evident, however.
that the greater part, if not the whole, OF
the arm bone was deed, and that the generr
al condition of the patient was most unfaV-
orable
Notwithstanding these untoward circum-
stances, it was decided to perform an opera
ton for the removal of the arm bone. Ether
was therefore administered to the patient,
and the operation was rapidly performed.
The entire bone of the arm was found to be
diseased and hard to be removed, but for
tunately its covering, the periosteum, was
left almost entire Within forty eight
hours after the operation the patient was
out of danger and made a good recovery.
The growth of the bone is well known to
take place from the periosteum, and in this
case, it having been carefully saved, the
deposit of new bone occurred throughout
In six months after the operation the bone
had become SO strong that the arm was
found to be almost as useful as ever. In
the history of bone reproduction, which in
cludes the opinions of eminent living sur
geons, a parallel to this case does not exist.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
History of the Tomato.

A good many years ago, man who had
recently arrived from the Bermuda Islands
was sent to York county, Pennsylvania, Jail
for some offense He had with him few
seeds which he planted in the rich soil of
the Jail yard. Before the plants grew to
maturity, he was discharged, and no one
knew the name or nature of them. They
grew luxuriantly, bearing fruit of large
size and unusual appearance. AS this strange
fruit ripened, its color changed from green
to brilliant red, and became an object Of
wonder and admiration to all the inmates
of the jail. Mrs. Klinefelter, the lady keep
er, cautioned the prisoners against eating
any of the fruit, as she was sure it was
poisonous, and she endeavored to preserve
specimens of it for him, should he return
in time. f...sg...
Just when the fruit was fully matured
the Bermuda prisoner revisited the jail and
asked to see the plant. This request grant
ed, he next called for pepper, salt and vine
gar, and to the horror of the good lady
commenced to eat the supposed poisonous
fruit with a relish that astonished the be-
holders. After enjoying the strange repast
he informed Mrs Klinefelter that the fruit
or vegetable was the tomato, or love apple,
and it would be found wholesome and nu.
tritious. The seeds were then distributed
among the friends and neighbors Of the
lady, thus introducing this now popular
esculent into the ancient and goodly borough
of York. For many years thereafter it was
cultivated as an ornament rather than for
table use, but by degrees its merits began
to be more fully understood and appreciat-
ed and then it grew into general public
favor. .#H I.a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
A Charming Luxury.


Snail eating, says. Mr.. Thos. Bowditch
in the Troy Times, has been in vogue for
many centuries, and was considered by the
ancient Romans one of their table luxuries.
In Pliny's time Barbary snails stood first
in repute, those in Sicily ranking next; and
it was the custom to fatten them for the
table by dieting them upon meal and new
wine In modern Rome fresh gathered
snails are hawked by women from door to
door, who boil them in their shells, stew
them, or fry them in OIL Snails are gath
cred off the vines by the peasantry in the
wine district of France, and are sent up in
cases and wicker baskets to Paris halles,
where they are sold by auction and are pur-
chased by people who make it their business
to prepare them for the restaurants and
charcutiers. They are killed by being
placed in scalding water, and after being
removed from their shells by the aid of
piece of wire, are thrown into an immense
copper kettle and boiled for three quarters
of an hour in mixture composed of water,
vinegar, salt and herbs. They are then re-
placed in their shells, the mouths of which
are closed with butter and parsley, and are
ready for sale, To prepare them for the
table it sufices to place them in the frying
pan for few minutes with a small piece OF
butter, and without removing them from
their shells. They are sold at the wine
shops and charcutiers at thirty or fort.
centimes per dozen. aiH as ssei
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
A Happy Thought.

An intimate friend of the late Rev. DIR.
J. B. Wakely tells an amusing anecdote of
him, as follows
The doctor was a most inimitable define
ator, and fond of good story. He related
to me, with great glee, how he extricated
himself once from most awkward dilemma.
Preaching in Hudson river town on
warm summer afternoon to congregation
of farmers mainly, from the text, off any
man draw back, my soul hath no pleasure
in him. he inadvertently observed, "My
breathren, sheep never fight" Those who
were awake looked up at him, and showed
by their interest that the minister had never
seen two old rams trying to butt each others
brains out The doctor discovered his mis-
take as soon as they did, but not, seeing his
way out it, he repeated the statement with
greater emphasis. Those of his audience
who were awake nudged their sleeping breth-
rem, who on opening their eyes, looked
about to see what had happened. This
greatly embarrassed the doctor, and he was
now sadly puzzled. He ventured, with still
greater emphasis, to repeat the statement,
E'My brethren, sheep never fight" when
luckily he saw his way out, and doubling
his fist, struck it into the palm of his hand,
adding, with general JUNCTION, Except when
they first draw back" 49,. .F ,4e.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
Costly Dress.

