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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
New Method of In1aying Wood.

A new method of inlaying wood has
been contrived by furniture manufactur-
ing house in England The process is as
follows: A veneer of the same wood as
that of which the design to be inlaid con-
sists-say sycamore-is glued entirly over
the surface of any hard wood such as
American walnut, and allowed to dry thor
oughly. The design is then cut out of a
zinc plate about 1910 of an inch in thick
ness, and placed upon the veneer. The
whole is now subjected to the action of
steam. and made to travel between two pow
erful cast-iron rollers of eight inches in
diameter by two feet long, two above and
two below, which may be brought within any
distance of each other by screws. The en-
ormous pressure to which the zinc plate is
subjected forces it completely into the
veneer, and the veneer into the solid wood
beneath it, while the zinc curls up out of
the matrix it has thus formed and comes
away easily. All that now remains to be
done is to plane down the veneer left un-
touched by the zinc until a thin shaving
is taken off the portion forced into the wal
nut, when, the surface being perfectly
smooth, the operation will be completed.
1t might be supposed that the result of
this forcible compression of the two woods
would leave ragged edge, but this is not
the case, the joint being SO singularly perfect
as to be unappreciable to the touch-in-
deed, the inlaid wood fits more accurately
than by the process of fitting, matching
and filing up with glue, as is practised in
the ordinary mode Of inlaying.--Natiosa
Car Builder. sJs3 ~
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

SALT.

Nothing that we eat is more valuable
than salt, nor could anything except bread
be more missed. Animals, in fact, will
travel distances and brave great dangers to
obtain it. On the coast of Sierra Leone
brothers will sell their sisters, husbands
their wives, and parents their children, for
salt. In the district of AGRA, or ON the
gold coast of Africa, handful of salt is
the most valuable thing on earth, after gold,
and will purchase slave or two. Salt
with the Bambers is such luxury that to
say of a man, che favors his food with
salt" is to imply that he is rich. No
stronger mark of affection can be shown in
Muscovy than the sending of salt from the
tables of the rich to their poor friends.
Spilling salt was held to be an unlucky
omen by the Romans, and the superstition
has descended to ourselves. Leonardo de
Vinci availed himself of this tradition in
his famous picture of the "Lord's Supper"
to indicate Judas Iscariot by the salt-cellar
knocked over accidentally by his arm.
When we say of lazy fellow that he does
not earn his salt, we unconsciously allude
to an ancient custom among the Romans.
Among them man was said to be in pos
session of ''salary" who had his "sala-
run" his allowance of salt wherewith to
SAVIOR the food by which he lived. Thus
salary comes from salt-and in this view
of the world how many there are who dc
not "earn their salt p "f1n
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
What Young Men Have Done.

Before he was thirty the great Napoleon
had conducted one of the most brilliant
campaigns the world ever saw. Casaubon,
the famous scholar of the sixteenth century,
was appointed professor of Greek at twenty
two, and Heinsius, of Leyden, at eighteen.
At the age of twenty eight, Linn@us, the
botanist, wrote his great work. .,e
At twenty-six, Cuvier was appointed pro-
fessor at Paris. Kent, the commentator
on the American law, was lecturerin Colum-
bia college at thirty-oue. Professor Dana,
of Yale college, published his book on min
eralogy at twenty-five, only four years af-
ter graduation.
Edward Everett, at twenty, was ordain
ed pastor of a church in Boston, and with
in two years attained distinguished fame as
an orator; at twenty-one, he was appointed
professor of Greek at Harvard "a
The late Benjamin Pearce, one of the
profoundest mathematicians of America,
was chosen professor of mathematics at
Cambridge at the age of twenty four " q.
Three of the well-known poets of this
century-Byron, Shelley and Keats-died
before the age of forty; Byron at thirty-six,
Shelley as he was completing his thirtieth
year, Keats at twenty-five. ---r
"Thanatopsis,' the most widely known of
all the poems of William Cullen Bryant,
was written in his nineteenth year.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
Open Secrets IN Cookery.

