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ARTICLE MI.

Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and Con-
sular Agents shall be at liberty 10 go elJer In per-
son or y proxy on board vessels OF their nation ad
mitted 10 entry aud TO examine the ofllceIs ana
cIeWs 10 examine the ships papers, 70 receive de-
caraIions concerning their voyage, their destlna.
tion and the inciden OF the voyage; also 10 draw
mp manifeats and lists OF freight, 70 1acllLe tne
eitIy and clearance of their vessels, and nnaly 70
accompany the sad oi0srs or crews pef0rs tno ~
di ada Illustrative authorities OF the couhrl'to
asA .st them as their int 1reters or aSents ,,,
The judicial aulh1Titie and custom mouse onclas =
shall ia no case proceed 10 the examination on
search OF merchant vessels without having gwen
preyiOns notice 70 the consular ofcIr Of the Ion
10 which the said vessels belOng IN order 10 thHDe
the said consular Officers TO be present ,
kTht shall also give due notice t0the said consnla
Oficers IN order 10 enable them 10 be present al any
deposiuUns sta e menls TO be made in courts ol
law or before local magistrates, by cnicers or per
sons belonging TO the crew, thus to prevent errors
OF false Interpretations which might impede the
Uonsuls vice cOnsns, or consular agents shall nam
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AaTIcLE *

Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Con-
sular Agents OF the two countries or their chunce-
lors shall have the rghs. oonfoTmably 70 The laws
and regulations OF their country
l. 10 take at their once or dwelling, at the resi-
dence OF the PARTIES on board OF ves els Of ihelI
own nation, the dispositions OF the captnins and
crews, of passengers on board of them, of mer-
chants, or OF any other citizens of their own coun
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-20

Among the great
discoveries of modern
science, few are Of
more real value to
mankind than this eff
fectual remedy for all
Z diseases of the Throat
and Lungs. A vast
trial of its virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it does
surely and efIectually
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

MEAsURINGTHE ArLANTIc.-Si Peter
Parker called to Cudjo "a black fellow, a
pilot who was sounding the depth of the
water r)-"Cudjo,p says he, "What water
have you got there p
"What water what water, massa I? why
salt water, be sure l--sea water always salt
water, amt he, NASSAU
"You black rascal knew it was salt
water, only wanted to know how much
water you have there p
"How much water, here, massa how
much water here, massa? God bless me
where | going to get quart pot for measure
him?'
This was right down impudence; aud
Gsdjo richly deserved a ropes end for it,
but Sir Peter, good natured man, was SO
tickled with the idea Of measuring the
Atlantic Ocean with a quart pot--that he
broke into hearty laugh, and ordered
Cudjo stiff drink Of grog.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

The following story of Signor Blitz is
told as having happened in Western train
some years ago - AS the cars stopped, an
apple boy rushed in, and Blitz, after pat
ronizing him, cut open an apple and took
silver half-dollar out of it, greatly to the
boys astonishment. "If that's the kind Of
fruit you sell, III take another, said Blitz,
which he did, and 10 there was another
half-dollar inside it. Blitz assuming great
excitement, then asked the boy what he
would take for the whole basket Of apples,
saying il would be a grand speculation.
But the lad refused to sell even at five cents
apiece, and on leaving the station, Blitz
saw him seated by the wall, cutting open
his unsold apples, in vain search for
silver half-dollars."
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09


