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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18
Giving Liberty to Children.

Here are some wise words from II.
w. Beecher which parents would do
well to ponder, especially those who
think it is just as well for boys to see
the wickedness there is in the world,
because they must meet it sooner or
later. Your boy cannot handle pitch
and not be deflei keep him from the
evil ways always, if possible. Mr..
Beccher says:
II you want to make the ruin of your
child sure, give him liberty after dark.
You cannot do anything nearer to 10.
sure his damnation than to let him have
liberty to so where he will without re.
straint, After dark he will be sure to
get into communication with people
that twill undermine all his good qualities.
| do not like to speak to parents about
their children. Their child will not
lie, when his tongue is like bended
bow; he will not drink, where there is
not q saloon within mile of his fathers
house where he is not as well known as
one of its own decanters he never does
iniquitous things, when he is reekiug
In hlth Nineteen out Of every twenty
allowed perfect freedom at light will
be wounded by it. There is nothing
more important than for child to be at
home at night; or, if he is abroad, you
should be with him. If he is to see any
sights, or take any pleasure, there is
nothing that he should see that you
should not see also. 1t is not merely
that the child should be broken down.
but there are thoughts that never ought
to hnd passage in mans brain.-
As an eel, if he wriggles across your
carpet, will leave his slime which no
brushing can ever efface, SO there are
thoughts that never can be got rid of,
once permitted to enter; and there are
individuals going around with obscene
books aud pictures under the lapcls of
their coats that will leave ideas in the
mind of your child that will never be
etfaced. There are men who have heard
a solacious song, and they will never
forget it. They will regret having
heard it to the end of their lives. do
not believe in child's seeing life, as
It is called, with its damnable lust and
wlckeduess to have all his imagination
set on fire with the flames of hell No
body goes through this fire but they
are burned; aud they can't get rid Of
the scars.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18

MAGNETIC TRAVELLING Stones.
They have walking stones in Australia,
and, as We are informed, they have
travelling stones in Nevada. Here is a
description They were almost perfect.
ly round, the majority of them as large
as walnut and of irony nature. When
distributed about upon the floor, table
or any other level surface, within two
or three feet Of each other, they imme-
niately begin travelling towards a COM
mon centre, and there huddle up in a
bunch, like lot Of eggs in nest. A
single stono removed to distance of
three and half feet, upon being releas.
ed, at once started off with wonderful,
and somewhat comical celebrity to join
its fellows taken away four or five
feet, it remained motionless. They are
found in o region, that, although com.
paratively level, is nothing but barren
rock. Scattered over this barren re.
gion are little basins, from few feet to
a rod in diameter, and il is iu the bot
tom Of these that the rolling stones are
found. They are from-the size of pea
to FIVE or six inches in diameter. The
cause of these stones rolling together is
doubtless to be found in the material of
which they are composed, which seems
to be loadstone or magnetic iron ore.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18
Shall We Meet Againl


The following is said to be QUE Of the
most brilliant articles ever written by
the late George D. Prentice
But the fat Of latqre is inexorable.
There is no appeal of relief from the
great law which doomi Us to dust Wa
flourish aud fade ais the leaves Of the
forest, and the flowers that bloan aud
wither for day have no frazier hold
upon life than the mightest monarch
that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations Of men viii appear
and vanish as the grass, and the count
less multitudes that throng the world
p-day will to morrow disappear as the
footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think Of the great event
Of death until the shadow falls across
their own path, hiding from their eyes
the traces Of loved ppes, whose living
smiles we're the sunlight Of their exis-
tence Death is the great antagonist Of
life, aud 1.-THE cold thought Of the tomb
is the skeleton at all feas.s. We dq
not want to 60 through the dark valley,
although its passage may lead to Para
disc; aud with Charles Lamb, we do not
want to lie down 10 the grave even with
kings aud pripces for our bed fellows.
In the beautiful drama Of Ion, the
instinct of immortality, So eloqusntly
uttered by the death dsyotea Greek,
finds deep response 10 every thought
ful soul. When about TO yield his young
existence as sacrifice to fate, his be-
loved Clemantba asks if they shall not
meet again, ia which be replies: Il
asked that dreadful question Of the hills
that look eternal--of the clear streams
that flow fareyer--pf the stars among
whose fields of azure my raised spirit
hath walked upon thy living face, Tfsel
that there is something 10 the loye4hai
mantles through its beauty that eannof
wholly perish. we shall meet again,
Clemantha."
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18

