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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
obsolete Words.


The number of obsolete words that are
to be found in Websters dictionary is con-
siderably larger than people have any idea
of. The following letter, written by an
alleged poet to an editor, who had treated
his poetry with derision, furnishes some
idea of them:
Sir-You have behaved like a impetigi-
nous scroglel Like those who, envious of
any moral celsitude, carry their ungicity to
the height Of creating symposieally the
fecund words which my pollymathic geni-
GUS uses with liberty to abligate the
tongues Of the weetless Sir, you have
crassly parodied my own pet words as
though they were trangrams. | will not
coascervate reproaches-I will oduce veil
over the atramental ingratitude which has
chamfered even my indiscerptible heart.
| am silent on the focillation which nv
coadjuvancy must have given you when
| offered to become your fantor and ad-
minicle. | will not speak of thelippitude,
the oblepsy, you have shown in exacter-
batting me, one whose genious you should
have approached with mental discalceation.
So | tell yoa, without supervacaneous
words, nothing will render ignoscible your
conduct to me. | warn you that | would
vellicate your nose if thought that any
moral diarthrosis thereby could be per-
formed-if thought 1 should not impig-
norate my reputation. Go photographic
scrogle, band with your Grass inquinate
fantors; draw oblectations from the thought,
if you can, of having synchronically lost
the existimation of the greatest poet since
Milton
And yet all these words are to be found
in the dictionary,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
The Use of Sudden wealth.
From London Spectator.

From London Spectator
The disposition toward mad extrava-
gance so often seen in wealthy young men
is not always the result of means to crafty
overstrong desires, but the positive foolish
ness or mental incompetence, which, under
the pressure of narrow means, would not
only never have developed itself, but never
have existed. 81 have succeeded, said
very great statesman, "because have never
had enough to live on
The silly marriages the old frequently
make are in just the same way the result
not of loss of judgment, but of weaken
ing of the resisting power of the will
The consequences of unexpected wealth
are, however, as often fortunate as unfor-
tunate, for they are the products of the
natural character
We have seen man who inherited a
fortune, very large for his wants, become
during the remainder Of his life almost or
quite miserly, but that was only on large
scale the result of the impulse to save,
which ON a small one had been pronounced
''wise economy" aggravated little, it
may be, by foible-timidity about spend
ing, which is constantly noticeable also in
men who were born rich
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
Going out by Degrees.
From the. New York rrIbane.

From the New York Tribune
Brignoli was so careful of his voice when
he had to sing that he would not speak at
all and was in the habit of writing his
wishes on piece of paper. During the
last 30 years of his life he lived at the
Everett House when not on the road 1t
took him at least three-quarters of an
hour to go from his room to the sidewalk.
He must get used to the changes very
gradually. Leaving the room, he would
pace up and down the hall for 10 or 10
minutes, until thoroughly "acclimatized, =
as he himself would say, and from there
would go to the lobby to experience for 20
minutes slightly lower degree Of temper
ature
At the end Of half an hour he usually
reached the vestibule, where he would
pass another quarter, opening the outer
door occasionally to get taste of the
fresh air. When thoroughly acclimatized
here, he buttoned his greatcoat close about
him and stepped out on the pavement.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
Testing water.
From New York Telegram.

Il is one Of The easiest things in the
world to tell pure water from the impure
If you want to test the color Of the water,
just fill colorless glass bottle with the
water and look through it at some black
object, and the distine,iveness with which
you can see the object will give you an
idea as TO the amount Of clay or sand there
is in the water. Then pour out one-haIf
the water, cork the bottle tightly and SEA
it in warm place for about "A hours.
Remove the cork aud smell the air in the
bottle. If there is an offensive odor, even
the slightest. the water is unfit for domes-
tie uses. Well water, no matter how bright
and sparkling, is, nine times on Of Ten,
puirescent Then. as matter oF course,
decomposition lssoIe to set in in allay ortNo
if you put The tai|le in warm place
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
A vigorous Lot of Statesmen,

President Cleveland is 55 years of
age. His cabinet officers, in order of their
ages, are as follows Sterling Morton, 60;
Hilary A. Herbert and Walter Q. Ores
ham, SO; John g. Carlisle and Richard
0lney, So; Wilson S. Bissel, 10; Daniel S.
Lamont, ~; Hoke Smith, 81. The total
of their ages is 473 years, or not including
the president, 41S The average Is So
years, 6 months and 20 days for all; or of
the cabinet alone, % years, 3 months.
Five of the cabinet are older than Mr..
Cleveland. Mr.. Gresham s birthday was the
18th of March, and he was 60 years of
age that month. The Presidents birth
day, and he is four years younger than his
secretary of State, Two weeks after the
expiration of his coming term of Office he
win be 60 years of age, and will have spent
eleven years of the last quarter Of his life
in public service. One year as mayor of
Buffalo, two years as governor of the state
and eight years as president of the United
States.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
A wise Precaution.

