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Wonders Of the Telegraph.

The annihilatiou of time aud space
by the telegraph. now that il reaches
nearly half around the globe, is so u.s.
tonishing that men have to reflect to
take in its full meaning. The New
York Iadependent gives the following
as an Illustration: "On Monday july
80, Mr.. Field received a message OF
congratulation from Mr.. Ferdinand dc
Lcsseps, the protector Of Snez Canal
Ii was dated ut Alexandria, in Erypt.
the same day, as half past one p H..
and received in Newfoundland at half.
past ten A. NJ. Let US look at the
globe, and see over what space that
message few. 1t came from the land
of the Phareahs and the Ptolemi sit
passed along the shores of Africa. aud
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CIrcslais DemecratIc Papers.

Circulafs Democratic Pnpers.
Much has been said In relation to tbs
circulation Of Democratic papers. but We
have seen nothing more to the point or
more truthful than the remarks uponL
that subject contained in the following
article, which we copy froman exchange.
Its words are peculiarly applicable hers
as well as elsewhere:
The constant iteration Of the err
"Circulate Democratic papers" has, We
believe, done some good. We believe
that more general conviction now ex-
ISIS umoug Democrats generally that il
is their duty to aid in circulating sound
papers, and in discourngipg the circu-
lation Of unsound ones, than at any for
mer time. But we are also eonsipced
that 10 this respect we are still far be-
hind our opponents. They viii rarely
ever touch or read Democratic paper,
and while this is Carrying bigotfy too Ear,
yet Democrats often err in exactly the
opposite extreme. For sonc trife they
will be induced to subscribe fsr paper
that will poison the minds Of their chill
dren, and make them inveterate abeli-
tiouists. 1t is no more than justice 10
say tina, every man who now publishes
a Democratic paper, does a self'sacriie- !
ing work, and taken ms a class, we know
OF no truer or more patriotic men than
the Democratic editors Of the Northern
States. As body they are far In ad-
vance of the politicians, who, 10 many
instances, are a dead weight upontheni.
We say, therefore, that IL there Is any
class Of men who deserve well Of Dem
ocrats, il is, taken as whole, the Demo-
cratic editor. We urge, therefore, that
Democrats generally, should try 10 uD.
derstand the difficulties under which
their editors labor, and when they see
what advantages the Abolition press
have over them, they viii feel like tax
ing hold aud aiding them with material
aid in their unequal fight.
As the New Year approaches, let sys-
tematic efforts be made to give wide
extension to Democratic Journals. Ac-
tive Democrats should commence early
making out lists Of those who ought to,
and probably will, take (if called upop)
a good Democratic local paper. Let it
be the business Of some one 20 see his
Democratic neighbors, and urge upon
them the necessity Of sustaining their
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Two little pairs OF Roofs.


Two little pairs Of boots, tonight,
Before the fire arc drying,
Two little pairs Of tired fec,
In ,rundle bed are lying;
The tracks they left upon the floor
Make me feel iuuch like signing.
Those little boots with copper toes!
They ran the livelong day!
And oftentimes almost wish
That they were miles away!
So tired | am to hear so of
Their heavy tramp at play.
They walk about the new ploughed ground.
Where mud in plenty lies,
They roll j, up in marbles round,
Then bake Il into pies;
And then at night upon, the floor
In every shape 1t dries.
To-day, ] was disposed to scold:
But when look tonight,
At those little boots before the fire,
With copper toes so bright,
| think how sad my heart would be,
To put them out ofsight.
For in trunk, up stairs, I've laid,
Two socks ofwhite and blue;
If called to put those boots away,
oGod, what should do? r
| mourn that there arc not tonight,
Three pairs instead Of two.
] mourn because thought how nice
Ny neighbor, "cross the way"
Could keep her carpets, all the year,
From getting worn or gray
Yet well know she'd smile TO own
Some little boots to-day
We, mothers, weary get and worn,
Over our load OF care
But how We speak of those little ones.
Let each of us beware;
For what would our fresides be to- night,
If no little boots we're there.
.... Mas. s. S. PERRY'
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MD. THURSDAY JANUARY 10 1867