The old traditions Of the unsoldierlike
and dlsorderly and unclean habits Of the
Cossacks during the occupation Of Paris,
IN 1919, BY the Russian army, arc not
borne out BY the experiences Of special
correspondent OF the New York Herald,
sent Out to JOIN the expedition against
hniya: lie says
what change II was from the Bash
KRIS and the peasants, and how | luxuria-
tea IN the fresh, white bread and cream Of
the kind-hearted old Cossack, who set be-
iore me the best he had How clean and
neat everything was ! have known
something oi the Cossacks before, and
every one nave seen since ON my journey
mas only confirmed my earlier impressions;
anu l am convinced tnat Russia can boast
no Det,er, PRAYER, kinder and nobler race
tnan these same Cossacks, whom Western
Europe holds up as an eternal bugbear
ana an example OF all that Is brutal and
savage rerhaps ! am wrong in calling
the oossaeks race. They were originally
pure nusslahS, more daring and more en-
terPrislng 'han the rest, who wanted al
ways 10 pe On some Dorder foray, or TO
engage 10 some pold enterprise, where they
couiu snow 'heir pluck and receive its
substantial rewards ihey were thought
70 DC 700 polu ana DARING not to be some,
Mna' aanSerols 70 tne government, and
aIooruinsy ,hey were eoionned every
where aiohg ,he irontler, ana to them be-
cane c Jg,hea tne raSn ana en,erPrising youth
iioiii all nassia' heau the rreneh ac-
counts Oh TINS race 10 see how bold and
simple 'ne Iossacks were three centuries
ago near o. the conquest OF siberia by
cue IosSaoA , Ier'hak 70 ahu out now tney
.olsn. anu anu 'nen 90 70 the DON the Ie-
ieN, 'io 1la'' orchpur5 ana tne steppe,
1nI see 'ne same ineh' lou win near at
is, llsnli1 now Iour years ago, seven Cos
IaoAs S'' . ous 'nelr way lhrough i9oo hirghiz,
~ mnVn ., 'hey were SURROUNDED, ana at
ror. AieAahdrolsky now nity Cossacks
ae a:s. sef.1e enoo a1u Iorce1 a. march, and put
.S oe niSns S;:S Ioyo hnlVans; Inc pecuharlties
Iana'.,N =, ,nun,uualS nave: al'er two centuries
Deooino peiniauen. III race wnere every
III " paa'o, Pe'ss'e'i. anu cnuurlng' ana
"aer. ;ea'ness - anu economy are the char
au'er'S',rs a,oe,a s ol .ne women In crossing the
sI'eppe, I "ne,eser i 'hs pos' horses were wen
~ Poa ~ a"u & ~ so1u olaer' ,:. 'nere | found
oOoon, Ina L a"u Poli'e, reauy 70 at'ehu
v .hora ,U ,r"a an' ndS'e" S ny Journey wherever
'r"" n.'e Nv. ".' oosSaon S woman 'he station
S;aS aI :" 'as s.'aa anu olueriy, anu , nau clean
Somo,;mas | aesn Si ssss, Ii I;.ai gooa Dread' ana
'Sr'.S mTh" E ua,n'y li''ie meal
ihe oossacks were never seris, but al
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09
Observation.

Every reader knows one or two friends
who have "knack" Of knowing things,
but it occurs to few people that this
"knack" is not gift, but a cultiyatable
habit. Indeed, our system of education
is more defective in this than in any other
respect. We train our children in the
knowledge of books, which is well, but we
almost wholly omit to train them in men
and things about them; and the conse-
quence is that very many people go thro'
the world with eyes practically shut. The
boy who leaves school with fixed habit
of observation is really just beginning his
education. He is passing from the tuition
of imperfect teachers to that of instructors
whose store Of knowledge is boundless and
whose methods are always the best. There
is really no more curious study than that
Of mems habits in this particular. To or
dinary observant people il seems simply
marvel that some men and women can see
so much and learn so little. We ourselves
have known many curious cases of the
kind. We have known, for instance, per-
sons of fine ability, occupying editorial po-
siiions, who could never learn how to
indicate desired alteration on proof.
sheet, and that, too, when they were called
upon to so indicate their wishes every day
on proof-slips on which similar alterations
were marked already. We knew a ship
ping clerk once who, after dealing directly
with steamboats, for years, was astonished
to learn that a part of every steamboat is
under water. The tendency to this habit
Of observation, together with its conse-
quent habits of comparison and reflection.
nature implants in every human mind, and
it is this that gives birth to the perplexing
questionings Of children. When il is al.
lowed to develop itself, it becomes the
best and surest Of all educators but for
tho most part it is rudely repressed in early
childhood, by reason of the Incidence Of
parents, and so we find Il existing very
feeble, if at all, in half the people we meet
Your child wants to know the facts about
everything he sees, and the reason for
them. He naturally asks his father or
his mother, who to him are the repositories
of all wisdom. 1t is not always very easy
to answer him, and as the average parent
cares good deal more for his or her own
comfort than for the future character Of |
the childs mind, the matter is commonly
disposed Of by an injunction against ques |
tioning, which is as great an outrage upon |
the child as anything can be. He has the |
right TO ask questions. The God who put |
II into his mind to question you made It |
your duty to answer him to the very best |
of your ability. And your ability TO an
swer depends largely upon your industry |
in trying to learn how. If you do not |
know the thing concerning which he asks,
and cannot find it out, or II II be some |
thing which you cannot make him under
stand you have only to tell him 50, leaving |
him free to ask about the next thing that |
interests or puzzles him. If you repel |
him with a mocking saw, or forbid his
further questioning, you injure him for
life, quite as really and seriously as If YOU |
did him physical hurt
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09
Chinese Burials.