Both doctors and epicures agree upon
rare meat-the former for digestion, the
latter for taste, and that all meats and game
are better for slight cooking, with the ex-
ception of veal and pork-that they do not
recommend at all. 1t is quite common,
now, for the physician to order sandwich
of beef-that is, slice of uncooked beef,
minced fine, seasoned and spread between
two thin slices of bread as far more nour-
ishing for weak digestion than cooked
meats. 1t it only the idea of rawness, it
seems, that is in the way, and not the taste,
as when it is out of sight most people can
learn to like the rarest of beef The same
reason that ordains that the juice must run
in the leg of mutton when the knife goes
in, and the game must only "hy past the
kitchen fire, is behind this, and herein is
why broiled meats are SO delicate and pala-
table.
The outside is SO quickly cooked that the
Juices within are not affected by the fire.
Just what happens to milk when it is boil
ed, the thickening Of the skin on top, and
what is seen also in hard egg, occurs in
meat, the albumen-the nourishing quality
it hardened and tough ed when meat
is too long exposed to heat. So the care
full housewife who puts her meat in the
oven early, we'll salted, and watches it from
time to time as all the juices draw out of
it with the salt and heat, until hard
brown round or rib is ready to be put upon
the table, has really extracted from meat
almost all its nourishment, and gives the
family mass of dried fbres to chew.
This also explains why much (and most)
frying spoils good meat. The surprise
as French cook says, is the main thing.
You must have hot oven for whatever is
to be roasted, and bed of very hot Goals
for broiling, or fat that is hot enough to
send up blue smoke for whatever is to be
fried. Then the outside is Immediately
hardened over, and the rest of the process
must depend on the size of the piece. The
trouble with most frying is that the fat is
not hot, the meat, or fish, or mush, or oys-
ters are left to sizzle long time, until they
gradually brown, by which time they are
dry and tasteless. But the sudden plunge
into the smoking NOT burning fat which
the quick change of color on the surface
shows, keeps all the taste and freshness in
the article to be cooked. So with roasts-
very hot oven at first, and no seasoning
until the meat browns, keeps the juices in
tact. But the joints must not be suffered
to burn, and the oven must be cooled off a
little as soon as the outside is well coated.
After this the old rule of fifteen minutes
to a pound can be varied to suit taste, and
the household can take its meat rare.
But the meat must be elastic to the pres
nre of the finger, or it is "done to death. "
Fish also must be rapidly cooked oysters
require to be NEARLY dropped for minute
into the boiling liquor, because the juices
of all these must not be suffered to tougher
into leather, but kept as nearly as possible
uncooked. -Housekeepes. @
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
How he was Detected.


Justice Willis, who set fire to a house
at Putnam, r. l., was caught with diff
Guilty. There was at first only a detectives
vague suspicion against him, resting upon
no evidence It would not have done to
arrest him, for he was man of good stand
ing, and SO much of a politician that he
expected to &c to the next State Legisla-
ture. A plot was therefore laid to make
him convict himself A woman was sent
to board in the same house with him. She
pretended to be book canvasser. After
gaining his confidence, she told him that
she really belonged to a gang of thieves,
who had large amount OF Government
bonds to sell. Willis eagerly proposed to
act as agent for the purpose. He went
with the woman to Boston, where she in
troduced him to several men who persona
ted the band of robbers They affected to
doubt his sincerity Fearing that he was
about to miss a profitable bit of business,
he tried to win their confidence by telling
them of crimes which he had committed.
He had stolen from various persons, and
once in bank, when counting money,
alongside man who was doing the same,
he slyly clapped the Others pile on his own,
and it was supposed that sneak thief had
disappeared with the missing notes. This
exploit apparently delighted the listeners
Git turns out to be true story, and they
led him to confession of the incendiarism
A concealed shorthand writer took down
all he said, and his arrest followed. Hsi
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
oyer.work at School.

