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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-01

1t is estimated that the damage done to
property in Allegheny county, Pa, by the
storm is at 81 200, 900. Two lives were lost
in Pittsburg, one man was fatally injured and
several others sustained serious injuries. A
miners boarding house, near Bndgeville,
was carried away by the flood, aud seven per-
sons were drowned.
In Lehigh county, Pa, lightning set mum
Der of barns on fire and the destruction of
property in this way and by the heavy rains
will aggregate $4,000.
At Houtzdale, Pa, lightning struck and kill
ed Frank Brunbaugh, and seven children who
were attending school were by struck by
lightning. Four of the children are probably
fatally injured.
In other counties of Pennsylvania property
was greatly damaged and lightning set fire to
barns and other buildings.
A severe storm struck St. Anthony, Iowa,
on Sunday night and nearly every building in
town is wrecked or badly damaged. Column
bus, Ohio, was visited by heavy wind and rain
on Monday night and several buildings were
unroofed.
Cities and towns in the Indiana gas belt
have been inundated as a result of the sue
cessve cloudbursts occurring there, and the
situation is said to be serious. At Anderson.
three men were killed by lightning. Johns
town, suburb of Anderson, was almost
washed away during Monday afternoon, and
a number of bikes at other places burst.
The Fox river levee, west of Alexandria,
Missouri, has broken in two different places,
and the water from that stream has inundated
5000 acres of farming land. Many families
living in the flooded district have been com
PEELED to move TO the uplands for safety.
A Denver despatch says that one of the
effects of the recent cloudburst in Colorado is
to cut off several of the large mining camps
from railroad connection with the sources of
their food supply. General depopulation of
the towns and the suspension of mining until
railroad repairs can be made is not improb
able
THE LATEST.
heavy rainstorm and destructive floods
are reported from West Virginia. By the
storms on Thursday, and the railroads are
again seriously cripped. The Parkersburg
branch of the B. and O. has suffered consid-
cradle damage. A tunnel near West Union
cayed in, and passenger train was caughtin
it and kept there all night. Ten miles of
railroad were washed away. Rivers and
creeks are filled with the bodies of drowned
stock, wheat, oats and grass, outhouses, &c.
The streams have overhowed their banks and
the water extends from Is to 25 miles on
either side.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-01
A OBLIGATIONS FOR LIQUOR
"A LICENSES.

"A LICENSES.
WESTMINSTER. MD.. July 81, 1896.
hereby give notice that the following per-
sons have filed applications in the Office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll
county for Liquor Licenses, to wit:
TO KEEP AN ORDINARY:
George R. Dunn, Westminster, Md.
TO KEEP a SALOON:
William A. Wilson, J, Thomas Snyder.
And unless cause TO the contrary be shown
in writing on or before the 18th day of
August, 1896, the licenses applied for will be
issued, provided the said applicants comply
with the requirements of Chapter 6, Acts of
1894, requisite thereto.
BENZ. F. GROUSE,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll County
augl 2t
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-01
The Democratic Advocate.
WESTMINSTER, MD.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

SATURDAY, AUGUST /, 1896.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-01

IsT OF JUDGES AND CLERKS
IL OF ELECTION FOR 1896,
For Carroll county, Md, APP
pointed by the Board of Sup
ervisors of Election, July 81,
1896.
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by promises other the Old Established
House for your
FALL FERTILIZER.
Prices are AWAY DOWN this year and QUALITY GOODS uNEXCELEp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05

81 was led to Socialism" he said,
"by noting how ugly civilization Is.
We have practically killed the beau
tiful in this nineteenth century. Rail.
roads are ugly. Streets are ugly.
Capitalism has plunged us into q
morass of ugliness out of which there
seems no escape. OF course this is
much better expressed by Ruskin. but
he thinks the remedy is return to
the past, whereas | look to new ~.
ture. My Socialism has its cr,sin In
artistic longing"
His own appearance eXemplihed his
creed. He was n stout, sturdy, s,a!-
wart man who looked. at the world
frankly with bright blue eyes that H.
lumincd his ruddy face. He wore a
black slouch hat. His massive head
was covered with a shock of rumpled
gray hair, while n tempestuous beard
adorned his face.
Ills father was rich merchant, and
from him was inherited n business So
gacity, but even that was rainbow
hued. 1t was as natural that he
should place his factory ON co-opera.
tive basis as it was that he should
sing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
A War Time Joke.

