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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21

hnrtftsi. Running briars are a. difficult
20 net rid Of As the thistle family. Care
less cultivation brings them. but careful
cultivation viii ria vau az chem. of the
various wavs az clearing them from our
fields / NAV Observation-Disclosures over the
field n the early sprine: nuttine in hoed
crops for while. following with wheat or
grass. Getting 1 GOOD set AZ grass. manurine
heavily with lime ana freauent mowinqs
| would plow the Ground early in the
spring (supposina I had 6eld infested
with br;ars,i and very carefully prepare
for corn crop or any other hoed crop :
keen the crop well worked during the sea-
SON: hoeina and cultivatinr a often a. the
briars show themselves Following this
eron ia the fan with wheat--the wheat
being drilled IN with a good sharp drill
the drill being very useful in tearing up
what hriars grow after the last corn work
inc Follow with wheat again preparing
the Ground ycry nicely with good sham
implements Drill the wheat and sow
heavily with timothy and in the following
spriuc with clover. and I win warrant that
Won have NO more running briars IN that
field until vou allow them to come again
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
Ghe farmer.
Weeds and How to get Rid of Them.

34l1s
Whatever plants infest the farmers
grounds and are worthless as objects Of
cultivation are embraced under the general
name Of Weeds. In other words, all plants.
however useful they may be as distinct
objects Of attention, when scattered through
= crop Of other useful plants, to their in
jury, may be considered dead and treated
as such, and carefully eradicated. A sin
gle weed allowed to mature may become
i've hundred the following season and ten
thousand the year after.
Weeds are propagated BY poor system
Of tillage, and the use Of unfermented
manutes. The mode Of eradicating weeds
must depend on their duration and nature,
whether their roots are perennial or die
Of after the plant has borne seed Annual
weeds are most EASILY gottenrid Of Hoed
crops will destroy most Of them. The
seedsdof annual weeds are brought to the
fields in unfermented stable manure, where
the cattle feed on hay or straw, swallow
the seeds. which pass through them undi-
gested. Seeds Of annual weeds will lie
dormant for long while, when buried
deep. and segetate az soon as the pIow
brings them up again
We pass on now tothe perennial weeds
and the most troublesome to US are the
different thistles, and the running briar---
both Of which increase and multiply to an
alarming extent. There seems to be three
varieties Of the Thistle---the small plant
chat bears fruit about the sine Of rnsp-
berry the one that grows four feet high
aud bears q purple flower, and the one that
simply throws out hrge leaves that grow
and lay just on the top Of the ground, and
seems 10 bear no flower or seed --someti,nes
called Canada Thistle. The one that
bears the fruit Ii called Seldom Apple.
There are various receipts for getting rid
d these pests Covering with straw 70 the
depth of q foot or so; sowing salt on them.
at the rate of twenty bushels to the acre
burning osss the field and Frequent NOW
ing
iillnk ihe pIlspt should be allowed Il
attsin nearly Is fun growth. When il
has drawn larsely o. The vitality Of It's
ip9iA Il 'Ile patch be large the plow should
Be used 70 throw every particle under the
'af.lge What tbe pillow dol, cover cover
kiit kev II The patch issmalI. spade Z
aA be ascsl % cut ~ THE crown Of the
',1i s7on a. ihe tops show them
.ltss again. - through The pio2ine ii
|4.'ies pHee+s aud epnsiaaA til the mid
X " ssstanu Whel you Win * pretty
aH NJ hsse yp.'f land ifee
F i nla*' dii66nli u ges rii of the
|issIt Nheu t',e ground hiss heon worked
hNd ep,,< u pastures they are les
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
Deer Greek Club.

The Deer Greek Farmers Climb of Har-
ford county Ma met At Mr. Parker Lees.
Nav ala The first business in order was
,be ox.w;nat;on of the farm The limo
INV sslJ some 70 acres was knee-hich
With Timothy and perfectly uniform all
over the field We Then took look at
Inc hoee cattle some AZ in number. 10 or
- ha;no a. onouob now for the butcher.
and thew will weieh probably l POO pounds
.acb Tbey were grazine on a meadow of
some 40 acres tbe most Of which was a
sod of 20 wears standing. having been
moved for thirteen wears before il was
tarned ont for nasture' II is now covered
with natural Grass 4 foot high All the
,,rass Roe baen uro1ueed and kent mn by
sba annI;cat;on af stable manure which Is
haulaa ant and snrpad n MI times dnring
The vear Ne 6,st as made: which. by the
wav s what an our farmers ought to do.
but he nsnal practice IN Hartford. | be.
l;eve i n hani the manure out in the fall
leaving II in the harm ward all summer to
bleacb n the SIM and rain. thereby loosing
its most valuable parts The barn is about
6Ox40 feet and filed underneath with
stabI;no for tb;rty-fiye head of cattle and
ton horses We noticed some very fine
cows Mr. Ice seemed tn have a Mace
for everything, and everything was in its
Mace All The implements, machinery.
WAGONS etc were carefully housed.
frba o,os,;on eor the evening Was the
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21

