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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-04-10

TANgYTowS rENs.-Another fighting affray
occurred at Piney Creek school house on the
Is, instant, between Samuel Fink and II. L.
Hyser. Mr.. Hyser, however, acted in self
defence, and it is not probable that he would
have engaged in tight il he had not been
attacked. The facts rs far as known to the
writer are as follows: Several persons came
TO the singing school with a regularly precon-
certed plan to attack Mr.. Hyser. After the
close of the singing, as he was going peace
ably on his way home, he was suddenly at
tackled. Having more regard for his honor
than to engage in low fight, he attempted
to avoid combat by flight, and was pursued
by the rabble with cries at ''kill him, kill
him." Afterbeing overtaken, he turned upon
his antagonist, and succeed in whipping him
completely, which put an end to the disturb
ance. Fortunately others came upon the
scene, among them Prot Pitser, who pre-
vented the whole crowd from setting upon
Mr.. Hyser at once. Mr.. Hyser succeeded in
getting into his possession q pair Of iron
knuckles used by his antagonist.
Our farmers are busy preparing their land
for oats and corn; some of the more enter
prising have sowed their oats, and are push.
ing forward other work.
This spring there has been more changing
ofresidences than for several years past. Mr..
Williams moved from Littlestown TO this place,
and will in few days open new variety
store. Mr.. Joseph Thomson has moved into
Samuel Fairs house, near the railroad.
There will be three large saloons in this place
this year.
Monday last Joshua Koutz traded horse
to Joseph 0eker for fine pair of mules.
The public schools in this part Of the coun.
ty, have been well attended, generally, up to
this time. There has been held lately by
teachers several public examinations Of
schools, and also several school exhibitions,
which seemed TO give general satisfaction.
Prof j. Pitser still meets his class regular.
" on Wednesday evening in the Union Church
Of Taneyton, for the purpose Of giving lessons
in music.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-04-10
Notice to Creditors.

'-st Faux T. SHAW, clerk.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
Love and Labor.

We die not all; for our deeds remain
To crown with honor or mar with stain;
Through endless sequence of years to come
Our lives shall speak, when our lips are dumb
What though we perish, unknown to fame,
Our tomb forgotten. and last our pane,
Since naught is wasted i'll heaven or earth.
And nothing dies to which God gives birth.
Though life be joyless, and death be cold,
And pleasures pail as the world grows old.
Yet God has granted our hearts relief,
For Love and Labor can conquea. grief.
Love sheds light on tie gloomy way.
And Labor hurries the weary day;
Though death be fearful and life be hard,
Yet Love and Labor shall win reward.
If Love can dry up single tear,
If lifelong Labor avail too dear
A single web from before the true,
Then Love and Labor have won their due
What though we mourn, we can comfort pain
What if we die, SO the truth be plain;
A little spark from high desire
Shall kindIe others, and grow a fire.
We are not worthy to work the whole
We have no strength which may save soul;
Enough for us if our life begin
Successful struggle with grief and sin.
Labor is mortal, and fades away,
But love shall triumph imperfect day;
Labor may wither beneath the sod,
But Love lives ever, for Love is, God.
- Chambers journal.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
The o. 5. Revised Statutes.

The printing of the Revised Statutes
has been completed at the government
office. The statutes number 1000
pages, and the index 600 pages. The
analytical index is said to be- very
mastery work. The alphabetical index
is not yet begun, and it is not probable
that the statutes will be ready for sale
before January. 1t is evident that
there VIII he considerable debate i'm
Coneress over this revision. There is
great disagreement as to the effect
which the statutes will have upon
existing legislation. The Treasury au-
thorities insist that the revenue laws
have not been modified by the revision
in any important particulars, and eh-
deavor to show that all the cases which
have been cited as changes made in the
law by the revision are, IN point OF
fact, not changes, but a re-afhrmation
of existing legislation. One case, how
ever. was discovered at the Treasury
Department, in an appeal case from
New York, in which it would seem that
there is a very evident change made by
the revision. The case is that ot
| brandies of the higher grades. The
change which the revision seems tt
have made in the duty is from 50 pei
proof gallon to SO per centum ad valo
| rem.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
A HAPPY FAMILY.
The New Reptile House ira tEle Paris .Jardin
Has DIu-y