Forrest, the great Confederate cavalry
commander, was not without sense Of
humor, although stern man in the sad
die at the head of his troopers. Here Is
story which was current In his corps
and always brought smile to his hand
some dark face:
One day after his raid toward Memphis
some Of his cavalrymen overlook a Jew
with one-horse wagon full Of all sorts of
goods which he was peddling. They
halted him.
Hello, Sheeny; what have you got in
that wagon?"
"Oh, gentlemens, gentlemens, 7 swear
by my fathers grave l have nothlngs but
some little threads and needles and dlngs
for de ladies'"
Tie caValrymen proceeded to go
through that wagon and fit themselves
ou; with boots, shoes, shirts, hats, blan-
ke.s, tin cups, pipes, tobacco and Ten
nessee whiskey. The peddlar begged
Wept and pleaded to no purpose. Then
tho worm turned: 81 report YOU every
one. The general will make business nit
YOU for dis"
Tne cavalrymen rode off, loaded with
their plunder, laughing and joking. The
jeW-tolloWed on up to headquarters.
General" said he, choking with wrath
and cut down to the bone by his loss.
dose soJer mems vas shtop my vagln on
&c ro1e ana one soter man, he says,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
LIVE INSECTS AS JEWElRY.
new York Women Are Wearing Crawling
Japanese Terrapin as Broocbes

New York Women Are Wearing Crawling
Japanese Terrapin as Brooches.
women have taken to wearing Jew
elry that Is alive and crawls, a fact
which requires some explanation.
There Is a little animal known as the
Japanese terrapin, which for many
years has been allowed to make its
humble way unnoticed. Then of a
sudden some tickle Partisan ladies be.
gan to tire of their brilliant chame-
Icons, which they had formerly been
fond OF wearing as substitute for
1ewelry, and the pretty little terrapin
was attached to gold chain and be-
came the very newest fad. Then New
York women took up the idea, and
New York jeweller, in response to the
demand, has just ordered some hum
dreds of these living ornaments. Wo-
men are so quick TO adopt an idea Of
this sort that it will not be very long
before the bodices of every fashion
able woman will be adorned with a
crawling specimen, and the enterpris-
ing dealers supply will be more than
exhausted.
The terrapin is a harmless little
creature, most amiablc and unobtru-
sive in disposition and modest like
wise In appetite. When one Is tired
of him as an ornament he may safely
be kept in box, and will subsist con-
tentedly on little water and fly or
two every night. He has a pretty mot
tied SHE'LL to which n gold chain Is
easily attached. This in turn is fas-
tened to "A stickpin, which may be
elaborate or otherwise. A gold heart
is the simplest design, and gold dag
ger is likewise popular. The terra
pin Is often worn with evening gowns,
when he astonishes the public by
crawling over his owners fair neck.
One has to conquer a little squeamish.
ness to keep up with modern fads,
and the terrapin permits no exception
/ to this
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
photography,

BY his new method Mr.. Tesla inter-
rupts a current of electricity GOO00.000
or S0,000,000 times a second. The re-
suit is brilliant white light, although
the vacuum tubes are disconnected and
away from the exciting coils. Mr..
Tesla, while making his experiments,
sat in chair between the tubes and
the coil and was photographed by the
light.
Heretofore the method of interrupt
ing electric currents for the purpose Of
producing vibrations has been mostly
by the commutator or vibrating arma.
ture of the Ruhmokorff induction coil.
BY this method the vibrations had to be
confined to narrow limit compared
with the waves made by the new
method. They rarely exceeded Il few
hundred a second, although improved
by a rotating interrupter that broke
and connected the current, and until
Mr.. Tesla made his discovery 100000
600 vibrations a second was believed to
be beyond human invention. Mr.. Tesla
has taken out n patent on his new de-
vice, and it will be introduced at once
where it can be used to advantage.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
Unknown and known.