The love of dress keeps everybody on
the strain. The poor strain to keep up
with the well-to-do people; the well-to-do
strain to keep up with the rich; and the
rich strain terribly to keep up with one
another. The only ones exempt from the
pressure are the few who are too fully
pauperized to have any social ambition,
and the very few at the other extreme who
are too rich for rivalry. We may add
third class, composed of sensible persons
who abstain from this insane competition
on principle. Two questions absorb our
women. The first is, What did she wear?
The second is, What did it cost? 1t is
not so much matter of good taste and Of
true and aesthetic effect, but badly and
coarsely question Of cost. Diamonds are
priced not so much for their beauty as for
the money they represent. If the husband
and father should show signs of worry be-
cause the outgo exceeds the income, it
cannot be helped-one must keep up with
the neighbors. Put on the steam it is a
fast age, and it will not do to fall into the
rear. Drive on The crash may come,
but let us have good time first. We emust
keep up with the time. Broken fortunes,
debt, bankruptcies are not the only and the
worst fruits of this folly. There is some
thing worse than squandering money. A
noble woman is of more value than CO.
lossal fortune. This range for costly dress
takes the heads and hearts, the time and
the talent of vast number Of our women
who were born for better things. They
are ruled and absorbed by the jeweler and
the milliner They give their days and
nights to dress. They become mere bull
letin boards of fashion, and their high and
noble calling is forgotten.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
How Logs are Sent Down the Ne
vada Mountains.

A chute is laid from the rivers brink,
up the steep mountain to the railroad, and
while we are telling it, the monster logs
are rushing, laundering, flying, leaping
down the declivity. They come with the
speed of a thunderbolt, and somewhat of
its roar. A track of fire and smoke fol-
lows them-fre struck by their friction
with the chute logs. They descend the
seventeen hundred feet of the chute in
fourteen seconds. In doing SO, they drop
seven hundred feet perpendicularly. They
strike the deep water with report that can
be heard mile distant.
LOGS fred from cannon could scarcely
have greater velocity than they have at
the foot of the chute The average We
locity is over one hundred feet in second
throughout the entire distance, and at the
instant they leap from the mouth, their
speed must be fully two hundred feet per
second.
A sugar-pine log sometimes weighs ten
tons! What missile How the water is
dashed into the air! Like grand plume OF
diamonds and rainbows, the feathery spray
is hurled to the height of hundred feet.
1t forms the grandest fountain ever beheld.
How the waters foam and seethe, and lash
against the shore One log, having spent
its force by its mad plunge into the deep
waters, has foated SO as to be at right an
giles with the path of the descending mon
sters.
The mouth of the chute is. perhaps, fif-
teen feet above the surface of the water.
A huge log, hurled from the chute, cleaves
the air and alights on the floating log
You know how bullet glances, but can
you imagine saw-log glancing? The end
strikes with heavy shock, but glides quick
ly past for short distance; then crash
like the reverberation of artillery, the fall.
ing log springs vertically into the air, and
with curve like a rocket falls into the
water, long distance from the log il
struck. -Phtld. Saturday Night.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
Our Olio.
Good Meals.

There is more real religion in a good
meal than most people suppose. There
are abstemious souls who have no appetite
for good provisions, and who pride them
selves on it. Regarding indulgence as
anything beyond the absolute necessities OF
life as carnal and tending to ungodliness,
they cheat themselves out of large pro
portion of good which might be theirs did
they but know how to enjoy it. Thou
sands of otherwise good women have per-
mitted their husbands to become frequenters
of the ginmill simply because they were
ignorant of the blessed influence of good
meals. This may be considered reflection
on masculine humanity, but it is not, for
human nature of every kind has its weak
spots. The woman who has been SO
brought up that she not only knows what
a good meal is, but can prepare it tskillfully
and serve it gracefully, is able to exert the
most benefcent control over her husband
and the whole family. A majority of the
men who fall into mischief do so because
home is destitute of some of the attractions
which it should possess.
There are housewives who will put them
selves to much trouble to prepare sumptu-
GUS fare for visitors, some Of whom may
be strangers. They will put the best
crockery on the table and the most cheer
full smiles on their faces when the company
comes. For the members of the family
who regularly eat at home soiled table
cloth, a poorly spread table, and a vinegarish
expression of visage are considered good
enough. Men and boys fed in this style
grow thin Their leanness is not only
physical, but it is that of the mind and soul
Those who suffer from it are indeed mis-
erable creatures.
A good meal is not necessarily costly one
There ought to be enough to 60 round, and
it ought to be we'll cooked and nicely serv
ed. Solomon had sumptuous dinners in hi
palace but when he reflected on the cross
looks and the tattlesome tongues Of some
of his beauties he said that dinner of herbs
with contentment was better than stately
roast with hatefulness for its better sauce
A meal which is served in perfunctory
way in the name of charity, and with al
air of 'There, take that, you beggar, ma.
fill the hungry stomach, but it affords littl
relief to the starved soul A benevolen
society in New York reports that it has il
year bestowed four hundred and ninety
two thousand and odd meals, and that thes
meals cost two and seven-eights cents each
This is not much money for meal. Pee
pie who eat such meals are not likely t
grow spiritually Or physically corpulent
The poorest economy is to stint ourselve
in what we eat or in that good cheer whic
is the most potent of all helps to good li0
| inU
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
A Curious Incident.


