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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

Direct sunlight soon spoils milk or cream
by premature souring and decomposition
The effect Of indirect Or reflected light has
been but little observed. It nevertheless
exerts an active influence, not only upon
milk and cream, but upon butter and cheese
while curing. The general effect Of light
upon milk and cream il to hasten the action
of the Tactic yeast, and then the formation
Of alcohol, and after that to hurry up pn-
trefaction, and these changes are occasioned
BY the influence Of reflected light the same
as direct sunlight, only in feeble degree
The first effect, however, Of small guam
tity Of reflected light-a quantity that
would just enable one with good eyes to
read ordinary prints to heighten the
color Of cream during an exposure Of thir-
ty-six to forty-eigbt hours. As soon as
the quantity Of light allowed to fall upon
milk is increased beyond the small amount
named, its influence is soon manifested
upon the cream; causing Il to become sour
and stale, lose color and favor, and IL the
light Is too strong, its surface Is soon cor
cred with mold and pimples, where the
same milk placed in more shaded posi-
ton win be all right The conclusion is
that too much light is doubtless often the
cause Of faulty butter, and even after il il
manufactured, butter, like cream, will soon
fade if exposed to the light, even though
1t may Be covered with brine Rural
Homo.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

Il has been found that the roots Of good
crop Of red clover left in an acre Of land
and after removal Of the crop weigh S.
$50 pounds, OF. from three to three and a
half tons. The same examination gave
the weight Of an acre Of rye roots at 3, 400
pounds "a similar experiment gave the
weight Of the roots Of alfalfa from an acre
at over fine tons.) All Of this matter is Of
course valuable for the use Of such crops
as may be grown during orafter It's decom-
position. The well known superiority OF
clover as manuring crop, however, is not
due alone to the greater amount Of organic
matter, taken mainly from tho atmosphere,
which the roots supply, but also to the
position in which this matter is deposited.
The roots reach deeply into she soil, and
on their decomposition they serve to draw
moisture from the lower soil, and by the
decomposition of fertilizing matter to a
considerable depth they induce the descent
Of the roots and crops to point where
they are much more sure Of supply Of
moisture during the dry seasons than they
could be If nearer the surface. Then
again these deeply penetrating roots tra-
verse parts Of the subsoil not heretofore
open to vegetation, and in their decompo-
sition they produce a chemical effect on
the inorganic substances that lie along
their courses, aud help to render them,
too, seryiceable for future crops.--Amerii-
can Aqricultuif.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
WESTMINSTER, MD SATURDAY, JANUARY H. 1874

/ had seen; probably the cedar closet had
never before been used as a bedroom.
Robert decided on having the wing
containing the haunted room pulled down
and rebuilt, and in doing SO the truth Of
my story gained horrible confirmation.
When the wainscot Of the Cedar Closet
was removed recess was discovered in
the massive old wall, and in this lay
mouldcring fragments of the skeletons Of
man and child
There could be but one conclusion
drawn, the wicked woman had imprisoned
them there under pretense Of hiding and
helping them; and once they were com
pletely at her mercy, had come night after
night with unimaginable cruelty to gloat
over their agony, aud when that long
anguish was ended, ended her odious life
by suicides death. We could learn
nothing ofthe mysterious painting. Philip
was an artist, and ii may have been his
work. We had il destroyed, so that no
record Of the terrible story might remain,
l have no more to add, save that but for
those dark days left by Lady Draye as a
legacy Of fear and horror, l should never
have known so well the treasure / hold in
the tender, unwearying faithful love Of my
husband-known the blessing that every
sorrow carries in its heart, that
EVERY cloud that spreads above
And veileth love, itself is love"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
Purity of Character.