Faith Rochester in the September number
of the american Agriculturast, gives val
liable article on "Over-work at School"
from which the portion given below is Sc
lected: Actual insanity may result from
oyer-work of the brain. Sometimes the
bright, precocious child becomes almost
idiotic from combined over-work of the
brain, excitement of feeling and neglect Of
the body. More frequently the mind be-
comes simply weakened, and can no longer
confne itself to hard study. The brain
must have long rest, and probably never
RECEIVERS its lost power. The brain itself,
though the organ of the mind, is but a part of
the body, andits failure is failure of physi-
cal health. But utsometimes the mind seems
even clearer and stronger than ever, as mus
cular power fails. A time of special peril
to girls is the age between twelve and ff-
teen. Nature then seeks especially to round
out and develop thewoman from the child,
and over-work of any kind tends to thwart
her plans Many poor girl who started
well in life, physically speaking, goes into a
decline at this age, because of the foolish
haste of the parents about her schooling.
In this slaughter of the innocents," piano
practime counts heavily. .
But the child is not Crowded" with
study, the parents and teachers say. 1t
learns easily, and has plenty of time to play.
Just such children [ have seen break down
those who never needed to be urged to
their lessons, who conscientiously perform
all their piano practice without murrnur
or an expressed wish to play out doors in
stead Indeed, one of the first signs that
the pupil is over-worked is its reluctance
to join in active physical sports. There is
a limit to the amount of vital energy each
one possesses at any time, and if this is
habitually expended, mostly by the brain,
the rest of the body can have little, and in
this way all of the bodily functions are i'm
paired. The over-tasked pupil probably
seeks recreation in light reading rather
than in active out door sports, and this
usually makes bad matter worse.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
Small Means.

The power of money is, on the whole,
overestimated. The greatest things which
were done for the world have not been ac-
complished by rich men, or by subscrip-
ton lists, but by men generally of small
pecuniary means. The great thinkers, dis
coverers, inventors and artists have been
men of moderate welth, many of them little
raised above manual laborers in point of
worldly circumstances. And it will always
be SO. Riches are oftener an impediment
than stimulus to action; and in many
cases they are quite as much misfortune
as blessing. The youth who inherits
wealth is apt to have life made too easy for
him, and soon he grows sated with it, be-
cause he has nothing left to desire. Hav-
ing no especial object to struggle for, he
finds time heavy on his hands; remains
mentally and morally asleep; his position
in society is often no higher than that of a
polypus over which the tide floats.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
The Pea-Weevil.

The pea-weevil is one of our commonest
varieties, being found everywhere and at
almost any time. 1t enters the pea while
green and soft, and, as the hole made by
the young grub is very minute, it soon
grows up, and the pea has all the appear
ance of perfect pea. But in about a
year the grub has passed through its
changes and energies from the pea full
grown weevil, ready to damage the next
crop. The only way to get rid Of these
pests is to prevent, as cure is impossible.
A simple and easy way to prevent the raw
ages Of the weevil among your peas is to
keep your seed peas for more than year
in tightly sealed case. By that time all
weevils in the seed will have Matched, and,
being unable to get out, will die before per-
petuating their race. IF your seed-peas are
not sown before the 1st of June you can
pretty safely rel ly upon having good crop,
free from weevils and equal to any of the
neighbors' crops of early, weevil-eateH peas.
1t is better TO have good crop of late peas
than to have bad crop of early peas
Seed peas dipped in hot water for few
minutes just previous to planting, are sure
to bring good crop; the hot bath will also
tend to make them sprout earlier than they
would otherwise, The pea-weevil has two
enemies, the oriole and the blackbird, which
do a great deal toward ridding the country
of this pest. The blackbird snaps up the
full-grown weevil, and the oriole opens VI
the pod and eats the grub within. By
some curious instinct the oriole never opens
any pods except those containing grubs, il
apparently being able to tell where the
grubs are without seeing them.-Farm ana
Home.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
Filial Love.

There is not on earth a more lovely sight
than the unwearied care and attention of
children to their parents. When flial love
is found in the heart, we will answer for
all the other virtues. No young man or
woman will even turn out basely, we sincere
ly believe, who has parents respected and
beloved. A child, affectionate and duti-
full, will never bring the gray hairs of his
parents in sorrow to the grave. 1t is sell
dom the case that dutiful son is found
in the ranks of vice, among the wretched
and degraded. Filial love will keep men
from sin and crime There never will
come time, while your parents live, when
you will not be under obligations to them.
The older they grow, the more need will
there be for your assiduous care and atten-
ton to their wants The venerable brow
and frosty hair speak loudly to the love
and compassion of their child. If sickness
and in6rmity make them at times fretful,
bear with them patiently, not forgetting
that time ere long may bring you to need
the same care and attention. Filial love
will never go unrewarded.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

