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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08

son, Is deeper than his brother, Nathan Of
Petticost lane, IN the secrets Of the elixir
which turns old clothes into new NJ Ma
than Is no conjuror. He never tries the
proverbially difficult experiment Of placing
young heads on old shoulders. But how
many, many times has he succeeded in
putting old hats on young heads That
French Israelitc is a real artist His wo-
mankind serve him well, making il d labor
of love to replace the lost nap, and hand
ling the bare edges as gingerly as if the felt
or pasteboard below were nitro-glycerine
ready to explode under rough usage. Ma
than srefreshed hats are not dear. At the
world-iamous Marche dn Temple, an old
hat, styled in the technical jargon Of the
market, a noillc retapee, was quoted on an
average, at three francs Eight sous re-
presents the rag-picker's charge the rest
is for labor, Embellishments, and a fair
profit. At half-a-crown, the pretty, bril-
liant thing--a very Faust Of hat, made
beautiful by some ringletted Mephistophe-
les in an entresol-seems cheap. II bears
fine weather well, and may egare credita-
Bile on TIE Boulevards for three consecu-
tive Sundays. But the downpour Of rain,
glue and gum and paint, silk and brown
paper, resolve in their original constituents,
and, the whole fabric collapses like dis
solving view.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08
Deer Horns.

Why and how is the deer so peculiarly
unlike any other of the bovine race? The
horn differing so materially from all the
horned cattle in its composition, growth,
maturity and decline? 1t presents all the
phenomena Of animal, vegetable and fruit.
II sprouts from the brain without any pro.
longation of the frontal bone. II rises and
breakes through the sinews and takes root
on the bone, and grows the same as vege-
table. 1t is nourished by and secretes the
albumen upon the surface and disposes of
the fibrine the same as an animal. Is
clothed with skin and hairy coat very DIFF
ferent from the rest of the body. This
covering and hair possesses a property un-
known in other animal bodies, of being
styptic to stop its own blood when wound
ed. 1t carries marks of the age on the
buck, by putting out an extra branch each
year which shows an additional power each
year to produce them; and this power
dose not exist in the female, so the differ
ence is more distinctly marked than in any
other class of animals
Again, the horn possesses properties un-
known to any other animal matter II is
entirely inodorous, capable of resisting
putrefaction, and almost imperyious to the
effects of atmosphere. And still water at
305 deg. Fab. will dissolve them rapidly,
and when dissolved, possesses greater
amount of nutrition than any other animal
matter. 1t is perfectly glutinous, possess
ing very limited amount of carbon of
lime. 1t is not soluble in alcohol and re-
sists the action ofacids and alkalies. This
substance is produced without the aid of
bile, and its condition, electrically, is posi-
tive. The deer or buck is undoubtedly the
highest electrified land animal, and in pro-
ducing the horn the system undergoes
many changes. The hair, hide, flesh, blood
and color are different in the different
developments of the horn 1t is the only
yegito-animal substance We know of that
does not pcrpetuate itself by procrcatioa.
And can ii be possible that so large an
amount of matter can be thrown off yearly
with yearly increase without taking back
or recalling some element Of the produc-
tion to sustain the germ? The male and
female are sustained by the same nutrition
and elements, and the male only produces
the horn. This phenomenon is quite as
much Of a curiosity as the horn alters
ding.
A common deer's horn, undisturhed on
the ground, would no doubt resist the ef-
fects Of storm and atmosphere, frost and
heat, from fly to one hundred years.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08

TAKING CoLD.--If cold settles on
the outer covering Of the lungs, it be-
comes pneumonia, Inflammation Of the
lungs, or lung fever, and in many cases
carries of the strongest man to the grave
within week If cold falls upon the
inner covering Of the lungs, It is pleurisy,
with its knife-like pains and It's slow, very
slow recoveries If cold settles in the
joints, there isrheumatism with its agonies
ofpain, and rheumatism Of the heart, which
in an instant sometimes snaps asunder the
cords Of life with no friendly warning
Il Is Of the utmost practical importance,
then, in wiutry weather, to know, not SO
much how 70 cure acold as how to avoid il.
Cold always comes from one cause
some part Of the body being colder than
natural for a time If person viii keep
his or her feet warm always, and never
allow himself or herself to be chilled, he
or she win never take cold in lifetime I;
and this can only be accomplished BY due
care in warm clothing and avoidance oi
drafts and exposure. While multitades
Of colds come from cold feet, perhaps, the
majority arise from cooling Of too quickly
after becoming . little warmer than L
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08

