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How Book Paper is Made.

Philadelphia, (Pa) Evening Telegraph.
In none of the mechanical arts has
greater progress been made in recent years
than in the manufacture Of book and mag
azine paper, many tons of which are used
in this city every month. Years ago
though not too long to endure in the mem
ory of "the trade''-the process of convert
ing the raw material into the hard-fbered
and smooth-surfaced paper essential to the
needs of the higher class publishing houses,
was task involving many days of constant
care and much manual labor. Today the
process is extremely rapid, the paper is
infinitely better than before, and much of
the manual labor that was employed in the
days of our fathers has been supplanted by
labyrinths of swift-moving machinery.
1t would be difficult to imagine more
surprising metamorphosis than that by
which the native timber on the Pennsylva-
MIA hills is converted, in seven hours, to
sheet of clear, white paper ready for the
press. Yet this, in brief, is the process
that is going on every day at the New
York and Pennsylvania Company's mill, at
Johnsonburg, in Western Pennsylvania.
This mill is the largest book paper making
establishment in the world. II covers
several acres of ground, and almost as
many acres of machinery. Sixty cords of
timber are thrust into the choppers and
ninety thousand pounds ofpaper are shipped
from the yards every day to be cut, printed
and placed on countless libraries through
out the land.
This chopper, where the conversion of
wood into paper begins, is a sort of guillo-
tine. There is a sharp blade of massive
proportions moving swiftly in n groove.
Everything that comes beneath the knife
is severed. Occasionally tough knot that
has withstood the blasts Of many winter
is tossed in, only to suffer the fate of the
sapling that went before. Every stick that
goes in comes out in the shape of chips no
larger than the palm of mans hand.
The wood does not lose its identity, how
ever, until the next stage in the process,
which is known as cooking There are
several large digesters, containing caustic
soda in which the chopped wood is placed
and cooked for five hours, this being the
longest single process to which it is sub
iected. From the digesters it is blown into
large tank, its consistency being thick and
heavy aud its color an ugly brown.
The soda having been run ont, the pulpy
cooked wood in the tank is washed down
with hot water and thoroughly cleaned.
Then it is dumped into a large chest, cleaned
again, aud, having been pumped into a
screen which removes splinters and debris,
it is run into wet machines and in meas
ure dried. The 'sstock" emerges from
these machines an usbroken sheet of light
brown pulp, resembling soaked birch bark.
As it falls from the machines it is taken on
carriers to four bleachers, each holding A.
900 pounds. Here it lis treated with chlor-
ide of lime liquors until the desired white
ness is obtained
By this time one begins to see how it is
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-09
VOL. XXVII.-NO. 80.

was travelling III lnula Will H. IT. IL IhS
Duke of Edinburgh in 1870. Following is
an extract from my diary:
Before leaving camp this morning a
camel man was brought in with a severe
wound in the left thigh. He was wading
across the Moban when he was suddenly
siezed by "A large gharial and dragged down.
Some sepoys went TO the rescue, and one
of them so severely wounded the creature
that it let 90 and tried to make its escape.
The man followed, thrusting his bayonet
into it, and, having fred all his six car
tridges. clubbed his musket and belabored
It until the stock was broken. The brute
by this time was so far hors de combat that
it turned over as though dead, was dragged
on shore and brought into camp with the
injured man, from whom portion of inte-
eument about five inches in circumference
had been torn away, leaving asevere wound.
The gharial was sixteen feet in length. On
being opened the stomach was found empty
with the exception of number of pebbles
from the size of a marble to that Of a hens
EGG. These are useful in digestion, and
are probably always found in the stomach
of the gharial The incident settles the
question whether the gharial takes other
food than fish,
The curator of Riddell Museum, Agra,
reported that the following had been found
in the stomach of a large gharial taken
near the city: "About a dozen large
punches of hair probably human), sixty
eight pebbles, averaging in size from nearly
three inches to one inch in diameter, one
large bangle, lwenty-four fragments of Wit
reous armlets, FIVE bronze finger rings, one
small silver neck charm Ga small defaced
coin with a metal loop, one gold bead, one
largish bead of black stone, thirty small
red necklace beads. These things, says
the reporter, must have been on the body
of some woman, if not more than one, who
had been devoured These facts prove
that the gharial sometimes preys upon hu-
man beings.
Crocodiles attain great size, up to tif-
teen, eighteen, twenty feet or more il
length, and are found in many Indian
rivers, estuaries, lakes, and tanks, OIL
marshes. All are blood-thirsty creatures
but they are said to be fonder of carrioI
than of fresh food
The returns of 1887, when compared
with those of past years, do not show mucl
improvement, for wild animals still abounC
in many localities, and human beings ar,
killed by them at about the same rate a
during former years. 1t would be difficul
to estimate the value of property destroyed
for that of 81, 900 head of cattle is not tn
mere money value alone, but represent
food lost and tillage preJented; and VIII
can pretend to formulate the money equiv
alent-albeit life has never been set yer,
high in India-of $4,000 human lives
But one may imagine the dependency an
desolation of the survivors, the deteriorat
ing effect on cultivation and the industrial
energy of the communities which sustail
these losses, as well as the paralyzing effect
on progress, comfort, and prosperity.
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$2 PER ANNUM.
S A L E.
III Acres prime limestone

