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KRupp HAMMERS.

There is curious personality in ham,
mers, and workmen like to give them names.
There are 82 steam-hammers in the Krupp
works, of from 400 pounds weight to 90
tons. The largest is "Fritz, whose 80
tons fall on an anvil and anvil-block weigh
ing together 1850 tons, these resting on a
foundation 100 feet deep. The next in
size is named "Max." 1t would require a
poet like him who sang the "Song of the
Bell rightly to describe the action of
'sFritz," and | do not wonder that the En-
peror, on his visit here, presented the
worker of this hammer with watch. |
observed "Fritz" for some time at work
upon the steel stem Of an Austrian iron
clad, the Ferdinand Mac. The metal was
from one casting, without seam or weld, 40
feet long and of 25 tons weight. -Four men
with long clamps managed this red-hot
mass, swung over the anvil by crane.
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HAvE YOU CoRNSp
Have you Bunions? Do you Suffer
with a Burning Sensation
of the FeetP

IF so, PURCHASE A PAIR OF
SLESINGER'S CELEBRATED HAND
MADE SHOES FOR TENDER FEET and
YOU WILL FIND IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
THESE SHOES HAVE A WORLDWIDE
REPUTATION. THEY ARE THE MOST
COMFORTABLE, STYLISH AND DURA-
BILE SHOE MANUFACTURED. EVERY
PAIR STAMPED WITH REGISTERED
TRADE MARK.
l.. SLESINGER, Sole Manufacturer.
U. L. REAVER & CO., Agents,
Near the Depot,
feb 1876 mos Westminster, Md.
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Of queer collection of books on botany
in Warsenstein, Germany, the London
News says: Sat first sight the volumes ap-
pear like rough blocks of wood, but on
closer examination it is found that each is
a complete history of the particular tree
which it represents. At the back of the
book the bark has been removed from a
space large enough to admit the scientific
and the common name of the tree as title.
One side is formed from the split wood of
the tree, showing its grain and natural frac-
ture; the other shows the wood when worked
smooth and vanished One end shows
the grain as left by the saw, and the other
the finely polished wood. On opening the
book one finds the fruit, seeds, leaves and
other products of the tree, the moss which
usually grows upon its trunk, and the
insects which feed upon the various parts
of the tree. To all this is added we'll
printed description of the habits, usual To-
cation and manner of growth of the tree. "
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Original Aoetrg.
wAsH1NGToN's BIRTHDAY.
Written for the Democratic Advocate.
BY II. S.

Written for the Democratic Advocate.
BY HES.
A hundred years have passed, and more,
Since by broad Potomac's shore
Was born that hero, of whose birthday
We sing in poetic lay;
But ne'er can time efface his fame,
Nor e'er forgot will be his name,
While sun and stars their course shall hold,
And Time himself shall have grown old,
Before that name shall cease to be
Remembered as of liberty
The father, founder, and the light
That still her course doth guide Alright
Ye patriots, and every friend
OF Freedom, then, your voices blend
In praise to him who tore the hand
0ftyranny from off your land.
He brought ye safe through struggles long,
'Gainst power and oppression strong,
And when his labors were at last
Crowned with success. and danger past,
Received not, nor reward desired,
But gladly to his home retired;
And, called upon again to steer
The Ship of State in storms severe,
Shrank not from duty, but obeyed,
and on the helm HIS strong hand laid.
And when at last the ship he brought
Safe into port he once more sought
The loved retirement of his home;
And when at last to him did come
The end of earthly life, the grief
Was universal for the chief
Who led in peace and led in war.
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DEvoLUTIoN IN FENCING.
Handsome, Durable, Cheap.

The undersigned, having procured the
agency for the sale of the Standard Combina-
ton Fence Machine and right to manufacture
fences ready to put up, now offers for sale the
machines by which farmers can during winter,
with their own hands, get ready, with little
trouble and at very low cost, any quantity,
ready to set up when springtime comes, in
much less time than any other fence. ~
MUST LAST LONGER, DOES COME
CHEAPER, and is HANDS0MER than any
other fence. Will sell machines with district
rights to manufacture fence and division of
profits on other machines sold in the district.
Any live person wishing to engage in pro-
ftable business, will please call on the under
signed, who will take pleasure in showing the
working of the machine and giving any infor-
nation required.
EDWARD C. LYNCH,
nov28, Am Westminster, Md.
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FARM, in Freedom
District, at PRIVATE SALE.

