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Who are the Gypsies?

Charles G.. Leland, who, as is we'll known,
has made special studies of the Gypsies and
their language, contributes an illustrated
paper to the April Century on "Visiting
the Gypsies, from which we quote the
following
In conclusion, may briefly answer a
question which many persons have put
''Who and what are the Gypsies p To
this, [ reply that they are of a mixed Aryan
and non-Aryan stock from Northern India,
where they have been known since prehis-
toric times. In their own language they
call themselves Rom, meaning husband;
but the word may also have some affinity
with ramna, meaning to roam or wander.
[ believe that have been the first to prove
that there is at the present day in India,
among the one hundred and fifty kinds of
wandering castles of that country, which
are all Gypsies, one in particular which is
there regarded as specially Gypsy, and
which calls itself Rom, and which uses
words not collected in any other Indian
dialect, but which are used by the Gypsies
of Syria, Turkey, and Europe. This tribe
is allied to, and is most probably, only a
more widely wandering branch of the Dom,
who are also known as Outcasts and Gyp-
sizes When speak of so many kinds of
wanderers as Gypsies, and yet not identical
with our own, l may make my meaning
clearer by saying, that as all the tramps,
peddlers, etc, who roam in our roads, are
still not Romany, so of all the Indian nom
ads, there is but one which in every par
ticular, especially that of language, exactly
corresponds to those whom have de-
scribed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
A Palace on Wheels.

a palace car, the most elegant and COM
plete coach that was ever constructed at
the car-shops of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company at West
Albany, and which when furnished, will be
fit for royalty, trundled into the Grand
Central depot last Saturday night. 1t was
William X. Vanderbilt's rolling palace,
which was built under his personal super
vision at cost of $25, 600. The coach was
sent to New York to be carpeted and fur
nished. The frame of this royal car, the
body of which is sixty feet long and nine
feet eight inches wide, is made of choice oak
timber and the floor of Georgia pine.
White wood, painted straw color and ar
tistically striped and decorated, is the
outside panelling. Two 6-wheeled trucks,
equipped with the Page 42 inch wheel,
support the car. The exterior is unpre-
tentious, but the interior is exquisitely
carved in highly polished mahogany, ex-
cept the head Innings, which are of white
wood The dining room occupies the
entire width of the car There are eight
berths set in the sides of the coach. The
kitchen contains all the necessary cooking
utensils. Overhead is a water tank of 200
gallons capacity. About the centre of the
car are two bed rooms each seven and a
half feet wide and six half feet long.
They are supplied with stationary bedsteads
of mahogany, and plate glass windows,
while connected with both apartments is a
toilet and bath room with all modern con-
veniences An elegant parlor adjoins the
sleeping rooms, which will be furnished in
the most elaborate style All the windows
are of plate glass. The windows at each
end of the coach are also of plate glass,
extending almost to the floor. Ice tank
and coal bunkers are set in the floor. The
lamps and all other trimmings are all of
real bronze The platforms are furnished
with gates on the sides and ends, and
covers can be lowered over the steps, max
ing IA platform the full width Of the car.
The steps are jointed and can be folded
out of the way.
A new style Of Baker heater is suspend
ed beneath the coach to supply the steam
pipes. The Westinghouse automatic air
brake and the Miller coupling are used.
This car will be finished and ready for use
in short time.-NelC York Journal.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
sroRE! NEW GOODS!
~, PAPER g. Window Shades