moment felt the bear seize me in ter
rifle hug, her hind feet tearing away in an
awful manner at my stout leather-leggings
II was a terrible moment, for death SEEM
ed imminent, while the reports Of my com
panions' guns rang in my ears with singa-
lar distinctness. The pain of the bears
hug was a suffocating one, and I could
feel her huge claws tugging at my legs
until il seemed as if the flesh was being
torn away in masses had lost my gun
when | fell, aud was without knife or other
weapon--a lesson in woodcraft | have
never forgotten-so it was impossible to
fight the brute, except to wildly pound at
her eyes with my fists as she endeavored
to bite me--a feat she unsuccessfully at
tempted two or three times.
just then the Captain and the Major
ran up, but found themselves unable to
use their guns for fear of hurting me, so
they did the next best thing, and began
pounding the snarling brute on her haunch-
es, in hopes Of inducing her to change front,
as they afterward termed it. These efforts
failed, however, to produce the desired
effect, the bear wisely considering d man
in hand, worth two in the bush, so she
continued to hug me, and growl, her hind
claws scratching my limbs until the blood
ran.
But Antoine, brave fellow that he was,
proved himself fully equal to the emergen-
cy, for he Joined issue in the battle, and
with his sharp hunting-knife made sad
havoc with the she bears interior. This
treatment proved too much for her, so she
suddenly rose on her hind feet until was
lifted off the ground, aud then Abandoned
me for the. brave voyageur. Antoine
seemed prepared for the encounter, and as
the bear charged upon him he dexterously
buried his knife in her body, when both
rolled over together in death grapple.
by this time Francois had killed the sec
ond cub, and after reloading his rife ellie
tied our admiration by running up and
deity putting bullet through the head of
the she bear as she lay struggling with his
comrade. That ended our bear fight.
i am not ashamed to confess that |
tainted just then, for was sorely wounded,
and actually out Of breath, But pull at
the flask of Cognac, carried by Antoine,
soon revived me, and we examined nv
hurts, The bear had torn my leggings and
trousers into shreds, and my legs were
deeply scored by her formidable claws.
No bones were broken, however, and the
flow of blood was soon stopped by some
rough bandages, so | was able by sun
down to take the trail for camp, where we
arrived by midnight. Two days were oe.
cupied by our guides in securing the skins
and fat, while We enjoyed bear-steak to
our hearts content. kept house in camp
for nearly week, the guides proving ex.
cellent nurses In due time We returned
to civilization, as the Canadian woodmen
term the settlements, and on reaching
Kingston the officers of the garrison kept
me close prisoner until the regimental
surgeon finally announced my GONZALES.
cence, when ! parted from my kind friends
perhaps forever. Even now | somctimes
dream of the bear fight, and am only too
thankful to wake and find myself safe in
bed, though | still carry the marks of the
bears claws.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08