Charles Fox told us of an American
friend who once felt concern to go some
where, he knew not where. He ordered
his gig, his servent asking where he was to
drive. Cup and down the road, said the
master At last they met a funeral.
"Follow this funeral, said the master
They followed in the procession until they
came to the churchyard. While the ser
vice was being performed the friend sat in
his gig; at its conclusion he walked to the
grave, and exclaimed, solemnly: ''Thepe
son now buried is innocent of the crime
laid to her charge and then returned to
his gig. An elderly gentleman in deep
mourning came up to him in great agitation
and said: sSir, what you have said has
surprised me very much" II can't help
it, can't help it, replied the other 81
only said what l was obliged to say.
"Well," said the mourner, ssthe person just
buried is my wife, who for some years has
lain under the suspicion of infdelity to me
No one else knew of it, and on her death
bed she again protested her innocence, and
said that if / would not believe her then a
witness would be raised up even at he
graveside - Cdtharsane Fo1
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
Thunder and lightning in South
America.

Natal is an awful country for thunder
and lightning, and never summer passes
without some damage being done to both
man and beast. No house is considered
quite safe without a conductor. Maritz-
burg is rather noted for its thunderstorms,
and though have seen one orperhaps two
instances of the tall blue gums of the city
that had been scared from head to foot by
the lightning, yet, when it is considered
how numerous they are, how frequently
these thunderstorms occur, and how awful
ly near the lightning approaches, it was
astonishing how few of them had been
struck. From this fact should say the
blue gum tree offers peculiar attraction to
the electric fluid; though from these cases
mentioned, where the trees had been scorch
ed but not shivercd, they would seem to
have acted as conductors. While on the
subject of thunder and lightning [ may
mention two instances of the freaks some
times indulged in by the latter. One hap
pened on board ship on voyage to Austria
liza, when one of the boys standing near
the foot of the mainmast or the main rig
ging, I forget which, was knocked down by
the fluid. He remained in stupefed state
for some little time, but recovered. The
lightning had made a bald patch on the
crown of his head and torn the iron heels
off his boots 1t was several years after the
accident when l made the acquaintance of
the boy, and the bald patch still remained
on the crown of his head. He was consid-
cred rather stupid boy, but whether this
was natural, or the effect of the lightning,
seemed doubtful.
The other freak happened in Natal. Mr.
Wd a settler in Mooi River, was rid
ing across a high range Mount West)
when he was overtaken by a thunderstorm;
herecollected nothing more. He was found
wandering about in rather stupid state,
and could not well account for his being on
foot, or what had become of his horse. On
search being made in the direction he was
likely TO have followed from the farm, his
horse was found on spur of the range
dead, and his saddle shattered to pieces.
The Kafirs believe that where lightning
has struck it will strike again, and if a hut
or kraal has been hit they vacate the spot
and build elsewhere. They are disgusting
ly fond of flesh meat, and will eat sheep
that have died natural death, even when
in SO high condition as to be fit only for
vultures I have seen them gorge them
selves with the flesh of sheep that had
died within twenty minutes after being
bitten by snake, and even relish the in
famed parts near where the death bite had
been given. But they will not eat beast
that has been killed by lightning LAND
and Water
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
DUBLIC SALE OLA FARM,
Il On the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

