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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-28
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WILLIAM COON,
Westminster, january II, 1s7s-1y
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-28
NOTICE.

II HAVE this day adopted a new rule in my
Il basiness. l will give strict personal ~
tention to all work in my line intrusted 70 my
care, and win guarantee satisfaction ID ellmy
work. have very full stock and assor-
ment Of
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Interesting Discoveries in Egypt.

The new discoveries in
Egypt will add plausibility to
Wendell Phillips lecture on
the 'Lost Arts" It now ap-
pears that the smelling of iron
was carried on in Egypt from
the very earliest period. Mr..
Charles Vincent, is an English
scientific journal, sets forth
some new facts in reference to
this subject. In the sepulchres
of Thebes may be found define
ations of butchers sharpening
their knives on round bars of
iron attached to their aprons.
The blades of the knives are
painted blue, which fact proves
that they were of steel, for in
the tomb of Ramases III, this
color is used to indicate steel,
bronze being represented by
red. An English gentleman
has recently discovered, near
the Wells of Moses, by the. Red
Sea. the remains of iron works
so vast that they must have
employed thousands of work.
men. Near the works are to
be found the ruins of a temple
and of a barrack for the SOL
diers protecting or keeping in
order the workmen. These
works are supposed to be at
least 5000 years old.
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A YOUNG New Yorker, spend
ing a month with his uncle in
New Jersey, wrote thus to his
mother: "The peach trees here
are too slippery for me to climb,
uncle won't let me sail boats in
the milk pals; there's no
birds nests around that / can
see +; a smaller boy than | am
who plays with me wears a
gold chain, and | want to 90
home"
Owing to the increase in the
price Of lager-beer in Frank
fort, on-the-Main there has
been riot of large pro-
portions in which sixteen
breweries were turned inside
out, twelve persons killed and
forty wounded.
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Why Clover ImprOv es the Soil

Prof. Voelcker thus explains
the action of clover in increas-
ing the fertility of soils: Gail
who are practically acquainted
with the subject must have
seen that the best crops of
wheat are produced by being
preceded by crops of clover
growing for seed. / have come
to the conclusion that the very
best preparation, the best ma
nure, is a good crop of clover.
A vast amount Of mineral ma
nure is brought within reach OF
the corn crop, which otherwise
would remain in a locked-up
condition in the soil. The
clover plants take nitrogen from
the atmosphere, and manufac-
ture it into their own substance,
which, on decomposition of the
clover roots and leaves, produ-
ces abundance of amonia. In
reality, the growing of clover is
equivalent, to great extent, in
manuring with Peruvian guano,
and in this paper OF mine I
show that you obtain a larger
quantity Of manure than in the
largest dose Of Peruvian guano
which a farmer would ever
think of applying. 1t is only
by carefully investigating sub
jects like the one under con-
sideration that positive proofs
are given, showing the correct
ness Of intelligent observers in
the fact"
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Let Them Fight it Ont.

In many homes indications
of a storm may be traced foi
days previous to its bursting
forth with full force. Mean.
while, a stranger might judge
from the quiet, serious aspect,
and the few measured words Of
the belligerents, that they had
recently been converted and
joined the church. Pent up
fury sometimes make people
freezingly polite and dignifed
who are never SO at any other
time. 1t is never wise fol
strangers to interfere in any o.
these storms, as they are more
than likely to be the ones who
receive the "ducking" For
when the rafters quake, the
clapboards shake, and the very
foundation seems to give way
to oaths, threats, twits, fings,
and imprecations, and a good
Samaritan thinks that some
thing must be done at once to
bring about a reconciliation
the storm suddenly ceases, and
the enemies kiss and make up,
and both turn and abuse the
would-be .peacemaker. - Elm
OrIOa Is
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Selected Poetry.
Wants to be an Editor"

The editor sat in his sanotum and looked the
old man in his eye,
Then glancing ut the grinning young
hOpeful,and mournfully made this reply:
"ls yoUr son a small unb0nd edition Of Moses
and Solomon both?
Can he compass his spirit in meekncss, and
strangle q natural oathl
Can he leave all his wrongs to the future and
carry his heart in his cheeky
Can he do an hours work in minute. and
live on siXpence week?
Can he cOurteously talk toIan equal, and brow
beat an impudcnt d,ince2
Can he keep things in applepie-Order and do
n half dozen ut 0nCeg
Can he. press all the springs of knowledge
with quick and reliable touch?
And lie sure that he knows how much to know,
and knows how not to know too muchY
Does he know how to stir up his virtue, and
put u check-rcin on his pride?
Can lie carry n gentlCmm'S manners with Il
rhin0serOus hideY
Can he know all, and do all, and he all, with
checrfulness, courage and vim?
If so, we perhaps can 'be maxim an editor
0utcn o. him. ,"
The farmer stood curiously listening, with
g wonder his yisage O'ersplead;
And he said, "Jim, guess wen be goin', he's
probably out of his head'
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NUMBER


