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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

IRISH NEGRoEs--We once heard q
story OF some negroes that had mastered
the Irish brogue, and played trick on
boat load Of emigrants who were 50
eager to set foot ou the soil Of the New
World, that they left the boat before
their companions.
An are yees just over, boys Yp said
a jet black African, in the richest nos.
sible brogue, aud with warmest interest
as he bent over the warf where he and
his comrades were working,
The strangers regarded him with a
look of mingled nstonishment and ter.
ror, while one Of them found breath 10
inquire
An how is it that yes are black n
It's the cloimate, boys its all in
the cloimate," was the answer.
An how long did it take to make ye
this color 2"
" Three years, an niver bit longer. y
" Thin, bedad, boys" said Paddy to
his countrymen, "let's go back its too
soon to be devils entirely.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28


hand in spirits for near fifteen years,
whom neglcctiug it, it spoiled, aud bur.
led it in my lot
But what did you do with the
ring ?" asked the traveller.
Kept it Nothing could have in.
duccd me to part with it,"
Would you not return it to the
owuer?"
" Perhaps he did not come by it hon
estly-hc was a robber, you know"
The travellers face flushed
+" lie did, SIR" he said
What do you know about the ring
aud the robber z" cried Mr.. Worden.
a good deal Look there !" and
turning up his sleeve, he displayed to
our gaze handless wrist.
" Robbcrw cried the ex merchant
and half dozen of our party.
Yes, sir" said the stranger "rob.
Der once, but thank God no longer one.
The loss Of my right hand reformed me
Oh, never shall | forget that night
my march through the drifts to nv
companions in the suburbs Of Dalton ,
how was compelled (to save my life J
to hold snow upon the stump. While
my companions in crime wcro binding
up the wounded member, ! sgore by
my God, to forsake my calling. have
sept my oath, he went ou. ~ sought
employment when the wound had henl.
ed, "nd, learning to use my left hand, |
was successful | have amassed ueolth
wealth enough to enable NE to spend
my remaining days in travelling for
pleasure. And now, my reformor," he
smiled, 81 would ask you to return NV
ring. Did ] come by it dishonesty |
would not make the request; but as
there Is God, | did not. 1t was nv
mothers. Upon her death bed. one
year before fell into bad company
she gave it to me, and tcld me to wear
1t always, She placed it on on
my hnger and wore it through all my
burslarioa as operations Give me the
ring sir, and name your prica
MIR. Worden raised his hand, and We
saw the ring. Itwas very beautiful, and
must have cost not n small amount of
money II G merchant slowly drew it
from his hnger, upon which it had glist
ened for twenty years, aud passed it
over to It's long lost owner The stran-
ger drew out roll of grccubacks.
Keep your money" said Mr.. Wor.
den, II have enough of them. The re.
turning of the ring is reparation for
the injury inflicted upon you"
am sorry, sir, that you will not
accept The money" returned the strang.
er. 81 value this ring above riches
Come, let us be friends. Excuse nv
left hand" and laughing, the two men
grasped hands in a hearty shake.
Aud now, gentlemen, step up to the
bar and drink. Had not abandoned
the habit long ago, | would join you"
We rose, approached the bar, and in
bumper, drank the health of the
stranger.
Now, landlord" he said, ''show me
my room. can enjoy sleep tonight,
for once again | possesses that dear
old ring Good night, gentleman."
We never learned his name"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28
Miseellaneous.
The Number Three.

When the world was created, we end
land, water, and sky; sun, moon, aud
stars; Jonah was three days in the
whales belly; our Saviour passed three
days ip the tomb Peter denied his
Savior thrice, There were three pa.
triarchs-Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Abraham entertained three angels
Samuel was called three times. 81.
mon, lowest thou me 7" was repeated
three times. Daniel was thrown into
den with three lions, for pravino
three times day. Shedrick, Meshack
aud Abedncgo were secured from the
flames Of the furnace. The ten com
mandments were delivered on the third
day. Job had three friends. St. Pan,
speaks of faith, hope, aud charity, these
three. Those famous dreams of the
baker aud the butler were to come TO
pass in three days. Elijah prostrated
himself three times on the dead child
Sampson deceived Delilah three times
before she discovered the source of his
strength. The sacred letters on the
cross are |. ii. S.-sacred {" in hoe
signo." There are three conditions for
man, the earth, heaven, and hell
There is also the. Holy Trinity. In
mythology there we're three graces.-
Cerberus with his three heads Nep.
tune holding his three.toothed staff;
the oracle Of Delphi cherished with
vcneratiop the tripod; and the nine
muses. sprang from the three. In ma.
ture we have male, female, and offspring;
morning, noon, and night; trees group
their leaves in three; there is a three.
leaied clover. Every ninth wave Is a
grand swell. We have fish, flesh. and
fowl The minority Of mankipd die at
thirty.three. What could be done in
mathematics without the triangle p
Witness the power Of the wedge; and
IN logic three promises are indispensable.
It Is common for three to be q lucky
number.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

