The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-06-10

the Society for Giving Aid 10 Sick and
Wounded in Time Of War, the Pr@sian
army had grand map@avre. In this
they inflated exactly an actual field Of
battle. Men were supposed TO be killed
aud wounded, aud were borne of tho
Geld. The ambulances were all equipp.
ed as for war, aud the army surgeons
were on duty and watching over the
carriage Of the wounded men, as il the
field OF battle were a real one. To test
the medical arrangements, the number
of men supposed to be wounded was
made greater than would actually be
the csse, aud wounds of all kinds were
supposed to be inflicted. Every wound.
ed mau was attended TO on the field.
A man living in fancy county, Mo-,
recently sent his boy to mill, distance
Of ten or twelve miles, and rs he did
not return US soon as usual, neighbor
sent his boy TO see what had become of
him. The second boy not returning in
due season, party started to search
for the youths. After travelling some
four miles they saw, b. the side of the
road, large panther tearing the flesh
from the remains Of one Of the boys
the last sent out His father fired aud
killed the beast. After going = short
distance further, the mutilated remains
Of the other boy were found.
A so-called nutmeg tree has been
found in Nevada, which apart from the
nut, as an ornamental tree is worthy the
attention Of arbo, iculturists. 1t is said
to frequently produce two crops in a sea.
son but high up in the mountains the Sec
oud growth does not fully mature. The
nuts haugpcudent in large clusters from
the branches, similar to grapes, only they
are larger aud present very beautiful
appearance.
There is pear tree on the farm Of
j. W. Mathes, near Bethlehem, 10 Clark
county, Indiana, that measures ten feet
in circumference. 1t has produced in
one season crop Of seventy five bush.
els, at picking time, and Of course must
have produced several bushels more
that fell off before picking time. The
tree is now sixty years old.
The recent massacre Of Swedes in
Kansas is perhaps the most revolving
affair OF the kind on record The bodies
aud limbs Of the victims were mut.lated
in the most fendish manner, their ears
aud scalps were cut of, and the hearts
Of some were cut out aud boiled for
medicine"
One hundred aud twenty. one japanese
families are going to settle 10 California,
besides several northern princes who
have been prescribed They intend to
cultivate tea, silk worms, bamboo and
other japanese articles, and will take
up large tracts of land for the purpose.
Many more are getting ready to leave,
and "the cry is still they come"
The canary bird has been an object
oftrafhc for Eve centuries. Five hundred
years ago there was but one kind Of
caaary bird; but the original stock has
been SO mixed and adulterated that the
varieties now number at least fifty.
DR.. Schoeppe, who has been on trial
at Carlisle, Pa, for some days on the
charge of poisoning Miss Stinnecke, of
Baltimore, was on Thursday last con.
victed Of murder in the first degree"
A motion for a new trial was entered.
In grading for a new railroad at the
West, the contractor has cut through a
rich vein Of iron ore. He is as much
discouraged by the hardness Of the rock
as was the Californian who abandoned
the diggings in despair because be had
to blast through three feet Of silver to
get at the gold.
A man in Washington recently went
to the house OF woman very sick with
consumption, and beat her in shocking
manner. She had made her win in
his favor, and disappointment at finding
her alive prompted the assault.
Fifty thousand dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed on Sunday night 10
Camden, N. j., by the burning Of the
saw aud grist mills OF McKcen l. Bing.
ham, and several lumber yards adjoin-
ing.
In Maine, as in every "trooly loil"
o'a'e' toey iet one'iegged soldiers grind
hand'orgaos, while negroes are appoint
cd 70 prominent places Of emoiumsnt.
browniow calls East Tennessee q
"pohticai paradise. Prentice says 1t
resembles the ancient Eden only IN hav-
ing the devil IN It.
Voal shipments from Cumberland,
ma, stu continue to be very heavy,
and they would be greater yet, 1t is sta
ted, were It not for scarcity OF cars.