The New Reptile House ira the Paris Jardin
des PlaItes.
Lucy FL. Hooper writes to the Phila-
delphia Press: The new reptile house
in the Jardin des Plantes has recently
been opened, and the boas and croco-
diles are having a good time in their
new and sumptuous quarters. The
comprises tank for the crocodiles and
serpants, together with neat glass box
for the convenience of the last novelty
at the garden, namely, a huge and
ha;@F spider, specimen of the
ble,,-catching mygale of Brazil, big
as :. crab, and hideous as a demon,
the largest and most deadly of all
spiders. Some OF the amiable guests of
this retreat objected very much to their
change of quarters, and the rattlesnakes
IN particular refused to be pacified and
went on high rampage for several
days, kissing and rattling and striking
at everything that came near them.
Recently one of the keepers of the rep
tlle-house brought to the largest boa q
whole rabbit for his dinner, but the
creature was either torpid or not at all
hungry, for he refused to notice the
trembling little animal. To rouse him
up the keeper struck the front of the
cage with his stick, when, to his aston
ishment, the rabbit rose on his hind
legs and began walking round the cage
Evidently it was trained rabbit.
either educated for exhibition or as
somebody's pet. His accomplishments
saved his life, for the keeper Immediate
ly Withdrew him from his perilous posi-
ton, and sent him as present to the
children of the chief director. The
other day Mile MonoI1itO a female
snake charmer, who is exhibiting her
powers at one of the minor theatres,
came to the Jardin and preferred a
modest request for loan of one of the
finest of the boas, to be used at the per
formance of the evening. Madame, :"
cried the irate director, indignant at
this insult to the dignity of his charges,
'' do you think that serpents are to be
lent out like umbrellas 90
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
RATS.
What the Rodents are Good For.
From All thf. Year Rnr1nd

What the Rodents are Good For.
From All the Year Round.
Of what use is the rat to man ? Well,
not very much that we know of; yet a
few items may be mentioned. Proba-
bly, we must not attach too much impor-
tance to the alleged prophetic powers of
the rat-that if he gnaws a persons
clothes, that person will speedily die;
that if he suddenly quits a house, the
house will very shortly be burned down:
that if he deserts ship, the ship is in
sinkingcondition. A mill at PEBBLES was
suddenly deserted by whole colony of
rats about twenty years ago; two hours
afterward the mill was burned down.
But it must be confessed the logic is
very weak that proves, from these facts,
the possession of any prophetic power
by Mr.. Rat. We have evidence that
he has sometimes been made useful, as
an r. E. or an r. A. James, in his mill
tary dictionary, sBys: Rats are some
times used in military operations, par
ticularly for the purpose of setting fire
to gunpowder. On these occasions
lighted match is tied to the tail of
the animal. Marshal Vauban recon-
mends, therefore, that the wallssof pow
der magazines shall be made very thick,
and the passages for light and air so
narrow as not to admit rats. !" We do
not know whether cruel sport can be
called useful employment of rats; but
an account is given of a strange proceed
ing at Rome. A large number of rats
were dipped in spirits of turpentine
set on fire and made to rush down an
open flight of stairs near the Vatican !;
| they reached the bottom as masses of
charred hesh amid the shouts of the
populace. Rats are worth three shil-
1ings a dozen, to furnish a supply for
these brutal exhibitions. in which rat
killing terriers show their power. Rats
are also caught for the value of their
skins. The fur is dressed into a very
| good substitute for beaver, while the
| peIt is dressed into leather so fine,
elastic and close as TO be used for the
thumbs for the best gloves. There is a
firm in Paris which buys the skin for
this purpose. If one be ieves that rats
are not used for food he must change
his opinion. In Paris the chltfo7siers or
| bone -grabbers eat them. Gypsies eat
| such rats as are caught in stacks and
| barns and are less strong III flavor and
odor than those that feed onmiyerously.
In China split rats are bought as q
dainty. An English surgeon of some
note had some cooked for his own eat
ing. In man-of-war, where the rats
made havoc with the biscuit, the sailors
had regular battle and brought down
numbers of them. Jack made rat pie,
baked it, and liked it. At the siege OF
Malta, the French garrison when fam.
| ished, offered as much as a dollar 9
head for rats, or two dollars if barn fed.
During the seige of Paris, In the late
Franco German war, many tasted rat
wh0 had never tasted it before.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
Eggs as Food.