"A Il II y
m Acres prime limestone t1s ~ essE
ID near New Windsor, 7kzsss5is.z =
Iaio aas from Westminster; fine buildings all
u ia"o GOOD condition; a very desirable farm;
u No. 81. .O0O-half cash, balance on years
Farm of 553 acres, AZ miles from Westmin-
-. d miles from Patapsco Station, w. NJ.
Buildings fair. Price $500.
Do Choice little farm of SIS! acres, half mile
Con, Westminster; good soil; brick house;
syge T barn; all in good condition;price 81 900.
Nice little home; s acres; prime land; 4
,;Ias west from Westminster; brick house;
L"nL harm: more land if desired price 81, 800.
O'Iji, plaster and bone mill on w. Nd. Railroad;
bnldings new; best of machinery; IA acres of
land. GOOD water power; a splendid opening
30 sngage in a profitable and growing business;
terms easy; price s., ,OOG.
325O acres prime timber land on Cheat
river West Virginia. Heavy original growth
If noplar, red oak, ash, walnut, cherry, &C.;
Iapd valuable for grazing purposes after timber
Is off; price 81 per acre.
Machine shops at New Windsor, Nd; all
the necessary buildings for the manufacture
and repair Of machinery. This property will
he sold: Il bargain at easy payments; price
4 or Q acres of woodland, near public road
f,om Westminster to Mt. Airy, miles south
sost from New Windsor. Price $3.50.
4 small home, 4 acres, on road from West
minister to New Windsor, J mile from former
Mace: good house, good stabling, good water.
srtra fine fruit, &c. Price $125O
Fine brick house on John street, 9 rooms,
conveniently arranged. all in first class con-
dition. Quite bargain at $260O.
81 acres prime land, half mile from West
Minister; large bank barn, fine orchard, splen-
did building site for house; price $4,000.
Large brick hotel in Westminster, on Main
street, near Railroad Depot; price $l4, 900.
Farm 45 acres, /! miles from Westminster;
land good; buildings good; orchard choice
fruit; price $50 per acre.
Farm 10 acres, miles from Westminster,
miles from Hampstead, nearest r. r. Station,
GOOD house and barn; SO acres cleared land
in good condition; $35 per acre.
Nice Little Home, one mile from West
minister; 60 acres of prime land. good brick
house; price, $500.
Twenty acres good land, good buildings,
near Westminster, $500.
One hundred acres, best quality of land, q
miles from Westminster; buildings only fair,
good water, &C.; price, $S, 500.
Brick house and lotin Westminster; 81 200.
Double brick house and lot in Westmin-
ster; 81, 800.
Also, some fine pasture lots, ranging from
to acres, adjoining Westminster.
For particulars call on or address
sep8,tf Il. LYNCH, Westminster, Md.
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(oLLEcT YOUR BILLS.

Short credits make long friends. The un-
dersiened, Constable for Westminster dis
trict, duly bonded and qualified, offers his
services to the public as Collector. He will
take accounts to collect either as q public
officer, or on private account, on liberal terms,
and returns promptly made. References
Union National, First National and Farmers
4 Mechanics National Banks of Westminster.
VIII also clerk and auctioneer sales.
JOHN 4. DIFFENBAUGH,
une 25:y Westminster, Md.
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1esrriptiue Artltles,
DEADLY BEASTS OF INDIA.