The subscriber, wishing to curtail his farm
ing operations, will sell at private sale part
of his WINDSOR FOREST FARM, contain
ing 59@ acres and 8S perches of land, lying
south of the New Liberty road, adjoining, the
lands of Elias Barnes, Thomas Richardson
and others, and near Porter's postoffice; is
under good fencing, well watered, improved
by two-story log DWELLING and new
Switzer barn, 52x30 feet, and other putbuild-
the best farms in the barrens for the produc-
ton of wheat and corn. For further infor-
nation apply to HORACE l.. SHIPLEY,
ian23. St. Daniel, Carroll Co., Nd.
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EoR SALE OR RENT.

A farm containing 124 ACRES, in Freedom
district, miles from Sykesyille, on the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad, and mile from the
Baltimore and Liberty turnpike, and the same
upon which John Coffey now resides. Build
ings and fences good; spring near the house;
40 acres in timber; orchard of choice fruit.
For further information apply to the subscri-
ber on the premises, or George W. Manro.
MICHAEL COFFEY.
P. o., Eldersburg, Carroll county. Md.
feb 13:4t
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TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF A
DESIRABLE FARM.

By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court
for Carroll county, sitting as Court OF Equity,
passed in cause No. 2348 Equity, the under
signed, as Trustee, will sell at public sale, at
the Court House door in Westminster, Carroll
county, Maryland, on
Monday. March 1st., A. d., 1886,
at 2 o'clock, P NJ, valuable Farm con-
tanning
s5 ACRES, ROODS, AND SQUARE
Perches of Land, more or less. The improve
ments thereon consist of, comfortable two
story Log Dwelling House, A%M-N
stabling, &C., dairy, hog house, 1all4tiet454l 1l4i
shedding and other necessary
outbuildings. The land is in good state of
cultivation, good fences, orchard, &c., is con-
veniently watered, and there is due proper
ton of meadow and timber land.
This property lies near the Frederick and
York road, is in Middleburg district, in said
county and State, about two miles from ! 1ork
Road station on the Western Maryland Rail
road, and about one mile from Sharrett's sta
ton on the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line
Railroad, is convenient to market, schools,
&C., and adjoins the land of James W. White,
Isaiah Reifsnider, and others, and is now in
the occupancy of Margaret W. Zentz and
William f. Zentz, her husband.
TERMS OF SALE One third cash OF the
day of sale, or on the ratification thereof;
one-third in one year, and the other one third
in two years from the day of sale; the credit
payments to be secured by the notes of the
purchaser or purchasers, with approved
security, bearing interest from the day OF sale.
CHAS. Z. REIFSNIDER, Trustee.
Reifsnider & Fink, Solicitors.
feb 6 is r. C. Matthews, Auctioneer.
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.o-PARTNERsHIP.

J. II. BILIINGsLEA, NJ. D. JOS. T. Herring, N. D.
Have this day formed co-partnership in
the practice of medicine, under the name OF
Billfngslea & Herring. DR.. Billingslea's Office
will be at his residence, East End, near Court
street; Dr. Hering's Office at the West End,
opposite Cootes' Hotel.
Westminster, Nd, May 9, 1885.
mav9:tf
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In private apartment in Ralph Went
worth's luxurious home hangs beautifully
executed copy of the photograph he has
cherished so long; while inclosed in gol-
den locket, which he will carry over his
heart as long as he lives, is another, in
miniature, of the sweet, childish face,
which, lifted to his in that first innocent
kiss of sympathy and trust, was the turn
ing point in his life-the earnest of a use
full, honorable, and happy future.
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COACHES, CARRIAGES,
BUaa1Es, JAEGER wAGoNsll
PHAETONS, &C.

Special attention given to Repairing. All
orders promptly filled and work of every kind
warranted
Ra-Factory opposite the Montour House,
Main street, Westminster, Md. aug Sly
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In some instances jealousy is sign of
love, but it is more frequently proof of
overwhelming egotism. In some cases
jealousy is proof Of no love of any kind, but
is merely indicative Of bad disposition.
In diving to the bottom of pleasures, we
bring up more gravel than pearls.
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FOR STUDENTS of BOTH SEXES
BG SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS.
Organized under the auspices of the Methodist
Protestant Church, 1867.
B9~ incorporated By Act Of Assembly, 1868.