self, which moves az the rate Of seventy
thousand leagues second, or you may
90 still more swiftly, IL you can conceive
such velocity, and--mark what / say
you may keep up this rate OF speed FOR
years, for centuries, for centuries Of cen
turtles of centures--you viii never, ncv-
er, never attain the limits Of this i'm
inense, this infinite track Of space
As you speed on the abysses will close
over you, other abysses will open in
front of you. aud this constantly, for
ever and forever, without end, without
pause, whatever. may be the ages upon
ages you spend in your fight. Ininity
will still yawn its measureless depths
before you, though you were to exhaust
all time. though you were TO identity
yourself with eternity. In reality your
long and inmeasurablc fight would be
precisely the same thing as IL you had
never stirred from yourprcseri position
of absolute repose for yon would not
be one ngle step nearer infnity.
Consequently. were we for an instant
to consider this earth as the only globe
in this infinite space which eurirops il
on all sides, aud were we to suppose
that il could fall like ball in an abyss.
the earth would fall, fall, fall for centu.
ries of ages, aud would constantly con.
tinue to fall forever without once reach.
ing the bottom. though it were to fall
through all eternity. After falling for
a thousand centuries il woald continue
to fall for Thousand centuries without
being one inch nearer the bottom Of the
infinite abyss. IL would absolutely be
the same thing as if it remained In re.
pose.
Around this earth lies lisht down
like that we see on beardless boys, or
on tender peach before a rude hand
has seized il. This is the azure atmos.
phere which surrounds the earth -
Clouds are cradled in il at an insirnifi.
cant altitude. The concayc form we
observe in this apparent dome il moth
ing but the result Of perspective We.
poor microscopic creatures. live at the
bottom Of this down, and sky.bIus il
nothing but this atmosphere itself
When we rise towards the upper.
edge of our atmosphere by ascending
mountains or sailing in balloon. this
blue color dissppears. and we soc that
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A Letter from Victor Hugo ON
the struggle In Crete.

the struggle In Crete.
NJ. Victor Hugo has written letter,
ofwhich the following is translation,
In reference to the revolutionary con-
test in Gambia "a ,ry re ches me from
Athens. In the city Of Phidias and
Kschylns an appeal Is made to me-my
name Is pronouuced, What sm | to
deserve such honor! Nothing but
vanquished man. Aud who are they
who call TO me +! The yanquished. Yes,
heroic Candiotes, the fallen OF to-day,
you are the victors OF the future
Perseyere Even II you are Frustrated,
you will triumph. The protestation OF
dying agony is power.
II IS an appeal to God, who crushcs
WHAT Those mighty ones who are
now against you, those coalitions OF
blind force and stubborn prejudice,
those armed antique tyranuies, have as
their principal attribute a remarkable
facility of making shipwreck. The
tiara Is on the poop, the turban on the
prov, the old monarchieal snip is leak
ing. 1t is ut this very hour laundering
" Mexico, IN Austria, IN Spain. IN
Hanover, in Saxony, at Rome, and
elsewhere perseyere You yanquish-
edl Impossible. The lnsurreetIon sup
pressed Is not principle destroyed
There are no more Jdits aeeomPf'sj
there Is only Right. Fact IS never cam
p'eted. Its perpetual incomp eteness
Is the opening which is lett to Right:
Hight cannot be submerged The
waves OF events pass over It. 1t reap
pears. Drowned Poland hoats on the
suriace. For u years European policy
has torn this corpse, and the world has
seen us soul hoating above the Jdits ae-
comPfis. Greeks OF Gambia, you have
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THE Say.

We warn our readers that they will
get giddy before they reach the end of
this article. |. is by Mons. Flunma.
riou, whose recent work on the inhabi-
ted worlds other than Earth is one of
the most successful books Of the Paris.
ian season. We have rarely read any
thing so interesting.
To form an accurate idea of the sky.
We must, in the first place, form an ac,
curate idea Of the earth, aud conceive
the ball on which We live as suspended
in space without any support except
as a soap bubble which foats in the air.
or Il truth the Garth is even mere isol,-
ted tnan n soap bubble floating in the
air, for the soap bubble really rests on
the strata Of air, whilp the earth rests
upon no fluid, no strata, aud is indepen.
dent of every sort OF support. | may
be asked--But then if the earth is
thrown like a cannon ball into space,
why dosen't it fall? / answer: Fall
where? They may reply: Fall
down space. My response is But
what do you call down space !" Down
is relative idea, Form clear idea Of
the terrestrial globe suspended in com.
plete isolation in iufnite space, and
you will at once see there is no such
thing as up or down in the universal
frame. Examine the question. Here
is the globe in space. 1t measures three
thousand leagues in diameter You are
some FIVE or six feet high. Your sta
ture compared to the size of the earth
is consequently less than the space of
aE ant walking around ball of the size
of st. aul's church, London.
Suppose you walk around this globe
in every direction, as an ant might do
on an immense cannon ball. This
globe is a load stone and it is it's at.
traction which fastens you invincibly to
its surface. Now whatever may be the
point Of this globe wherever our feet
rest, you will always call dorm below
your feet, and Up the space above your
head. You may sucoessiyely place
yourself ut every point Of the globe
without exception, all Of them win ne.
cessarily be dorm to you, and the cor.
responding point ofspace overhead will
always be up to you. At the North
Pole the South Pole will be your dorm;
at the South Pole you may consider tho
North Pole aolen. II is consequently
nothing but matter of position 20 faI
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Many Of the recent settlers II Mon.
taua, fearing the severe winter vesthsr.
are leaving. A correspondent Of the
Idaho Times says: have every rssssa
to believe that as many as eight hun
dred souls left Montana daily fct me
last six weeks, and no doubt many lsit
who will wish themselves back nsxt
spring. To winter in Montana i net
dangerous; to be there early d some
times Of untold advantage. 99 has
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-01-10