~ Us I.fI NI II'I II' III N ISfINi FL. ..|
It il 4 cammonly F8Vei,HA
notion that liSfd staly II YheS
unhealthy element Of College
life. But from tables Of the
mortality Of Harvard Univer-
sity, collected by Prof. Pierce
from the last triennial catalogue
it is clearly demonstrated that
the excess Of deaths for the first
ten years after graduation is
found in that portion Of inferior
scholarship. Every one who
has seen the curriculum knows
that where Easchylus and pO-
litical economy INJURIES one,
late hours and rum punches use
up a dozen, and the two little
fingers are heavier than the
loins of Euclid. Dissipation is
"a sure destroyer, and every
young man who follows it it is,
as the early flower, exposed to
an untimely frost. Those who
have been inveigled into the
path Of vice are named legion.
A few hours sleep each night,
high living, and plenty of
"smashes," make war upon ev-
cry function of the body-the
brains, the heart, the lungs, the
liver, sthe spine, the limbs,
the bones, the flesh, every part
and faculty are overtasked and
weakened by the terrific energy
of passion loosened from re-
straint, until, like a dilapidated
mansion, the earthly house of
this tabernacle falls into ruin
Gus decay. Fast young men,
right about.-Scient!fc Ame1-
cam.
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The sudden collapse of the
great Republican financiers,
Jay Cooke & Co., Fisk & Hatch,
Henry Clews & Co., and many
lesser lights of the Republican
system of governmental stock
jobbing, furnishes a stunning
commentary on Indiana Nor
tons late speeches, which were
vain-glorious eulogies on the
fictitious enterprise and pros
perity of the country, illustrated
by those now defunct concerns.
Morton rushed to New York
and tried to patch up the broken
breeching of the party's finan-
cial teams, but it was "no CO."
and all the leading princes of
shoddy are dethoned and fiat
on their backs. They have,
too, dragged down many others
with them.
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JEFFERsoNIAN honesty and
rapacity are what the farmers
of Hennepin county, Minnesota,
think the officeholders ought to
have. It is not wonderful,
therefore, that they condemn
the salary grab, and declare
that "this condemnation would
not be complete did we fail to
include the President of the
United States by whom sigma
sure is to become a law"
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Our Platform.

Down with the Rings.
Down with the Monopolies.
Down with the Salary Grab
bers.
Down with Credit Mobiliers.
Up with the Farmer.
Up with the Laborer.
Up with the Artisan.
Up with the Mechanic.
Up with the People.
The Democratic party is the
political foe of every man who
cannot stand upon his plat
form--it is the political friend
of every man who can adopt it.
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A GLASS goldfish GLOBE gill
ed with water, @t fire to the
sleeve of q lady's dress in New
Haven, the other day, by con
centrating the rays of the sun
Quite a large hole was burned
before The fire was found
And the innocent goldfish in
the globe didn't know it was
warm at all.
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ttfNffss HtS.eN- aA.etAtttA y tthr h1Aki, tiAp
miserable D'Essai rose and
gazed across the plain, An
arid waste spread out before
him like the prospect of his own
dreary future, blackened and
desolate by the reign Of evil
passions.
Lifel what had it been to
him? A feverish dream, q
burning thirst, a restless, unsat-
isfed desire! Virtue--honor
-truth--idle words ; their SOL
emn mockery yet rang in his
ears. He ran-he flew any
where, anywhere to flee the
haunting thoughts that tfooped
like fends upon his track! He
neared the banks of the river.
its cooling waters, rolling on in
their eternal channel, promised
to allay his fever and bury his
dishonored name in oblivion.
He plunged in-that ancient
river swept him away, the river
Kishan; and as he sank to
Iise no more, a deep voice ex-
claimed: $50 perish thine ene-
mics, 0 Lord.
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AGENTS WANTED,