Occupies one of the most beautiful and
healthful sites in the State. Receives annual
appropriation from the Legislature for the
Free Board of one student from each Sena-
torial District. Provides comfortable room
for each two students. Has full corps of
competent instructors. Course of study ample
and thorough both in the Preparatory and
Collegiate Departments. Discipline strict,
but kind. Terms very moderate. A Schol..
arship for Three Years Tuition for Sl0o, and
Ito students having such Scholarship Board,
Room, Washing, Fuel and Light at the rate
of$166.67 per year. Has been in successful
operation for 16 years.
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Session begins
September lst, 1885, and ends January S0th,
1856. For Catalogue, and further informa-
ton, address
J. 7. WARD, D. D., President.
June 20 Westminster, Md.
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A TTENTIoN STOCK FEEDERS.
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST.
/ have only few more of

The Improved Lion Feed Cutters
on hand, which will be sold cheap to close
out. have two Hand Feed Masticators with
two handles for turning by hand; one Porta-
BILE on Wheels with shafts, suitable for two or
more farmers to join together in purchasing,
very handy to move one very large one with
three 2O-inch knives, which can be put on
wheels, has an elevator to carry off the feed,
capacity from 500 to 800 bushels per hour.
Farmers who have my old Feed Cutters that
do not take in fodder or hay freely can have
them adjusted by me. Call and examine these
Cutters if you want bargain, as do not ex-
pect to make shy more, and intend 10 sell the
right to make them.
L. WAGNER,
Main St., West End of Westminster,
f6 Next door to j. 7. Wampler's Store.
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The brilliantly lighted saloons of Mrs.
Remingtons handsome mansion in Bel
grayia were filling fast with guests, when
the hostess came quickly forward to well
come new comer-a lovely girl of twenty
years, who was entering accompanied by a
gentleman, evidently her father.
"Good evening, my dear Maude !" she
exclaimed, with rapturous little squeeze
of her hand. II have delightful news for
you-and all the other manageable young
ladies who will be here tonight p with a
gay laugh. II am to have among my
guests tonight no less person than Mr..
Wentworth, that elegant young mani
call him young, for he is only thirty-fve-
who has been winning so many laurels for
himself in Parliament. He's splendid
looking man, they say, and immensely rich
owns mining property-and I've secured
him for tonight. l will be sure to secure
you an introduction to him.
"Do," replied Maude, smiling. Then
she passed on to another part of the room.
Half an hour later there was slight
hustle at the door, and ripple of expec-
fancy among the guests. Maude, who
happened to be standing where she had a
view of the entrance, perceived a tall, ele-
giant gentleman bending over the hand of
Mrs. Remington. At the next moment,
he raised his head to glance over the COM
pany, and their eyes met, Was 1t fancy,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-02-27
REMOVAL.
John E. ECKENR RODE,
MANUFACTURES OF
COACHES, CARRIAGES,
Jaeger Wagons, Buggies, Phetons,
&C., &C., &c.
Special Attention Gipen to Repairing.
All Orders Promptly Filled and
Work of Every Kind Warranted.

p@FACTORY, Corner of Liberty and
George Streets, Westminster, Md, where |
have Just erected new and large Shops, giving
me better facilities than heretofore. A call
is solicited. may D.
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DRIvATE SALE.

The subscriber, having quit housekeeping,
will sell at private sale II acres of land, more
or less. The lot is improved 49,,
by good 2-story brick house, @&S
Lshaped, with all necessary III i 49,
outbuildings; there is well ofaaA4zz9zssz6; ofaa4z3sEsssz
water near the door. This property is located
in Taneytown district, on the road leading
from said place to Keysville, and adloins the
lands of Messrs. Crabbs, Wilhide and others.
Possession given 1st of April. If not sold by
1st of March, will be for rent.
ian9.tf SUSAN Z. SHAW.
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v MILL PROPERTY
AT BLIC SALE.

By virtue of the power of sale contained in
mortgage from George Pickett and Catha-
rine. his wife, to David Engel of P, bearing
date April 1, A. D., 1878, and recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage Records of
Carroll county, in Liber F. T. S., No. IL,
folio 312, &C., the undersigned, Executor of
the last will and testament of the said David
Engel of P, deceased, will sell at Public
Sale, on the premises, on
Tuesday, the 9th day Of March, A. d. 1886,
at . 80 o clock P. NJ, parcel of land con.
tanning
81 ACRES AND ROOD, MORE or LESS.
The improvements thereon are good Grist
Mill with two run of burrs; steam and
water power; two story Log
Dwelling House, large Bank AGA-S
Barn, threshing floor, stabling, III fiIsI ISiS
granaries, &C., dairy, hog house 91a1f5
and other outbuildings. The land is well
improved and has been recently lined; there
is due proportion of meadow and timber
land, also an excellent orchard of apple and
fruit trees on the premises. This property is
in Franklin district, Carroll county, Nd, on
the road leading from the old Liberty road to
Cronk's mill, adjoins the land of Mr.. Cronk,
Ezekial Pickett, now deceased, and others,
is about two miles from Winfield, and the
same distance from Taylorsville, and is now
in the occupancy of the said George Pickett.
Terms of Sale, Cash, or if desired by the
purchaser one-third cash on the day OF sale
or on the ratification thereof, one-third in nine
months and the other one-third in eighteen
months from the day of sale, the credit pay
ments to be secured by the notes of the pur-
chaser or purchasers with approved security
bearing interest from the day of sale.
DAVID E. STEM,
Executor of the last will and testament of
David Engel of p, deceased, Mortgage.
Reifsnider & Fink, Solicitors.
feb 6:ts Jesse I. Wilson, Auctioneer.
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KRUPp GUNS.