Charles Sumner once had an eXpe.
rience which taught him that he was
both known and unknown, even in
Boston. He was on his way, riding
in street car, to attend social meet
ing of the Church of the Disciples, to
which he had been invited by the pas
tor DIR. James Freeman Clarke, when
two suggestive incidents happened.
While in the car he asked n gentle
man the exact locality of the church
The gentleman told him, and then
said: Are you stranger, sir?" show
ing that there was Bostonlan who
did not know Mr.. Sumner by sight.
But n boy in the car jumped out
when Mr.. Sumner reached his desti.
nation, and said: Mr.. Sumner, will
you please write your name in my al
bumF They stopped under n street
lamp, and Mr.. Sumner wrote his
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05

Four niles from the little village OF
San Rorgia 100 miles west OF the city
of Chihuahua, Is a new Mormon settle
ment, as yet without a name SO far
the settlers only number thirty young
men from Salt Lake, who are acting
as pioneers to the colony that is to fo'-
low. The Utah sain;s have purchaser
the hacienda of Mr.. Marshall and can
boast of owning land ten miles square,
land as mountainous, rocky and steep
as anything in their own loved Wasatch
range. The range here, however,
covered by pine timber as fine as any
in Wisconsin. and to the very mountain
tops 1t Is carpeted with tall nutritious
grasses.
The valleys are deep and narrow
mere canons rather than valleys al
fording very little ground capable OIL
cultivation; but that little yields wv
abundant crops each year. Clear, con
water Is abundant everywhere. 1t loohe
like a queer place for a colony, ouI u
Is a magnificent place for large stoch
farm.
The few houses so far created looA
more like those Of a thrifty stockHan
than the nucleus of a future city
great deal has been said about Mor1ho"
possessions, embryo Salt Lake cities "
Mexico. and this cattle ranch has peen
pictured as the center from which 'ho
church will some day rule this lana a.
they once did Utah. We went out U,
our way to see the new settlement anu
do not believe 1t to be intended for any
thing more than large company catpie
ranch. This and the little town OF AS
censlon, 100 miles west OF FL Paso, aio
the only footholds the MoImons nav
in Mexico, Railroads are developing ei,s
country too fast for any outside chur'"
syndicate or organization of any KIM
TO do more than control the local anan'
of small communities 1t will De ~"
possible under the present nAu"'a a.
policy for the Momons, as such' =.
gain any noticeable power or inhueh'''
New York Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
LOVE At A GREAT ALTITUDE.
4 Famous Mountain Guide to be Married
on the Ton of Mount Tacoma

Famous Mountain Guide to be Married
on the Top of Mount Tacoma.
Henry Carter the famous Mount Ia
coma guide, has fallen In love under ro-
mantle circumstances, and will be mar
ried by Rev. William NJ. Jeffries, the
first preacher who delivered a sermon on
the top OF the mountain. There Is a pos
slbiEt. THAI Carter will be married on
top Of the mountain. the place where he
fell N love one night recently, with the
thSlmo.neter registering 90 degrees be-
low Zero. He Is 10 marry Cora Beach,
man. school teacher, and the belle Of
Lake Park. a suburb of Tacoma
Miss Beachman. accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. +. NJ. Groe, of Eatonvllle, set
out Tuesday with Carter the most trust
ell OF all the mountain guides, to ascend
Mount Tacoma. At Gibraltar Rock,
which corresponds TO the shoulder" of
the Matterhorn. 1900 feet from the sum-
nit. Mrs. Groe became exhausted. Miss
Ec4chmAn declared her intention to
re1ch the summit at al hazards. Carter
Jed the way. but soon lost his ice ak, and
N scaling difficult passes they were COM
PEELED 10 rely solely on their alpenstocks
Thcy cd not reach the summit until G
p M. too late to attempt the descent that
night. They had left Paradise Valley,
below the snow l.ne. without wraps, and
only lemon and one sandwich each in
the way of provisions. Carter selected
sheltered Ice cave formed by Jets Of
steam from the crater and there they
passed sleepless night. discussing all
sorts OF sopics. and before they left the
summit al. a. m, Wednesday, Miss
Eeachman had promised to marry the
guide.
The Instant they left the steam of the
ice cave their clothes were frozen stiff,
and they suffered great hardshlps in de-
saending. rescue party organized dur
ing the day came to their relief late in
the afternoon, after they had been with
out food over "a hours.-Tacoma wash
Correspondence st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05

The simple costume with the skirt
killed all around is of fine smooth cloth
in one of the rich soft shades of brown.
The jacket bodice has a small basque
at the back, but is pointed in front 1t
opens over vest of tucked chiffon, very
soft and dainty looking, and fastened
with a shaped band of the material at
the waist. The band collar is of white
and fastened to the vest. The Jacket
is trimmed with velvet and silk braid
of shade of brown trlfle darker. 1t
is lined with flame-coIored silk which
shows very little at the opening over
the vest
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
MAKING OF PINS.
One Of the Modern Machines Will Turn
Out 5000 an Hour.