The Animals that Kill Nearly 5000 Persons
Every Year-Bigger and More Fierce than
the King of Beasts is the Asiatic Tiger
How this Monster Brute Secures His Prey
Something About His Habits-Other Land
Animals that are Man Eaters-Blood- thirsty
Crocodiles Twenty Feet Long.
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Shirts made to order at Short
Notice.
aplG J. T. ANDERS.
MHoLEsALE GROCERY, &c.

UTHoLEsALE GROCERY, &c.
We are now prepared to furnish the trade
with
MOLASSEs, SYRUPS, SUGARS, OILS,
SALT, CRACKERS, CANDIES, FRUITS,
ORANGES, LEMONS, NUTS. CHEESE,
RASINS. WRAPPING PAPER, PICKLES,
COFFEE, TEAS, SPICES, SOAPS,
PATENT MEDICINES, SALT MEATS,
GLASS AND oUEENSwARE, BASKETS,
BROOMS, &C., &c. A call is solicited.
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PUT UP SUITS

at such prices as cannot help but be an in
ducement for you to buy. | can show you
more styles of goods, give you first class fit
and prices that defy competition. Give me
a cali and you will be convinced that | am
right.
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EXECUTORS SALE
- OF
Very Valuable Dairy Farm.

The undersigned, by virtue of the last will
and testament of Aaron Miller, late of Car
roll county, deceased, and of an order of the
Orphans Court of Carroll county, will sell at
Public Sale, on the premises, on
THURSDAY, 2sth day of JULY, 1892,
at o'clock, p. M, Farm adjoining Miller's
Station, on the Baltimore and Harrisburg
Division of The W. NJ. R. R.. and also on the
County Road from Miller's Station to Beck
leysvile, and about two miles east of Manches-
ter. 1t contains
l5S ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, and is improved with a good
two-story Dwelling House,
with back building, large Bank A1aN-A
Barn SSx45 feet, Spring House IA ~ 6;zA
with running water in the same
from an excellent spring between the house
and barn, wagon shed and hog house, and all
other necessary outbuildings. About 25 to
Ee 80 Acres are heavily covered with
E good Timber. Two fine Orchards of
Il choice Apples and Pears in full bearing
condition. The land is in fine state Of
cultivation, has been heavily lined and pro-
duces well. A fine stream passes through
the farm. Stock can be supplied with water
in nearly every field. Fencing good. 1t is
convenient to churches, schools, postoffice,
mill and blacksmith shop. Is located in one
of the most thriving and prosperous commu
mites in the county and has lovely situation.
Terms of Sale :-0ne.third cash on the
day of sale or upon the ratification of the
same by the Court; 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. Purchaser to have privilege
of putting out fall crops; all growing crops
reserved. Full possession on 1st of April,
1898. ISAIAH MILLER,
SAMUEL H. HARE,
Executors.
JUS is Jacob Hoffman, Auctioneer.
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T. ANDERS,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
"a West Main Street,
Westminster, Md.
My line of
SPRING sUITINGs.

| can say without fear of contradiction, sur
passes any ever offered to the people of this
county, and | am prepared to
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FEC TION ERY

In general, which we are selling in quantities
TO suit. Prices guaranteed the lowest.
Respectfully,
F. q. MILLER & CO.,
Opposite the First National Bank,
dec5 Westminster, Md.
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Underwear and Hosiery.

Gents Jewery, such as Studs, Sleeve But,
tons, Cuff Buttons, Chains, Rings, Scarf
Pins, and in fact anything in the line OF
Gents Furnishing Goods.
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TRUSTEES SALE n
A Desirable Little Property,
Wheelwright Shop, &C.,
Nam Tyrona Marylonl
Near TYRONE. MaryIar