''1@S 'o - o." e''e3 Issesent Hn easy marx
% that 2 goQd shot win garely miss A,an.
friend q ours once drove 4 buggy
I from ON FOX river 2 Chicago forty miles, ana
WIN one dog shot one hundred grouse
between sunrise and sunset We were
onee sAo9flus Win tlie same person. "
Oelobcf alc birds were y large ioeks,
ana got up quite Wild IN going over q
little hlll, we started iloek ef thirty Or
lgrsy i niFaY they rose lna hadalei and our
iE'sua nnng both barrels lntothem, brought
down three with the first, and Two wish big
second barrel.
late IN the season, when full grown and
wen ieathered, groase viii carry ofi large
charge o. shot, without hlnching ind
then fall dead after flying half j mile
apparently unhsut'
4 : thought BY some sportsnen that
this bird has the power Of Withholding It's
scent as me quail i supposed to do We
nave, however, not seen anything conclu-
siFe on this point.
The grouse Is q bird ofyery strong scent,
and when they are plenty, dogs are very
easily broken on them We have several
times seen taken into the field, settlers,
which IN the morning had never seen OF
smeH grouse, which before night were
reasonably strunch on their points They
were however, high bred animals Of un-
questioned purity Of blood any improper
cross M Will prevent this rapid education.
we once tried the experiment Of keep
ing grouse IN confinement but met with
very lndiherent success We purchased
one winter near hundred Of these birds,
wn'cn mao been caught m traps alive
we put 'nem IN . large upper ioft, Or gar
ree' ABOUT twenty rect vide and fiffy long
'ne entrance we guarded py hanging up q
san before tne door, when allowed us @
peep through Q nole ana watch me habits
ana c0nauct oi our prisoners. ihey would
eat ireely o. gram, and drink like common
po1l'ry al'nougn Wilson tons rs they ney-
q ariuk n captivity nor as ne believes,
~ 'heir VIVA state either They seemed
very pugnacious; IN 'heir naplts, ana fought
among themselves constantly Not how
eyer nke game cocks Two individuals
navlng iair stand up iight, to see which
was 'ne pet'er plrd, but m different
fashion. one cock would give the bird
mex. hlm . DioW witn nls p'li' ne would
ny 'ne next number three would pass y
70 numDer iour' ana N 4 minute there
woala pe general neid hgnt' IN the course
oi Wnien some would of'en be Killed L
resemoleu a. irisn snlnuy' where every
@ raoay y seized with 40 insane desire g
Dfeak nus neignpors head. ihen az Z
signal known 70 themselves they would al
'aNe wing ana ny against tne ROOT with
such slolence az % Dreak 1ne'r neeks- io
prevent 'n's, we clipped tnelr wings which
prevented some oi thelr most aspiring
n'gn's' pu' diu no' stop 'nelr hghline
more q 'ess q mem oleu ese dai'y' un.'l
y spring our STOCK was redneed g one o'a
cock' veteran VINO nau survived ne
harusnlps o. captisity, ana uanSefs O pat
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Ulwilling alarratire.
A CAMP HUNT
IN A CANADIAN FOREST.

A few years ago loitered through the
hot summer months in the Province of
0ptdrio, Canada | had spent several days
fishing for pickerol among the Thousand Is
lands, on the River St. Lawrence. with toler-
able success, thanks to the experience ofmy
Kingston boatman. But the weather be-
came too hot, even in this latitude, for such
sport, and the fish refused to bite, so was
fain to wander about the sleepy little city
Of Kingston, or watch the soldiers at their
afternoon drill. on the slopes Of the fort,
their red coats strongly contrasting with
the green sward of the parade-ground II
was always a source Of wonder to me how
the people managed to enjoy life in so dull
place, for there was no hustle, no com
mercial signs scarcely ever visible.
One evening sat on the hotel-stoop
quietly smoking cigar, when two Of my
garrison friehtls, Major Pomfret and Capt.
Hafaimge, came up from their quarters and
invited me To join them in hunting tramp
to the great Pine Belt, as the lumber dis
trict is termed Both of these gentlemen
had only been in Canada few months,
having come with their regiment straight
from India. They were enthusiastic sports
men, and talked necessarily Of stalking
blue bulls and antelopes, or shooting tigers
and chetahs, while their rooms down at the
barracks were full Of rare skins and other
trophies of the Indian jungles so that |
readily fell in with their latest hunting
programme
We were to 90 by steamer up the Bay
of Quinte to Belleville, bustling little
town, and afteward push on by wagon for
Modoc, village then becoming famous for
some gold mines that had just been dis
covered. The best part of that night was
occupied in packing up, so that when the
Bellcyille steamer cast off her moorings
the following morning we were on board,
and bade good bye to sleepy old Kingston
and her odd-looking, old-iashicned Mar
tello towers. The trip up the bay was Il
pleasant one, the scenery being charming
and perfect surprise, and late in the ai-
ternoon We arrived at the queer little
Belleyille wharf, as il stood among a col
ony of steam saw-mills, huge piles of lum-
Der, and acres of rough logs buddled to-
gether by endless booms.
A good nights rest at the hotel refresh
ed us, and at daylight the next morning
we started for Modoc in light wagon,
another followed with our hunting gear.
After rough ride Of nearly three days We
fonad ourselves entering the confines Of
the Pine Belt Nothing is more impress
sive than these vast forests of pine trees.
Over one hundred miles in width, and ex-
tending from British Columbia to the Bay
Of Pnndy, the belt of timber affords an
almost inexhaustible supply Of that lumber
known all the world over as Canada pine.
So dense is tho growth Of these immense
trees that scarcely any underground is met
with, while the ground is softly carpeted
with decaying pine needles The sun
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08
Two Strings to Your Bow.