Out 5000 an Hour.
There Is scarcely a woman living
who does not use the common and
everyday pin every day, more or less,
but few, however, ever think how 1t
is made. TO complete a pin it has to
go through many hands before it is
ready for the consumer. 1t is very
delicate article to handle, and the cost
Of building the machines to make it is
the greatest outlay. The wire from
which these pins are manufactured is
specially prepared and comes to the
factory on large reels much like gi-
gantic cotton spools.
The wire Is first turned on eight or
ten little copper rollers. This is to get all
the bend and kink out of 1t; in other
words, to straighten it perfectly. AZ
ter this preliminary operation is COM
pleted it is once more wound ON a
very large reel, which is attached to
the machine that makes the pins. One
of these machines makes on an aver
age 5000 pins an hour, and some
large factories will often have thirty
After the pins are released from the
grip of this machine they are given n
bath Of sulphuric acid. This removes
all the grease and dirt from them.
They are then placed in a tub or bar
rel of sawdust. Pins and sawdust
are next taken together from the bar
rel and allowed to fall in steady
ctr otr mt.
which separates the sawdust from the
pins. But as yet they are pointless,
and pins without points would not be
of much use. In order to point them
they are carried on an endless grooved
belt which passes set of rapidly NOV.
ing files. This points them roughly,
and after being passed between two
! grinding wheels and forced against
a rapidly moving band faced with
emery cloth they are dipped in a
polishing tub of oil. This latter is n
large, slowly revolving copper-lined
tub, which is tilted at an angle of Al
degrees. AS this revolves the points
keep sliding down the smooth copper
to the lower side, and owing to the
|
and each other receive a brilliant pol.
ish and finish.
They go next to the sticker, where
they fall from n hopper on an inclined
plane, in which are number of stills
The pins catch in these stills, and
hanging by their heads, slide down tC
an apparatus which inserts them in
the paper. This machine is perhaps
the most ingenious of all the beautifu
and complicated contrlvances thai
help to make and manipulate the pin
1t does all this at the rate of 100000
pins an hour, and yet a single bent OF
damaged pin will cause it to stop feed
ing until the attachment removes til,
offender. The pins are then stuck int,
the papers by the machine, which /.
usually operated by a skillful girl
and then they are ready for shipmen
to all parts of the civilized worlC
where the common but necessary PHI
is a factor.-Dry Goods Economist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
CA handful Of dirt may be a house
full of shame.'' Keep your
house clean with
SAPOLIO

Moses. DOT hat on your he'd vas too big
for you. We VIII swap even and he
takes off my bran new hat. vat l vas pay
s. In greenbacks for, wholesale, and he
jam down on my head his old gray wool
hat, full OF holes. And den another sojsr
man he ride up and he say, Moses, dot
coat don't fit you in the back, and denf
boots Is too tight for YOU Ise afraid they
give you corns.' And he pull 'em ON
and den they takes everything occept de
mule and de vagin. l vos ak dem
sojer mans vat dey vas"
'Guerrlllas. Moses, guerrlllas, and
den dey wlnked at me and laughed fit to
kill theyself.
"Pouf! Dey call demselves guerrlllas
but tnks dey acts more like robbers. -
Washington Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
MODERN PROVERBS

Merit causes envy IN the base, and
emulation in the noble.
He who agrees with us is a wise
fellow and well instructed.
Before you become angry, try TO
ind reason for not being so.
1t Is the acme of good breedlag to
respect feeling we do not share.
The foolish man strives for the good
opinion of others, a wise man for his
OWL
Learn to initiate the virtues of your
enemies rather than the faults of your
friends
He who suffers without cause is
more fortunate than he who causes
suffering.
The woman who banlshes Delicacy
often becomes accompllce to the mur,
der of Innocence.
forgiveness is Heaven-sent balm
that has beoa known to cure even the
wounds Of sef-love.
Self-love, like the Serpent iu Cleo
patra's flowers and fruit, often lies
hidden among the motives of our best
actions.
He who makes an assertion with
out sufficient data, or upon hearsay, Is
apt TO breed up wolf that may some
day turn upon and injure himself.
Errors in religion may cause pity
but never excite anger in a wise man
Take torch in your haud and try
20 examine the stars by its Hight, ant
you Will understand how near the fl
mite mind comes 70 penetrating the in
hnite. I
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
Wood Fibre.
the vest,