SAFE TEST FOR Coal 0IL.-The most
effective way to stop the sale of dangerous
oils and burning fluids which are so des-
tructive to life and property is to educate
the people. The test is so simple that it
is in the power of every one. The test is
as follows Pour a small quantity of oil
upon a saucer or tin plate; apply lighted
match; if it ignites Immediately or even
before the FIRE touches it, let the oil be re
turned to the vender as unsafe. Good
safe oil viii not fash, but burn slowly
when the lighted match is dropped into it,
and the fire is extinguished as soon as the
match is removed. If the people will sub
ject their oil to this test and use only that
which stands it, accidents will be rare.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
Odds and C5nds.

LEARN OF THE LowLY.--s'IIave you
ever entered a cottage, ever travelled IN
coach, ever talked with peasant in the
field, or loitered with mechanic at the
loom, says Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton,
'and not found that each of those men
had talent you had not, knew something
you knew not n
The most useless creature that ever
yawned at club, or counted the yermin ON
his rags under the suns ofCalabria, has no
excuse for want Of intellect. What men
want is not talent, it is purpose; in other
words, not the power to achieve, but the
viii to labor. | am no believer in genius,
but | believe that labor, judiciOusly and
continuously applied, becomes genius
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21

USE OF CHARcoAL-The Country
Gentieman says At this season of the
year one desires to obtain some purifier,
and charcoal is of the greatest value for
the purpose All kinds Of utensils can be
purified from disagreeabe odors by rinsing
them out with charcoal dust wet into
soft paste Putrid water is Immediately
deprived of its bad smell by its use. When
meat, flesh, ETC., are liable to become
spoiled from long keeping, charcoal dust
win keep them sweet; and if there is a
slight faint to meat, it can be taken out by
putting three or four pieces of II as large
as an egg into the water in which it is
boiled. This viii effectuaily purify that
which seems too far gone to use.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21

Johns Hopkins, of Baltimore, who has
given some $4,000, 900 for benevolent OBJ
jects, is now seventy-eight years of age, a
Quaker, plain in dress, looking as he walks
the streets more like a poor clerk on a
salary of seven hundred dollars than a
millionaire; of medium height and size,
homely in feature, with the wrinkles and
FUCKERS oflong devotion 10 business strict
in all that relates TO money, hut not inca
pable Of kindly actions-especially, it is
said, to young men just entering the
troubled and preearious arena of mercan-
tile life.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21

PoULrhr-The pip is oceasioned by
the forming ofa dry horny scale upon the
tongue; the beak becomes yellow at the
base the plamage becomes rufIed; the
bird mopes and pines; the appetite gradu-
ally declines to extinetion--and at length
il dies, completely worn out BY fever and
starvation. Give the bird, three times
day for week or two, two or three grains
Of black pepper in fresh butter, which viii
effect a cure. tisrecommended to chick
en- raiseFs 10 raise some broom corn seed
md lei die fewls have free access 10 il.
Il is a healthy and Iatienine feed fershem.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
WESTERN MD. OOII,Ear
ron
STUDENTS OF BOTH srxr.
IN DISTINCT DEPARTMENT.
Incorporated by Aet Of General A,.,,,,,
March, 1868. !"