Papered veneers have come to be an inn
portant article of manufacture, the exten-
ton of the industry being largely due to
the new and wonderful processes of cutting.
The mechanism cuts the logs to lengths Of
twelve feet, which are then halved OF quar-
tered, and bolted securely on revolving
iron table. As the table and wood revolve,
the surface Of the latter comes in contact
with knife twelve feet long, ground to
razor edge and perfectly true, secured on a
rigid iron frame-the entire cutting appa-
ratus weighing about thirty tons. The
veneers roll off in sheets at every revolu-
ton, of from one-ninetieth to one one-hun-
dred-and-seventy- fifth of an inch in thick
ness, and of the width and length of the
log. There is not the slightest vibration
of either the knife or log, as the sheet of
wood in such case would be either broken
or take up the spring like wedge. The
sheets are backed with paper.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

CURING A BAD MEMORY our men,
ory is bad, perhaps, but I can tell you two
secrets that can cure the worst memory.
One-to read a subject when strongly in
terested. The other is to not only read,
but think When you have read para
graph or page, stop, close the book, and
try to remember the ideas on that page,
and not only recall them vaguely in your
mind, but put them into words and speak
them out Faithfully follow these two
rules and you have the golden keys of
knowledge Beside inattentive reading
there are other things injurious to memory.
One is the habit of skimming over news
papers, all in confused tumble, never to
be thought of again, thus cultivating a
habit of careless reading hard to break.
Another is the reading of trashy novels.
Nothing is SO fatal to reading with profit
as the habit of running through story after
story and forgetting them as soon as read.
1 know gray haired woman, lifelong
lover of books, who sadly declares that her
mind has been ruined by such reading
st. Nicholas. uO frI ...t sees
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

A SPECIAL CEMENT.-A material for
fastening knives or forks into their handles
when they have become loosened by use,
is a much needed article The best cement
for this purpose consists of one pound of
colophony (purchasable at the druggists, ,
and eight ounces Of sulphur, which are to
be melted together, and either kept in bars
or reduced to powder. One part Of the
powder is to be mixed with half part of
iron filings, fine sand or brickdust, and the
cavity of the handle is then to be filed with
this mixture The stem of the knife or
fork is then to be heated and inserted into
the cavity; and when cold it win be found
fixed in its place with great tenacity
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

The FLAG OF MARYLAND Mr. Frank
B. Mayer, of Annapolis, says the arms Of
Maryland are not, as generally supposed,
the arms of Lord Baltimore, but are those
of an earldom or county palitenate, and
were only applicable to the Calverts as pro-
prietors of Maryland Translated into
plain English and diyested of heraldie terms
the reading of the arms is interesting.
The shield divided into four quarters pre-
sents in the upper right and lower left the
proper arms of the Calyerts, the colors,
gold and black, and the divisions resembling
che shield of the Counts of Flanders, and
in the lozenge forms suggesting the weayer's
shuttle, it is said. The other quarters
present the arms of the Crosslonds, fam
lily with whom the Calverts intermarried,
once crusaders, as the cross represents 6
tfaf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
Dry road dirt is an excellent absorbent

Dry road dirt is an excellent absorbent.
A few barrels of it should always be kept
in dry place for use when the weather is
damp or the ground frozen. 1t should be
free from gravel. IF used with hen ma
nure and plaster it is good preservative.
Used in the privy it absorbs the liquid con-
tents, and removes unpleasant odors 1t
can be busted freely on the floors of poul-
try houses and stables or mixed with liquid
manures. ss
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

"What do you do for living?" asked
an Austin justice of huge, burly negro,
who had been arrested for vagrancy. "My
wife takes in washin, and works out by de
day." II asked you what your trade was2a
'I done tole yer. A man and his wife am
one, and eff we am one, what does we want
two trades for? My trade am de washin'
my wife takes in" The justice sighed and
said 81 Poor fellow. You are oyer-Worked
You need rest. {"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21
Select Roetrg.
DREAMS OF THE PAST.

