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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03
Electricity in Dentistry.

DIR. Z. T. Starr, who is connected with
a large dental manufacturing company Of
Philadelphia, Pa, is gentleman of great
information on electrical inventions and ap-
pliances. He says electricity is heing very
largely introduced into dentistry. He has
given close attention to the use of storage
batteries for electricity and has no faith in
their permanent usefulness in street car
service or anywhere else where a contin-
uous and regular current is desired. But
DIR. Starr is chiefly interesting when giving
some facts about the business of his house.
They make 1000, 900 artificial teeth year,
and sell them all over the habitable globe.
"We now have" said he, "three agents
in China and one in Japan. The demand
from China is very large, but, strange to
say, nearly all the orders are for black teeth.
They ~yafH~ them as black as ebony and
with very high polish Il S strange
fact that different people fancy different
colored teeth. In Canada, for instance,
they want their teeth as white as the whit
est snow you ever saw-real milky white
while in South America they want yellow
or bilious teeth. And right here allow
me to expose a fiction. 1t is generally
supposed that the negro races have the
whitest teeth in the world. Not Il bit of it,
Their teeth look whittier than these ofOther
peoples simply because they are brought
into contrast with their black skins. is,
after all, matter of contrast"
DIR. Starr further said his firm used
100000 worth of platinum every year in
the manufacture of teeth; that all the pla-
tinum of commerce comes from the Ural
Mountains, and that the entire output of
the metal is owned by three families,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03
How Egyptians Cool Water.

From tie Chicago Mail.
l need state only three facts TO show the
rapidity of evaporation in upper Egypt.
Water too warm to drink is put into a
porous jar and placed in the wind, though
in the sun; in half hour it is as cool as
good spring water.
At night, exposed to breeze, when the
breeze is rather warm, before morning it
becomes ice cold. The night of nay arrival
here took pouring bath on a balcony.
The wind was balmy but fresh. The rapid
evaporation so chilled me that could not
stay out long enough for my bath. At
the foot of the cataract we took swim in
the Nile We wore our underclothes for
bathing suits. We hung them up before
our staterooms to dry. In ten minutes
they were dry enough to be worn.
We have all heard of the universal habit
of Africans to annoint themselves with oil,
and travellers speak of it as a nasty habit.
1t is, however, necessary in very hot and
very dry climates, to prevent the cracking
of the skin, An English officer told me
that during the hot winds on the upper
Nile his hands and face chapped worse
than they ever did in cold climate
chapped even to bleeding badly. I have
found fresh white butter quite as pleasant
on my hands as on my toast. The boys
have felt no inconvenience from the winds.
My hands are very sensitive to the effect
of dry, dusty atmosphere. At Assouan
we were in the sun during two days. We
did not use our umbrellas, our pith hats
being quite comfortable, and yet we were
just on the edge of the tropics.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03
poetrp.
Aq THE DOOR.
BY LILLE f. BARE.

BY LILLE f. BARE.
A hand tapped at my door low down, low down.
opened it and saw two eyes ofbrown.
Two lips of cherry red
A little curly head,
bonny, fairy sprite, in dress of white
Who said, with lifted face Papa, good night"
She climbed upon my knee, and, kneeling there,
Iisped softly solemnly. her little prayer;
Her meeting finger tips,
Her pure. sweet baby lips
Carried my soul with hers, half unaware,
Into some clearer and diyiner air.
tried to lift again. but all in vain,
OF scientific thought the subtitle chain;
So small, so small
My learning all;
Though could call each star and tell its place,
Ny childs Our Father bridged the gulf of space
/ sat with folded hands at rest, at rest,
Turning this solemn thought within my breast;
How faith would fade
If God had made
No children in this world-no baby age
Only :hc prudent man OF thoughtful sage;
Only the woman wise, no little arms
To clasp around our neck; no baby charms
No loving care,
no sniess prayer,
No thrill of lisping song, no pattering foet,
No infant hear: against our heart to beat
Then if tiny hand, low down,
Tap at the heart or door, ah do not frown
Bend low to meet
The little feet
To clasp the clingng hand; the child will be
Nearer Heaven than thee-nearer than thee.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03
1t Saved Him Money.