The exclusive use of crucible steel for
cannon, leading to perfection of means for
making it, has been followed by an in
crease of lightness in gun organization,
which renders possible an enormous in
crease of calihre. Here is 10-inch gun,
calibre 35-i. E., 35 times as long as the
diameter of its bore-which weighs only
81 tons. There was shown me a plate
combined of II inches of iron, 2 inches of
wood d-packing, and second iron plate of s
inches thickness, making compact mass,
which had been pierced by shot from this
gun. The 9.4 shot was propelled by 165
pounds of powder; the distance was 491
feet, and after passing through the treble
plate, the shot actually went l mile and
642 yards beyond. An old wrought-iron
gun would have had to be unmanageably
large, thick, and heavy to do anything like
that, and would never have fired another
shot. In modern gun making more bulki-
ness is got rid of, as in nature the mega
therium has been got rid of, the increased
size of guns representing an increase OF
power rendered possible by refinement of
material, and the illumination of horse
power in machinery for managing and NOV
ing large masses.
Chief-Engineer King, in his Var Ships
and Nauies of the World, pronounces the
71-ton Krupp gun "the most powerful
breech-loading gun ever constructed on
the continent of Europe" and holds it su-
perior to the 100-ton Armstrong The IL
ton is 32 feet inches long, greatest diam
eter, feet 6 inches; length of bore, 28
feet Z inches, diameter of bore, 1915
inches; diameter of powder-chamber, 1872
inches. Over the tube (of two parts,
neatly jOinted) are 4 cylinders, and a ring
around the breech. 1t is rifed with
uniform twist of l in 45. 1t is impossible
to fire it until the breech is fully closed.
The back of the breech-block is rounded
like the letter D. 1t holds a maximum
charge of 495 pounds of powder, carrying
chilled iron shell of 1708.8 pounds.
This is the gun that fossilizes so many
fortresses. It is miraculous that this
mass can be so easily moved
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CAPACITY OF THE KRupp WORKS.

CAPACITY OF THE KRUPP WORKS.
In the Essen works there are 1858 big
ovens, 430 steam-boilers, 450 steam-eugines
representing together Is, 500 horsepower,
1922 machine tools, 80 steam-hammers, p
rolling trains-involving daily consump-
ton of 3100 tons of coal and coke by the
1913 furnaces, whose draught is through
chimneys of which one is 2S0 feet high,
with diameter of 80 feet at the bottom.
The daily consumption of brought
from the Ruhr by an aqueduct-is "a, 700
cubic meters. There are 1778 steels lamps,
and Il cubic meters of gas have been used
annually, though this quantity had just
been diminished by the introduction of
electric lights The work ceases only ON
Sunday and on two or three holidays. The
production is enormous When the EN-
peror William visited the place in 1877,
Mr.. Krupp caused to be set before him the
productions of single day: 1900 rails,
160 wheel tires, 120 axles, 160 railway
wheels, 430 railway wedges, 1000 bomb
shells. The daily capacity of the works is
much more: 2700 rails 1.-TWO and half
miles,, $50 tires, $50 axles, $50 wheels,
1000 wedges, 1900 bomb-shells. In
month they can produce $50 ield-pieces,
thirty 5.7-inch cannon, fifteen 933-inch
cannon, eight 11-inch cannon, one 14-inch
gun-the weight of the last being 81 short
tons, its length 28 feet inches. 1t is
one thing to read these figures on paper,
decidedly another to travel among the OBJ
jects they represent, and witness their ex-
tent, their vomitings of fame, their har-
messed immensity, and to hear their voice.
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E. O, GRIMES J. Q. STITELY.
z o. GRIMES & CO.,
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
Have as complete stock of
CHOICE GROCER I E S