HtHlS Institution is eligibly locatod i.
a healihful and ilourishing CITY ~ n MN .le
minister, in Carroll county, on the lima a rs%
Western Maryland Railroad, aboat u NE
between the cities Of Baltimore and Hs .usg
town. eseFt
Il is under the special PATRONAGE -,
Maryland Annual Conference of ne y he
dist Protestant Church, but is str;.,i Ia',no'
from any sectarianism, either In its cn,! ne
study or rules Of discipline. '"'c o.
Male and female students recite IN ..
classes, but oil have the advantage oe;dps.
ton from every Professor having rbssaau
the studies pursued. se o.
The Vice-Principal (Rev. DR.. N;cho,.,
the Preeeptress, (Miss Hanee, aud LUIS.
other members Of the Faculty, reside 4, nv
College building, and have constant ovar,;s se
Of the Boarding Students.
The COURSE or Study is thorouvb nna..
full and competent corps Of Instructor.
The Tenth Semi annual Session. Will.
on MONDAY, FEBRUARY Sd, ana erJ ~
THURSDAY, JuSE 10th, 1878. WI
EXPENSES OF SESSION.
Board, Lodging, Washing, Fuel and
light ......,..............,.....,.. Sam
Tuition in Preparatory Department ~ ~
Tuition in Collegiate Department. 1000
Matriculation fee payable on enter.
ing the Collegiate Departmental. km
Instruction in Music with use Of ="
lnstrumentsl ..,......."...,...,....... 2M
Instruction in Drawing and Painting
water colors). .............,,,,,, NM
No extra charges for any study in the Res.
ular Course.
PAYNENTS
onehalf at the beginning of the .Se,,iou,
the other, April l4th, 1873.
Books and stationery purchased Of the Col.
lege must be paid for on deliroy
For Catalogue and Circular containing fall
information, address
J. 7. WARD, PRiScIPl.
dec 2l'tf Westminster, Nd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
FOR 1878,


A RE heavy enough without paying high
"A prices for everything you buy. Appre.
ciating this fact the undersigned is determined
to prove that the Cash System will justify
"Qick Sales and "SmdN Pofts.'
Ladies', Misses and Children's Shoes.
Mems and Boys Boots, Shoes and Hats,
Reduced 10 per cent. to suit hard times.
China, Glass, Queensware and Housekeeping
Goods of every kind, the largest and best
stock in the city of Westminster.
Woodeuware, Willowware, Tinware, Stone.
ware, Fine Japanned Ware, Knives, Forks,
Spoons, Clocks, Looking Glasses,
Table Oil Cloths, Linen and
Paper Window Shades
and Fixtures, &c.
Choice Syrups, Teas Roasted and Green
Cofees, Sugars, Spices, Extracts, Es'
sences, Soaps, and everything in
the Grocery Line.
Fine Silver Plated Ware, such as Casters,
Cake Baskets, Gard Receivers, Butter
Dishes, Napkin Rings, Butter
Knives, Forks, Spoons, &c,
guaranteed Triple Plated
and at Baltimore prices.
Especial attention is called to my Sohe
Department, ms intend to sell everything in
this line at prices that will defy competition.
No trouble to show goods and give prices
whether you wish to purchase or not. An
examination of my stock is solicited
mar 27-tf W. o. LlGGET.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
CIRCUIT g. REIFSNIDER,
A TTORNETSATLAW AND SO
LICTTORS IN CH1NCERI,
WESTMINSTER, MI.

"E have formed coparmership in the
w practice of Law in the Courts Of Car
roll and Howard counties, and will promptly
attend to all business entrusted to our care.
Particular attention paid to Collections and
procuring DEGREES for the sale of Real Estate.
Also, Applications Filed for Back Pay and
Bounty due heirs Of deceased soldiers
Office adjoining the residence of CHAs. 7.
RElFsNIDgR. no soft
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
FURNITURE AND STOVES.

~ at IRA L. CR0USE'S, is
III. disregard Of your own inter- Ess8A.
- est that is wholly inexcusable. -
Having had long experience in the
business, he now flatters himself that he can
always exhibit to those wishing to purchase
any article in his line, stock not excelled in
variety and quality by any other establishment
IN the county, and his prices are guaranteed
not to exceed those of Baltimore city, or any
other place in the State.
DkH- Don't mistake the place, one hundred
yards east of the Railroad, on Main street,
nearly opposite the new Catholic Church,
Westminster.
may II
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
LUMBER LUMBER |!


II HAVE just returned from the Lumber
Il Regions-and am now receiving the lar
gest selection Of LUMBER ever offered al
this place, at Reduced Prices, consisting Of
yellow Pine, Spruce and Hemlock
JoIST AND SCANTLING
Of all lengths and sizes, "a, 81, Ga and S-4
White Pine Boards and Plank, Yellow aud
White Pine Flooring, Dressed and Undresscd
Notwithstanding, White Pine Cypress aud
Chestnut Shingles, Walnut and Ash Boards
and Plank, Plain and Headed Pieketts, shin
gle and Plastering laths, prime lot Of Chest.
mt Rails and Posts. Also all the different
KINDS OF COAL,
Thinking large sales with small profits bet
ter than small sales with large profits, | have
concluded to adopt the former as my guide,
and hope shall be enabled to carry Il out BY
persons in want of anything in my line giving
me call before purchasing elsewhere.
EDWARD LYNCH,
Near Depot, Westminster, Md.
feb 20.tf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-21
KINDN OF COAL
Cabinet and Furniture
ESTABLISHMENT.