There is story current Of Senator
McDongall of California, that having
highly ovcr-estimated his capacity for
refreshment hc found himself in the
gutter, aud was aecosted bya police
man, who, shaking him roughly, de-
sired him to get up. s'Do you know
who am 7" thundered tho Senator.----
"No" said buttons. am great man, Z
said No c-Dougall, acan't you see I'm
Sesreredf'
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-01-10

An Irish gentleman called on an en-
inent singing master 20 inquire his
terms; the muster said thst be charged
two guineas for the first losson, but only
one for as many as he pleased sfisS.
wards. "0h, bother the FIRST lessou,"
said the applicant, "let US commence q
tho second" 81 ltaan
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A singular innovation was made ct
funeral in Paris the other day. Instead
oi laudatory discourse in hosor u ~
individual inferred, one Of Ms ffissds
read extracts from Newspaper araisis
In his praise. nts
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An Enterprise and Trustwor.
ae thy Newpsaucr, ,. M

'Ha thJ WV P1WpCEs
The next year bids fair to be more crti-
cal one in the history Of our free institutions
than even any of the eventful ones that hive
preceded il. The first requisite fot IN IN,
telligrni Judgment ofpdhlic affairs is n full
su'l authentic account of facts as they trans
rirc. These THE WORLD always aims to
give with Conscientious accuracy. and with
equal fulness and fidelity whether they make
Tor or against It's o~n views Of public policy
Prompt activity in spreading before its rea.
ders every kind of news in which any part
ofthe public takes IN interest, is the first
duty oi u newspapers and the facilities Of
THs WoHLD for .liseharging this obligation
are unsurpassed by those of any Journal in
the United States. Whatever else il may
fil in, Il certainly will not fail to furnish
the ns=ts, rst 10 supply il with such pro,np.
ntude. spirit. freshness. abundance, va iety,
accuracy, and candor. that no class Of rca
derS can miss any anything ofinterest which
they wish TO hnd.
ag' q EDITIONS. ul.
The Weekly World, large qnarto sheet,
same size rs Daily, is now printed through.
out iBiarge fEpe, and has tho largest circu-
la,ion Of any weekly journal published, save
ore.
l, lth Market Henorts embrace the New
York. Albany, Brighton. and Cambridge
Live Stock Markets the New York Country
Produce and General Produce Markets;
special and valuable Hop Intelligence; de-
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r@- Deacon A., while passing
through his lot the other day, stopped
down to tie his shoe. A pet ram, which
the boys had tanned, among other things
was taught to regard the posture %
highly offensive. He Instantly pitched
into the old gentleman's undefended
rear, and laid him full length in mud
hole. Picking himself up, tho deacon
discovered the cause Of bis overthrow
standing in the calmness and dignity Of
a conscious victor. His rage was bound.
less, and he saluted him With the ensr-
getlc language r
"You d---d cid rascal r. ~
At that moment he caught glimpse
ofthe benign face Of the amiLirter;"
peering through the fence, and he In
stantly added
"lf | may be allowed the expression" !"
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ssBobby, why don't you go home and
have your mother sew up that hole Ia
your trowsersg" n0h ! 20 along old
woman. our folks are At the sewing cir
Gle, working ior the hcalhcu.
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This, We must rsmomber, Il the fall
season" said Mr.. ouilp, as he grscefal-
ly bumped his nose on the ice yester-
day, to the annusemcnt Of sone sancy
shop-girls Who Uttered andibly.
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An illitersts character has orixias1ad
the following couusdrur: ~ ~ =
the differences betwecn Al, ~ cenaas.
ise, aud certain leeruod pRoftpsse ~
Tho Canaanits was AZ = ~, ~ pso-
fsssoF Ag as.is." is
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! F'Sufe, said sanctimonious Irish
man Of a priest who was given TO secu-
lar pursuits on the Lords day, HSurc.
an that mon Is mighty simmer. i her
for it's sncsclf that has eccn him 6rcnk
the srbbath cr0y aey ef Ais III '''
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A Ieveller perceiving two crows flying
side By side, said "Ay, that Is JUS
how il should be; | hate to sec one crow
over another
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a. one OF the leading public journals nf tho
country. II is the ebieforgan OF the Demo
cratic party oftbe United States, and the
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~~- OF THE
weekly National InfeIIigcncer
OF WASHINGTON, d. c. .

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In compliance with pumcrous solicitations.
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