A Newport cottage was recently
completed, the hall Of which Is covered
with an elegant Chinese paper, imported
Tor the purpose. This paper Is very
curiopsly made--no two figures or ilow-
ers being alike. il all having been coli
ored by hand. Tho pattern is tall trces
bearing flowers Of tho most brilliant
colors, the branches fIled with birds
OF every shape, size aud hue, while on
the ground, which i pale blue, are
butterflies and insects 90 tha wing
The walls arc q curious study.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

Indians are very skillful ia building
fires, both in their huts and in the open
air. They select dry wood and sticks,
and place one and in the fire, while the
other ends point in all directions like
the spokcs Of a wheel lying horizontal
"; they thus keep moderate but
steady fire during the night with an
amount Of wood that white man would
burn up in an hour. Speaking Of the
white man, they say: : Him big fool
make heap FIRE and smoke, stand far of.
look at him burn, while freeze.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28
Damon and Pythias.


About one hundred years before
Christ lived Damon aud Pytnias. Pytha-
goreon Philosophers, who had gone from
Athens to Sicily on pressing invita-
ton Of Dionysius, called the ''Tyraut of
Syracuse" 10 order to teach the rude
inhabitants Of that fertile island the arts
aud sciences. Falling under the dis.
pleasure of the tyrant, Danon was con
demed 70 death and the time for his ex
ecution appointed Anxious to see his
wife ard children once more before his
execution, he asked the King for per.
mission to visit them. The King
answered "What assurance do YOU
give me that you will return" Il will
give you my friend Pythias," said
Damon ''for security" The King asked
Pythias ii he were willing to become the
bondsman OF Damon, AMI to die in his
place, provided he did not return
Yes" said Pythias, 81 will stand for
him, aud if he is not here on the day ap-
pointed, | viii suffer death in his
place y d" Well, said the King, ";his
is strange but Damon YOU are At m.
erty to 90 aud visit yoar family and
if YOU do not return. as sunpose
you will not, justice viii not lose her
victim"
Damon hurried home to embrace his
family and to communicate to them the
sad intelligence that, in few days he
must return to Syracuse to suffer death
When his wife learned tho state Of
thiugs-that he had violated no law
that he was condemned by a mere whim
of Dionysius, and that his friend
Pythias. had become his bondsman she
insisted upon his not returning She
reasoned with him, aud besought him by
the affection he bore to her and her chill.
dren not toreturn. Butnll llherontre,tios
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28


Our brains are scveuty.yea clocks.
The Angel of Life winds them up once
for all, then closes the case and gives the
key i6to the hand of the Angel of the
Resurrection. Tic.tac tic.taO /! 90 the
wheels of thought; our viii can not
stop them; they can not stop themselves
sleep eau not still them; madness only
makes them go faster death alone can
break into the case, aud, seiging tho
eyer-swinging pendulum we call the
heart, silence at last the clinkiny of the
terrible escapement we have carried SO
long beneath cur Yrinkled foreheads.
Ii we could only get at them, as VIC Law
on our pillows, and count The dead beats
of thought after thought aud image after
image, jarring through the ovcr,tired
organ nobody block those wheels, un.
couple that pinion, cut the string that
holds those weights, blow up the infer
nal machine with gun-powdcrg What
passion comes over us sometimes for
silence and rest ! that this dreadful
mechanism, unwinding the eudless
tapestry Of time, embroidered with spcc.
tral figures Of life and death, could
have but one brief holiday!
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

1t is difficult to conceive anything
more beautiful than the reply given BY
one 10 affiiction when he was asked how
he bore it so well. ut lightens the
stroke" hesaid, qto draw nearer to Him
who handles the rod"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