Not long since, says writer, dropped
into a prominent newspaper Office. and,
while chatting with the editor, a well-to-do
stock-raiser of that country dropped inand
planked down the necessary amount for two
years subscription in advance for the paper.
and at the same time remarked:
81 want the tag on my paper to be in
such shape that need not be ashamed,
when friend calls at my house, to let him
see it. You may believe me or not, but it
is fact all the same" he continued, "that
little matter ike that has already saved
me considerable money; and one particular
instance | want to tell you about. l had
some dealings with a certain man, said he,
'and one day, while at his house for the
purpose of selling him some sheep, chanc-
ed to pick up his newspaper. l observed
by the tag upon the margin that he was
terribly in arrears for it. The fact that
man would allow his newspaper account to
run on, year after year. to such an extent.
set me to thinking, and I resolved that
should he ask me for credit-he already
owed me for fifty head of fine sheep-I
would respectfully decline his Request. Ks
| had anticipated, he did ask for time,
which | not only refused him, but demand
ed the amount already due me- He was
unable to meet the obligation just then, he
said, but would do so very soon. l sold
my stock elsewhere, but l never got the
money out of the man for the sheep l had
previously sold him, nor do [ expect to.
Had not seen that tell-tale newspaper tag
he might have stuck me still further.
Now, when [ am in doubt as to mans
responsibility, all 1 want to enable me to
accurately size him up is, to get my optics
on his newspaper tag, and in nine cases out
of ten [ will never be mistaken in my esti-
mate of him.
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Faces.
From The Atlantic Constitution.

From The Atlantic Constitution.
A man who has made close study of
physiognomy says: "a mans occupation
or condition has a good deal to do with
making his facial expression. Intellectual
pursuits, like studies or the scholarly pro-
fessions, when coupled with temperate and
moral habits of life, brighten the face and
give person superior look. Magnan-
Unity of nature or love of studies and arts
will make bright, glad face, but contrary
to this, a man may have face that does
not please anybody, because of love of
self to the exclusion of all Others, notwith-
standing his learning and worldly shrewd
ness. Soldiers get hard, severe look,
overworked laborers constantly look tired,
reporters look inquisitive, mathematicians
look studious, judges become grave, even
when off the bench, the man who has do
mestic trouble looks all broken up. An
example of the ludicrous side of this subject
is to see third-class lawyer stalking around
police court looking wise as an owl. The
business makes the face, say. There's
the butchers face, the saloonkeeper's face,
the beggar's face, the ministerial face, the
lawyers face, the doctors face, the hood
lum's face, all so distinct, each from the
other and singly, that l seldom fail to re-
cognize those callings showing through the
faces. And what city boy cannot recognize
genuine farmer on the street as farmer
the moment he sees him y
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Ones Only Daughter.

II tell you it's a serious thing" said an
Alabama ex-congressman one evening not
long ago, "when ones only daughter be-
gins to be woman. Young fellows whom
you don't remember ever to have seen be-
fore lift their hats to you clear across the
street, and the intense politeness of dudes
become almost unbearable.
~ have bright smart little girl, who
seems to me little girl yet; but when L
come to think about it | know she is sew
enteen years old, and one of these days
some boy will be coming around stammer-
ing and twisting his hat and asking me for
her. 1 think however, I'll get shot gun
and shoot him, on a plea of selfdefence.
There ought to be law to protect man
against the young scamps who want to carry
of IF d mans only daughter.
"Why, it doeSsaitt seem to me longer ago
than yesterday that X sle girl was learn
ing A B G, and then M-~s9geae got to
reading l could hardly believe II, Vat Vat FAM,
cied she had learned lot of stuff in hei
little reader by heart and was reciting il to
me by note. Next 1 knew she took to
painting and playing on the piano, and blast
me if she hasn't gone to writing poetry,
too. The last is the only thing that sup
ports me m the idea of letting one of those
youngsters have her when the time comes
Somehow it seems to me that perhaps re
tributiye justice will leak out of the poetry
somewhere.
"Rut really, It's an awfully serious thing
to raise girl, bringing her through the
mumps measles and whoOping cough, educate
her, send her to the best kind of boarding
school, have her taught music and drawing,
spend money like dirt to dress her, and
then have some little scamp that you re-
member only just few days ago, robbing
birds nests, come round and take her
awav Tt's too had - AyLons1,r VroreZer
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03
IN the Circuit Court for Carroll Co.
l. Sitting in Equity.
NO 0656