,.,rro in announcing to my friends
take PlStiT;I" 'Si;c generally that | have and am
and d. the Isieivng in my new and elegant store tEe
daily recetbS E: tbp store-room nearly opposite the
room n tIrI tTIboodore DER, the largest and
store ol !" selection of Wall Papers and
handsome SLoJes that was ever brought to
Window .,"r ,'n'' Nv stock of Wall Papers are
Westmill>.'r.'i. i.test make and most handsome
Of the very Insisting of the cheapest grades. OF
ie.fl,, We sell from 10 cents piece up TO the
when We We, En- Embossed and Solid Back Gold
very nl'sS. ,5ot are made; also, Borders, Freezes,
Papers ,~"t ,ntcb Nv Window Shade De-
hc, 10 ma ,,%'I contains all the latest shades in
partmle TPo;nted and Linen Goods, Spring
Fss9reu'r ronas c Fringes, Bars, Rings, Cornices,
Rollers fact fact everything that belongs to the
and o. Inr In Shade Department, at prices a great
WINDOW gr tbon can be had in the city. | en-
deal IsSS sso I'm bnt the very best workmen from
PIoy ~! .u|i tbot served a regular apprenticeship
the cI'{ ins;ness and understand just how the
at Inc pup pnmid he done, as well as matching and
" worn I;nr smV| coIors and will guarantee all work
Gtpuiu7 fr9m nv store to be first class. Parties
done llUr noncriing done will save by giving me
Vat'nES Eotore giving their work to parties who
iTla, nt 'rr understand their business as well as
40 a nOt O5ond We keep team, and will go
ine' s"Ur Uart Of the county to give estimates or
70 q an! buy. We also do all kinds of Uphol-
90 o.n;ng nTre, Orders by mail or otherwise will
s's.rq prompt attention. j.. M. WELLS;
FfctEs d " Westminster, Nd.
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A Beautiful Chapel.

The city of Lisbon has "Misericordia,
for the relief of all kinds of distress. In
connection with this establishment is the
church of St. Roch, one of the most sump-
tuous chapels in Christendom. 1t was
erected in Rome, regardless of cost, and,
when completed, put up in ST. Peter s,
where the Pope first oficiated on its altar
1t was then shipped in pieces to Lisbon:
The wall on the outside of the principal
arch is coral, the arch of alabasteE The
pavement is rich mosaic, inlaid with por-
phyry. The altar steps are of porphyry
and bronze, the rails of verd antique. There
are eight columns of lapis lazuli, their
bases being alabaster studded with anne
thysts, their capitals bronze. The altar is
of lapis lazuli, jasper and amethysts. The
lamps are of exquisitely-wrought silver.
The chapel is further enriched by entabla-
lures of high art in silver, and magnificent
pictures.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

A HUGE Fly -WHEEL.-The largest fly
wheel of stationary engine ever construct
ed in the United States was completed a
few days ago by Watts & Campbell, New
ark, for Clark Thread Works, in the same
CITY. The wheel is built in seven sections,
each weighing seven tons. 1t is twenty
five feet in diameter and its "face' is seven
feet six inches. 1t has three crowns on
which three twenty-four-inch belts run.
The lathe was two weeks running, night
and day, in turning off the face of the
monster wheel and five tons of chips were
blamed from the surface. 1t took five
minutes fifty-fve seconds for the wheel to
make one revolution on the lathe. The
total weight of the wheel is forty-nine tons.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

HEMLocK BARK.-There are produced
annually in North America 100000 bar
rels of hemlock bark extract, Of which
single Boston firm produces $4,000 barrels.
They own nine extract works and operate
twenty-three tanneries. All the tanneries
of the United States consume annually l.
25O, 900 cords of hemlock produced in
nine States. As the yield of bark is about
seven cords to an acre of hemlOck timber,
the yearly consumption implies the clearing
of lis, 600 acres. In the main, the bark
is stripped from trees cut for timber and
as the demand for this timber exceeds the
supply, the supply of both timber and bark
is threatened with speedy exhaustion.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

A FAITHFUL LovER.-Miss Elizabeth
Drinkhouse, who died recently in Phila-
delphia, at the age of ninety-six, was a
daughter of Jacob Drinkhouse, of Revolu-
tionary War fame. He died twenty-five
years ago, at the age of ninety-nine years.
When Miss Drinkhouse was young and the
belle of Pottstown she became engaged to
be married to Joseph Mintzer, one of the
most promising young men Of the place,
but before the wedding-day her lover died.
The surviving lover declared that she would
never marry, and remained true to the
memory of her betrothed for three-quarters
of century. When she was dying she
requested that the gold engagement ring
which young Mintzer had placed on her
finger in the happy days of her girlhood
mi ight be placed on her hand and be buried
with her. She had cherished this love
token throughout her long life.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
ssLet the Cobbler Stick to His Last.

"Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last"
'.The olives of Illustrious Shoemakers'
has the following on the familiar proverb
quoted above:
"The proverb, Ne Sutor ultrn crepi-
dan'-Let the cobbler stick to his last
is one of the oldest in existence. 1t is
based on story which is told of Apelles,
one of the most celebrated of the old Greek
painters, who fourished about 300 B. C.
He was the friend of Alexander, and the
only artist whom the great warrior would
allow to paint his portrait Appelles, we
are told, was not ashamed to learn from
the humblest critics. AS Lord Bacon says,
he did not object to light his torch at any
mans candle. For this reason, knowing
that good deal may sometimes be learned
from the observation of passers-by, he was
in the habit of placing his pictures before
they were quite finished outside his house;
and then, crouching down behind them, he
listened to the remarks of spectators. On
one occasion a cobbler noticed fault in
the painting of shoe, and remarking up
on it to a person standing by, passed on
As soon as the man was out Of sight Ap-
pelles came from his hiding place, examined
the painting, found that the cobblers crit
icism was Just, and at once corrected the
error. Once more the picture was ex-
posed, while the artist lay behind it to hear
what further might be said. The cObbler
came by again, and soon discovered that
the fault he had pointed out had been
remedied; and, emboldened by the success
of his criticism, began to express his opinion
pretty freely about the painting of the leg.
This was too much for the patience of the
artist, who rushed from his hidingg-place,
and told the cobbler to stick to las shoes.
Hence the proverb, which for more than
two thousand years has expressed the com
mon feeling, that critics would do well not
to venture beyond their legitimate pro-
vince. The proverb is used by Pliny, who
died A. D. 79."
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GENERAL AGENTS FOR
ur GEISER TRACTION ENGINES
Separators and Saw Mills,

The IIagerstown Glover Huller, Grain Drill
and Horse Rakes, Superior Grain Drill, Silver
e. 4 Drmming Feed Cutters, Webster Farm
WAGONS. Chilled and Wrought Share Plows,
Riding and Walking Corn Plows,
ynoIeand Double Shovel Plows, Perry Spring
To%b Harrow, and all goods pertaining to the
irmer wants. We also have Repair Shop
connected and do all kinds of repairing, such
a, Rrapers. Horse Rakes, Grain Drills, &c.
eE WE DO WILL KINDS OF PIPING,
>och as putting in Water Rams, Wind Pumps,
In and Force Pumps, Water Tanks, Bath
Rooms. Water Closets, and all work that is
done in the Plumbing line. All work esti-
mated by lirst-class Plumber from Baltimore
Gtv free of charge Implements Of all kinds
maranteed, as well as our work. Any one
needing anything in our line will do well to
dre rs a call Respectfully,
nne 2-2m STOUCH a. SHRIVER.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
Select poetrg.
THE EARLY RAIN.

Down through the misty air,
Down from the gloom above,
Falling, pattering everywhere
The rain comes quick with love.
Softly the missel-thrush
Sings in the golden storm;
The robin under laurel bush
Waits for tomorrow morn.
Drip, drip, drip from the caves,
Pit, pit. pit on the pane,
Swish, swish, swish on the drenched leaves
List! It's the song of the rain.
Grasses are bending low,
Green is the corn and thick
You can almost see the nettles grow,
They grow so strong and quick.
Soft is the wind from the west,
Softer the winds low sigh;
The sparrow washes his smoky breast,
And watches the gloomy sky.
Stirred are the boughs by the breeze
Scarcely leaf is still,
Something is moving among the trees
Like restless spirit of i'll.
Standing watching the rain,
Do you not seem to hear
The voice of God outspeaking again
To mans ungrateful ear?
Promising plenty and peace,
Garners with treasure heaped,
The seed time and harvest shall not cease
Till the Harvest of Earth be reaped
The ArgOsy.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
York Cottage Organ, or
Florence Oil Stove,

For which am general Agent in Maryland.
The Crown is so simple that the blind can
thread and use it. The York Organ is per-
pecion in tone, power and finish. See it.
The Florence Oil Stove is certainly the best.
Trit sell LOW FOR CASH, or on very
ayterms. Give me call. Agents wanted.
NJ. l.. MAIN,
Carroll street, next door to the Lutheran
lSrch property, Westminster, Nd.
P S.-All kinds of Sewing Machines
repaired promptly, well and cheap, Work
guaranteed. mays, ,S3ly
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purchase of library, and though The
widow of the benefactor has life interest
in the bequest, the astute fnanciers of
Chicago would find no difficulty in raising
Immediately such sum as 100000 on
the security of the reversion. We will
hope, however, that our own treasury will
give no chance either to Germany or to
Chicago,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
Big I and Little U.