Joe Dun was bailifF in tho reiaa Of
Henry VII. and so successful as q col.
lector was he that whom bad claim
was talked o., eoma ono aluars anid
Why dpn't you Dun him r Ihis L
the origin Of 'dpaning. How NO should
like to SGD L IN obsoIete uozd
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

Dr. Hall says sponge beds are heal
thy. We know man who has sponged
beds, aud even spongcd his meals for
live years, and be isn't so very healthy
except at meal times.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

Thackeray, 10 speaking of the power
women have over men, says, a woman
with fair opportunities, aud without an
absolute hump, may marry whom she
likes
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

African monkeys have learned to
catch oysters by rolling pebble stone
inside the bivalves' mouths, saving their
own paws from grief, and dining at
leisure,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

A shrewd observer oucc remarked as
ne sat IN the gallery ofthe y, S. Senate,
Here ! am, looking down upon sixty
candidates for the Presidency
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

Agnes Wickfeld, the heroine Of sDa.
vid Copperfeld,' is said to have been
created as representative ofa former
sweetheart ofthe- author-'the only wo.
man Dickens ever loved.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

True goodness is like the glow worm /.
J. shines most when no ewes except
those Of heaven are upon il.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-07-28

Relatives who ought to make good
pedestrians. -S'te Sops.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
Daily ARGUS.
How 70 XIII Lice on Cattle.

A cattle correspondent, "R. N ;" of the
Country Gentleman, dissolved about Din,
of soft soap in pail of warm soft water
and saturated the whole surface of . lous,
COWS body with it; after about thirty min
utes, repealed the operation, and in thirty
minutes longer took pail of clean warm
water and thoroughly washed out all the
soap water and dead lice in large quantities
put her in q warm stable, and covered he,
with . dry blanket. The next day, after be
ing thoroughly dried she looked, and seemed
to feel ike new animal, more than don bIed
her quantity of milk in twenty-fcur hours
and Immediately commenced gaining flesh
and general thriftinsss."
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

We do not wish to inform you. reader, that
Dr. Wonderful. or any other man, has discovered
remedy that cures Consumption, when the
lungs are half consumed. in short, will cure all
disc asses whether Of mind. body or estate, make
men live forever, and leave death 10 play for
want of work, and is designed TO make our sub
lunary sphere a blissful paradise, to which
Heaven itself shall be but q side show You
have heard enough of that kind of humbuggery,
and we do not wonder that you have by this time
become disguised with it But when I tell you
that Dr. Sages Cstsrrh Remedy will positively
cure the worst cases of Catarrh, | only assert
that which thousands testify to. Try it,
and you will be convinced. will pay $500 Re-
ward for q case of Cetsrrh that cannot cure.
FOR SALE By MOST DRUGGISTS EVERY
WHERE.
Price only SO cents. Sent by Mail post paid,
for Sixty Cents; Four packages for $500; OF
one Dozen for $500. Send two cent stamp for
DR.. Ssge's pamphlet on Catarrh. Address the
proprietor,
RV PIERCE. NJ. D.,
sept22d6m. Buffalo, n. Y.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
Nervous Debility,

With its gloomy attendants, low spirits, de-
preston, involuntary emissions. loss of semen
spermatorrhoa, loss of power, dizzy head, loss os
memory and threatened impotence and imbecihty,
find sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo
pathic Specific No. TweAty-eight. Composed of
the most valuable mild and potent curstives, they
strike at once at the root of the matter, tone up
the system, arrest the discharges and impart
vigor and energy, life and vitality to the entire
man. They have cured Thousands of cases.
Price SIS per package of six boxes and vial, which
is very important in obstinate or old cases, or 81
per single box. Sold by all druggists, and sent
by mail on receipt of price. Address Humphrey e
Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., S62 Broad
way. New York. july1.ly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

The Adrian Mich Times is respensi.
BILE for the last good story at the expense Of
jury. 1t says that a recent case of as.
ssult was tried in that city, on which six
jurors voted by ballot. Juror No. | voted
mo case of action" No. 2 voted ''Sa. and
battery, Secon DeGree;" No. 3 deemed the
prisoner Guilty of Salt" No 4 decided
there was "No action of caus;" No. 5 voted
it Assault and Batory;" while No. 6 de-
cided the prisoner "Gilty of an a sal,
only"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
To Housskeepsrs.