A new process for manufacturing
paving blocks, building materials and
other objects from wood fibre is re-
ported to have been patented in Swift
zerland and other countries. The fibre
is first rendered antiseptlc by treat
ment with vltriol, corrosive sublimate,
etc, and is then mixed with n suitable
agglumerant having mortar as n base.
The plastic material so obtained is
pressed into moulds. The objects made
are light, porous and tough, bad con
GuctOrs of sound and heat, and can
be sawed, nailed, drilled and other
wise treated like wood.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05

blouse bodice Is made of the blue cloth,
which is pleated into the waist at the
back, where the material is cut away
to show a pointed piece Of the white
ottoman. There is pleated vest Of
the same material in front, on either
side of which the blue cloth is cut out
into tabs and edged with narrow band
of fur Below the waist on either side
fall two pieces of the cloth over the
hips; these also have a narrow edge Of
the fur The sleeves are finished about
the hands with cut-out tabs like those
upon the front of the bodice, and filed
out with chiffon ruches edged with lace
to match the neck.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
IN THE wHlaL OF FASHION.
suggestions for Three Pretty Gowns Sui
able for the Season.

suggestions for Three Pretty Gowns Suit
able for the Season.
by Special Arrangement with tho N. Y. SUM-
The general outline of dress is toned
down TO moderate degree of fuilness
as to skirts and sleeves, which Is de-
eided Improvement, unless we look
upon the new sleeve, 50 nearly tight, as
the Inauguration of an ugly, nncom-
Portable fashion. 1t is not here yet,
however, for there is at least enough
fullncss at the top to suggest the abnor.
nal structure so recently discarded; (;
and, as old fashions are rarely ever re
vived without some modern improve.
ment, there is hope for the tight sleeve,
which seems SO imminent,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
rssLNs LATEST INVENTION.
A Matter that win Prove OF Interest 10
the Scientific World.

the Scientific World.
Nlkola Tesla has made another dis
covery that will interest the entire
scientific world. The latest invention
Of the great electrician is device that
demonstrates the scientific possibility
of creating brilliant illumination by
means of vacuum tubes which are not
In mechanical contact with the electric
source. The device is constructed to
make 100,000,O00 vibrations a second.
No such results as those obtained by
Nir. Tesla have ever been obtained be-
fore. The invention will prove of
great value for the production
of Rontgen rays, making ozone
and argon and for electrother
peutic treatment The light pro-
duce,l by Mr.. Tesla's new method is
Of greater brllliancy than arc illumina-
ton, This fact was demonstrated by
photography.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
Cows regard for Isouitv.

Messrs, w. Il. Booth ANA Charles
w. Fielder own COW in common, and
divide the milk and cost Of keeping.
The COW with decent sense of her re-
spOnsibillty, became the mother Of
twin calves the other morning, so that
the owner of each molety of her might
have one.-Geneseo (N. " Republi,
can.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05

The elaborate costume in the picture
is of fine green canvass. The plain
skirt is made over a bright rose-colored
silk, giving it pleasing tone. The
bodice is of white chirffon, over which
is draped pink and green silk. The
gathered sleeves have small puffs; the
folded belt and the collar are of silk
The peculiar fan drapery at the shoul
der is Of green satin.
The furtrimmed gown is of fine blue
cloth. The skirt is edged with two little
frills one of white ottoman, and the
other of blue cloth. These are headed
with q narrow band of beaver fur. The
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-11-05
WILLIAM MORRIS, SOCIALIST.
He Inherited Competency, and Made
Himself Rich by His Literary Work.

hinttelt hlch DIV Ills tsltorHfY NorHs
OF heaven or hell have no power to sing;
cannot case the burden of your fears,
Or make quick coming death a little thing,
Or bring back the pleasure of ast years.
Nor for my words shall ye forget your tears,
Or hope again for aught that can say,
The idle singer Of an empty day.
William Morris, the English poet
called himself "The idle singer of an
empty day." yet he was anything but
idle. His ways were full Of effort.
Time and time again he was 1e'
scr'bed rs poet, artist, socialist, agita
tor and rcformer, But these were all
expressions of the dominant influence
in his nature. In all things this ma
kcr of student literature, this singer
Of songs, this designer of tapestries
and papers, this printer of books, this
rabid socialist was colorlst.