eFor years" said woman the other
day, II have never slept without seeing
that couple of silk :handkerchiefs hung
near my toilet stand, and that the bowl
was halffulI of water. When | was a
young woman, not out Of my teens, ] was
in hotel that took fire. | should have
suffocated if my uncle, with whom 1 was
travelling, had not thrown wet silk hand
kerehief over my face. Thus protected |
followed him through the hall filled with
choking smoke, and down the stairs to
safety. hsye taught the practice to my
children, and it has become habit with
us all. You want good big ones, and they
must be wetted thoroughly, then you may,
if forced, endure the thickest smoke for
considerable time.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
A Novel-Making Machine.

There are various rumors and tales
floating about New York among those in
the business concerning some wonderful
machinery. over on the west side of the
city, in certain monstrous book-making
establishment, says the special correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Press. But even
the best informed seem to have shadowy
notions, for, one gentleman in conversation
with the writer said they made three books
at time on this machine, and when they
were all sewed and covered great knives
came down and cut them apart as they
were end to end. But visit to the es-
tablishment revealed nothing of this sort,
though there was other machinery perhaps
equally wonderful.
The ''novel machine" It's a large web
press similar to the kind newspapers are
printed on, but arranged to take curved
electrotypes Of each page of book, instead
of single large metal cylinder casting.
There are two cylinders, on each of which
IA pages may be screwed, and as the long
strip of paper goes through first one side
is printed and then the other, making it
possible to print 2SS pages at every revo-
luton. The strip of paper, after being
carried over rollers which dry the ink, is
cut, folded, and brought together in the
shape of small volume, with the edges
all trimmed Every time the great cylin-
der goes around, novel is printed, folded
and trimmed, and 900 ofthese are turned
out every hour, while, if it were necessary,
1000 or 5000 might be the quota.
From the printing press these books are
carried to little machine that looks like a
sewing machine, and two wire stitches are
taken in the back of each. The stitched
volumes are then carried 10 the covering
machine, where they are put side to side
in a long feeding trough. At the end of
this is little compartment large enough to
take book, carried on an endless chain
running over wheels at each end-indeed,
there are series of little compartments on
this chain, and as the chain moves along
each one receives book As the book
proceeds a wheel running in a glue-pot
presses against its back, smearing it with
glue A little further along there is a
pile of covers that comes up at just the
right moment, leaving cover sticking to
the gluey back of the book. OF course
the cover stands out straight on each side,
but as it is carried all the way around on
the chain, the glue thus has chance to
dry. When the circuit has been made
the book drops off on its back, and by
falling in between other books the covers
are folded up against the sides
In this way ifty books can be covered
every minute. Two hundred and fifty
thousand of these paper-covered novels are
thus turned out every two weeks, and extra
editions of $4,000 or so are often worked
in beside.
It is the paper which costs the most,
nearly five times the price printing, But
that is only about two cents for a novel.
The rest of the expenditure printing,
covers, etc.-is about one cent. The whole
is not over three cents, and doubtless is
something even less than this when such
great quantities as | have mentioned are
printed This machinery is not duplicated
| in any other establishment.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
Value of a weak stomach

From the Philadelphia Record
The venerable ex-Judge james Camp
bell, who died recently, was great favorite
among young lawyers. to whom he never
tired of giving advice and with whom he
loved to sit and chat Of the days when he
was prominent among the young men at the
Philadelphia bar. Not long ago several of
the youthful disciples of Coke and Black
stone were gathered in the Judges Office,
and the conversation turned upon longevity.
"To what do you attribute your long life 2"
asked one of the company of the oetoge-
marian. ''To weak stomach, replied Mr..
Campbell, with his usual kindly smile and
humorous twinkle.s "a weak stomach n
eyes, weak stomach reiterated the old
gentleman, "You see, | realized forty
years ago that | had it, and started in to
take care Of it. As result l established a
regimen that has resulted benefcially to not
only my stomach but my whole system,
and here am today over eighty. Take
care of your stomachs, boys, and your
stomachs will take care of you"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
Made Direct from the Tree.