II the family be settled in any part away
from the neighborhood Of their ancestral
burying-place, 1t becomes necessary for
them to seek out lucky spot for the
burial Of their deceased relative. In many
cases the coffin is kept for years in the
room where the ancestral tables are. and
sometimes it is temporarily laid in a sort
Of dead-house, hired or constructed for the
occasion, until it can be transported to the
original sepulehre of the family, or until a
lucky spot can be discovered. The Chinese
are very superstitious on this point, and
even in times Of epidemic will often insist
or retaining collins in their houses, and, as
far as We are aware, there is no sanitary or
other authority to interfere and protect
the health of the community. Many will.
doubtless, say that all danger on this score
is sufficiently obyiated by the care with
which most cofiins are prepared; but the
evidence Of our senses, in cholera season
at Pekin, has taught us that the contrary
is frequently the case. Families at the
very bottom Of the social scale, for econo-
mys sake, often inter their deceased rela-
tions within a few days Of their death,
but this practice is much looked down
upon, and is considered proof of the
parties being sunk in the lowest DEPTHS of
penury, as well as wanting in due respect
TO the departed. Professors Of tae art Of
Fengshui Literally wind and water,) or
geomancy, are consulted CD the subject of
lucky place for sepulture. In Central
and Southern China the SUBMITS and
sloping sides of uncultivated hills are the
most favorite spots, especially if near water,
and with south aspect. Collins are
also buried in fields, more particularly in
the north, and, If our memory serves us.
we have seen more than one large cemetery
tlled with low graves, and surrounded by
dwarf mud fences, in the fat country out
side the walls of Pekin. Again to the
west of Chinkiang--once a fourishing city
on the bank of the river Yangtsze, at the
enterance to the southern portion of the
Grand Canal-we have rambled over hills,
where the graves are as thick as they well
can be; many of these, in shape, very much
like horseshoe, are even now still well
kept and carefully tended by pious rela-
tives of the departed, although the town
itself is sadly fallen from the position it
enjoyed before the rebels held it and
levelled its prosperous suburbs with the
ground. Rich families often spend large
sums of money over their burial places,
adjoining them with lifesize figures Of yari.
GUS animals in marble, but the remains of
friendless and poor strangers are deposited
in any waste and vacant piece of ground,
with merely slip of wood to mark the
spot. All classes in the country, however,
do their very best to have as snowy a
place of sepulture for their dead as they
possibly can, and to obtain this end they
are willing to make great sacrifice. ce.-"Aa
the Year Round"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

That clergyman out in indianapolis
while preaching his sermon one Sunday
evening, perceiyeda a young man and young
woman under the gallery in the act Of kiss,
ing each other behind hymn book, did
not lose his temper. He did not fly into
an unseemly rage, and call upon the sex
ton to rush up the ailse and disband the
rioters. No! He remained calm. He
beamed mildly at the offender over his
spectacles, and when the young man kissed
her the fifteenth time, he merely broke his
sermon short off in the middle Of "thirdly, 9
and offered fervent prayer in behalf of
the young man in the pink necktie, and
the maiden in the blue bonnet and gray
shawl, who were profaning the sanctuary
by kissing one another in pew No. 6s.''
And the congregation said ..Amen.' Then
the woman suddenly pulled her veil down,
and the young man sat there and swore
softly to himself. He does not go to church
as much now as he did.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

How ENGLISH BEEF Is FArrENEp.--
The Englishman is proverbial in his attcn-
tion to quality, and love for roast beef. No
such' roasts" are found anywhere else in the
world. The modus operandi Of its best
production is as follows-A pit is dug
generally about six feet deep and ten
square, in which the animal to be fatted is
lowered. II is then supplied with all the
roots, hay, and meal it can digest, and
furnished with the needful quantity Of
water, as well as with an abundance Of dry
straw for litter The droppings are tram
pied under foot by the animal as he moves
about in his narrow cell, and gradually by
their accumulation, rise to level with the
surface. When the surfhee is thus reached,
he is ready for the knife, and yields a
most rich and juicy flesh, besides many tons
ofthe best manure firmly packed in the pit
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