Bear in mind that Doolsy's Baking Powder il
not only the most reliable Baking Powder il
market, but each can coatains the full weight oil
quantity as represented. No ingredients entei
into its composition, but such as are strictly
pure, and Is halt the quantity win produce more
ufacture, il is vastly the cheapest as we'll as th'
best. Dooley's Baking Powder can be had a
auy Grocers
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
NOVELTY CORN NEAL MILLS

IN CONNECTION with his Planning Mil, tbs
i Subscriber IL stiil conducting the Novsit1
Corn Meal Mills, and has constantly on hsnd .
superior quality Of white and yeiio. Kun efise
market price paid for Corn. 1ne pasfenaes
fss psbhs u respectfully sotsissA.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

Ask the Ladies' Maids and they viii tell you
that PHALON,s VITALIA OR SALVATION
FOR THE HAIR in the favorite article for re-
storing the natural tiDge of blanched or fading
riEglets Clear as fluid glass, wholesome to the
skin a. water, undiscoiorsble by the light, with
out any mineral cd or and yielding no sediment
it defies competition and courts comparison.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

''That medicine which goes slowly and with
out irri tatios along the intestinal canol, permit
ting the nutriment to be taken up by the absorb
ents, an gently stimulating the peristaltic mo
ton of the large intestines, is the one to which
we should have resource in all bilious disorders
This is the operation of Or. Walkers Vegetable
Vinegar Bitters, which is designed as perma'
nent, substantial and standard medicine for re-
moving distractions from the liver and bowels
purifying the blood and importing tone and vigol
to the system.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
RAILWAYS PILLS.

In RAILWAYS FILLS, tfe trae pTinclpIs n puTg1-
tioa is scurei-not alOE. to tie Office Of dnissz the
fss and from the bowels D. those kufaors
that checked stopped IN their pass thru s the
Skin, Kissys LyRgs, and all exrTetlng and s.rFis
tons; flr II thss excreInenfois ssretsns belong
an the skin, liver. unss, kidneys iutErlgrel "a
Their escIe, taey lso-Ie F1laets OF dy and 1o5aa-
position, ami 5e FlIrre1 lrrm thu lTyIuE D "
through their porer channels: hence the pt4TsaiiSr
oua.s Of igWAX'S FILLS attend q the selfe;isn.
OF the SKIN, kEbN EYS. LIVER. a., whereas not
one If the advsTTissl his calm TO act beyond the
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
Hoe to Take Rdd,cGy's Pits.
THEIR DAILY USE.

In doses Of one pills, BY all persons OF fi7
habit of body, sHhjset TO gidiiaess, Ts 4 bloi -
head T4lpItstI8u If the he7rt, and "a. ts sutes
fts vail only keep the blood frOn lHlins cses-
o4ncget up the blood vesei, hut viii c3uigz-
circulation, ana prevent sudden cs Of aplo;,iexv
dissase of the heart, congestion. FeRs sho al take
Of those pills every dav Will not suffer from Head
aches, Dizziness, Mysteries Painting Spells,
Pains around the Heart and a hanired Other disai
sy1u
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

RAILWAYS sARsAPARIIIIAS or RENoyAT-
ING REsoLVENT furnlshe. positive evidence Of its
furuying ana frdlili tmaey IN curing persons con-
adered Impotent and Barren who have since married and
had children.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

"highty TO nine
~ per cent. Of all
fres are discovered
4 in their inicpiency,
but there are no
ready means to put
them cut Five
minutes delay and
the steam fire en-
CINE may not con-
troll them, and If in
season to arrest the
flames, the daInag
by flooding the
. proper with waite
10 often greater ther
\ by fire. Two man
= utes with tn . Exin-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

Remedy quick in entering into the circulation an
communicative It's curative properties RAILWAYS
sAksAfARiLLiAS supplies a want that has ever sx-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

The best evidence We have Of the T--erful Pun,
ying Tonic and Fruitful properties Of RAILWAYS
sARsAPARILLIAN RESOLvENT is that it has
cured persons who were yerRing on In.Oe1Ilty and
Insanity through seAbuse, with continued drains q
the seminal fund. and were cured by the Resolvent,
when prepared under the old process 1850 who have
married and have children living Il few bottles
Will restore the vigor Of life
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
DXSRERSEA.