| am always sorry for man that knows
how to do but one thing. | have seen
many such men. | gave ten dollars to one
who could speak and write five or six Ian
guages, translate beautifully; but in the
middle Of hard winter he could not get a
liSing. remember another man who bad
preached twenty-five years till his throat
failed him, and he used to 90 round look
ing very blue and sad, until people pitied
him and made little donation parties for
him, because he was good for nothing ex-
cept to preach, knew lady once that
had taught school for twenty years, till she
was poor, nervous, broken-down woman,
and really didn't know how to make dress
for herself. know a man that wants to
keep store, and he sits with bis thumb in
his mouth waiting for tore to come to
him to be kept. | heard Of minister
who, when his peopls gave him horse and
buggy, had to wait for the deacon's wife 70
como over and show him how to harness.
for he didn't know the bit from the crup.
per. Now, boys and girls, every real man
should know how TO do one thing well
and he ought to know how to do several
things tOlerably wen. Every wise farmer
has principal crop; but he always puts in
little something else, SO that, if his main
crop fails, he win have something to live
on. Don't carry all your eggs in one bask-
ct. Don't carry all your money in one
pocket. If you want to get along right
well, learn one sort of work to get living
by, and all sorts of work to get along with
when your one sort gives out.
At West Point, where they take boys
and teach them to be perfect soldiers, they
have to learn, among other things, to cook
and make bread, and make their own beds.
and do their own sewing, and sweep, and
dust because, you know, sailor or SOL
der never knows where his duty may call
him. and the man who knows how to do
the most things is the best sailor, the best
soldier--that is to say, the most Of a man.
| never saw woman do mans work
haudily, but | liked her all the better for
it. And l never saw man do woman )
work neatly; but | thought the more Of
him-for you see that work Is something
that needs to be done and he who knows
how to do most win have the best ch4nee
to make money, or, which Is better still,
make himself feel like useful man.
So, then, what doyou say, boys? Sup
pose hereafter You do as the cadets do at
West Point--makc your own beds every
morning till you can do it better than your
own mother can. And girls, do you learn
to harness horse till you can do it as
quickly as your brother. And boys, learn
how to make bread and girls, learn how
to sharpen knife and whittle, and drive
nails without splitting the board and boys,
learn how to hem towels, run stocking
heels, and patch your own trowsers: and
girls, learn how to grease boots and wagon
wheels, to lay shingles, and ease the doors
when they stick. Keep your eyes and
cars wide open. Learn to do all sorts of
work. And, my word for it, you win
grow hearty and plump, handsome and
happy
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gelett seoetrp.
THE BILLS.


Hear the messengers with bills
Yearly bills ~
How the world with worrlment their annual com.
Ing lls
How they trouble, trouble, trouble,
Eyry poor unhappy wight
With accounts that more than double
All Ms assets, and Ike siubbIe
Sweep his stamps clean ont OF sight,
Calling time time timcl
In a SCR, OF horrid rhyme,
To the great exaccrbaton that continually flls
Thoughts ofbllIs, bills, bills, bills,
Bills, bills, bills,
From the coming and the summing of the bills
Hear the mantuamakers bills
How welded life with jaTs their exorbitaney fills
For the laces and The gmps
How all calculation llmps
With the items and accounts
In grim accord.
What a damning OF amounts
To the turtle dove that milingly recounts
To her lord
oh, from oil these puffs and frills
How awful is the sum that yoluminously spills
Cents and mills,
How 1t fills
Ledger pages Like the rills
That make the rivers from the hills
Are the coming aud the summing
Ofthc bills, bills, bills,
Ofthc bills, bills. bills bills,
Bills bills, bills
Are the adding and the maddlng Of the bills.
Hear the corporation bills
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In The s,a,,le,i "a a, n,,h,
,In,v mon ,yhis,,ar ,holr ,c,t,,,,
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Hear the messenger. win bIlls-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08

Courage, the eommonest Of the virtues
obtains more applause than discretion, the
rarest Of them.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
News and Other Items.