ALLIGAT0Rs.-All Of our alligators. as
well as the crocodiles of the topics, are
oviparous. They are gregarious in their
habits, although they do not seem to act
in concert in obtaining their prey. During
the winter season the alligators remain in
a state Of torpor, buried generally in the
mud Of the marshes and bayous. The
first warm weather restores their suspend
ed vitality, and few may then be seen
summing themselves on logs and other
floating debris.
They fish principally during the night
and lie in the sun half asleep on the sur
face of the water during the day. A
splash in the water, or any slight noise in
fact, will instantly arouse their attention,
and as their curiosity is great they will
slowly swim here and there to ascertain
the cause of the disturbance. The whine
OF puppy seems to excite them more
than aught else; why, l cannot tell, for il
is equally efficacious where dogs have
never previously been and where il were
impossible to suppose the alligators had
ever heard them. The resemblance to the
noise or bark of their young has been said
TO be cause; but such reasoning is falla-
cious, as ut seasons when their young no
longer bark, they are equally attracted by
whine. Their ferocity and other dan
gerous qualities have been very greatly
overrated and exaggerated. That they
are extremely voracious is unquestionable;
but they generally confne their ravages to
fish and other small prey.
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dait and 4unror.
Gen. Cass and John Guy.

- .l. a.,
~ pote S'rikihg resemblance TO
osn. l-ers esss, ana Mnile ne was pro-
p.e'1L y s 1hs Na.iCnal Iio'el IN Wasning
s',s on, .ns slicnisan Senator was among ms
.aa 1917 IN susss' uuy dressed iise Oass,
hu aishoasn nol as Portiy, ms iaee, IN
0ae s as .ns w ~a.s, was strangely slinlar.
on ns uy "e',eIn il,ehu u 'he mouse
ea'ae I ~ ai'er ione riue; dusty ana tired,
Gan @ %[ raas ~ y 'ns once, eneoun,ered ':
W;s..,: su. Iass % mno mas qui'e'y standing tnere.
'.iaAs ~ ,1 n,,n 'or vuy, nc snapped nun
" Va a.J s'I, slol'ue'' snu s1ciaineo- ell
nv my | has W. na,e w.. a'nI % sie iass 'lme nung
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

KIND WoRDs.-A single word may
disquiet an entire family for whole day.
One surly glance casts gloom over
household, while smile, like CLEAN Of
sunshine, may light up the darkest and
weariest hours. Like unexpected flowers
which spring up along our path, full Of
freshness, fragrance and beauty, so the
kind words, and gentle acts, and sweet
disposition make glad the homes where
peace and blessing dwell. No matter how
humble the abode, if it be garnished with
grace and sweetness, with kindness and
smiles, the heart will turn laughingly to-
ward It from all the tumults of the world,
and home, if it be ever SO homoly, win be
the dearest spot beneath the circuit Of the
eun
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

A VALUABLE WHITEwAsH.-Prepare
a twelve or fifteen gallon kettle; have it
clean and dry; take eighteen pounds of
quick lime, that is unslaked, fresh burnt
put II in the kettle, pour boiling water on
II and ii will commence to slake immedi-
ately; but keep it covered with boiling
water or il viii burn. While the lime Is
going through the shaking process, it will
absorb considerable water; but put in
water SO fast that when the lime Is done
shaking the kettle will be full. Put in one
and half pounds Of sulphate Of zinc and
one pound Of alum keep ii well stirred
until il Is entirely slaked and 1t viii be
about the consistency ofcream. 1t is then
ready for using II viii mix with any
kind Of paint as well as oil paint. l have
used il with lampblack, or yellow ochre
and red lead, for painting brick walls. Ii
forms perfect cement SO that water viii
not penetrate II after Il gets perfectly dry.
Freezing viii not scale it a particle. 1
have tried many kinds Of wash, but this
Is the best / ever used
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09
School Books.