Over the beauty Of the plum and april
cot there grows bloom and beauty more
exquisite than the fruit itself; a soft, del
icate flush that overspreads its blushing
cheek. Now IL you strike your hand over
that, and it is once gone, it is gone for
ever, for it never grows but once. The
flower that hangs in the morning impearl-
ed with dew--arrayed with jewels-once
shake ii, so that the beads roll of, and
you may sprinkle water over it as you
please, yet Il can never be made again
what it was when the dews fell lightly
upon il from Heaven. On frosty morn
ing you may see the panes Of glass covered
with landscapes, mountains, lakes and
trees, blended into beautiful fantastic
picture. Now lay your hands upon the
glass, and by the scratch Of your finger, or
by the warmth Of the palm all the delicate
tracery will be obliterated. So there is In
youth beauty and purity Of character
which when once touched and defiled can
never be restored; fringe more delicate
than frostwork, and which when torn and
broken will never be re-embroidered. A
man who has spotted and soiled his gar
ments in his youth, though he may seek
to make them white again, can never
wholly do it, even were he to wash them
with his tears. When young leaves
his fathers house with the blessing Of his
mothers tears still wet upon bis forehead,
if he once loses that early purity of charac-
ter 1t is loss that he can never make whole
again. Such is the consequences of crime.
Its effect cannot be eradicated, ii can only
be forgiven.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
Ghe farmer.



Col Waring, writer Of the H0gden
Farm" papers, for the Anericaa Agrio,il-
tarisi, gives the following reasons against
Indian corn as desirable cropfor Eastern
farmers.
Corn Indian corn ia the Ignis fatuus Of
Eastern agriculture; a relic Of the days
when our ancestors had to grow It at home
or 90 without it, a habit Of the Yankee
farmer, rnt Of the old sfogyism which
hates to adopt new ways and to relinquish
old ones. ! modestly venture the opinion
that not one bushel Of corn has been grown
within FIVE yeas anywhere in New Eng
land, New Jersey, or Eastern New York
that has not cost more than Il came to,
that has not been grown at positive loss;
and | think it Is time for men who call
themselves practical to cast up the
account and realize the fact for them
selves. On one side we have the market
value Of bushel Of Western corn and the
added extra value Of our better article I;
call il If you please 81. Nobody pretends
that il pays to grow less than fifty bushels
per acre, and for all the increase beyond
that you must increase the items Of labor
and manure in proportion, 80 that il win
not pay TO grow 100 bushels. Remember
that corn is an enormous feeder, and that
a full crop can be grown only with an
extravagant outlay for manure, and that
even the moderate crop which can be
grown on rich land without much manure
takes from the ground material which
would bring much more money If allowed
10 produce grass / have never seen
statement Of the cost Of producing crop
Of corn for premium ia which the loss ia
fertility was estimated at anything like its
fair value for the growth Of grass. Then
take the question Of labor. Labor is the
milestone that threatens to pull us under;
we can't do this and we can't do that be-
cause Of the labor il would take and the
high wages we must pay yet We insist on
growing crop that costs more for labor
than any other we cultivate except pota-
toes, and labor that must be applied when
We ought to be cutting our early hay in
June, or attending TO our root crops in the
Fall. Turn il which way We viii, our
corn growing is a mistake, and grave
one 1t seduecs us into breaking up grass
land we might better keep good by top.
dressing it consumes labor that we need
at the same season for more important
work, and il eats into our manure heaps
like the dry rot instead of increasing theil
value as the purchase Of Western corr
surely would do. aCorn, never-eorn
fodder, always" say l.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
British Immigration to Virginia.


"The Richmond Eagmirer Is credibly ad-
vised that during the coming Spring there
will be hundreds Of families from Sussex,
Surrey, Kent, Devonshire, and other locali-
ties in Old England, emigrating to Virginia.
These settlers are generally people Of
considerable means, who prefer having
lands of their own in Virginia, purchased
at reasonable rates and yielding good
profits, to leasing land in England at
twenty-five dollars per acre per annum.
In the County Of Amelia nimber Of
English families have found homes, under
the auspices Of NJ. NJ. Biacker, Esq, and
they have bought sixty thousand dollars
worth Of land. They are said to be highly
pleased, and win doubtless be instrumental
in bringing many others Of their country
men to Virginia"
II, instead Of appointing worn out party
hacks to sinecures, under the title Of Com
missioners Of Immigration, Virginia and
the Middle States would send out to
Europe men Of mark as agricultural
missionaries, men thoroughly posted upon
the agricultural resources and advantages
of the different sections, men who, at the
great fairs in England and on the CONT
nent, could talk face to face to the people,
the tide Of immigration to the Northwest
might readily be turned into the Middle
States and their worn-out fields be made
to bloom again with teaming haryests.
1t would not be difficult, we think, to
convince the landless farmers Of England
that our lands, from the Alleghanies TO
the sea-boards, from Maryland to South
Carolina, are far more desirable at s25 per
acre than the wild prairie lands at a
merely nominal price. In the one case
the immigrant would fad his dwelling, the
chool-house, his church, his roads, and
his market already at hand; he would find
more genial climate and would not be
compelled, asin the Northwest, to hibernate
during six months Of dreary Winter
with the thermometer 30 degrees below
zero Ta.f Field aud Farm.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
Send for Mother.