In every county OF each State. for n ncw
National Book. (TKE LIVES AND PoRTR Arts
oF THE PREsIDENTs) with fac smile copy of
the Declaration of Independence, the Consti-
Luton or United states, and Washlnglon's
iTrareWell ira Address, with 10 iine steel plates
,vrr rpr circulars and terms, address johnson
uQTe&W. I'm,
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NEW INDUCEMENTS.
Railroads..
nd, Gin, G Lafayette Railroad
Great Through Passenger Railway
60 oil Points West, Northwest and
Southwest.
This is the Short Line via Indianapolis

The Great Through Mail and Express Pas.
scnger Line to st. Louis, Kansas City, st. Jo-
seph, Denver, San Francisco, and all points in
Missouri, Kansas and Colorado
The shortest and only direct route to In
dianapolis, Lafayette, Teme llaute, Cam
bridge City, Springfield, Peoria, Burlington,
Chicago, milwaukee,, st. Paul, and all points
in The Northwest.
The indianapolis, Cincinnati Il LAFAYETTE
Railroad, with its connections, now offers
passengers more facilities in Through Coach
and sleeping Car Service than any other line
from Cincinnati, having the advantage of
Through Daily Cars from Cincinnati to st,
Louis, Kansas City, st. Joseph, Peoria, Bur.
llngton, Chicago, Omaha, and all intermediate
points, presenting to Colonists and Families
such comforts and accommodations as arc
afforded by no other route.
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks to all
points.
Trains leave Cincinnati ut 1880 Il. m., 800 d.
M, and 0:0Op.m.
Tickets can be obtained at No. 1 Burnet
House, corner Third and Vine, Public Land
ing, corner Main and River; also, at Depot,
corner Plum and Pearl streets, Cincinnati.
lie sure TO purchase tickets via lndanap
oils, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad.
g, i. BARRINGER,
Master Transportation, Cincinnati.
G. X. LORD,
Chief Ticket Clerk, Cincinnati.
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do yourself and not. miss he

T ~
raise him up in laziness, and
ifI allow you to have your way
and him his, | will spoil the
lad, so | shall. Keep him at
home to cut wood to-day
81 hope you will not persist
in keeping Willie out Of school,
for the child told me in tears,
that he could not keep up with
his class, and stay at home over
half the time. | found him cry
ing this morning because you
told him he must stay at home
to-day. You will so dis
courage the boy that he
will never be anything | fear"
While this talk was going
OH Willie been at the barn feed
ing, and just now came up and
said.
81 do want to go school, for
when | stay at home, the othd y
boys get ahead of me, and theh
it is hard work to catch up, and
| have been put back twice
since [ commenced going, Oh
account Of being kept at home
so much"
"Do you 60 out there and
handle that ak, and see how
much wood you can chop, or
I'll put you back in a way you
don't like"
This last remark settled the
whole matter, for Mr.. Lorenzo,
the boys Uncle, was a resolute
and very stubborn man, and his
orders had to be obeyed.
Ifyou could have stolen up
behind Willie, as he tried to
chop wood that morning, you
could have heard him sob, and
when he stopped the swing of
the ak, it was only to wipe the
big tears out of his eyes so he
could see where to strike.
Any parent, or guardian, who
prevents those entrusted to
their care from a regular and
prompt attendance at school,
should be held to answer be-
fore the law, especially in a free
State,
The day wore away, poor
Willie,all the time thinking how
he was losing ground.
The cold-hearted, Mr.. Lo-
renzo, took his ease, and calm
ed his conscience by telling
Willie that night, that "he was
a whale to cut wood" but the
poor boy went to bed that night
as he had often done before,
with a sad heart. Tired little
form, soon go to sleep, so af-
ter the accustomed "Our Faith
er" had been repeated, with the
couplet:
"Now / lay me down to sleep"
Willie fell asleep to dream
the following singular dream.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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MOVES is the name Of one Of the
sharpers who made the raid on the
Bank of England some months ago.
NoYrs is the name Of the sharper
who robbed the Treasury Of Hamil-
ton county four years ago. Strange.
coincidence.
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MARTHUR, vINToN COUNTY OHIO, \