The undersigned, by virtue of a deed of
trust from William Frounfelter and Sarah A.
H. Frounfelter, his wife, duly executed and
county, will sell at Public Sale, on the prem
ses, on
TUESDAY, JULY 18th, A. D. 1892,
at O clock, p. M, all that parcel of land
containing
II ACRES, ROOD AND "a ERCHES,
more or less. The improvements thereon
consist of Two Story Brick
Dwelling House, Frame Wheel AHA-A
wright Shop, Bank Barn, Dairy, NJ M s;zR
Smoke House and other out N413E il1te11sias'l
buildings There is due proportion of
meadow and timber land; water convenient to
the buildings.
This property is now in the occupancy of
the said William Frounfelter, is situate on
the road leading from the Stone road to Ty-
rome, is abont three quarters of mile from
Tyrone, Carroll county, Md, and adjoins the
land of Mrs. Susanah Lambert, DIR. j. Rine
hart and others.
Terms of Sale.-One half cash on the day
of sale, or on the ratification thereof, and the
other half in twelve months from the day
of sale, the credit payment to be secured by
the note of the purchaser or purchasers, with
approved security, bearing interest from the
day of sale; or all cash, at the option of the
purchaser.
DAVID N. HENNING,
CHAS. r. REIFSNIDER,
Trustees.
r. C. Matthews, Aucrioneer. june 18 At
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NJ E..

Having associated with me in the Lumber
and Coal business my son, M. JOHN LYNCH,
the business will, after the LIST day OF March,
be conducted under the firm name OF =: Lynch
q Son. EDWARD LYNCH.
We take pleasure in announcing to the pub.
lie that we shall eontinne TO keep on hand and
furnish all kinds of Building Lumber and
Coal. at the Old Yards in Westminster, Md,
and hope, that by strict attention to business
and with desire to please, we shall continue
TO have our share of the trade.
feb18. lSS5tf E. LYNCH Il son.
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My line of
GENTS FURNISHINGS,

is always full and complete, giving you the
latest novelties in Neckwear, Gloves, Suspen-
ders, Shirts,
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more or less. lhe lmproVen
consist of a Two. Story Brick
Dwelling House, Frame Wheel
wright Shop, Bank Barn, Dairy,
Smoke House and other ont
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r. C. Matthews, Aucrioneer. june IS 4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-22
YES AND NO,

A Linguistic Peculiarly Of Some q the
Uncivilized Celtic Tribes.
In the speech of SO highly-developed
a people as the Celts there is No equiv.
alent to yes" Thus it happens that you
shall never hear an Irish waiter pro-
nounce tho shibboleth "yesssir" of
his English confrere, for he invari-
ably expresses an affirmative by some
such praise as 81 shall. SIR" "It
is. sir!' Yet among some unciv-
ilized tribes not only is theres
word expressing eyes" but it assumes
a different form according to the sex or
age of the speaker. Thus among the
Abipones of South America, IS Bobriz-
hotter informs us, for Eyes" the men
say hee, the women say haal and the
old men give grunt.
This is refinement which we Arv-
ans have decided, perhaps rightly, to
be unnecessary: for, though our "ayw
and nay" carry no more information
now than the Sanscrit hi and ma did
many thousands of years ago, they are
quite sufficient for all practical pur-
poses. But the Abipones might feel as
much embarrassed by tho use of our
sexless affirmative and negative
sylla bles as we should do in attempt-
ing to express our meaning in the Ian
guage of the Grebo tribes of west
Africa, in which the use of personal
pronouns is dispensed with and gesture
is employed to show whether a verb
is in the first. second or third person
Blackwoods Magazine.
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HER NAME.

Possible Hints Concerning tho Manner Of
Speaking to or OF Servants.
The New York Sun has been saying a
good word for a class of people who are
commonly treated as if they had no
names, in the ordinary sense of the
word. As one housekeeper expressed
herself. 81 always call my cook Berlss,
my maid Mary, and my man John
We're constantly changing, and can't
be bothered with learning and trying
to remember their names"
1t might have been suggested to this
lady" that her Incidence in learning
her servants names had perhaps some
thing to do with their short terms Of
service. Servants being human beings,
il is not so very surprising that they
should like to be treated as such.
If the cook is married woman, why
should not the fact be recognized?
Mrs White, Mrs Brown would like
70 see you." was tho message that the
housemaid brought from the cook to
the mistress.
The mistress demonstrated. "Mary,
why do you not say: Mrs. White, tho
cook would like to sec your"
20 ma am, Mrs. Brown wouldn't like
it,
But wish it."
Shortly afterward the girl returned.
''Mrs. Brown says, ma'am, sho wasn't
Baptized Cook"
The cook was Indispensable, and ac-
cordingly she remains Mrs Brown.
And why not?-Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-22
HOT BATHING.