Dear me it wasn't enough for me to
nurse and raise family of NV own. but
now when I'm old. and expect TO have A
little comfort here, it Is all the time, aSend
for mother" And the dear old soul
rrowls and grumbles, but dresses herself
as fast as she can, notwithstanding. After
YOU have trotted her of. and got her safe
" in YOUR home and she flies around ad.
ministeripe remedies and rebukes by turns
Won feel easier It's right now or soon will
be-mothcr's come
In sickness no matter who is there or
how many doctors ouarrel over your case
everything goes wrong somehow. tin you l
send for mother In In trouble, the frs,
thing Won tbink Of i 10 send for mother
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
DOetrp.
1T.


Ifyou've got sword to draw--draw IL;
lfyon'ye any pluck to show--show Il;
Opportunities are made
Hunt the sunshine, not the shade;
lfyou've any pluck TO show--show il.
Ifyou'ye only wood to saw-saw il;
II you've but plow to hold-hold il
Brawny sinews herald health,
Deep-plowed f1rrows lead 20 wealth.
lfyon'ye but plow to hold--hold it.
Have you cheering words to speak ?--speaI
them,
That the sorrowing poor may help--help them
All are brothers here below;
'Tis a world Of sin and woe
Stretch the hand the poor to help-help them
Have you any wife to love ?-love her;
If yoa We any home to keep-keep it
Rowing hearts ONE back with pain,
Youth once gone comes not again
lfyou'se any home to keep--keep it.
Ware you born TO be man-be one;
ldleness is twin TO erime-shun IT.;
He who strives the goal can win,
Laggards drown in waves Of sin;
Idleness is twin to crime--shun il.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
Heat Of Rooms.

The purchase of Thermometer win
make paying returns in health. The great
tendency in winter is to keep rooms too
warm. The foundation Of pneumonia,
pleurisy and pulmonary consumption is
frequently laid in over-heated, ill-yentilat-
ed apartments. The inmates become ac-
custoned to breathing hot, close air, the
system is toned down and rclaxed, and
slight exposure TO cold and wet results in
serious illness. "Some years since, says
a medical writer, I'VE called one winter
evening on friend, whom we found in u
cosy sitting-room, with large fire, low
ceiling, and the heat ranging about the
eighties. She was suffering with severe
cold but could give no account Of how she
took it. A month later she was prostrated
with pneumonia, and she and her sister
died within a week Of each other, and
were buried in the same grave. The in
telligent use Of the thermometer would
doubtless have saved both Of those valua-
BILE lives.
The mercury in the tube should never
be permitted to stand above seventy. IL
that temperature is not sufficient to give
warmth, it is an indication that the person
does not take enough exercise, aud the
cure for it is more miles, more flannel.
In the coldest weather, when the ground
is like stone under the feet, when there is
not drip from the caves, and when snow
lies on the roof, rooms should be yentilat-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

M ~, --1 \ -----s7
!, re never coula see what yice or aeiorm-
..y ny N Z morse = eye thaf should make
!. necessary % cover = up ana shut ont
i.s owner .es, nom q least tHe.thirds ct hls
ngn1I,, nela O. VISION. The poets say
sna' ola age LOOKS nackWard put We never
neala auch "a iaiosynerasy charged upon
.ne ho,se' Ahe theory thas horse ls less
". 2 pe II'sa.enea nnen smut OUT irem
sseIy'nlng pen'no nm, He suspect @ pe
: la,iaSy, else sacole-1orses ana Warehouses
eoaiu pe cn'y Dlinuea, Every morse = as
iain'llA, with hls own carnage as WIN MS
OWE iail, ana, - Iar as ms personal ioft'-
tude y concerned, is no more disturbed OF
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
Select Aoetrp.
NEARING THE SHORE.