BIRDS AND THEIR UsEs.-Baron
Won Tschudi, the well known Swiss
naturalist, says Without birds, sue.
cessful agriculture is impossible. They
annlhlate in few months greater
number of destructive insects than hu.
man hands can accomplish in the same
number of years. Among the most
successful birds for this purpose may be
classed the swallow, wren, robin, spar
row and finch"
The Baron tested titmouse upon
some rosehuds Of a neighbor, which it rid
died in few hours OF innumerable lice
A robin redbreast in the same neigh
borhood killed eight hundred flies in al
hour. A pair Of night swallows des-
troyed in fifteen minutes an immense
swarm of gnats. A pair Of wrens few
thirty-six times in an hour, with insects
in their bills, to their nests. lie con.
sidered the sparrow very important a
pair Of them in single day carrying
three hundred worms or caterpillars to
their nests--certainly good compensa-
tion for the few cherries which they
pluck from the trees. The generality
of small birds carry to their small ones
during the feeding period nothing but
insects, worms, snails, spiders, etc 1t
is very evident, therefore, that 20 dis.
charge of firearmes should be allowed
in the vicinity Of orchards, vineyards
and flower gardens, lest useful birds be
frightened away
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18
A Visitation.


There is nothing that requires more
tact aud delicacy than accepting an in.
vitation to make visit Of week or
more with friend. Sometimes young
lady out of situntion as a teacher, or
some such employment, will make up
her mind to spend the winter or sum
mer in visiting, aud thus recruit her
health and save her board bill all 10 one.
Now, | have known friends aud rela.
tives who have received such annousce.
ments with shrug of the shoulders,
and anything but pleased look. The
visit in this view looked very much like
4 visitation. They are rare persons
whose presence is always sought after,
who are always welcomed with open
hearts as well as open hands but they
are persons who inflict themselves, when
their judgment tells them it would bo
the least lnconvenient or undesirable.
Never think to give your friends a
pleasant surprise by dropping in upon
them without notice. The surprise in
such cases is rarely a pleasant one. You
need to DO very valued friend indeed
10 make it even pardonable. Never
make friends house convenient
stopping place, where you only ask no
tel accommodations, while you run
about the town week or two, attending
to your own business. This practice Of
" CONSUMING is very annoying aud con
temptible.
A house keeper with straitened ac.
commodations is often put to the great.
est Inconvenience by the arrival Of a
guest who expects considerable atten.
ton.
The changing about of rooms, putting
up extra beds, maybe, the worry Of
making things presentable and comfor.
table for the newcomer, effectually take
away all the comforts of the visit. Per
sons with such convenience, or rather
Inconvenience, should be slow to urge
visits from persons they eau not make
comfortable, without making all the
rest Of the household uncom Portable.
Above all, let visitors make them.
selves uuobtrusively useful in humble
households. 1t is an easy matter to re.
lieVe the care worn mother, by gather
ing the little ones about you aud telling
them some pleasant story, or by coaxing
the teething baby into friendship
which shall rest the poor mothers arm
A visitor from which the little ones fee
away to huddle about their mother
would be more in place at her own FIRE.
side.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18
WESTMINSTER, MD, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 49, 1877

cold and gray, came struggling through
the widow. | had not finished my
morning toilet before heard a piercing
scream in the hall below, aud hurried
scamperng up stairs | opeued the
door and looked out into the hall. One
Of the housemaids met me with face
blancbed to an ashy white, aud fell
fantiug ut my feet. Theu Charley came
dashing after her, flushed with intense
excitement.
Come down stairs he cried. "For
Gods sake keep this thing from May"
"What do you mean p said, stand.
ing still upon the threshold in amaze,
meut.
lie made no reply, but taking me
hurriedly by the arm, led me down the
stairs Pushing open the door with his
foot he p tinted to dark object lying
at the further end Of the dining room
The floor and walls of the apartment
were half covered with blood, aud liz.
tie red aud sickening stream was flowing
silently across the carpet and trickling
beneath the door. Crusoc the mnstilF
his jaws reeking with blood, stood in
the centre OF the room growing fercely,
while the elegant service of plate was
scattered about in dire confusion, some
Of the sulyers aud pitchers battered and
bruised, aud tinged, like everything
else, with the dreadful hue of blood
went with Charley across the room
and looked at the dark object in the
corner. With a cry of horror | started
back, for the face Of the corpse was
turned towards me, and the face was
that of Daniel Hatfield.
"We have the dog to thank for this, 4"
said Charley. "See how his teeth have
torn the williams throat from car to
ear !"
We hardly knew how to relate the
dreadful news to May, but Re mustered
courage at last and told her all Poor
thing. 1t stunned and bcwildercd her
at first, but time brought healing to the
cruel wound, aud when | had told her
Of what | had heard in the shrubbery, she
thank God for her fearful escape. We
could not quite condemn Hatfield as the
real villain, for he had doubtless yielded
to the opportunities Of Burns, aud con.
sented to conuiye at the robbery for
the sake of giving the latter some secu,
rity for the money lie had loaned him.
The letter from Charley's father had
been forgery from FIRST to last, aud
clever rusc to get the plate into the
house. 1t would have been au easy
matter then to secure it, had the dog
remained outside as usual. But Fate
had ordered Otherwise. The man Burns
made his escape in time aud we never
heard anything of him again. The two
had played desperate card, but it was
Crusoe who held the trumps.
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WHAT ANswERf
BY ELLIS AYERS.