One Of RADWAY's PILLS, two or three hours bsfoI
dinner IsE daily viii keep the system free frol
DYSPEPSIA INDIGESTION, CONSTIPATION
CUSIIG ENI-sn, a..
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

yIGOR OF LIFE RESTORED
Persons who. from disease injuries suffer
from paralysis weakness the sTetng vessels q the
l genital organs will h cured by RAILWAYS SARsA-
! PARILLIAN RESOLyENT.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27
STOP THE WASTE OF LIFE,

STOP THE WASTE OF ITFEi
RAILWAYS SARSAPARILLIAN KESOLNENT
will the waste of the life-iuid that in
follows discharge of water 1h the ursfrA IL
positive cure for spermatorThea, Nightly EnlssiOuz
&c.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-27

O. A. BENsER, Agent, Rock Island Iisa
[julyI7d1y.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Consumption.

The Three Remedies. "SCHEECH's PUL-
MoEIc SYRUP" for the cure of Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, and every form of Con-
sumption. The peculiar action of this med"
icine rtpens the ulcers in the lungs pro-
notes the discharge of the corrupt matter
by expectoration. Purifies the blood. and
thus cures Consumption, when every other
remsdy fails.
"schenck's Sea- Weed Tonic" for the
cure of Dyspepsia or Indigestion, and all
diseases arising from debility. This tonic
invigorates the digestive organs, supplies
the place of the gastric juice when that is
deficient, and then enables the patient to
digest the most nutricious food. It As
sovereign remedy for all cases OF indiges-
tion.
" "schenck's Mandrake Pills." one of the
most valuable medicines ever discovered,
being q vegetable substitute for calomel,
and having all the useful properties as
cribed 10 that mineral, without producing
any OF its injurious effects.
To these three medicines DR.. ]. n
schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his un-
rivaled success In the Treatment of Pul.
monic Consumption. The Pulmonic Syrup
ripens the morbid matter, discharges it,
and purifies the blood. The Mandrake
Pills act upon the liver, remove all OBJ
structions therefrom, give the organ q
healthy tone, and cure Liver Complaint,
which Is one of the most prominent causes
| OF Consumption.
The Sea-Weed Tonic Invigorates the
powers Of the stomach, and by strengthen
| ing the digestion and bringing IL to q nor.
NAL and healthy condition, improves the
quality of the blood, by which means the
formation of ulcers or tuberoles in thC
lungs becomes impossible. The combined
action of hese medicines, as thus ex
planned, W lcure every case Of Consump
ton II ths msdies are used in time and
| the use of the is persevered IN sufficient.
ly to bring the case to favorable termIna
ton.
DIR. Schenck's Almanac, containing full
| treatise on the various forms of disease
| his mode of treatment, and general direc
| tions how to use his medicine, can be had
gratis or sent by mail by addressing hi
Principal ONCE, No. Is North Sixth Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Sea
weed Tonic, each s. so per bottle, or 81 80
half dozen. Mandrake Pills, 25c. per box
| For sale by all druggists and dealers.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-26
Another Painful Accident TO an UEu
fortunate Family.


The family of Mr.. James McKin-
ney, who runs packet wagon between
here and Louisville, and resides on
Market Street, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth, seems to be peculiarly
unfortunate. Mr.. Mckinney moved
to this place with his family some
twenty years ago. Soon after that
time he lost an eye by the glancing of
a cold chisel from under a sledge in
the hands of a comrade while repair
ing the wheel of the steamer Califor-
MIA, upon which, was then en-
ployed.
Some four years ago his Oldest son
was crippled for life by having hand
crushed under the wheels of a fire
engine.
About two years ago his Oldest
daughter lost an eve by an arrow ac-
cidentally shot from a bow in the
hands of younger brother.
A few months ago we chronicleC
the fact of another sons being ruI
over and badly injured by a bread
wagon on Upper Market Street; anC
now we are called to announce that
another son. the youngest Of the fam
lily, and who is about six years old
lost all of the fingers and a portion oi
the thumb of the left hand yesterda,
while playing with a straw cutter, IL
which an elder brother was cuttlnl
feed for his horses.
The wounded hand was immediate
ly dressed by DR.. Buest, and at th
last report the little sufferer wa
doing as well as was expeeted.-Ne1
Albany Commercial.