'aeaeions VI the Schooih
have their uses when wisely applied, and
among them Is the review Of the past years
work, and contemplation and preparation
ior the next Whatan advantage itwould
be, Tor example, If some one equal to the
task would critically examine the books
used in our schools He would find an
extraordinary variety Of books forming
library that, for its cost, is in strong con-
trast with Its short-liyed usetulness.-
ochooi BOOKS with us are necessarily plen-
tiiui enough to supply the extraordinary
demand that grows out OF the enormous
extent OF. our public school system. In
uermany, Pedagogy Is recognized
pranch OF education for those who mean to
devote their lives to teaching, and the an
nuai ineetlhgs-c"i;Fen.ions nc should call
tnem, though congress IS the name usually
Sdopted abroad-of the teachers and pro-
iessors can always be marked by some
wholesome advice as to the best school
books. In Germany the universities sup
ply tne men VINO teach In all grades of
SCHOOLS, ana they care Tor their good man
agement as the pest way OF securing
plehtlful supply oil future students. The
result rs that ior years the German sys-
tems' their kindergarten, their real schule,
1neir gymnasia nave been the models for
adoption IN various modified forms,
snroughout Europe Their school books
nave peen Translated or at least used In the
preparation Oh the text books Tor schools In
almost all ciVhlzed countries. Here, how
ever Ior the most part only IN our private
sonools' which nave cohtraVed IN this way
70 Keep up standard oil excellence Tor
'nvse VINO can anord 70 pay, while our
Pupiic Schoois, as 10 tneir progress IN
DOCKS, nave not advanced except In vari-
ey anu IN cumbersome numbers. In
uernany' where every one pays Tor his
euuca.ioh IN one way or another, the pay
men. 's Inade 20 low that IL Is no barrier,
e aeu 'ne law eniorces on parents tne duty
" oonPIi1ory euu,a'i9h put' on tne other
nanus' ,, ehe school DOCKS are selected Gy the
'ely nshcs' au'nority' anu tne same DOCKS
~ can serve a wno,e iamiiy OF children as
'ney pass through tne various grades OF
sohoois' WHIST mere the changes are fre-
queh' anu seheraily unproduc'iVe of any
''Sat SaSua, DJ' t elnpaifassIen', ,
oonoos pooNs are CHOSEN 700 mnch by
nn~aI saI' VI, VI oofels, or agents easily pro-
suieu anu ,snolant recommendations, col
,.l,on; o,So win; misn school omclals, ana an the
.ss o'nsl .nsenioss % eAPealents ior pushing a
.hN Iaue ~ oenyns MS. 'he publishers, 'hen
ia", I ,'oi%eulailes s M 90. .hen 'he authors, and
ns.;' ,a,1 =, an Il 'ne Pupns' a cursory exami-
haoIa " ,,:. ~ eTeny I sonPe.en1 nS person OF .he
s"ha1, DJoAI useu M " h,s o'ii'uren Ior ,he last
g.. aJJ, ~. y.ar r.; sOau pe caPl'ai employment
-, Ut, h's 'aIa'iDn % ne misht compare them
Saua n o .na D4oh' ,;.i use useu ~ ms own scn9ol
ss, duI Miu, :o%e u .hs S'nnuard DOCKS
.eOeSsi ~ isSqeu ~ nnslahd, ana then give
s;", ao 'Io0i T r, poiu ,he ~ result OF ms mqai-
msn,. @ - Hnsianu ,nG iashion was ior
auy ye'''s se' mainly W ~ Arhoiu, VINO
auoPOos s1.c eAeeiiene uermah scnooi-
.".' DooAs esh iJr his nuspy poys' VOW English
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

Cur 1T SH0RT.--A certain barber hay
ing the great gift Of CAB, used to amuse
his customers with his long yarns, while he
went through his functions on their heads
and faces. One day an old codcer came
in, took his seat, and ordered a shave and
hair cut The barber went to work, and
began, at the same time, one of his long
stories, to the no little dissatisfaction Of
the old gentleman, who, becoming irrita-
ted at the barber, said
"Cut it short"
eyes, SIR said the barber, continuing
the yarn, until the old gentleman again
ordered
"Cut it short, say--eut it short y
''Yes, SIR cutting away and gabbiug
faster.
"Cut it short, say = reiterated the
gent.
'.Yes, sir" said the barber, going ON
with his story.
"Will you cut it short?" says the old
gent, in rage.
"Can't sir, says the barber; ''for if you
look in the glass, you'll see I've cut it all
Of.
And, to his horror, upon looking into
the glass, he found his hair all cut from
his head.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-09

THAT MISSING GLISK.-Professor Apas-
siz, says a writer in APpleton's Journal,
as is well known, holds that the different
races of men are specifically distinct. In
a recent lecture he says:--"I have pointed
out over hundred specific differences be-
tween the bonal and nervous systems of
the white man and the negro. Indeed,
their frames are alike in no particular
There is no bone in the negroes body
which is relatively the same size, shape,
articulation, or chemically of the same
composition as that Of the white man.
Even the negroes blood is chemically a
very different fluid from that which cour-
ses in the veins Of the white man. The
whole physical organization of the negro
differs quite as much from the white man. 5
as it does from that Of the Chimpanzee-
that is, in his bones, muscles, nerves, and
fbres the Cimpanzee has not much further
to progress in order to become a white
man." Here, then, is the ''missing link"
in the evolution theory.
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A traveller in Cashmere, in North-west-
ern India, writes:-The most remarkable
feature ofthe vegetation Of these mountains
is kind Of birch tree; when the rough
outside bark is taken of, ten or twelve
layers Of very thin smooth bark are found.
which can be cut off in large fakes Of
any width, and the length Of the eircun-
ference Of the tree. This serves fhe
natives for paper, and great quantities IL Il
are used for writing, aud for other pur-
poses for which we use paper.