An otd man sits IN worn armchair;
Sv,,t,a V,,' a. SHOW i his thin, son hair
tr,,rroxred his check by time and care,
Aud back and forth Il swnys,
,r,,asass a far-nway form In his dtm dim eye
t,'hich rolls OF thoughts Of the long-gone-by-
rnr he sits once snore meath clondless sky,
And In childhood merrily plays.
Iic rests his check on the head Of his cane,
And happily smiling, dreams over again
Cfthat home the brook, the meadow the lane-
Dreams all with vision clear
Then childhood yields unto Manhoods place;
And hc iooIs once more In his bright bright face
And down in the starry eyes he can trace
A love remembered and dear,
Them he wakes and sighs; " u seems nul q dream
That comes 10 me now ike golnen Heaihl,
or the shlmmering glow Of the suns last beaihi
hui his pleasant 10 think II o'cri
That youth was 81 sweet. but now u past
ThOse days Of love were too precious 70 ihs'-
Hnt aver Wonder their pleasures are cast
And am nearing that shore."
lie Is gliding on In his little boat;
Der the calm, still waters they peacelully noa'i
Hut echo full OF brings vel. known note
From the land no has left behind
but Time will row back for him no more
And he gazes away 10 that other shore,
And knows, when the voyage Of life shall be DER,
That his dream beyond he VIII ma.
The seeds Of youth which In youth we SOW,
AdOwn through the aisles Of the tuture VIII sio"
And shed on aye q beautiful glow
As they come In memprys CLEANS
Loved faces will come TO dimming sight
Sweet words will echo In Ay-dreans bright,
And circle Old Age with thelt halos Of light
As they mingle IN beautiful dreams
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

At times like the present Il may be
profitable to be In no hurry in getting
grain into market, the exception il caused
by the excepted demand in the Spring and
Summer for all the corn and wheat we
may have to spare from home consump-
ton. But as a general rule, we have
advocated the sale of these crops whenever
the farmer can handily get them into the
market---fcr notwithstanding all the care
that can be bestowed BY the raiser, the
losses by vermin, thievery and waste, viii
always be a heavy per ceusage he is 10
experience before he gets nd Of his grain
Ito those are to be added another item Of
no incousiderable amount, that Of shrink
age--and to show the extent Of this loss,
We viii give the figures Of correspondent
Of the Praetical Farmer, who carefully
tested the question, and reported the fol-
lowing result FL took for the trial, on
10Th November, 1872, 200 ears Of new
corn, just then husked, the average length
81 inches, average IA rows, heap ~
bushels, weight 100 pounds, shell 9sl
pounds, cobs weigh pa pounds. III
ears, weigh 20 pounds, and shell ON,
bushel, weight 57a pounds, cobs l2l
pounds, 80 ears heap . bushcl and weight
asa pounds. II bushels ears heaped shell
bushel Of corn. A heaped bushel d
cobs weigh IS pounds. l now send You
as promised, he weight Of same erol
a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

WHEN VIZ MAY DRINK TEA.--Dr.
Adam Smith, in q paper read before the
London Society Of Arts, recommends the
use Of tea in the following cases :----Aiter a
full meal, when the system is oppressed !;
for the corpulent and the old; for hot eli
mates, and especially for those who, living
there, eat freely, or drink milk or alcohol;
in cases Of suspended animation; for SOL
diers who, In times Of peace, take TOO much
food in relation to the waste proceeding In
the body; for soldiers and others marching
in hot climates. for then, BY promoting
evaporation and cooling the body, II ob,
viates, in a degree, the effects Of two much
food ps of too great heat,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
How to Light Fires.

Perhaps one ofthe most aggravating diff
iculties ever encountered by a busy house
wife is chat attending the lighting Of fires
on still, damp mornings. The stove ut
first won't draw; even vigorous ''blowing'
viii not suffice; and then when it docs
start, it is with sort Of explosion or out
ward rush Of air which fills the room with
smoke and gas, oftentimes putting the un-
pleasant fumes in the face Of the operator
The trouble is caused by the difficulty en-
countered in overcoming the inertia Of the
long column Of air in the pipe or chimney,
by the small column Of air that can be
forced up through the interstices of wood
and coal, at the bottom Of which the fire
is kindled All this may be remedied by
simply putting few shavings or bits Of
dry paper on the top Of the wood or coal
and first lighting that. 1t Immediately
bursts into blaze, because the air has
perfectly free access to it from all sides
the heated air forces its way in the chin
ney, and establishes there an upward cur
rent The match can then be applied to
the kidding under the fuel, which win
readily light, and, if dry, burst into brisk
fame.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17
Exercises in Articulation.