Everybody familiar with the lathe knows
that very long turning can be taken from
a piece of wood or metal In this way
casks are now produced directly from the
tree-that is, without the wood having to
be cut up in numerous stayes-the cask
being formed of single stave. In this
system the tree stem is first sawn into
lengths to suit the lengths of cask to be
made, and these lengths are boiled for
about three hours in closed vessel, which
renders the wood soft. A current Of
electricity is passed through the water
during the boiling process. The log is
taken from the boiler to the cutting ma
chine, in which it is fixed as in a lathe,
and brought up against long broad cut
ting blade.
The log is reversed, the knife automat-
ically approaches it and the sheet of wood
is drawn from the machine on to a table,
and is cut into lengths suitable for the
diareter Of barrel required, The lengths
are then taken to a growing machine,
where they are grooved near the edges for
receiving the head and bottom Of the cask.
The wood is then put into another ma
chine which cuts long, narrow v. pieces or
gussets out of the edges at intervals, which
gives the necessary double taper to the
cask The sheets of wood are then formed
up into cylinders and the first two hoops
are driven on by the machine. There is
thus only one stave in the cask, and conse-
quently ouly one joint. Works are already
in operation in Europe turning out barrels
and casks.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
aoetrp.
THE WORLD.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

The world is well lost when the world is wrong,
No matter how men deride you;
For if you are patient and firm and strong.
You will find in time though the time be long
That the world wheels round beside you.
Ifyou dare to sail first DER new-thought track.
For awhile it will scourge aud score you;
Then, coming abreast with a skillful tack,
1t will clasp your hand ard slap your back.
And vow it was there before you.
Aye, many an error the old world makes.
And many a sleepy blunder
But ever and always at last it wakes,
With pitiless scorn for anothers mistakes,
And the fools who have followed go under.
The world means well, though it wander and stray
From the straight, short cut to duty;
So go ahead in that path, say
For after awhile it will come your way,
Bringing IFS pleasure and beauty.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
The Manufacture Of wild Mem


From Once Week.
There are many curious trades in the
world, but the most strange must surely
be the ''artifcial manufacture ofwild men.
Yet a well known English doctor in China
has just certified from his own personal
experience that this art is regularly prac-
tised in the Flowery Kingdom. First a
youth is kidnapped, then bit by bit he is
fiayed alive and the skin Of dog or a bear
grated upon him, His vocal cords are
next destroyed by the action of charcoal,
to make him dumb, and the double pur-
pose Of causing ''etiolationp Of the skin and
utter degradation of the mental faculties
is effected by keeping him immured IN a
perfectly black hole for number of years.
At last heis exhibited to The entirely cred
ulous Chinee as wild man Of The woods,
and his possessors reap rich harvest.
When kidnapper, however, is caught by
the people he is torn 10 pieces, and when
the authorities get him they torture him
and promptly behead him.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
Finest Line of Pantaloons
OUR LINE OF SHIRTS,
NECKWEAR
Gents Furnishing Line.

all we ask is that you call before purchasing
and we are sure you cannot fail to select from
our line of goods. If you want Suit, shirt,
Necktie, Collar, Cuffs, Suspenders, Gloves,
Underwear, Hosiery, Gents Jewelry, do not
fail to call. railways guaranteed or no sale.
ap22 J. T. ANDERS.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06

There's nothing Ike discipline, but il
don't do boy any good 70 make him hoe
potatoes in the back garden while brass
baud is passing the house
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
Mems Novelties

and reliable standard grades in
Mems, Youths and Children's Cloth
ing, Hats, Shoes and Cents
Furnishing Goods; also
Trunks, Satchels and
Umbrellas.
We are sure to have the best and sure to
give you a great dollars worth for your
money. If you want to enjoy the fall pur-
chasing power of your dollar spend it with
J. TRAUB & BRO.
APPS Union Bridge, Nd
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06

In a garden at Lexington, Florida, there
are said to be 122 different varieties Of
roses.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06

The man who borrows trouble always
has to pay big interest,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06

Mrs. Oldfam-aT set of China be-
lOnged to my great-grcat-gradmother.
Caller -aDid it, really ? Why, I have
not a single piece that belonged to my
great-grandmother. Mrs. OLDHAM (dis-
tantly)-aIndeed p Caller-eNo; we al
ways kept servants, you know, "-Nslp
York Weekly"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
ITRAUS,
STRAUS,
STRAUS,
FURNITURE.

The Season has started
and goods are going fast
Going fast, because the cor
rect styles and quality are
up to the Notch and the
prices are lower than ever.
The prices are low because
we are satisfied with small
profit.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-06
John E. ECKENRoDE,

REFRACTORY, Corner of Liberty and
George Streets, Westminster, Nd, where l
have Just erected new and large Shops, giving
me better facilities than heretofore. A call
is solicited. may o.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-05

An Auburn nan was rebuked for IL
dulging in apieasantry III prayer meet
ing not long ago. but still daring spirits
occasionally railsgress in that way with
out being gridirened. 1t is related at r.
cent parish meeting i'll Richmond, Me.,
to see about calling a pastor, a well
known citizen prominent in church af-
fairs took occasion to remark on the ap-
parent Indifference Of church members
to the object for which the meeting had
been called.
He had hoped. he said. to see the church
membership fully represented, but it was
with much regret that he noted their alb
sence. At the conclusion of the gentle
mans remarks u woman in the congrcga-
ton who had grown uneasy under his
criticism yentured to suggest that there
was a FIR representation of the ecclesi-
astical bo'iy present. indicating bya wave
of her hand several church members
occupying snats in different parts of the
house
For moment it looked like IA knock
ont in favor os tie woman. but the gell-
tlelnan WAS equal to the occasion. aul
straigEtcIilg up ne remarked with his
usual gravity, 1t may be that our
nle-nbsrs lock and appear 50 much like
The worlds people that did not rocog-
nize tLe!4. ''-Lewiston journal.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-05
IN objectionable 3aense.

