The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-06-17

Maryland negro hanged at Frederick,
for murder, May 2S, stole the preachers
poke handkerchief while engaged III
prayer with him the night before his exc.
cutlon, but that George Truman, whetGef
US murderer or thiei, has leu thousand
superlOrs IN Gather respect surviving
him III Washington CIty. These are
the people to eniranchIsc whom mi.
lions Vi white muu have been put Iuto
bloody graves!
The largest room IN the world is not
the Boston Coliseum, but is to be found
III Lneku0w, India, he great .anI-
barra was built by one vi the klugs vi
Dude US u citadel, aud one vi the roUtns
was sci apart Tor the most solemn ecTe
monies OF the Musiclu Worship. Iise
architects were required, III presenting
proposals Tor tins building, 10 supu
late that 1t should be no copy Ut any
other work, aud that 1t should surpass
every oIh.r building ~ the world III
beauty aud magulhcenec.
a bearded woman was taken BY the
Russians at the battle vi Puliowa, aud
presented to Peter /, 1924 Her beard
was one aud halt yards long. The
great Margaret, governess OF the Meth
erlands, had log stiff beard. Ma
damolscllc Bols dc Uhene, born al u eneya
III 1884, was exhibited in London aud
this country some years since. She mad
strong, black beard. such instances
axe rare. The iepal4 advocate OF
woman IS rights are, US a general thing,
destitute oil boards
Bradish johnson, New Orleans
lawyer, has, II Is sand, sued Neal Dow,
the hery aud uutamed temperance man,
lot stealing silver plate, &c,, alleged To
have been taken from the house OF the
former during the war. Neal Was one
of Buffers bummers in those days.
The Japanese have already purchased
land ior colony in this country. This
makes the gathering together OF large
numbers oi japanese residents among Us
quite as probable as it is possible. 1t
requires vivid Imagination To picture
what mixed" condition the population
Of the United States will present twenty
years hence
The business Of growing plants aud
fowe.s for sale, has reached an enormous
rate. One OF the New York florists has
over forty thousand feet oil glass cover.
lug his houses, and raises this year one
HUNDRED thousand yerbeua plants, twenty
thousand petuuIas, aud other beddlug
plants In IKE mammoth.
From an Old Georgia news paper oi
1917, has been exhumen au advertise
meat oil Mr.. William H. Seward as a
achooimastcr at Ailirdgcyiiie. the
list ol ms accomplishment as therein
stated Is very imposing
One boy III SumuIIt township, Marion
county, Iowa, has caught over seven
hundred gophers since the LIST of March
lie seis ten cents Il scalp from the tarin.
ers, ten ceuts bounty from the county,
aud ten cents each Tor the hides.
The quantity Of maple sugar man.
uiactpred IN the upper Mississippi coun.
try was at least one.third more than last
year. One merchant ut Little Falls.
Minnesota, last year sold six tous oil the
article.
Two prominent citizens of Iniianapo.
lis quarrelled twenty years ago aud had
not exchanged word since. The great
revival IN that city has brought about
reconciliation. and they are once again
friends.
The 6rst ear for Sacramento left Jer.
sey City on Thursday Afternoon over
the track OF the New Jersey railroad
II is one Of the patent silver palace
sleepiog cars, and has ten sections aud
two state rooms.
Adam Smith says that 10 his day
there sas aivillageiu Scotland where il
Was not uncommon for woman to carry
nails instead OF money to the bakers
shop and ale, house.
Last year Two thrifty Germans pur.
chased Nv acres of land in Southern
Tennessee. This season they gathered
strawberries enough from acres to pay
Tor The whole tract. :
George A. Warren, of Troy, New
York, is the owner Of magnolia tree
which has on it 629 blossoms. 1t is one
OF the finest specimens Of the tree in
this country.
An pmbtious hen Ut indianapolis.
Indiana, is heroically sitting on a couple
Of pelieans eggs, procured from Fore