"What is pride? What does itmean p
said teacher. No answer from the listen
ers. He had to give both question and
answer himself. Said he "Big | and
little u = and turning quickly he wrote on
the blackboard just these two letters, /, u.
The effect was telling, and awakened a
lively consciousness that all needed to profit
from such text
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

SIMPLE FAcTs ABOUT BRICKs.-The
Carpenters and Builders Journal gives
the following facts average days
work for bricklayer is l 500 bricks on
outside and inside walls; on facings and
angles and finishing around wood or stone
work. not more than half of this number
can be laid. Tofnd the number of bricks
in wall, first find the number Of square
feet of surface, and then multiply by Z for
a 4 inch wall, by IA for an inch wall,
bv 21 for IL inch wall, and 28 for ~
inch wall
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

A farmer near Troy has adopted new
remedy for potato-bugs. He procured
number of boards and placed them here
and there among his potatoes, and on these
boards were placed raw potatoes sliced.
At noon, on the first day of his experiment,
he and his hired man found every piece OF
potato covered with bugs. The men killed
this crop, and at night another crop was
killed, though not SO large, and in week
not a bug could be seen, and his trouble
with bugs after this was comparatively
small.
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Ready-Made Clothing,

selected of the finest stock in the City of Bal
tmOre; Dry Goods apd Notions, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, large stock of Gents Furnish
ing Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens
ware, and everything kept in first class store.
invite the public to give me call. My
goods are bough for the money; discounts all
saved, which enables me to sell way down
below competition. | will be pleased to meet
my trends at my new counters. 1t will be to
Their interest to purchase of me, and they will
setaS much Or more for their money as they
possibly can elsewhere. No old stock. Ev-
rythmg bought new.
kayT Ready-Made Clothing in great quanti-
wand variety
Jne 2.H +. B. ARNOLD.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

We had thought that paper had been
put to its utmost uses some time ago, when
machinery, betting, car wheels, etc., had
been made of it; but now we learn that
in Breslau, Germany, a chimney fifty feet
high has been erected of paper pulp, chem
ically prepared to resist combustion
What will paper be used for next?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
UMALLWoOD ENTERPRISE.

take the pleasure of calling the attention
Ofthe public to one of the best selected. stocks
ofgOods ever brought to this section of the
country. Snch as
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

The telephone has been introduced IN the
Sandwich Islands, and as s'hello N the
native dialect is Observation-Disclosures,
YOU can imagine what kind Of time they
have at the central
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
4 CHANGE in Proprietorship
OF THE
WESTMINSTER CITY HOTEL.

Having taken charge of the above Hotel
anu thoroughly renovated it, am now pre-
pared to accommodate either transient or
permanent custom in the best manner. Per-
%ls attending Court will receive especial at
Inc Stables are in charge of a reliable and
IN n5leFleneed hostlcr, and guests are assured
,o"I naj I1elr horses will be promptly fed and at
,l free Hack to and from the depot for all
s"rsS' II. H. POWER,
,, r0mrmerIy Of Dill House, Frederick; Antie-
,J.a Vn, House, HagerStown Arctic House, Cape
%l! aa! ana proprietor of the City Hotel, Ian
"S'ef' IA. may 5-tf
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FARMERS MADE HAPPY
l cnoUCH & SHRIVER'S

80 AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE
farmer Liberty and Green Streets, Westmin'
"'"'' strr. Md.
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Some one has said: "If man is not
handsome at 20, strong at 30, learned at
40 and rich at so, he will never be hand
some, strong, learned, or rich.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23

Plate sin with gold, and the strong lance
of Justice hurtless breaks Arm it in rags
a pigmy straw doth pierce it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
HORRIBLY BURNED!
BUT NOT D E A D .