George W. Miller, VS.. Oliver Beaver and
Hester A. R. Beaver, his wife.
Ordered this 25th day of October, 1888,
that the sale of the property mentioned in
these proceedings, made and reported by
George W, Miller, mortgage, under the pow.
er Of sale contained in the mortgage filed
among the proceedings in this cause, be raft
fed and confirmed, unless cause to the con-
trary thereof be shown on or before the 18th
day of November, next; provided a. copy of
this order be inserted in some newspaper
printed in Carroll county, once in each OF
three successive weeks before the 18th day OF
November, next.
The report states the amount of the sale to
be $l60i.6s.
True copy,-Test
oct27 st WM. N. MARTIN, Clerk.
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A UEW Depot in Westminster.

A HEW Depot in Westminster.
A gentleman stopped in No. 46 W. Main
street, and asked what is your name, SIR?
Gladhill What will you paper room II
feet square and feet high for, in good paper?
S2.75. sir. What will you paper it in good
gilt for? S4.25. Is that so? Yes, sir, Why,
can have my whole house papered for about
Sl2 or SIS, cantI? Yes, sir. Say, did yon
paper the rooms of S. Kann, Sons q Go. and
+. d. Miller & Co.? Yes, sir; they were the
first Jobs | ever did Is that so ? they are
good enough for me. Yes, and | will put my
work against any other paper hanger in the
state. i guess you will il they are your first
Jobs. What do you put Embossed Pepper on
the wall for? soc apiece. What is that so?
SOC apiece. What is your cheapest paper?
l5c and zoe. guess that is brown back ?
No, sir, We don't keep that; if you want it
can get it for you, and put 1t on the wal! for
lOc piece, but it has seven yards in piece;
all of nv paper has yards in il. Do you
want any brown back? No, sir; the paper
Won have is good and cheap enough for me.
Well, must say that you have the prettiest
patterns of paper | ever saw Well, must
go. am glad l came IN here. l am sure
that saved at least 25 per cent. by eoming to
see you. | will tell my neighbors about you,
and when we get you in our neighborhood we
will keep you all spring. There well, good
bye. Good by. Oh. by the way my wife told
me to see about Curtains. Where can | get
them made to fit my windows. Right here.
Where can | get Picture Frames made. Right
here. Is thai So What all do yon keep?
keep Accoraeong, Albums, Pictures, Frames,
and everything that can be found in first
class 99c Store. Well, what don't yoE keep?
Railroads aud trains. Ha, ha! Well, good
bye. Good bye. lam much obliged for your
order marlU
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NfeRTGAGEE's SALE
:" pk
A VALUABLE FARM,
In Hampstead District, Carroll County, n

By virtue of the power ofsale contained in o
deed ofmortgage from Daniel Burns and wife
to Frank 7. Shaw, dated the 18th day of March,
1880, and recorded among the Real Estate
Mortgage Records of said county, in Liber f..
T. S., No. IA, folio 31s, &C., which said mort
gage has been assigned by said Shaw to John
Gore and Edwin G. Gilbert, the ndersigned,
attorney named in said mortgage, will Offer
at public sale, on the premises situate in
Hampstead district, in said county, on the
public road leading from the Baltimore and
Hanover turnpike to Brilharts mill, and about
one mile from Greenmount Station on the
Baltimore Il Harrisburg Railway, on
Thursday, tie Sh day of NoUember, 1888,
at one o'clock, P NJ, all that valuable farm
containing
1o1 ACRES, 1 ROOD AND 20 PERCHES
: ''lB LAND, MORE Or LESS,
adjoining the lands of Daniel Yingling and
David Houck, improved by -,
good weatherboaded dwelling AkG&AS
house, switzer barn, spring - 6IzA
house, hay barrack, and othere eE51t3l.<Ei go
outbuildings The buildings are in good con-
dition, the land in fair state of cultivation
and under good fencing. This is very de-
sirable home.
FERNS OF fSale-6ash on day ofsale. or uHoa
ratification thereof.
CHAs. B. ROBERTS,
Attorney named in Mortgage.
John 7. Diffenbaugh, Auctioneer.
oot 10 re
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WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DRUG STORE,
ALBAUGH BUILDING,
Westminster, Md,