Would it not bewise tosubstitute more
eggs for meat in our daily diet? About
one-third the weight of an egg is solid
nutriment. This is more than can be
said of meat. There are no bones and
tough pieces to be laid aside. A good
egg is made of ten parts shell, go parts
white, and 80 parts yolk. The white of
an egg contains eighty-six per cent
water; the yolk fifty-two per cent. The
average weight of an egg is about two
ounces. Practically, an egg is animal
food, and yet there is none of the disa-
greeable work of the butcher necessary
to obtain it.
The vegetarians of England use eggs
freely, and many of these men are
eighty and ninty years old, and have
been remarkably free from illness. A
good egg is alive; the shell is pourous,
and the oxogen of the air gets through
the shell and keeps up kind of respir-
alton. An egg soon becomes stale in
bad air, or in bad air charged with car
bonic acid. Eggs may be dried and
made to retain their goodness for a long
time; or the shell may be vanished
thus excluding the air, when if kept in
a moderate temperature, they may be
kept good for years.
The French people produce more
eggs than any other, and ship millions
| to England annually. Fresh eggs are
more Transparent at the centre, old
ones on the top. Very old ones are not
transparent in either place. In water
in which one-tenth of salt has been
dissolved, good eggs sink and indiffer-
ent ones swim. Bad eggs float in pure
water. The best eggs are laid by young
healthy hens IL they are properly fed
the eggs are better than if they are al
lowed to eat all sorts of food. Eggs
are best when cooked four minutes.
This takes away the animal taste that is
offensive to some, but does not harC
the yolk or white as to make them. hare
to digest. An egg if cooked very hare
is difficult of digestion, except by those
who have stout stomachs; such eggs
should be eaten with bread and masti
Gated very finely. An excellent sand
wich cal be made with eggs and brown
bread. An egg spread on toast is foot
fit for king If kings deserve any bette
food than any body else, which is doubt
full. Fried eggs are less wholesom,
than boiled ones. An egg dropped il
| hot water is not only clean and hand
some but delicious morsal Mos
people spoil the taste of their eggs b,
adding pepper and salt A little swee
butter is the best dressing. Eggs con
tain much phosphorous, which is sup
i posed to be useful to those who us
their brain much.-Poaltry RevieaO.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
The Dying Soldier.
BY MATILDA C. EDWARDS.

MATILDA C. EDWARDS.
am dying-is she coming Throw the win
dow open wide.
Is she coming? Oh! love her more than all
the world beside.
In her young and tender beauty, must, oh,
must she feel this loss?
Savior, hear my poor petition, teach her now
to bear the cross.
Help her to be calm and patient when molder
in the dust.
Let her say and feel, my Father, that thy ways
are true and just
Is she coming? Go and listen-I would see
her face once more;
I would hear her speaking to me ere life's
fevered dream is DER;
I would fold her to my bosom, look into her
soft, bright eye.
1 would tell her how love her, kiss her once
before die.
Is she coming? Oh! tits evening, and my dar
ling comes not still.
Lift the curtain-it grows darker-it is sunset
on the hill.
All the evening dews are falling-I am cold
the light is gone.
Is she coming? Softly, softly comes deaths
silent footsteps on
am going-come and kiss me-kiss me for my
darling wife
Take for her my parting blessing, take the last
warm kiss of life
Tell her will wait to meet her where the good
and lovely are,
In that home untouched by sorrow, tell her
she must meet me there.
Is she coming Lift the curtain-let me see
the falling night
Oh! Iwant to live to see her. surely she will
come tonight.
Surely ere the daylight dieth, will fold her to
my breast;
With her head upon my bosom, calmly L could
sink to rest.
1t is hard to die without her; look, L think
she's coming now
I can almost feel her kisses ON my faded cheek
and brow:
can almost hear her whisper, feel her breath
upon my cheek,
Hark I hear the front door open; is she
coming Did she speak
No. Well. drop the curtain softly; I Will see
her face no more,
Till I it smiling on the bright and
better shore.
Tell her she must come and meet me in that
Eden land of light;
Tell her I'll be waiting for her whore there is
no death, no night;
Tell her that called her darling, blessed her
with my dying breath
Come and kiss me for my Lizzie tell her love
outIiyeth death
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01