By virtue of the power contained in the last
will and testament of Porcius Gillis, deceas-
ed, and of an order of the Orphans Court of
Carroll county, the undersigned, as admins
traitor with the will annexed, will offer at Pub
lie Sale, on the premises, to the highest bid
der, on
Thursday, September 7th, A. ID. 1882,
at 1 o'clock, p. M, the following Property,
to-wit A part of a tract of land called the
'Falls Farm or by whatsoever name the
same may be known, containing
125 ACRES, ROODS and % PERCHES
of Land, more or less, together with the i'm;
provements thereon, consisting of Log and
Frame Dwelling House, Log
Barn and other necessary out @A.b
buildings. A spring Of excel III III ~
lent water near the house. &C. SzEzsE34
About one half the above land is in Timber,
and the whole is well watered by ellis Falls.
This farm is situated on the public road lead
ing from Woodbine to Watersville, stations on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad nearly mid
way between them, and adjoins the lands of
Samuel Davis, John Flemming and others.
Terms of Sale as prescribed by the order of
the Court One third cash on the day of
sale or upon the ratification thereof, and the
residue in two equal payments, the one pay
able in nine months and the other payable in
eighteen months from the day of sale; the
credit payments to be secured by the bonds
or single bills of the purchaser or purchasers,
with sufficient security, bearing interest from
the day of sale.
CHAS. T. REIFSNIDER,
Administrator W. A. Of Porcius Gillis, De-
ceased. aug 12-ts
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
Anecdote of Macready.

Macreadys handwriting was curiously
illegible, and especially when writing orders
of admission to the theatre. One day, at
New Orleans, Mr.. Brougham obtained one
of these from him for friend. On hand
ing it to the gentleman, the latter observed
that, if he had not known what it purport-
ed to be, he would never have suspected
what it was. "It looks more like a pre-
scription than anything else,' he added.
$50 it does," said Mr.. Brougham; 'let
us 90 and have it made up"
Turning into the nearest drug store, the
paper was given to the clerk, who gave it a
careless glance, and then proceeded to geta
phial ready and to pull out divers boxes.
With another look at the order, down came
tincture bottle, and the phial was half
filed. Then there was pause. The gen
tlemanly attendant was evidently puzzled.
At last he broke down completely, and rang
for his principal, an elderly and severe
looking individual, who presently emerged
from the inner sanctum. The two whis-
pered together an instant, when the old
dispenser looked at the document, and with
an expression of pity for the Ignorance of
his subordinate, boldly filled the phial with
some apochryphal fluid, and duly corked
and labelled it. Then handing it to the
gentlemen who were waiting, he said, with
blend smile, "a cough mixture, and a
very good one. Fifty cents, if you please" /"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02

In Naples a kind Of wife market is held
in connection with the foundling hospital
every year. All the manageable girls of
the institution assemble in room, to which
young men of good character have access.
Offer Of marriage on part Of any young
man is conveyed BY allowing his handker
chief to drop before the object Of bis choice
as he passes BY. IF the girl takes it up;
she thereby signifies her acceptance, but
her refusal If she allows it to remain.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02

The man who pretends to have religion,
but somehow always gets the better end of
every bargain, is not unlike the Hibernian
who wrote letter to his grandmother in
very large characters because, as he said,
'the old lady is very deaf"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS. AND
IN CHEAP.

IT HAVE built Store Room next door to
Il my old stand, Bowers Hall, and my stock
consists of full line Of good fresh GRO
CERES AND PROVISIONS, comprising
all kinds of Salt Meats cut to suit, Salt Fish,
Coffee, Sugar, Syrups, Spices, Chip Beet, Bo-
logna Sausage, Flour, Corn and Buckwheat
Meal, and all articles generally kept in good
Grocery and Provision Store, all of which viii
be sold low, delivered to any part Of the town.
With long experience and by strict attentiont to
business, solicit liberal share of the public
patronage.
june IA JOHN. ii. BOWERS.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-02
TRUSTEES SALE
i OF A VALUABLE FARM
NEAR WESTMINSTER, MD.


The undersigned, by virtue of decree of
the Circuit Court for Carroll county, sitting as
a Court of Equity, passed in cause No. 2lO8
Equity, will sell on the premises, at public
sale, to the highest bidder, on
Wednesday,, the 9th day Of September, 1882,
at 2 o'clock, p. M, the following desirable
little farm containing
As ACRES, ROOD AND II PERCHES
of land, more or less. The i'm
provements thereon consist of aNAG.1
log house, bank barn, corn 49, 49, H.1A
crib, wagon shed, carriage -
house, smoke house, spring house, blacksmith
shop and other necessary outbuildings. There
is spring of excellent water close to the
house, and well of water at the barn. The
land is in frst-class condition and the fencing
in good order. There is an apple orchard,
peach orchard, pear orchard and all kinds OF
good fruit upon the farm. It is situated two
miles from Westminster, on the Washington
road, is now in the occupancy of Thomas
Webster, and adjoins the lands of VIM. Fenby
and others.
TERMS OF SALE.-0ne-th cash on the
day of sale or upon the ratification thereof,
and the residue in two equal payments, the
one in nine months, the other in eighteen
months from the day of sale, with interest, the
credit payments to be secured by the notes o.
the purchaser or purchasers, with security to
be approved of by the trustees.
JAS. A. G. BOND, lTrustoas
CHAS. 7. REIFSNIDER, = D''o''
auc,.st 10-fo