If you wish to see how lively | am, send
me word you want a
Crown Sewing Machine,
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VI CREAM AND WATER ICE.

and Ian Ga supply the citizens of Westminster
lee Cronol C%roll county with frst-class article of
fun;aba1 ;ea5n and Water Ice. Private families
GALLON IDeu with either by the gallon or half
teDton Large orders will receive prompt at
limits orders delivered within the city
bSsSouOsI at the railroad free of charge.
a Send Ta orders to Harbaugh's Store. Box
send IN Ise ~ wanting cream for Sunday should
ternoon 'iielr orders by 8 o'clock Saturday af-
mavE.e JOSIAH CROWL,
-. Westminster, Md.
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He is poor whose expenses exceed ms
income.
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EoR BARGAINS IN
'HlRD CARLOAD ARRIVED
MAY oath.
D0'her Car Load of Cook Buggies

AMI T''ye T,a fall car load of COOK BUGGIES
SEQ No nAEiONS just arrived. Come and
@S On Main street near the railroad.
L nrae s OF Buggy Harness, cheaper than can
"'e Purchasing. > "
pc r. C. MATTHEW'S.
come Ill .. L am away from town when you
y 0ee 4. U. Grimes. MARIA
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"MMIss1oNERs NOTICE.

COUNTY county Commissioners of Carroll
minsts, VIII meet at their Office, in West
1888 on the FIRST MONDAY OF July,
By osa l 'ne transaction of business.
jo0e o[1er, JOSEPH A. WAESCHE,
Clerk.
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HNoR sHERIFE - b.

Z nv ma.SSf SHERIFF. hereby announce
roll co1n. yseii as Candidate for Sheriff of Car
Democ.a, subject to the Decision of the
a'ie nominating convention.
mar M. JOSHUA LEE,
n Freedom District.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-23
STORMS.

Minneapolis, July 22.-A terrific
cyclone struck Southern Minnesota yes
terday, mainly along the line of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad The
town Of Elgin. Olmstead Co, was totally
destroyed, every building being blown
down or unroofed, within one minute
after the storm struck the town. Mrs.
Thayer was killed and several wounded.
At Owatonna great damage was done
especially at the fair grounds where all
the buildings were wrecked. Several
persons were injured One mile west Of
that place a passenger train was lifted
from the track and turned clear over.
Twenty-Five or thirty persons were in
jured.
II. II. Williams, Rochester MINI,
was injured in the back and chest; W
Rogers, internally D. D. Odlemau, skull
crushed These are the only feared, 10
be fatally injured.
At Kasson the cyclone struck one mile
west of the town blowing down school
houses and several other buildings IN its
track.
Al Manterville three were killed and
and eight wounded, three fatally
At Waseca there was great destruction,
aad one person was killed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-23
FOR RENT.
WANTED.

Furnished rooms to rent enquire at Mrs. Stock
wells, 3rd avenue, opp. court house. july-1s 81
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The MARKETS.

CHICAGO, July 81 Rodiger < Co.'S market
letter of this evening says: Dealings i'll the
early part Of the week were at better fig
ures. and Tuesday afternoon wheat sold at
81 u for August and Sl07 for September
On Wednesday the market weakened i'll an
ticipation Of the telegraphers' strike, which
took place Thursday noon, when the lowest
prices were made, August selling at $I.0l19.
and September at 81 03& The effects of the
strike. however, were SO well discounted that
the market raliod sharply after it was "au
fnit accompli,' and prices advanced again
steadily until this morning, when September
sold at Sl06l5. Local dealers had gradually
shifted on the loug side Of the market, aud
when they attempted to realize the market
broke down, September closing this after
noon at about S104s4 The strike is inter
feling very seriously with business But few
messages are passing over the wires.
Corn in the main, has been strong, but Ill
clined to weakness at the close owing to
pretty liberal receipts and the warm weather,
which is pushing the crop forward Provis-
ions, which have been kept up by the strength
of wheat, weakened to-day in sympathy with
the decline III wheat, pork selling off about
8Oc from yesterdays closing prices
Open High Low Call
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-. -. Chicago. Live stock.
Meat, Market.

E. SCHNEIDER dealer In all kinds of fresh and salt
ed meats, No. 1917 Second avenue, HocK isiaho, III
oct1sd1y