quarts of milk, and stir into the above.
Let it stand half an hour-stir it again.
Bake quickly until it boils, then slowly
about two hours.
A Coop SALAD.-A correspondent OF
the Gardeners Chronicle says: Here Is
salad that will delight those who eat
cucumbers with bread and cheese: Take
Il tomato. not over ripe, and cut 1t into
slices, as you would n cucumber; take
a small onion, and cut it up rs fine as
you can, sprinkle it over the tomato
slices, add salt, pepper and vinegar at
discretion, and you will have salad
which, as relish, puts the cucumber
to shame.
Hop YEAsT.-A lady who took the
first premium offered by the Middlesex,
Mass, Agric 1ltural Society for the best
nnbolted wheat flour bread, made the
following statement concerning the
yeast used: For yeast L take four
mashed potatoes, one cup white sugar,
one cup -four, and pour on this mixture
one quart scalding water, in which a
handful of hops has been boiled; then
add one pint lukewarm water, stir,
strain and let it rise over night
FRUIT Corn CAKEs.-Put pint of
whortleberries in bowl. add tea cup
full of sugar, one pint of corn meal and
large tablespoonful of fine flour, wet
with boiling water. Bake in cakes
about one-half an inch thick on grid
die or an oven 20 minutes. For nice
apple cakes use sweet and tart apples
chopped, instead of berries
Rusty stoves and pipe may be cleaned
by the use of spirits Of turpentine. If
not too badly rusted they may be
blacked before the iron is dry, and then
brushed with a stiff brush before being
BACKED. If the stoves are treated to a
coat of kerosene oil In the spring after
being put away they will not become
rusty through the summer. 2. Plaster
of Paris images may be cleaned by tax
ing Il stiff brush Ia tooth brush viii an
swer), dip it in fine whiting or pre-
pared chalk, and brush the pieces with
it. Then with a light feather duster
remove the chalk or whiting, and they
look as nicely as when new.
GREAsE-SPoTs ON BOOKS OR PAPER
Gently warm the soiled part of the book
or paper, and then press upon it pieces
OF Dlotung paper, one after another, SO
as to absorb as much of the grease as
possible. Have ready some fine clean,
essential oil or turpentine, heated almost
to a boiling state; warm the CREASED
leaf a little, and then, with soft, clean
brush, wet with the heated turpentine
both sides of the spotted part. By re-
peating this application the grease will
be extracted. Lastly, with another
brush, dipped in rectified spirits OF
wine, go over the place, and the grease
viii no longer appear, neither will the
DaDer be diScolOred
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
The FlOwer-Girl.
BY LUCY IARcoM.

BY LUCY IARCoM.
O my httle seaside girl,
What j. in your gar,lon growing?
- Rock-N eeda and tangle-grass.
Win Tee slow tide coming-goii,.,
Samphlrc and t.arsll-rosemarv.
All aioug'the wet shore creeping:
Saudwort, beach peas, pimpernel.
Out OF hooks and corners peeping."
y my little prairie girl,
what's in bloom among your grasses?
Spring beauties, painted-cups,
Flu, ing when the south wind passes:
Beds OF rose-pink centuary:
Compass-fowers to northwest turning
Lark-spur. orange-gold puccoon;
Leagues of lilies fiame-red burning"
o my little mountain girl
Have you anything to gather?
white everlasting bloom.
Not afraid of wind or weather
Sweet-brier, leaning on the crag
That the lady-fern lies under;
Harebells, violets white and blue;
Who has sweeter flowers, 1 wonder ?"
o my little maidens three.
L will lay your pretty posies-
Sea-scented cloud bedewed.
Prairie grasses, mountain roses
On bed of shells and moss.
Come an bend yonr bright heads nearer
Dear though all your blossoms are,
fou three human flowers are dearer.
81 Nicholas for December.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
Cane-Srnted Chairs.