Life's path, on the bank OF Deaths river,
DO we rscklessly, thoughtlessly tread
Deep qnicksands beneath us may culver,
One slip and we lie with the dead.
Do the baubles of earth we are clasping
Keep our gaze from the stream swift aud
strODg2
Do we heed that Death, in his grasPing,
May marshal US soon In has throngP
Pursuing not substance, but shadow.
Do we stagger along on the brink?
Hardly turning our eyes to the future,
Scarcely pausing TO pray or to think;
We seek not riches eternal,
But we worship tue moth and the rust,
While treasures supremoly supernal
We bury in earth's sordid dust.
Do We think that when Life's airy bubble
Shall have bursted and flashed out Of sight
We may be, with the tsres and the stubble,
Consigned to the flame and its blight?
Or will white-pinioned Angels who gather
Ripe sheaves from the harvests of Life,
Point us up to the throne of the Father,
Or downward to darkness and strife
Do we ever look over Deaths river?
IL we do, what sight do we see
Does the dark chilling tide make us shiyer,
As II sweeps toward Eternity's scar
Can we see through the mists that ensh rot uds US,
Through the Sly xian vapors that riseP
poes rhtn part tue Neil TO our vision,
And Hope pluck the scales from our oyes2
Do the spires Of the City celestial
Appear through the clouds rent by Faith ?
Does the light from that city illumiue
The gloom on the river Of DeathY
Is the Savior in sight at the portal?
win he open the glorious pearl gate2
May we enter the mansions immortal
Which his sanctiGed chosen await?
Does the far-way shore In its brightness
Seem possible for us to gain
shall we strive To conquer the carnal,
seeking strength from on high TO sustain,
And thus when Life's foot-hold shall fail us,
:, And we plunge in Deaths merciless food,
May Ghrist, In his mercy then hail US,
And bear US to glory With God.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18

HARRowrNG AGAINST DRILLISa.-
We are informed that tests at the Ex-
perimental Farm Of Pennsylvania, dur
ing the present season, have demons
trated the fact that harrowed.in wheat
produces better crop than drilled in.
In every instance where the experiment
was tried. the product of the broadcast
sowing exceeded the drilled 10 or IS
per cent. But better testimony in fa-
vor of the narrowing in plan is furnish.
ed by the experience ofour own accom-
plished agrieulturist, Adrian Cornell,
one of the most observant aud practical
farmers of our county, who long ago
discarded the drill, aud now broadeasts
all his wheat and oats. He says that
whenever his neighbors who use the
drill eau grow as much wheat on an
acre as he obtains, then he will drill
also and it is his opinion that the
drill buriesthe seed too deep. This is
subject well worthy the attention of
all our farmers, aud 1t would be well
for those who use the drill altogether to
broadcast an aero or two 10 the same
fields where they use the drill the
coming fall, by way Of practical expert.
ment- Doylcsto,on CPa) Democrat.
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4 STUDY FOR FOREIGNERS.

A pretty deer is dear to me,
hare with downy hair,
A hart love with all my heart,
But barely bear a bear
lis plain that no one takes a plane
To have pair of pears;
A rake, though, often takes a rake,
And tears away the tares.
All rays raise thyme, time RACES all;
And through the whole, hole wears;
A writ in writing "right," may write
IL t"wright and still be wrong,
For "write" and "rite" are neither fright"
And don't to write belong.
Beer often brings bier to man.
Coughing a coffin bring,
And too much ale will make Us all
As well as other things.
The person lies who saws be lies
When be is not reclining,
And when consumptive folks decline
They all decline declining
quail don't quail before a storm
A bOugh will bow before it.;
We cannot rein the rain at ali
No earthly powers reign over IL.
The dyer dyes awhile, then dies,
To dye he's always trying,
Until upon his dying bed,
He thinks no more Of dyeing.
A son of Mars mars many a sun;
All deys must have their DAYS,
And every knight should pray each night
To him who weighs his WAYS.
'Tis meet that man should mete out meat
To feed misfortune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one cannot be won.
A lass, alas! is sometimes false;
0ffaults a maid Is made
Her waist is bat barren waste
Though stayed she is not slad.
The springs spring forth every spring, and
shoots
Shoot forward one and all
Though summer kills the flowers, ii leaves
The leaves to fall In the fall.
would a story here commence,
But you might fud it stale;
So let's suppose that we have reached
The tail end Of our tale.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18
Life in the Sandwich Islands.