A japanese Custom That Other Peoples
Would Do Well to Copy.
In hygienic matters tho japanese
have everywhere habit which may
have lesson for us. In their nightly
bath and morning wash the water is
never cold, never warm, but always hot
as it can be borne. To foreigners this
habit seems very surprising, but the
most inveterate Englishman, If he stays
in the country long enough, abandons
his cold tub in its favor. The cold
taking, says an English exchange,
which 1t is suspected must follow is not
found to occur if the water has been
hot enough. This heat is maintained
by little furnace beneath the bath.
In the bath the bather or bathers take
prolonged soaking, the washing
proper being done on the bathroom
floor; then follows q second and final
soaking, drying with towel, and a
lounge in bathing wrapper. This habit
seems to promote softness and supple
ness of tho skin, and by persons in
clined to rheumatism is soon found to
be altogether preferable to the cold
bath in every particular. The poorest
of the Japanese hear Of a cold bath
with amazement, and would be sure
the man who used it must be bar
barian.
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Where Ignorance 10 Bliss.

A young Boston man had a slight
cold and sore throat, and meeting his
cousin, who is a physician and some
thing OF wag, he asked him what to
dof or ii.
''Oh, I'll write prescription for you,"
was the answer. He wrote it. and the
gentleman glanced at it before taking
it to the druggist 1t read-''Aqua pura
ounce; chloride sodium-ounce. Shake
we'll before using, and gargle with it
every half hour"
How much is ito" queried the pa
tient. as the druggist handed him the
bottle.
1.-Two dollars" was the reply.
Some weeks later the young mans
throat was sore again, and remem ber-
ing the efficacy of his cousins prescrip-
ton. he took the bottle to be filed
again.
Another clerk waited on him, and
when he inquired the price he was as
tonished at the cheerful answer: 'Oh,
we doa't charge anything for salt and
water. Leeds Mercury.
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A RARE COLLECTOR.
He Was . Regular Trest to Honsyles
Dehtors.

He Was . Regular Tress to Mensylsss
Debters.
IN the early days Of his artistic
career, Jones, as we will call him, had
little business sense to balance his bud
ding genius. A big, green country boy.
he had been taken into the studio OF a
prominent artist in the dual capacity of
student and general utility man.
One day his instructor gave him some
bills to collect, laying special stress on
the largest one, which must be paid
that dav, giving him ten dollars to use
as change, and telling him to be quick
about it. Hours passed by before he
again appeared.
What kept you SO long?" inquired
the artist.
"Well, I waited and waited for 'em
to pay me" said the boy, "and finally l
asked 'em for it."
''oh! confound it. of course you had
to ask for It! Where is the money!"
well, they couldn't pay to-day, they
said"
Brown paid his, didn't he?"
''No; they didn't any on 'em pay"
where is the ten dollars gave you
for changer"
"Whv, Brown wanted to borrow II Of
me and let him take it,"
And vet. strange as it NAV seem. that
same country boy is to-day one of the
foremost American artists, and q
shrewd business man.-Banner of Gold
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DEADLY POISON IN ARROWS.

Recent Investigations Go TO Show That
1t Contains Marshy Earth.
M. Dantec has examined and expert
mented with the arrow poison used by
the natives of tho Now Hebrides- He
finds that 1t contains neither vegetable
poison nor serpent virus, but consists OF
earth impregnated with vegetable mat
ter taken from marshy places and con-
tanning Pasteur's vibrion septique or
bacillus Of malignant oedema and also
the bacillus of tetanus.
If the arrows have been kept q long
time, says London Lancet. or have been
much exposed to the sun, tho vibrion
septique may have been destroyed. The
danger then is from tetanus. When the
arrows have been freshly prepared and
the vibrion septique is still active,
wound from them causes death in a
guinea pig from septic@mia in from
twelve to fifteen hours; tetanus, which
takes longer than that period of time to
develop, does not under these circum-
stances show itself 1t is interesting to
remark that the horse is unknown In
these islands, consequently the theory
of the equine origin Of tetanus would
seem to be negatived by these re-
searches.