When these chairs begin to wear out
the canes split apart, and their appear
ance is anything but ornamental, while
the comfort of the chair is also destroy.
ed. Now, if we live where they can be
reseated at the cabinet makers, and
have the moley to pay for the work, we
can soon have the chairs again rs
"good as new" But ali do not live in
such localities, and all have not the
money to replace these seats; yet little
time and ingenuity will set the matter
right, and make the chairs, in ny opin-
ion, better than new, for 1 do not take
much fancy to cane-seated chairs III
general.
Take any pieces of bagging or bur-
laps-no matter how course-and fit
them to the chairs, cutting them large
enough to wrap about the rounds that
hold the splints or canes. Now sew it
on with a darning needle and twine
twice doubled, anG turn up a hem. as
you sew, on the burlaps. When half
fitted, stuff it with excelsior" shavings
of poplar wood; or if you have them,
cut off layers from old quilts, and
spread them smoothly over the chairs,
under the burlaps The layers of cot
ton can be tackled together before they
are put in, and then they can be laid
more smoothly upon the old canes.
Fine hay will also answer for stuffing
when nothing better can be procured.
Now sew down the other two sides,
and take pieces of carpeting, or of
enameled cloth, or colored rep, or all
wool dress goods, and tack them close
down with large silvered or brasS-head
ed nails, which come for the purpose,
and beholdi your chairs are far hand
somer and more comfortable than be-
fore. The materials have, possibly, cost
you but little, for many an attic would
furnish them, all but the nails, which
must be procured at the upholsterer's
Gimp to match the ground color of the
cushion, or even worsted braid, is desir-
| able to place along the edges of the
covering, and drive the nails directly
through it. This makes a handsomel
finish to the cushion.
Many a woman possesses as much in
genuity as carpenter or cabinet maker,
and little practice will teach her the
upholsterer's trade, so that with nails
hammer, and the needful material, she
VIII not only make as good a chan
cushion as he, but will be able to cover
a lounge respectfully, and also an arm
chair. Rocking chairs have often beer
made far more comfortable than wher
| first purchased, by the exercise of this
art. In many families there are disa
| bled chairs which have been thrown
aside as useless, and yet with but little
expenditure they could be made no
only useful but ornamental. and theil
/ presence would be a great addition tt
/ the sitting room,-Daisy E'yebriQht IN
| Country Gentleman.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
Intelligent Animals.

The Providence Journal gives these
two anecdotes:
tMinnie," the famous black cat on
the steamer Galatea, of the Neptune
line of steamers, came to a sudden and
untimely end just as the Galatea reach
ed her dock in this city recently.
Twelve years ago ss Minnie +" was
brought on board in early kittenhood,
and during all that time has been one
of the attaches of the steamer, never
missing but one trip. Pussy, failing
to be in time on one occasion, laid over
one trip in New York, but though al
ways going ashore never again missed
getting on board in time. Minnie"
was very knowing feline, and a great
favorite with officers, crew, passengers
and all hands on the steamer,
and was always the first one ashore
every trip and attendedto thewharf rats
instantly on arrival at each port and had
made great reputation as a rat catcher,
IN one instance catching and bringing
| seven rats on board within an hour
after the steamer arrived. Last Wed
nesday morning, when the Galatea ar
rived here s' Minnie" attempted to rush
ashore as usual, but got caught be-
tween the end of the heavy gang plank
lives were all cruelty crushed out at
one fell blow. The mapgled remains of
poor Minnie. after the sad catstro-
phe, were encoffined in box by the
engineer and buried in his garden in
East Providence, and the untimely fate
of their four-footed shipmate was sim
cerely lamented by the whole ships
company. :" Requies-cat in peace.
Michael Conley, the sewer contractor,
is the possessor OF four greyhounds,
which were the means of saving mans
life, in which they displayed q remark
able degree of sagacity. Felix Prior
and James Carroll were at work in an
excavation about seven feet deep, in the
rear of No. 35 Fenner street; but about
$50 O'Clock Carroll went away for
something leaving Prior in the excava-
ton alone, and while he was at work
the banks caved in, completely covering
him up. The dogs happened to be in
the vicinity, and all four of them,
taking in the unfortunate mans situa-
ton, at} once commenced to scratch
away the dirt from over his head
vigorously, at the same time
yelping loudly to attract the
attention of the neighbors. Mr..
Conley, who was the first to arrive up
on the scene, drove the dogs away, but
| they returned and commenced to yelp
and dig again. He commenced to di
also, as did some of the neighbors who
uHu DcSu ts1bIdCbGu W IHS spOb ny the
cries of the hounds, and it was not long
before the head of the buried man, who
was standing was reached, and he was
permitted once more to breath the air
of Heaven, of which, had he been de-
prlved few moments longer, he never
would have breathed again. He was
taken from the sewer unframed, rescu-
ed from horrible fate, through the
sagacity of four dogs. There was Ger.
tainly something akin to human intelli.
gence displayed by those greyhouads
In their efforts to save that mans life
and to call people to his assistance.