" p2VntO' OlA uutiUfott' ysSoIt8t " 70
that gallant gentleman and wise
Prince, Edward |, set out for
the.cCnquest of the Holy Land
accompanied by his queen,
Amongthe many knights who
followed the valiant king, was
one named Sir Francis D'Essai,
an admirer of the beautiful Eva
Glare, a young lady attendant
upon the queen. The fair maid
did not recognize his attentions,
but bestowed her smiles upon
Sir Henry Courtenay, a young
knight distinguished for his val
Or and judgment. D'Essai,
Ffeaieas andnad, with rage, de-
termined to possess the young
lady at alf hazards, AS queen
Eleanora and Eva, with an es-
cort commanded by D'Essai,
were proceeding on an pilgrim
age to the Jordan, a band of his
satellites, dressed as Arabs,
suddenly attacked them, and
carried off the maid to the cas-
tie of the Old Man of the Noun
tain, where D'Essai shortly re-
paired. Soon Sir Henry Court
enay heard of the outrage and
comprehended the plot. He
rescued his lady love, took the
false knight prisoner, and had
him conveyed to Acre for the
punishment he SO richly deserv-
ed at the hands of his brother
knights. The particulars of the
awful ceremony of degradation
are thus recorded:
The great Church of Acre
was thrown open, and knights
in brilliant armor, and Templars
and Hospitallers in the habilla,
ments Of their orders, bishops
and priests in the sacred robes,
and vassals in their holiday
array, crowded up the long
aisles, and filled the spacious
choir, as though eager to wit
ness some splendid ceremonial.
But instead of gorgeous deco
ratiOns the wainscot and win
dOws were draped in black, diff
fusing a funeral gloom over all ;
and the solemn reveberation of
the tolling bell seemed to sound
a requiem over the grave of
Hope.
Sir Francis D'Essai had been
tried in a council of his peers,
and found guilty of treason to
religion and knightly devoir,
and this day, the anniversary
of his admission to the rank of
knighthood, his companions in
arms, the vassals whom he des-
pissed, and all those actuated by
curiosity or enmity, were as
sembled to witness his degrada-
tion, Eva shuddered at the
terrible doom other former lover
De Courtenay, with instructive
delicacy, had obtained permis-
sion to absent himself from the
scene on a visit to the Holy
Sepulchre. AS king-of-arms
and first in rank, it was the du-
ty Of King Edward to preside
over the fearful ceremony,which,
by the true and loyal, was re-
garded as more terrible than
death itself.
AT the first stroke of the
great bell the pursuivants. with
Sir Francis for the last time
in his knightly habilliments,
conducted him from the"Cursed |
Tower" toward the church. As
they entered the door the dole
ful peal sank in silence, and af-
ter one awful moment his fellow
knights, with broken voices,
began to chant the burial serv-
ice.
An ola..oiad etoo,o hn,,o, ,,,;lL
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Family Reading.
Midnight and MONDAY.
BY ECCE FRATER.
HatrOMcfOn.