A young woman condemns herself in
the eyes Of good society who is observed
to enter alone with Il young man IA place
for public rofreshment. be the restaurant
or tearoon ever SO select Bred under
other conditions Of Il society so neceG-
sarilv varying as that Ill our broad
America, Il stranger visiting New York,
for instance. might readily and limo
Gently make II mistake cf this nature,
and blush Ut finding herself condemned
for it. IN the same category OF oifeLses
is ranked that of naidens visiting places
of public amusement under the escort OF
young men ;liui.e.
Many par., of the south and west al
low this to he done with the smiling con
sent of good society, but in eastern cities
it is considered violation Of the code of
good form. and for the comfort. if not
the convenience. of the girl considering
it. had better he ranked among the los.
privileges upon which social evolution
may look back with fond regret.-Mrs
Burton Harrison in Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-05
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A :RA. MINDED MAN.
An Interested Spectator Who Took Po-
Iiticai story in Good Faith.

An Interested Spectator Who Took "a Pa-
Iiticai story III Good Faith.
The most curious person il the audi
ence Of . story teller is the literal minded
man. When General Dix ran fer gov
ernor there was great discussion as to
his age, Ii was one of the controversies
OF the canvass. His opponents claimed
that he was too old 10 fulfill the functions
of the ollee. Singularly enough. the
biographical dictionaries differed about
ten years. ! was making speech 1T
Watertown to Il very big audience. |
was running at that time as a liberal
Republican for lieutenant governor upon
the same ticnet with Francis Herman. 1t
WAS an immense outdoor audience. In
front Of me stood IA man who watched
me during the three hours of that speech
for the purpose of catching me on some
material point.
finally took up the question of Gen.
erai DiX's age. gave the dates of the va
rious biographical dictionaries and en-
cyclopedias. and based theory on how
old lie must have been in the war of Is >
where he was IA lieutenant. and finally
said that the only really authentic data
had been revealed by some recent re-
searches in the colonial records of Mas
sachusetts 1t had been discovered that
when the pilgrim fathers landed on Ply
mouth rock they found General Dix
standing ON that historic spot and shout
ing that unless they made him justice
Of the peace he wonla 90 over and join
the Indians. the point of which vas that
the general had changed his politics sew
rral times. and every time lie got an Office.
My critical friend saw his opportunity
and rrasped it at once. He spr1ng up
with shout that could be heard 10 the
Canadian border. MIR. Depew. that is a
lier' looked at him for moment 10
see whether he had swallowed the bait.
and found that he had taken it in hook
and line. bob and sinker. whole and all.
Then stepped to the front Of tie plat
form and said with great emphasis and
indignation. Sir. have told that his
toric anecdote from Montauk point to
Niagara falls to hundreds of thousands
Of the intelligent and educated people Of
this great commonwealth. and you are
the only man who ever had the audacity
to deny it
1T amt true. Mr.. Depew," he repeat
ed. 'becausa that happened more than
25O years ago" | WIS told when in
Watertown last fall that although this
happened in ISsa that man had never
been able to come into town since
i Chauncey NJ. Depew in New York
World,
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-05
The NaNerlN Oaks.

The great oaks at Waverly, Mass, are
suryivals Of an oak forest that must
have existed in that region, according to
the biologists and students of trees, as
far back as the Tenth century. They
bear every evidence of great age. and an
elm tree in the neigborhood. now almost
dismantied. with its great limbs lying
on the ground and nearly all of its
branches decayed. is the most venerable
object in the line of trees that can prob
ably be displayed in New England. 1t
is well worth visit to Waverly just to
see this venerable elm. 1t is immense in
the size of it's trunk. and its dignity in
decay is very impressive. The dozen
oak trees in the neighborhood are of the
sort that attain a very great age and
that maintain their yiriliiy nnimpaired.
We know Of only one other oak tree
in New England that can be compared
with them. That is located in Ipswich.
and is larger and more venerable appar-
emily than any of the Waverlv oaks.
and that and the Waverly oaks. we are
glad to know, have been inspected By
the state park commissioners and arr
likely to be preserved. Ii Is worth one. )
while to see and study these majestic
OAKS. They are seen to great advantage
in the winter. when their rugged Iml2s
are bare and their immense strength i
revealed. and in summer. when they ere
covered with foliage. they are objects q
wonderful beauty. Boston Herald.