Emigrants are still arriving in New York at
the rate of three or four thousand daily.
Butter sold for 20 to % cents at st. Adams
on Tuesday.
There are 1854 more men than women in
Wisconsin.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is at st, GATHERINGS
Canada, where she will pass the summer
The Emperor William of Germany is so much
better as to be pronounced out of danger.
thirty pound salmon for fifty cents in Port
land, Oregon!
A new impulse has been given to civilization
in Denver, says Colorado paper, by the reduc-
ton of lager beer to five cents glass.
DR.. Holland, in Scribner for July. writing in
favor of summer vacation, says, "There are
few saddcr things in life than the dying out of
the impulse and disposition to play"
Advices from London show that the uew loan
is making favorable progress. A large force
is kept constantly employed in the Registers
office to supply the demands of the syndicate.
William Marley, more frequently mentioned
as Reddy the Blacksmith, has been engaged in
dog fighting in Hampstead, L. l., and as con-
sequence is now in jal at that place, through
the action of some of Mr.. Bergh's agents.
Work ON the Rochester and Nashua Railroad
is being actively pushed forward, and when
fall arrives it is expected twenty miles of the
road will be completed. The whole length of
the road will be about forty-fve miles.
Kentucky thinks she has trotter that will
eclipse the record of Dexter His name is Dix
lie, and he has, after only two weeks training,
made his mile in 225, only 81 seconds behind
Dexter
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps describes Miss Smil-
ley, the Quaker preacher as "a woman who has
voice as sweet as a robins, face as serene as
Madonna's, courage as resolute as an apos-
ties, and purpose as fixed as Q1aker's, and
who wears her bonnet in the pulpit besides"
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

PROSPECT OF THE WHEAT CRoP.-The re-
ports of the Agricultural Department indicate
the following condition and prospects of winter
and spring wheat, respectively: About the first
of June, of 751 counties reporting the condition
of wheat, 202 are about the average 1853 full
average, and 381 below. OF 2S6 counties grow
ing spring wheat, 103 are above the average.
lis full average, and 6S below. Judging from
the relative proportions of the above figures,
the prospects of spring wheat appear more fiat
tering than those of winter wheat, the former
showing 2l8 out of 2S6 counties full average, or
above, while in the latter favorable reports come
from less than half. The character of the win
ter wheat crop is pretty nearly determined, but
the spring sowing is just at the inception of its
career, and has the vicissitudes of whole sea-
son yet before it. From the reports already re.
ceived, an active campaign with insect enemies
is foreshadowed in portions of our wheat grow
ing area the result of which it is impossible to
anticipate. very great increase of acreage
and an encouraging prospect of spring wheat
are indicated in the Northwestern States.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
Political Notes.

How impossible it is to please everybody is
again shown by the Virginia complaints, that
Grants appointees there include SO many ex-
Confederates, and also so few colored citizens.
1t is not expected that the Ohio Constitu-
tional convention will take action on the tenn
peranee question, but will turn the whole
matter over to the Legislature, in which event
it is likely to become a controlling issue in
State politics.
The Oregon Republicans oppose the resig-
nation of Senator Mitchell of that State, as
the Legislature will not meet for two years,
and, meantime, the Governor, who is a DEM
ocrat, would appoint Democratic Senator.
A Washington despatch states that the re-
Gently published list of members who have
refused their back pay contains some glaring
inaccuracies, and evidently was not compiled
from official data. To the list should be add
ed the names of two New York members,
Hon. Ellis 81. Roberts and Hon. Clinton L.
Merriam, Hon. John A. Peters of Maine, and
others.