The following examples in articulation
we clip from an exchange. Many ofthem
are old, but still not altogether worn out.
Some of our younger readers may play
"twist-the tongue" with them:
ofall the saws ever saw saw, never saw saw
saw as thissaw saws.
Crazy craycroft caught crate OF crickled crabsl
A crate Of crckled crabs Crazy Crayeroft caught
Ifcnzy Craycroft caught crate Of crickled crabs,
Where's the crate Of crcklsd crabs Crazy crayeroft
caughtf
Thou wreath'd and muzzl'dst the far
fetch'd OK, and imprison'dst him in the
volcanic Mexican mountain of Pop-o-cat-
a-pet-l, in Co-to-pax-i.
Peter Piper picked peck of picked
peppers peck of picked peppers Peter
Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a
peck Of picked peppers, where's the peck
of picked peppers Peter Piper pickedY ?
For twisting a twist three times he will twist;
But II one Of the twists untwist from the twist
The twist untwisting uniwists the twist
Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round
a round roll Robert Rowley rolled round.
Where rolled the round roll Robert Row
ley rolled round?
Theopilus Thistle, the successful this
tle-sifter, in sitting seive full Of thistles,
thrust three thousand thistles through the
thick Of his thumb.
Amid the moist and coldest frosts,
With barest wrists and stoutest boasts
He thrusn his tists against the post,
And still insists he sees the ghosts.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

The officers elected at the recent organ
ization Of the State Grange, are authorized
deputies for organizing new gnnges
throughout the State, For the conye-
nience Of farmers the names Of the officers
and postofice addresses are published as
follows ~. T. Moore, Master, Sandy
Spring p O., Montgomery county Jos.
NJ. Barr, Oyerseer, Chcstertown, Kent
county ]. Harper, Lecturer, St. Michaels,
Talbot county; 7. B. Bonsall, Steward
Rising Sun, Ceel county; Thomas s. Igle
hart, Assistant Steward, Davidsonyille,
Anne Arundel county; Joseph BarleN,
Chaplain, Sykesville, Howard county; ].
N. Chiswell, Treasurer, Buckyestown,
Frederick county; Edward Hall, Of Balti-
more, Secretary, Millerssille, Ammo Arun-
del county; VIM. Hepbron, Gatekeeper.
Lynch's, Kent county. Joseph NJ. Barr,
Of Kent county, win act as Special Deputy
for the Eastern Shore Of Maryland, and
Edward Hall, Of Baltimore, for Anne
Arundel and the other southern counties
Of Maryland. Applications for dispeusa-
tions may be addressed to them, and il Is
important, as regulated BY the National
Grange, that the first applicants copsist Of
farmers only, OF those Immediately inter
ested in farming pursuits
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

DAY's LENorH.--The length Of days
in the north Of Europe Is as follows AT
Hamburg the longest day has seventeen
hours and the shortest seven. At Stock
holm, the longest has eighteen and half
hours, and the shortest Eve and half
At St. Petersburg, the longest has nine
teen aud the shortest Eve hours AT Fin
land the longest twenty-onc hours and one
hall, and the shortest two and one-half
hours At Wondorbus, ID Norway, the
day lasts from the 2lst Of May 70 the Cd
Of July, the sun not getting below the
horizon for the whole time, but skinming
along very close to it in the North At
Spitzbergen, the longest day lasts three
months and a half.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-01-17

THE HUMAN FooT.--The average hu-
man foot is, when 1t is free aud the full
weight rests upon It, not less than four
inches broad, The average shoe sole is no
more than three inches broad so that the
difference between the foot and the sole
is an inch; that Is, there is an inch Of foot
with no sole TO rest on. What generally
happens is this, that this inch Is divided
between the stretch Of the leather and the
squeeze Of the foot, so that at every step
the foot Is not allowed to spread out as
wide as It would by half an inch. This
succession Of squeezes, as we step, is quite
sufficient to reduce the circulation enough
to make the feet cold. Narrow soles are
responsible for more cold feet than any
other cause. II your sole when spread
out is four inches wide, the sole Of your
shoe should be four inches likewise.