y II Y I y II y IL y y Il ~ = - -
as can be found in our city.
NEW RAISINS, CITRON. CURRANTS,
PRUNES, DRIED AND EVAPORATED
FRUITS, MINCE MEAT, PRESERVES,
CANNED GOODS, &C., the best quality.
Choice Teas, Coffees, Syrups, New Orleans
Molasses, and the best grade of Flour con-
stantly on hand at bottom figures.
We pay the highest prices for Wheat, Corn,
Rye, Oats, and all kinds of Country Produce.
Agents for Latin & Rand's Blasting Pow
der.
FARMERS
Can be supplied with the best quality of Cot
ton and Flaxseed Meal, Heavy Middlings,
Bran, &C., at lowest prices. Call and see
deos f. O. GRIMES & co.
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MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
OF CARROLL COUNTY.

J. W. Herring, President.
RICHARD MANNING,
Secretary and Treasurer.
JOHN 7. DIFFENBAUGH,
General Agent, Westminster, Md.
D1REcroRs.-Dr. J. W. Herring, Alfred
Zollickoffer, Edward Lynch, David Prugh,
Granville S. Haines, Granville I. Herring, Dr.
Samuel Swope, r. Manning Charles B. Rob-
erts David Fowble. Jan l2-t.
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They turned it readily this way and that,
the foreman at each pause uttering signal
which "Fritz' understood, answering with
soft tap, or gentle pressure, or with an
earthquake. was curious to see the an
vil-block which supplemented the ability
of the earth to sustain such shocks through
a length of time, and was presently shown
one which, after twenty-one years of thump-
ing, had cracked straight through from top
to bottom-possibly beneath some gentle
stroke which was the last feather to break
its huge back. Krupp does not make plates
for ironclads, but only such parts as might
be needed for ordinary ships.
Having lit our cigars on the Austrian
ironclad, we proceed to observe the opera
tions of "Max" and other hammers. One
of these 1 saw giving 300 tremendous
strokes a minute. "Max' was engaged in
welding "hard" iron (though this is more
ductile than the other). To nice distinc-
tions between iron and iron "Max" is in-
different; his big bow-legs arch above
tower of pieces built on his anvil, and with
crushing blows of his mighty fist he makes
a hundred plates one. however, tnOuSn
they seem one and act together, in the end
it will be proved that they are not one; no
conceivable force can weld into one differ
ent organizations of atoms. To be thor
oughly united they must be filtered and
refined in the crucible The central part
of railway wheels is made by Welding, but
the tires are made without welding. The
nave of the wheels ofwrought iron, which
is placed beneath a hammer of suitable
shape, and at the third blow the wheel is
shaped. The tire is cut from casting
when it is called 'cheese;" it is hattened,
punched in the centre with an eight-inch
die, strung on horse-anvil, and there
beaten until it becomes tire, and ready for
the futing process which adapts it to the
rail-
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TO. 1918 EQUITY.

MO. 1878 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll county,
sitting as Court of Equity.
George NJ. Pearce, trustee, VS.. James Z.
Streaker and Sarah Streaker, his wife.
Ordered, this sth day of February, A. D.
1886, that the sales of the real and personal
estate, made and reported by George M.
Pearce, trustee of James E. Streaker and
wife under deed of trust to him, be finally
ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or before the
9Th day of March next; provided a copy OF
this order be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Carroll county once a week in each
of three successive weeks before the 1st day
of March next.
The report states the amount of sale
of Realty to be 200. 90
Amount of Personally. 23O.6l
Total amount of sales. $3.50. 81
|. THOMAS JONES.
True Copy,-Test:
febl3,3t WIN. N. MARTIN. Clerk. i.
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EoR s A L E i.

For SALE.
DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS,
on Main and Green streets,
in this city.
INQUIRE of McKELLIP & CLABAUGH,
octlO,tf Attorneys at Law.
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ExECUToR'S SALE
H OF
TWO HOUSES AND LOTS,
In Frederick County. Md.

By virtue of the power and authority con-
tanned in the last will and testament of David
Engel of p, deceased, and by virtue of an
order of the Orphans Court of Carroll county,
the undersigned, as executor, will sell at pub
lie sale. on the premises, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 18th, A. D. 1886,
at , o'clock, p. M, the following Dwelling
Houses and Lots of Land: First, parcel of
land containing
ONE.HALF An ACRE, MORE OR LESS.
The improvements thereon are a newly erected