,;os the sunset, so golden and tender,
fAr r,stfnlly charming our spirits away;
" tba oladness and pleasures and sadness
30 a. o. .hot is beautiful never can stay.
a. ,ha sunshine thst near us at MONDAY
le' a..-ood .T' not so loyable, winsome and dear;
% 9Th 81 tbe ioy and the love and the friendship,
80 ,',nor - far away, more enchanting appear.
ubo have labored welllove the nights coming
lux. n,.a,v they wait more beautiful morn;
ui~T |tbo GOOD we have loved is immortal,
a. nrt oftbe sunset the sunrise is born.
when in the twilight we long to look backward
Then oh, come back again lovely and clear
cgoct as sunrise that brightens forever,
nreams of the past once again, oh, appear!
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

Horses slobber from eating clover. This
is annoying, especially in the driving horse,
but the remedy is easy at hand, consisting
of head Of cabbage fed to the horse be-
fore using him for work or driving. It is
cheap and effective.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

Some people treat their friends as they
do an orange, they squeeze all the juice
out of it and then throw it away.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-21

The eye grows weary, the ear dull, and
the tongue tired, but the brain never rests
from the cradle to the grave.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-17

Munzenherger ct al. VS.. Ralhupt from
somsl county; reversed and remandeJ
MeI'onaid VS.. Campbell, from Hill county
reversed and remanded. Nix ct AL ys'
Duke ct al, from Caldwell county, al
nrmed, Sloyaa vs., Wheeler ct al, frcm
mmIaysoh m county reversed and remanaed,
sender vs. Hardest, Blanks 4 Co. from
vomM county; affirmed. Furney vs.
Frazier ct al, from Caldwell county re'
versed and remanded. Ford VS.. Wright st
al, from Guadalupe county, aifIpmed'
urathans vs., DeLopez, from Bexar eonnty.
anirmed, Hurlock VS.. Mcf.in, nom Ma
varro county; affirmed. ~"
me lien. Thompson habeas corpus ease
Was Was aoiy argued before the court Of appenls
;n) ;ms)2r Walton and Mr. .Poindexter represent.
Tarleton the state. "' w." N'''
IN Inc ,h opinion of the commission of appeal,
nana sn ,ae orathans vs. DelopeE case, to-day,
conflicts with former decisions of t4c
supreme court ON the homestead question
M 10 whether the surviving widow can sci,
dren. ''se"'' VI Wv 'n"'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-17
Taylor.
Special TO the Herald,

Special to the Herald.
TAYLOR, October l6.-The frst.story
the new Burkett & Murphy hotel " con.
pleted, and additional force is employed. 10
hnish the same as quickly as possible.
The contract Tor building the TAYLOR
public school was awarded to s, A. Tomb.
son, for 5000.
Real estate is lively. Forty.two thou.
sand dollars in lands were exchanged here
last Saturday. wv
The splendid speech OF Hon. John Iro.
land was well received lew nights nro.
IL is estimated that Taylor station viii,
ship 10000 bales OF cotton this ,s..on %
Most of It is being purchased by agents 70,
spinners and goes hence overland 10 Hos,on
and Lowell This cotton Is OF tbe bcs,
grade this season, and the Weld is bettcr
than expected, the weather having been
good for the staples growth and r0t6erin,
There are 7O00O head of fine Merinc
GRADED sheep within radius OF thirteen
miles OF this place. w.
There Will be large attendance Mt tho
state capital fair at Austin, commencinr
to-day. ''''''"h
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-17
STATUS THEREOF.

ST. LouIs, Mo, October l6.-lt was ex.
pected that Colonel Cockerill's counsel
would apply for his release on bail this
morning, but the evidence taken before
the coroner's jury being not yet written,
and therefore being not In condition to sub.
nit, and owing to the fact that Judge
Loughlin, OF tho criminal court, Is sick, ac.
ton In the matter has been deferred until
Wednesday. No charge has yet been made
against Mr.. Cockerill, but tits understood
the coroner will swear out warrant very
soon. Frank X. Hurd, democratic con.
gresham from Toledo, Ohio, is here, and
will act as advisory counsel for Colonel
Cockerill. The two are warm friends. II
isstated this evening that Emory Storr. OF
Chicago, will come here and assist, if not
take charge Of the prosecution.