Y,HE undersigned, having aa.,zsu,EzsA
4 bought out J. J. Leister's y
interest in the well known Es- - -
Enlistment of Messrs Shorb & Lester, Main
street, Westminster, West Of the Railroad,
will continue to keep on hand full and com.
plete assortment Of all kinds and styles of
FURNITURE, and full assortment Of Cane
and Wood Seat Chairs, Hair and Husk Mat.
trasses, Looking Grass Plates, &c., which
will be sold cheap for cash Old Cane Seat
Chairs re-seaied and Furniture repaired.
UNDERTAKING.
Walnut and Metallic Collins and Baskets
on hand. Funerals attended at all times, at
short notice.
Also on hand Newell Posts, Balusters and
Front Door Brackets. Hand Rails worked
to order, of all kinds Of Lumber, and different
styles Brackets worked to order.
All kinds of Architectural Drawings fur.
nished at short notice and at low figures.
feb 24-tf j. j. SHORE 4 son.
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WHITE DRESS GOODS.

ME- have just opened, from Philadelphia,
w a large Assortment Of White Dress
Goods. viz: Plain and Plaid Nansooks,
Victoria Lawns, .Inconets, French Mnsins.
Piquas. Swisses, lie. also Edaines, Insnrfines,
lAees, sc. II, Il. NORRIS 4 co.
may J.
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sfItI Aottrp,.


Cocg-A- DoonLR.D0
Where away il the morn,
That yon sound your clarion-horn2
Not streak Of light in the east,
Nor the hintest ray
Of dappled gray
u UT 10 be seen, mot the least
Three o'clock l--that is all
Aud still you sound your call
To al within the house to wake,
And into their hearts their burdens take,
Before ever the day is born
There Is not sign Of the dawn;
The stars are burning out, It's true,
But no eyes see the day yet coming through;
The world is fast asleep in the dark
Not 50 much as the sound Of the watchdog
And still this Cock-a-doodle-dol t5ark
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-04

add the beaten yolks of 4 eggs, then
lstir in half pint of wine and the same
of boiling water; beat to a stiff foam the
whites of the eggs and drop upon the
sauce in its boat; but if the pudding is
to be eaten cold, spread the beaten
white over it and brown for one instant
in the oven.
| GOOD SAUERKRAUT.-Le vour
'stand," holding from halt a barrel To
a barrel, be thoroughly scalded out: the
cutter, the tub, and the stamper also
well scalded. Take off all the outer
leaves of the cabbages, halve them, re-
move the heart, and then proceed " ith
the cutting. Lay some clean leaves at
the bottom of the stand, SPRINKLE with
handful of salt, fill ia half bushel
OF cut cabbage, stamp gently until the
Juice just makes its appearance; add an
other handful of salt, and so on until
the stand is full. Cover over with cab.
bage leaves place on top a clean board
lifting the space pretty well, anG on
top OF that a stone weighing twelve OF
fifteen pounds. Stand away in a cool
place, and when hard freezing comes
on, remove to the cellar. 1t will be
Iready for use in from four to six weeks.
The cabbage should be cut tolerably
COARSE The Savoy variety makes the
best article, but it is only half as pro-
ductive as the Drumhead and Flat
Dutch. There is no dish more whole
some than well-made sauerkraut, but
it should always be boiled with a piece
OF picked pork or cOrned beef.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-04
Scientific Memoranda.