Buying our goods in large quantities, we are
enabled to sell at large reduction. We
quote Butter Color, Wells, Richardson d
Co.'S, 81 per gallon in bulk; Horse and Cattle
Powders, genuine article, we can and will
sell you at 15c per pound, or two pounds for
a quarter in bulk. We guarantee all cur
goods as strictly pure. Our spices, such as
Cinnamon, Cloves, Allspice and Pepper, as
well as our drugs, we have ground especially
for US, and test them according to the United
States Pharmacopia: We are the proprietors
of Buokley's Hair Wash, Nailor's Liniment,
Grayson's Cough Syrup, Grayson's piarrhga
Cure, Grayson's Pile Salve and Whites Tooth
Powder, all of which preparations are sold
largely throughout the country and highly re-
commended by the medical profession.
octl3 If
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The Astors are said TO own 5000 build
ings in New York, and it is estimated that
their combined wealth is fully s400, 900,
900. Within the past year or two they
have completed the Astor building and the
Schermerhorn building between Pine,
Broadway and Wall streets, either of
which is worth considerably over 81 ,000,-
600, and Mr.. John Jacob Astor only a
short time ago paid s325,OOO for the
Westmoreland hotel. Their income ac-
cumulates so much faster than they can
possibly spend it that the additions to tie
property grow very fast. Mr. William
Astor has large family, and grand
children; Mr.. John Jacob Astor has one
son, William Waldorf Astor, who viii
! probably be, if his father is not to-day, the
richest man in New York city,
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Eyeryone has noticed while driving how

Everyone has noticed while driving how
rarely horse steps on stone, even while
going very rapidly. A writer quotes an
old cavalryman as saying that horse
never steps on a man Intentionally. 1t is
a standing order with cavalry that should
a man become dismounted he must lie
down and be perfectly still. If he does so
the entire company will pass over him and
he will not be injured A horse notices
where he is going, and is on the lookout
for firm foundation to put his foot on.
1t is an instinct with him, therefore, to
step over a prostrate man. The injuries
caused by runaway horse are nearly al
ways inflicted by the animal knocking down
men, not by stepping on them.
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VALUABLE FARM, TIMBER
v LAND AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
AT PUBLIC SALE.