Honolulu is regular town, with
streets laid out systematically, lined
with handsome shops, varied by hotels,
churches, chapels, and other marks Of
social progress. The place contains au
elegant market place, aud spacious
custom house, with wharves, quays, and
not a few vessels, of various sizes, taking
advantage of them The whole is
backed BY high, wooded mountains,
with fine fertile valley on one side, up
which a good view eau be had into the
luxuriant interior. The climate is per.
fection; it is often spoken of as the
MADEIRA Of the Pacific, with the cooling
sea breezes morning and evening. The
oaly drawback to felicity seemed to be
the possibility Of an earthquake, or an
eruption from the volcanic craters ofthe
mountains in one island or other, which
from time to time cause disaster Added
to this were the effects Of that reck less
ness and vice which civilized contact
has always hitherto inflicted upon the
natives who profit by it. The majority
OF the natives are not only intelligent,
but industrious, and often as sharp as
the Yankee traders themselves at driy-
iog bargain. In the suburbs of Ilo
uolulu, and in the interior Of the islands,
many of the natives still adhere to their
primitive huts, which are built OF bam-
boo, and rooted with high pitched
thateh of grass aud plantaiu leaves, the
caves slanting nearly to the ground.
Mats Of colored grass carpet the interior;
the walls are decorated with the native
tdpa cloth, aud the ceiling with skilfully
interviewer cane screens of mats parti-
tion of the sleeping places, where it is
odd to see the pillows which they use
namely, wooden rollers, raised on brack-
cts from the ground, for the neck to
rest on. The food which many of the
natives live on is something which
nothing but long usage could reconcile
white man to. 1t is called "poe,'
aud is made from the tara" a native
root Of the yam species. The tara, after
being eleaued, is scraped till it becomes
a thick, glutinous paste. 1t is then
slightly baked, aud allowed to ferment,
and when il becomes acid it is consid.
cred ready for food. Poe" is usually
eaten from gourd, which is passed 10
all present in succession; each dipping
in his or her forefnger, and, twisting il
around, then bringing it out covered
with the glutinous substance, which is
sucked off, and the fpger again inserted
Another dish very common among them
is called "ai paa," which is prepara-
ton of baked tara roots, pounded into
a substance like damper This they
carry with them on any expedition, both
by sea and land, as it keeps for long
time when dry.
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A New WAY TO Day Peaches
DR.. Jos. Treat, Of Yineland, N j., gave
last season the following, and, as he says,
new directions for pairing peaches for
drying:
Never pare peaches to dry. Let
them get mellow enough to be in good
eating condition, put them in boiling
water for moment or two, and the
skins will come off like charm. Let
them be in the water long enough, but
no longer. The gain is at least six
fold-saving Of time ip removing the
skin, great saving Of the peach, part of
the peach saved, the best part, less
time to stone the peaches, less time
to dry them, and better when dried. A
whole bushel can be done in boiler at
once, and then the water turned off,
This very morning we had over two
bushels skinned, stoned (halged D and
on the boards, long before quarter Of
them could even have been peeled"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-18

The MARRIAGE Yow.-Perhaps there
is scarcely an ordinary oath administer
ed in any Of the transactions Of life 90
little regarded, SO little remembered hy
all classes, as that taken in the most
solemn manner, and in the presence Of
the Almighty, by the husband and wife;
"Loye, honor aud obey" How many
wives "loye, honor aud obey" their lords1
How many even think ofdoing soy And
yet there is an oath recorded by them,
every simple violation Of which il dis
tinct perjury. No woman should marry
without first knowing her husbands
character so well that she map obey him
with discretion and safety. She yields
herself at the altar TO hm disposition,
from which even un attempt to fly 10 .
crime. A wife WHO contraaicts her
husband is forsworn. No matter what
manner Of man he be, shs must "ohey'f
if she keep her oath She has made 10
reserve or condition at the marriage
ceremony. She has not said, II will
hoaor and obey if he shall deserve it,
Her contract is unconditional. Il voula
be better for young ladies, before they
yield the fatal YES to take this view
Of the subject They have a duty 70
perform to their husband, whether Se
be kind or unreasonable; and they MUST
remember the poets words |:
hWar IS no strife
To the dark home and detested wife,
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ArrER n1Nnrn NAns.. rs.


AFTER DINNER NAps.--Many per.
sons are in the habit of sleeping for
half an hour or hour Immediately after
dinner. This is bad practice. Ten
minutes sleep before dinner is worth
more than an hour after. 1t rests aud
retreshes and prepares the system for
vigorous digestion, If sleep is taken
after dinner it should be in sitting
posture, as the horizontal position is
u1favorable 70 healthfuI digestion
Let those who peed sleep and rest dur
ing the day, take il before dinner in.
stead Of after, and they will soon find
that they feel better, aud that their di.
gestioe will DO improved thereby
Herald Of HeaM,