I1ltfOQltCfl0H.
GLOW strange many things
appear, as we look back a few
years." so remarked a parish
minister, one evening as he sal
before the flaming fire, as il
sparkled through the iror
CRATE.
eyes indeed" remarked q
kind hearted little woman
who sat busily sewing be.
side the stand, on which
burned a small lamp,
"But what made you use that
remark; husband were you re.
tlecting on the past? eyes.
my dear, | was just thinking
that my life had been one Of
"Midnight and MONDAY" "shad-
ow and sun shine, sorrow and
joy, want and plenty, and with
al very varied" every true,
such may be said of every ones
life, | presume"
"Not in the sense | can say
it. Every one has not passed
through what | have, every one
has not struggled against the
same disadvantages. That all
men have had their up and
DOWNS | have no doubt, but
many have had advantage fol-
lowing advantage, from earli-
est childhood kind parents and
eminent helpers, and / cannot
say that any Of those advanta-
ges were mine.
"Yes, but you must remem-
Der, that the best advantage
any one can have,is a Kind God,
and an earnest and resoJute
heart!"
"All that is true, yet we all
need certain alder and abettors,
in this world, in the shape Of
mankind, and when we do not
have them, we labor under
many and great embarrass-
ments. We should not neglect
to trust the kind Father in
Heaven, but it would be so
much better, for us all if we
had plenty earthly friends to
help us also"
This conversation composed
the substance Of remarks pass
ing between a country parson
and his wife, on a certain win
ter evening not many years
ago; and shall suffice for our
Introduction.
CHAPTER !.
81 say that he shall not 60
to school to-day. L have some
thing else for him to do. When
he gets started once, there is
no getting anything out of him.
School is ali he thinks about,
and you are inclined to favor
his whim."
So remarked a guardian of a
poor boy, whom a man of the
world thought too much inclined
to go to school. "But," said a
lady standing in the door, "you
must not prevent the child from
getting an education"
81 guess one day will not
hurt him much"
Gust one day would not,
but you keep him out of school
|or almost every fiivilous
Il keep him at home when /
need him" "You keep him out
If school half the time to do
title chores that you could, !
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81. Advertisements 90 per square for
= insertion; and 80 cents per square for
Ca h additional Insertion.
Business. Cards, not exceeding 8 lines, IS
per year.
An bills due on first insertion OF advertise
mcnts.
Bills with regular advertisers to be paid
quarterly.
Business Notices-10 cents a line. Marriage
Notwithstanding to the libcrality of the
parties.
Yearly advertisers entitled to quarterly
changes.
ADVERTISEMENTS not otherwise ordered, will
be continued until ordered discontinued, and
charged accordingly.
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III f|
and the lady Of thy love. Where
fore thy peers have willed that
the order of kpighthood, by
which thou hast received all
the honor and worship upon thy
body, be brought to nought, and
thy state undone, and thou be
driven forth an outcast and dis
honored according to thy base
deserts. }" Instantly the brazen
tongue from the belfry ratified
the fiat and announced the hour
of doom.
AT the word, the squire, with
trembling hand, removed the
khemlet, the defense of disloyal
eyes, revealing the pale and
haggard countenance of the re-
creant Knight, and the choir
resumed the mournful dirge.
Then each pursuivant advanced
in his order to perform his un-
welcome duty. One by one the
knightly trappings of D'Essai
were torn from his body, and as
cuirass, greaves, brassarts and
gauantlets rang upon the pave
ments, the heralds exclaimed,
"Behold the harness of mis-
creant."
Trembling and bent beneath
the weight of shame the craven
stood while they smote the gol-
den spurs from his heels, and
broke his dishonored sword
above his head, and the terrible
requiem walled over the perish
ed emblems Of his former inno-
cence. The Grand Master of
Templers then entered upon the
stage, bearing a silver basin fill
ed with tepid water, and the
herald, holding it up, exclaim-
ed: "By what name call men
the knight before us ?"
The pursuivants answered,
"the name which was given
him in Baptism-the name con-
firmed to him in chivalry is Sir
Francis D'Essai.
The heralds again replied :
"FalsehOod sits upon his tongue
and rules in his heart; he is a
miscreant, traitor and infdel."
Immediately the Grand Mas
ter, in imitation of baptism,
dashed the water in his face,
saying: "Henceforth be thou
called by thy right name
Traitor p
Then the heralds rang out a
shrill note upon the trumpets,
expressive Of demand: "What
shall be done with the false
hearted knave ?"
King Edward, in his majesty
arose, and in a voice agitated
with a sense of the awful pen
atty, replied: "Let him with dis
honor and shame be banisheG
from the kingdom of Christ ; let
his brethren curse him, and let
not the angels of God intercede
for him"
Immediately each knight
drew his sword, and presented
its cleaning point against the
now defenseless D1Essai, crowd
ing him down the steps to the
altar, where the pursuivants
seized him, forced him into his
coffin, and placed him on the
bier, and the attendant priests
completed the burial service
over his polluted name and
peUured soul. At a sign from
the King, the bearers. took up
the bier, and all the vast con-
gregation followed in sad pro-
cession to the city gates, where
they thrust him out thing ac-
cursed, while the great bell in
the lofty tower of the cathedral
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Hack Line.
M cARTEUR HACK LINE.
CHARLES W. BARNETT, Proprietor

WILL run regularly to MArthur Station
wv TO meet all trains.
Hack leaves Macarthur Post Onice at 10
O'Clock, A. M, TO meet Fast Line West; at 10
nj. to meet the Cincinnati Express going east
ats O'clock P. NJ, to meet the 81. Louis Express
going west, at r. NJ for Fast Line east
VIII meet the Parkersburg, Marietta and
son or by letter. ~
Orders left at the Post oilloe, Macarthur or
Dundas. promptly attended TO.
une d-lS73. CHARLES w. BARNETT
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PUMPS.
A mericau Submerged Pump.
"THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD"

OUR AGENTS report over 100000 worth of
property saved from Fire this year by these
pumps, being tho most powerful f0rce-pumps
In the world. as well as N0N-FREEzING.
see October number, page BOG, also the Pre-
mum mum bisi page 3O3 OF the American Agricul-
See notice IN February number, page IS. Try
one, if ~ don't do the work claimed, send it
back and get your money, Us WE WARRANT
our pumps to do all we claim for them on our
circulars
Send for circulars or orders 70 the Bridge
port MPgCo, No b5 Chambers St.,Ncw York.
An order for nine Mol Pumps secures IN
exclusive town agency. '7-tf