By the authority of Cornelius Buckley, and
as trustee, l will offer at public sale, on the
premises. one mile west from Finksburg, on
the Baltimore and Reisterstown turnpike, and
within Il miles of Finksburg station, on the
Western Maryland Railroad, on
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1888,
at l o'clock, p M, the farm upon which the
said Cornelius Buckley resided at the time OF
his death, containing
800 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.
The improvements thereon are large and
substantial two story Stone
AzGA-.G Dwelling House, with base
Ans ment, cellar, &c; large bank
Asiia1GiG1L Asiia1si!:s51L barn, newly built, with thresh-
ing floors, ample stabling, granaries, &C.;
spring of excellent water and stone dairy and
other outbuldings. The fields are of con-
venient size and well watered. The land is
of good quality and in n high state of cultiva.
ton; a large portion is of the best quality of
bottom land, producing heavy crops oftimothy
and other grasses.
A survey has been made of the above men,
toned lands, which is so divided as to leave
With the buildings 230 acres, more or -lessr
The balance, about 70 acres, more or less,
is to be divided into two lots, one containing
ABOUT 80 acres ana Jne OJner aDOuI ~ HCISS.
Both of these lots are beautifully situated on
the Baltimore and ReisteFstown turnpike, u
miles from Finksburg station, on the Western
Maryland Railroad, and are heavily covered
with valuable Timber. If the above division
of the land is not desirable to purchasers it
will be offered as whole.
A plat of the survey will be exhibited on
the day of sale, and any further information
in reference to the same will be furnished
upon application to the undersigned, at West
minister, Nd.
Also, on the same day, at 10 o'clock, a. M,
- will be sold all the per- -IsH~A
O. sonal property Of Corne. Es3A
N5sAslius Buckley, deceased, -1EA
consisting of horses, cows, wagons, and all
kinds of agricultural machinery. Also house
hold and kitchen furniture, such as beds,
bedsteads and bedding, tables, chairs, car
peting, dc.
Terms of Sale of Real Estate.-9Ee-thir9
cash on day of sale, 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. .
Terms of Personal froperiy.-Ali sums of
$40 and under, cash; on sums over $40 q
credit of six months will be given, on note
with approved security, bearing interest from
the day of sale. No property to be removed
until settled for.
EDWARD LYNCH, Trustee.
oat2T Is p. \. Henning, Solicitor.
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MO. 1927 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county, sitting
in Equity.
John Raitt, Plaintiff, versus c. Hanson Raitt,
ct. al, Defendants.
Ordered this 10Th day of October, 1888,
that the sales of the property mentioned in
these proceedings and made and reported by
C. Hanson Raitt and Gustavus W. Crapster,
trustees in the above entitled cause be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th day
of November next; provided copy OF this
order be inserted in some newspaper printed
in Carroll county, once in each of three sue
cessive weeks before the 18th day OF Novem-
Der, next.
The report states the amount of sales to be
WIN. N. MARTIN, Clerk.
oct 20 st WIN. N. MARTIN. Cle-k.
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DATIFIcATIoN NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court of Carroll County.
AUGUST Term, 1888.
Estate Of Daniel Bixler, deceased.
On application it is ordered this 2nd day
of October, 1888, that the sale of the real es-
tate of Daniel Bixler, late of Carroll county, de.
ceased, made by Emanuel Sellers, executor OF
the last will and testament of said deceased,
and this day reported to this Court by the said
executor, be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause be shown to the contrary, on or before
the 1st Monday, 9TH day, of November next;
provided a copy of this order be inserted for
three successive weeks in some newspapeT
printed and published in Carroll county, before
The 9th Monday, 2sth DAY, of October,
instant.
The report states the amount of sale to be
three thousand five hundred and seventy-two
dollars and twelve and onehalf cents, 1884,
572.124.)
DAVID H. HOFFACKER, !
JAMES W. WHITE,
GEO. NJ. PARKE,
oct6 St Register of Wills.
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Minnesota,s Woods.

The Big Woods of Minnesota are right
ly named; for they cover 5000 square
miles, or 100000 acres of surface.
These woods contain only hardwood
growths, including white and black oak,
maple, hickory, Eastwood, elm, cottonwood,
tamarack, and enough other varieties to
make an aggregate of over thirty different
kinds. The hardwood tract extends in a
belt across the middle of the State; and
surrounding its northeastern corner is an
immense pine region, covering 21 900
miles, or 13, 100000 square acres.
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TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court of Car
roll county, in Maryland, letters of admins
tration on the Personal Estate of
VIM. N. SELLMAN,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 18th day of May, 1889; they
may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit Of said estate.
Given under my hand this 9th day Of
LAURA s. SELLMAN,
octl3 At Administrative.
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jjuly21 If
OBJECTION NOTICE.

LNLECT1ON NOI1SE.
Notice is hereby given to the Judges. of
Election and to the Qualified Voters of Car
roll county, that an election will be held IN
the several Election Districts of Carroll coun-
ty, at the usual places of holding elections. on
The First Tuesday, after the First Monday,
being the 9th day of Noren,ber, 1888,
For the purpose of electing Eight Presiden-
tial Electors, to cast the vote of the State of
Maryland for one person for President of the
United States, and for one person for Vice
President of the United States, in conformity
to the Constitution of the United States and
of the State of Maryland: And for one per.
son to represent the Second Congressional
District of Maryland in the Fifty First Con-
gress of the United States.
The Polls for said election will be opened
at a. m. and close at 6 p. M, when the bal
lots shall be publicly counted.
The Returning Judges are required and di-
recten to make their returns on the second
day, Thursday following the election, to
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll
county.
oci6te Sheriff of Carroll county.