AS the result of more than thirty ex-
periments on the feeding of animals on
meat taken from tuberculous creatures,
NJ. Collet concludes that such flesh Goes
r.G; develop tubercleS in healthy ami
mails Where others experimental on
animals already diseased, or have al
lowed portions ftuberculOusmatter to
gain admission to the lungs of the ani-
mails in the air they breathed.
A French medical writar=hIs eX-
damned 800 eases of suicide, and de
duces therefrom the following conclu-
si0ns: Philosophical or premedtated
suicide is accomplished usually during
the night or little before daybreak !;
accidental suicide, on the contrary, dur
ing the day, because then the exciting
cause appears. / The 1anner also xa-
ries with the age. In early youth it is
usually by hanging; this during man
hood, is abandoned for the Use of fire.
arms; and as the bodily vigor declines
in oldage, the method. by hanging is
lagain adopted. .g
The dredge on the Challenger has
brought up nodules of peroxide of
manganese. Mr. Buchanan found that
these presented the concentric layers
and intimate structure OF coral, and is
of the opinion that they have been lorrn-
ed blythe slow substitution of peroxide
of manganese for .aIcic carbonate in the
original coral.
Those who have tleiiclt, gulvan-
olneterS should be careful IL See tla.
they are not X, Ut in the field of per-
lnanent niaguets, unless, as in the ease
Of the mariners compass, they are free
to move i'll the direction OF the lines of
forces of the magnetic field l.. which
they lie. Olhe wise they will quickly
lose their magnetism. ". Ii. Preect. J
NM. Treve and Chedevillc find that
if II current of electricity traverses a
coil of wire that surrounds cooling
ingot Of cast steel, the steel, when per-
iectly cold, shows on fracture finer
grain than when the current is not
passed. The 'nagnetized steel also had
less power of resisting forces of exten-
sion and compression.
During August 2J1 feet of the
Hoosac tunnel were opened. The
whole length of the tunnel is 25,03l
feet, of this only S6S feet remain to be
pierced.
/ Lobsters arenow cultivated in salt
water pond on the New England coast.
The pond covers so acers, and is so ar
ranged that the water is partially
changed at each tide. The food sup
ply consists Of refuse from the Boston
fish markets, and during the first year
for December.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-04
The Kansas Senatorial Appoiniee

F LEAVENWORTH, Nov. 25.
There are fourteen daily newspapers
in Kansas, thirteen cf which have
squarely repudiated the action of Gov
ernor Osborn in nominating Robert
Crozier to the United States Senate.
The only paper that defends the action
of the Governor is the Commonwealth,
of Topeka, edited by the Postmaster.
Henry King. Public sentiment almost
unanimously condemns the appoint
ment as Caldwell victory.
Senator ingalls, left for Washington
this afternoon. I'll. w. Gillet, at whose
suggestion the Governor appointed
Crozier, went with him. 1t is under
stood Crozier is not candidate for re-
election, but that the controlling pow
ers agree to make him United States
District Judge in Delahay's place, Gil
let, Caldwell, Smith & Company agree.
ing to aid Osborn in his election to the
United States Senate.
Crozier, it is understood, goes to
Washington with Judge DeIahay'S
resignation in his pocket, to be used in
case it will do him any good. II is
general believed Senator Ingalls, had
nothing to do with the appointment OF
CrOZier, and that he with the balance
of the delegation, will not aid in carry
ing out the agreement which is SO dis
honorable to the State and nation.
The members of the Legislature from
Leavenworth County did not ask and
did not know that the Governor intend
ed to appoint CroZier. There is gen.
eral disgust among all classes Of citi-
zens at the appointment, except with
the immediate personal friend of Cald
well The five daily papers of Leaven.
worth, the home of Governor Osborn
and Robert Crozier, agree in denounc.
ing the appointment as unwise.
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The Prospects for Ohio Tobacc.
RaiSerS.

From the circular of Messrs. Girske
& Niemrnn, of Baltimore, of date No
vember 81, we CLEAN the folio wing, in
regard to the prospects Tor Ohio tobac-
to this winter:
Our Mr.. Niemann, who is at present
in Europe, writes from Bremen: II
have just returned here having spent
Iseveral days in the southern parts of
Germany The crop of Tobacco there
this season is again enormous, the pro-
duction in the Palatinate and neigh
borhOod alone-a district about equal
in extent to three counties in Ohio
being equal to about $4,000 hhds. of
Ohio Tobacco. A very large quantity
of last years crop is yet in the farmers
and speculatorS' hands unsold, and of
course the new crop is not even looked
at by buyers; the trade is more or less
demOraliZed and ridiculously low pri-
ces are talked about. Let our friends
in Ohio be warned in time"
For several years past buyers in Ohio
have seen fit to overstep the limits
given in our circulars, by paying SOC to
81 more than we advised as safe, and
the consequence has been that they
have either lost money, or at best made
a very small profit, by no means in
proportion to the heavy risk. We
might, by anticipating that the same
practice will be followed this season,
reduce the limit to 81 to $3.50; but hav-
ing always in our circulars given our
true and honest opinion on what we
consinered safe figure, we shall not
deviate now. We do not believe it
good policy to give just cause for re-
garding our circulars as spurious and
merely written for effect, and We hope
that buyers will comprehend the true
situation, and will for once be govern
ed by our advice, which is: not to pay
more than So average for good crops;
all frosted and unsound Tobacco to be
excluded in the contracts, and to be
bought separately at about 81 per 100
pounds.